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Republicans Even the Score on Girls' Sports
When photographer Erica Denhoff first saw the segment on Lia Thomas, she thought something was "honestly wrong." After stopping and rewinding the "Today Show" multiple times, she was certain: NBC had altered the picture. Gone was the swimmer's Adam's apple, his harsher -- more male -- features. "I pride myself on providing authentic images as a photojournalist," she told the Washington Examiner. This wasn't the shot she'd taken, Denhoff insisted. The network had airbrushed the face of the biggest story in sports to fit the transgender narrative. But considering the country's reaction, they'll have a much harder time glamorizing something else: their argument.
To Denhoff, it was a betrayal. "My photo that they licensed was an authentic photo," Denhoff said. "I'm surprised and disappointed that 'Today' altered my image of Lia for this particular news segment." Other photographers weighed in anonymously to support Denhoff, agreeing that the image had been doctored. "That's really bad," one told the New York Post. Of course, once you deny reality, as so many Leftists have, why not alter it? Unfortunately for NBC, this just proves what a desperate argument the fringe is making. They can't let the science speak for itself -- and now, they can't let the photographs either.
But all the photoshopping in the world can't overcome the fact that this woke fanaticism is destroying our daughters' safety, their privacy, their opportunities. For every Lia Thomas, there's a girl losing the chance to chase her dreams. For every Iszac Henig, there are dozens more swimmers, standing around the locker room, anxious to change. So when Utah Governor Spencer Cox (R) says he vetoed a bill that would have protected women because of "kindness, mercy, and compassion," you have to wonder -- for who?
Fortunately for the women of Utah, there are leaders in the legislature who refused to wait even 96 hours to right the governor's wrong. In a very public rebuke of Cox, the Republican-led House and Senate took matters into their own hands, overriding the veto and banning biological boys from girls' sports by overwhelming margins: 56-18 and 21-7. The bill's sponsor, state Rep. Kera Birkeland (R), admitted that the process had been difficult, but as a former coach, she refused to back down. "When we say, 'This isn't a problem in our state,' what we say to those girls is, 'Sit down, be quiet, and make nice,'" she said. "The biggest mistake would have been to just wait until someone litigates on this issue and then us saying, 'Gosh I wish we would have gotten in front of it and handled it the way we wanted to.'"
Beth Stelzer, who was at the NCAA championship earlier this month when Lia Thomas knocked women off the podium, is at least grateful that America's eyes are finally opened to the injustice of it all. "It was soul-crushing to actually see [the meet] in person. It was just devastating," she shared on "Washington Watch." "And you could just tell the energy went down in the room." When Stelzer walked into the hallway to collect herself, "maybe get some fresh air," that's when she ran into the mom of one of the other swimmers. "And she was just sobbing, and we embraced -- and that's what it's like. People are so afraid, and it's such an emotional thing -- and it shouldn't have to be that way."
More states have come to that same conclusion, racing to stop the wave of transgender turmoil from destroying their playing fields. Thanks to Thomas, elected leaders in Arizona, Oklahoma, and Kentucky stepped up their efforts and managed to send three separate bills to their governors' desks on Friday. In Arizona, Governor Doug Ducey (R) hasn't indicated what he'll do, but unlike some proposals, this one applies to public K-12 and college. (The state's house actually succeeded in pulling double duty that day -- passing a bill outlawing gender-mutilating surgeries for kids too.)
Over in the Sooner State, the legislation is almost identical to Arizona's -- mandating that "teams designated for 'females,' 'women,' or 'girls' shall not be open to students of the male sex," including collegiate teams. Like most of the dozen states to fight this problem, Oklahoma passed the measure by a massive margin, 37-7.
The political dynamics are a little different in Kentucky, where voters have a Democratic governor, Andy Beshear. If he follows the bad example set by Utah's Cox and Indiana's Eric Holcomb (R), the GOP supermajorities in both chambers may have something to say about it. Make sure all of these governors know where you stand by contacting their offices and urging them to sign the bills.
In the meantime, it's become such a hot-button issue that Republicans running for federal seats of all kinds are making the topic a centerpiece of their campaigns. Congresswoman Vicky Hartzler (R-Mo.) was one of the first -- and was repaid for her courage by being censored by Twitter. Now, Ohio's Jane Timken (R), who's running for the open U.S. Senate seat, is releasing a new ad solely on the threat to girls' sports. "As a mom and former college athlete, I know how important women's sports are," she says in the clip. "They teach our girls to be winners." Then, with footage of Thomas playing in the background, she warns, "But the Biden Democrats want to force our daughters to compete against men in the pool and on the court."
Thanks to the brave men and women in the states, the Biden Democrats are losing that fight. And they might lose more than that if they don't abandon this toxic obsession with erasing women -- and the truth.
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Norfolk State University Placed on Probation by Accrediting Agency
Filed in HBCUs on December 12, 2014
The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools has placed historically Black Norfolk State University on probation. A year ago the accrediting agency placed the university on warning status. In July 2013, the accrediting agency had notified the university of several problems in finances, administration, and management. Tony Atwater, president of Norfolk State, was fired in August 2013.
Norfolk State will have 12 months to reassure the accrediting agency that it has corrected its problems. Next December, the agency could extend the probation for a year, restore the university to good standing, or revoke accreditation.
Colleges and universities that have their accreditation revoked are no longer eligible to participate in any federal student financial aid program. According to the latest Department of Education figures, two thirds of all Norfolk State University students receive federal financial aid.
Interim Norfolk State President Eddie Moore Jr. issued a statement that read in part: "Norfolk State has made substantial progress in the past 15 months. The University is on track to becoming more efficient and focused on ensuring the success of the institution and its students. An extensive overhaul of institutional policies and practices is continuing to ensure compliance with requirements on the federal and state levels, proper reporting, and operational efficiency."
Related: Norfolk State University
So, will the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools place UNC Chapel Hill on probation due to their problems with administration and management over the course of a 20 year period? If they do not, accrediting agencies should be seen as a joke and the U.S. Department of Education should find another way that will allow colleges and universities to participate in federal student aid programs.
Is UNC Chapel Hill too big to lose accreditation? Is UNC Chapel Hill too big to be placed on probation? What will the "community" do if neither happens to Chapel Hill?

