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Greek life is harming students. Let's abolish it.
By THE EDITORIAL BOARD | November 4, 2021
On Monday, the University informed students of a reported intentional drugging incident at a Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity party over the weekend.
The News-Letter stands in support of the victim. The paper is currently conducting our own investigation on the transpired events, and we are committed to keeping the community informed as more details become available.
Unfortunately, the administration continually fails to adequately address incidents like these in our community. The University's email about the intentional drugging failed to condemn the incident, instead providing a laundry list of ways to avoid "becoming the victim of a drugging incident."
Students are outraged, and rightfully so. In the past few days, a social media post correcting the University's statement has circulated among the student body, and we agree with the edits: It's not the responsibility of an individual to make sure they aren't taken advantage of.
Rather than instilling policies that might prevent these scenarios, the University has taken the problematic stance of shifting the burden of responsibility to the victims. This is clear proof of the persistence of rape culture at Hopkins, especially within fraternities.
We're past the point of reform — we call on the University to abolish Greek life. As extreme as it may sound, there have been far too many cases of sexual assault and misconduct at the hands of these student organizations.
We wouldn't be the first school to do so. Students at universities like Northwestern and Swarthmore have already recognized the violence Greek life has inflicted on their respective campuses. Swarthmore eliminated fraternities and sororities in 2019, and many students at Northwestern have disaffiliated and disbanded their chapters in the past year.
Last year, we called on the Hopkins community to change the culture surrounding Greek life after an investigation by The News-Letter found that seven students, two of which formally filed reports with the University, alleged they had been drugged at the Delta Phi (St. Elmo's) fraternity house.
Hopkins did not take adequate action against these reports, instead sanctioning the fraternity with a cease and desist order in response to an unrelated sexual assault allegation. Irrespective of this order, the fraternity still hosted its fall "Freshman Party" in 2019.
Countless instances of violence and discrimination taint the history of fraternities at Hopkins. In 2015, a 16 year-old girl was raped by non-Hopkins affiliates at a fraternity party. In 2014, a brother was stabbed at a gathering in his fraternity house. Students called out a racist "hood" themed Halloween fraternity party in 2006. And the list goes on…
It's clear that we are not simply reckoning with "Greek life culture" at Hopkins, but Greek life itself. These issues are not exclusive to the named chapters, but pervade the entire institution that is Greek life.
Ultimately, we cannot tell students what they should or should not do. But we urge those involved in a fraternity or sorority to question their own role in Greek life. Why did you go through the recruitment process? How inclusive is your chapter? Do you feel your organization, at Hopkins and nationally, represents your values? If mixers and date parties weren't a consideration, would you still participate?
We can't see any real reason why these organizations, which originated as a means for wealthy white men to gatekeep their social circles, continue to exist. Your own positive experiences with an organization do not negate the problems inherent to these institutions.
We sincerely hope that next year's Editorial Board doesn't have to respond to another incident like this. We won't let our calls for action go unanswered any longer.
Editor's note: Some members of this week's Editorial Board are currently affiliated with Greek organizations on campus.
In the event of an immediate emergency, students should call 911 or Campus Safety and Security. Students who have experienced druggings can submit anonymous or named reports via the University-wide reporting form JHU Speak 2 Us. Students can also report directly to the Office of Student Conduct and Ethics or Fraternity and Sorority Life through their websites under the "Report an Incident" tab.
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Trickster-kun, no worries, I would rather a bout outside of the confines of this tournament anyway. Less pressure. PM me or post a topic, or PM me about posting a topic - either or, or whichever.
On another note, Phenom never did edit his post with that entrance. Very curious.
Slim Jim McGuffney wrote: Dude, I'm sorry to hear that. I was looking forward to reading what you and Scrip would come up with together. I'll have to watch for that battle if and when it happens.
As an official announcement, I'm giving this round until Wednesday. I should be able to find some sort of judge before then.
There was a bang, and the wall behind the oily creature was quickly painted black. This bang was followed by a squeal as the monster flew at Ramses, with eyes that seemed to burn with hate. It struck quickly, and Ramses was flung across the casino room once again, leaving the weapon he had managed to pick up behind.
The black creature quickly leapt at Ramses and bit down on his arm hard, before he could recover from the toss. The decayed man grunted in severe pain as the monster managed to rip off the arm, spraying dark blood across the room.
With both arms gone, a panicked Ramses quickly drank blood nearest to him. He had no clue if anything would happen, if anything, but to him it was worth a shot.
"Activating Legs of the Loser. a familiar voice seemed to whisper in his ears.
At that moment, strange, glowing red runes briefly appeared on his legs. The monster seemed to watch in curiosity, perhaps seeing a chance at more power. The legs slowly became a dark black, and beefed up. The runes continued to remain present, as they slowly moved about the leg.
Ramses quickly leapt at the monster, and swung with a kick. Instantly, the monster screeched in pain as part of it's body was separated from the rest. The oily black liquid spilled onto the floor, as did the beast. Both of them.
The man who once had two arms was disoriented. He was muttering nonsense, as his jaw and body swung wildly.
Vapor wrote: As Zaidon was going through this futile maneuver, Gear Zaidon's left foot.
I need a verb somewhere hyah, dude.
Also, it appears we're both going away on Sunday. I'll be back in August. How long are you gone?
EDIT: Aw, CRAP, it doesn't matter if round one ends on Wednesday! Gotta type up a super post RIGHT NAO.
Zaidon saw the Gearsword coming down. He knew that if it fell on his head this time instead of his chest, it would ultimately be a fatal blow. He had no choice. He threw his left arm up at as much of a deflecting angle as he could. The sword was pushed to the side away from his head. It happened so quickly. He turned up the heat energy output of his right hand so high that his vision became wavy and the air around his hand reached its flashpoint and burst into flames. He plunged the fiery fist into the robot's neck. The sword dropped to the ground. But what was more amazing was when both fighters took to the sky, Zaidon holding Gear by the bottom of his lozenge-shaped cranial device.
Zaidon looked at his left hand. It was no longer there! The sword had sliced clean through his radius and ulna. No blood poured from the wound. It was simply an exposed, meaty stump on the end of his arm. The realization and the pain assailed him simultaneously. He exploded in a deafening, excruciating scream and shot through the air holding the murderous machine. He held him forward and they smashed through a tower. White Gear was absolutely stunned. It was nothing that Zaidon was suspending the robot's weight with one hand; what confused Gear was that they were seventy-five feet above the ground moving at the speed of a falcon.
Through another tower they smashed. But Zaidon was holding Gear in front of him, meaning that Gear's body was breaking the walls. While crashing through the third tower, the strain on Gear's melted arm was too great and it was ripped from his body at the shoulder joint. After the fourth tower, Gear began slugging Zaidon everywhere from the groin to the sternum with his remaining arm, doing only local damage. Zaidon responded by jerking him violently. This of course did no real damage, but only served to throw off the aim of his punches.
They smashed through the fifth tower. Gear reached into Zaidon's broken and battered chest and removed one of the gear-shurikens that had been imbedded in it earlier.
Gear took the shuriken in hand and slashed Zaidon's neck open. Zaidon looked up at him and mouthed these words, although no sound came out of his lips.
Zaidon threw him forward a bit but caught him again, with a reversed grip. He held Gear like a tennis racket using his head as the handle. He then performed a complete spin in mid-air, getting tremendous swing, and 'power smashed' him through the final tower. They both tumbled to the ground and rolled for about thirty feet, flopping like rag-dolls and bashing against all sorts of debris like busted up bricks and dead things in general.
"[By the way... I FLY.]"
Then he collapsed next to the nearly-destroyed robot.
In truth, he actually began the process of dying. He lay for five minutes dying, until the wind kicked up in Oceansford. Wind. Rapidly moving air molecules. Could it recharge him enough to save his life?
He rolled painfully into a sitting position. All his ribs were broken and now, with no more adrenaline rush, he feels how painful it is to move his arms with bone fragments stabbing into his frayed pectoral muscles. His left hand was gone, and his left leg was badly damaged, making him very lopsided.
He finally managed to rise to his feet. He spread his arms out and looked to the sky, feeling the wind bring him the atoms he needed to recharge. He looked down at the dormant combat droid. It was not moving. Not a gear was spinning.
Suddenly, the robot's hand shot out and clamped around Zaidon's bad leg. He was so terrified he couldn't even think.
The robot hand squeezed around Zaidon's ankle and both heard the bones crunch.
Gear's triangular optic lens began flashing and glowing a sinister violet hew.
Zaidon struggled but could not escape the mechanoid's grip.
Even though Gear could no longer feel his opponent, it did not stop him from trying to blindly hit him with a random pulse blast, which he was now firing in every direction.
While Zaidon was hopping away on one foot, a blast hit him in the back and knocked him face-first into the wall of Castle Oceansford.
"[The wall...]," his lips moved.
It was his last chance, he thought. He put his hand on the wall's foundation, and its temperature started to rise. The heat induced it's way around a large section of the castle's outer wall, and the foundation began to melt. The great weight of the wall itself aided with its pressure, like the weight of floodwaters creating the core of a volcano. With the strength of the wind blowing against it, the mighty wall of Oceansford Castle collapsed on the warriors.
[OoC]Okay, sorry if some of that was out-of-character for the White Gear.
[ooc] I am out of town and have very limited internet time, but we're supposed to be headed back tomorrow. I probably won't be able to post until tomorrow afternoon or evening though.
I may be able to get in before time is called but I doubt it.
well, it's wensday... and repster still hasn't shown up.
For the record, I'm not eliminating anyone due to time constraints simply because this has been hectic and people have been all over the place. Half of everyone would have been eliminated if that were the case.
Aside from that, I still don't have two more judges. I will tentatively set the time limit for judgments until next Wednesday. If I don't have at least one more judge by then, I will post my judgment regardless and we may end up having to just go on that. However, if I can help it, that won't be the case.
If anyone has contact with somebody who would be interested in judging this, be sure to run the request by them.
Tentatively, I have another one. Though, until I'm 100% certain, I won't say just who it is.
Just a quick update. There is at least one other person judging this as of now, and I'll let him reveal himself as he pleases. I am still seeking another judge, but I have begun reading. I will try my damnedest to be done by tomorrow, but as I won't be home as much as I thought tomorrow or Thursday, and because I gave the other judge until Saturday, I'll try to have this judged by Friday at the latest. And that's final. I won't allow myself to postpone it any more than that, so hold me to it. With knives.
so hold me to it. With knives.
The softball bats and sawed off shotguns are crying outside in revolt.
I snuck in the other day and have been watching the replays from the second judges seat since then. Didn't you notice me?
Uh-oh, alarms bells. A non-regular in the judging chair? I know what you're thinking but let me put your worries to rest, I do have some experience. I've been in and out the Gunjin for most of the time that I've been at VGF. I haven't battled in years mind, but I've read plenty. This is an excellent forum to lurk and I'm sure I'm not the only one that keeps tabs on this place. So having said that I hope you can respect my passing of judgement and although once I've scored a battle I won't change that score, I am open to any criticism you care to raise.
Ok, now that's all out the way, can I just say how excited I am to judge this. When Gale asked me the judge I was like "sure, sounds like fun!" Then when I read the rules of this particular tournament I went "whoa, wait a minute... Not about pretty writing?" I wasn't so sure anymore. But I said I'd take a look and get back to him so I dived in and started reading some battles. Some long, some short, some non-existent; I hadn't read half of them when I noticed, after reading a large post full of action, that I was silently judging the posts in my head. I knew then that I'd manage it.
So I've set some time aside to give your posts the respect they deserve, this is a tournament and you've made the effort for the most part so I should too. I'm about half way through the battles, taking notes along the way, and should be done by Friday. Hopefully I arrange my thoughts and notes and can thrash out a score post on Friday, if not look for it on the Saturday.
Good luck guys, you'll hear from me in a few days!
Nice. Gale mentioned that you were interested in it, but he still kept it a mystery as to who was actually filling the seat.
Judgments shall be up as soon as I get home and finish reading the battles and writing them up. Apologies for not getting it done sooner, this week's been all over the goddamn place in terms of rehearsal schedule, getting my class schedule set up right, and so on and so forth. I'm going to try desperately to meet my self-set deadline, so if it's not up until 4 AM tonight, pretend like it was still technically Friday when I posted it plox.
K. So I'm definitely going to be finished reading tonight. I have a performance early in the morning that's crippling my plan to stay up to finish writing tonight, meaning I will have to (ugh) put it off for one final day. At least you'll get all the judgments at around the same time, rite?


