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Beachy Calm and Agitated Depths
Steve Mentz has short response to a recent post here about my recent family trip to the Eastern Shore. If you've been reading this blog for a while, you know that many of the electronic postcards I send come from marinal, littoral and insular places: Saint Martin, Bermuda, Cozumel, Saint Thomas, Key West, Ireland, Maine, for example.
Steve quotes my Bethany Beach postcard (wherein I quote Michel Serres and claim that oceanic agitation is calming) and writes:
It may seem churlish to pounce on such musings, & I certainly love a trip to the beach as much as anyone, but I'm struck by the closeness of "calming" to agitation and to Serres's "creative spur." Do academics go to the beach to work, or to forget? I sometimes joke that I've structured my whole recent academic focus so that every time I go to the beach — and I live at the beach, albeit not a surf beach — it's a work trip for me. But is that b/c I try not to be too calm when I hear oceanic noises?
Part of what Steve is getting at, of course, is the way in which the seaside can be relaxing, can be a vacation, can function as it would not have at many other times in human history (did Chaucer ever go the beach?). Most of us don't seek the shore to do work, or to get worked up. We tread briny sand in search of repose.
Don't get me wrong: if I'm in the Caribbean, I am seeking vacation. But vacation seldom means sitting still for me. I went to St Thomas in search of beautiful vistas, certainly, but also to visit the oldest synagogue on this side of the Atlantic, founded by Jews fleeing Spain. Is it work to go to such a place? Why distinguish? Such a pilgrimage gets at how the pleasures of work and the pleasures of being elsewhere are not always separable.
But that's a special case, I'm sure. Steve writes that "our 21c experience of beachy calm is historically contingent, a function of our culture's loss of the sea's full terror and danger." I don't doubt it. But one of the many things I share with my wife (besides a phobia involving beets) is an innate attraction towards the ocean. Likely this magnetism arises from our both having grown up within easy access of the coast, her on Long Island and me very close to Boston. The sea edge could be vacation, of course, but more importantly the ocean was simply present. You could smell it, you could frequently see it, it was an actor in so many dramas, from blizzards to hurricanes to ships foundering to shark sightings to ... well, the list unspools for quite some time. The sea has a way of insinuating itself into those who live alongside. Being miles from the waves after spending life near them can lead to a feeling of landlock.
If I say I find the sea calming in its agitation, that's not because I sit at its edge with sun lotion and an alcoholic drink. For me the sea's edge is for beachcombing, hiking, exploring. It's a place of constant realization, of possible danger, of frequent reminders of death (empty shells, broken crabs, sea life suffocated in sand). The immensity of the sea reminds me of the small place of humans alongside its flow. Vastness gives perspective. That's what I find calming: my own small agitations dissipate under those relentless waves, those sudden vistas and unexpected glimpses of life, all that noise so saturated with meaning it is chaos itself. Beautiful chaos, chaos as art.
It's the sea's danger that attracts me, and that's why I so much enjoyed reading Steve's book At the Bottom of Shakespeare's Ocean. To use one of his favorite words, the book is salty: the tang of the ocean runs through and through. His narrative is even interrupted three times by what he calls interludes, irruptions of poetry that convey through undulating lines the sound and current of the sea itself.
OK, I am off to the sea again: this time the Mediterranean, along which the city of Barcelona spreads. Mostly I'll be inside an art museum, but I do expect to walk along water at some point ... provided, of course, the strikes in Paris don't cause me to be stuck there. Flying Air France through Charles de Gaulle seemed like such a good idea late in the summer.
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See also, the Aquatic Ape theory: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquatic_ape_hypothesis
Mary Kate Hurley said...
I remember the first time I realized the sea was dangerous: I was 10, and swimming hasn't been the same for me since.
But what I find most intriguing about the sea is the relentlessness of its noise -- the way it (like, perhaps, the Marabar caves in Passage to India) obliterates sound in its own roar. It's not so much that it takes away our ability to hear -- rather, it sweeps up the din of daily life into a kind of totality. It makes me feel small. And from seaside to cathedrals to mountaintops -- I like feeling small.
There's also Iris Murdoch's _The Sea, The Sea_ - it's all there: the retreat, the beauty, the terror, and that relentlessness of crashing waves that might have made Chaucer nuts. The sea as boundary, the sea as boundless... safe travels - bonne chance!
theswain said...
When in grad school, I remember translating Cynewulf's Elene and loving his descriptions of the "sea-steeds", ships plowing through the water. I loved it. I shortly thereafter read Great Scholar saying how the poet had likely never been in a ship or at sea. Huh, I mused, because the poem matched my experience very well. Having grown up in the mountains, or at least near them, and then going to sea in a craft 32 x 12, I've not forgotten the dangers of Nature. And then reading a lot of medieval literature in which Nature figures prominently....I think it gives an interesting perspective on what we do.
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BREIFS is a series of blog posts where I highlight a short game and explain my thoughts on it without spoiling too much.
BLUEBERRY GARDEN is a videogame developed by Erik Svedang for the PC, Mac and Linux.
I try to doodle every now and then. I keep a notebook on my desk specifically for this purpose. I find it relaxing. Even though I'm not good at drawing, I like letting my mind drift and seeing that process reflected on paper. I usually draw abstract symbols, characters, everyday objects and labrynths. Sometimes I draw while watching a TV show. Sometimes I wish I could draw while playing a videogame, but my hands are busy.
Blueberry Garden takes place in one big level. The player controls a rudimentarily animated birdperson who can jump and glide. The jump is heavy and short. The glide is smooth and long. The world is of a soft white colour, angular and labyrinthine. By the name one assumes it's a garden. It has flowers and leaves and fruits and birds in it. There are oversized everyday objects of all sorts scattered around. When the player stands near one of these objects for a few seconds, it teleports them and itself to the starting area of the level. Doing that a second time, one might notice the second object is piled on top of the first one. The cutscene at the beginning of the game shows an open faucet, nothing more. Soon, the player might encounter a pool of water and have a realisation; it is rising.
Blueberry Garden is a game of few words. Helpful signage explains the controls at the relevant locations, everything else must be figured out through experimentation. Suffice to say, it's unlikely one will finish it on their first try, but a soft piano soundtrack assures them it's just fine. This game has no interest in wasting the player's time; every element that might seem a little bit unfair is only so once, if they were paying attention. When everything there is to discover has been discovered, going through it all as effectively as possible is equally as satisfying.
Throughout playthroughs, the level stays the same, something which might come as a surprise to those accustomed to the randomly generated trend that is so popular among indie platformers these days. That however, doesn't mean the game is completely predictable. The different fruits, which one can pick up and consume, have different effects that once unveiled might change how the player looks at a challenge they encountered somewhere else. The objects and geography behave in physically versatile ways, making the world feel lively, like it exists outside of the player's own experience of it.
It's a puzzle of a world where nothing is mandatory and one can teach themselves at their own pace, guided by their curiosity alone. However, unlike other games with a similar premise, like Starseed Pilgrim, the mysteries here are more literal than cryptic, and the punishment for failure is pretty much nonexistant. Blueberry Garden is like a doodle come to life, where water flows, flowers flourish, and everything has more to it than it seems at a glance.
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Sekisui Showdown: Where do they stand?
THINKTANK: Key representatives meet at Yaroomba today to discuss the Sekisui House development site. Scott Sawyer
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31st May 2016 3:15 PM
THE THIRD of four focus group meetings being held as a precursor to the next Sekisui House proposal at Yaroomba has revealed a little more on where the key players sit.
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The latest meeting focused on "Environmental Issues for Yaroomba Beach Site" which saw the "core group" of stakeholders joined by the likes of local environmental group members, marine and environment scientists and business community figures.
WHAT WE KNOW:
Sekisui House engaged in discussion group meetings with community, business and industry reps
Today's meeting overshadowed by revelations of Ipswich Mayor Paul Pisasale pushing then-Premier Campbell Newman on Yaroomba proposal
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Sekisui House maintain they will do better, admit they erred in some aspects first time around, and are looking at different mixes in accommodation types on the site
Sekisui House has said it's operating from a 'blank page' this time around and the discussion groups were designed to help establish the framework for exploring options on the site.
Today's meeting was all about the environmental issues, among them, lighting issues, managing green space on the site, coastal dune protection and issues with nesting turtle populations.
Here's how some of the key figures felt post-meeting:
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Councillor Christian Dickson, Sunshine Coast Council's Planning and Development portfolio holder:
"Today was heavily about the environment, so protecting the turtles, the dunal system, the sight lines from David Low Way and the beach front," he said.
"If you look at the Sunshine Coast, the urban sprawl that we have got at the moment is problematic, it makes people put more emphasis on sights like this.
"Essentially the trade-off here at the moment is how much height do you give in terms of allowing that prosperity versus the actual, on the ground, the environment, the potential here to enhance the natural area? So it is a bit of a trade-off."
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Cr Dickson said he was awaiting a proposal that looked to deliver five-star green ratings while keeping in line with community expectations.
"If you talk about the expectations of locals, they don't want skyscrapers on the beach and that's certainly something that council hasn't supported," he said.
"If they're going to come back with 10 or 12 storeys again than maybe council's already made its mind up in that respect."
Cr Dickson said there had to be "some compromise" in letting the proposal be heard, but if the community condemned it, council had to represent that, before offering a piece of advice to the hopeful developers.
"If I could offer them one piece of friendly advice that's to embrace the locals, make sure that you are talking with them, engaging with them, because at the end of the day we represent them," he said.
Luke Cameron (left) from Coolum Business and Tourism. Mike Garry
Luke Cameron, Coolum Business and Tourism treasurer, local resident, business owner and stockbroker:
Mr Cameron said there'd been a lot of healthy discussion in the meetings so far and felt there were "real human needs" that required addressing in Coolum, particularly around employment issues following the decline of Palmer Coolum Resort.
Following today's meeting Mr Cameron said the local business community was genuine in its desire to see the site developed.
