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Jerusalem Post World News
Film exploring moral dilemmas of Iran's capital punishment earns honors in Berlin
"There Is No Evil" explores the moral dilemmas thrust on those who carry out executions and the consequences of defiance for them and those around them.
Published: MARCH 1, 2020 23:27
Iranian people burn American and Israeli flags during the funeral procession for Iranian Major-General Qassem Soleimani, head of the elite Quds Force, and Iraqi militia commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, who were killed in an air strike at Baghdad airport, in Tehran, Iran January 6, 2020
(photo credit: NAZANIN TABATABAEE/WANA VIA REUTERS)
A drama film shot in secret to evade government censorship that highlights the moral dilemmas faced by those caught in the web of Iran's capital punishment machine won the Berlin Film Festival's Golden Bear award on Saturday.
Director Mohammad Rasoulof, whose film shows that there are costs to both bravery and cowardice, was not allowed to leave Iran to pick up the award: he faces propaganda charges over his earlier films.
His daughter Baran, who stars in one chapter of the four-part film, picked up the award on his behalf in the German capital and later held up before the cameras a smartphone on which the director addressed a news conference by video call.
"This film is about people taking responsibility," he said. "I wanted to talk about people who push responsibility away from themselves and say that the decision is taken by higher powers. But they can actually say no, and that's their strength."
Each of the film's chapters depicts a man chosen to carry out an execution: some refuse, some obey. But whatever path they choose, the consequences, good and bad, for them and their loved ones, echo down the decades.
Shot indoors, at night, or in remote rural locations to avoid catching authorities' attention, the film carried risks for cast and crew who had themselves taken a decision to "put their lives in danger to make this film," said producer Farzad Pak.
The jury president, British actor Jeremy Irons, hailed the way the film showed "the web an authoritarian regime weaves among ordinary people, drawing them towards inhumanity," noting that the film's lessons about individual responsibility went far beyond Iran.
Rights groups say Iran executed at least 227 people in 2019. Capital crimes include "insulting the Prophet," same-sex relations, adultery and non-violent drug offenses, according to Human Rights Watch.
Asked about suggestions circulating on Iranian social media that the film was being favored for its political message, producer Kaveh Farnam said: "Every time that an independent Iranian film wins an award the regime says that it's all worthless, they say that we're exploiting the situation in the west."
The second-place Silver Bear went to Eliza Hittman's "Never Rarely Sometimes Always," the story of two teenagers from the rural United States defying anti-abortion activists, poverty, physical and mental harassment, and expensive healthcare to obtain a pregnancy termination.
Korea's Hong Sangsoo won a best director Silver Bear for "The Woman Who Ran," a miniature about female friendship, loneliness, men who intrude, and a cat who, filmed washing itself and yawning, left audiences in stitches of laughter.
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Нигяр Ахмед () — пакистанская активистка за права женщин, основавшая  и . Она умерла в возрасте 72 лет.

Ранние годы и образование
Ахмед родилась в Лахоре в 1945 году в семье Риазуддина Ахмада и Ахтар. Она получила раннее образование в монастыре Иисуса и Марии. Она получила степень магистра экономики в . Она была членом драматического клуба Государственного колледжа, а затем редактором известного журнала Ravi. Позже она поступила в Нью-Холл, Кембридж, на стипендию Содружества. После возвращения преподавала экономику в Университете Каид-и Азама.

Феминизм
Вскоре после создания Женского форума действий в 1981 году в Карачи Ахмед основала отделения в Исламабаде и Лахоре в 1982 году. Живя в Исламабаде почти шестнадцать лет, она продолжала участвовать в женском движении. Она стала соучредителем  в 1986 году вместе с  в эпоху диктатуры Зия-уль-Хака.

Личная жизнь
Ахмед вышла замуж за Тарика Сиддики, государственного служащего в округе Сват. У них было двое сыновей, Билал и Ахмад. Её муж и оба сына получили докторскую степень.

Смерть
В 2001 году у Ахмед диагностировали болезнь Паркинсона. В 2017 году она страдала от инфекции грудной клетки и попала в больницу в Лахоре, где умерла.

Награды
В 2005 году её имя было номинировано на Нобелевскую премию мира среди других пакистанских женщин.

В 2010 году она получила награду Mohtarma Fatima Jinnah Life Time Achievement Award.

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What Is O.J. Simpson's Actual Net Worth?
Here's how the former NFL star is living during his first few days of freedom after nine years behind bars.
By Sam Dangremond
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O.J. Simpson was released from prison on October 1 after nine years behind bars for a 2007 armed robbery in Las Vegas. "I've done my time," the 70-year-old Simpson said at his parole hearing last July. "I've done it as well and as respectfully as I think anyone can."
He may have completed his sentence, but Simpson has outstanding debts to settle, specifically the roughly $70 million he owes the families of Ron Goldman and Nicole Brown Simpson after interest from the $33.5 million they were awarded at a 1996 civil trial.
Simpson still has access to some resources, however. While money that he makes (like the $3 to $5 million he's reportedly expecting for his first televised interview) is subject to seizure to satisfy the debt, income from Social Security and pensions that he receives is not. "Pensions are bulletproof," David Cook, a Goldman family attorney, told Fox News. "Absent divine intervention, they are nearly impossible to topple. This is frustrating."
O.J. Simpson was granted parole at a hearing at Lovelock Correctional Center in Nevada on July 20.
A friend of Simpson's told USA Today that Simpson invested $5 million in a personal pension. He also receives money from pensions through the Screen Actors Guild and NFL, which pays somewhere between $1,700 and $25,000 a month. When the accounts are combined, it adds up to about $300,000 a year for the former football star.
All in all, current estimates of Simpson's net worth range from GoBankingRates.com's $250,000 to CelebrityNetWorth.com's $3 million.
And where will he settle? While Simpson's lawyer told the New York Times that he is "going to wind up in Florida," the state's attorney general, Pam Bondi, said he isn't welcome there because of the "added dangers that his relocation would pose to our citizens" and "a disturbing history of arrests and destructive behavior." Plus, Bondi wrote in a letter to the Florida Department of Corrections, "Our state should not become a country club for this convicted criminal."
Following his release, Simpson stayed put in Las Vegas. Simpson, who once had a 10 handicap, spent part of his first week of newfound freedom working on his golf game, "chipping and putting on some artificial turf" outside a 5,000-square-foot Las Vegas home where he's staying. He also took time on to sign sports memorabilia (which is what the 2007 robbery involved) at what TMZ called a "secret autograph session" at a Las Vegas hotel.
Inside O.J. Simpson: The Lost Confession?
Sam Dangremond Contributing Digital Editor Sam Dangremond is a Contributing Digital Editor at Town & Country.
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text:
#include "Connection.h"
#include <ctime>
#include <vector>
#include <queue>
#include <memory>
#include <string>
#include <map>
#include <set>
#include <chrono>
#include <thread>
#include <iostream>
#include <list>
#include "core/FlowFile.h"
#include "core/Processor.h"
#include "core/logging/LoggerConfiguration.h"

using namespace std::literals::chrono_literals;

namespace org::apache::nifi::minifi {

Connection::Connection(std::shared_ptr<core::Repository> flow_repository, std::shared_ptr<core::ContentRepository> content_repo, std::string name)
    : core::Connectable(std::move(name)),
      flow_repository_(std::move(flow_repository)),
      content_repo_(std::move(content_repo)) {
  logger_->log_debug("Connection %s created", name_);
}

Connection::Connection(std::shared_ptr<core::Repository> flow_repository, std::shared_ptr<core::ContentRepository> content_repo, std::string name, const utils::Identifier &uuid)
    : core::Connectable(std::move(name), uuid),
      flow_repository_(std::move(flow_repository)),
      content_repo_(std::move(content_repo)) {
  logger_->log_debug("Connection %s created", name_);
}

Connection::Connection(std::shared_ptr<core::Repository> flow_repository, std::shared_ptr<core::ContentRepository> content_repo, std::string name, const utils::Identifier &uuid,
                       const utils::Identifier& srcUUID)
    : core::Connectable(std::move(name), uuid),
      flow_repository_(std::move(flow_repository)),
      content_repo_(std::move(content_repo)) {
  src_uuid_ = srcUUID;
  logger_->log_debug("Connection %s created", name_);
}

