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The Selecter and the Tuts – Leeds Brudenell Sunday March 8th 2015 March 9, 2015
Filed under: Review — justwilliam1959 @ 7:53 pm
Tags: Because the Night, Beverley Ishmael, Black By Design, Breakdown, Bruce Springsteen, Brudenell Leeds, Celebrate The Bullet, Danger, Do I Have To Look For Love, Doris Day, Dovetown, Dump Your Boyfriend, Esper Scout, Gaps Hendrickson, Garbage, Harriet Doveton, International Womens Day, It Never Worked Out, James Bond, John Lydon, Jumbo Records, Londons Burning, Missing Words, My England, Nadia Javed, On My Radio, Patti Smith, Pauline Black, Reading and Leeds festival, Rudie Can't Fail, Sarah Statham, Secret Love, See Them A Come, Selecter, Shirley Manson, Subculture, The Selecter, Three Minute Hero, Too Much Pressure, Tut Tut Tut, Tuts, Two Tone Records, Viv Albertine, Worry Warrior
Last night was the first time I had been to a gig at the Brudenell in Leeds and I have to say it really is a fantastic venue. The eclectic and diverse mix of acts appearing there means that I will certainly come back. Anyway on to the main event; the Selecter. I had seen them once before but that would have been around 1979/ 1980 when I was younger than excellent support band the Tuts are now!
I arrived at the venue just before the doors opened and met some really nice people in the queue. Roger you're a top bloke! Soon after I came in Pauline Black and Gaps Hendrickson were manning the Selecter's merch stand. Obviously I was always going to buy something, so I bought a Selecter polo shirt and a CD of the band's new album; 'Subculture' which the pair of them signed for me. Pauline also signed my copy of her autobiography 'Black By Design' which I had finished reading a couple of weeks ago. It is an excellent book and every bit as good as recent autobiographies by John Lydon and Viv Albertine. In the book Pauline comes across as very open and honest and having met her, albeit briefly, she really is a wonderful woman. She and Gaps were very attentive with all the fans in the queue for Selecter product.
As for the gig it was the amazing Tuts who opened the show. They are the support band on the Selecter's UK tour and Pauline Black has championed them every step of the way. I think that this is the fourth time I have had the pleasure of seeing this incredible young band and it is clear to me that they just keep on getting better and better each time I see them. The stage costumes for tonight were made from a material patterned with the leaf of a popular and some would say refreshing herb. They looked very effective too! Their set was energetic and powerful and they certainly know how to work a crowd. On"Tut, Tut, Tut" especially for International Women's Day they invited Sarah Statham from local band Esper Scout to drum the intro while all three Tuts ran through the crowd making sure that we all sang along. New song "Do I Have To Look For Love" will become a classic and old favourites like "Worry Warrior" and "Dump Your Boyfriend" already are. The girls cover of the Clash's "Rudie Can't Fail" was sublime. Nadia berated the music industry about the apparent need to posses a penis to succeed in the music business. Now those of us with half a brain know that shouldn't be true, but judging from the line-up for Reading and Leeds this year it certainly and sadly has some credence. So come on all you labels and management companies stop all the macho willy waving and sign this band! Metaphorically they have more balls than many of the men in the music industry! The queue and interest in the band at their merch table was incredible which shows that the fans are there! So come on record labels how about a deal. As for more gigs what about another support slot? Garbage must need a decent support band and the could not go wrong with the Tuts, are you listening Shirley Manson?
As for the headliners what can I say? The Selecter were awesome. They played most of their biggest songs; "On My Radio", "Missing Words", "Celebrate The Bullet" and my particular favourites; "Too Much Pressure" and "Three Minute Hero". I thought "Danger" and "London's Burning" went down a storm too and really got the crowd rocking! One of my newer favourites and it's yet another crowd pleaser is "My England". They played a few songs from the new album, which I have now played a couple of times now and it is bloody good. It gets an official release next month, but for now is available at the band's merch stand on the rest of the tour. Some of the new material fits into the set so well that you'd think it had been around a while. "Box Fresh" could easily become a classic pop song. "It Never Worked Out" and "See Them A Come" are the Selecter at their best and on top form. Another song from the new album, "Breakdown" tackles the large number of black people who have died in custody in this country and is as you would expect very hard-hitting. This is clearly a band that stands up proudly for human rights and are openly anti racist and anti sexist, as frankly we all should be! The pre encore show ended with a magnificent version of "Last Train To Skaville" which had all the aging skinheads from the ska revival of the late 70s stomping and skanking hard enough to cave the floor in! Like me many of those folks now have a natural skinhead look given the lack of hair that age brings to some of us. The encore kicked off with a mighty version of "James Bond" and the Tuts joined the Selecter on stage at the end for a final goodbye to the Brudenell crowd. Nadia even managed to stage dive and briefly crowd surf. As for the energy of the band, Gaps must have sweated gallons! (Is there an exercise DVD that could be made from that performance?) Finally I should also mention two other covers that the Selecter performed; Doris Day's "Secret Love" which worked really well when ska-ified and Springsteen's "Because The Night" from the new album and for me worked even better when played live. Overall this was a cracking night and I would definitely not leave it as long before seeing the Selecter again and I am already looking forward to seeing the Tuts again.