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Merco Inc., doing business as Merco Marine, was established in 1979 as a small part time business started by Jon and Jim Meriwether, father and son. The original focus of Merco back in 1979 was sales of paint, hot tubs, the very first model Jet Ski introduced, and a few other items. It wasn't until 1993 when Merco's true mission was developed.
"To produce quality dock products at a reasonable price with on-time and courteous service utilizing U.S. employees." -Merco's Mission
Both Jon and Jim had years of experience in dock building. The first couple years were spent selling hardware and floats from another manufacturer out of a small office and rented warehouse in downtown Wellsburg, WV. Sheila Barrett came on board almost at the beginning doing sales, accounting, and office management.
In the fall of 1995 Merco Marine moved to its present 6 acre location and built a 2-story office complex and over 39,000 square feet of indoor manufacturing facilities and inventory storage. We stock most of what we manufacture and sell including all of our galvanized steel dock components, lumber, float drums, and all the accessories. In total we manufacture 500 different items and we sell a total of 2,900 unique items. In total we stock roughly 300,000 parts and pieces in our facility at any given time. Read more about our production facilities below.
When Merco was started, we decided that there were several principles that the business would adhere to: all taxes and bills would be paid on time, we would be honest, knowledgeable and courteous with our customers, and we would run our business honestly and would treat our employees fairly and share our business success with them. Because of these principles that we have adhered to, Merco Marine has been more than successful.
New Ownership
On April 24, 2018 Merco Marine was purchased by two of its former employees Scott Gallagher and Daniel Otto. The two have worked for Merco since 2004. Scott specializes in sales and technical consulting and Dan specializes in design and cnc programming. The former owners Jon and Jim have both retired but due to their relationship with the company and its employees they continue to stay close by and stop in very frequently. The new owners have made every effort possible to make as little change as possible. Merco Marine will continue to operate under the same principals as stated above and go above and beyond to uphold our legendary name in the marine industry.
Merco's product catalog is updated each year. We print 60,000 catalogs and send them out to each person or business that has placed an order or requested a catalog from us within the past 4 years. We are constantly adding or changing products, adding pictures of a few of the previous year's projects.
Merco has received awards for employment from the West Virginia Department of Employment. The West Virginia Division of Rehabilitation Services has named Merco outstanding employer of the year. (Merco has its fasteners bagged by the Sheltered Workshop in Wellsburg, WV.) The Brooke County Commissioners and the Brooke County Sheriff's Department. A governor's commendation from the former governor of West Virginia for international market entry. Merco also receives many thank you letters each year from customers that mean a great deal to us.
Our web site has been a great success. There is a wealth of information available online on our website. Customers can view products, place orders, request catalogs, download catalogs, learn about flotation, view photo galleries, download credit applications, and much more. The website gets many thousands of hits a month.
Unlike many of our competitors, we are the manufacturer. Our manufacturing plant and production methods are constantly being updated. We have many automated machines now in use in our production plant for efficient cost and effective production. We have a High Definition computer controlled plasma table which we use to make tabs, deck plates, and special or demo parts. We make over 35,000 ½" tabs that you see on single "T" male and female parts as well as outside corner males and females every year.
Our Panasonic 6 Axis Robotic Welder is used for the welding of products that we make frequently. Just about everything we manufacture that has a ½" tab welded on is made on the Robot Welder. We also weld all of our roller assembly brackets and small pipe holders on the Robotic Welder. It takes about 45 seconds to weld a Single "T" Male on the Robot Welder, about half the time it would take to weld by hand.
Whenever we need a hole or many holes punched in a flat plate we use our computer controlled Iron Worker. The ironworker can be programmed to punch up to three different hole types at a time in varying locations on a plate using a moving XY axis. Just about every single plate that has holes in it is made on this machine. We also have two other ironworkers. All three machines have the added capability to cut rod and angle and snip small portions of steel.
We also have a 200-ton and a 250-ton Hydraulic computer controlled press brakes. These machine have programmable bend angles and back gauge lengths to make long, precise angle bends. They can bend a piece of steel 10' long as thick as ¾". For the 2008 season we added a new computer controlled pipe bender that can more accurately bend our current line of hoops as well as give us the added capability of bending 2" diameter hoops.
Merco Marine is very proud of all of our projects but some just stick out to us more than others. This is especially the case for any local projects like our latest local project in Pittsburgh, PA South Side Marina. South Side Marina has been in the works for several years now. We began manufacturing this marina last winter and it was finished early summer of 2015. The marina features a floating 2 story building which serves as marina offices, shower and bath facilities, and a meeting room with vending machines. The marina itself is manufactured using our high strength truss and wood system found on page 53. There are a total of 133 slips currently and they have plans to expand in 2016.
The Landing at Station Square in Pittsburgh, PA is a 42-slip marina built in 2005 to act as a boat landing for patrons of the restaurants and attractions at Station Square. The entire marina was built in our plant and shipped in sections by truck to Pittsburgh. The frame is our galvanized steel truss frame system. The main walkways are 8' wide and the fingers are 4' x 20'. The marina is held in place with nineteen 12" diameter pilings. The slips are 26'-6" wide allowing for 12' wide boats side to side. The overall area of the marina is about 38,000 square feet. The total length and width of the marina is 347' x 103'.
Fox Chapel Marina is another marina in Pittsburgh, PA. Fox Chapel Marine is a marine dealer that, among many other services, provides top-notch service to Pittsburgh boaters. The marina itself is approx. 340 slips with electric, water, phone, and cable. Its open 7 days a week 24 hours a day. This marina is an ongoing project for us every year. It uses our "Parallam" dock system in 4' x 20' sections for the fingers and 8' x 40' sections for the mains.
Waterfront Marina is located in Morgantown, WV and was built entirely from new construction in 2007. The total area of the marina is about 16,000 square ft. of our floating galvanized truss frame system. The mains are 8' wide and the fingers are 4' x 20'.
The marina includes 18 slips. Two of which designed specifically to be handicap accessible. The gangways are ADA compliant, and that portion of dock has toe board and handrail. The marina also features an 8' x 180' rowing dock which is used for the WVU rowing team. There was an 8,000 square ft. building constructed nearby (by others) to act as a restaurant upstairs, and storage for the West Virginia University Rowing Team shells down stairs.
Koehler Kraft marina offers a full range of services for all types of modern and classic boats. The marina is approximately 30,000 square ft. using our floating wood dock frame system. There are approx. 35 slips available using 3' x 20' and 3' x 38' fingers with 8' and 6' wide main walkways.
There are about 280' of 6' wide walkways and 200' of 8' wide walkways. The entire dock was constructed with IPE hardwood.
Merco after Hours
Merco sponsors a 5-liter hydroplane called "Miss Merco Marine". The owner/driver/builder/designer John Jenkins lives in Kingston, Ohio. John rebuilds vintage race boats full time. Jon and Jeanette Meriwether, the former vice president and secretary of Merco Marine, crew for John during the summers on weekends.
The boat is a 5-Liter inboard hydroplane. Its total length and width is 18'-6" x 9'-8", it weights about 1,250 lbs., the engine is a Chevy 305 cubic inch, 250 Hp, and the top speed is anywhere from 120-125 mph. But it's not just for looks either. Some of the racing accomplishments include the following: 1992 Western Divisional Champion, 1995 Eastern Divisional Champion, 1995 North American Champion, 3 – Time MACH Series Champion, Inaugural Winner Hoosier Boy Cup. In 2013 Miss Merco Marine established a new U.S. 1/4 mile record for 5 liter hydroplanes in New Martinsville, WV which still remains unbroken. In 2015 Miss Merco set a new 1/4 mile record in the Grand National Class and was also high point champion in that class.


