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2019 CANYON//SRAM Zwift Academy winner announced
Zwift, the global online fitness platform for cyclists, has today unveiled Jessica Pratt as the winner of the fourth CANYON//SRAM Zwift Academy Program. Having secured a professional cycling contract for the 2020 season, Jessica will now join past Zwift Academy winners, Ella Harris and Tanja Erath at CANYON//SRAM Racing for the 2020 season.
"The vision for Zwift Academy was to revolutionise professional cycling by introducing an entirely new means of identifying talent," said Eric Min, Zwift CEO and Co-Founder. "2020 will see three former winners take to the World Tour with CANYON//SRAM Racing, proving the program has been a resounding success. I wish Jessica the very best in her first year as a professional – she is certainly in the right place to receive the best support and guidance."
"I'd say we got lucky with finding Ella and Tanja, but that really isn't true," added Ronny Lauke, CANYON//SRAM Racing Team Manager. "Finding incredible talent – which these riders have in spades – is exactly what the Zwift Academy does. I know we have another great talent this year in Jessica, and look forward to watching her contribute to the team in her first World Tour season."
A theme has emerged from the Zwift Academy over the past four years. Year on year, the Southern Hemisphere has continued to deliver a wealth of talent in the Zwift Academy finals and semi-finals. This year, all three finalists came from the Southern Hemisphere, and Australia's Jessica Pratt will join New Zealand's Ella Harris at CANYON//SRAM next season.
"For us in the Southern Hemisphere, the Zwift Academy arguably presents an even bigger opportunity than for those in Europe, North America and Asia," said 2019 Zwift Academy Winner Jessica Pratt. "For me personally, I was incredibly hungry for it. It can be a very difficult route to the professional peloton when compared to the opportunities available to riders living in cycling's homeland – Europe.
"The cost of travel alone can make things very difficult when living in Australia. To have come through and win is life changing for me – I'm so, so happy!"
Zwift Academy is more than just a talent identification program. For many, it's a community training program, and one that has always looked to help encourage cycling participation amongst women.
Zwift adds that enrolment in the program continues to grow year on year. The 2019 Zwift Academy saw just shy of 9,000 women take part, an 80% increase over 2018. While only one may emerge with a professional contract, the remaining women who take part are able to 'benefit from increased in fitness resulting from the 8 workouts and four group rides or races it takes to graduate.'
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Recording Studio: Celtic Chanting
by DGreat Team | Jun 12, 2015 | Blog | 0 comments
The Celtic Church goes back to the Irish monastic traditions established by St. Patrick in the 5th century. This is long before the first recording studio even existed. The churches in Ireland and Great Britain had no central authority, and developed local traditions until Augustine of Canterbury and others imposed Benedictine monasticism and a version of the Roman rite starting in the 7th century. Notable in this transition from local Celtic customs to more standardized Roman traditions was the conflict over the dating of Easter, where the Roman tradition of solar dating finally supplanted the Irish lunar dating at the Synod of Tara in 692. Over the next several centuries, versions of the Roman rite such as the Use of Salisbury were gradually enforced in Brittany in the 9th century, Scotland in the 11th century, and in Wales, Ireland, and England in the 11th and 12th centuries.
Recording Studio: Irish monks
The Irish monks famously established monasteries throughout Europe. As a result, Celtic chant was influenced by Spanish, Gallic, Roman, and Eastern traits. However, it shows the greatest liturgical similarity with Gallican chant. It is great that with the advent of the modern recording studio we can preserve these types of chants that may have otherwise died off.
Recording Studio: Celtic chants
Celtic chant was largely supplanted before being notated, and no musical specimen of Celtic chant prior to Roman influence survived, but possible traces of Celtic chant remain. One chant typical of those that may reflect Celtic style is Ibunt sancti, whose use was attested in Ireland. The original text shows such typical Celtic elements as alliteration and a couplet structure. The surviving melody, from a French manuscript, has an ABA structure, in which the opening phrase is repeated at the end of the melody, and the whole melody is repeated for the second half of the couplet. Neither the ABA structure nor the repeated melody for the couplet are typical of the Roman chant traditions, except in Sequences, which themselves trace back to Notker of St Gall's and Tuotilo's tropes at the Irish-founded Abbey of St. Gall.
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I am sure many of you are training now with the Submission Series right around the corner. We are looking forward to having everyone out and want to remind everyone about the Beginner No Gi divisions and White Belt Gi Divisions. It can be a little unsettling to go and compete as a beginner so I wanted to post a video that might help you.
Adem Redzovic laid out a really nice video covering basic Principles of the Open Guard. The video is a little long, 27 min, but it is broken up into nice digestible chunks and covers 6 main concepts that are explained simply with for a beginner. I highly recommend watching this.
Good luck to all competing… everything you need to know should be on the pages here (check the top for Rules and such). If you are unsure, please leave a comment and I will help you out.
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It's here. The UK's first 5G trial is now live in Canary Wharf.
5G is up to 10 times faster than 4G, and can process data in practically real-time. This means that EE customers will get the capacity and reliability of the fastest wired broadband network available through mobile. The impact of that will be HUGE.
You've probably heard about the Internet of Things; a network of physical objects all talking to each through the internet. 5G makes it possible. Picture the scene: a surgeon operating a robotic arm saves the life of a patient on the other side of the world.
Millions of driverless cars all talking to each other, making traffic jams and accidents a thing of the past. And these are just the things we can imagine now. Just think about the innovations that could be made possible by 5G.
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Laird vs lord
The words laird and lord have similar meanings with several key differences. We'll discuss the difference between the words laird and lord, the origin of these two words, and show a few examples of their use in sentences.
Laird is a designation afforded the owner of a large estate in Scotland, it is the Scottish word for lord. The ability to call oneself a laird is attached to the ownership of land, whether inherited or purchased. The title of laird is not a peerage title, a laird is not a member of nobility. Today, several Scottish estates sell small souvenir plots of land stipulating that the buyers may call themselves lairds. This is in no way an official designation. The female equivalent of laird is lady.
Lord is a term that may simply refer to someone in power. However, in British peerage lord is a title given to a marquess, a baron, an earl, a duke or a viscount. An English lord is a member of the nobility and has voting rights in the House of Lords. Some titles are hereditary, originally tied to land ownership, and handed down to descendants. Some peerage titles are bestowed only for life, and the title dies with the owner. The female equivalent of lord is lady. When lord or lady are used as a title before a name, such as Lord Dudley or Lady Jane Grey, the word lord is capitalized.
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Nutrition in IBD
The role of nutrition in IBD is moving beyond the simplicity of its utilization to treat malnourished patients, although malnutrition remains a common IBD complication. Dietary intake is now recognized for its central role in defining the gut microbiome which directly influences the underlying immune system and the integrity of the gastrointestinal lining. Metabolomics research is further uncovering complex metabolic pathways in digestion and important byproducts produced, like short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs), which are integral in reducing inflammation and achieving balanced immune function. Current research is placing nutrition on the cutting edge of medicine, making nutritional therapy a novel and exciting new approach for the management of IBD.
Patients recognize the influence of diet on symptoms and are seeking to utilize diet as a therapeutic tool under the guidance of medical professionals. The publications below establish the critical connection between diet and IBD and describe the rationale for integration of nutritional therapy into clinical practice.
Therapeutic Implications of Diet in Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Related Immune-Mediated Inflammatory Diseases
Summary Excerpt: Authors summarize the current evidence on various diets used in the treatment of IBD and explore applications from related immune mediated inflammatory diseases (IMID)
Nutrients. 2021;13(3):890. Published 2021 Mar 10. doi:10.3390/nu13030890
Jiang Y et al
Diet in Treatment of Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
Summary Excerpt: We review findings from studies of the effects of dietary patterns, single micronutrients, and food additives in inducing and maintaining remission in patients with IBD. We discuss future directions for research and propose a framework for studies of dietary interventions in the treatment of IBD.
Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol . 2021 Mar;19(3):425-435.e3. doi: 10.1016/j.cgh.2019.11.054. Epub 2019 Dec 5.
Sasson AN et al
Importance of Nutritional Therapy in the Management of Intestinal Diseases: Beyond Energy and Nutrient Supply
Summary Excerpt: In this article, we review various dietary nutrients and their contribution to the pathogenesis and treatment of various intestinal diseases including inflammatory bowel disease, irritable bowel syndrome, colorectal cancer, and diverticulitis, among other such disorders. A better understanding of diet-host-gut microbiome interactions is essential to provide beneficial nutrients for gut health and to limit nutritional hazards to ensure successful nutritional management of gastrointestinal conditions in clinical practice.
Intest Res , 17 (4), 443-454 Oct 2019
Kim SE
Nutritional Approach as Therapeutic Manipulation in Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Summary Excerpt: Nutritional interventions not only correct nutritional deficiencies but also improve symptoms and clinical courses of the disease. Hence, nutritional approaches need to be developed to significantly evaluate the effectiveness of dietary interventions used to treat IBD.
Yoon JY
Towards a Food Pharmacy: Immunologic Modulation Through Diet
Summary Excerpt: In patients consuming predominantly a Western diet high in n-6 poly-unsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs), sugars, and meat, and low in fruits and vegetables, an impaired gut epithelial barrier and disturbances in the intestinal microbiota have been observed, resulting in a chronic mucosal inflammation. An anti-inflammatory diet may restore this disbalance. In this review, we discuss the effects of diet on the composition of the microbiota, the gut epithelial barrier function, and the mucosal immune system.
Nutrients , 11 (6) 2019 May 31
Molendijk I et al
Diet, Gut Microbiome and Epigenetics: Emerging Links with Inflammatory Bowel Diseases and Prospects for Management and Prevention
Summary Excerpt: Other nutritional interventions or specific diets including the Specific Carbohydrate Diet (SCD), the low fermentable oligosaccharides, disaccharides, monosaccharides, and polyol (FODMAP) diet and, most recently, the Mediterranean diet have shown strong anti-inflammatory properties and show promise for improving disease symptoms. More work is required to evaluate the role of individual food compounds and complex nutritional interventions with the potential to decrease inflammation as a means of prevention and management of IBD.
Nutrients. 2017 Aug 30;9(9). pii: E962. doi: 10.3390/nu9090962
Aleksandrova K et al
Diet as a Trigger or Therapy for Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
Summary Excerpt: We discuss current knowledge about popular diets, including the specific carbohydrate diet and diet low in fermentable oligo-, di-, and monosaccharides and polyols. We present findings from clinical and basic science studies to help gastroenterologists navigate diet as it relates to the management of IBD.
Gastroenterology. 2017 Feb;152(2):398-414.e6. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2016.10.019. Epub 2016 Oct 25.
Lewis JD and Abreu MT
The Role of Diet in Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Summary Excerpt: When looking at medical therapy, there are some patients who are adequately managed with one medication, while others require multiple medications. In the future, there will likely be a subpopulation of patients with Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis whose inflammation can be controlled with a therapeutic diet. For other patients, dietary manipulation may be an ancillary therapy that can allow them to use less immunosuppression and still remain in remission. Finally, as with all medical therapies, there will almost certainly be a subset of the population in which dietary therapy is completely ineffective.
Gastroenterol Hepatol (N Y). 2016 Jan; 12(1): 51–53.
Lewis JD
Diet and Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Summary Excerpt: The role of diet has become very important in the prevention and treatment of IBD. Although there is a general lack of rigorous scientific evidence that demonstrates which diet is best for certain patients, several diets-such as the low-fermentable oligosaccharide, disaccharide, monosaccharide, and polyol diet; the specific carbohydrate diet; the anti-inflammatory diet; and the Paleolithic diet-have become popular. This article discusses the diets commonly recommended to IBD patients and reviews the supporting data.
Gastroenterol Hepatol (N Y). 2015 Aug;11(8):511-20.
Knight-Sepulveda K et al
Diet in the Pathogenesis and Treatment of Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
Summary Excerpt: We review the roles of diet in the etiology and management of IBD, based on plausible mechanisms and clinical evidence. Researchers have learned much about the effects of diet on the mucosal immune system, epithelial function, and the intestinal microbiome; these findings could have significant practical implications. Controlled studies of patients receiving enteral nutrition and observations made from patients on exclusion diets have shown that components of whole foods can have deleterious effects for patients with IBD. Additionally, studies in animal models suggested that certain nutrients can reduce intestinal inflammation.
Gastroenterology , 148 (6), 1087-106 May 2015
Lee D et al
Disclaimer: Nutritional Therapy for IBD does not provide medical advice. References are for informational purposes only. Resources from the web are aggregated here; however, links to sites should not be construed as endorsements of those sites, their opinions, or their content. Only medical professionals are qualified to provide medical advice. Patients should consult with their medical team when making decisions about their medical management plan.
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Whether you are a pro or a beginner, I think everyone is looking for the same basic qualities from their eyeshadow palettes: pigmentation, blendability, quality, and ability to layer. Some are more important than others for me. I would rather have a shadow that is easy to use than uber-pigmented. Some brands have absolutely nailed it for me and I wanted to rank my favorite formulas.
Although ABH has had some controversy with their recent launch of the Subculture palette, the two palettes that I have tried from Anastasia have been major hits. The Master Palette (review) is still my favorite palette that I own, while the Modern Renaissance is a cult favorite for me and many others. The mattes are buttery soft and pigmented while the shimmers have a beautiful metallic finish. I also feel that their palettes are well developed in terms of packaging and color schemes, whereas some other popular brands introduce pops of color in otherwise all-neutral palettes that don't make any sense. The Subculture palette didn't draw me in because of the colors, but all releases from Anastasia interest me simply because I trust the quality.
I don't have any palettes from Makeup Geek, but I own two palettes of their single shadows in a range of finishes. I think that Makeup Geek as a brand has a lot of integrity and most of their launches are well-received, without any of the product pushing or false selling-out nonsense that other brands try to pull. Their foiled shades are absolutely stunning and their price point is fair in my opinion. The shade variety is pretty incredible and they are constantly expanding!
I have two palettes from Lorac, one limited edition Beauty and the Beast palette (review) and one of their Pro palettes, and both are incredible. Their formula is a little more on the powdery side, so it has a bit of fallout, but they are also more pigmented and still easy to work with. The Pro 3 palette (review) has become one of my favorites, I love both the mattes and shimmers in the palette. The only reason Lorac hasn't surpassed Makeup Geek is because some of their shimmer finishes have a very chunky consistency, such as Medallion and Dk. Mocha in the Pro 3 palette.
Ah, the cult-classic Naked palettes. I personally only have one full-size Naked palette, along with the original Naked Basics. I really admire Urban Decay for pushing the boundaries with their palettes while maintaining a good formula. They have all glitter palettes, rainbow palettes, electric palettes, and more. They have a stiffer formula than Lorac or Anastasia, but their shadows still apply really well.
I debated whether or not I wanted to include Too Faced on my list, and finally decided to do it. They are a very inconsistent brand in my opinion, but when they make a good palette they really do it well. The Chocolate Bon Bons (sort of review) is one of my favorites, along with the Natural Eyes palette. I put them in the bottom spot mostly because of the difference I notice between their permanent collection shadows and their limited edition palettes, which have a distinct drop in quality to me. I love their matte and shimmer finishes but their glitter infused ones are much harder to work with, and are often just a wash of glitter with no pigment to back it up.
There are, of course, a lot of highly-rated formulas that I haven't tried, but I own palettes from a fair number of brands and these five are my favorite. In the future I would love to try Zoeva, Violet Voss, Natasha Denona, Viseart, and many other brands!
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What a lovely range of eyeshadows you have! I definitely have to agree with the top two being ABH and Makeup Geek. They're both brands I use on a daily basis, and I don't see that changing!
I love ABH Modern Renaissance, is the only palette that I have from the brand and I absolutely love it! Urban Decay is one of my fave for eyeshadow formulas too, Lorac I never tried and I would love too! Makeup Geek I have some single shadows but idk why I don't reach for them a lot, maybe it's because I only have 8 or something.
I still haven't tried ABH shadows or makeup geek but they're both definitely on my wish list, especially the MR palette!
Yassss, girl. The Naked series (especially Naked3) and Too Faced's Chocolate Bar palettes are amongst my all-time favourite palettes. I'm super keen to try Naked Heat when it comes out here and also ABH's Modern Renaissance, which I'm still looking for a way to get to me without paying a fortune haha.
I love the Mario Palette from ABH. Too bad it was limited edition, and I am glad I was able to get my hands on it! Especially with how everyone is talking about how terrible the Subculture palette was. I have 2 MUG shadows from my Boxycharm, but I want to get more in the future!
Definitely agree with your list! Specifically with Anastasia and Makeup Geek, they're both incredibly priced for how amazing the quality of their shadows is, and I have yet to be disappointed by either brand!