Connection::Connection(std::shared_ptr<core::Repository> flow_repository, std::shared_ptr<core::ContentRepository> content_repo, std::string name, const utils::Identifier &uuid,
                       const utils::Identifier& srcUUID, const utils::Identifier& destUUID)
    : core::Connectable(std::move(name), uuid),
      flow_repository_(std::move(flow_repository)),
      content_repo_(std::move(content_repo)) {
  src_uuid_ = srcUUID;
  dest_uuid_ = destUUID;
  logger_->log_debug("Connection %s created", name_);
}

Connection::Connection(std::shared_ptr<core::Repository> flow_repository, std::shared_ptr<core::ContentRepository> content_repo, std::shared_ptr<SwapManager> swap_manager,
                       std::string name, const utils::Identifier& uuid)
    : core::Connectable(std::move(name), uuid),
      flow_repository_(std::move(flow_repository)),
      content_repo_(std::move(content_repo)),
      queue_(std::move(swap_manager)) {
  logger_->log_debug("Connection %s created", name_);
}

bool Connection::isEmpty() const {
  std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(mutex_);

  return queue_.empty();
}

bool Connection::isFull() const {
  std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(mutex_);

  if (max_queue_size_ <= 0 && max_data_queue_size_ <= 0)
    // No back pressure setting
    return false;

  if (max_queue_size_ > 0 && queue_.size() >= max_queue_size_)
    return true;

  if (max_data_queue_size_ > 0 && queued_data_size_ >= max_data_queue_size_)
    return true;

  return false;
}

void Connection::put(const std::shared_ptr<core::FlowFile>& flow) {
  if (drop_empty_ && flow->getSize() == 0) {
    logger_->log_info("Dropping empty flow file: %s", flow->getUUIDStr());
    return;
  }
  {
    std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(mutex_);

    queue_.push(flow);

    queued_data_size_ += flow->getSize();

    logger_->log_debug("Enqueue flow file UUID %s to connection %s", flow->getUUIDStr(), name_);
  }

  // Notify receiving processor that work may be available
  if (dest_connectable_) {
    logger_->log_debug("Notifying %s that %s was inserted", dest_connectable_->getName(), flow->getUUIDStr());
    dest_connectable_->notifyWork();
  }
}

void Connection::multiPut(std::vector<std::shared_ptr<core::FlowFile>>& flows) {
  {
    std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(mutex_);

    for (auto &ff : flows) {
      if (drop_empty_ && ff->getSize() == 0) {
        logger_->log_info("Dropping empty flow file: %s", ff->getUUIDStr());
        continue;
      }

      queue_.push(ff);
      queued_data_size_ += ff->getSize();

      logger_->log_debug("Enqueue flow file UUID %s to connection %s", ff->getUUIDStr(), name_);
    }
  }

  if (dest_connectable_) {
    logger_->log_debug("Notifying %s that flowfiles were inserted", dest_connectable_->getName());
    dest_connectable_->notifyWork();
  }
}

std::shared_ptr<core::FlowFile> Connection::poll(std::set<std::shared_ptr<core::FlowFile>> &expiredFlowRecords) {
  std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(mutex_);

  while (queue_.isWorkAvailable()) {
    std::optional<std::shared_ptr<core::FlowFile>> opt_item = queue_.tryPop();
    if (!opt_item) {
      return nullptr;
    }
    std::shared_ptr<core::FlowFile> item = std::move(opt_item.value());
    queued_data_size_ -= item->getSize();

    if (expired_duration_.load() > 0ms) {
      // We need to check for flow expiration
      if (std::chrono::system_clock::now() > (item->getEntryDate() + expired_duration_.load())) {
        // Flow record expired
        expiredFlowRecords.insert(item);
        logger_->log_debug("Delete flow file UUID %s from connection %s, because it expired", item->getUUIDStr(), name_);
      } else {
        item->setConnection(this);
        logger_->log_debug("Dequeue flow file UUID %s from connection %s", item->getUUIDStr(), name_);
        return item;
      }
    } else {
      item->setConnection(this);
      logger_->log_debug("Dequeue flow file UUID %s from connection %s", item->getUUIDStr(), name_);
      return item;
    }
  }

  return nullptr;
}

void Connection::drain(bool delete_permanently) {
  std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(mutex_);
  if (!delete_permanently) {
    // simply discard in-memory flow files
    queue_.clear();
  } else {
    while (!queue_.empty()) {
      auto opt_item = queue_.tryPop(std::chrono::milliseconds{100});
      if (!opt_item) {
        continue;
      }
      auto& item = opt_item.value();
      if (item->isStored() && flow_repository_->Delete(item->getUUIDStr())) {
        item->setStoredToRepository(false);
        auto claim = item->getResourceClaim();
        if (claim) claim->decreaseFlowFileRecordOwnedCount();
      }
    }
  }

  queued_data_size_ = 0;
  logger_->log_debug("Drain connection %s", name_);
}

}  // namespace org::apache::nifi::minifi

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When we are born-again through faith in the precious Lord Jesus, the Bible calls us children of God. As such, we are blessed with the privilege of suffering with our Lord. As it is written, IF (we are) CHILDREN, THEN HEIRS; HEIRS OF GOD, AND JOINT-HEIRS WITH CHRIST; IF SO BE THAT WE SUFFER WITH HIM, THAT WE MAY BE ALSO GLORIFIED TOGETHER. FOR I RECKON THAT THE SUFFERINGS OF THIS PRESENT TIME ARE NOT WORTHY TO BE COMPARED WITH THE GLORY WHICH SHALL BE REVEALED IN US-Ro 8:17,18. Note the word "SUFFERINGS." This is not always a popular subject in the churches today. However, it still needs to be covered, as it is the Word of God. If you are a true born-again Christian, you will in some way (or ways) suffer because of your faith. Often this comes as a result of witnessing, but sufferings may come in many other ways, also. Your faith will be tested to see if it is genuine.
God's Word gives us much exhortation on this subject. It is written, FOR UNTO YOU IT IS GIVEN IN THE BEHALF OF CHRIST, NOT ONLY TO BELIEVE ON HIM, BUT ALSO TO SUFFER FOR HIS SAKE-Phili 1:29. Nevertheless, endure with patience and faith, THAT YE MAY BE COUNTED WORTHY OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD, FOR WHICH YE ALSO SUFFER-2 Thes 1:5. IF WE SUFFER, WE SHALL ALSO REIGN WITH HIM-2 Tim 2:12. YEA, AND ALL THAT WILL LIVE GODLY IN CHRIST JESUS SHALL SUFFER PERSECUTION-2 Tim 3:12. WE MUST GO THROUGH MANY HARDSHIPS TO ENTER THE KINGDOM OF GOD-Acts 14:22 NIV.
The apostle Peter tells us, BELOVED, THINK IT NOT STRANGE CONCERNING THE FIERY TRIAL WHICH IS TO TRY YOU (painful trial you are suffering), AS THOUGH SOME STRANGE THING HAPPENED UNTO YOU: BUT REJOICE, INASMUCH AS YE ARE PARTAKERS OF CHRIST'S SUFFERINGS; THAT, WHEN HIS GLORY SHALL BE REVEALED, YE MAY BE GLAD ALSO WITH EXCEEDING JOY. YET IF ANY MAN SUFFER AS A CHRISTIAN, LET HIM NOT BE ASHAMED; BUT LET HIM GLORIFY GOD ON THIS BEHALF-1 Pe 4:12,13,16. IF YE BE REPROACHED (insulted) FOR THE NAME OF CHRIST, HAPPY ARE YE; FOR THE SPIRIT OF GLORY AND OF GOD RESTETH UPON YOU....WHEREFORE LET THEM THAT SUFFER ACCORDING TO THE WILL OF GOD COMMIT THE KEEPING OF THEIR SOULS TO HIM IN WELL DOING, AS UNTO A FAITHFUL CREATOR-1 Pe 4:14,19. THEREFORE ENDURE HARDNESS (hardship), AS A GOOD SOLDIER OF JESUS CHRIST-2 Tim 2:3. BUT THANKS BE TO GOD, WHICH GIVETH US THE VICTORY THROUGH OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. THEREFORE, MY BELOVED BRETHREN, BE YE STEADFAST, UNMOVEABLE, ALWAYS ABOUNDING IN THE WORK OF THE LORD, FORASMUCH AS YE KNOW THAT YOUR LABOR IS NOT IN VAIN IN THE LORD-1 Cor 15:57,58. THOU THEREFORE, MY SON, BE STRONG IN THE GRACE THAT IS IN CHRIST JESUS-2 Tim 2:1.
Through our sufferings, we have the comfort of Jesus, Who OPENED HIS MOUTH, AND TAUGHT THEM, SAYING, BLESSED ARE THE POOR IN SPIRIT: FOR THEIRS IS THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN. BLESSED ARE THEY THAT MOURN: FOR THEY SHALL BE COMFORTED. BLESSED ARE THE MEEK: FOR THEY SHALL INHERIT THE EARTH. BLESSED ARE THEY WHICH DO HUNGER AND THIRST AFTER RIGHTEOUSNESS: FOR THEY SHALL BE FILLED. BLESSED ARE THE MERCIFUL: FOR THEY SHALL OBTAIN MERCY. BLESSED ARE THE PURE IN HEART: FOR THEY SHALL SEE GOD. BLESSED ARE THE PEACEMAKERS: FOR THEY SHALL BE CALLED THE CHILDREN OF GOD. BLESSED ARE THEY WHICH ARE PERSECUTED FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS' SAKE: FOR THEIRS IS THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN. BLESSED ARE YE, WHEN MEN SHALL REVILE YOU, AND PERSECUTE YOU, AND SHALL SAY ALL MANNER OF EVIL AGAINST YOU FALSELY, FOR MY SAKE. REJOICE, AND BE EXCEEDING GLAD: FOR GREAT IS YOUR REWARD IN HEAVEN: FOR SO PERSECUTED THEY THE PROPHETS WHICH WERE BEFORE YOU-Mt 5:2-12.
Jesus asks, WHO THEN IS A FAITHFUL AND WISE SERVANT, WHOM HIS LORD HATH MADE RULER OVER HIS HOUSEHOLD, TO GIVE THEM MEAT IN DUE SEASON? BLESSED IS THAT SERVANT, WHOM HIS LORD WHEN HE COMETH SHALL FIND SO DOING. VERILY I SAY UNTO YOU, THAT HE SHALL MAKE HIM RULER OVER ALL HIS GOODS-Mt 24:45-47.