"I do speak to a lot of them almost every day and there is a general consensus that they would like to see this site developed and they would like to see it developed in a sustainable way," he said.
"If I had to drill it down to one problem with the previous proposal it was the height issue.
"If they're addressing some of these issues about sky glow and light ambience, if they're addressing these issues specifically…then if it's sort of a similar proposal but in a different context…as long as they're addressing some of these issues I think that's important."
Mr Cameron said inconsistencies in planning had also been discussed and he believed a better outcome could be achieved with the principles being used by the developers presently.
"I think it's time that the tourism and business community in Coolum got a shot in the arm and I think development on this site of some description would be a good way to kick-start that," he said.
USC Professor of Marine Science Thomas Schlacher. Scott Sawyer
Professor Thomas Schlacher, University of the Sunshine Coast Professor of Marine Science:
Prof Schalcher said today's discussion had centred around the "multiple environmental issues" which pertained to the site.
He said it was important the site wasn't viewed in isolation and that the Sekisui House site needed to be viewed as a "starting point for a broader and more educated discussion" on preserving the ecosystem of frontal dunes and beaches.
"That discussion needs to go well beyond the boundaries of this site, it needs to go from Noosa National Park to the south of Caloundra," he said.
Prof Schlacher said inappropriate coastal development had already occurred throughout much of the coastal strip and questioned whether a masterplan for coastal beach ecosystems could be developed.
He said focusing on one site only was "nonsensical" and that many of the issues could be managed, including light pollution, through engineering solutions.
"By and large we accept that light pollution on the coastal strip is not a good thing," he said.
He said light pollution needed to be addressed to assist nesting turtles and he was pleased the conversation was going on around those issues now.
Mark Bizzell, Coolum Residents Association president:
Mr Bizzell said the Sekisui House consultants had put across a good case for all the aspects of the proposed development.
He said the community was grateful for the invite, but felt there could've been more input early in the piece.
He was sceptical as to whether any major difference would be presented when proposals were actually delivered by the developers and said he felt they could "do a better job falling within the town plan".
Mr Bizzell said he felt Sekisui House were basically just "giving a couple of people lip service from the community" and the community was not going to relent easily on the stance it took against the original proposals.
"It's important to remember sort of the special location of the site," he said.
Mr Bizzell said it'd been difficult to attend the meetings without any concrete plans being discussed.
"It was a bit like going to the new release of the Mercedes Benz and they're talking about the paint job and how fast the engine will take you and the decor and everything like this," he said.
"It's a campaign to sell a product and we're just not too sure what that product is at the moment."
He reiterated the community's position that it would not accept any plans that were over the allowed density and height, arguing any relenting on that would set a precedent for the rest of the region.
Sekisui House's Evan Aldridge. Greg Miller
Sekisui House senior development manager Evan Aldridge:
"We've had a really fantastic, productive discussion across the three groups," he said.
"Today was all about looking at the environment and sustainability frameworks. That was quite a long discussion.
"We're very confident that we can set a new benchmark when it comes to beach side development."
Mr Aldridge said he wanted to introduce systems to make the development more sustainable in the long term and deliver a development that would actually improve the area.
He said management of lighting, introducing a greater mix of different types of accommodation across the site and maintaining existing vegetation and linking it to the dunal system would help deliver a "more robust" ecosystem.
"We've got the opportunity to do something really great and that's what we want to achieve," he said.
Mr Alrdridge said they were "starting from a clean sheet of paper" and the discussion groups were helping set the framework they would work within.
He said the discussion groups would be engaged again once proposals had been developed before and plans were put out to the wider community.
"I think it'll go a long way to sort of getting a good win-win for everybody," Mr Aldridge said.
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10 March 2006, The Sun PUTRAJAYA: Metramac Corporation Sdn Bhd yesterday succeeded in obtaining more time to submit a declaration of its assets after the Federal Court granted it an interim stay on a March 1 order of the Court of Appeal. The legal counsel of Metramac, Mr. Shafee, submitted that the March 1 order was an abuse of process and irrelevant. This was objected to by Mr. Benjamin Dawson, the legal counsel for Fawziah Holdings Sdn Bhd. Mr. Dawson submitted that the order was relevant as there was a pattern of funds moving out of Metramac whenever funds went into the company.
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Doug Aitken's Station to Station project: a Mobile Art Showcase
Station to Station: A Nomadic Happening, an artist-driven public art project made possible by the Levi's brand, is the newest project from artist Doug Aitken and came to an end at September 28.
Station to Station was made with the intention to be a platform for artistic experimentation that connects artists, musicians, and cultural icons with diverse communities for a series of interventions and site-specific happenings.
Over the course of three weeks in September, a train travelled from the Atlantic to the Pacific, making nine stops along the way in New York, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Minnesota, New Mexico, Arizona, and California, each time for a one-night only live experience.
In addition to being a party bus on rails, Station to Station aims to be, as Aitken puts it, a "cultural activator."
"This really came out of a kind of restlessness, the feeling that art forms are too often segregated, music played in the same clubs and art shown in the same galleries and museums," Mr. Aitken said in an interview with the New York Times. "I felt like we needed to experiment with a new model. Maybe it's naive or maybe it's utopian but the question is, 'Can there be a kind of planet of voices that can exist, at least for a short time, when something like this happens?' "
All funds from ticket sales will go to support non-traditional programming at nine partner museums around the country., ranging from MoMA PS1, Carnegie Museum of Art and the Walker Art Center, among many others.
Doug Aitken was born in California in 1968. He lives and works in Los Angeles and New York. Widely known for his innovative fine art installations, Doug Aitken is at the forefront of 21st century communication.
Aitken's body of work ranges from photography, sculpture, and architectural interventions, to films, sound, single and multi-channel video works, and installations. His work has been featured in numerous solo and group exhibitions around the world, in such institutions as the Whitney Museum of American Art, The Museum of Modern Art, the Vienna Secession, the Serpentine Gallery in London and the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris.
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How HRMS for small, medium enterprises can help businesses.
Managing and retaining employees in organisations is a challenge which all HR personnel face irrespective of the size of the organisation. If you happen to be involved in such processes you shall have had first hand experience of the same by now. It is all the more important if your organisation falls in the small and medium enterprise bracket. This leads one to look forward to an automated version of HRMS which shall take care of all HR related issues of an organisation.
HRMS stands for Human Resource Management System and is a software program which comprises of systems which ensures that an organisation's employee data management is efficiently handled.
You shall surely agree with me that it is important for you to manage payroll, benefits administration, recruitment process etc in your organisation. Also, you shall look forward to doing it in an efficient manner so that you can have access to precise data at any point of time which is stored in a secure manner.
I am sure there have been times when you have had to take decisions which were integral to managing the processes of your organisation. Also, you have been at a loss if the requisite data was not available based on which the decisions had to be taken. Now, you can heave a sigh of relief as an HRMS has all necessary data with the latest updations securely stored which can be used as input for your decision making process. HRMS for small and medium enterprises turns out to be a blessing as it spares the organisations from unnecessary expenditure of precious resources.
HRMS for small and medium enterprises helps in improving the productivity of these organisations as it spares HR employees from repetitive manual activity and keeps them free in order to attend to other work functions. I am sure you will also agree with me on this count that HR software is itself capable of generating information which employees would need and they need not trouble the HR manager for this. All of these lead to substantial gains on the productivity front.
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An HR software does make your business processes more secure as it almost nullifies the amount of paperwork and incorporates the latest in technology for your HRMS system. Technological advancements like cloud computing ensures that your system is completely insulated against cyber attacks as it is protected by several firewalls and security layers. Well, you can sleep well at night, knowing fully well that your HRMS for small and medium enterprises is well protected.
One of the hazards which almost all organisations face is the process of managing employee attendance. There have been several advancements in this regard, yet the best way to manage employee attendance is the HRMS. You shall be happy to know that an HRMS has features which can record the attendance of your employees in an accurate manner which reduces the human element from such activities and minimises the chances of errors.
HRMS for small and medium enterprises has a big role to play in the recruitment and onboarding processes. You shall be able to identify areas where there are hiring needs by using the features of your HRMS as it is able to deliver information on areas where hiring for particular skill sets are required. Also, after hiring the process of onboarding shall be greatly streamlined by virtue of your HRMS tool.
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Yes, it does spare a lot of headache for you. HRMS for small and medium enterprises is able to totally take care of the needs of payroll management on your behalf and goes on to do the job in a super efficient manner. The payroll module shall calculate the take home salary of your employee after taking into account all parameters like cost to company, leaves availed, deductions etc.
HRMS for small and medium enterprises have the ability to deliver on areas of benefit administration. Your employee shall not be deprived of his benefits like pension benefits, healthcare etc. These are taken care of by HRMS which allocates the benefits which an employee is entitled to which in turn are dependent on parameters like terms of employment, age etc. Now, just imagine the scene, if you had to do all of these manually and for all employees who happen to be leaving your organisation. Well, you can thank that there was an HRMS which took care of this requirement.
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Rodopoli railway station () is a railway station that servers the community of Rodopoli, in  Serres in East Macedonia and Thrace, Greece. The station is located close to the town center and within the settlement limits. The station building (as of 2021) is unstaffed.