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In his paper "Eight ways videogames generate emotions", Jonathan Frome describes 2 player roles and 4 emotion types. In what follows I present them in my own interpretation, following with a case study on how the model applies to the game Bloodborne.
The player roles are those of the observer-participant and the actor-participant. The observer-participant applies to situations where the player interacts with the game without influencing it, like watching a cutscene, going through the lore, walking around the environment, listening to an NPC and so on. The actor-participant interacts with the game and influences the game, be it by engaging in combat with an enemy, selecting a choice in a multi-option dialogue, solving a puzzle and so on - as the result of his action, the game is changed compared to its state from before the action. Both player roles have the player participate in the game, in its environment or setting, but differ in how they influence the game state. To simplify, I'll use the terms observer and actor.
The emotion types that Frome describes are game, narrative, artifact and ecological. Game emotions and narrative emotions are pretty self-explanatory: game emotions mainly relate to how you perform in the challenge that the game poses and narrative emotions relate to characters, story and setting and are very similar, if not the same, to the types of emotion you can experience in other forms of media such as movies or books.
Artifact emotions relate to responses triggered by how a certain game is made - they can be appreciation or frustration towards an art style, a repetitive sound, an elegant or cluttered interface and so on. They aren't triggered by what's happening in the game world, but by the actual work of art that the game is and how it represents its content. These usually are emotions of evaluation targeted towards the creators of the artifact.
Ecological emotions are related to the responses we get from game elements as if we were interacting with them in the real world. While there is a risk of confusing them with narrative emotions, the difference is that ecological emotions refer to how a game character could create feelings of attraction towards her because of how she looks, as if she was real, while the narrative emotions towards her are more likely to be targeted to how her character was written, what she does, how she interacts with her medium and so on. Another example is feeling genuine fear emotions because of a monster in a game, even though there is no logical reason to be afraid of it - even to the extent that it can't even affect your game character, this emotion might still be triggered. A third example would be how we tend to sometimes flinch when someone in the game gets hit, it doesn't matter if it is our avatar or not.
While game emotions are specific to games, my opinion is that the other 3 types of emotions can be found in other media as well, narrative ones being evidently found in movies and books, artifact emotions can be found in mostly anything and ecological emotions primarily in movies and maybe also in very descriptive books.
One thing of note is that the same stimuli can generate more type of emotions depending on how we perceive it: we can get artifact emotions from focusing on how that stimuli was created; ecological emotions because of what the stimuli represents and how it would make us feel if it was in the real surrounding world; narrative emotions if we can have any kind of a story hint from it, which is very easy, we have a natural recognised tendency to see stories even in places where there is no intent for it; game emotions if our actions had an influence in creating the stimuli and it affects our status, performance or progress.
Combining the 2 player roles with the 4 emotion types we get the 8 inputs that games use to generate player emotions. I will use Bloodborne as a case study to exemplify each. Bloodborne is a 3rd person action survival game, with a lot of lore, immersive atmosphere, engaging gameplay and a pretty high difficulty curve - no free promotion intended. I will try to use only minor spoilers so it should be safe for everyone to read ahead.
1. Game events can trigger game emotions for an observer player. Although he doesn't have influence over what happens, the anxiety he feels when watching the introduction of a boss in Bloodborne or the desire to defeat a particularly menacing looking enemy are emotions related to his game progression that are triggered while he is only acting as an observer. Bosses in particular are triggered without you having the knowledge of where they are, you simply explore the world and in some locations you pass a point where an event is triggered and the bosses appear. While to the loosest extent you did interact with the world by walking, what follows is an impressive animation that can generate emotions of fear that you'll lose progress for example - dying sends you back to the latest checkpoint and you loose what you collected in Blood Echoes, the game's currency - or of excitement that you can finally progress further in the game.
2. Gameplay can trigger game emotions for an actor player. Fighting an enemy is the most common game emotion trigger in Bloodborne, but not the only one. Increasing the stats of your weapon is an action that can lead to increase in confidence or hope to progress further. Dying can lead to frustration, defeating a powerful enemy can lead to joy, receiving a powerful blow that leaves you with few health points can cause panic, but all these emotions are related to the challenge that the game poses and how we as an actor player progress through it. Another good example is timing a heavy double swipe attack with the axe to not only deal a good amount of damage, but to also avoid the incoming attack from the enemy. This performance can lead to a bunch of emotions, such as pride and confidence.
3. Narrative situations can trigger narrative emotions for the observer player. This are very easy to notice, they can be a cutscene, as the one from first meeting the boss Father Gascoigne, a lore excerpt such as an item description or even the Doll from the Hunter's Dream being sad and lost in thought. Simply by observing, the first can make you feel fear or disgust, the second can make you feel curious and the third can make you feel empathy or the desire to help.
4. Roleplay can trigger narrative emotions for the actor player. Roleplaying is incredibly easy to do in video games. In Bloodborne for example you can roleplay a master hunter that is set to destroy all beasts in his path, you can roleplay the saviour who is trying to save as many helpless people as he can, maybe even the underdog that has no chance at first sight, by choosing the weakest starting character. And these examples are the obvious ones. There is countless more subtle roleplaying, such as how you respond to a question or how you engage an enemy. In each situation, emotions are most likely to be triggered, especially since roleplaying puts you even more in the avatar's shoes and immerses you one layer deeper into the game's world. And if you take into account that this particular world isn't that permissive and supporting in whatever your objectives might be, disappointment, frustration, sadness or regret are very likely to be triggered.
5. A sensory environment can trigger ecological emotions for an observer player. The dark mood will likely create a feeling of tension as if you were in that environment physically. A shriek from a distant enemy in the virtual world might for a moment make you want to turn your head around to look in the room and make sure that it wasn't from the real world, even if you know that's not possible. Getting picked up suddenly by an invisible hand and then thrown to the ground will briefly make you feel afraid of the fall. But the most obvious emotion that you will feel is fear or anxiety, simply by observing enemies - while not all, some will definitely relate to some inner fear or phobia that will make you be more afraid of some pixels than logic would dictate.
6. Proprioception - that's a mouthful - can trigger ecological emotions for the actor player. Looking down from an abrupt cliff where there doesn't seem to be anything but a long fall can shortly make you feel a bit dizzy, especially if you have fear of heights in real life. Your body feels the same as if you'd fall in the real world, even if you are in no danger of that happening - unless you are too close to the edge of the couch. The same happens to me when climbing a very long ladder in the game, I get a similar feeling of discomfort that I'd get if I was physically doing that. Getting hit by an enemy can make you flinch or even duck as if the hit would happen for real. Your body's physical reactions are disconnected from the brain's logic, ignoring that none of those things can happen to you.
7. Design can trigger artifact emotions in an observer player. Simply by looking at Bloodborne's graphics, you can like them or not, you can appreciate the work put into the modelling or not and so on. The same for the music for example, aside from liking it or not or feeling that it is appropriate for the world or in connection to what's happening as a dynamic, you can also feel disapproval for how loud it is or even for its technicalities. The interface is another obvious example that can trigger emotions simply by looking at it - you can feel overwhelmed by the amount of data in the inventory, you can be pleased by its layout or you can get frustrated by not finding an information you think should more obvious. You can even experience shame the moment you realize that information was staring at you the whole time. The combat systems or attack patterns can frustrate you because of how they are built and the maths behind them. All these emotions are triggered by observing the game as an artifact, an object if you will, and analysing how it's made, not what it represents. And most likely all these emotions will be targeted towards Bloodborne's creators: why did they make that choice for the save system or why do they take away all your Blood Echoes when you die, those soulless developers!
After 10 walkthroughs, I know what these mean!
8. Artistry can trigger artifact emotions in an actor player. Bloodborne allows the player to express himself artistically for example by allowing him to customise his character at the beginning of the game. Artifact emotions get generated based on the result and the minor successes or failures during the process. You can feel pride in the result, you can identify with it or you can even like it - how many don't try to use this customisation tools to create a "perfect love interest"? You can feel frustrated by the limitations or by the abundance of options. You can even create an old character and feel a little pity for it. The game as an artifact is what triggers the emotions because if it provides you with only what you feel are ugly options, you resent the game, while if it is built in such a way that it's very likely that whatever you make will look cool, you'll appreciate the game systems for making an artist out of you, even if you know the truth that you're like the dog that doesn't know what it's doing.
Hey, he's not ugly, it's the game's lack of options fault, ok?
The purpose of this article is to apply Jonathan Frome's model for emotion inputs in video games to a modern game, Bloodborne, and see if it holds. While the result is far from anything scientific, I feel that the model and its vocabulary could be used in analysing how games in general can trigger emotions and can improve communication on the subject.
As I aim to dive deeper into the connection between emotions, video games, short and long term engagement and ultimately what makes a fan, I feel that this is a good foundation work that can be used on my so-called research. Hopefully with follow-up articles the findings will become more and more useful.