Deep in the heart of UConn country, thwarted gubernatorial candidate Mark Lauretti spent $1,600 in political contributions to play in a charity golf tournament of rival Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim.
The longtime Shelton mayor was a graduate assistant coach under Boeheim from 1979 to 1982.
The ticket price included a round of golf at Atunyote Golf Club at Turning Stone Resort & Casino in upstate New York, a VIP reception, dinner and celebrity auction.
The expenditure was made eight days after Lauretti's campaign fell short of getting enough signatures to get onto the Republican primary ballot for governor.
Lauretti, a 27-year incumbent who is currently Fairfield County's longest-serving mayor or first selectman, defended the June 20 payment to the Jim and Juli Boeheim Foundation during an interview Monday with The Courant.
While unsuccessful candidates can give surplus campaign funds to charity under Connecticut's election law, Lauretti's golf outing drew criticism from the head of one prominent watchdog group.
A request for comment was left Monday for the state Elections Enforcement Commission.
Lauretti's campaign committee is still active, despite a requirement that termination paperwork be filed with the state within seven days of distributing surplus funds. He said he has another $60,000 that he plans to give to several charities that haven't been identified yet.
Surplus campaign contributions can also be refunded on a pro rata basis to contributors; given to veterans organizations; or donated to Connecticut's public campaign financing program.
Boeheim has led the Orange to five Final Fours and one national championship during his 42 years as coach of Syracuse University, which was a founding member of the Big East with UConn. The two programs developed one of the best rivalries in college hoops, with Calhoun guiding Connecticut to three national titles.
"I've been friends with Jim Boeheim for over 35 years," Lauretti said, noting that he's coached at Boeheim's basketball camps and attended four Final Fours.
Lauretti said this wasn't his first time playing in Boeheim's charity tournament and that he's used both personal and campaign funds in the past to pay his entry fee.
Boeheim was in attendance, but did not play in the 11th Annual Jim Boeheim Golf Classic, according to Lauretti, who said he was in a prime grouping for the tournament.
"I went off the first tee, if that's any indication," Lauretti said.


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From accessories to handy essentials, and laundry to magazines, you can use this rack and the storage space of three drawers to place anything. Adding to the weave pattern and appeal of the drawers is the star accessory on each drawer.