History
The station opened in 1900. known before 1927 as Poroia () the settlement had been annexed by Greece on 18 October 1912 during the First Balkan War. On 17 October 1925, The Greek government purchased the Greek sections of the former Salonica Monastir railway and the railway became part of the Hellenic State Railways, with the remaining section north of Florina seeded to Yugoslavia. In 1970 OSE became the legal successor to the SEK, taking over responsibilities for most of Greece's rail infrastructure. On 1 January 1971, the station and most of Greek rail infrastructure where transferred to the Hellenic Railways Organisation S.A., a state-owned corporation. Freight traffic declined sharply when the state-imposed monopoly of OSE for the transport of agricultural products and fertilisers ended in the early 1990s. Many small stations of the network with little passenger traffic were closed down.

In 2001 the infrastructure element of OSE was created, known as GAIAOSE; it would henceforth be responsible for the maintenance of stations, bridges and other elements of the network, as well as the leasing and the sale of railway assists. In 2003, OSE launched "Proastiakos SA", as a subsidiary to serve the operation of the suburban network in the urban complex of Athens during the 2004 Olympic Games. In 2005, TrainOSE was created as a brand within OSE to concentrate on rail services and passenger interface. On 9 September 2007, the station reopened. In 2008, all Proastiakos services were transferred from OSE to TrainOSE.

In 2009, with the Greek debt crisis unfolding OSE's Management was forced to reduce services across the network. Timetables were cutback, routes closed, and stations left abandoned as the government-run entity attempted to reduce overheads. Services from Thessaloniki and Alexandroupolis were cut back from six to just two trains a day, reducing the reliability of services and passenger numbers. In 2017 OSE's passenger transport sector was privatised as TrainOSE, currently, a wholly owned subsidiary of Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane infrastructure, including stations, remained under the control of OSE. Since 2020, the station is served by the Proastiakos Thessaloniki services to New Railway Station. In July 2022, the station began being served by Hellenic Train, the rebranded TranOSE

Facilities
The station is still housed in the original 20th-century brick-built station building. As of (2020) the station is slightly rundown. It is unstaffed. There is no footbridge over the lines, though passengers can walk across the rails and not wheelchair accessible. The station is also not equipped with digital display screens or timetable poster boards. However, a cafe/restaurant is located in an adjoining building, but still within the station limits. A bus stop with local bus services can be found in front of the station building.

Services
It is served by two long-distance trains between Thessaloniki and Alexandroupolis. as well as a Proastiakos service to Serres.

Between July 2005 and February 2011 the Friendship Express, (an international InterCity train jointly operated by the Turkish State Railways (TCDD) and TrainOSE linking Istanbul's Sirkeci Terminal, Turkey and Thessaloniki, Greece) made scheduled stops at Serres.

Station layout

References

External links
 Rodopolis Station – National Railway Network Greek Travel Pages

Railway stations in Central Macedonia
Railway stations opened in 1900

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LaBelle man struck by van dies while crossing roadway in Hendry County
The Florida Highway Patrol said Liborio Sosa Martinez, 68, was crossing West Cowboy Way and walked into the oncoming path of a 2003 Dodge Caravan.
LaBelle man struck by van dies while crossing roadway in Hendry County The Florida Highway Patrol said Liborio Sosa Martinez, 68, was crossing West Cowboy Way and walked into the oncoming path of a 2003 Dodge Caravan. Check out this story on news-press.com: https://www.news-press.com/story/news/2019/04/04/hendry-county-man-killed-after-hes-struck-van-labelle/3366118002/
Michael Braun, Fort Myers News-Press Published 2:28 p.m. ET April 4, 2019 | Updated 3:28 p.m. ET April 4, 2019
A LaBelle man died when he was hit by a car while walking along a Hendry County roadway Thursday morning.
The Florida Highway Patrol said Liborio Sosa Martinez, 68, was walking northbound and crossing West Cowboy Way east of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard shortly before 7 a.m. and walked into the oncoming path of a 2003 Dodge Caravan.
Martinez was struck by the front of the van and pronounced dead at the scene, FHP said.
The driver of the van was unhurt.
FHP is investigating the crash.
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Most women nowadays who care about their appearance have a colour in their hair, either all the time to hide grey or a dull natural shade or now and again to give themselves a little boost. With modern methods and technology, you can say goodbye to worrying about root regrowth and this has made a lot of difference to how people see colouring these days. Where once upon a time anyone embarking on a colouring session had to factor in regular visits to the salon for constant root touch-ups, now it is possible to choose a colouring method that more or less does away with that need.
Most stylists faced with someone considering colour for the first time will recommend a semi-permanent colour which will wash out in about 20 shampoos. This gives the client a chance to decide whether they like having coloured hair (most do!) with no commitment. If the main worry is that there will be no time for maintaining the colour, a demi-permanent is a new way to deal with time problems because it gradually fades so there is no obvious regrowth line. This is a good halfway house between temporary and permanent colour as it lasts longer but has none of the drawbacks regarding retouching.
Root regrowth is the problem that most women give as the reason for not having a colour on their hair and it is true that dark roots can look horrible. However, there are a number of ways of avoiding that and the most recent on to emerge from the top stylists is Balayage, also sometimes called dip dye or ombre (shadow). In this style, the hair nearest the roots is left almost the natural colour, getting lighter towards the ends. This must be done by a real expert as it can look awful if badly done, but in the hands of a real hair artiste the look is spectacular, living up to its name of 'shadow' with its subtle changing shade down the length of the hair. Using highlights is the other way to make roots less obvious, and a half head which is designed not to include the roots in the first place is the simplest way to achieve this.
Boys - you're not forgotten!
Forget Grecian 2000 - there are some great colourist styles on the market now just for the men. Whole heads are very popular and again the same applies as to the ladies; use a semi- or demi-permanent colour in the first place if you're not too sure and move on to permanent if, like most clients, you love your new look. Shoe-shine colour is a very modern take on colour for men, with the colour being painted on with a fine brush to give very subtle highlights which enhance the shape of a good cut and bring some sun into the hair. So what are you all waiting for? Get with the program and see what your local salon can do for you.
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Q: Adding a chips component in Angular 4 with Typescript I'm trying to add a chips component to my Angular web application. It's written in Typescript, HTML, and CSS files.
I've been struggling for a few weeks trying to get it right and haven't come across the right solution.
Here is a Plunkr with my current code:
https://plnkr.co/edit/zvEP9BOktwk6nBojsZQT?p=catalogue
UPDATE: I have edited my code to reflect that I am reading an input which is a string array, called selected. I am outputting a string array called code.
Below is the code that I am working with:
import {
  Component, Input, HostBinding, ElementRef, ViewChild, HostListener, EventEmitter, Output, OnInit, SimpleChanges,
  OnChanges, QueryList, TemplateRef, ContentChildren, Directive
} from '@angular/core';
import {ControlValueAccessor} from '@angular/forms';
import {Subject} from "@reactivex/rxjs/dist/es6/Subject";