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St. Louis Park honors former player Keller
By Jim Paulsen, 01/29/13, 6:14PM CST
Former St. Louis Park baseball player Derrick Keller, a 2011 all-state selection as a senior, died in June after a 10-month struggle with leukemia.
Former St. Louis Park baseball player Derrick Keller, a 2011 alll-state selection as a senior, died in June after a 10-month struggle with leukemia.
The St. Louis Park Dugout Club has renamed its baseball field, Dakota Field, in Keller's honor. It is now known at Derrick Keller Field at Dakota Park. The booster club is raising $10,000 to build a scoreboard. The group also wants to raise another $10,000 to fund a scholarship in Keller's name.
Minnesota high school league sets summer plans despite hazy fall outlook
By David La Vaque and Jim Paulsen, Star Tribune staff writers 06/03/2020, 9:15am CDT
ADs, coaches, athletes, parents have questions; answers few.
Fifty years later, Albany pitcher's long-distance title game feat still stands and he's not done
By Ron Haggstrom, Star Tribune 06/02/2020, 8:00pm CDT
Glatzmaier pitched 12 innings in Albany's 1970 title-winning game. Long runs and bike treks followed.
Minnesota high school athlete eligibility rules get fresh scrutiny
By David La Vaque, Star Tribune 06/02/2020, 7:30pm CDT
The Minnesota State High School League is exploring revisions of two contentious league bylaws that help determine student-athlete eligibility.
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The integration of such a compromise into the customary practice of states has the potential both to resolve inconclusive and sterile debates over the meaning of Article 51. Gregory Johnsen is Near East Studies Scholar at Princeton University and a former Fulbright Fellow in Yemen. They display the full range of Hesse's lifetime fascination with fantasy--as dream, fairy tale, satire, or allegory. En este caso concreto hay un primer riesgo claro. If you are interested in the review, have a look.
What these diverse perspectives share, however, is an approach to Metamorphoses of New Media as an ongoing, recursive process of change that initiates dialogue and casts light on existing discursive, medial, and aesthetic models. It is essential reading for anyone interested in the seemingly ever-rising use of drones and targeted killing as state practice, or anyone who rightly finds these geopolitical life-and-death questions important. By contrast, the essays in Gibson-Graham, Resnick and Wolff's collection employ various forms of class analysis as an independent means to illuminate contemporary and historical political economies. The now overthrown government of Mohammed Morsi stood against the Syrian regime, cut off relations with the country and called for a no-fly zone remember the role of the Muslim Brotherhood in Syrian rebel groups. The editor, Avery Plaw, is an Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth, and author of Targeting Terrorists: A License to Kill? Mona Nabhani, Visiting Associate Professor of Education.
It does so by mobilizing the knowledge of scholars from a range of disciplines and military practitioners. However, Europe and the Islamic World: A History, by John Victor Tolan, Gilles Veinstein, Henry Laurens, states the Ottoman army was able to stop them at Zlatica. Michael Greig and Paul F. Would we be better off in a world of irreducibly diverse and sometimes tragically conflicting values rather than one in which our values fit harmoniously together? Fricker is a co-founder and analyst at the Center for the Study of Targeted Killing at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. The commander grounds his arguments in differences in the amount of choice exercised by soldiers and civilians, the divergent ways the operation can be expected to impact on them, the different obligations they each have to the state, and the likely consequences of emphasizing the safety of soldiers over civilians. This is presented as the only way to prevent an omnipresent state of emergency. En ciertos casos, reunirse con un representante de esos grupos puede ser delito.
This particular battle may be one of them. Sumaya Kubeisy, Assistant Professor of Digital Production and Storytelling; Prof. Prácticamente todos los grupos armados envueltos en conflictos actualmente forman parte de alguna de ellas. Otro problema es que los actores internacionales no son siempre coherentes al aplicar sus criterios, mantienen diferencias entre sí, y no han establecido canales o vías claras para salir de la lista una vez que se está dentro. The Metamorphosis of War goes far beyond common accounts of warfare and political violence and provides an historical and philosophical background that illuminates an array of the most pressing issues in modern armed conflict and the mechanisms used to deal with them. Qatar Main supplier of weapons to Syrian rebels, it is thought to have provided them around 1-3 billion dollars in aid.
But this feature is central to the forms in which conflict is organized and conducted. Any informed opinion on the matter must necessarily take these experts insights into account. El gobierno de Nigeria lo designó como amenaza a la seguridad y en junio de 2013 fue calificado de terrorista. Since the beginning of the conflict it has been one of the most prominent critics of the government. Commander of the Syrian Army and president of the Party, he was expected by some as a reformer who would undertake political reforms towards more rights and freedom.
If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the and see a list of open tasks. In the third section it considers some objections to an expanded campaign. Vinod Pangracious, Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering; Dr. At times tensions rise as in the city of Tripoli, between Sunnis and the Alawite pro-Assad minority that also resonate in the south. Selon le Programme des Nations Unies pour le développement, les femmes représentent la moitié de la population universitaire libanaise. Ann Marie Simmonds, Assistant Professor of English; Prof.
But 2012 was probably too late for Syrian parties to agree on anything, as polarization had soared and has not stopped up to now. This article has been rated as Mid-importance on the project's. And that is what is required of states in armed conflict, legally and ethically: where civilian casualties cannot be avoided, they must be minimized. The Council was recognized as a legitimate representative of Syrian people at an international conference held in Turkey by April 2012. But Berlin never linked these insights to his case for value pluralism or political liberalism. El grupo ha usado técnicas como los ataques suicidas, inéditos en este país.
Un ejemplo es informe del United States Institute of Peace, o de Conciliation Resources y Berghof Peace Support. The religious factor coupled with those political positions has been used to fuel intolerance in some parts of this formerly secular country. The Shiite majority, mostly represented by Hezbollah, has in Assad its closest ally, while many Sunnis sympathize with the rebels and Christian population is divided. Esto puede agravar la violencia y dificultar cualquier intento de lograr la paz en el futuro. It is ok to pay attention to grandiloquent statements, and even more to negotiations and to people figuring alternative paths to find political solutions. The rest of Kafka's novella deals with Gregor's attempts to adjust to his new condition as he deals with being burdensome to his parents and sister, who are repulsed by the horrible, verminous creature Gregor has become. I'm currently writing a monograph on how, under the influence of Walter Benjamin and especially Georges Bataille, Derrida has provided an account of sovereignty which re-validates revolution as the impetus of democracy.