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Skúli Sverrisson live at (le) poisson rouge March 15 2011
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Skúli Sverrisson to perform live at (le) poisson rouge
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Skúli Sverrisson Releases SERIA and SERIA II.
A Set Bearing the Master Musician's Life Experience in Jazz, Rock and New Music, with Folk-like Directness of Expression and a Pop-like Seductiveness.
Layers of pulsating strings. Streams of cinematic texture. Expanses of heartfelt melody. These are all aspects of the musical world of Skúli Sverrisson, a twenty-first century virtuoso composer and multi-instrumentalist from Iceland, who has united broad swaths of contemporary music into a unique personal language. Skúli's music is as warm-hearted as it is advanced. A Set Likely to Appeal to Fans of John Fahey and Brian Eno, as well to fans of Philip Glass and Fennesz.
Sería is a set of hypnotic, labyrinthine songs - dense webs of finger-picked guitars and basses, mostly played by Skúli and Amadeo Pace (Blonde Redhead), with broad waves of strings by Eyvind Kang (Bill Frisell, Sunn O))) and Hildur Gudnadottir (Pan Sonic, Nico Muhly) and bass clarinets, pedal steel and keyboards by Anthony Burr (Jim O'Rourke, LaMonte Young, Klangforum Wien). Three tracks feature exquisite vocals by Ólöf Arnalds, and one features the inimitable voice of Skúli's longtime collaborator Laurie Anderson. Sería won "Best Album of the Year" in the 2006 Icelandic Music Awards.
The brand new Sería II adds new layers of vivid instrumental color and melody. Mostly recorded in Iceland in 2009, Skúli's sonic palette has grown to include electric keyboards and ringing toy piano resembling a classic soundtrack by Nino Rota or Ennio Morricone. Skúli's unique instrumental and compositional voice remains distinct, as do those of his continuing partners: Pace, Kang and Burr as well as Olof Arnalds, Hildur Gudnadottir and David Thor. Sería II is a haunting, mysterious album, with a rare depth of feeling and sonic richness.
-Ted Reichman 2011
Over the past two decades, composer/bass guitarist Skuli Sverrisson has worked with a veritable who's who of the experimental world, from free jazz legends (Wadada Leo Smith, Derek Bailey) to music icons (Lou Reed, Jon Hassel, David Sylvian, Arto Lindsay) and composers (Ryuichi Sakamoto, Johann Johannsson, and Hildur Gudnadottir). Sverrisson is also known for his work as an artistic director for Olöf Arnalds (Innundir Skinni, Vid og Vid), recordings with Blonde Redhead and as a musical director for legendary performance artist Laurie Anderson.
He has released a series of duo albums in collaboration with artists such as Anthony Burr, Oskar Gudjonsson and Hilmar Jensson. He has been a member of many influential groups including Pachora, Alas No Axis, The Allan Holdsworth Group and The Ben Monder Group. Sverrisson has also composed music for The Icelandic Dance Company (Open Source), The National Theatre of Iceland (Volva), and numerous films and installations, such as "Welcome" and "Music for Furniture" with Olafur Thordason, "Spacial Meditation" with Claudia Hill and "When it was Blue" with Jennifer Reeves.
Sverrisson founded Seria, an ongoing ensemble featuring Amedeo Pace (Blonde Redhead), Olöf Arnalds, David Thor Jonsson, Anthony Burr, Eyvind Kang, and Hildur Gudnadottir in 2005 and released Seria in 2006 and Seria ll in 2010. He has appeared on over 100 recordings and has performed around the world with a wide range of artists. Recent works include series of live film /music performances with experimental film maker Jennifer Reeves, three new recordings of the ongoing collaboration with Anthony Burr, and a new duo recording with Oskar Gudjonsson. Sverrisson has been awarded 5 Icelandic Music Awards, including Icelandic Album of the Year for Seria in 2006.
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• with Anthony Burr, Brad Shepik, Eivind Opsvik, Caleb Burhans, Brandon Seabrook, plus special guests
• Tuesday, March 15
• 9:30pm doors | 10:00pm show
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The Night Time Industries Association, which represents thousands of businesses in the night time economy, has today warned that problems with the Government's flagship Culture Recovery Fund (CRF) risk many businesses 'falling at the final hurdle' of the pandemic.
Michael Kill, CEO of the NTIA, has today written to Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden to urging him to reconsider the Government's planned eligibility criteria for the 3rd round of CRF funding.
The Government have admitted that only 32 nightclubs have secured access to CRF funding in Rounds 1 and 2 of the scheme.3 Despite this, the Government recently announced that the bulk of funding for Round 3 of the programme - £220 million of a total £300 million - would be going to businesses who had already been successful in either Rounds 1 or 2.4
The letter says, "It is those businesses which have fallen through the cracks – though have proven themselves viable through surviving to this point in the pandemic – that most need the additional support", and that the way the system has been administered gives a 'competitive advantage' to the small proportion of nightlife businesses which have been able to access funding through the scheme.
The letter also says that Government support throughout the pandemic has been "important but insufficient". A report conducted by the All Party Parliamentary Group for the Night Time Economy published in February found that ninety percent of businesses in the sector had found that Government financial support has been insufficient.
Michael Kill, CEO of the NTIA, commented:
"I have written today to the Culture Secretary to implore him to change course for this latest round of funding through the Culture Recovery Fund. Most of this funding should be going to the businesses who really need it. If these businesses have survived to this point, then they have proved they are viable businesses but need a little bit of additional help to see them out of the pandemic."
"Frankly, the decision to restrict access to those who have already received funding smacks of laziness on the part of Government officials. Of course it will be less work for the Government to provide more loans to those that have already been successful, but that doesn't mean it's the right thing to do. Instead, the Government should ensure that funding is allocated to best ensure the survival of culturally significant and viable businesses that have missed out to date – so many of which are in the night time economy."
"I urge the Secretary of State – reconsider this decision."`
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MUMBAI: Saregama, India's oldest record label, announced an exclusive agreement with the Bengali music maven- Anupam Roy. The multi-year agreement will witness Anupam partner with Saregama over his future regional and, non-film recordings except Hindi and English.
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Governments have been promoting biofuels for various stated aims—to help reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, to substitute for oil imports, to enhance energy security, and/or to gain export income. Finding substitutes for oil imports is a high priority for industrialized countries such as the United States, European Union member states, and Brazil. Governments also claim that biofuels from crops will benefit rural communities by enhancing economic development and employment. To stimulate biofuel markets, governments give subsidies, set targets for biofuel use and provide research funds for its future technoscientific development.
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A Virginia pipe tobacco shop has been forced to shut down after the online price was doubled on Amazon.com.Virginia Tobacco and Pipe Company said on Wednesday that it would have to shut its doors by Monday, according to The Washington Post.The pipe tobacco company, which makes pipe tobacco and accessories, is the fourth company to…
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A Virginia pipe tobacco shop has been forced to shut down after the online price was doubled on Amazon.com.
Virginia Tobacco and Pipe Company said on Wednesday that it would have to shut its doors by Monday, according to The Washington Post.
The pipe tobacco company, which makes pipe tobacco and accessories, is the fourth company to be forced to close its doors after Amazon.
The company is a joint venture of tobacco companies Camelot and Imperial Tobacco, according the Washington Post, which noted that the pipe tobacco companies had "not been able to come to a reasonable agreement with Amazon."
Virginia Tobacco has been the only major tobacco company to keep selling online since it was forced to buy Amazon.
The online retailer's decision came after a year-long investigation into how it operates its online marketplace, the Washington Times reported.
Virginia and Imperial had tried to settle the dispute but were unable to reach an agreement.
The Virginia Tobacco company said it was not responsible for any customer confusion, the paper reported.
"We are committed to making the Virginia Tobacco website and our products as easy to navigate and use as possible, and we have taken this step to protect customers," Virginia Tobacco spokeswoman Erin Smith said in a statement.
"We will continue to work with our suppliers and retailers to improve our marketplace and make sure it remains an attractive, competitive place to buy pipe tobacco."
The Washington Post also noted that Amazon is charging $1.19 a pound more for pipe tobacco on its website.
Amazon has said that it has not seen an increase in tobacco sales since its launch in November 2015.