@Component({
  selector: 'chips',
  templateUrl: './chips.component.html',
  styleUrls: ['./chips.component.scss']

})

export class ChipsComponent implements ControlValueAccessor, OnInit{

  @Output() code: string[];
  @Input() type = 'text';
  @Input() duplicates = false;

  @Input() selected: any[];

  chips: ['chip1', 'chip2', 'chip3']

  chipItemList: any[];

  constructor() {
  }

  ngOnInit() {
    console.log("selected in chips component ngOnInit(): " + this.selected);
    console.log("code in chips component ngOnInit: " + this.code);
  }

  addChip($event){
    this.selected.push($event.target.value)
    $event.target.value = '';
  }

  /*addChip(addSelectedCode) {
    //this.newChips.next(this.addCode);
    console.log("addCode in chips component addChip(): " + this.addSelectedCode);
    if (!this.chip || !this.duplicates && this.selected.indexOf(this.chip) !== -1) return;
    this.selected.push(this.chip);
    this.chip = null;
    this.propagateChange(this.selected);
    this.selectedCodeOutput = this.addSelectedCode;
    console.log("selectedCodeOutput in chips component: " + this.selectedCodeOutput);
  } */

  remove(index: number) {
   //this.addSelectedCode.splice(index, 1);
    this.propagateChange(this.selected);
    this.selectedCodeOutput = this.addSelectedCode;
  }

  /*
   Form Control Value Accessor
   */
  writeValue(value: any) {
    if (value !== undefined) this.selected = value;
  }

  propagateChange = (_: any) => {
  };

  registerOnChange(fn: any) {
    this.propagateChange = fn;
  }

  registerOnTouched() {
  }

}

I believe the issue is that I'm not able to call my child component from my parent template.
Does anyone have any helpful advice for getting the chips component to add chips?
Thank you!

A: I've cleaned up your plunker and now I can get all the way to ngOnInit() in chips component without any error. Take it from here and let us know if you need help in setting up the logic. But before all that, I would like to ask you to refer to the docs on @Input() and @Ouput() decorators.
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Some of the notable WME features
Wintermute Engine is literally packed with various features to provide the game developers with as much flexibility as possible. The feature list below is in no way complete; If you are interested in game development, we recommend that you download the development kit, check the enclosed documentation, experiment with the example projects and visit our forum.
Resolution and colors
The engine supports virtually any resolution. Your games may range from 320×200 retro-style to high-res 1024×768 (and more) modern looking ones.
Both 16bit (hicolor) and 32bit (true color) color depths are supported. The player can select a color depth appropriate for his computer and the engine handles the color conversion automatically.
Rendering subsystem
Since 3D accelerated videocards are a standard today, WME is able to utilize 3D acceleration to provide fast 2D graphics in high resolutions, with advanced graphical effects such as transparency, alpha blending and antialiasing.
On old computers, WME is able to run in so called "compatibility mode", which doesn't require 3D accelerator, but all the advanced graphics effects are disabled.
To speed up the development, WME provides a set of GUI tools for designing the game scenes, animations and for managing the project contents. The tools are powered by the engine itself, therefore they can offer a true WYSIWYG :)
Next generation tools are currently under development.
The engine allows you to use various file formats for storing graphics and sounds. It also introduces custom file formats for defining the game objects.
Graphics formats supported: BMP, TGA, PNG and JPG
WME supports PNG and TGA files with an alpha channel.
Sound formats supported: Ogg Vorbis (OGG) and WAV.
Although WME doesn't support the MP3 format due to licensing issues, the Ogg Vorbis format is more than a valid replacement.
These sound formats can be used for both music and sound effects. Large sounds are streamed from the disk and do not waste the memory.
Furthermore the engine is able to play videos in Ogg Theora and AVI format, including automatic subtitles display (SUB format).
WME provides a flexible object-oriented scripting language, which allows you to add almost any feature/puzzle you want. All the game objects support a set of methods and attributes to allow you an easy access to the internal engine workings. You can also create your own custom objects and override and customize build-in methods.
The scripting language uses the common C-like syntax, similar to JavaScript, C++, C#, Java or PHP. If you know any of these languages, you can immediately start to write WME scripts.
Multi-layered parallax scrolling for the scenes is natively supported by the engine and the scene designing tool. No additional scripting is required to implement it.
Before the game is distributed, it can be compiled into one or more packages. The package files contain all the game resources in a compressed form. You can choose to split the resources into multiple packages, for example to distribute a separate package with sounds/speech, or to release individual game episodes as packages.
The packages can have various priorities. It can be used for example to release a patch for your game. The patch package will only contain the changed files and it will have a higher priority than the original release. The engine will then use the new files.
Throughout the development you don't need to compile the game. The engine is able to operate directly on the uncompressed files to speed up testing and debugging.
Support for 3D characters
WME includes support for real-time rendered 3D characters. This allows WME developers to create state-of-the-art adventure games which combine 2D environments with 3D characters (so-called 2.5D games), similar to games like Syberia or The Longest Journey. Please see the documentation for more details about supported features and requirements. There is a simple demo available for download.
User interface layer
Using several available controls (such as windows, buttons…), you can build a complex user interface for your games, such as load/save windows, settings window, inventory window etc. All the controls are fully "skinnable", you can change their look to fit your game.
WME allows you to translate your game into other languages. The localization isn't limited to texts, you can create localization packages containing localized string table, fonts, graphics or even sounds.
WME provides several options to improve accessibility for vision-impaired players. Firstly it's possible to send most of the written text to text-to-speech synthesizer, so that the players don't have to read captions, which are often too small or disappear too fast to be comfortable to read. Secondly it's possible to manually highlight active areas on screen using keyboard shortcuts, because normally it can be hard to spot them for people with visual disabilities. Thirdly the player can pause the game at any time (using the Ctrl+Space keyboard shortcut) to be able to read any text or examine the scene without rush.
The friendly people at the WME forum are always willing to give a helping hand (and to turn every discussion off topic :)
Continual development
WME is constantly under development. Updates with new features and bugfixes are being released via the WME forum. The Project Manager utility is able to check for updates on the internet so that you can download the latest version immediately after it's released.
And a lot of other smaller things
individual animation frames can trigger script events
thumbnails for saved games
no hardcoded limits on game objects
the ability to run the game off CD (savegames are stored in player's "My Documents" folder)
support for external DLL plugins
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Mindful Eating 2
The Way of Aesthetics
Edible Arts
Meditations on Unity and Depth of Flavor: The Dark Phenomenology of Chili
Kenji Lopez-Alt's chili has great depth, unity and intensity. Instead of distinct flavor notes, the long, slow, simmering melds flavors into a unity in which all contrasting flavors are submerged in an impression of intense meatiness. None of the strongly-flavored ingredients maintain their identity. Yet that unity is not achieved through simplification. The broth is dark and rich and seems complex even though you cannot distinctly identify the elements that make it complex. The melding of many ingredients gives the impression of unfathomable depth. But in this dish, depth is not based on having many layers. Distinct layers are not discernible unless you add condiments. So what do we mean by depth here?
Depth is an important concept in painting. But in that context we are really talking about an illusion of depth. The painted surface is two-dimensional. Through the use of perspective and the juxtaposition of shapes, painters create an illusion that we are looking at a three dimensional object. In cooking, however, depth is not an illusion but a mysterious window into how our brains work.
It is useful to compare cooking with music on this concept of depth. Often in music, instruments and sound effects are added in the background; you cannot hear them distinctly but it would make a discernible difference if they were left out. They add shades of color and richness to the more prominent dimensions of the music without asserting their own identity in the overall sound.
This is an enormously important concept in cooking as well. Many ingredients in recipes contribute to the overall flavor but they don't show themselves as distinct flavors, and if the dish lacked them it would make a clear difference. How these ingredients are perceived depends on how they are used. Allums such as garlic and onions are a good example. When they are not featured in a dish you often cannot pick out their distinctive flavor despite the influence they have on its overall impression. Without them, dishes often taste flat and uninspiring.We might speculate that they stimulate a variety of taste and olfactory receptors but at a level just below the detection threshold. But that stimulation has causal influence operating on the brain subliminally to provide sensations we have no names for and cannot easily abstract from the background.
In this chili recipe by Lopez-Alt, the many strong flavored ingredients have been absorbed into the unity of the dish. Because they are not apparent they do not detract from its unity but neither do they contribute to simple complexity. Instead they create depth which in this case refers to density. The main ingredients are beef, dried chile peppers and tomatoes. Because of the long cooking time, the distinct flavors of these ingredients take on aspects of each other creating density. The sharp contrasts between the fruity, earthy, notes of the chiles and the floral, vegetal notes of the tomatoes are muted by the meat that functions as a bridge bringing these flavors closer together so they seem to merge.
In science, "density" refers to the mass of a substance divided by its volume—a concept defined by quantities. However, by "density" in this aesthetic context I mean something more qualitative—the number of flavors that can be packed into the "meaty" flavor space. In this dish, all flavors evolve toward meatiness. Thus there is a kind of complexity here. Not the complexity of many diverse qualities but the complexity of many qualities, which only very fine-grained discrimination can detect, evolving toward an attractor–meatiness.
This kind of density and complexity is vaguely sensed. It becomes clearly discernible only through pairwise comparison where fine-grained differences can be noted. When I made a version of this recipe without the additional umami-supplying ingredients, I compared the two side by side and there was a clear difference with the tomato in the non-umami version maintaining some of its green, vegetal flavors.
These qualities that constitute density and complexity as I have defined them are called Raffmanian qualia in the philosophical literature after Diana Raffman who first pointed to their existence. Laboratory work on human pitch and color discrimination suggest that our capacity to discriminate pitch and color are greater than our ability to identify pitch and color. A normal listener can notice around 1400 pitch differences but we possess only about 80 discrete pitch categories. Similar results have been shown for color perception. The upshot of this research is that we can tell pitches and colors apart but we can't remember or recognize how they appear across experiences. The problem is probably even more acute for taste and flavor. We don't recognize the contribution of many ingredients unless we do a side-by-side comparison.
Thus, understanding the aesthetics of flavor requires systematic pairwise discrimination. (Comparing side by side, several versions of the same dish to note their differences.) Furthermore, our reasons for liking or not liking a dish may often be difficult to articulate since we lack the categories, let alone the vocabulary, to express what we're tasting.
The phenomenology of flavor is a dark phenomenology.