IPC Digital Media Manager Natalia Dannenberg explains the importance of social media in helping athletes market themselves.
"Social media is a tremendous opportunity not only for athletes to develop their personal brands, but for the Paralympic Movement to grow."
This week, Brazil's Alan Fonteles Oliveira was the first para-athlete to make it onto SportsPro and EuroSport's Most Marketable Athletes list.
In response, my IPC colleague Stuart Lieberman wrote a blog about the 15 most marketable para-athletes.
Now, I'm not saying I agree with all the choices that appear on these lists, but what struck me was how many of the athletes on both lists were on social media.
Of the 50 athletes on SportsPro's list, it was hardly surprising that 43 had a Twitter account, I quickly tweeted.
He hit the nail on the head. In addition, only 15 of the most marketable athletes don't have websites, and six aren't on Facebook. Only three athletes – Katie Walsh, Seth Jones and Ellyse Perry – seem to have no digital presence at all.
Clearly, to be marketable, you have to be able to market yourself.
The criteria for the marketing potential of athletes on SportsPro's list was value for money, age, home market, charisma, willingness to be marketed and crossover appeal.
By having a digital presence, athletes help to fulfill all of these criteria and help to define their own personal brand.
They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, and there's no harm in taking a look at this Twitter list and Facebook interest list of 2013's Most Marketable Athletes.
What's clear is that many of the athletes are sharing real behind-the-scenes moments about their training, journeys and lives.
Social fans are interested in athletes as people, and brands are, too.
Many sports stars are catching onto this.
Earlier this year at the 2013 IPC Alpine Skiing World Cup Finals in Sochi, Russia, American dual-sport athlete, @AlanaNichols21 tweeted me a picture of @AmyJoMartin's new book "Renegades Write the Rules" saying I should read it.
Martin was an early adopter of social media and has a background of working with high-profile sports stars such as former NBA star Shaq.
Her book inspired me, too.
I believe more than ever that the Paralympic Movement's biggest strength digitally lies with the athletes.
Of course, there are social media guidelines that they have to abide by, but essentially the IPC encourages athletes to share their experiences and promote themselves and their sport via social platforms.
What's great is that we're already being recognised for the ground-breaking athlete-focused work we're doing in this area, such as with the Samsung Paralympic Bloggers project at London 2012 where we gave 50 athletes a mobile phone with which they video-blogged from behind the scenes.
"The Paralympics is leading the way in athlete engagement through social media," a Director at EuroSport commented at the Connected Sport conference in Paris, France, this week.
Social media is a tremendous opportunity not only for athletes to develop their personal brands, but for the Paralympic Movement to grow.
There are billions of potential fans out there. Let's start engaging with them.
You can follow IPC Digital Media Manager Natalia Dannenberg on Twitter @NatDannenberg.