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Empress Shôken Fund promotes peace, community awareness and humanitarian values
The Empress Shoken Fund grant will support the Bolivian Red Cross' violence prevention project for young people. © IFRC
Created to promote relief work in times of peace, the Empress Shôken Fund received many applications this year from Red Cross Red Crescent National Societies and is pleased to announce its support for five Red Cross Red Crescent projects around the world which address local vulnerabilities, namely in Belarus, Bolivia, Eritrea, Iran, and Kiribati. The total amount of the grant allocations is 98,779 Swiss Francs.
The projects selected are relevant to the local contexts and vulnerabilities, and the National Societies show a clear commitment and contribution to the project implementation. In Belarus, where children with disabilities and their families face poverty and social exclusion, many do not get adequate information on their rights, benefits and services. The Belarus Red Cross, particularly in remote areas, is the only organization that serves this need. The grant will allow children with disabilities to take part in a summer camp with their family members and for the majority of participants, it will be their first family summer vacation. The project will empower 54 children with disabilities through specific activities, as well as family members with parental self-help initiatives.
In Bolivia, following the natural disasters that affected the San Antonio area in La Paz in February 2011, families still living in temporary shelters are facing increasing violence (physical, psychological and/or sexual). In this area, there are two schools attended by children, adolescents and young people living in these temporary shelters. With support from the Empress Shôken Fund grant, the Bolivian Red Cross aims to engage these students, and ultimately create two Red Cross educational units to increase awareness among them, their peers and families, of first aid and disaster risk reduction. They also aim to disseminate Red Cross humanitarian values and foster a culture of respect and non-violence.
In Eritrea, where road accidents and injuries stands as the highest cause of mortality and disability, the grant will further community awareness, training of specific groups, and providing effective first aid and ambulance services to victims, thus contributing to reducing mortality and morbidity caused by road accidents.
In Iran, young people living in the cities near the borders with other countries are increasingly affected by unemployment, poverty, drug addiction and other kinds of social disorders. These factors increase crime among a large number of adolescents and youth, and, when in conflict with the law, they are sent to prison or correction and rehabilitation centres. The grant will enable the Red Crescent to protect the lives and health of the young prisoners by disseminating Red Crescent humanitarian principles and values, changing their lifestyles, and increasing their capacities to respond to disasters such as earthquakes and fires. The whole project will reach a total of 4,000 young prisoners in 30 prisons in five provincial cities.
The provision and availability of health care on Kiritimati Island is limited. Kiribati Red Cross is the only provider of first aid services in the country and, for this reason, it provides first aid education to communities vulnerable to accidents and injuries at no cost. The grant will contribute to the implementation of a project that aims to expand Kiribati Red Cross humanitarian services to one of the biggest of the outer islands, Kirimati Island. The 'Safe and Healthy Living project' will target three schools (40 students aged between 14 and 16, and sports teachers) and two communities who are particularly vulnerable to accidents and injuries due to the type of work they do under the hot sun, cutting copra and fishing using dangerous equipment.
The Empress Shôken Fund was created in 1912 by Her Majesty The Empress of Japan at the 9th International Red Cross Conference to promote 'relief work in time of peace'. The fund is administered by a Joint Commission made up of representatives from the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and the International Committee of the Red Cross. The Joint Commission maintains regular relations with the Japanese Permanent Mission in Geneva in close cooperation with the Japanese Red Cross Society.
Today the fund has a total value of 10 million Swiss francs, the proceeds of which are used to support projects of National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies to respond to the needs of the most vulnerable. Allocations are granted annually on 11 April, the anniversary of the death of H.M. The Empress Shôken. The first allocation was made in 1921 just after the First World War to five European National Societies in support of the fight against tuberculosis.
Whilst not directly intervening in the administration of the Empress Shôken Fund, the imperial family, the Japanese government, the Japanese Red Cross Society and the Japanese people, venerate the generosity of the Empress and continue to hold in high esteem the relevance of the fund by making regular contributions.
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Good Lord, it's a hoax people.
Faaip de Oiad performed live!
how the hell do you . . .
you will not belive this!
Regarding Art Bell, anyone got the actual show recording?
How many times has this scared you?
This song MIGHT NOT BE a joke.
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NOAA's prediction for this year's hurricane season
NOAA has released its outlook for the upcoming Atlantic hurricane season.
According to the forecast released Wednesday by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the season is forecast to generate between 10 and 16 named storms, with an estimated 7 to 13 hurricanes — meaning three to six Category 3 or stronger storms. Of those hurricanes, 4 to 8 will hit the U.S. and could cause between $20 billion and $50 billion in damages.
Based on the forecast, on average, 12 named storms form, five of which become hurricanes, and three of which become major hurricanes, which have winds of 111 mph or greater.
The Atlantic Hurricane season runs from June 1 to November 30. It is not unusual for the season to get started a bit later than usual this year, since the warm season usually begins in mid-August and the cooling season starts in October. In many years, the predictions for the season are slow. For instance, NOAA typically issues a prediction about two months before the hurricane season began, and in 2016, they guessed wrong.
Among the hurricane track predictions issued on Wednesday by NOAA, here are some notable data points. NOAA says an increase in activity during late June, July and August may be a sign of a slightly less active season than previously forecast.
Perhaps the most infamous designation of a category 4 hurricane on the Eastern Pacific hurricane calendar — named "Maria" by former President George W. Bush during the wake of the 2005 season — came from a system last year that formed on May 28.
A Japanese model called the NI5 is also predicted to form during June and is at least expected to develop to a tropical storm in the next five days.
Although the early-season showers may be more exciting than the late-season storming, NOAA's outlook calls for lower than normal rainfall in many of the tropical basin's most populous areas, including the Caribbean, Central America and Texas. It also suggests hurricane activity will stay above average — a solid prediction for a year whose outlooks usually are pretty bleak.
Even with fewer named storms and fewer storms that make landfall, the expected hurricane activity is comparable to the busy years of past decades, said Gerry Bell, lead seasonal hurricane forecaster for NOAA. He said there is nothing to suggest an anomalous increase in activity.
Read the full report by NOAA.
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Ashanti (born Ashanti Shequoiya Douglas, 13.10.1980)
Ashanti is an American singer and songwriter. She rose to fame with the release of the Grammy Award-winning debut album, titled Ashanti.
Childhood: Ashanti was born in Glen Cove, New York. Her mother, Tina, is a former dance teacher and her father, Ken-Kaide Thomas is a former singer. She was named after the Empire of Ashanti, in Ghana, the matriarchal nation in which women had all the power.
She attended the Bernice Johnson Cultural Arts Center, where she studied tap dance, jazz, ballet, modern and hip-hop. She has performed professionally at Carnegie Hall, Brooklyn Academy of Music, at the 1994 Caribbean Awards and in the Disney TV movie Polly.
After hearing Ashanti singing Mary J Blige's 'Reminisce' to herself, her mother began sending demo tapes to record labels. She began writing her own songs whilst she was at high school and would perform at the Soul Café, Madison Square Gardens.
Musical Career: Aged 14, Ashanti performed her own material in front of P. Diddy and Biggie Smalls, for their Bad Boy Records label. She amused P. Diddy by smelling his new fragrance and saying she hated it. In the end, she did not sign to the label. Instead, she signed to Jive Records, but the contract was short lived, as they wanted to transform Ashanti into a pop singer.
In 1998, Ashanti put her academic endeavours to one side when Epic Records offered her a deal. She was not at the top of Epic's priority list, however and spent her time hanging out at the Murder Inc. studio. She worked as a backing singer, writing and singing hooks for rap stars such as Big Pun and Cadillac Tah. She also featured on the hip-hop remix of 'Justify My Love' by Madonna. Ashanti also wrote and sang the backing vocals on 'Ain't It Funny?', the duet between Ja Rule and Jennifer Lopez. Perhaps her biggest hit was singing on Ja Rule's 'Always On Time', which went to the top of the US singles charts.
Ashanti's eponymous debut album was released in 2002. She became the second artist (after The Beatles) to have their first three chart entries in the top ten positions of the Hot 100 singles chart. The album was released on Irv Gotti's Murder Inc. label and also went to number one, where it remained for three weeks. Ashanti went on to win a number of awards, including eight Billboard Music Awards, a Grammy and two American Music Awards.
Despite an online petition against the decision, Ashanti also won the Soul Train Aretha Franklin Award for 'Entertainer of the Year'. The award was presented to her by Patti LaBelle.
Ashanti's second album, Chapter II was released in 2003. It sold over 3 million copies worldwide and was nominated for a Grammy award in 2004. Ashanti supported R. Kelly on his five-date 2003 tour and also duetted with Stevie Wonder on 'Do I Do' and 'That Lady' for the VH1 Divas series.
Later that year, Ashanti also released a Christmas album, entitled Ashanti's Christmas. The album sold poorly and was badly received by critics.
Ashanti's third studio album, Concrete Rose was released in 2004. The single 'Only U' became her biggest hit to date in the UK. Hit by financial troubles within her record label, Ashanti self-funded the video for 'Don't Let Them'. A remix version of the album was released in 2005, with mixes from Paul Wall and Method Man.
Following the album's release, Ashanti also released a DVD, Ashanti: The Making of a Star. Late in 2005, she was invited to Oprah Winfrey's Legends Ball, which aims to honour influential African American women.
In 2008, Ashanti released The Declaration, her fourth studio album. This was the first time that she had ventured outside of the Murder Inc. stable and chosen her own collaborators. Irv Gotti likened it to Ashanti having "her own Janet Jackson Control moment."
Acting: Ashanti was a child actor in Spike Lee's Malcolm X. As an adult, she has appeared in Coach Carter and Resident Evil: Extinction.
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Ashanti May Have To Face Her Stalker In Court Again After Mistrial Declared
By Elinor Cosgrave in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 20 December 2014
A mistrial has been declared in the case of a man accused of stalking singer Ashanti. Ashanti has previously given evidence about the man's attempts to contact her but, if a new trial goes ahead, may have to face her stalker again in court.
A Manhattan judge has declared a mistrial in the case of a man accused of stalking singer Ashanti Douglas, better known by her mononym Ashanti. The mistrial was declared on Thursday morning (18th December) after a juror became ill and it soon became apparent proceedings would be delayed for more than 24 hours.
Ashanti may have to face her stalker in court again.
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2020 March, Alan Mayers, Riderwood Reporter Articles, Upcoming Events
Eleanor Roosevelt highlighted in upcoming PAC presentation
Posted by thetaydus on March 6, 2020 March 11, 2020
**EDITOR'S NOTE – Since the newspaper's publication, this event has been cancelled/postponed. Look to Riderwood TV and the Riderwood Reporter Newspaper for updated information when it becomes available.**
By Alan Mayers
Producer, Performing Arts Council
The Performing Arts Council is pleased to present actress Jane VanBoskirk
Jane VanBoskirk portrays the titular figure in "Across a Barrier of Fear: The Life of Eleanor Roosevelt," a play based on the life of the former first lady.
in SharonWhitney's play Across a Barrier of Fear: The Life of Eleanor Roosevelt in the Encore Theater at 7:30 p.m. on March 20. The play traces the life and thoughts of Mrs. Roosevelt, from lonely, neglected childhood to the world stage. The title of the play comes from Mrs. Roosevelt's statement, "Everything I ever did was always accomplished across a barrier of fear." Eleanor Roosevelt's confrontation with her personal challenges, and the public voice she found in addressing prejudice, oppression, and poverty, resonates strongly in current times.
In her lifetime on the stage, Jane VanBoskirk has performed searing dramas and musical comedies, queens and strumpets, even a marmot. However, researching and performing women in history has been her passion.
"Across a Barrier of Fear: The Life of Eleanor Roosevelt" was written by Sharon Whitney (pictured).
The playwright, Sharon Whitney, is the author of a 1986 biography of Eleanor Roosevelt for young adults, and an ensemble play about Eleanor at age 15 at her boarding school in England, Totty – Young Eleanor Roosevelt.
Ms. Whitney wrote, "I was impressed with Jane's shape-shifting talent and versatility. As we went through the stages of development and work-shopped the play, Jane and I both fed off Eleanor's life story – the wisdom and courage that marked the evolution of a desperately shy, insecure girl into what some called 'First Lady of the World.'"
Tickets at $10 will be sold in all dining venues on Monday and Tuesday, March 16 and 17 from 4:30 to 6:00 p.m.