Is Your Facebook Privacy Protected?
Facebook can either be a useful way to share information and stay in contact with friends or the biggest time waster. It can also be something more sinister; an easy way to have your private information displayed all over the internet.
It seems like every time you make changes to keep your Facebook information private Facebook changes the game and you are at risk again.
Protect your phone number on Facebook — It was recently discovered that due to a security hole that your personal Facebook information could be found by strangers simply by randomly searching phone numbers.
Protect your profile from Google Search and other search engines — If you don't make sure you have your Facebook privacy set correctly your personal information and timeline could be available to anyone searching the internet with Google or other similar search engines.
To protect your Privacy you need to change a couple of settings. Here is how to change these settings.
To protect your phone, email and profile find and click the small gear symbol in the top right of your Facebook page. Once that is done, select Privacy Settings and a new screen will open up. Select edit for the items show as 1 and 2 in the image below. Then set each item to Friends.
One you have done that you will be protected again. It may take some time for the search engines to drop your information but it should eventually happen.
Now that your privacy it protected again, have fun with Facebook, in moderation of course.
Truth comes in strange packages. The barely thirty-something women sat on the witness stand, preparing to tell a story she would rather have kept buried in the recesses of her mind. But the subpoena didn't allow her that option. Instead she focused intently, keeping her eyes on the prosecutor. Knowing the intimate details of the nightmare she was about to share made the thought of eye contact with a panel of strangers too much to bear. She kept her eyes focused like a laser on the knot in his tie wishing he would say something, anything, to break the awful silence.
Sitting off to her right, next to his attorney was her former antagonist. While he had someone to stand in for him she found herself once again alone. Had she ever had anyone to stand with her? It seemed like a foreign concept to her.
As the calendar had moved so rapidly toward this day she had tried to convince herself that maybe, just maybe, someone would believe her this one time. But as she sat alone the doubts returned. She tried to be strong but she found herself leaning slightly forward, shoulders hunched and her legs pulled in close to her chair. Yet another form of the fetal position she had escaped too so many times before. Next, she let her mind travel to the safe place she had created years ago. And as so many times before she once again prepared for what was about to come. This time it wouldn't be physical pain, but rather mental pain. Not that they hadn't gone together in the past. She was about to be forced by subpoena to tell her story under oath.
She found herself taking a strange comfort in the knowledge that the time had arrived. That the pain would end at some point. At least in a temporary way. She was ready for the first blow of the humiliation about to be unleashed on her; this time in front of strangers.
In the front row, in seat number two, sat a middle aged juror. Just a mere 8 feet from the witness, he found himself focused on the woman's body language. Tom Allen and the rest of the jurors had been sworn in prior to lunch. They then listened to the opening arguments from both the prosecuting attorney and the defense attorney. Sitting on what was now his 7th trial in 25 years he found himself wondering, of the 300 potential jurors to show up that morning, why did he have to wind up on yet another jury? And why did it have to be this kind of trial. The past civil trials were intellectually stimulating, even fun. The one criminal trial, a DUI was routine but boring in many respects. But now he found himself in a group of random citizens that would have to render a verdict on 13 different counts.
Considering the least offensive charge was an allegation that a dog, with legs and muzzle taped, was beaten by the blunt end of a hatchet, it was obvious to all that there would be no fun for anyone. Especially witness #3. Now known to all as Ashely Krist.
As the court assistant finished instructing the witness, Tom returned to the present.
The above photo was one of the last I remember taking with my Minolta SR201 SLR film camera. It was taken in April of 1997 a short distance from our Roseburg home.
The comet was known as Hale-Bopp, the last names of the two men who discovered it on the same night from two distant locations. Hale from his driveway and Bopp while looking through a friends telescope.
There is a comet coming this November that is being touted as potentially the "brightest in a generation." Sounds like hype to me. Hale-Bopp was probably a once in a lifetime kind of comet. Only Sirus, the brightest star in the sky, was brighter. Considering how rare naked-eye comets are Hale-Bopp was off the charts, visible to the naked eye for 18 months.
I still kind of miss the old days of film cameras. In fact I even wrote about that once in a blog post titled Kodachrome and Sunny Days.
I've been on jury duty all week and continue for a 4th day on Thursday. So I'm now behind on my writing. The upside is that I certainly will have new material by the time this trial finishes.
Even though this is now the 7th time I have served as a juror, I'm still impressed with the system we operate under. I can't really say more although I would like to say a lot, not so much about this specific trail but about our system and the people who run it and serve on it.
I have no idea why I have been selected so many times. Many people never sit in the jurors box and I get asked a lot about what it is like. So I've been taking mental notes and thought that it might make interesting reading. That is after I recover from this, the most trying case i have served on.
Today marks what would have been Johnny Cash's 81st birthday. I would probably not have remember this except the story I wrote about Johnny Cash last year received almost 100 page views this last Sunday. That promoted me to check to see if Sunday was his birthday. It wasn't. Oh well, it was close.
It is interesting to me to observe what blog posts bring the most consistent traffic. The post I wrote about golf being the hardest sport and the one titled Johnny Cash — Lessons Learned are always in the top five.
The album cover at the top of this post was sent to me by my brother over the weekend. It is an album that we both listen too dozens of time as young boys. To this day I still enjoy listening to Johnny Cash.
The previously mentioned post has always felt like one of the best pieces I've written. If you want to check it out you can find it here.
It is about this time of year that I start thinking about Summer. The occasional blue sky observed though the window by my desk provides hints of Summer. Reality hits when you step out the door and face the cold. But while inside we can always enjoy the illusion of warm sunny skys.
If you have visited my blog before you might recognize that it looks much different today. After much thought I decided to try something new. This theme provides great possibilities but the learning curve was more than I expected. If you click on Home in the menu you will see a tiled front page. Getting those tiles organized just right was like solving a Rubik's Cube. Every change seemed to cause three unintended consequences.
Normally the home page will lay out quite nicely unless you turn your screen to portrait mode or view this on a smart phone. In that chase everything gets shuffled around. This is called responsive-screen technology. It allows the screen to display in a readable fashion regardless of the device you use it on.
I hope you enjoy the new layout. I want to post more pictures like this one in addition to my regular writing. Let me know what you think with a comment below.
It's been awhile since I just wrote for my blog. But I'm back with a large list of things I plan to write about on my blog in the near future. Here is a sample.
Windows and I have a relationship in which we tolerate each other. Windows knows I use Apple computers at home and this has resulted in an attitude rooted in passive aggression.
Sitting in the Doctors office I was struck by the above two magazines. You can tell a lot about a culture from its media.
Contrast that with Self Magazine. Founded in 1979, ten years after the counter culture movement started in the late 1960's. where all the articles are about, you guessed it, self.
Government enjoys a population centered on self. Why is this? Because they are more then willing to let government take care of all the social issues as they go about their life focused on Self.
Which magazine will you be today?
Many of us were very disappointed in the reelection of President Obama. These are my thoughts on moving forward.
First off, for me it is not personal. Much has been made of the President' skin color. For me It is certainly not about skin color. In fact, I find the idea of voting for someone based on skin color or gender offensive. As a minority myself I have never wanted to be treated differently than anyone else based on the color of my skin. I don't need a handicap. I'd rather stand, and if necessary, fail on my own. Failing is good if you embrace it and learn from it. Bitterness towards others and circumstances won't move you forward. And in taking that attitude I've experienced amazingly little discrimination throughout my life.
Not that I am naive to the existence of discrimination and racism. I know full well what my parents and grandparents had to endure. But as a country we have made a lot of progress. And like I said, revenge and bitterness are not motivators that lead you to your full potential.