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Leandro Fernández, né en 1973, est un dessinateur de comics et de bande dessinée argentin.

Biographie

Fernández est surtout connu pour ses œuvres dans les séries The Incredible Hulk , Wolverine et Spider-Man: Tangled Web , ainsi que pour l'un des récits de la publication de Oni Press , Queen & Country.

Son travail le plus récent comprend l'illustration de la série Punisher Marvel MAX , écrite par Garth Ennis et de la relance de Stormwatch: Post Human Division.

Œuvre

Publications en français

 5 ronin,  Panini Comics, collection 100 % Marvel
 La Voie du samouraï, scénario de Pete Milligan, dessins de Leandro Fernández, Laurence Campbell, Dalibor Talajic, Tomm Coker et Goran Parlov, 2012
  Ange & Démons, scénario d'Ange, dessins collectif, Soleil Productions, 2005
 Civil War, Marvel France, collection Marvel Deluxe
 Journal de guerre, scénario de Paul Jenkins, dessins de Leandro Fernández, Steve Lieber,  Ramon Bachs et Lee Weeks, 2012
 Hunter, scénario de Patrick Renault, dessins de Leandro Fernández, Soleil Productions, collection
 Jivaro business, 2007
 Cuba libre, 2009
 Marvel Icons, Panini Comics, collection Marvel Comics
 Chasseur/Chassé, scénario de Matt Fraction, dessins d'Ariel Olivetti et Leandro Fernández, 2008
 Punisher, scénario de Garth Ennis, Marvel France, collection Max Comics
 Kitchen Irish, dessins de Leandro Fernández, 2005
 Le Haut est en bas et le noir est blanc, dessins de Leandro Fernández, 2006
 Les Négriers, dessins de Leandro Fernández, 2007
 L'Homme de pierre, dessins de Leandro Fernández, 2008
 Queen and Country, scénario de Greg Rucka, Akileos, collection Regard Noir & Blanc
 Opération : Crystall Ball, dessins de Leandro Fernández, 2008
 Spider-Man, Panini Comics, collection Marvel Monster Edition
 Spider Island, scénario et dessins collectifs, 2012
 Wolverine, Marvel France, collection Marvel Comics
 Coyote Crossing (1), scénario de Greg Rucka,  dessins de Leandro Fernández, 2004
 Coyote Crossing (2), scénario de Greg Rucka,  dessins de Leandro Fernández, 2004
 Coyote Crossing (3), scénario de Greg Rucka,  dessins de Leandro Fernández,