You can still catch them both on the remaining dates of the UK tour and if you haven't already done so then sort yourself a ticket out. You will not regret it!
OK and now for the usual public service note, this time the pictures were taken on my little phone but the videos were all obtained on You Tube.
Reading Festival 2011 – Day 1 – The Pictures September 1, 2011
Tags: BBC Introducing, NME, Nokia, Reading & Leeds Festivals, Reading and Leeds festival
Here we go good people a few festival pictures taken with my Nokia. This is post 1 of 3. I hope you enjoy 🙂
Reading Festival 2011 – The Preview August 25, 2011
Filed under: Observation — justwilliam1959 @ 9:34 pm
Tags: 2manydjs, Leeds, Muse, My Chemical Romance, Nick Horslen, Pulp, Reading and Leeds festival, Strokes
So here we are then just hours away from the kick off of the Reading and Leeds festivals which means you'll shortly get to hear my opinions on all that I see this weekend. Well I suppose that to some degree does depend on exactly what I see; some things that go on at festival stay at festival. So perhaps I won't mention scotch eggs! I reckon some of you could put 2 and 2 together about that and not many of you would reach an answer of 4. I will be at the Reading end of the festival, despite living very close to the Leeds site. Why would I do this I hear you ask? Well because
Reading for me is the original annual rock festival. Plus it is my annual meet up with my good friend Nick Horslen. A kind of Grumpy Old Men do the festival kind of vibe.
The headliners are My Chemical Romance, Pulp/ The Strokes (joint headliners) and Muse. Of that bunch I am mostly looking forward to Pulp. Muse will be playing the whole of their 'Origin of Symmetry' album. It's the 10th anniversary year of the release of that one. I have seen Muse three times before and loved them every time. However I am a little torn this time as their set clashes with a headline set in one of the tents by 2 Many DJs. I love their mash-up mix tape efforts and I have always wanted to see them.
I always like to check out bands with interesting names that I have never heard of as well. So this year I shall definitely try to get to see She Keeps Bees.
If there is anyone you think I should check out feel free to let me know and if you're going to be at Reading yourself come and say hello.
It's adios for now while I go to the darkest recesses of the shed to try to find my steel toe-capped wellies!
Reading Festival 2010 – Picture Special! September 1, 2010
Tags: Amy's Ghost, Axl Rose, Brilliant Things, Dragons Den, Free Energy, Gaslight Anthem, Guns NRoses, Jake Horslen, Less Than Jake, Lost Prophets, Nick Horslen, Nokia, Reading and Leeds festival, Reading Festival, Villagers, YouTube
OK dear readers (especially if you just like looking at the pictures) what follows is a selection of pictures taken by myself and Mr H at this years festival. All were taken using nothing but Nokia mobile phones. Sadly (or perhaps happily) there are no pictures of Guns N Roses, largely because our batteries ran out while waiting an hour for them to appear. At a later stage we may put a few videos on YouTube too (watch this blog for news of that!) So in no particular order here they come.
Amy's Ghost a terrific local band
The Brilliant Things - a brilliant band
Lostprophets - MEGA LOLZ
Free Energy - a superb rock band from Philly
Villagers - quite a small village I assume 🙂
Villagers - yes definitely a small village!
A view of the crowd from the crowd
I'm going on Dragons Den for an investment in my floating tent invention!
I bet those wellies weren't so clean on the way home
All that mud and not a hippo in sight
mud, mud, glorious mud
What to wear and what not to wear
Lucie and her friend and Nick
Suzy, Nick, me and half of Jake (can we get a Less Than Jake reference in there somewhere?)
Suzy, Nick, half of me and Jake
Reading Festival 2010 – Day 1, Friday 27th August August 30, 2010
Tags: Amy's Ghost, Axl Rose, BBC, BBC Radio 1, BBC Radio Berkshire, Billy Talent, Crazy Arm, Delphic, Egyptian Hip Hop, Festival Republic, Florence And The Machine, G'n'R, George W Bush, Girls, Gogol Bordello, Guns n Roses, Harlem, Ian Anderson, Jethro Tull, Kate Bush, LCD Soundsystem, Leeds University, Lost Prophets, Marina And The Diamonds, Mumford And Sons, New Young Pony Club, Nick Horslen, NME, NOFX, Pulled Apart By Horses, Radio 1, Reading and Leeds festival, Reading Festival, Sketches, We're Only Afraid Of NYC, Wot Gorilla?