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Q: PrimeNG PIE chart values are not displayed on Slice - how to show values on default load instead of hover over
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    <button pButton type="button" icon="pi pi-search" (click)="populate_charts()"></button>

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this.pieOptions = {
  responsive: true,
  labels: {
    render: 'label'
  },

  legend: {
    position: 'right',

  },
  title: {
    display: true,
    text: 'sample chart',
    fontSize: 16
  },
}

A: PrimeNG charts are based on chart.js https://www.chartjs.org/docs/latest/
So basically you are looking for a solution for that.
Luckely there is already a SO thread - the answer seems to be a bit more complex than just enabling one option though.
Chart.js v2: How to make tooltips always appear on pie chart?


This rather clichéd postcard features Per Christiansson, a Swedish professional cyclist who has probably been forgotten by everyone except his ever-loving mother. It features a classic Italian Atala frame clothed in a handsome Italian Ofmega groupset. The back of this card refers to this groupset as 'Gruppo Mistral' - although the derailleur is clearly an Ofmega Premier.
On the front of the card the Atala team lists a hatful of World and Italian championships, but I am not entirely clear what they are claiming that they achieved at these prestigious occasions. Amongst all these events, Atala was only working with Ofmega for the 1986 World Championship.


Alexa Havins is popular among soap opera fans as Babe Carey on "All My Children," a role she played from 2003 to 2007. She earned nominations at the Daytime Emmy and Soap Opera Digest Awards for her work on the show. She has also made guest appearances on "Reno 911," "Rescue Me," "Cold Case," "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" and "CSI: Miami" and appeared in small roles in the movies "Fat Girls" (2006), "27 Dresses" (2008), "Hancock" (2008) and "Old Dogs" (2009). Prior to becoming an actress, Havins was a professional dancer.
Moviegoers should look forward to her performances in the upcoming films "Desert Fox" (2009) and "When in Rome" (2010).
Havins is of Swedish and Irish descent. She is good friends with her ex onscreen mother Bobbie Eakes and former "All My Children" costar Billy Miller.
Alexa also studied acting under Brian Reise in Los Angeles, California.
On June 2005, Alexa married her "All My Children" costar Justin Bruening (born on September 24, 1979) in the Virgin Islands. The couple moved to Los Angeles in the fall of 2007 after they left the soap opera.
Spotted by acclaimed acting coach Jean Fowler, Havins landed guest spots in the TV series "Secret Lives" and Comedy Central's "Reno 911" (both 2003). However, she did not hit the big time until she joined the cast of the ABC soap opera "All My Children" in the role of Arabella 'Babe' Carey Chandler in October that same year. She would go on to play the role for the next four years until October 2007. For her fine acting job, she was nominated for a Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series and a Soap Opera Digest for Outstanding Younger Lead Actress (both 2005). Havins also played the role in 22 episodes of the soap "One Life to Live" during 2003 to 2005.
Havins made her first feature film appearances in "Joe Killionaire" (2004), which was written and directed by Sean Morton, and the low budget comedy "Bank Brothers" (also 2004), directed, written and starring Kenneth Guertin. She was next seen as Samantha in the short film "First Kiss" (2005), written and directed by Tracy Michele Tabb, Trish Unger in Travis Betz's horror film "Joshua" (2006), and Tina in the quirky comedy "Fat Girls" (2006), where she appeared with her husband Justin Bruening. She then appeared "Brooklyn Rules" (2007), which was directed by Michael Corrente.
After leaving "All My Children," Havins received a bit part in director Anne Fletcher's "27 Dresses" (2008), starring Katherine Heigl and James Marsden. She than had an unaccredited role in the action film "Hancock" (2008), which was directed by Peter Berg and starred Will Smith, Charlize Theron and Jason Bateman, was cast as Maureen in Richard Temtchine's comedy "How to Seduce Difficult Women" (2009) and appeared in Walt Becker's family comedy "Old Dogs," starring John Travolta, Justin Long, Robin Williams, Seth Green, Kelly Preston, and Matt Dillon. On the small screen, Havins starred as Sarah in the short lived comedy "Turbo Dates" (2009), opposite Haynes Brooke. She also appeared in episodes of "Cold Case," "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" and "CSI: Miami" (all 2009).
Havins has completed filming "Desert Fox" (2009), an action film by Keith Schwebel and written by Alejandro Becker-Barreto, and "When in Rome" (2010), a romance from director Mark Steven Johnson. She will costar with Rebecca Cardon, Mark Irvingsen, Kevin Schwebel and Ricky Moore in the first and Kristen Bell, Josh Duhamel, Anjelica Huston, Will Arnett and Jon Heder in the latter.