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Book Tours: Starter Day Party After Gardens
I'm hosting the starter day party today for the book tour for womens fiction "After Gardens". The tour runs from June 20 to June 27.
June 20th: Starter Day Party @ I Heart Reading
June 21st: Promo Post @ Just Books
June 21st: Author Interview @ Majanka's Blog
June 22nd: Promo Post @ Nesie's Place
June 24th: Promo Post @ Found in Words
June 25th: Book Review @ Crazy KALM
June 26th: Guest Post @ Editor Charlene's Blog
June 26th: Book Review @ I Heart Reading
June 27th: Promo Post @ Paranormal Romance… And Beyond
Title: After Gardens
Author: Katharine Coldiron
Genre: Women's Fiction
Maya, a weekend at a hot springs with her boisterous friend Rhondey is just what she needs to move forward after her divorce. For Rhondey, it's an opportunity to help Maya cut loose a little, shed some of her inhibitions. Maya doesn't see the need to shed anything, and she's not looking for a teacher. But the more Maya clings to her privacy, the more difficult it is for her to recognize her true teachers…and the right moment to step free.
Katharine Coldiron's work has appeared in Ms., the Times Literary Supplement, the Rumpus, the Manifest-Station, horoscope.com, and many other places.
Find Katharine at kcoldiron.com or on Twitter @ferrifrigida.
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Release Blitz: After Gardens
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Book Tours: Starter Day Party Decanted Truths
I'm hosting the starter day party today for the book tour for literary / women's fiction "Decanted Truths". The tour runs from February 4 to February 11. Stay tuned for my review on February 9!
February 4th: Starter Day Party @ I Heart Reading
February 6th: Book Excerpt @ Nesie's Place
February 7th: Book Excerpt @ Bookish Madness
February 8th: Author Interview @ Bedazzled Reading
February 10th: Book Excerpt @ Nesie's Place
February 11th: Author Interview @ Editor Charlene's Blog
February 11th: Book Review @ Crazy KALM
Title: Decanted Truths
Author: Melanie Forde
Genre: Literary / Women's Fiction / Family Saga
For Irish immigrant families like the Harrigans and Gavagans, struggle has been the name of the game since they arrived in Boston in the nineteenth century. For twice-orphaned Leah Gavagan, who comes of age in the Depression, the struggle is compounded by bizarre visions that disrupt her daily life — and sometimes come true. She has difficulty fitting in with her surroundings: whether the lace-curtain Dorchester apartment overseen by her judgmental Aunt Margaret or the wild Manomet bluff shared with her no-nonsense Aunt Theo and brain-damaged Uncle Liam. A death in the family disrupts the tepid life path chosen for Leah and sets her on a journey of discovery. That journey goes back to the misadventures shaping the earlier generation, eager to prove its hard-won American credentials in the Alaskan gold rush, the Spanish-American War, and The Great War. She learns of the secrets that have bound Theo and Margaret together. Ultimately, Leah learns she is not who she thought she was. Her new truth both blinds and dazzles her, much like the Waterford decanter at the center of her oldest dreams — an artifact linking three Irish-American families stumbling after the American Dream.
Raised in a Boston Irish family, Melanie Forde knew her life was infinitely easier than that of her ancestors, refugees from the Potato Famine. The storytelling skills of her elders kept ancestral triumphs and tragedies alive, so that the Potato Famine and the Easter Rebellion felt as real as the Cold War. Inheriting the storyteller gene, Ms. Forde is the author of three earlier novels, her Hillwilla trilogy. She now lives far from her roots, on a West Virginia farm. She still maintains a potato patch—just in case.
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Book Review: Storm in a cup of coffee by Keren Or
Title: Storm in a cup of coffee
Author: Keren Or
Genre: Contemporary, Women's Fiction
Can Eli accept the man who psychic Lena insists is her love destiny?
"…I am feeling that his last name has something to do with a stone, some type of stone… If I'm right…Lucas will be your destiny." On hearing for the first time that Lucas is to be her husband, twenty-five-year-old Eli initially encloses herself within a black cloud of stubbornness. She flatly rejects this insistent prediction of Lena's, a psychic who reads coffee grounds. Eli cannot accept that fate has determined that she should have a relationship with a divorced single father.
And if Eli believes Lena, what will it take to make Lucas fall in love with her?
But after guaranteeing her a unique love and a fulfilling and enduring life as a couple, Lena manages to get through to Eli. Determined to conquer Lucas and bring the prophecy to fruition, Eli begins a most purposeful journey, aimed at making Lucas fall in love with her. But this could turn out to be… an impossible mission!
Eli's captivating story brings us a moving tale of love, determination, and faith.
When 25-year-old Eli hears from a psychic in Storm in a Cup of Coffee that her destiny is to wed Lucas, a divorced single father, she can barely believe it. Even more, she refuses to accept it in her typical stubborn fashion. Still, the psychic Lena manages to convince Eli by telling her that they will have an unique love that will transcend anything Eli has ever felt before.
Still, Eli will have to find a way to make Lucas fall in love with her if she wants the psychic's prediction to come true. Making Lucas fall for her is far harder than Eli could've ever thought, though, and she'll need all her determination to make her own destiny come true.
Eli's whole life is one failed relationship after another, most of that due to the fact she always chooses the wrong guys. And when a genuinely good guy shows interest, she practically runs away. Believing the psychic's fortune-telling even makes her chase after a man and try to get him to marry her, even though he doesn't show much interest in her at the start. The journey takes Eli on a quest of self-discovery though, allowing her to discover things about herself she otherwise would've never figured out, and find some of her own hidden strength.
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Author Interview The Folded Notes
How long have you been writing?
10 years with a 5 year gap
What is your favorite genre to write?
Which genre have you never tried before, but would you like to try out?
Please tell us about your book.
Catherine, an Englishwoman travels with her mother from England to India in 1898. While her father, stationed at the Punjab University, is their direction, destiny intervenes and crosses her path with Kharak, a recently qualified engineer from Lahore and so begins a journey of starcrossed romance. In disapproval, her father with the help of Ivan, a colonial engineer concieve a plan to avert her from falling in love with him by sending Kharak to work in the British East Africa Protectorate. With everything to lose, she follows him there hoping to express her love.
Which character was your favorite, and why? Which character was your least favorite, and why?
She is daring, charming, lovable with a shining inner spirit. Ivan was my least favorite. He was scheming, evil and lacked compassion.
What was the hardest part about writing your book?
Realizing that writing a book is a slow process.
What is your writing routine? Are there things you absolutely need to start writing?
I used to write on my journey to and from work on the train. One has to have the story, its beginning and its ending in mind.
How long did it take you to write your book from start to finish?
10 years off which 5 years I did not write as I was living in Australia.
Can you tell us about your editing process?
I edited as I wrote and then, upon completion, I read the whole story before editing parts that I felt needed editing.
Is this book part of a series? If so, how many installments do you have planned?
Its not a series, but a sequel is possible.
Do you have any advice for aspiring authors?
If you have a story, just writing. Everything else will fall in place.
Why should everyone read your book?
Everyone will find something that will hit them and perhaps inspire to do what they always want to do but haven't the courage.
If you could meet three authors, dead or alive, which authors would you choose?
Enid Blyton, Fredrick Forsyth and Tom Clancey.
What inspired you to write your book?
The historical events that I learnt in school. It deserved a story attached to it.
Are you working on something at the moment? If so, can you tell us more about it?
As I have just published The Folded Notes, I'm taking a break from writing for a while.
Inspired by history comes this breathtaking story of star-crossed lovers against the backdrop of colourful nineteenth century India…
"The book's cross-cultural relationship is refreshing, and its peek into sites around Lahore is delightful."
– Kirkus Reviews
A different world awaits Catherine Rose, an Englishwoman who travels with her mother from England to India. While her father, stationed at the Punjab University, is their direction, destiny intervenes and crosses her path with the educated and kind Kharak. A recently qualified engineer from Lahore who works for the Indian railways, he is as taken with the feminine, unreserved Englishwoman as she is with him. Aghast at the blossoming friendship, her father, incited by Ivan, a colonial engineer, arranges to keep Catherine and Kharak from falling in love. Arranging matters, he gets Kharak sent to work in another British colony, never to see or speak to his daughter again. In the last few moments he has, Kharak manages to leave two notes for Catherine.
Flouting her father's orders, Catherine flees in secret and follows her heart, away from Lahore to Mombasa. But little does she know that Ivan, as Kharak's supervisor, will be there – nor that he is now her pursuer. With everything to lose, hope is all that Catherine can cling to, hope that love will win the day and she and Kharak will finally be together.
Inspired by history and written with first-hand knowledge of the locations, this achingly moving historical romance crosses continents from England to India and East Africa during a fascinating part of history. The plot is woven between lush descriptions to create a compelling story of forbidden love and an uncertain ending that will linger long after the last page.
Mandz Singh has been a world cup soccer analyst for a radio station, resided on three continents, lived in a gold rush town, travelled across Australia, and stood in the elephant visiting caves of Mount Elgon. This debut novel was written during commuting hours on trains to London from Berkshire, where he now lives.
Troubador: Troubadour
Amazon: Amazon
Waterstones: Waterstones
Filed Under: Author Interviews, Book Spotlight Tagged With: author interviews, historical romance, romance, women's fiction
Book Review: The Other Side of the Sky by Haner Bat Hannah
Title: The Other Side of the Sky
Author: Haner Bat Hannah
Genre: Romance, Drama, Women's Fiction
Telma confidently marches over the bridge of her life and then…
Telma is an opinionated little girl who doesn't quite fit into the world around her. She becomes a physics professor, happily married to Uri, a bridge engineer, whose life seems secure as the bridges her husband builds. However, the little girl is not quiet; she reflects on the successful adult life from her unique point of view.