It's been a year of waiting but here is the first of my posts from this year's Reading Festival. Thankfully the rain had stopped but it had left parts of the festival site looking a little like the First World War trenches, my sympathies certainly extend to many of the more unlucky campers, presumably those who arrived last. Personally I 'don't do' camping and will be staying at my good friend Nicks during the whole event.
We finally got through the gates just after noon and managed to catch a very brief glimpse of a band I had hoped to see purely because they have an excellent name; Wot Gorilla? I didn't see enough to say much about them sadly, but they seemed ok. Next up we saw Crazy Arm, a tight, strong band very much in a rock mould. Harlem were next and again it was a brief glimpse, but I would suggest that these guys know how to party. A local band appearing on the BBC Introducing Stage had been recommended to us by BBC Radio Berkshire; Amy's Ghost they were superb. Shades of Kate Bush and Florence (off of Florence and the Machine) influences among others, also very theatrical. I even bought their album from the delightful singer who stayed around to talk to fans until the Beeb told her she had to leave.
New Young Pony Club, were accomplished with a great rapport with their audience. We watched them play a couple of songs in our bid to see as many bands as possible in a day. I would say very much destined for a reasonable career, sound as a pound I would say! Billy Talent were next on the Main Stage; very punk, very loud and they mean it maaaan! After this it was a more chilled sound with Girls who are from San Francisco, but maybe the flowers on the mic stand gave that away. A good band though even if the singer/ stroke guitarist did adopt a one-legged flamingo pose occasionally a little like Ian Anderson off of Jethro Tull. We're Only Afraid Of NYC were quite reasonable, but we only caught a brief glimpse before heading to the Main Stage again for Gogol Bordello, probably my favourite band of the day. This is the third time I have seen them at Reading and once again they were brilliant. This is truly a superb band that knows their audience and knows how to have a great time. I hadn't realised quite how cosmopolitan they were either, including members from Russia, Ethiopia, USA, Ecuador and Scotland to name but a few.
Sketches met while at Leeds University and know how to really funk things up; I reckon they'd be great in a small sweaty venue. We only saw a short part of Pulled Apart By Horses set, but I think I may have to check them out on-line when I get home; these boys know their stuff and hit some excellent riffs. Heading past the Main Stage again we chanced upon NOFX. We only heard one song which was about assassinating George W Bush, so that makes them alright with me. Disappointedly we managed just the briefest of glimpses of Egyptian Hip Hop, but it was a good glimpse and I will certainly be exploring them more on-line. You have to love a band with that name, who are neither Egyptian (at least I don't think so) or Hip Hop (well they didn't sound it anyway). Back to the Main Stage for the Lost Prophets, these boys were truly fucking ace, we were singing and jumping with the rest of the crowd, another of my favourite bands of the day.
The NME/ Radio 1 tent beckoned next for Delphic. A brilliant dance band, but I might have benefited more with a spliff beforehand, but seeing as I don't do drugs that was never going to happen, but a great set none the less. We stayed in place for Mumford And Sons and I have never seen that tent so crowded, in fact a number of people passed out in the crush. The crowd was mental for Mumford (hey could that be another band name?) and the band played like they felt it too. I like them, but I'd probably only see them at festivals. I probably lost a few pounds in sweat from that experience too
We then went back to the Main Stage to await the arrival of Guns N Roses, well Axl Rose and some other musicians really. Boy did we wait, they were an hour late coming on and at best were like a G'n'R tribute band. The booing started way before they hit the stage and continued afterwards too. Axl had no interaction with his audience and I think his voice is shot as well. In all my years of going to Reading I have never seen an audience so small for a headliner on the Main Stage or an audience so muted in their applause and reaction. I always felt that Guns N Roses were a poor headline choice and now I'm sure I was right. You could always hear the sound of barrels being scraped and dead horses being flogged.
We actually didn't stay for the whole of G'n'R but alternated between LCD Soundsystem in the NME/ Radio 1 Tent and Marina And The Diamonds on the Festival Republic stage. Both of these bands were very entertaining and each of them was way better than Guns N Roses. I've liked a lot of LCD's output and I will be buying Marina's album soon as well.
So now it's time for some brief R and R before we make our assault on Day 2. In the words of Arnie, I will be back soon, ok I know he never said soon, but that's just slightly more English and genteel isn't it?