The Costume Society of America announced at its annual national symposium in Providence, Rhode Island, that UC Davis lecturer Jo Ann Stabb, Department of Environmental Design, was named to its Scholars' Roundtable. Stabb was recognized for her pioneering work in design and published research on the American Wearable Art Movement. Scholars' Roundtable members are expected to stimulate interest in costume scholarship and help establish and exemplify high standards for reporting scholarly activity. Scholars previously recognized include Claudia Brush Kidwell, curator of costume at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., and Valerie Steele of the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York.
Professor Paul Singh, Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering and Department of Food Science and Technology, was elected a fellow of the International Academy of Food Science and Technology. He was honored in April at the 11th World Congress of Food Science and Technology in Seoul, Korea. Singh studies heat and mass transfer in foods during processing. Predictive models of the frying process have been developed that provide new insights on how heat transfers from oil into an immersed food. Separate studies involve measuring various properties of hamburger meat and rates of heat transfer when patties are cooked on a commercial grill. Predictive models of heat transfer are developed to improve industrial grill design and develop cooking processes that assure a safe product without overcooking. Singh also studies the toasting process widely used in manufacturing breakfast cereals. A predictive model examines moisture gradients, temperature profiles and consequent changes in textural properties of breakfast cereals.
Two faculty members from the college's Department of Viticulture and Enology were seated in endowed chairs this year - Andrew Walker, the Louis P. Martini Endowed Chair in Viticulture, and James Wolpert, the Marvin Sands Endowed Chair in Viticulture and Enology. Walker is an internationally known grape geneticist whose research involves the development of rootstocks and studying the genetic basis of resistance to soil-borne pests. Walker, who has been breeding grapes on the UC Davis campus since 1989, is working to breed new grape varieties with resistance to Pierce's disease. The Martini chair honors the memory of Louis Peter Martini, the pioneer winemaker who studied at UC Davis. Wolpert, who serves as department chair, is the only wine grape Cooperative Extension specialist in California. As chair, he has overseen development of a departmental strategic plan, the kick-off of a fund-raising campaign and creation of a board of visitors. The Sands chair honors the memory of Marvin Sands, founder of Canandaigua (now known as Constellation Brands) a beverage industry leader.
Professor Barbara Shawcroft, Department of Environmental Design, spoke to Friends of the UC Davis Arboretum on Tuesday, May 8, 2001, at the University Club. The presentation was titled "Sculpture in the Garden/Art in the Park - From Salisbury Plain to Your Own Back Yard." Shawcroft and her students have worked with the UC Davis Arboretum for the past 15 years as part of her Design 125 course, Structures in the Landscape. Her research determines the links between the natural sciences and a visually expressive point of view. Her work is included in the recently published book "Whole Cloth." Shawcroft is compiling a book of her own photography and text, titled "Textiles in the Landscape.
The Academic Peer Advising Program named Carol Cooper, Department of Food Science and Technology, the 2001 Outstanding Faculty and Staff Adviser. Chancellor Larry N. Vanderhoef presented the award to one faculty adviser and one staff adviser at a special ceremony and reception held Wednesday, May 9, 2001, at the International House. This is the first year that the award has been presented to a staff member. Cooper, who received her BS in microbiology at UC Davis in 1966, began her career on campus in 1968. She joined the Department of Food Science and Technology as department librarian in 1975 and became undergraduate advisor in the early 1990s. Cooper received the CA&ES Walker Advising Award in 1997. "Carol is an excellent ambassador for the department and the campus," said Teri Wolcott, management services officer for the department. "She works tirelessly to support student activities - building floats for Picnic Day, providing practice questions for our College Bowl team, providing advice and encouragement for students on our Product Development Team, which competes nationally, and maintaining contact with our alums. After they graduate, they still call Carol if they are looking for interns or a career employee or for advice about their own personal careers. She is the ultimate professional and a fantastic advocate for our students, our department and our campus!"
Academic counselor Amy Strayer of the CA&ES Dean's Office was named 'Woman of the Spring Quarter" by the UC Davis Women's Resources and Research Center. She was recognized for her devotion to students and their development and success. The award is presented quarterly. Strayer was recognized at a reception on Thursday, May 10, 2001, in Hart Hall. Strayer attended UC Davis in the 1970s; however, before graduating, she dropped out, went to work and started a family. She later returned to UC Davis to work at Student Special Services and study psychology. She graduated in 1991 and began work on a master's degree in counseling at California State University, Sacramento, graduating in 1997. In 1994, she joined the CA&ES Dean's Office as a counselor. Strayer is adviser to the Prytanean Women's Honor Society, a student organization composed of high-achieving students interested in campus and community service. She also has led student retreats, taught Staff Development classes and facilitated diversity discussions. "I particularly enjoy working with re-entry students who must balance outside responsibilities with academic studies," she said. "I identify with them most of all. I feel honored to be recognized for my contribution to women on campus."
Randal Southard, associate dean, Division of Environmental Sciences, announced that plans are underway to plant a memorial grove on campus to commemorate the lives of two UC Davis researchers and three Japanese colleagues who died in the Sea of Cortez a year ago. A grove of trees and a memorial plaque will be dedicated in a public ceremony. In March 2000, Gary Polis, professor and chair of the college's Department of Environmental Science and Policy, and postgraduate researcher Michael Rose perished in a boating accident. Three scientists from the Center for Ecological Research at Kyoto University in Japan also perished: animal ecology professor Takuya Abe, mathematical ecology professor Masahiko Higashi and associate professor of aquatic ecology Shigeru Nakano. Three postgraduate researchers continue Polis' studies on the islands off Baja California: Francisco "Paco" Sanchez-Pinero, Paul Stapp and Gary Huxel. Huxel and three UC Davis students survived the accident.
The annual spring meeting of CA&ES Academic Senate and Academic Federations members will be held Monday, June 4, 2001, from 4 to 6 p.m. in the University Club Lounge. Refreshments will be served. Members are encouraged to attend.
Professor Dolph Gotelli, Department of Environmental Design, announced that his Design 156C class, Visual Presentation: Installation and Design, will present an installation titled "Who's Who: A Matching Game of Fictional Characters" in the Design Gallery, May 21-25, 2001. Visitors will be provided a list of fictional characters from literature and - by viewing the installations - will determine which celebrities are represented. Gallery hours are 12 noon to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday.
Include the Air Shuttle in your research and outreach travel plans to the San Joaquin and Salinas Valleys during 2001. The season's Air Shuttle Service, which concludes October 26, 2001, departs from University Airport and serves the San Joaquin Valley Tuesday through Friday throughout the season, except holidays. Service expands to the Salinas Valley on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. The Air Shuttle is available to all university employees or affiliated personnel on official university business. The fare for subsidized passengers (i.e., CA&ES, Vet Med and DANR personnel) is $.32/passenger road mile; the non-subsidized passenger rate is $1.03/passenger road mile. Payment is by recharge only. The service provider for this season is Woodland Aviation. Reservation: Woodland Aviation, (530) 662-9631 or (800) 442-1333. Call at least one full day prior to the flight date.
Stop by Arboretum Terrace, the UC Davis Arboretum's new home demonstration garden for the Central Valley. It is located next to Border's Books at the Davis Commons retail center in downtown Davis. It just opened to the public on Picnic Day.
Wednesday, May 23, 2001 Ruth Bancroft Garden/Gardens at Heather Farms 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. $30 members/$40 non-members Travel to Walnut Creek to visit two great gardens. Fee includes transportation, admission, tours. Bring along a bag lunch. Saturday, June 2, 2001 A Day of Lavender 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. $45 members/$55 non-members Learn about different types of lavender and how to grow and care for them. Limit: 20 people. Bring a bag lunch. Friday, June 8, 2001 Lake Tahoe: A 21st-Century Challenge 6:45 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. $40 members/$50 non-members Tour the UC Davis Tahoe Research Laboratory and learn about their research. Afterwards, we'll take a ride on the John LeConte research vessel to observe methods used to measure water quality and environmental changes. Limited space. Fee covers tours, transportation and snacks. Bring a bag lunch.
The Digital Media Innovation Program (DiMI) is soliciting proposals for innovative projects in digital media. DiMI supports both core technology research and innovative content development that advances novel digital media applications. Core research areas in digital media include detection, storage, retrieval, interface and presentation of media data; signal manipulation/transformation: analysis, synthesis, encoding, compression; and hardware, operating system and language support for media data. Researchers from a variety of non-engineering disciplines may partner with UC engineers or directly with companies to solve new challenges in application of digital media technologies. These academic disciplines are varied (a portion of the list: education, physical sciences, agriculture, life science, architecture, social science and environmental science). The Web site provides detailed information on the program, including short abstracts of funded proposals. If you plan to submit a proposal, register as a principal investigator on the DiMI Web site.
The Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service (CSREES) of USDA is seeking proposals for the Fund for Rural America to support competitively awarded research, extension and education grants addressing key issues that contribute to economic diversification and sustainable development in rural areas. This solicitation appeared in the Federal Register (66 FR 20355, April 20, 2001).
Lower back disorders affect 47 percent of all workers with physically demanding jobs. Research underway at the UC Agricultural Health and Safety Center focuses on improving safety and productivity in the workplace by applying occupational biomechanics to understand musculoskeletal disorders.
A recently revised cost-of-production study for rice growers in the Sacramento Valley is based on a hypothetical farm using common practices. "Sample Costs to Produce Rice" reflects the realities of escalating energy costs. Input and reviews were provided by UC farm advisors and researchers, growers, farm accountants, private pest control advisers, consultants and agricultural associates.
A CA&ES nutritionist specializing in the health of mothers and children is part of a global research team working to develop better growth charts to monitor the health and development of young children. She is directing the only U.S. research site for a worldwide research project, collecting data on the growth of some 700 children in the Davis area. The data will be used to revise World Health Organization growth charts.
A proposal titled the "Davis Declaration" calls for international treaty organizations and the science agencies of developed nations to invest in developing nations to prevent the export of invasive species.
A study of children ages 18 to 35 months found that toddlers are active learners and problem solvers. When teaching a toddler how to perform a task (such as how to operate a new toy), parents can enhance the toddler's learning by modeling the task and - at the same time - explaining what is being done, verbally reinforcing the action.
Flower and nursery crop growers have a new, 422-page UC reference manual titled "Integrated Pest Management for Floriculture and Nurseries," ANR Publication 3402. The book shows producers how to recognize and prevent damage to bulbs, cut flowers, potted flowering plants, foliage plants, bedding plants and ornamental trees and shrubs - the IPM way.


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Prisoners, patience and women in leadership
Robyn Scott Co-founder, Mothers for All
A decade ago, eight inmates in the most violent prison in South Africa started an AIDS orphan adoption programme. All men, the prisoners of the "Group of Hope" had murdered for rage, gangs, robbery and racial hatred. They were white, black and mixed race; Muslims, Christians and atheists.
Against all odds, the programme has changed the lives of hundreds of prisoners and orphans. The subject of my next book, it is astonishing for obvious reasons.
But the most astonishing fact lies not in the bizarre inmate-orphan relationship. It is instead a piece of contextual data that my mother came across, while creating AidsBuzz, a database of South African organisations tackling AIDS.
AidsBuzz had featured hundreds of the most courageous, innovative grassroots organisations to be found anywhere in the world. Of their founders – leaders and entrepreneurs in the most exalted sense – fewer than 5% were men. And amongst these few was a group of murderers: the only men of whom society expected nothing.
I wish the women in leadership debate was no debate. But when you see a figure like this, and then attend yet another a conference with a handful of women speakers, one cannot but pause, indignant. To wonder what might be, if the business class cabins of the planes that sweep shadows over women quietly changing the world from the bottom up, catered to a few more of them at the top.
Showcasing the work of women already in leadership roles is one piece of the solution. The Young Global Leaders is doing just this. Another is enabling women leaders to be more accessible to younger women – as a route to jobs, capital and advice.
The importance of democratising access – between those with talent and ideas, of either gender, and those with wisdom and resources – is the reason I co-founded OneLeap. An online social enterprise, OneLeap enables people starting out in their careers to send short messages to our profiled decision-makers – in return for a modest charitable donation, which shows they are serious.
Already a disproportionate number of OneLeap connections have been made by younger women contacting more established women. Even more strikingly, of the hundreds of decision-makers we invited to participate, all but two of the women said yes.
Whether at the top, possessing much, or at the bottom, possessing little, women consistently say yes to helping those with less than them; consistently listen to those with different ideas and perspectives to their own. Such leadership may be frustratingly quiet. But it is also patient, and in this incredibly powerful, sowing seeds for a very different future.
Robyn Scott is Co-founder of OneLeap and Mothers for All. She is a social entrepreneur and an acclaimed author. She is also an Ambassador for the Access to Medicine Foundation, a Gates Cambridge Scholar and a 2012 Young Global Leader. http://robynscott.org
Robyn Scott, Co-founder, Mothers for All