Publications en anglais

Notes et références

Annexes

Bibliographie

Liens externes

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Dessinateur argentin de comic book
Personnalité de Marvel


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Home > Venture > A K-shaped VC Market: Is The Era Of 10-20x Revenue Multiples Here To Stay?
A K-shaped VC Market: Is The Era Of 10-20x Revenue Multiples Here To Stay?
By Olav Ostin
Historically, recessions have been discussed in terms of a V-shape—a sharp decline in output followed rapidly by an equally rapid recovery—or a U-shape, where a longer slowdown occurs before a steep uplift, or variations thereof (think Sir Martin Sorrell's bathtub-shaped prediction from 2001).
This time, as the world surveys the economic wreckage of the pandemic, there is talk of another type of recovery: a K-shape. It's a two-tier recovery, where a fall for almost everyone is followed by a continued decline for some but a remarkable bounce back for others.
In 2021, the group still in decline will likely include old economy businesses and those in travel, hospitality and events. With yet more lockdowns this winter, any hopes of a short-term reprieve in the form of a swift return to normal have been delayed until a wide rollout of vaccines.
Those businesses not just recovering but growing with alacrity are the new economy operators like Zoom, Snowflake, Shopify and Amazon, which have both a direct solution to the challenges created by the pandemic—whether it's simple-to-use digital collaboration, data platforms or everything you could possibly want dispatched to your doorstep—and the business model to deliver it remotely.
Companies likely to be in the top part of the K include those in e-commerce, digital health, cybersecurity, edtech, digital entertainment and many cloud software businesses.
That's been evident in the soaring stock prices and valuations of companies in these sectors in public markets, but the same K-shape applies within the world of venture capital, too, with its own nuances.
Public market recovery versus the VC market
Olav Ostin is managing partner at TempoCap
At the top of the K in venture capital are those businesses that are driving forward with tremendous growth—at a minimum 50 percent annual revenue growth, but often much, much faster—and products typically built in the cloud, in many cases with recurring revenue models.
Lower down, in that bottom leg, the situation differs slightly from the public market's K-shape: in our VC/tech startup version, there is hopefully still growth, just at a much lower rate – perhaps 10 percent to 20 percent or thereabouts. For a business hovering around the 10 percent growth mark, it will take much longer to get to the big outcomes VCs are after. So while it may still be worth getting involved in such a company, there will be other factors at play.
The result is that we see historically high valuation multiples of 10 to 20 times revenue and more for the fast-growing, cloud-based businesses, in contrast to multiples of perhaps one to five times revenue for the rest, giving us our K-shaped VC landscape.
What's driving high valuations?
At the risk of stating the obvious, many technology companies have shown a clear resilience in the face of the pandemic, unlike other traditional businesses that require in-person interactions.
Many of those companies have been able to continue their normal operations with minimal adjustment. Arguably, that resilience alone, now more widely accepted than pre-pandemic, makes these companies more valuable. However, as traditional businesses struggled, customers—whether consumers, businesses or governments—moved to these digital counterparts in even greater numbers and at greater speed. That movement dramatically increased the pace of growth for those technology companies in the right sectors.
Recall Adobe's June report that said COVID-19 had accelerated e-commerce growth by between four and six years, or Microsoft's CEO Satya Nadella, who said in April that the company had seen two years' worth of digital transformations in just two months. Or just look at Zoom, which the other day reported 367 percent revenue growth in Q3, at which no one even blinked.
It is true that for a long time, the majority of VC investment has gone to tech-led businesses. However, many technology companies that might have been interesting to VCs before the pandemic now are struggling to attract investment. That's because either the sector they operate in or their customer base is closely tied to those old economy sectors mentioned above, so their growth is suffering whether or not they have built "disruptive" technology. Examples could be those startups selling software to airlines when the planes aren't flying, or those using innovative ways to distribute event tickets to consumers when the events aren't happening.
In the long run, we expect many new exciting companies will be created to solve new issues that have arisen from the pandemic. But right now, the pool of attractive high-growth companies for early-stage, growth-obsessed VCs to invest in has arguably shrunk a little, effectively reducing the universe of investible companies.
On the demand side, however, those companies benefitting from the pandemic are in some cases seeing a huge acceleration of growth driven by an even more urgent need from their customers, or a lack of alternatives. That growth makes those in this smaller pool even more attractive to investors. Take Hopin, the online events platform, that went from four employees to a $2 billion valuation in less than a year.
Meanwhile, despite the initial pause in investment seen early in the year as VCs briefly turned inward to review their portfolios for the impact of the pandemic, Atomico's recent State of European Tech report shows that 2020 was on track to be a record year for the amount of capital invested into European tech.
Another sign of the increasing amount of cash available for European tech is the rising number of U.S. VCs setting up European offices, with Bessemer and Sequoia as the most recent examples, as well as U.S. firms spending more time hunting for opportunities outside of their normal stomping grounds. All these factors mean the competition among VCs to invest in the most exciting companies is more intense than ever.
Take a step up in the investment chain, and even more capital is being allocated to technology in general, given the sector's resilience and outperformance so far this year. Taking one more step up, we see monetary stimulus from central banks in all major markets has cut the cost of capital, too.
So overall, there's an even larger wall of money pointed at tech assets, with a smaller supply of investable assets—at least in the near-term—and those assets remaining are potentially even more attractive due to even faster growth. Given all this, it becomes clear why valuations in our sector have jumped for the most attractive companies.
Are these valuations here to stay? Well, that's a question for another article.
— Olav Ostin is managing partner at TempoCap, a London-based firm that invests in transformational technology businesses across Europe.
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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services declared last week National Women's Health Week (May 14-20th), but in reality we should be taking care of ourselves and have this awareness all year round, right? To kick this month off inspired by women's health, let's talk about health, nutrition, and of course answer your questions from Instagram, Twitter, and email from over this year!
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Globally, women's access to health care remains a challenge, both in developing and developed countries. In the United States, before the Affordable Health Care Act came into effect, 25% of women of child-bearing age lacked health insurance.[176] In the absence of adequate insurance, women are likely to avoid important steps to self care such as routine physical examination, screening and prevention testing, and prenatal care. The situation is aggravated by the fact that women living below the poverty line are at greater risk of unplanned pregnancy, unplanned delivery and elective abortion. Added to the financial burden in this group are poor educational achievement, lack of transportation, inflexible work schedules and difficulty obtaining child care, all of which function to create barriers to accessing health care. These problems are much worse in developing countries. Under 50% of childbirths in these countries are assisted by healthcare providers (e.g. midwives, nurses, doctors) which accounts for higher rates of maternal death, up to 1:1,000 live births. This is despite the WHO setting standards, such as a minimum of four antenatal visits.[177] A lack of healthcare providers, facilities, and resources such as formularies all contribute to high levels of morbidity amongst women from avoidable conditions such as obstetrical fistulae, sexually transmitted diseases and cervical cancer.[6]
Downloading that new weight-loss app may not be as beneficial as you think. A study published in American Journal of Preventive Medicine rated the top 30 weight-loss apps using criteria set by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Diabetes Prevention Plan, which consists of 20 behavior-based strategies, including willpower control, problem solving, stress reduction, motivation, and relapse prevention. Twenty-eight of the programs offered 25 percent or fewer of these essential tummy-trimming tactics. If you're into tech, use your apps to log food and share your progress on social networks, but don't rely on either too heavily to make lasting lifestyle changes.
Nutrition is particularly important during pregnancy to ensure your health and the health of the baby. It's normal to gain weight during pregnancy—not just because of the growing fetus, but because you'll need stored fat for breast-feeding. The Institute of Medicine (IOM) recommends a gain of 25 to 35 pounds in women of normal weight when they get pregnant; 28 to 40 pounds in underweight women; and at least 15 pounds in women who are overweight when they get pregnant. The IOM has not given a recommendation for an upper limit for obese women, but some experts cap it as low as 13 pounds. If you fit into this category, discuss how much weight you should gain with your health care professional.
Nutrition interventions that target mothers alone inadequately address women's needs across their lives: during adolescence, preconception, and in later years of life. They also fail to capture nulliparous women. The extent to which nutrition interventions effectively reach women throughout the life course is not well documented. In this comprehensive narrative review, we summarized the impact and delivery platforms of nutrition-specific and nutrition-sensitive interventions targeting adolescent girls, women of reproductive age (nonpregnant, nonlactating), pregnant and lactating women, women with young children <5 y, and older women, with a focus on nutrition interventions delivered in low- and middle-income countries. We found that although there were many effective interventions that targeted women's nutrition, they largely targeted women who were pregnant and lactating or with young children. There were major gaps in the targeting of interventions to older women. For the delivery platforms, community-based settings, compared with facility-based settings, more equitably reached women across the life course, including adolescents, women of reproductive age, and older women. Nutrition-sensitive approaches were more often delivered in community-based settings; however, the evidence of their impact on women's nutritional outcomes was less clear. We also found major research and programming gaps relative to targeting overweight, obesity, and noncommunicable disease. We conclude that focused efforts on women during pregnancy and in the first couple of years postpartum fail to address the interrelation and compounding nature of nutritional disadvantages that are perpetuated across many women's lives. In order for policies and interventions to more effectively address inequities faced by women, and not only women as mothers, it is essential that they reflect on how, when, and where to engage with women across the life course.
Rocking out to your fave playlist helps you power through a grueling workout, and now research shows singing, humming, or whistling may be just as beneficial. [Tweet this tip!] A German and Belgian study found that making music—and not just listening to it—could impact exercise performance. People who worked out on machines designed to create music based on their efforts exerted more energy (and didn't even know it) compared to others who used traditional equipment. Sweating to your own tune may help make physical activities less exhausting, researchers say.
Almost 25% of women will experience mental health issues over their lifetime.[126] Women are at higher risk than men from anxiety, depression, and psychosomatic complaints.[17] Globally, depression is the leading disease burden. In the United States, women have depression twice as often as men. The economic costs of depression in American women are estimated to be $20 billion every year. The risks of depression in women have been linked to changing hormonal environment that women experience, including puberty, menstruation, pregnancy, childbirth and the menopause.[119] Women also metabolise drugs used to treat depression differently to men.[119][127] Suicide rates are less in women than men (<1% vs. 2.4%),[27][28] but are a leading cause of death for women under the age of 60.[17]
ART procedures sometimes involve the use of donor eggs (eggs from another woman), donor sperm, or previously frozen embryos. Donor eggs are sometimes used for women who can not produce eggs. Also, donor eggs or donor sperm is sometimes used when the woman or man has a genetic disease that can be passed on to the baby. An infertile woman or couple may also use donor embryos. These are embryos that were either created by couples in infertility treatment or were created from donor sperm and donor eggs. The donated embryo is transferred to the uterus. The child will not be genetically related to either parent.
Fats contain both saturated and unsaturated (monounsaturated and polyunsaturated) fatty acids. Saturated fat raises blood cholesterol more than unsaturated fat, which may even help lower harmful cholesterol. Reducing saturated fat (most comes from meat, dairy and bakery products) to less than seven percent of total daily calories may help you reduce your cholesterol level. Whenever possible, replace saturated fat with monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats.
Educational interventions most often targeted school-age children and adolescent girls, and there were few examples of programs targeting women of reproductive age (174). The majority of education interventions were delivered in formal school-based settings (174). However, this is a "selective" delivery platform given that not all adolescents attend schools (193). School fees and distance to school are major barriers to school enrollment (174, 194). Educational interventions need to be sensitive to the reasons why girls are not in school, e.g., work, and to the hours and locations that might make education interventions more accessible (193). Nonformal education, alternative education, mobile schools, and literacy programs can target women and girls not in school, although these approaches were less common and not as well evaluated (174). Interventions that target girls who are no longer in school provide valuable examples about how such interventions could be delivered to hard-to-reach groups (182).