Tags: Arcade Fire, Blink 182, David Bowie, Guns n Roses, Luke Adamson, Nick Horslen, Reading and Leeds festival, Reading Festival, Steal The Smile
Tomorrow morning dear readers I will be travelling to the Reading Festival. Now for those of you from outside the UK who think this might have something to do with books, well it doesn't, it's all about rock music, with a dash of dance and comedy. I have been in attendance for more years than I care to recall now, many of those with my good friend Nick Horslen and that partnership is maintained this year once again.
I intend to provide you with a review post of the festival, but whether that will need to wait until Monday or Tuesday depends on the connectivity! The headliners this year are a really eclectic selection in my opinion. Friday night is Guns N Roses, who let's face it aren't Guns N Roses anymore are they? Saturday night brings Canada's Arcade Fire, who I think are very good but a somewhat strange choice for headliners, but they are good friends of David Bowie and he has appeared on stage with them before, so my fingers are firmly crossed. Then to close on Sunday night it's the turn of reformed pop punkers Blink 182. They are my son's favourite band of all time, so he will certainly have a great festival and maybe in a few years we will get to see him play the hallowed Reading stage with his band Steal The Smile.
OK so here's the deal, if you can't make the festival, check the festival website then comment on this post and tell me the bands you'd like me to check out on your behalf and if I can fit them in I will. But if you are there feel free to get in touch via the blog, maybe I'll even let you provide a guest review 🙂


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AllahpunditPosted at 8:01 am on May 6, 2018
It's a hard-hitting policy-focused line-up on the Sunday shows this morning with an array of guests of wide-ranging expertise. Leading off on "This Week," it'll be … Stormy Daniels's lawyer, Michael Avenatti.
Over on "Meet the Press"? Avenatti again.
"Face the Nation," traditionally a more substantive show, will sit down instead with, let's see here … Michael Avenatti.
Let's hope at least one of these interviewers asks Avenatti why he was pushing the lie that Michael Cohen was wiretapped on Thursday before the truth came out. Also, are we going to get a Rudy Giuliani appearance anywhere to balance this? He's not booked yet as I write this on Saturday morning, although maybe there's a reason for that:
Giuliani's attempt at damage control will probably do little to mitigate the legal problems he has caused, legal experts said.
"The first rule is to shut up, which he is unable to do," said Stephen Gillers, a law professor at New York University. "False exculpatory statements often come back to bite."
"Giuliani's barrage harmed his client," he added. "He waived the privilege for communications with Trump on the subject of his public statements."
One close Trump adviser agreed, saying Giuliani had "waived the privilege, big time," with his public descriptions of his conversations with the president.
Rudy told Brian Kilmeade on Thursday that Avenatti is a "complete jerk" who should turn in his law license. It's takes some stones to be throwing around critiques like that after the week he's had. His media tour the past few days was a disaster on the merits — how often do lawyers have to issue written "clarifications" of things they've said in interviews? — but if he inadvertently waived the privilege as well by blabbing too much he'll end up in the Bad Lawyering Hall of Fame.
If the thought of sitting through Avenattipalooza doesn't appeal to you, there's always, er, Adam Schiff, who'll be on "State of the Union" to give the thousandth iteration of his Russiagate talking points while emphasizing that it's waaaay too hasty to talk about impeaching Trump. Clearly Schiff and his colleagues have seen some polling showing that the impeachment message is more likely to drive Republicans to vote this fall than Democrats. The new liberal two-step is to say (1) Trump is the most corrupt president since Nixon, at least, and (2) they have no intention of doing anything about it if you give them the House, scout's honor! The full line-up is at the AP.
Tags: adam schiff giuliani michael avenatti stormy daniels Sunday talk shows

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Q: Using jQuery.parseXML I am trying to create an aggregator that will pull items from an RSS feed and store them in a jQuery array (so that I can cycle through the array and randomise output).
I have found some info on using jQuery.parseXML for this however the demo provided I cannot figure out as I don't have much knowledge in the area and the demo doesn't show anywhere where the link to the RSS feed is added?

Where do I add my RSS feed link? And where is the array made?
Ultimately this will be a mosaic wall with all the items output visually in HTML.
The data I have from the RSS feed for each item is:

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I need to pull all this data through so I can  output title, description, wrap the two in the link tag, and then store the category and use the stored publish date to randomise output (select last 30 days for example and output those items in a random order).
Here is the code I have written using the Ajax page but I don't know if that's right or what it should do to work....
jquery.ajax(http://www.sagittarius-digital.com/news.rss [, dataType xml])

A: You don't need to use $.parseXml() when you call the rss feed via ajax with a dataType of 'xml'.