Will Shorting the data on a USB port make it charge my phone (or any device) faster?
I've heard people say that but I'm not sure that's true, If it's true, Why does this happen?
Shorting data pins isn't the goal and should never be done on a laptop or PC. If a charging or USB port can support faster charging it sends about 2V over the data lines to the phone which enables the phone to draw more current and charge faster. Forcing something like that on a laptop, PC, or USB plug will burn those items out trying to charge your phone. If you want faster charging then connect your phone to a high power USB power on a laptop or PC that supports it or by a USB plug that support high power/faster charging.
Check Wikipedia for the USB charging standards, I can't explain it any better than they already did.
But you should not short the data ports on your PC or laptop, this is for chargers only and still only brings you from 100mA to 500mA.
BTW the mix-minus must have gotten discouraged and collapsed his question.
"the mix-minus must have gotten discouraged and collapsed his question"?
Downunder and I were helping Scriptom who had a mix-minus question and suddenly he deleted the thread today.
And it was easiest to mention it here to Downunder, since we cannot talk on a thread that no longer exists.


If 2018 pans out like some of the early commentary suggests then we're in for a rough year. If you believe the hype, then asset bubbles abound, global institutions are under attack, war on the Korean Peninsula is imminent, and the United States tax cuts might sink the Australian economy.
There is some truth to all of these concerns, but if you balance up all the risks, we should be alert but not alarmed.
The two most notable potential bubbles are in Australian housing, and in cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin.
I have written a fair bit about risks in the Australian housing market of late. It's always hard to know whether high prices reflect a bubble, or just underlying factors (like low interest rates and Australia being a great place to live). On the other hand, there are disturbing signs that we have failed to heed the lesson of the US mortgage meltdown a decade ago.
Australian lenders have lent vast sums relative to borrowers' incomes, often in interest-only loans, with around 55% of loans intermediated by brokers. Thanks to a recent move by Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (capping interest-only loans at 30% of new borrowing) there has been some tightening of underwriting standards. But there are multiple, credible, worrying reports (by UBS, and Tic:Toc Home Loans) of so-called "liar loans".
I'm not saying there will be a property crash, but there are plenty of markers of bad behaviour. Brokers have absolutely no skin in the game — they just get commissions based on the dollar value of loans originated. And the big banks, too, are playing with other people's money.
The Bitcoin bubble is a clearer case. It rose tenfold in 2017, and a number of other cryptocurrencies did as well – some even more. The only way to justify these valuation on fundamental grounds is if they become a meaningful and widely used medium of exchange.
Central bankers around the world have expressed deep scepticism about this, and with some reason. And if Bitcoin did start to rival the US dollar then authorities would have strong incentives to try and shut it down (though this might take a lot of computing power as highlighted in this recent paper).
But suppose Bitcoin does implode. So what? The billionaire Winklevi and some other spivvy speculators lose a bunch of money. A high probability Bitcoin bust is much less worrying for the broader economy than a small(ish) probability housing meltdown in Australia.
The signature achievement of the Trump administration in 2017 was the passage of its tax plan. The most relevant part of that, for those noted as living in the United States, was the reduction of the corporate tax rate from 35% to 21%. This is good news for American business and bad news for the US budget deficit. But what kind of news is it for Australia?
The scary story is that international capital is very mobile, and Australia's corporate tax rate is still essentially 30%. Yes, there's a good plan by the coalition government to reduce it to 25%. But that decade-long reduction happens at glacial pace, is not through the Senate, and may only result in reductions for small businesses.
But the concern is that the differences in tax rates between Australia and the US, and other countries like the UK and Singapore (which also have sub 20% rates), will lead to mass capital flight.
I think this is a legitimate and important risk. Australia is a capital-thirsty country, with investors always looking for better returns.
Yes, we have a lot going for us: stable democracy and the rule of law, a good education system, reasonable infrastructure, and great weather. But high corporate (and personal) income tax rates are a deterrent to both financial and human capital (accumulated expertise) coming to, or staying in, Australia. As I pointed out in this report, we can't live off the "lifestyle dividend" forever.
The most genuinely worrying thing that might happen in 2018 is armed conflict on the Korean Peninsula. President Donald Trump threatened to "totally destroy" North Korea in a speech to the United Nations General Assembly, and recently tweeted about how big his nuclear button was. Put this self-pronounced "stable genius" together with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and there's plenty to worry about.
The human toll of this kind of war would be catastrophic, with 20 million South Koreans in range of a massive array of conventional artillery. It would also likely plunge the world into an economic panic that would reverberate far beyond the Korean Peninsula.
The odds are that we get through 2018 without war, mass capital flight, or a housing crash. Maybe the price of Bitcoin plummets. But all the risks are medium probability, and the consequences could be dire.
The right way to think about it this – multiply the probability of these bad events occurring by the damage done if they do. On that basis, we should all be moderately afraid, but not paralysed, as 2018 begins.