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U.S. coronavirus deaths top 1,000 in single day, White House expected to recommend everyone wear masks
Matt Zapotosky, Isaac Stanley-Becker and John Wagner, The Washington Post
1of11A pedestrian wears a mask in Washington on Thursday, April 2, 2020.Washington Post photo by Matt McClainShow MoreShow Less
2of11A transit officer patrols a closed Washington Metro station Thursday, April 2, 2020.Washington Post photo by Matt McClainShow MoreShow Less
Hemlock Semiconductor Operations plant workers boxed up more than 15,000 masks, coveralls, gloves and other materials that health care workers at Covenant HealthCare could use. (Photo provided/Hemlock Semiconductor Operations)
5of11BART police officers wear face masks while investigate a deceased male outside the Lake Merritt BART station in Oakland, California, US, on Wednesday, March 18, 2020.Michael Short / Special to The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
7of11A pedestrian wears a hat, face mask and gloves in Los Angeles on Wednesday, April 1, 2020. Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti has recommended that the city's 4 million people wear masks when going outside amid the spreading coronavirus. Garcetti on Wednesday said people in the nation's second-largest city who are performing essential tasks such as food shopping should wear homemade, non-medical face coverings, or even bandannas.Damian Dovarganes/APShow MoreShow Less
8of11FILE - In this March 14, 2020, file photo, travelers cover their faces with masks at Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles. Mayor Eric Garcetti has recommended that the city's 4 million people wear masks when going outside amid the spreading coronavirus.Marcio Jose Sanchez/APShow MoreShow Less
10of11Shoppers wearing masks against the coronavirus past through an empty retail district in Wuhan in central China's Hubei province on Thursday, April 2, 2020. For most people, the new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough, that clear up in two to three weeks. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness, including pneumonia, and death.Ng Han Guan/APShow MoreShow Less
WASHINGTON - The death toll and economic devastation from the novel coronavirus reached staggering new levels in the United States on Thursday as officials reported more than 1,000 deaths from the pandemic in a single day and revealed that more than 6.6 million Americans had sought unemployment benefits in a single week.
The White House is expected to urge at least some people across the country to begin wearing cloth masks or face coverings in public to dampen the spread of the virus. The potential reversal of earlier mask recommendations - which White House officials indicated Thursday were still being debated - signaled the seriousness of the outbreak and rising concerns in Washington about the effect it could have on millions of Americans.
Local officials in one Texas border town already have threatened to fine those who don't cover their nose and mouth if they go out in public. Vice President Mike Pence said guidance on the topic would be issued in coming days; a White House official later said that the guidance would be targeted to those in areas where community transmission is high.
But coronavirus task force coordinator Deborah Birx on Thursday said officials worry that encouraging mask use might interfere with the White House's prior social distancing guidance, which calls for people to stay home, avoid gatherings of more than 10 people and keep a safe distance from nonfamily members.
"The most important thing is the social distancing and washing your hands, and we don't want people to get an artificial sense of protection because they're behind a mask," Birx said. "When the advisory comes out, it will be an additive piece, if it comes out, rather than saying this is a substitute for" social distancing.
America cemented its position as the new epicenter of the outbreak on Thursday as it tallied a total of more than 240,000 infections and 5,800 virus-related deaths. The number of people infected worldwide passed 1 million, and the number who have died of the disease rose above 52,000.
Officials have warned that hundreds of thousands of Americans could die of the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, covid-19, and that does not account for the lives upended in other ways because of the measures local, state and federal officials have taken to stop the virus.
On Thursday, the federal government released figures showing that more than 6.6 million Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week - a record - and that more than 10.4 million Americans lost their jobs in March. Economists said the unemployment rate likely now stands close to 10% - a massive spike from February, when it stood at a half-century low of 3.5%. Much of America is operating under government-imposed stay-home orders.
President Donald Trump said at the White House's coronavirus briefing Thursday that the government was racing to provide relief on a number of fronts, including the Friday launch of a loan program for small businesses. Pence also announced that the coronavirus task force is considering a plan to reimburse hospitals for coronavirus treatment, in part so those without health insurance would not face hefty bills for seeking help.
Trump said he remains optimistic that the nation will recover once the virus subsides.
"I think it's going to come back very quickly, but first we have to defeat this enemy," he said.
Trump also announced that he had taken a second test for the virus "out of curiosity" to try a version that delivered a faster result; he said he was not infected.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said Thursday that she was creating a select committee to oversee the Trump administration's handling of the trillions of dollars that Congress is pouring into the effort to rescue the health system and the U.S. economy.
Pelosi said that this new committee needs to serve as an everyday watchdog of the more than $2 trillion already allocated to fight the virus and the virtual lockdown it has placed on the economy, and that it will have the full investigative authorities of any congressional oversight committee, including subpoena power.
Republicans voiced immediate skepticism about the panel, which Pelosi dubbed the House Select Committee on the Coronavirus. Trump made it clear that he was unhappy about the panel, saying Democrats were conducting "endless partisan investigations."
"It's not any time for witch hunts," Trump said. "It's time to get this enemy defeated."
The hard-hit areas inside of the United States continued to see virus-related casualties rise precipitously Thursday. New York added more than 430 to its death toll, bringing the total there to more than 2,300. Neighboring New Jersey added more than 180, bringing its total to 530. Michigan, which is drawing increasing concern, added 80 deaths Thursday, bringing its total to more than 410.
"Michigan is a hot spot for covid-19 cases," said Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, a Democrat. "We're on the upswing."
Trump on Thursday sought to suggest that the problems were isolated in some states, after Birx said she was disheartened that cases being reported now involved people infected after the White House issued its social distancing guidelines.
"You can't condemn people living in a flat-liner," Trump said, referring to states that have not seen immense increases.
Governors across the country reiterated their desperate calls for medical supplies, asserting that - if current projections hold - they could run out of needed equipment. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat, said that if his state continues to use ventilators at the current rate, its stockpiles would be depleted in six days.
Peter Gaynor, the Federal Emergency Management Agency's administrator, told members of Connecticut's congressional delegation in a telephone call Wednesday night that the Strategic National Stockpile had been completely emptied of the vital supplies like masks and gloves needed by doctors and nurses to protect themselves as they treat patients sickened with covid-19.
He said virtually no such personal protective equipment, or PPE, is produced in the United States, but he emphasized that the administration is working to fly in shipments of the equipment from around the world.
"Competition is off the charts," Gaynor said, according to participants on the call.
Gaynor told the delegation that 20% of the new material the government obtains will be taken off the top to help replenish the nation's stockpile. Of the remaining 80%, half of it will be directed by the agency to high-impact areas, while the other half will be let loose in the commercial market. That alarmed some lawmakers, who said the federal government needs to step in to prevent states from competing against one another and other potential buyers, driving up prices.
In California, though, there seemed to be cautious optimism that the system would not be overloaded. Gov. Gavin Newsom, who issued the first statewide stay-at-home order in the United States, said his state was on track to meet its patient needs.
"It's the individual acts of tens of millions of Californians that allow me to say the following . . . the [intensive care unit] numbers and the hospitalization numbers, while they're growing, are not growing as significantly as you're seeing in other parts of the country," Newsom, a Democrat, said Thursday, though he made it clear the state is not "out of the woods."
Rear Adm. John Polowczyk, the Navy's supply chief, said the federal government had shipped 27.1 million surgical masks, 22.4 million pairs of protective gloves, 5.2 million face shields and more than 7,600 ventilators, and were scouring the globe for more supplies. But Trump also lashed out at state leaders, saying that some were "complainers" or had "insatiable appetites" and that they should have built more reserves locally.
"Long before this pandemic arrived, they should have been on the open market, just buying," Trump said.
Federal officials announced Thursday that they had seized nearly 1 million pieces of PPE, hand sanitizer and disinfectant spray from price gougers and planed to redistribute them to health-care workers in New York and New Jersey, the two hardest-hit states in the nation.
Though the Dow Jones industrial average rose 469 points, or 2.2%, and the Standard & Poor's 500 and Nasdaq composite also posted healthy gains, those figures were not enough to dampen the bleak economic reality for many people: Almost 4 in 10 Americans have been laid off or lost income due to the coronavirus outbreak, according to a Kaiser Family Foundation poll released Thursday.
The IRS plans to send electronic payments as soon as late next week to more than 115 million Americans as part of the stimulus package, a week sooner than expected, according to a plan circulated within the administration. But $30 million in paper checks for millions of other Americans won't start being sent out until April 24, as the government lacks their banking information. Some of those checks won't reach people until September, the document shows.
Democrats announced Thursday that they would delay their presidential nominating convention until the week of Aug. 17 to increase the likelihood that the party can still hold an in-person gathering in Milwaukee.
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, meanwhile, said he had only just learned that people can spread the coronavirus without showing symptoms, despite warnings of that possibility from media and federal officials dating to late January.
The Republican governor's remark came as he explained why he was issuing a stay-home order, after previously resisting the step taken by at least 30 states.
"What we've been telling people from directives from the CDC for weeks now is that if you start feeling bad, stay home," Kemp said. "Those individuals could have been infecting people before they ever felt bad. We didn't know that until the last 24 hours."
In an email, Kemp spokesman Cody Hall said the governor was referring to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Monday guidance noting that studies found infections in patients who never developed symptoms.
While most of the federal government was focused on responding to the virus, the Navy on Thursday took aim at one of its own who raised alarms about it, apparently having become convinced the captain was involved in leaking a letter to the media to force the service to address his concerns.
Officials removed Navy Capt. Brett Crozier, the commanding officer of the USS Theodore Roosevelt, from his job two days after the officer's unusually blunt letter warned that if the service did not remove sailors from the vessel crippled by coronavirus more quickly, it would fail them.
Federal and state officials have warned that the United States is still approaching the "peak" of the crisis, which could come in the next two to four weeks, and until then, they should expect each day to bring more death and suffering than the last. They have urged Americans to practice social distancing through the end of April.
In some of the hardest-hit countries abroad, though, there were some positive signs.
The Italian and Spanish ambassadors to the United States said Thursday that they had seen signs of improvement in their countries, where numbers of confirmed infections, hospitalizations and deaths remain high but are beginning to stabilize.
"These are just the first positive signs, and they have to be taken cautiously," Italian Ambassador Armando Varricchio said. "But they show that measures taken both nationally and at the local level have started to pay off."
Italy, which has the most fatalities of any country in the world, saw its death toll rise to nearly 14,000 Thursday, while Spain's virus-related deaths passed 10,000.
The Washington Post's Miriam Berger, Josh Dawsey, Karen DeYoung, Andrew Freedman, Emily Guskin, Arelis R. Hernández, Paul Kane, Hannah Knowles, Dan Lamothe, Annie Linskey, Heather Long, Katie Mettler, Siobhán O'Grady, Samantha Pell, Lisa Rein, Missy Ryan, Michael Scherer, Brittany Shammas, Felicia Sonmez, Lena H. Sun and Erica Werner contributed to this report.
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Q: DynamoDb to test put_item function in pytest I am trying to test DynamoDB put_item in pytest using stub and getting error and also not sure about what will be expected_parameters in add_response.
def test_put_item_dynamodb(dynamodb_resource_stub, item_fake, condition_expression_fake, return_values_fake,
                       return_consumed_capacity_fake, return_item_metrics_fake):
        expected_params = {
                 'Item': item_fake,
                 'Condition_Expression': condition_expression_fake,
                 'Return_Values': return_values_fake,
                 'Return_Consumed_Capacity': return_consumed_capacity_fake,
                'return_item_collection_metrics': return_item_metrics_fake
         }