$.ajax({
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    dataType:'xml',
    success:function( xmlString ){
        var $xml = $( xmlDoc ),
        $title = $xml.find( "title" );

        $title.each(function(){
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Remember the RSS url needs to be in the same domain the javascript file is in. If not, then you will need to do some server-side logic, cURL for example, to get the rss feed.

A: Try something like
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      url: 'news.rss', //place the your rss feed url here
      dataType: 'xml'
    }).done(function(xml){
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      $('ul').append(items.join(' '));
    }).fail(function(){
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UFA Options is a continuing series that gives a brief run-down of the unrestricted free agent market this summer, team-by-team. Our next team for consideration is the Columbus Blue Jackets.
With the recent FMNFing and the new armada of Coaching staff sailing into the Bay of OilersNation, there is bound to be a ton of changes in the approach to the game of hockey, the personnel involved on the ice and the overall attitude at RX1.
The Edmonton Journal is reporting today that Denis Grebeshkov is likely to return to the Oilers and is close to signing a three-year deal worth a shade over 3-million dollars a season.
People fixated on his birth certificate or his grey hair are already second-guessing the choice of 66-year-old Pat Quinn as the new head coach of the Edmonton Oilers.
UFA Options is a continuing series that gives a brief run-down of the unrestricted free agent market this summer, team-by-team. Our next team for consideration is the Colorado Avalanche.


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The Limelight – Theo Brazeau, Product Manager
The Limelight series focuses on employee culture across the iSpot organization. Follow along as we take a closer look at the real people behind one of the most comprehensive TV ad catalogs and more.
This month we interview Theo Brazeau, Product Manager—and learn about his journey through a fast-evolving tech start-up like iSpot.
Theo Brazeau, Product Manager
What is your current role at iSpot.tv?
I'm a Product Manager, which mostly means I help plan and drive the products on iSpot's road map. On a more day-to-day level, I'm either in meetings or Jira (or both) working on anything from rollout plans to initial wires.
How did your background lead you to iSpot?
I have an English degree from the University of Wisconsin and took a job as a writer at a healthcare trade publication straight out of college. It was the worst job I've ever had (and I've been a janitor at a manufacturing plant). So, I quit and moved to Seattle on the advice of a friend. I accepted the first job I could, which, and I still can't believe how well it turned out, was on iSpot's Editorial team. From there I was eventually promoted to Editorial Manager and then moved onto Product.
What are the typical challenges you face in your role?
As no two days are ever the same, the "typical challenges" are always changing from project to project. But at a high level, identifying the "how," "why" and "when" of a given project or product presents the greatest challenges. Otherwise, the hardest thing is wrangling people into a noontime lunch meeting.
What is the most exciting part about your role?
Watching something come together from the "wouldn't it be cool" phase to actual launch. I also probably shouldn't say this, but there's a part of me that likes fires—there's something exciting about the scramble.
You were an early employee of iSpot– how has your previous experience in one department influenced your work at your current department/position?
My work on the Content Ops team (or Editorial, when I was on it) has influenced me in probably every conceivable way. However, what most comes to mind is how I think about downstream effects. Something as seemingly simple as changing the title of an ad or merging duplicate commercials can have serious ripple effects.
During your time at iSpot, the company and the TV ecosystem as a whole has changed quite a bit. How has that impacted your role at this high growth tech start-up?
I've been fortunate enough to grow with the company as we engrained further into the advertising industry and learned a ton in the process. It saved me a lot of money by not having to go to grad school. But really, it feels like just about everything has changed in some way or another, even the building itself. Gone are the days of wandering vacuum salespeople and the solitary Johnny Cash collage that served as our only decoration that came with the old building.
What is the most rewarding/ best perk of working at iSpot?
This is an easy one. The best part of any role that I've had in the organization has been my coworkers. I like you guys.
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USM introduces 'the third space' at Downtown Design
Modular furniture maker USM will showcase the third space – a concept blurring the lines between work and play places – at Downtown Design.
It responds to the shake-up of "fundamental design concepts" as offices, cafes and hotels face pressure to become more adaptable, flexible and non-formulaic.
USM – the company behind the celebrated Haller modular system – will introduce the third space at its Downtown Design booth, designed by Dubai-based architecture firm Wanders Werner Falasi.
Sandra Schär, group marketing director, USM Modular Furniture, said the design industry needed to respond to the way in which work and play spaces had coalesced.
"Spaces need to accommodate an increasingly transient workforce and multi-faceted communities," she said. "We are excited to be showcasing our vision of the third space at Dubai Downtown Design and to be making places with the regional community."