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Drawing Lines: Can We Separate the Man from the Art?
Lucia Osborne-Crowley
Imagine if we decided that every man found to abuse his power in his production of art were obligated to provide a disclaimer with that art. Imagine a cinema screen that flashed the following warning before beginning the show:
A WOMAN WAS PERMANENTLY PHYSICALLY AND PSYCHOLOGICALLY HARMED IN THE MAKING OF THIS FILM.
What if it said two women? What about ten?
I imagine you shaking your head in disbelief, thinking that this is where you would draw the line.
But in reality this is the calculation we make every single day when we choose to engage with the art of abusive men: we readily consume what they create without sparing a thought for what they destroy.
Can we separate the man from the art? In an era where every other day another powerful creative leader is exposed as an abuser, can we really boycott all of their wares in protest?
Can we simply decide that because the artist himself is a predator that we should no longer consume his art? Can we really throw the proverbial baby out with the bathwater? Is it that simple?
Of course it is.
The answer to this question is remarkably simple. If there is a reason to believe a man has abused, violated or intimidated women while working as an artist then we should not allow him to profit from anything he has created, at least until the matter has been resolved.
I am not saying that we must religiously avoid every morsel of exposure to every piece of work created by a violent man; we would be hard pressed to move through the world that way. But we can make decisions about where and how we spend our money, and as a result, this will influence what kinds of art continue to be created and which are thwarted. To my mind, art that is intricately coupled with its creator's abuse should be boycotted, shunned, deliberately ostracised because as long as such art is being made, vulnerable people will continue to be placed in harm's way.
Can we appreciate that there may be some value in a Junot Díaz novel or a Harvey Weinstein-produced film without endorsing the behaviour that was inherent in its creation? Yes. But should we continue to spend money on these products and contribute to the war chest with which the predator will embark on his next venture? No. At least, not if we are committed to creating a world in which the autonomy and integrity of women is taken seriously.
In a world where abusive men frequently avoid being held accountable by the criminal justice system, their employers, or their friends, starving them of our attention and disposable income as consumers is the only power we have.
If enough of us decide not to participate in the consumption of art made by abusive men then eventually those men will be forced to accept that if they are to remain viable, they have to find a way to make art without abuse. If they are as talented as we are led to believe they are, this should be present no difficulties. Imagine how much difference we could make if we demanded a cultural and artistic world that resisted rather than encouraged the base human tendencies of hatred and fear.
The idea of separating the man from the art is based on the perplexing logic that we should forgive these men for their transgressions because of their profound artistic merit.
Firstly, observe in this argument just how little we value women's experience. The trauma that accompanies violation, harassment and abuse has the capacity to destroy our character; to render us frozen still from fear and pain; to stymie our careers; to wreak havoc on our intimate lives; to live on in us and haunt us at every turn.
It is telling that we are willing to accept these consequences for women as long as the person responsible for this devastation makes good films, good albums, or writes good books.
But even accepting this premise gives the notion of 'separating the man from the art' more credence than it is due, because it assumes that these men are powerful because they make good art. The truth is, and has always been, the opposite: they are able to make good art because they are powerful. We allow ourselves to believe that creativity is somehow inherently linked to abuse of power, when in fact too often it is the willingness to abuse power that gives people the luxury to create.
In a world where violence against women is systemic, the success of the art depends on the abuse. These men created paths to 'greatness' for themselves by demeaning and diminishing the lives of women and vulnerable individuals that they encountered along the way, by not taking 'no' for an answer.
In almost every high-profile story of abuse the man in question has committed the assault or violation in direct connection with the making of his work. Harvey Weinstein indecently assaulted actresses while courting them for his films. Junot Díaz intimidated women in the literary industry on his path to publication. Kevin Spacey's predation was directed at young boys in the theatre world; Louis C.K's was directed at vulnerable women in comedy. President Trump was explicit in his acknowledgment that his ability to wantonly sexually assault women was a function of his powerful position in the television business.
The history of successful creative men is made up of many powerful individuals who were willing to forsake the dignity of others in order to get their own stories heard. In the process, they not only amplify their own voices but they eliminate the competition; they successfully silence the stories—comedy, film, art, music—that could have emanated from their victims had they not diminished and destroyed them.
As comedian Hannah Gadsby points out in her recent special Nanette : Thanks to art history, I understand the world and my place in it: I don't have one.
When assessing a man who has abused his power it is farcical to suggest that we could have the abuse without the power, or the power without the abuse. It's a package deal, and if we're serious about tackling the abuse we have to find a way to thwart the power that enables it.
The scared women whose dignity is devoured by the powerful are, to use poet Kate Tempest's turn of phrase, the bricks that built the houses. Take them away and the whole structure crumbles—the man, the art, and every ostensibly benign observer who participates in the fantasy of separating the two.
This alarming logical flaw in the notion of appreciating the art while simultaneously condemning the tactics he used to create the work leads me to think that this argument is not only based on our desire to continue enjoying art but something more sinister: it is instead the most recent pivot by which oppressors have shifted their narrative to accommodate the cultural and political requirements of being accepted in our modern-day 'woke' world.
The lawyer and author Michelle Alexander makes the compelling point that oppression is, by definition, adaptive. It is cunning in its ability to mould itself into new situations, new rules, new social norms. For all our self-congratulation, we don't ever actually make progress in dismantling the structures of oppression, writes Alexander. We simply redesign them.
It is the hospital-grade virus that does not readily yield to the wonders of modern medicine. It adapts and resists as each new development threatens its vitality.
So it is with misogyny: the men who sought to rule the world through an insidious threat of personal and sexual violence have been caught out, so they must shift the narrative just so; just enough to throw us off their scent.
Those who control the narrative know that in 2018 it is no longer acceptable to be openly accepting of sexual predation and misogyny, so instead they concede that we must condemn the man—but in the same breath, they beg us to spare the art.
This sleight of hand works every time: it takes very little to convince a group of well-meaning but comfortable people to continue doing nothing at all about the suffering of others.
There is a popular late-night venue in the city I live in that has immortalised a band that is the subject of repeated accusations of abuse and violence by displaying their likenesses in a towering stained-glass window that stretches across the ceiling of the bar. They are, quite literally, untouchable. A crude symbol of almighty power that is as shameless as it is permanent.
I have not set foot in this venue in months, knowing that every dollar I spend there is an endorsement of the web of justification that enables these men to continue selling music, playing shows and putting women in danger as they do it.
This venue isn't alone. Many members of the industry continue to protect and celebrate them. There are many venues, many people, many streets I now avoid out of fear of coming face to face with violence or its dedicated apologists.
I am someone who knows intimately the insidious effects of male violence on its victims. I recently wrote about a particularly violent assault I endured, but it is not just because of this specific misfortune that I am afraid to walk around my neighbourhood these days. My life, like so many other lives, has been punctuated by traumas both profound and mundane. Each one reinforces the others, which in turn reinforce the notion that the world is not safe for us.
It is not just the violent stranger in the night who makes us afraid, but the everyday reminders that those who wish to do us harm can do so with impunity.
It is the knowledge that if we, as women, wander into that arena—if we stand under that stained-glass window—we know that if those men did decide, to again borrow the words of Hannah Gadsby, to 'test their strength out on us', no-one would do a single wretched thing about it.
It is the knowledge that no matter how sophisticated the narrative becomes, no matter how cleverly we justify our continued acceptance of abuse as just another part of art and life, ultimately we will find ourselves where we have always been: fragmented, vulnerable, left to fend for ourselves amid a sea of onlookers who refuse to come to our defence.
This week the band, called Sticky Fingers, announced a 2018 national tour. They will play venues like the Sydney's Hordern Pavillion, Melbourne's Festival Hall, and Brisbane's Riverstage.
The truth is that in the event of my example above, cinema-goers would probably shake their heads at the crude disclaimer, but would sit back in their seats and enjoy the show. Meanwhile the man behind the art rides off into the night on the coattails of our complicity, buoyed by a renewed sense of confidence after realising he has fooled us once more.
Meanwhile, the women he abused disappear from the screen to make way for his creation, never to be spoken of or heard from again.
In the words of Meera Atkinson in her new work of creative nonfiction reflecting on the insidious impacts of male violence, these women are condemned to 'be diminished and die in trauma's long shadow.'
The rest of us, consumed by the hypothetical complexities of how to separate the man from the art, hardly give them another thought.
Lucia Osborne-Crowley is a journalist and writer. Her first book, a work of creative non-fiction about trauma and recovery, will be published in 2019.
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I was ill for two full weeks, and had to go back for more shots on Monday and Tuesday. But I'm feeling better than I have been for at least three weeks, so hopefully it's past. I've still got 2 weeks of antibiotics to go!
Claire's house is appearing fast; they now have the frame up for the walls, and it's beginning to look like a house rather than a muddy mess. They're right next door to the winery, so I hope they can cope with the occasional engagement parties. We had one last week that went thumping on into the night, and we're quite a bit further away!
While you are sleeping in peace.
She also wrote a story, and won a $150 prize from a local radio station. She's been recorded reading it out, and it's going to be played one Sunday morning. Not sure which!
Bronwyn's been busy. She was out at work all Saturday helping them tidy up the childcare centre. Then she got called in to cover an extra day, and there was a staff meeting she had to go to on Thursday. She was about to head in this morning, but I persuaded her to have a day in. They had a 'white' day yesterday, as part of some campaign against domestic violence. Everything had to be white. After spending all day fishing out white playdough from the sandpit and white paint from everywhere else, she was pretty worn out.
Managed to put all the panelling back together on the bay window seat, but didn't get much else done. I was feeling a bit peculiar all week, and on Friday I went home early. By Saturday my eyes were bulgy, and I went to the doctor. He said it was just as well, because otherwise I'd have been in hospital by Sunday! By Saturday night, my face had swollen up and I had difficulty opening my eyes. After three shots of antibiotics, plus 4 other sets of tablets and eye drops, I'm just about feeling normal again. Didn't do anything all weekend, or indeed Monday and Tuesday morning. Doctor Harry wants me to take off the rest of the week!
Bronwyn's been busy colouring in various drawings, and washing puppets. She's taken the nail boards into work, and I gather she's making play dough as well. But she was asked to come in too often last week, and decided she really had to limit it to three days a week. They've just had someone resign, and she's just about the only qualified person there, let alone registered.
Construction has started on Bronwyn's sister Claire's house. They've begun to put in the main studs (it's a wooden house, so there's not much of a foundation). Haven't been over there recently, but a frame is now visible from the road. It's Claire's birthday so we've got her some DIY vouchers!
Having succeeded to fix on the mailbox (the steel was only 1/2mm thick), I spent a lot of yesterday cutting up bits of panelling to finish off a bay window seat that's been in bits for about 3 years now. Did some painting and varnishing today, and once the second coat's on, I can tack on all the panelling. It's looking quite good already. Bronwyn's planning to make some cushions to fit on top.
Bronwyn's dad has been talking of replacing our front deck, which has a couple of nasty holes in it (currently covered up by assorted bits of plywood), so I think I've goaded him into action!
Meanwhile, one of the church youth home groups offered to come round last week, do jobs for us and look after the children, so we could have a night off. In the end, we both stayed at home, and had a great time tidying and cleaning, and finding out what colour Rachael's floor is. Bronwyn brought some pizza for everyone, and they were really pleased they could eat with the whole family. The youth group is trying to do more things for other people this year, instead of spending all the time in their own little private club.
Bronwyn's been busy too. She's nailed 256 nails into 4 squares of MDF board, to make an exercise for the childcare centre. The children have rubber bands to make shapes on the nails. I suggested doing one using a triangular layout, so they can make hexagons and so on, but she's going to try them on the basic square layout first!