Gadi, a genius from Berkeley is attracted to Telma's distinctive view; he hopes he has found in Telma someone to lean on. An emotional-roller-coaster-like relationship develops between them. But Telma prefers the stable ground Uri has built for her.
Can she pull together the pieces of herself and emerge whole?
Yet bridges can collapse, and Uri is involved in a serious accident that crushes not only him but Telma's entire world. When their lives become intertwined with those of Gadi and Yael, his beautiful wife, Uri's story, revealed to her with brutal honesty, shreds Telma's life to pieces. Gradually, Telma reconstructs herself anew, forming a more inclusive, complete, and accurate picture. A picture in which there is no need to hide behind long black hair and one in which the little girl goes back to seeking out the emerging whole. But will she ever again find peace?
The Other Side of the Sky focuses on Telma. The reader first encounters Telma as an opinionated little girl, and watches her grow up, becoming a physics professor. Adult Telma is happily married to Uri, a bridge engineer.
When Uri is involved in a horrible accident, Telma's entire world is crushed. Telma finds her life becoming entertwined with that of Gadi, a genius from Berkeley who is attracted to her, despite being married.
As Telma comes to terms with what happened, she has to re-discover herself, and find the strength to re-emerge from this terrible turmoil.
The childhood moments of Telma's life are very touching and help explain why she became the adult she is today, and why she made certain life story. Romantic but also drenched in a good amount of melancholy, this is a book about childhood, growing up, about love and the choices we are sometimes forced to make, about life and how short and precious it is.
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Book Review: Dona Gracia's Gold Pendant
Title: Dona Gracia's Gold Pendant
Author: Michal Aharoni Regev
Imagine having to guard the secret of your family under the threat of mortal danger
This historical novel is a story of love, jealousy, intrigue, mortal terror – of family secrets, courage, and devotion. It depicts the wide-ranging journey of Doña Gracia Nasi, a wealthy young Jewish widow from a family of forced converts, exiled from Spain in the 16th Century. Doña Gracia's turbulent history comes to life, from age 12, when she is first told the secret of her forcibly converted family, to her escape from the terrors of the Inquisition in Portugal finally to Constantinople, via London, Antwerp, Venice, Ferrara, Lyon and Saloniki.
The true story of Doña Gracia – forced convert, tycoon, charmer of kings, savior of her people!
A successful businesswoman and visionary in a world in which women had no rights, Doña Gracia risks her life and her immense fortune to save her persecuted people. She powerfully bends kings to her will in an era of flourishing culture and the religious battles between Christians, Jews, and Moslems. Heralded the "Queen of the Jews," she succeeded in obtaining a royal decree from the Ottoman sultan to settle the city of Tiberias. Meanwhile, her heartbreaking feud with her sister, Brianda, nearly sparked a world war!
In Dona Gracia's Gold Pendant, main character Dona Gracia Nasi, a wealthy young Jewish widow from a forcibly converted family, shares her life story with the reader. The book starts out with Dona Gracia being barely twelve years old and being told the terrible secrets haunting her family, and follows her as she grows up, flees the terrors of the inquisition in Portugal, and risks everything to save her persecuted people, even the wrath of kings.
This book was downright amazing. I had never heard of Dona Gracia before, but she's such a charismatic, strong, determined woman that I couldn't help but be inspired by her strength and courage. The setting was described in great detail, making the historical scenes come to life on the pages. The rich culture, the historical details, all of this gave the book an authentic, plausible feel.
Ideal for fans of historical fiction and strong female protagonists.
Filed Under: Historical Fiction, Reviews Tagged With: book reviews, historical fiction, women's fiction
Book Review: A Breath She Took by Ilan Amit
July 7, 2018 1 Comment
Title: A Breath She Took
Author: Ilan Amit
Rating: 3,5 stars
A shocking announcement prompts Inbal to just get up and run out of the house
Inbal is an attractive independent woman, a biology researcher who hides the fact that her father disappeared under strange circumstances when she was only ten. He left her, her mother, and her sister struggling in a home turned upside-down. When one morning Inbal's husband suddenly announces he wants to separate, reality strikes, the walls that she has built around herself all her life begin to crumble, and she runs out of the house and through the city.
But where does she go, and what mysteries does she unravel along the way?
The pointless run gradually becomes a strange voyage toward her past, confronting life-changing secrets, as she tries to unveil the mystery of her father's disappearance so long ago. This is the story of the tense, strange, and sometimes funny relationship that she has with her sister and mother, both past and present. This is a story about losing one's old self and finding a stronger, clearer new one.
In "A Breath She Took", Inbal has struggled her entire life with coming to terms with her past. When she was ten years old, her father disappeared under mysterious circumstances, leaving her, her mother and her sister behind. Now, Inbal has put up walls all around her, to protect herself from the outside world.
When her husband declares he wants a seperation, the walls around Inbal collapse. Panicking, she runs outside, to the city, seemingly aimlessly running from the terrible truth. However, the run soon becomes a voyage, a trip down memory lane, as she tries to unveil the mystery of her father's disappearance and comes to terms with the past.
This is a compelling, emotional read about the journey to discover one's true self, to deal with one's past, and become a stronger person. I found it very inspiring, and a solid read, but the only downside for me was the lack of action in the present – the journeys into the character's past are interesting, but they don't hold enough excitement for the "here and now".
Book Review: Michelle by Ayala Yoked
May 8, 2018 1 Comment
Title: Michelle
Author: Ayala Yoked
Genre: Psychological, Romance, Women's Fiction
Michelle is in trouble – but she's fighting for her ideals!
In this psychological romance a group of university students and soldiers go underground to try to implement ideas about which they are passionate. The French police are after them. Michelle has just been released from jail in France after attempting to damage an arms factory.
Michelle has two lovers – but she's not in love!
Michelle comes to Israel and rekindles her romance with David, a middle-aged, married professor. Tom, her student lover who had been wounded in war, and Gad, David's son, are also among the rebels. Michelle is intellectual, arrogant and teasing – and not committed to either of her lovers.
Michelle's rebel group depends on her – but nothing is simple!
Michelle's friends know they can rely on her, but they each struggle with their own internal conflicts. David is terrified about his son's entanglement in illegal activity. His own failure as a soldier still haunts him. David's sister, Pola, comes to visit and supports their activity. These idealistic rebels will inspire you, despite their dilemmas!
In Michelle, we meet an enigmatic, charming young woman who has a rebellious streak and who is, you guessed it, named Michelle. While Michelle Cohen is the centerpoint of everything and the story, ultimately, is about her quest to fight for what she believes in, the other characters are equally as compelling and bring a lot to the table as well.
Set in Israel, the book not only focuses on Michelle but also on her love life, on the tragedies of life, and even on her time in prison – which she was sent to after getting convicted by the French court after attempting to damage an arms factory.
Michelle is vibrant, full of life, enthralling but also puzzling – to others and to herself. She often doesn't understand the trauma that drives her to do certain things, and only in hindsight does she understand why she made certain choices. As a reader, you're right there next to her, discovering her as she discovers herself.
Most of the book takes place in Israel, and the author does a particularly good job describing the towns, streets, and general atmosphere. Even though I've never been, I could imagine myself being there.
Filed Under: Contemporary Romance, Reviews, Romance, Women's Fiction Tagged With: book reviews, psychological, romance, women's fiction
Book Review: Miranda Bay by Susan Tarr
Title: Miranda Bay
Author: Susan Tarr
Review copy provided by Enchanted Book Promotions in exchange for an honest review.
Miranda, a strong-minded and lovable young woman, splurges her inheritance on the old Miranda Bay Sanatorium in the sub-tropical Bay of Islands, New Zealand, simply because it bears her name. She knows little about running a business and depends heavily on loyal cousin Pansy's expertise.
In her frantic drive for success Miranda hires a local character to get cracking on the property. Hamilton, her lascivious financial advisor, seizes the opportunity to undermine her. But now with paying guests expected, she must make some serious decisions.
So the guests trickle in – hardly the sophisticates Miranda has envisaged.
At the brink of despair, she experiences deepening depression and manic behavior. She contrives an outlandish economic solution to the problem. What follow is intrigue and terror, and an emotional and tender unfolding of events in the face of financial ruin.
"Witty and wicked, scandalous and scary, this is a story to make you laugh and cry."
In Miranda Bay, our main character, Miranda, spends her entire inheritance on the run-down, derelict Miranda Bay Sanatorium with the dream of turning it into a profitable business. But Miranda's impulsive decisions could have a lot of consequences as not only does she have to deal with stress about her recent purchase, but also with a deepening depression that leads her on an ever-darkening path.
The author's writing style is fluent and compelling, and Miranda's personality is very intriguing. The story is captivating from the start and really pulls you in. Some scenes were hilarious, some scenes brought me to the edge of tears, but overall, it's a very compelling and engaging read and fans of women's fiction should definitely give it a try.
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Q: typeorm config with .env variables i have this ormconfig.json:
{
  "type": "postgres",
  "host": "db-pg",
  "port": 5432,
  "username": "spirit",
  "password": "api",
  "database": "emasa_ci",
  "synchronize": true,
  "logging": false,
  "entities": ["dist/src/entity/**/*.js"],
  "migrations": ["dist/src/migration/**/*.js"],
  "subscribers": ["dist/src/subscriber/**/*.js"],
  "cli": {
    "entitiesDir": "dist/src/entity",
    "migrationsDir": "dist/src/migration",
    "subscribersDir": "dist/src/subscriber"
  }
}