USM discovered the third space during a probe into the changing nature of design. The company said it discovered key elements that are crucial to the third space, including how our surrounds reflect our personality.
The place does not have to dictate the person, just like education can be enjoyed outside the confines of a classroom, USM noted.
USM collaborated with regional distributor One52 for the showcase at Downtown Design.
Earlier this year, One52 launched its first flagship Middle East showroom in Dubai that showcases USM furniture for residential and office design. The store was designed by Wanders Werner Falasi.
Commenting on the third space, Hannes Werner, co-founder of Wanders Werner Falasi, said: "We are excited to be working with USM and bringing to life the concept of the third space. As architects, we have seen the shift in how people use and engage with spaces, a trend that has impacted the way we approach design."
Downtown Design runs from 12-15 November at Dubai Design District and is held under the patronage of HH Sheikha Latifa Bint Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, chairperson of Dubai Culture & Arts Authority.
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Our generation is one full of creativity. But our economic situations have not allowed us all to flourish in our artistries as quickly as we would like. The cost of living an adult life gets in the way. So no, we do not have the luxury of playing with our toys all day. Our instruments, sewing machines, sketchbooks, and plans go unattended for a little bit. And the problem is, we love our work so much, we don't want to begin to fully commit to it unless we know we can give it our absolute all. Why start if we cannot sit there and finish our masterpieces? I don't want to stop in the middle because my 9-5 demands I press a few buttons, document a couple spreadsheets, and tuck in my shirt when applicable.
I say all this to bring attention to the current struggle between having substance and having stability in a world that's telling us we have to pick one or the other for now. We cannot be great because we have to: be mediocre in the workplace, give up the pieces of ourselves that don't get us paid, and take our places among the ones before so we can make money. To get the good credit we need to get the good car and the good house and the good 401K, we are being told to transition quietly and without grief to the monotony known as fiscal responsibility.
Meanwhile, artistic traits are seen as negatives that yield little to no money unless you're famous. So now all the creativity must be marketed online for free with the hopes that it is noticed by one of the few who has enough power to pay you for making people laugh for 15 seconds at a time.
So what happens to the bottled up talent while we work our 9-5? It seeps out in our clothes. In our hair. In our music. In our style. There is gold we've been sitting on or sharing with the world bit by bit. Producers bide their time in their basements. Photographers shoot their friends to cut costs. Labels are branded and the market grows slowly as we become more independent and get jobs that match the degrees we were told would make everything easier…and enable us to move out of our parents' houses, FINALLY!
We can focus solely on our masterpieces…finally.
Arrington Fleming is the CEO of Snapback Nation – #SnapAholics, #SBN, #SonnyVisionary…and this is his masterpiece.
So what is Snapback Nation?
How'd you get into the business?
So what is your definition of style?
Arrington: Classic vintage, Street clean, Foreign urban…selective. I select basic stuff and I just wear it in a way where it doesn't look basic to people.
Arrington: The goal is to bring attention to how important it is to learn your worth. The goal in life is to be happy and once you're happy, anything goes because you're staying positive. We're bringing in a new society.
Well, who's supposed to care?
Arrington: Everybody. Because I believe this is the way we all can live the same level mentally. Everybody's worried more about income, but if we focus on the mental, we can be over all the other material things. The world would be different if we could grow as a people. It's population control vs. freedom right now. And to be free, you have to be open-minded….literally open minded.
Arrington: April 25, we're dropping a collection with M&&B and GoonMilk. #TheSteamSociety: a collection for Four Twenty. We're doing this together to promote unity and you can expect many things from the Society. I also have a paper issue magazine dropping for people in the DMV area to network. It'll be based off the needs of the groups in search of photographers, models, actors, artists in general. It'll drop as a series, launching monthly for a 5 month cycle.
This magazine idea bloomed working with fellow creator, Jasmine, discussing where they were heading in life. They decided to collide on this project. Homage is due her for her distressed and stitch work styling for previous Snapaholics shoots.
Arrington: People are not doing concept shoots anymore. Models are just taking shots for brands. We were able to create demand for our style of shooting, our concepts, and our message. And we're definitely about to begin shooting again soon.
(@ReWrite_History). We had to cut out the middleman and bide our time for the budget. Be patient. Use our tools for our purposes only.
Arrington: I got Young Sonny from one of my favorite films, The Godfather. But Sonny wasn't enough. Sonny Visionary is everything you can envision. I got the logo from Uncle JoJo: a fellow DMV artist who's coming with a lot of spoken power for the path we're on. Everybody should be working off each other for the full benefit of the community, seeking our creative culture more fully.
As a clothing line, do you recognize cultural appropriation?
Arrington: Yes, I recognize it. And my line targets it.