EdentityPro is a software used for increasing online presence and reputation. It also helps generate and manage reviews, posts to social media, and gather data about your website's performance all in one place.
We are going to show you around the EdentiyPro software and share some best practices on how to make the most out of the platform.
The best place to start is actually on the dashboard. This is where the businesses can get a high-level visibility on how the software is working. It also gives you data you will need to to take action with the software as well as your presence online collectively.
Some studies show that EdentityPro software, and how it serves small business, actually contributes to almost 50% of an SEO strategy.
So there's a huge a lot of value that this software contributes to a business when you're trying to grow your position online and the information here will help you determine the functionality of the tool.
Now one thing that we want the small business to understand is within the storyboard, you can actually create some customizable data. You can have Facebook followings, Instagram followings, you could have a complete a website Google Analytics scenario within the software.
So that means the business can say, "Here's the information I need to make a good financial decision when it talks about growing my business." You can have that type of graph and information completely visible.
With the social media stuff, we're talking things like engagement, and with the website stuff like analytics, you can see all of it on the dashboard.
As the businesses using the software, you'll know that it's working, you'll have that certainty that it's working. It also gives you the information you need to take positive action to grow your business.
If you see a certain page on the website that's not performing, you can they go in and tweak it and make it work.
Google wants to look into your business and they want to see a few things that are extremely important to them and that is citation consistency. They want to see that you're on 40 different websites and they want to see the information is consistent and locked.
A lot of business before have been handling that by themselves. They've been logging into all these different sites and it takes a lot of time.
The businesses need to dedicate their time and efforts on where they make the most bang for their buck which is providing a service, coaching their clients, providing a product or some value proposition to their clients. Not going through citations and making sure they'll are synced.
With the EdentityPro software, you can actually handle all the information or the business can handle all the data right here within the software — you have photos, you can have images, you have your business descriptions, your hours of operation.
You can have any information you want to show up that you want to be synced and locked to 20 to 40 different locations online. Once you have the business the way you want it, you click save, it then publishes to several different directories online.
But what's most important is that it locks that data so no-one can go in and change it. No one can shift it, no one can suggest and edit it.
There are some instances where people have just gone and changed their biggest competitor's phone number on their listing on Google and all of a sudden those people are getting the phone calls that the business should've been getting.
Google actually serves the customers, it doesn't serve the business. Those customers suggest any edits or even a competition.
Someone called us up and asked about how we can help grow their business. They said they had one issue where they had a competitor that was actually changing the phone number to their business and the address. They didn't change the name, but the phone number and they address, and they were actually capturing business that was going to this one client until we locked their listings and got him seen.
This is a way to feel sure that your business is being found the way it needs to be found online and that Google is seeing that you're consistent and that you're trusted.
Google does send an email and saying if someone's suggesting an edit on your information. But people are busy. One of my clients got the email but he just didn't know what it was about and just ignored it and now it's costing him business.
We take care of that for your in the form of software. Once that's done it's now running behind the scenes making sure that whenever these internet bots scrape the Internet, they're seeing the same information. They'll then know that your position online is going to grow organically.
The other thing is Google prefers consistent information across all platforms. It increases your SEO rating with Google because you have consistent information from multiple directories driving back to your website or to your business.
So once we've got the business locked, it's visible and it's consistent, then there's the ability to grow what we call the engagement — the interaction with the customers both satisfied and unsatisfied customers in the form of reviews.
Reviews are actually the new way business consumers are actually choosing a product, a service, or a relationship. It's the new way of receiving referrals.
A lot of businesses out there spend quite a bit of time going out there spending dollars on marketing, going to networking events, trying to find clients and they're not even paying attention to what people are saying about them online.
So EdentityPro software goes and pulls in all those reviews on those different sites and makes it where you can see where you're being found. You can see who's talking about you, how many stars you're getting and more importantly, you can respond.
We found out that Google actually contributes about 29% of your SEO strategy based on a review number, review rating and a response rate.
So if someone is not paying attention to the reviews, on how many they have, what the average star rating is, and they're not responding, that would hurt them by a close to 29%.
It's ingenious how this is done where a business owner can come in and they can say, "Oh! I just got a review. I can just go ahead and click right here and click respond." They can type up their response then they can send it and it's done.
Out of sight out of mind, but it's meeting the needs of the consumer to be heard. And it's meeting the algorithm like Google's going through behind the scenes.
If you actually got the tool and you can see that there's a bad review, you can respond to it or work to it straight away. People can see the positive reviews anytime. But if there's a bad review, and people see that the company's responding to that, then it shows that company cares.
The best practice, in this case, is to take a bad review and get them on the phone or get them an email. Handle the bad review professionally and help the customers. When prospects look at those reviews, they'll say that this person cares.
So many people are afraid of bad reviews but really that's not the problem: It's the lack of response. As long as you follow our advice and you implement healthy habits which are responding to reviews, regardless of what the review says. The speed of the response is more important than the review itself.
Obviously, keeping it professional is important as well but the whole purpose is to make sure that everyone feels heard. Give them a chance to make things right.
Google also sees an engagement, they're seeing communication within their platform which will boost your position in the SEO model.
Now that you know how to manage your reviews, let's go to how you can grow your reviews. That's when you create a generation strategy.
A lot of individuals prefer a text message communication versus an email, but we have both options. We can choose to publish to Google or Facebook. We can do it individually or if we wanted to, the business could upload this week's clients or this week's business and they could send a blast text message to their clients requesting for reviews.
Now here's where it gets important. A lot of businesses have different products or offer different services. What we recommend is that you create customized messages within our software that is based on a product or service that a customer uses.
That way, when a client receives the text message requesting a review they remember what product or service your business provided for them.
That simple model where you can create save templates within the software will get you a higher response rate and a higher conversion to a positive review.
As we continue to serve small businesses, we will make sure that they'll have a clear growth strategy.
Let's say we have a business sitting at 10 or 15 reviews. We will set a number and then we as a team, both EdentityPro and that company will work hard to hit that first baseline goal which is driving their reviews online.
So that when people are finding them they'll see the third-party recommendation in the form of reviews. It's solidifying that decision to use them and trust that business.
It's kind of a new way of referrals. When people refer people, they go and do a search for you online. When they find that you've got no reviews and the person above you has got 50 or 60 reviews, who will they likely to use?
It doesn't matter how much somebody else has referred them. If they can see that you've got nothing on your online presence and they see that someone else has better and more reviews, they would probably talk to the other business.
Reviews will also give you a little bit of control. Some businesses say that their number one way of generating business is based on referrals. They're basically telling us that they depend solely on that one lead source that they cannot control.
They're telling us that they have no control over the additional business they need to grow… until now.
Now they can focus on capturing those referrals in the form of reviews and they can now use them as a validation and a confirmation of value. Now they can control the number one driving factor to give a business a recommendation.
It's refreshing to know that a new way of receiving reviews can now be controlled somewhat and you can start to predict and forecast the type of deals you're going to get within your business.
The biggest point is about having that control of the referrals. If you proactively engage with people and get more reviews, then it's going to make it easier to sell.
When you don't have reviews, good 5-star reviews, you've got to sell harder. Having those tools in place makes it a lot easier for you to sell a client than it is the old way where you had to really "push hard, three copies" and try and get through. Now it's so much easier.
There's the old school and there's the new of doing business.
In the old school, we did business by face to face, shaking a hand, put it under contract, providing a service around trust.
We address that issue by making it very simple. We've created a platform that allows anyone, regardless of their experience, to have very little disruption to where they operate their business. Yet they still receive the benefits and value of the new way people are buying.
Imagine trying to do this in an old system, just trying to send out an email or just talking to people and getting them to get there. Our software lets you send it in a text or in an email. They'll just click a link and then review's there. It's done! Nice, simple and easy.
On the onboarding process, we make sure that people understand. Either we can do it for them or they can do it themselves, and it's really that simple. We'll make sure that the tool's being used to their benefit because it can save so much time.
Regardless of the business, we have a solution. We just need to talk and figure out their needs and then we create a very simple but aggressive and effective plan that will help them grow their position online.
Every business we've talked to say they know they need to be doing more.
It's amazing how many people we 've talk to that say they've only focused on Facebook. And then we ask them this why aren't they doing more and the reason they say is they don't have time.
As businesses grow and as demand grows, and if you're not bringing on additional staff, you tend to wear multiple hats. And unless your whole business is wrapped around social media it's very hard to find the time.
That's why we created the calendar tool.
This calendar tool allows a business to schedule out days, weeks, months even in advance of social publishing. Then it also allows to publish it to multiple locations so that the business can sit down in an evening or with their marketing team and they can schedule out several months worth of social media. Then just spend the rest of their time just responding here within our feed tool.
Now they know they've got it covered, they know they're meeting the needs of the market. Providing a social presence which allows them to continue to engage and connect with their target audience without all the disruption in their current day-to-day opportunities.
When it comes to social media, the most efficient ways is to leverage our calendar scheduling tool.
We teach our clients to just pick a day a month to sit down and work out what the theme you might have for the month.
If we're doing the done-for-you service or the done-with-you service, what we look at is nobody writes an article as good as you. Nobody knows your business as good as you.
So you can actually dot point some bits and pieces, build an article from that, and then we break that article up into multiple pieces that we can post regularly.
What's great about our software is that it actually tracks how well the message is being received by your target audience. You'll be able to track how well a specific post is performing. You can go back to your previous posts and see which message actually work and then retarget or reposition it in the future posts.
The important thing is a consistent message. If it's consistent, then you can track it, then you can see the results and you can do small adjustments to tweak moving forward so you can continue to get the value.
If you're in real estate, you might talk about how the listings are for one month and you might talk about the sales process or auctions another month.
You can find out what people are actually engaging with and then you can do post more of that stuff.
If you're in trades business, you could do 'Buyers Beware'. You can talk about some of the mistakes, the tips, or how some product providers or service providers out there take advantage of the consumer. You can actually become an authority.
You can educate the target marketplace on what they should avoid or how to not make the mistakes that most people make within the trades industry. By giving those tips and those value, it will create more credibility in the market and more trust from your target audience.
The thing is people like to buy from people they like, know and trust. What we're facing here is we're giving them good quality information along the way. You can give them tips or tricks that will be able to help them out. And then they'll start to see those other people trust you through the reviews.
It's actually a good platform to be able to talk to your clients and your online presence lifts your authority within your marketplace. Whether it's local marketplace or a larger marketplace.
Let's say you are a trades-based business that's in one area, you want to be the go-to person in that area. You can crush your competition by having your online presence absolutely smashing everybody else in that area. So then you become the natural choice.
You also need to respond, to engage. Engagement is crucial.
Within our software you can like, you can comment, you can come in right here within the tool if you'd like. It allows you to meet the needs of Google's algorithm and the consumers' relationship through our software.
Our goal with our businesses is to teach them healthy habits within using our software. So this becomes a part of their daily activity.
Once we got this setup and running, it's very little, they could take as much as 10-15 minutes a day and they can completely control their online presence.
When you look at it, when you're trying to work with other people on this sort of stuff, they don't get your messaging right. You pay them big dollars because you don't understand how it's going how to work.
That's why sometimes the digital marketing agencies might make a killing out of is true ignorance.
With the tool, it makes it so much simpler. You've just got to write the content. Just do one post and then break that post up into multiple things. Spend a couple a hours one day a month working on your theme and getting all that together. And then proactively chasing your reviews and getting all those sorts of things in place.
The software has built-in scalability wherein you can actually create roles and responsibilities for your existing staff. You may want some of them running the reviews or you may want one person managing social.
This all can be created within departments, where you could have your front desk managing your reviews, you can have your marketing specialist managing social or if you're a one-man shop you can do it all yourself. Regardless of what you choose to do and how you choose to operate within our software, it works.
We at EdentityPro are here to serve you, take care of you, give you the strategy, give you the support and make sure you get the results you're looking for when it comes to online presence.
How do you know you're getting the results?
Google Analytics or the insights come into play.
Here you'll be able to do high-level visibility on, are you getting visitors to your site? Are they coming from your Google listings? Are they from another website? Are they staying on your page? Is the information on your page attractive enough to keep them on? Are they looking at your information and clicking through different pages?
That data is all pulled into our software so you don't have to be bouncing around from five different software. You have listings, reviews, social, and reporting all within will one tool… the EdentityPro tool.
This will save you money, it will save you time, it'll give you certainty and it gives you scalability.
That's what our focus is. We want the small business out there to succeed. We want them to win. We don't want them to go through the pains of small business.
Our software can fill in so many different roles and it gives you, the business owner, the ability to focus on your innate genius which is serving your clients or your patients or providing your product.
You're the business owner, you need to enjoy the time and the freedom associated with it. You deserved an income that comes with it. You'll also enjoy the peace of mind that comes with having control of your future and your life. And that's what we're here to do in EdentityPro.
The first step that we actually take is to do an audit to find out where you are, what you've actually got in place, what's been working from what hasn't been working for you.
Once we've done the audit, we actually go through the "success steps" to be able to make sure that you're getting the most out of it.
If it's working, we implement that into the system as well. But if there's stuff there that's not working, we'll give you ideas.
We want to make sure that people are using the tool. You don't want to spend in hours and hours confused about how to use the tool. We want to make sure that you're getting the most out of it.
It'll take 5-10 minutes a day or 1-2 hours a month to make sure you've got control of your online presence and to make the selling part of your business easier.
It saves you with time, saves you with money and it actually decreases the lost opportunity so you've got the better opportunity to be able to close more sales.
When business owners start a business, it's going to be their baby. They care about the brand, they care about what people are saying.
Well, now they're gonna be able to have their online presence reflect that passion and that dedication they have to serve their clients.