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Did you know...John Deere in 1941 created a Full Vision Tractor called the EX 101?
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Unconventional tractors were common in John Deere's engineering offices. One of the company's more creative engineers, Theo Brown, recognized that the general-purpose tractors intended for cultivating single rows - the John Deere L, Farmall A, and Allis-Chalmers B - had a common fault. The power plant of the tractors was between the operator and the row to be cultivated. Brown surmised this caused the operator to work in uncomfortable positions in order to see what he was doing, so Brown set about designing a tractor with better visibility. In 1941, he introduced a new concept at John Deere - the Full Vision tractor. The goal of his Full Vision tractor was to provide the operator with an unobstructed view of the ground both directly in front and directly to the rear. Five were built in the early 1940s.They were loaned out to farmers who tested the tractors for a month and suggested improvements. When a driver said the regular seat did not give enough back support, for example, a 3-inch strip was welded around the back. Originally the tractor was maneuvered with a steering wheel, but because it obstructed the view, it was replaced with handles. In April 1942, the tractor was taken to the Experimental Farm where it was tried out in the field, both with an integral 14-inch plow and an integral cultivator. Starting June 8, 1942, this tractor and cultivator were used to cultivate corn at the Experimental Farm and later at a private farm, where the crop was cultivated three times, an equivalent of 125 acres. It never made it to full production and is a rare find today!