and have this env:
SERVER_PORT=4000
DB_HOST=db-pg
DB_PORT=5432
DB_USER=spirit
DB_PASS=api
DB_NAME=emasa_ci

but .env doesn't work in .json and so I don't know how I'm going to use my enviroment variables in my config orm

A: Since ormconfig is deprecated, I suggest another approach using TypeORM DataSource.
I'm using Heroku to deploy my server, so I created an environment file containing the same variable as created in Heroku Dynos, named .development.env:
DATABASE_URL="postgres://user:password@localhost:5432/main"

Note that you can place this file anywhere in your project tree.
Then I created a datasource file:
import dotenv from 'dotenv';
import { DataSource } from 'typeorm';

// Load env file
dotenv.config({ path: '../api/.development.env' });

DataSource definition
const AppDataSource = new DataSource({
  type: 'postgres',
  url: process.env.DATABASE_URL,
  logging: true,
  entities: ['../api/dist/**/*.entity.js'],
  migrations: ['./migrations/*.js'],
  subscribers: [],
});

export default AppDataSource;

This way, you can store in your environment your database connection settings.

A: There is a good documentation.
If you want to dig into the source code - there is a class ConnectionOptionReader, which is looking for file ormconfig (with extensions env, js, cjs, ts, json, yml, yaml, xml) or for file .env. See the load function for more details.
1 So the easiest way is to add a line in your .env file, like this:
TYPEORM_URL=postgres://user:pass@host:port/dbname

Or use this sample. TypeORM will parse .env file using dotenv.
Here you can find all available env varibales.
2 If you read your .env file before TypeORM initialization, you can already use your env variables. For example in a Javascript file, instead ormconfig.json. Just export object like this from the file ormconfig.js:
module.exports = {
    "type": "postgres",
    "host": process.env.DB_HOST,
    "port": process.env.DB_PORT,
    "username": process.env.DB_USER,
    "password": process.env.DB_PASS,
    "database": process.env.DB_NAME,
    "synchronize": true,
    "logging": false,
    "entities": ["dist/src/entity/**/*.js"],
    "migrations": ["dist/src/migration/**/*.js"],
    "subscribers": ["dist/src/subscriber/**/*.js"],
    "cli": {
      "entitiesDir": "dist/src/entity",
      "migrationsDir": "dist/src/migration",
      "subscribersDir": "dist/src/subscriber"
    }
};

Another example

A: You could hide ormconfig.json and put your secrets directly in there, or viceversa, load TypeORM's configuration from your .env file. Is there a precise reason why you need them to be separated? If yes, then we can work out a solution.

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// Java Genetic Algorithm Library.
// Copyright (c) 2017 Franz Wilhelmstötter
//
// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
// You may obtain a copy of the License at
//
//      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
//
// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
// limitations under the License.
//
// Author:
//    Franz Wilhelmstötter (franz.wilhelmstoetter@gmx.at)

using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.IO;
using System.Linq;
using System.Runtime.Serialization;
using System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary;
using Jenetics.Util;
using Xunit;

namespace Jenetics.Engine
{
    public class EngineTest
    {
        [Theory]
        [ClassData(typeof(GenerationsDataGenerator))]
        public void GenerationCount(long generations)
        {
            var engine = Engine
                .Builder(a => a.Gene.Allele, DoubleChromosome.Of(0, 1))
                .Build();

            var result = engine.Stream()
                .Take((int) generations)
                .ToBestEvolutionResult();

            Assert.Equal(generations, result.GetTotalGenerations());
        }

        [Theory]
        [ClassData(typeof(GenerationsDataGenerator))]
        public void GenerationLimit(long generations)
        {
            var engine = Engine
                .Builder(a => a.Gene.Allele, DoubleChromosome.Of(0, 1))
                .Build();

            var result = engine.Stream()
                .TakeWhile(Limits.ByFixedGeneration<DoubleGene, double>(generations))
                .ToBestEvolutionResult();

            Assert.Equal(generations, result.GetTotalGenerations());
        }

        private class GenerationsDataGenerator : IEnumerable<object[]>
        {
            public IEnumerator<object[]> GetEnumerator()
            {
                for (var i = 1; i <= 10; i++)
                    yield return new object[] {i};
            }

            IEnumerator IEnumerable.GetEnumerator()
            {
                return GetEnumerator();
            }
        }

        [Fact]
        public void GenotypeValidator()
        {
            const int populationSize = 100;

            var engine = Engine
                .Builder(a => a.Gene.Allele, DoubleChromosome.Of(0, 1))
                .GenotypeValidator(pt => false)
                .PopulationSize(populationSize)
                .Build();

            var result = engine.Stream()
                .Take(10)
                .ToBestEvolutionResult();

            Assert.Equal(result.GetInvalidCount(), populationSize);
        }

        [Fact]
        public void InitialResult()
        {
            var problem = Problem.Of(
                x => Math.Cos(0.5 + Math.Sin(x)) * Math.Cos(x),
                Codecs.OfScalar(DoubleRange.Of(0.0, 2.0 * Math.PI))
            );

            var engine = Engine.Builder(problem)
                .Optimize(Optimize.Minimum)
                .OffspringSelector(new RouletteWheelSelector<DoubleGene, double>())
                .Build();

            var interimResult = engine.Stream()
                .TakeWhile(Limits.BySteadyFitness<DoubleGene, double>(10))
                .ToBestEvolutionResult();

            engine.Builder()
                .Alterers(new Mutator<DoubleGene, double>()).Build()
                .Stream(interimResult);
        }