expected_response = {
    'ResponseMetadata': {
        'RequestId': 'ABCD1234EFGH5678',
        'HTTPStatusCode': 200,
        'HTTPHeaders': {
            'server': 'Server', 'date': 'Mon, 01 Jan 2019 12:12:12 GMT',
            'content-type': 'application/x-amz-json-1.0',
            'content-length': '2',
            'connection': 'keep-alive',
            'x-amzn-requestid': 'ABCD1234EFGH5678',
            'x-amz-crc32': '12456789'
        },
        'RetryAttempts': 0
    }
}
input_response = deepcopy(expected_response)
dynamodb_resource_stub.add_response(method='put_item', service_response=input_response,
                                    expected_params=expected_params)
dynamodb_resource_stub.activate()
actual_response = src.lambda_handler.put_item_dynamodb_table(item=[item_fake],
                                                          condition_expression=condition_expression_fake,
                                                          return_values=return_values_fake,
                                                          return_consumed_capacity=return_consumed_capacity_fake,
                                                          return_item_collection_metrics=return_item_metrics_fake)
assert expected_response == actual_response
dynamodb_resource_stub.assert_no_pending_responses()

This is error -
TypeError: Unsupported type "<class 'function'>" for value "<function aws_request_id_fake at 0x1073776a8>"