What style are you claiming has been appropriated?
Arrington: I want people to explore themselves as the individual entity instead of as a corporation for qualification. It is each of its citizens that makes the one whole citizen man, woman, and child of the world. Everyone is so focused on the name brands of these clothes, they're forgetting to brand themselves.
This is only the beginning of light being shown on the talent in this area. We have clothing lines, photographers, tattoo artists, painters, producers, rappers, social workers, and activists just to name a few. Arrington is an example of that light being shown on others and all parties benefitting simultaneously. Collaboration is key. Individuality is key. Money will come. Build your own brand. Build your own people. Build your own nation.
This is a call to the artists seeking stability in their substance.


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Kay Myer just sent us the lovely and endearing cover art she created for Sandra Phoenix's new book, "Toadface." She has also created illustrations which appear throughout the book. We do not have those illustrations, which does make the book that much more enticing to purchase. Congratulations on a great job, Kay!


Enjoy an evening under the stars of contemporary flute and guitar music celebrating the beauty of Latin heritage, culture, and spirit. This program of works by composers from Brazil, Argentina and Spain features favorite classics by Heitor Villa-Lobos and Enrique Granados, alongside original arrangements of works by Astor Piazzolla and more!
Stargazing will follow beginning at nightfall (weather permitting).
Seating is extremely limited for this performance; please reserve your seats early!
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In some cases, especially with more complex or chronic conditions, a team approach to healing and recovery is in your best interest.
At these times, we are pleased to work with other health care providers who share a similar vision to treating the whole person, as required. This team approach can help to augment our comprehensive physiotherapy services and ultimately, enhance your overall success. We are happy to provide a referral or recommendation for others who may work with us to help you to achieve your goals.
For more interdisciplinary referrals, please talk to us during your visit. We are happy to share out vast experience with you in order to help you resolve your problems and move forwards in your healing and recovery.
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Barbara Perry, Broadway Veteran and DICK VAN DYKE SHOW Star, Dies at 97
by Stephi Wild
BroadwayWorld.com May. 7, 2019
Barbara Perry, the actress best known for her role on The Dick Van Dyke Show, passed away on Sunday, May 5, at age 97, according to the New York Daily News.
Perry played the role of Buddy Sorrell's wife Pickles on The Dick Van Dyke Show. She also appeared on The Andy Griffith Show, Bewitched, How I Met Your Mother, and, most recently, Baskets.
She began her career at age four, appearing in concerts, stage, opera, radio, screen and television.
Perry made her stage debut playing Trouble in a Met production of Madame Butterfly.
On Broadway, she appeared in Swan Song in 1946 and Happy as Larry in 1950.
Other television credits included The Donna Reed Show, The Hathaways, St. Elsewhere, Newhart, and Murphy Brown. Her film credits include Father of the Bride, Trancers, and The Back-Up Plan.
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Can Algorithms Prevent Politicians' Gerrymandering?
BU political scientist says they can curb unfair legislative maps
By Rich Barlow for BU Today
Research by Maxwell Palmer and colleagues applies computational thinking to solve an age-old political problem: gerrymandering. Illustration by Jared Rodriguez/Truthout.org
After we all complete those printed or online 2020 Census forms, the decennial headcount of Americans will allow states to redraw their congressional and state legislative districts, based on shifting population patterns. That's the theory. But as one wag says, in theory, there's no difference between theory and practice, but in practice, there is.
The practice of state legislatures often is to draw district lines to skew elections in their favor. For example, Republicans who won a minority of votes in several states after the 2010 census still won a majority of congressional seats in those same states, by clustering their voters in tortuously shaped districts to make majorities. (Democrats in Maryland pulled the same trick.)
Gerrymandering has grown so blatant that voters in several states have taken away lawmakers' mapmaking magic marker and handed it to independent commissions. Elsewhere, judges have ordered legislatures back to the drawing board after lawsuits challenged district outlines. And Missouri has turned the job over to a demographer, although a proposed ballot initiative would reassign it yet again to commissions or courts.
Maxwell Palmer, a College of Arts & Sciences assistant professor of political science, has another idea: let algorithms do the drawing. He is drafting, along with Harvard colleagues, a working paper on a plan they call "define-combine."
Their "simple tool [that] could solve one of our democracy's worst problems" (Fast Company's words) uses computational thinking to constrain legislators' hijinks. The plan is a two-step process. In the first, "define," step, the majority party draws the map as it wants, with two conditions: it must draw twice as many districts as necessary, dividing the ones it wants into two subdistricts each. And no "donut" districts that encircle others-a stunt used, for example, by the Louisiana GOP to create Republican districts in the white suburbs, carving out Black voters in inner cities who otherwise would have leaned the district Democratic.