        [Fact]
        public void ParallelStream()
        {
            var engine = Engine
                .Builder(a => a.Gene.Allele, DoubleChromosome.Of(0, 1))
                .Build();

            var result = engine
                .Stream()
                .AsParallel()
                .TakeWhile(Limits.ByFixedGeneration<DoubleGene, double>(1000))
                .ToBestEvolutionResult();

            Assert.True(result.GetTotalGenerations() >= 1000,
                $"Total generation must be bigger than 1000: {result.GetTotalGenerations()}");
        }

        [Fact]
        public void PhenotypeValidator()
        {
            const int populationSize = 100;

            var engine = Engine
                .Builder(a => a.Gene.Allele, DoubleChromosome.Of(0, 1))
                .PhenotypeValidator(pt => false)
                .PopulationSize(populationSize)
                .Build();

            var result = engine.Stream()
                .Take(10)
                .ToBestEvolutionResult();

            Assert.Equal(result.GetInvalidCount(), populationSize);
        }

        [Fact]
        public void StreamWithInitialGenotypes()
        {
            var problem = Problem.Of(
                a => a,
                Codec.Of(
                    () => Genotype.Of(IntegerChromosome.Of(0, 1000)),
                    g => g.Gene.Allele
                )
            );

            const int genotypeCount = 10;
            const int max = 1000;
            var genotypes = IntRange.Of(1, genotypeCount)
                .Select(i => IntegerChromosome.Of(IntegerGene.Of(max, 0, max)))
                .Select(i => Genotype.Of(i))
                .ToImmutableSeq();

            var engine = Engine.Builder(problem).Build();

            var result = engine.Stream(genotypes)
                .Take(1)
                .ToBestEvolutionResult();

            long maxCount = result.GetPopulation().Count(pt => pt.GetFitness() == max);

            Assert.True(maxCount >= genotypeCount, $"{maxCount} >= {genotypeCount}");
        }

        [Fact]
        public void StreamWithSerializedPopulation()
        {
            var problem = Problem.Of(
                x => Math.Cos(0.5 + Math.Sin(x)) * Math.Cos(x),
                Codecs.OfScalar(DoubleRange.Of(0.0, 2.0 * Math.PI))
            );

            var engine = Engine.Builder(problem)
                .Optimize(Optimize.Minimum)
                .OffspringSelector(new RouletteWheelSelector<DoubleGene, double>())
                .Build();

            var interimResult = engine.Stream()
                .TakeWhile(Limits.BySteadyFitness<DoubleGene, double>(10))
                .ToBestEvolutionResult();

            using (var stream = new MemoryStream())
            {
                IFormatter formatter = new BinaryFormatter();
                formatter.Serialize(stream, interimResult);

                stream.Seek(0, SeekOrigin.Begin);
                var loadedResult = (EvolutionResult<DoubleGene, double>) formatter.Deserialize(stream);

                var result = engine.Stream(loadedResult)
                    .Take(10)
                    .ToBestEvolutionResult();