aws_request_id - it is part of Item and when item_fake is called above error shows up, it seems aws_request_id_fake is not being called properly in test function.
  @fixture(scope='module')
  def aws_request_id_fake(request):
    return 'xyz789'

 @fixture(scope='module')
 def item_fake(request):
   return {
    'aws_request_id': aws_request_id_fake,
    'messageId': messageid_fake
}

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Charlotte Mary Mew ( – ) est une poétesse anglaise de l'époque victorienne.

Son œuvre est peu importante par la quantité, et elle a très peu publié. Cependant, des poètes comme Siegfried Sassoon ou Ezra Pound la tiennent en grande estime, ainsi que Thomas Hardy — pour qui elle est « la meilleure poétesse de son temps » — et Virginia Woolf, qui dit d'elle qu'elle est « excellente et semblable à aucune autre ».

Parmi ses poèmes les plus marquants, on compte From the Window, À Quoi Bon Dire, I So Liked Spring, Sea Love, et The Farmer's Bride, sans doute le plus connu (d'autant que c'est aussi le titre du premier de ses recueils de poèmes).

Hantée par la crainte de la folie, comme en témoigne son poème On the Asylum Road (Sur la route de l'asile), et en proie à une profonde dépression après la mort de sa sœur Anne, elle se suicide en 1928.