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Spain's left-wing government calls judges 'male chauvinists' and 'fascists' as scandal over early release of rape convicts grows
Spanish judges are applying the sexual freedom law erroneously because of their "machismo," and they have to be sent to gender-sensitivity training courses, says Spainish Equality Minister Irene Montero
author: Olivier Bault
Spain's Equality Minister Irene Montero. Feb. 2, 2022. (Credit: Shutterstock)
Posted on December 05, 2022 | by Olivier Bault
One of the reproaches heard from the EU institutions against Poland and Hungary, as far as the famous "rule of law" issues are concerned — and in particular, the independence of the judiciary — is that the two conservative countries' executive powers allegedly try to intimidate judges with harsh criticism made in the media.
If criticizing judges and their rulings is indeed an act of intimidation, why are the same EU institutions not switching their focus to Spain's ruling coalition of the Socialists and the far left after members of that coalition have called judges "male chauvinists" and "fascists" just because they did not like their rulings?
Even the country's judicial council, the General Council of the Judiciary Power (CGPJ), has expressed "its strongest condemnation of the intolerable attacks made (…) against members of the judiciary by some political leaders" for applying the so-called "only yes means yes" law.
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Spain's "only yes means yes" law on sexual consent was adopted last August. The law, which is officially named the "Organic Law on the Comprehensive Guarantee of Sexual Freedom," stipulates that "consent shall only be understood to exist when it has been freely manifested, through acts that, in view of the circumstances of the case, clearly express the will of the person."
According to the far-left Podemos' Equality Minister Irene Montero, who is the new law's author, the law "is finally enshrining in law that consent must be the central element of our sexual relationships" so that "women will no longer have to show that there was violence or intimidation in order for it to be recognized as sexual aggression."
In a tweet published just after the bill was enacted into law, the equality minister thanked "the feminist parliamentary majority that made it possible."
The law takes a turn for the worse
Despite her victory lap, on Nov. 25 in Madrid, a feminists' protest saw thousands of people gather to demand Montero's resignation. The Spanish conservative news website La Gaceta wrote: "In addition to the cries heard from part of the organizing associations calling for her resignation, the Alliance against the Erasure of Women, an entity in which some socialist personalities are active members, deployed a banner on which you could read "Irene Montero, resign. Enough misogynist and botched laws!'"
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The sharp turn of some feminists against Montero has to do with reforms of the penal code enacted in August, with Montero's new law also lowering the minimum sentence for sexual offenders. Since there is a general principle regarding Spanish penal issues in which new laws apply retroactively whenever this benefits a convicted offender, some judges have lowered past sentences while others have begun to hand down verdicts with lower sentences in new cases related to sexual assaults and rapes.
On Dec. 1, the center-right daily newspaper El Mundo thus wrote: "At least 43 sex offenders have already benefited from the 'yes means yes' law. All of them have had their sentences reduced by one to seven years." In another piece, the newspaper gave a list of 13 men convicted of rape, including of children, who had been set free because of Montero's law.
The early release of rapists is not the only concern raised by the law that was supposed to better protect women. Already in early 2021, when it was still a draft law discussed within Sánchez's government, Spain's judicial council criticized the definition of sexual consent it planned to introduce by stating that "consent shall be deemed not to exist when the victim has not freely manifested by external, conclusive and unequivocal acts in accordance with the circumstances his or her express will to participate in the act." Such a definition is seen by many law experts as putting into question the principle of presumption of innocence.
On Dec. 2, the conservative Vox party announced it had put Montero's law to the country's constitutional court. It took his action because of the left-wing majority's refusal to amend it at the center-right Popular Party's (PP) request; the party also said the law should be repealed "because it frees rapists leaving women more unprotected than ever, it violates the presumption of innocence of men, and indoctrinates our children."
Instead of just amending the law, Vox had filed a bill in parliament to repeal it altogether.
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The region made the national news in Spain this month when a Gambian migrant raped a 95-year-old woman in Figueras
In mid-November, PP leader Alberto Núñez Feijóo said: "We are living, in Spain, the dramatic consequences of a populist decision, taken against the PP, the judges, and common sense. The entry into force of the 'only yes means yes' law has provoked a constant trickle of prisoners jailed for sexual crimes who have had their sentences reduced or have been released."
However, for Equality Minister Irene Montero, the reason why sexual convicts are being released early is due to the judges who apply her sexual freedom law erroneously because of their "machismo," and the only solution in her eyes would be to send them to gender-sensitivity training courses so they know better how to enforce the law. She also repeatedly stresses that the law was prepared "hand in hand" with the Ministry of Justice and two other ministries and that it was a government bill.
During the G20 summit in Bali in mid-November, Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez defended the law despite the increase in sexual convicts walking the streets of Spain, saying that "it is a great achievement of the feminist movement" and "a vanguard law that will inspire other laws in the world."
"There are judges who are breaking the law," said Minister Montero on the following day in Madrid. "The United Nations alerts us that machismo can cause judges to apply a law in a defective way," she added.
Top leaders in her far-left party Podemos have stood by Montero and attacked judges for applying the law to release rape convicts early. Javier Sánchez Serna, who holds the position of third secretary in the Congress of Deputies and is Podemos' regional coordinator for the region of Murcia, has called to "not slacken" before "fascists in robes that want to blow up any feminist legislation."
Spain can crush democracy as long as it's governed by pro-EU progressives
Intervening in the Congress of Deputies in mid-November, Secretary of State for Equality Ángela Rodríguez and Government Delegate for Gender Violence Victoria Rosell claimed that judges "are breaking the law" and making an interpretation of the reform of the penal code "with gender bias." Like Montero, they want "there to be mandatory training for judges" on machismo.
"Where is the training of judges? It is a disgrace. Get yourselves trained, judges!" said Rodríguez who went on to tell deputies that she never thought one law would be enough to get rid of Spain's "patriarchal judiciary."
Despite Spanish politicians outright attacking judges, this behavior has drawn little scrutiny from the EU, raising the question of how Brussels treats various governments as long as they are friendly with the left-liberal establishment. The treatment of Spanish judges reveals that the EU may be less concerned about preserving democracy and the rule of law, and more focused on which government professes an ideology aligned with the ruling class in Brussels.
This latest controversy is confirming that Spain's left can trample on democracy as long as it is governed by pro-EU progressives.
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Posted on October 31, 2022 | by Olivier Bault
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Posted on March 16, 2022 | by Olivier Bault
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32nd Maryland 4-H Horsemen's Party - February 24th!
50/50 Raffle Tickets - The proceeds of this raffle are split 50/50 between the winner and the Maryland 4-H Horse Program. These funds go to help facilitate our state contests, clinics, and sending our State Teams to the All American Quarter HorseCongress and the Eastern National Round-Up! Without the help of the 50/50 Raffle ticket sales participation in these contests could not be possible. The ticket prices are 1 for $2.00 OR 3 for $5.00. We hope each 4-H horse group can help sell tickets! To receive a supply of tickets to sell, please e-mail Becca Gunderson at reunder@umd.edu with the number of tickets needed and the address to send them to.
Silent Auction Item Donations - We are seeking donated items for the silent auction. Donations could include horse related décor or jewelry, horse tack and grooming items, and much more. We have been fortunate in the past that many of our Maryland 4-H Horse Clubs have decorated and donated a themed basket for the event.
Horsemen's Party Sponsorship Opportunities – There are many opportunities to support the Party as a sponsor.
o Good Luck & Congratulations Slide, $25 - Wish our State 4-H Teams good luck at Nationals or congratulate a 4-H friend on their achievements by sponsoring a slide in the slideshow.
o Sponsorship Slide, $50 - Sponsor a promotional slide in the slideshow of photos from the Maryland 4-H Horse Program events that we play before the awards ceremony and during dinner.
o Half Page Program Advertisement, $50 - Sponsor a half page ad that will be part of our Horsemen's Party program.
o Full Page Program Advertisement, $100 - Sponsor a full page ad that will be part of our Horsemen's Party program.
o Table Sponsorship, $125 - Sponsor a table and your business will receive ten seats for your representatives and your table will be reserved with a promotional sign.
o Sponsorship Package, $225 - Purchase the sponsorship package and receive the Slide Sponsorship, Full Page Advertisement, and Table Sponsorship for a discounted price!
Please contact Becca Gunderson at regunder@umd.edu or Chris Anderson at canders2@umd.edu if you have questions.


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