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Matthew C. Meade (McIntire '06) of JPMorgan Chase Shares Wall Street Wisdom in New Book
The finance professional offers step-by-step instructive lessons for young professionals on how to build a successful career.
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Matthew C. Meade says he was driven to write his recently self-published book, Wisdom on the Way to Wall Street, as a way of giving back to the community. He's hoping that the principles contained within its pages will "motivate, inspire, and elevate individuals throughout their career success journey."
It's a lofty goal, but as someone who admits that challenges are always going to be there, Meade, a Vice President of JPMorgan Chase & Company, has built his own career step by step. As such, his book aims to lead young professionals in much the same way: giving them the guidance to move from the fundamental business and technical abilities they become fluent in at McIntire before moving on to master next-order skills such as building and managing teams.
For Meade, the instructive lessons contained within the pages of Wisdom on the Way to Wall Street capture his philosophy and intention to lead "individuals based on their unique backgrounds to be successful."
Lessons Learned on Grounds
His own journey to Wall Street started when he left his home state of New Jersey to enroll in Virginia.
"It was far enough away from my home in New Jersey for a fresh, new experience, but close enough to drive a few hours to visit family," he recalls. "After taking prerequisites, electives, and then going to Comm Connection with Associate Dean Rebecca Leonard, I knew the Comm School was the right choice for me."
He notes that learning through McIntire's Integrated Core Experience was important for giving him the opportunity to collaborate on diverse teams, to challenge others' perspectives, and to deliver dynamic projects. "The hard and soft skills I learned were very transferable as an analyst working in debt capital market sales."
He says that his Block 5 experiences with corporate sponsor Rolls-Royce offered particularly excellent preparation, noting that attending classes with people from different countries equipped him with the tools necessary for doing business in an expanding global context.
It was also during that time that Meade picked up a piece of advice that he says was "one of the most important things I learned in McIntire." It came from his mentor Professor Bill Wilhelm, who told him, "Don't be afraid to reinvent yourself." Meade says his advice is just as applicable today, as industries and client needs continue to change and evolve, often at breakneck speed.
A Timely Title for First-Years
He notes that while his book imparts advice in the same vein, it contains lessons well-suited for first-year UVA students. In passages such as "Master Your Own Craft," he suggests that once students select their major, they should seek out opportunities to interact with many levels of their chosen profession through internships and networking with alumni and professionals in the field to learn from their experiences.
In "Blaze Your Own Trail," Meade reminds would-be professionals to focus on their passions and to tap into their individuality. The not-so-subtle message reveals his intent on convincing young people to accept and, indeed, be their authentic selves in the workplace.
What advice does he offer to entry-level employees who are attempting to balance authenticity while also being sensitive to corporate culture and those interpersonal nuances that make teams successful?
"Don't go it alone," he advises. "Develop relationships and mentorships outside of your team, so that way you can receive guidance on how to navigate challenges within the team from a neutral third party."
Meade admits that the self-publishing process was challenging at times, especially when trying to recall the most meaningful ideas and the exemplary stories from his life, but as a committed lifelong learner, he enjoyed the process.
In fact, he says that "endlessly" educating himself, networking with likeminded leaders, and doing his part to advance pathways for diversity throughout his organization are what continue to motivate him after working in finance for 15 years.
Though his book details many challenges people new to the job market face, he advises students attempting to make those crucial first steps toward professional success in the 2020 Zoom-call environment to make the same steps they would in a face-to-face situation.
"Set up time with the people in your team and stakeholders you will be working with to introduce yourself, network, and realize where your team fits in the overall picture of the organization. Taking more time in doing extra preparation for meetings in order to ask insightful questions goes a long way. Embracing the audacity to be authentically you is vital. Even though it's Zoom, it's still important to bring your authentic self to work," he says.
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Plan to Move $100 Million from I-49 in Shreveport Fails in House Committee
Erin McCarty Published: May 11, 2021
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No deal for State Representative Cedric Glover on his proposal to move $100 million dollars from the I-49 inner city connector to the Jimmie Davis Bridge.
The House Appropriations denied his attempt to move the money on an 11-5 vote.
Glover read a letter to the committee from Bossier Mayor Elect Tommy Chandler supporting his proposal to move the money. But many lawmakers have concerns that the Shreveport Bossier delegation has been and continues to be split on this issue. DOTD representatives told the committee the environmental work still has to be complete on the Jimmie Davis Bridge.
DOTD is currently planning to build a new 2-lane bridge at a cost of about $80 million. An additional $40 million would be used to refurbish the current bridge. That would give our area 4 lanes crossing the river.
One of the big problems with this legislation is the local delegation. Many lawmakers say if the Shreveport Bossier delegation can not come together and decide how this money should be spent, what do they expect from the rest of the legislature.
Glover admits he made a mistake in 2019 when he voted to move the money from the Jimmie Davis Bridge to the I-49 inner city connector. And he is trying to correct this mistake. But he did not win many votes with the committee.
Representative Raymond Crews told KEEL News he would support the Glover effort, but this was before he heard from other members of the local delegation. In the end, Crews did not vote on the measure.
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And just like that, somehow it has been a year. Today we celebrated our sweet Caitlin and this first year of her precious life. She is an absolute joy!
We are incredibly thankful for Caitlin and feel extremely blessed that we have the privilege of raising her and seeing her grow and learn.
This week we've held her a little tighter, and soaked up her sweet baby snuggles, while remembering as many details as we can about her first days, our time spent waiting to bring her home, and the rest of the year that followed. We are so happy to be her momma and daddy and are excited for the rest of her life!
Two of our favorite books to read at night say perfectly what we feel about our sweet Caitlin, and the words rang more true than ever and were especially fitting today. We hope she always knows how special she is and never doubts the depths of our love.
2018 was definitely a year to remember for our little family. Throughout this holiday season, I've been extra reflective about my life, the past year, the seasons that we've been through, ups and downs, joys and sorrows. It's interesting to see the changes that come with each passing year; how we grow, how we are used, how we become who we are meant to be.
Two years ago, we had just announced publicly that we were in pursuit of adoption. We had already spent a fair amount of time on the path, but sharing the news with others provided a new level of hope that we didn't know existed, and opened so many more doors. That holiday season, we were in awe of the encouragement and excitement from others and felt extremely loved and supported. We had entered into a new territory where we were allowing ourselves to be very vulnerable to other people. It put us on a path, not just to grow our family, but also to become a support for others going through difficult times.
Late last year, in the midst of a difficult season for our entire family, we found out that we were matched with an expectant mom. She and the baby's biological father had chosen us to parent the baby growing inside of her. It was this time last year, that we were cautiously sharing our joyful news with our family and close friends. We spoke for the first time with the woman we hoped would still want us to be her baby's parents once the baby was born. We put up our Christmas tree and shared visions of a baby toddling around during the next year's holidays. During this season, we lived with great expectation and excitement, but also an enormous amount of fear over the things to come and decisions still to be made and finalized.
No doubt, 2018 brought about our biggest joy in Caitlin. We are so thankful for her sweet life! The year was filled with many celebrations and smiles, and plenty of "firsts." We became Momma and Daddy, lived in Florida for five weeks, figured out how to care for a baby 24/7 (in a hotel room!), spent time with family, went on our first family-of-three vacation, and a whole host of other exciting things that come with being first time parents. Of course, there were plenty of difficult times as well – navigating the wait and then starting a relationship with Caitlin's birth parents, more paperwork and finalization formalities, first hospitalization, balancing our new family with work, church, marriage, etc. 2018 closed a chapter in our lives that lingered longer than anticipated, and started a new chapter we are excited to see unfold. The year was good to us, and we are hopeful for what is still to come.
If we could see in the future to know how our life will work out, wouldn't it make it easier? Maybe. Sure. But the other side is much more rewarding knowing what it took to get there, and the lessons learned along the way. If we had all the answers, we would never know what it means to live in faith, to anticipate a good thing, to be hopeful. We don't have a promise of a happy ending on this earth, but I'm filled with joy and humility over God's provision for my family, and the loving support of family and friends. I'm looking forward to 2019, for the memories we'll make with Caitlin, the "firsts" still to come, and for the things not anticipated, because that's what shapes us into who we are meant to be.
We're still here . . .
So, if you haven't noticed, it's been a while since we made any post. We've wanted to write, but well . . . life. Lol. A baby changes things for sure. We've been busy enjoying Caitlin, learning to be parents, and figuring out how to balance everything as we find our new normal. There have definitely been challenges; we won't try to paint a picture claiming that everything is perfect. We're new parents! But we also wouldn't trade this for the world.