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Premieres and performances
Discounts / Concessions
Based on Jorge Luis Borges "The Book of Sand" and "Fictions"
Director Adomas Juška
Cast Andrius Bialobžeskis, Aleksas Kazanavičius, Arūnas Sakalauskas, Motiejus Ivanauskas
Assistant Director Lukas Petrauskas
Scenographer, Staging Author Adomas Juška
Premiere 2019 March 08
Duration 1 h. 40 m.
27 September 16:30 Stage 99
20 October Territory festival (Russia)
29 October 19:00 Stage 99
7 November 16:00 Stage 99
In 2018, young director Adomas Juška, student of Eimuntas Nekrošius, in the third year of university made his debut in the State Youth Theater with a performance Šveikas (Švejk) based on the book The Adventures of the Brave Soldier Švejk by Yaroslav Hashek. A. Juška's final project at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre, Fictions, is based on short stories by Jorge Luis Borges. The young director has created an original story of the writer's journey through life, from the first moments of creative inspiration to his reflections as an old man. On the small square of the stage, like on a blank sheet, the reality intertwines with dreams which produce fictions – constant companions of all creators.
Director Adomas Juška: It's not a biographical performance about Borges' life, although it will inevitably contain details from his life because Borges often included himself in his short stories as a character. In the performance the majority of the characters are writers. Associations are important to me and so is the search for magic realism. The text is sparse. The action of the play took shape while working with the actors. A completely new story of the man's life was created during the rehearsals. I think we're creating not just because someone will come and see our work, but for more spiritual reasons. For reasons not necessarily related to religion, but definitely related to the soul. I want this performance to raise the spectator above and beyond the reality and their usual context.
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