Biographie

Elle naît à Londres, dans le quartier résidentiel de Bloomsbury, fille de l'architecte Frederick Mew.
Elle fait ses études à l'école de filles de Gower Street, sous la direction de Lucy Harrison. Son père meurt en 1898, en laissant sa famille sans réelles ressources. Son frère Henry et sa sœur Freda souffrent de maladie mentale, et doivent être placés dans des institutions, ce qui grève lourdement les ressources financières de la famille, et ajoute les problèmes financiers à l'ombre de la folie qui plane sur elle. Trois autres meurent dans leur petite enfance, laissant Charlotte avec sa sœur Anne et leur mère. Charlotte et Anne font le pacte de ne jamais se marier par peur de transmettre la schizophrénie à leurs enfants (Nicholas Shrimpton dit de Charlotte Mew : « son orientation sexuelle était presque certainement celle d'une lesbienne chaste »).

En 1894, elle parvient à faire publier une nouvelle (Passed) dans le second numéro de l'année 1894 de The Yellow Book<ref>[http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-MewCharlotteMary.html Charlotte Mary Mew], sur encyclopedia.com (consulté le 6 novembre 2009)</ref> (une revue littéraire majeure de la fin du ), mais écrit très peu de poésie à cette époque.
Son premier recueil de poèmes, The Farmer's Bride est publié en 1916 ; il regroupe 16 de ses poèmes.
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Elle obtient une petite pension de 75 livres sterling par an, avec l'aide de , Thomas Hardy, John Masefield et Walter de la Mare, ce qui contribue à apaiser ses difficultés financières.

Amoureuse de la France et de la Bretagne, elle aime à s'y rendre, et plusieurs de ses poèmes sont situés en France.

Après la mort de sa sœur Anne des suites d'un cancer en 1927, elle sombre dans une profonde neurasthénie, et est admise dans une maison de santé où elle se suicide en avalant du désinfectant (Lysol).

 Accueil critique
Ses poèmes sont variés : certains d'entre eux (comme Madeleine in Church) constituent des discussions passionnées sur la foi et la possibilité de croire en Dieu ; d'autres sont modernistes avant la lettre par leur forme et leur atmosphère (In Nunhead Cemetery).

Charlotte Mew, admirée par Vita Sackville-West, obtient le soutien de plusieurs figures littéraires importantes, et en particulier de Virginia Woolf, qui dit qu'elle est « excellente et semblable à aucune autre » (very good and quite unlike anyone else), et de Siegfried Sassoon. Quant à Thomas Hardy, il en parle comme de la meilleure poétesse de son temps, disant d'elle qu'« elle est de très loin la meilleure poétesse en vie aujourd'hui, qui sera lue quand d'autres seront oubliées » (far and away the best living woman poet, who will be read when others are forgotten).

Son œuvre est considérée comme annonciatrice de formes nouvelles de poésie, une « œuvre de transition ».

 Œuvres
 Collected Poems, G. Duckworth, 1953
 The Rambling Sailor, The Poetry Bookshop, 1929 (publication posthume)
 Saturday Market, The Macmillan company, 1921
 The Farmer's Bride, Poetry Bookshop, 1929

 Annexes
 Références

 Bibliographie

 John Mark Longaker, Edwin Courtlandt Bolles, Contemporary English literature, Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1953 (130)
 The New Cambridge bibliography of English literature, Volume 3'', CUP Archive, 1972 (298)

Articles connexes
 Siegfried Sassoon
 Virginia Woolf

Liens externes

 Charlotte Mew, sur spondee.net (consulté le )
 Charlotte Mew Chronology, sur studymore.org.uk (consulté le )
 Charlotte Mew in her own words, sur studymore.org.uk (consulté le )
 Val Warner, Mary Magdalene and the Bride, The Work of Charlotte Mew, analyse des poèmes de Charlotte Mew, sur poetrymagazines.org.uk (consulté le )
 Sur hypotheses.org : présentation succincte de la vie et de l'œuvre de Charlotte Mew en français ; choix de poèmes en anglais avec leur traduction française.

Poétesse anglaise
Personnalité féminine de l'époque victorienne
Naissance en novembre 1869
Naissance à Bloomsbury
Décès en mars 1928
Décès à Londres
Décès à 58 ans
Suicide par empoisonnement au Royaume-Uni
Écrivain suicidé

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Country Pure Foods launches first-ever Ecolean packages in the U.S. - Ecolean - a lighter approach to packaging
Ecolean > Press releases > Country Pure Foods launches first-ever Ecolean packages in the U.S.
Country Pure Foods launches first-ever Ecolean packages in the U.S.
Press releases - Friday, April 26, 2019
Ecolean is officially making its U.S. debut. Country Pure Foods is the first U.S. company to use the lightweight, flexible packages to launch its Essential Pour branded line of ambient, high-acid, ready-to-drink fruit juices and concentrates.
Country Pure Foods, a producer of various juicebased products and a contract packaging solution for other beverage companies, is adding aseptic flexible packages from Ecolean to its product offering because of the package's unique conveniences, shape and low environmental impact. Country Pure Foods, based in Akron, Ohio, will use 1-liter (33.8 oz) Ecolean® Air Aseptic packages for its apple, orange, cranberry and grape juices.
Ecolean packages are lightweight, almost half the weight compared to many traditional packaging formats, and contain up to 35% chalk. Using fewer raw materials from the start saves energy during production, transport and waste handling.
The lightweight Ecolean packages are ideal for both retail and the foodservice industry. The packages can be heated in the microwave for beverages or products typically served warm, since no aluminum is used. In addition, the packages are easy to use as they are opened with a simple tear, poured by holding the air-filled handle, and can be reclosed with a SnapQuick™ closure if needed.
"Ecolean packages are ideal for Country Pure Food's Essential Pour line of juices because the convenient shape and the low environmental impact challenges how the entire beverage industry typically thinks of packaging," said Joe Koch, Vice President of Marketing, Country Pure Foods. "Not only do Ecolean packages feature a unique shape that stands out on the shelf, but they use fewer raw materials overall, which helps save energy and resources during production, transport and waste handling later. This not only make the Ecolean Air Aseptic an ideal choice for our foodservice segment now, but also for our retail products in the future."
Ecolean's filling equipment is also efficient and uses minimal resources. Ready-to-fill packages arrive at customer plants already sterilized, without the use of chemicals, hermetically sealed and on reels from Ecolean plants, bringing a considerable part of the complex sterilization process from the producer back to Ecolean. The new EL3+ filling machine also features a 25% increase in capacity to fill up to 7,500 familysized packages per hour, all within the same footprint of the previous EL3 version.
"We keep it simple and lightweight in every part of the process," said Andreas Jeppsson, Regional Director, Americas, Europe & Africa, Ecolean. "All Ecolean packages arrives ready to use from our factory and we take the complexity of sterilization away from the producer helping them focus on the quality of the product and efficiency of their operations."
Visit countrypure.com for more information on the new Essential Pour ready-to-drink beverages. For more information on Ecolean packages and filling machines, visit www.ecolean.com.
Andreas Jeppsson, Regional Director,
Americas, Europe & Africa, Ecolean
andreas.jeppsson@ecolean.com