For some reason, we've also been a little unsure as to where to go from here with this blog. And then as time kept passing, we felt like we needed to have the perfect thing to say (and then this post literally sat written and unpublished for over a month . . .). Our intention was never for our little blog to be simply a journal about our life (though that's certainly part of it!), but rather, we had hoped to be a resource and use the platform as a way to help educate ourselves and others about infertility and adoption. Somewhere between changing diapers, post-placement home studies, work, and sleep (what's that?), we've gone much longer between postings than intended.
We've had a lot of thoughts swirling around in our heads these past months as new parents, so soon we'll get that put together into shareable content. We're working on getting back into that groove, but for now, we figured what better way to ease back into the blogging world, than to give an update on our precious Little Bit?
Caitlin is now almost 7 months old (how did that happen?). Her personality is really starting to show, she is happy and content, loves to listen to us sing, sits by herself, and is ready to move! She constantly smiles, thinks looking at herself in the mirror is hilarious, started eating (and face painting) some veggies, and has definitely found her voice.
We are loving this new life. It's hectic and hard, but this smiley, cuddly little one has made this life so much more beautiful.
Looking at our pictures and thinking back to when our world changed, there is so much that we want to share about our experience. Stay tuned – we will have more soon!
Mother's day is different this year. It's the first time I'm on the "mother side," and that's exciting. I'm so happy to be Caitlin's mama! What a sweet privilege it is. She is just the best little blessing Colin and I could have ever imagined; she is all we ever hoped and prayed for. She has made our hearts burst with love and we are so proud of her.
Happy Mother's Day to Caitlin's birth mother. I would not be Caitlin's mama, if it weren't for the selfless love of her first mama. This precious woman loves our sweet baby so much, that she sacrificed her own role as her mother, and trusted me to take on that role instead. Wow. What gift. What a beautiful responsibility. It's not lost on me that I became a mom, while another woman felt the pain of losing that title. This Mother's Day, I'm excited to be on the "mother side," but I'm also thinking of the brave heart of Caitlin's birth mother.
This is (part of) one of my favorite pictures from the hospital. It's Caitlin, her birth mother, and me, just hours after Caitlin was born and the first time I saw and held her.
Happy Mother's Day to my Momma! She is the best (I know everyone says that, but mine really is). She is the example I need, on how to be a good mother. She is selfless and loving. She puts everyone above herself, always making sure that the needs of everyone else around her are met. She loves my dad and her children and her grandchildren – oh she loves her grandchildren something fierce. I love my mom.
Happy Mother's Day to the other women in my life who mentored me and loved on me, especially during my wait to become a mom. To my sisters, mother-in-law, family, and friends, I would not be where I am today if it weren't for your guidance, love, and listening ear. Even if you aren't a mom, you influence others, and that's a huge role in itself.
And to those who have suffered a loss of a child or mother, to those who are have placed a child for adoption, to those who are in the depths of the wait to fill your mama arms, I see you. I know that this day can be one of mixed emotions, even painful. For the last several years, this day was one of my least favorite of the year. So I understand that while others are celebrating, others are quietly hurting. Happy Mother's Day to you, too. You are loved.
I'm thankful to be on the "mother side" of Mother's Day. It's a joy to be Caitlin's mom and I'm excited to pour into her, just like so many women have and continue to do in my own life. Happy Mother's Day to you all!
Four years ago exactly, we sat in a doctor's office and were told that I would likely never be able to get pregnant. It was news that hit me like a ton of bricks and shook our lives and our marriage to the core. It took a long time for our hearts to heal in a way that would allow us to move forward, to figure out the path God wanted our family to take.
But today, as I write this, a tiny baby is sleeping sweetly next to me. A baby that came into our lives differently than most. A baby with loving birth parents who chose us to raise their daughter.
The doctor told us that day that I would never have a baby grow under my heart, but what we didn't understand at that time, was that it didn't matter what any doctor said, we could still have a baby grow IN our hearts.
We are proud to introduce miss Caitlin Rose! She was born on Friday, March 9, weighed 5 lbs. 14.9 oz., and was 18.5 inches long. We are falling more in love with her every day! We are so thankful to be her parents and are beyond grateful to and full of love for her first mama and dad who made us a family.
Caitlin was born in another state, and because of that, there is some additional approval that has to take place before we can return home to Louisiana. Once finally back home and settled, we will share more of our story and weeks-long adventure, but for now, we are embracing these precious moments as a family of three.
The wait was long and not easy, but this gift was worth the wait!
Lately, I've been asked multiple times about my favorite verse or passage from the Bible. My immediate response typically stuns the questioner – it is the entire book of Habakkuk. After assuring them that Habakkuk is indeed in the Bible, and not a Star Wars or Lord of the Rings character, I go on to explain that the book of Habakkuk is really an open letter to all who are suffering; to all who question God when life doesn't seem fair.
By now you are familiar enough with our story to know Kendal and I had the same frustrations – "God, why can't we get pregnant? Isn't having a family a good thing?! How can those who seemingly don't love, care, or want a child be blessed that way and we can't? Why is the process taking so long?!" Maybe your circumstances haven't revolved around infertility and adoption. Perhaps your struggle is with your career, finances, or health. If we are honest with ourselves, everyone, at some point in their lives, has felt as though life wasn't fair and God wasn't listening.
And that is where the book of Habakkuk comes in. As the story begins, this prophet observes his world and sees, due to the nation's corrupt leaders, injustice, depravity, and violence. Habakkuk complains to God, "How long shall I cry for help, and you will not hear? Or cry to you 'Violence!' and you will not save? Why do you make me see iniquity, and why do you idly look at wrong?" In essence, Habakkuk is criticizing God, wondering why all of these unfair and evil things happen to good people – to God's own people nonetheless! Sounds familiar, right?
God responds to Habakkuk's complaints, telling him that He is aware of the injustice and destruction, and that He does, in fact, plan on doing something about it, but it isn't quite what Habakkuk has in mind. God tells the prophet that He is raising up an enemy nation to come and invade the land. This shocks Habakkuk, as this situation is far worse than corrupt leaders and moral decline. The prophet goes so far as to accuse God of being inconsistent and unfair in raising up this enemy nation – "You who are of purer eyes than to see evil and cannot look to wrong, why do you idly look at traitors and remain silent when the wicked swallows up the man more righteous than he?" Habakkuk was looking for some relief, but God throws Habakkuk a curve ball he never expected. Still sounding familiar?
The book's final line reads, "To the choirmaster: with stringed instruments." Amazing! Habakkuk has received a glimpse of the glory of God, and despite the certain suffering that looms on the horizon and not fully understanding why God is doing the things He is, Habakkuk sings praises, knowing God will sustain him. What a progression – from protest to praise – "…yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will take joy in the God of my salvation. God, the Lord, is my strength!" While we don't know what Habakkuk's song sounded like, and though our "stringed instruments" probably sound different today, I think a modern interpretation is "Even If" by MercyMe, which you can listen to here.
Last week, while on my way to work, I received a text from a good friend – Matt – which said "Praying for y'all today. Peace and patience and favor." As I considered Matt's message, I was reminded of how many people just over the last two or three weeks who have mentioned they are praying for us. People from different cities and walks of life have reached out to us to let us know we are still in their thoughts and prayers. Thinking of those comments in light of Matt's message, the importance of true friendship was impressed upon me.
But in a day of rampant social media usage, it is easy to forget the true meaning of friendship. We mistake social media as a safety blanket to hide under – a blanket where we display how many friends we have, our best-looking selfies, our trip to the gym, or the number people who liked a photo of our dinner. Empowered to say whatever we want with little repercussions, social media, text messaging, and email makes our "friends" digital and our egos bigger.
Calvin, you are right, true friends are hard to come by. Honest people in real life situations don't seem to hold their value anymore. Our world makes it easy to slip away into seclusion. We value digital connection over personal investment. This is not normal; this is not what we were created for.
Christian friendship is beautiful and vital. It is more than a casual "hello," but is a brotherhood, a sisterhood, a family, and a body . . . a body of Christ working together glorifying Him. A Christ-centered friendship always loves, forgives, corrects, rebukes, encourages, prays for, and hopes for each other to be more like Christ. A true friend never allows us to wallow in our sin, but wants to see us redeemed and sanctified. A true friend loves and supports and encourages despite the other's mistakes and failures. Friendship is like love, it is tough and it is war. It is iron sharpening iron. It is holding each other accountable. True friendship isn't easily discarded when tough situations arise.
Friendship is when people who seek God's glory can love each other, despite their sins and flaws and shortcomings.
Which brings me back to Matt. Thinking back over our adoption journey, and especially in the last few months, I am constantly reminded of such friends in my life. Friends who encourage us, who I know love us, and who, in spite of our shortcomings, invest themselves in us. They genuinely ask how we are doing and actually listen to our response. I am very thankful and blessed to have them in my life, and I hope that others can see this type of friendship in me.
Life is hard and we can't live it alone. But true Christian friendship is more than a casual connection; it is journeying together in life and spurring each other on to be more like Christ and to give Him more glory.
That is infinitely more exciting than being secluded.
If you want to talk further about infertility, adoption, or just chat about life, we would love to hear from you! It would make our day!
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