                Assert.NotEqual(0.0, result.GetBestFitness());
            }
        }
    }
}

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EFCC Nabs Two Currency 'Forgers'
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested two suspected currency forgers identified as Moses Adukwu and Iorlumum Reuben as a result of case transfer from the Department of State Service (DSS) to the said agency.
Iorlumun, 27-year-old was rescued by the DSS from angry mob after purchasing airtime with fake currency and later arrested in Vandeikya Local Government Area of Benue State.
Moses Adukwu, 33-year-old, former bus driver was apprehended by DSS in Olamabiro Local Government Area of Kogi state. He joined the buisness of forgery and minting of fake currency in Kogi state.
In a statement released by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, the anti-graft agency stated as follow;
"The journey for the two men began when the EFCC Makurdi zonal office received a case transferred from the Department of State Service, DSS against them.
"Iorlumun, 27 years old from Vandeikya Local Government Area of Benue State was arrested by DSS who rescued him from being lynched. He had purchased airtime from a woman who noticed that Reuben had paid her with fake currency and alerted people around.
"When interrogated, he confessed that he was introduced to the business by another man still at large who had also introduced him to a supplier, Adukwu. He also confessed to still be in possession of about N18,000 fake currencies which he has been unable to spend before his arrest.
"Adukwu, 33, who hails from Olamabiro Local Government Area of Kogi State, is a former bus driver who joined the counterfeiting business in 2017. He claimed he was introduced to the fraudulent business by one Mohammed still at large. He also confessed that he had visited Lagos to get his consignment but his meeting with the supplier was conducted under the Oshodi bridge.
"Subsequently, he paid the cash equivalent into the supplier's account while his consignment of fake currencies are sent to him by Waybill process.
"Adukwu revealed during interrogation that for N50,000 real currency, he gets about N400,000 fake naira notes in four packets. He then sells each pack of fake currency for N25,000 of genuine currency. They will soon be charged to court.
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Nemaura Medical Strengthens Manufacturing Team in Preparation for SugarBEAT® Commercial Launch.
LOUGHBOROUGH, England. Nemaura Medical Inc. (NASDAQ: NMRD), a medical technology company developing sugarBEAT® as a non-invasive glucose trending device for use by persons with diabetes and pre-diabetics today announced it has expanded its manufacturing team with the appointments of Omar Farooq as Project Manager and David McLachlan as a Project Director, both of whom bring substantial expertise to the company.
Dr. Faz Chowdhury CEO of Nemaura Medical commented, 'We are delighted to have Omar and David join our team, and are confident in their combined ability to support and guide the company's manufacturing scale-up from initial launch in the United Kingdom, to a global launch in multiple territories.'
These appointments are intended to supplement Nemaura's existing team of engineers, scientists and outsourced service providers as preparations continue for launch of sugarBEAT® in the coming months.
Omar is a chartered chemical engineer with 20 years of regulated industry experience across the full engineering lifecycle, including design, construction, commissioning, operation and process optimisation.
David will be directing the manufacturing and qualification strategy across multiple sites, to facilitate seamless transition into commercial launch and subsequently the scale up to support launches in multiple territories worldwide. David has an honours degree from Herriot Watt University, Edinburgh and over 25 years of experience in the healthcare industry. Most recently, he played a pivotal role in creating the manufacturing capability for the launch of a new blood glucose monitoring strip for a leading test strip manufacturer. This work included developing business cases for various manufacturing options, vendor selection and approval, and enhancing process throughput.
Nemaura Medical Inc. (NASDAQ: NMRD), is a medical technology company developing sugarBEAT® as a non-invasive, affordable and flexible glucose trending device for use by persons with diabetes and pre-diabetics.
SugarBEAT® consists of a daily disposable adhesive skin-patch connected to a rechargeable transmitter, with an app displaying glucose readings at five minute intervals over periods up to 24 hours.
SugarBEAT® can additionally be used by insulin using persons with diabetes as an adjunctive glucose monitoring device when calibrated by a finger stick reading.
www.NemauraMedical.com
www.sugarBEAT.com
The statements in this press release that are not historical facts, and may constitute forward-looking statements that are based on current expectations and are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual future results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such statements. Those risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, risks related to regulatory approvals and the success of Nemaura Medical's ongoing studies, including the safety and efficacy of Nemaura Medical's sugarBEAT® system, the failure of future development and preliminary marketing efforts, Nemaura Medical's ability to secure additional commercial partnering arrangements, risks and uncertainties relating to Nemaura Medical and its partners' ability to develop, market and sell sugarBEAT®, the availability of substantial additional equity or debt capital to support its research, development and product commercialization activities, and the success of its research, development, regulatory approval, marketing and distribution plans and strategies, including those plans and strategies related to sugarBEAT®. These and other risks and uncertainties are identified and described in more detail in Nemaura Medical's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including, without limitation, its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the current year, its Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, and its Current Reports on Form 8-K. Nemaura Medical undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements.
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We Asked: What's the Biggest Challenge Facing the Arts?
February 3, 2016 by Douglas McLennan 4 Comments
Last week we conducted our first ArtsJournal poll, asking readers: What's the biggest challenge facing the arts? We had 3,191 votes, with the largest percentage – 37% – answering funding. Second at 24% was "relevance/changing tastes" followed by "diversity" at 15% and "leadership" at 13%. Technology came in a distant fifth at 4%.
I will admit that the results surprised me a bit. Over the past year issues of diversity have become more and more visible. In theatre and what plays get produced. Movies and who makes decisions behind the cameras. Universities and who gets to say what and how they get to say it. The Oscars.
Then there's relevance. I would guess that a good half of all the stories I see about the arts these days have something to do with changing tastes and winning the attention of an ever-more-saturated audience. So many arts organizations and artists seem to be turning themselves inside out (some happily, others not) to figure out how to appeal to overloaded people who seem to be expecting more than they're getting.
But funding? I get that it's tough to balance budgets and keep the lights on. But "funding" seems like a small ball answer. It smacks of not being appreciated enough, of unmet expectations, of entitlement not fulfilled. Americans spend a lot of money on the arts. The arts are a substantial industry with considerable assets. According to Americans for the Arts, "nationally, the industry generated $135.2 billion of economic activity—$61.1 billion by the nation's nonprofit arts and culture organizations in addition to $74.1 billion in event-related expenditures by their audiences." And just look at the billions of dollars in new museums, concert halls and theatres built in the past 20 years. And funding is the biggest issue?
But look inside the answer. Funding might not necessarily be so self-interested. Last week, the Atlantic published a story about the way the arts are funded in America and offered a take on why the funding issue is really a diversity issue:
The current state of the arts in this country is a microcosm of the state of the nation. Large, mainstream arts institutions, founded to serve the public good and assigned non-profit status to do so, have come to resemble exclusive country clubs. Meanwhile, outside their walls, a dynamic new generation of artists, and the diverse communities where they live and work, are being systematically denied access to resources and cultural legitimation.
The piece paints a picture of cultural haves and have-nots and rising inequality, with public funding – now broken and overwhelmed by demand – able to do less with less to bridge the gap. Public funding, of course, makes up a smaller proportion of today's arts budgets than it used to. But slippage of the arts from Americans' lives is surely a bigger issue than a growing gap in public funding. Do we think that the non-profit arts are the publicly-subsidized housing of the larger American culture?
ArtsJournal blogger Diane Ragsdale wrote a post Monday in response to a question by the Irvine Foundation which has been focused for several years on engagement in the arts: "Is there an issue in the arts field that is more urgent than engagement?" Her answer, a resounding yes.
While lack of meaningful engagement in the arts is indeed troubling, I would offer that a larger problem is that the nonprofit, professional arts have become, by-and-large, as commodified, homogeneous, transactional, and subject to market forces as every other aspect of American society. From where I sit, the most important issue in the arts field these days may be that the different value system that art represents no longer seems to be widely recognized or upheld — by society-at-large, or even within the arts field itself…
Here we are in the 21st century and it strikes me that the nonprofit arts have become increasingly dehumanized–which is ironic since arguably one of the primary benefits of the arts is that they stimulate the senses, awaken us to beauty, fill us with awe, connect us to others, and inspire us to be better humans.
Yes, but can you measure that (the "better humans" part)? I'm being facetious, of course, but it occurs to me that our frenzy to measure everything these days has made us bump up hard against the things that are, at least so far, unmeasurable. We've always measured art in one way or another. Those measurements haven't been particularly scientific, accurate or objective. More critical and biased and personal. Messy. Like art.
But because we can now measure the neurons and DNA and clicks and "micro-moments" that are a window on human behavior, we're building new matrices of value and currency around them, and we're struggling with the relevance of things we cannot yet satisfactorily quantify, the arts certainly among them. And yes, because of it, our value systems are changing.
How many arts donors/funders do we know who are more interested in the "impact" of the art they support than whether it's any good? Somehow it no longer seems enough just to support something just because you like it. And foundations have gone from asking artists what are the cool things they're doing that the foundation can support to asking how artists can serve a foundation agenda. But then, what does "any good" mean right now?
So funding? Diversity? Relevance? My vote would be it all starts with leadership.
Filed Under: cultural issues
Funding is the principle issue, and objective numbers prove it. The NEA spends about 50 cents per capita on the arts. When funding by states and localities are included, the amount comes to about $3.60 per capita. Private funding for the arts comes to about $26 per capita. Public and private funding combined come to about $30 per capita.
By comparison Austria spends $324 per capita, Denmark $374, Norway $667, Germany $146, Italy $147, and Netherlands $333. The average for these countries is $331 – 11 times higher than American spending, both public and private.
This lack of funding for the arts is everywhere apparent in American society. The country, for example, only has 3 cities in the top 100 for opera performances per year. It ranks 39th for opera performances per capita — behind every European country except Portugal. In recent years the orchestras in San Diego, Miami, Kansas City, Albuquerque, Syracuse, Tulsa, San Antonio, New Orleans, Denver, San Jose, Colorado Springs, Honolulu, Miami, and Philadelphia declared bankruptcy. Many more are in continual financial trouble.
The real question is why only 37% saw funding as the principle problem. The other 63% of those who did the survey are clueless if they can't see the massive funding problem the USA has.
For documentation of the amount of American public funding for the arts see:
http://www.giarts.org/article/public-funding-arts-2013-update
For documentation of the European funding see:
http://www.culturalpolicies.net/web/statistics-funding.php?aid=118&cid=80&lid=en
Rick Robinson says
So the saying goes, when you are a hammer, every problem looks like a nail. We may have to account for such myopia in surveys. To a manager, funding is likely to be the largest issue. To a musician, leadership is likely to be a bigger issue. To audience outside the fine arts, relevance may likely be the bigger fish. Perhaps your survey could break down who answers the poll.
Metrics are perhaps most important for funders. As you seem to indicate, more important is the impact we can't yet measure. If there are ways to create real-but-immeasurable impact (stirring the pot) on a small scale, funders should enable us artists to experiment cheaply, refine and scale up without having to waste resources measuring true impact. It's obvious when ideas are beginning to work as more people come out. And yet real solutions are nec. medium- to long-term.
Fortunately there are a few funders recognizing the potential. Creative Capital, Knight Foundation and Kresge Foundation among others. Inside Philanthropy has a very good digest of trends, quotes and rationale to read.
Michael Wilkerson says
The issues are all connected, but as the picture (at least in the U.S.) increasingly becomes a battle between going out (to the arts or even to dinner or a ball game) vs. staying at home (Netflix, quality TV, livestreamed opera and music and theatre), "relevance" seems to me the core issue that will define whether the live performing arts will go the way of vaudeville after the introduction of movies or whether we will find a way to convince audiences (and ourselves) that the magic of "live" is worth the effort and the cost. Right now, we're not winning.
W.S. Roginski says
Too much public funding is uneven. Huge spending and operational expenses for museums, concert halls and theatres while charging exorbident fees to small dance companies who need special florring, mirrors and space to rehearse and perform. Much serious theartre and musical rehersals can occur in a living room or garage; not so for dance which requires more space and sprung floors to prevent injury. Dancers must also generally rehearse as a group for long periods of time to get accoustomed to the nuances of a new piece. Dancers and choreographers need low cost access to publically funded performance facilities. Set aside funds created with such buildings could cover low cost rent( electric, heat, security and janatorial services) for local dance companies ….at least. I have not said this before!
I'm the founder and editor of ArtsJournal, which was founded in September 1999 and aggregates arts and culture news from all over the internet. The site is also home to some 60 arts bloggers. I'm a … [Read More...]
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Our culture is undergoing profound changes. Our expectations for what culture can (or should) do for us are changing. Relationships between those who make and distribute culture and those who consume it are changing. And our definitions of what artists are, how they work, and how we access them and their work are changing. So... [Read more]
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