When was the Sigma Pool formed, and what was its original purpose?
Our customers are found worldwide, and in the early nineties we were looking for a more economical way to service their needs, so we started considering other companies that it would make sense for us to partner with in reaching out to them, both from a marketing as well as a service standpoint. We soon realized that we shared certain similarities with Klingelnberg, that there was very little overlap, and that we had many of the same clients.
That's when we decided to join forces in order to form the Sigma Pool, which has evolved from marketing and service activities to having a training and educational component as well. One thing I'd like to point out is that Liebherr and Klingelnberg entered into a gentlemen's agreement in forming Sigma Pool, and we're proud that this relationship is based on good intentions and a handshake.
Tell us about the Sigma Pool Gear Seminar Series. How did this come into being?
Forming Sigma Pool allowed Liebherr and Klingelnberg to exhibit at tradeshows together, and we soon realized two things. One is that gear manufacturers were just as interested in learning about processes and technologies as they were the features of a new piece of equipment, and that conversations of that nature would require more time and concentration than such environments provide. That's when we decided to take advantage of the Sigma Pool sites that we had already established around the world in order to make educational presentations focusing on new technologies. This began about seven years ago.
Our customers need information to help them reach their own goals, not to listen to us talk about how we plan to reach ours. So we developed an educational program meant to address subjects of interest to gear manufacturers, including processes that can be performed on any machine, not just those available from Liebherr and Klingelnberg. We don't really talk about specific machines so much as how to use any gear machine better. While the seminars are held at Sigma Pool sites around the world, they are open to anyone, not just existing customers, and we tailor the contents of each two-day event to the country and market in which they are located.
For the one held in Italy last year we knew attendees would be interested in job-shopping concerns, so that's what we focused on. At the event held in Michigan earlier this summer we concentrated on cutting gears for the wind-power industry, since we realize many U.S. gear makers are considering entering that market. And then in places such as China and India we may hold more than one event, due to the sheer size of those countries. We want these seminars to have meaning to each individual audience.
Who teaches these seminars, and what topics are generally covered?
The presentations are made by members of the Liebherr Technical Group, such as myself, and the Klingelnberg Group, including a "state of the industry" keynote address by Mr. Jan Klingelnberg. The first day usually involves members of Klingelnberg's technical team discussing different aspects of bevel gear technology, and then the Liebherr team will take over on the second day to cover parallel axis gear technology. That's the general structure we've maintained during the three seminars we've already held this year, with one at the Liebherr Gear Technology facility in Saline, Michigan, last June and two the following month in Chennai and Mumbai, India. The remaining event this year will be held Oct. 29-30 in Sao Paulo at Liebherr Brasil Ltda.
This is something we plan to continue and build upon, but our approach will remain the same: to share our combined knowledge with gearing professionals worldwide. We do feel that, the more our audience knows about new technologies and processes, the more likely they'll be to consider purchasing Liebherr and Klingelnberg equipment, of course. But the most important point we wish to convey is that we are here as an information resource, and we want to benefit the industry as a whole by raising the level of awareness of new gear-manufacturing technologies.
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The present study allows us to pave the way toward a single and common indicator of driving behavior. We investigated performance in several tests known to assess key process of driving fitness such as driving maneuvering, visual and visuocognitive abilities. We propose a methodology to bring together all these measures under a single index we call the Driver's Safety Index. The results indicate that this index might be helpful to characterize driving behaviors and to pin down the kind of limitations an individual must deal with to effectively control a vehicle. The present investigation is the first step toward an intended index, which might be translated in licensing policies. It also calls for further clinical investigations to refine the visual criteria necessary in its computation. Importantly, we evidence that visuo-cognitive performance, a parameter overlooked up to now, is crucial to consider for assessing driving abilities and should be incorporated in such an index.
Based on the understanding of the vision of human in mobility, and how it perceives, makes decision and interacts with our world in movement, the NSERC/Essilor VisAge Chair has an impressive story from 2001 until now, fostering innovation in the field of optics and vision health. Here, we focus on one of its recent exploration and understanding: how to define driving behavior.
The industrialized world is continuing to see a marked demographic transformation, with the proportion of individuals over the age of 65 growing ever higher. This demographic shift and its inevitable social, medical and economic consequences has been and will continue to represent a tremendously important topic of investigation for driving safety. Indeed, when accounting for the relative amounts of kilometers they drive, elderly drivers are known to be involved in more fatal crashes (Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, 2014)[1] and have more traffic convictions when compared to any other adult age group. Considering that driving is the principal mode of travel for adults worldwide it is crucial to understand what factors are involved in the observed age-related decline in driving fitness to translate these factors in licensing policies.
In the few countries assessing more than simple vehicle maneuvering abilities, the second criteria considered to obtain or renew a driving license is visual acuity. This is undoubtedly consistent since it is well-accepted that good eyesight is preponderant to drive safely (see for a review Owsley & McGwin, 2010).[2] Indeed, vision is a crucial sense to make decisions on the road, and poor vision can notably decrease chances of reacting in time, putting oneself and others at greater risk. Nevertheless, eyesight is only the first step in perception mechanisms and how we use this visual information, whether or not it is altered by age-related ocular diseases, is also a key parameter in the decision-making process when facing or anticipating an impending hazard. This is especially true in a daily task such as driving which, despite its apparent ease, is known to be a complex task involving multiple visuo-cognitive processes such as visuospatial skills, processing speed as well as attentional processes. Accordingly, we think that simple measures of vehicle manoeuvring and visual acuity alone cannot be sufficient to faithfully capture the whole and complex picture of driving fitness.
In the context of the VisAge chair, we seek to better define the different drivers' profiles to be able to offer them individualized solutions. Therefore, the present study aimed at better characterizing drivers' profiles through i) a further exploration of these visuo-cognitive abilities and ii) linking them with the other determining factors such as visual abilities and vehicle maneuvering measures.
Table 1: Description of the nine driving measures involved
A total of 115 licensed drivers between the ages of 18 and 86 were recruited for the study. To assess the efficiency of our characterization among a wide agerange, the participants were separated into two groups: 64 young participants (mean age= 28.8 ± 10.23 (SD) years old) and 51 older participants (mean age= 77.2 ± 5.01 (SD) years old). Each participant was involved in three different experimental phases:
1) Visual tests including a visual acuity test (Snellen chart), a stereoscopic vision test (Randot test) and a binocular Esterman visual field test run on the Humphrey Visual Field Analyzer. Those tests gave rise to an accurate score representing a visual ability subclass: V1-Acuity, V2-Stereo and V3-Visual Field, respectively.
2) Driving tests were performed using a high-fidelity, moving base driving simulator (Figure 1). Three scenarios were designed to represent natural driving environments with an increasing visual attentional load: highway (i.e. low), rural (i.e. middle) and city (i.e. high). Based on a recent method developed at the NSERC/Essilor Chair, the rural scenario appeared as the most efficient for detecting subtle differences in driving maneuver ability (Michaels et al. 2017).[3] We also identified some variables merging as significant and non-redundant measures of driving behavior (see Table 1). Since we aimed at characterizing drivers' behaviour, the driving measures presented hereinafter will be those recorded during the rural scenario.
3) A visuo-cognitive task known as 3-Dimensional Multiple Object Tracking (3D-MOT; Figure 2) to assess the individual's ability to capture and integrate relevant information in a highly complex visual environment (Pylyshyn & Storm, 1988; Faubert & Sidebottom, 2012).[4,5] The individual's score (hereinafter called "visuo-cog") corresponds to the mean speed threshold at which he was able to simultaneously track 4 among 8 balls. To further explore the relevance of the visuo-cognitive measure, we investigated the link between this measure and the usual driving and visual measures mentioned above.
Figure 1: Picture of the VS500M driving simulator.
Figure 2: illustration of the visuo-cognitive task. Firstly 8 randomly positioned spheres are presented in a virtual volumetric space. Secondly, the 4 spheres to be tracked during the trial are quickly highlighted in color. Thirdly, all spheres turn backto their original color and begin to move. Finally, the observer is asked to respond by identifying the spheres he had to track. Then, feedback is given to the observer. If the observer correctly identifies all spheres, the task is repeated at a faster speed. If, on the other hand, the observer makes a mistake, the task is repeated at a slower speed.
As illustrated in Figure 3 panel left, the results evidenced strong correlations between the visuo-cognitive score and several driving measures as well as with some visual measures. Visuo-cognitive score is correlated with driving measures known to be main indicators of diminished driving abilities such as the number of crashes (r= -.31; p<.001), the mean speed naturally adopted (r= .47; p<.001) and the standard deviation of lane position (r= -.26; p=.005). Furthermore, this score is also correlated with the stereoscopic vision capacity (r= -.44; p=.001) and to a lesser extent with visual acuity (r= -.25; p=.07). Because one of the advantages of this visuo-cognitive task is the involvement of a threedimensional virtual environment, the link between visuo-cognitive score and stereoscopic vision we observed was expected.
"Taken together, these results reinforce the idea that viso-cognitive abilities are key processes in car driving."
Additionally, the multiple linear regression analyses presented below reveal that the visuo-cognitive score is a better predictor of car driving and visual abilities as compared to chronological age and naturally adopted mean driving speed. Taken together, these results reinforce the idea that visuo-cognitive abilities are key processes in car driving. As a relevant predictor of driving performances across age, this visuo-cognitive score should be included in the battery of visual tests for identifying drivers with hampered driving abilities.
Figure 3: Bi-variate correlations and multiple linear regression analysis showing the relevance of the visuo-cognitive measure.
Integrative approach toward a single Driver's Safety Index
We established a methodology to link these three categories of driving behavior assessment by building a unique indicator. Determining a unique indicator of safe driving behavior represents both a need and a risk. This is needed to build screening tests, which could then be readily translated into licensing policies. Nevertheless, this is also a risk because resuming driving behavior into one unique score might lead to neglect or underestimation of important components of driving abilities. Instead of looking for the best predictor of driving behaviour, we proposed a global score in which each important driving component makes its contribution. Attempting to do so, we computed the area of the three different parts of a radar chart visualization and built a global index. The first area included the indicators from D1 to D9 and corresponds to an index of driving maneuver abilities ("Idri"). The second area involved the V1-Acuity, V2-Stereo and V3-Visual Field indicators and corresponds to an index of visual abilities ("Ivis"). The third area represents an index of visuo-cognitive abilities ("IvisCog"). Finally, the sum of these three areas gives rise to a global index, we called Driver's Safety Index (DSI), thought to represent the amount of limitations an individual must deal with to effectively control a vehicle.
Application of the Driver's Safety Index to a comparison between two individuals
The use of our DSI associated with a radar chart visualization show, in one straightforward and clear picture, which components of driving might be less developed in one individual and simplifies the comparisons between two individuals (Figure 4) or two groups (Figure 5).
As an example, when comparing the results obtained by the individuals showing the lowest and the highest visuo-cognitive scores in older (Figure 4a) as well as in younger group (Figure 4b), the radar chart visualizations and DSI appear to be informative and help to avoid misinterpretation. Indeed, if we only consider visual abilities, the conclusion we would draw would be that the two drivers have the same driving abilities. Nevertheless, considering DSI indicates that in both groups, individuals who obtained the best visuocognitive scores have more preserved driving skills than the drivers who obtained the lowest visuo-cognitive performance. This wide difference is revealed by a DSI in the highest performers being twice as high as the DSI of the lowest performers.
Figure 4: The radar chart representation and the global Driver's Safety Index (DSI). The individuals with highest (in blue) and lowest (in pink) visuo-cognitive index (VCI) among a) older and b) younger participants are represented. To balance / normalize the different indicators, all scores are expressed as a percentage of the best performance observed accross the 115 participants and are thus reported on the same scale.
Application of the Driver's Safety Index to a comparison between two groups
When considering the lowest and highest performance among a population, differences are obviously wide. Nevertheless, when attempting to compare the mean performance obtained in two groups, differences might be more subtle and less straightforward to analyze. The picture below illustrates performances recorded for the oldest half and for the youngest half of individuals in the Older group (Figure 5a), and those recorded for the lowest half versus highest half in visuo-cognitive performance among the Older group (Figure 5b). In such a situation, the DSI appears to be a relevant tool to compare the two groups since it allows one to decipher that driving performance was not dependent on chronological age (DSI: Oldest= 61.25; Youngest= 61.95; p= .89) but, rather, that participants were classified depending on their visuo-cognitive performances (DSI: Lowest_VCI= 51.82; Highest_VCI=70.98; p<.001)
Figure 5: Characterization of two populations through Driver's Safety Index. a) Classification depending on the chronological age: comparison between the Oldest 50% (in blue) among the individuals in the Older group. b) Classification depending on the visuo-cognitive indicator (VCI): comparison between the Lowest 50% (in pink) and the Highest 50% (in blue) visuo-cognitive scoresamong the older group. Dashed lines represent SEM.
Visual and visuo-cognitive assessment for driving should be considered as important as other road safety campaigns by authorities. Despite this fact, strict regulations to obtain or renew a driving license are still weak in most countries. One of the reasons explaining this absence of standards is the lack of homogeneous, simple and reliable criteria. Moreover, when a visual criteria is included in the requirements, like in North America and Australia, the tests are usually restricted to visual acuity and visual field assessments. Importantly, previous works already showed that visual acuity, when considered as an independent contributor to renewal decision, had no impact on fatality rates in adults aged 65 years old (Grabowski et al. 2004)[6] and no economic benefit for society (Viamonte et al. 2006).[7]
The two important results of this study help to highlight the relevance of the establishment or improvement of such criteria. Firstly, our results suggest that visuocognitive performance, as a central component of vehicle driving, can provide additional information on the participants' driving efficiency and the limitations they face. As such, it should be considered in the battery of tests leading to obtain or renew a driving license. Secondly, the computation of the Driving Safety Index might be helpful to easily characterize driving behavior with the advantage being that it merges a large panel of abilities that are recognized as central for safe driving.
Future investigations and improvements of the Driving Safety Index will bring new, more comprehensive knowledge of and a powerful method to characterize driving abilities. Here, we considered visual acuity, stereoscopic ability and the functional visual field of our participants, but many others criteria could be incorporated in its computation. Further studies like the ones from Wood & Owsley (2016)[8], are needed to clarify which visual tests, such as for instance the contrast sensitivity test, are the most relevant to understand what visual deficits can hamper driving. Moreover, our observations on the driving simulator must be replicated in actual on-road driving. Finally, it is worth noting that we only included individuals with optimal or corrected-to optimal vision. It will therefore also be of interest to assess the functionality of this indicator with a population suffering from visual deficits.
We demonstrated that driving abilities, evaluated within a driving simulator, are strongly associated with the 3D-MOT scores. This result highlights the importance to consider the visuo-cognitive abilities in the assessment of driving abilities. Moreover, this study paves the way toward a single, common indicator of driving behaviour. However, its approval will require the involvement of eye care professionals and other health clinicians to further refine which visual criteria might be relevant to include in its computation. Refining these criteria will allow to frame them by standards data for each population or even targeting specific complains such as depth perception, glare or driving at night, and thus make the Driver's Safety Index more reliable and powerful. There is a two-fold challenge behind designing a measure upon which one can base decisions concerning license renewal: guaranteeing the optimum driving safety of road users while also preserving the autonomy of the elderly for as long as possible to avoid the potential adverse consequences of driving cessation.
• Assessing driving ability is a very difficult task and there has been no clear indicator until now.
• Two main needs are identified: to further explore an overlooked dynamic aspect of driving fitness (visuo-cognitive abilities) and to determine a unique indicator which could be readily translated into licensing policies.
• The results demonstrated that visuo-cognitive abilities should be considered by licensing authorities for identifying drivers with hampered driving abilities. • We propose a global score, called Driver's Safety Index (DSI), in which each important driving component considered in the present study makes its contribution.
• The DSI is helpful in easily characterizing driving behavior with the advantage of merging a large panel of abilities that are recognized as central for a safe driving.
• The DSI is relevant to determine which components of driving are less developed in one individual and simplifies the comparisons between different individuals / groups.
• Our demonstration calls for further studies to clarify which visual tests would be the most relevant to unravel visual deficits that can hamper driving.
• The above takeaway suggests an increasing interest to involve eye care professionals in the improvement of this DSI.
• Behind the accuracy of this score there is a major public health issue: to guarantee the optimum driving safety of road users while preserving the autonomy of the elderly.
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