In the second, "combine," step, the minority party combines subdistricts back to create final districts, with one condition: only adjoining districts may be combined. In sum, each party knows the other will get a shot at mapmaking; neither can do whatever it pleases, but must modify its dream map so as to minimize the hit it takes from the other party.
Palmer recently discussed the plan with BU Today.
BU Today: In the "defined" stage, what impedes the majority's ability to gerrymander?
Maxwell Palmer: What impedes their ability is that the second party gets to combine. The second party gets to recombine these contiguous districts into pairs to make the final map. So imagine you're the first party, and you make the best map for you. Now I get to go, and I'm going to look at the millions of ways I can repair those districts. Even though they have to rejoin [contiguous] districts, there are still, in any big state, millions of legal combinations; they're going to pick the best one for them. [With the first party's] optimal gerrymander, it could turn out that I can undo it really easily.
Palmer would give both political parties a shot at drawing legislative maps, allowing each to minimize the other's mischief-making. Photo by Jackie Ricciardi
For example, one common tactic is called packing. We saw this in North Carolina. Republicans created a few very, very, very Democratic districts, and then around them are a bunch of Republican districts that are less [intensely] Republican, but still majority Republican. You can't do that as easily under define-combine: if you do [packing] as a Republican, I, as a Democrat going second, am going to pair each of those 80 percent Democratic subdistricts with Republican-majority-but-less-than-80-percent subdistricts to create two Democratic districts.
If the minority party gets to combine, what's to stop them from gerrymandering?
They're highly constrained: they can only make pairs of the subdistricts drawn by the first party. They don't get to redraw any of those districts. So if you're going first, what you're trying to do is pick a map where, when I maximize [my advantages] in the second stage, you've minimized my ability to do that. So the best map for you on its own might not be the one you're going to produce.
This procedure could draw some really ugly-looking districts, but there is going to be less partisan bias in that map.
What states are heavily gerrymandered now?
Pennsylvania was before [a lawsuit] in 2018, and they changed the map. North Carolina is better than it was, but still bad. The Wisconsin legislature was another topic of recent [legal] cases. In our paper, we also include Michigan.
What are the odds of states adopting define-combine? Why would majority parties adopt this in their state?
We can imagine a lot of reasons. There are a bunch of different paths to adoption.
A court could order the parties to draw a remedial map this way. In North Carolina, for example, a judge gave the state legislature a window of time and constraints about how they were supposed to redraw it. One possibility is that instead of throwing it back to the legislature, [a judge] could say, draw it by define-combine.
Another thing we know is that gerrymandering is really unpopular with voters. If we look at referenda on trying to replace legislative-drawn maps with commission-drawn maps, these things are passing. So legislatures can see there might be a commission, taking the power out of their hands. Maybe a legislature might think, we can have at least influence over the maps ourselves with define-combine.
Why not turn the whole redistricting process over to artificial intelligence and the computer, and say, taking human manipulation out of the process is objectively the fairest way?
I don't know that we can define an "objectively fairest way." What we think is the best map is the product of decisions we make about what to prioritize. Do we want the map that comes closest to proportional representation? Maybe, maybe not. There are good reasons why we might want a majoritarian map that makes small majorities a little bit bigger.
Do we want the most compact map, where the districts look the best when we eyeball them? That can also produce partisan results. Do we want a map that keeps counties and towns in the same districts that respects communities of interest? Whatever we prioritize, everything is a tradeoff.
We can imagine a computer that's going to draw millions of maps and picks the one that best maps some function. But the choice of what goes into that function-what the computer should prioritize-are all decisions made by people. A computer can't decide what its objective criteria are.
For additional commentary by Boston University experts, follow us on Twitter at @BUexperts. Follow Maxwell Palmer on Twitter at @MaxwellBPalmer. Follow the Boston University Department of Political Science at @BU_PoliSci.
Originally published on BU Today.
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What a festival of life this is! A Holy Day of Obligation whose obligation is commanded as one is "commanded" each moment to yet again breathe, for if you wish to live even now in the joy of her risen life, celebrate now this life with her!
For whatever reason, this passage opened in me, around 2:00 a.m., an overwhelmingly intense and very personal awareness that she was present, looking at me with tenderness and raining down torrential grace (that was the image I had). It lasted the rest of the night, and by morning I was absolutely convinced beyond the shadow of a doubt that she was, in God's exquisite plan, my Mother, the summation and overflow of all that is best in redeemed human nature, and that being near her in prayer only left you better, nearer to her eternal Son who made our humanity his own in her heart and her womb.


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Asimov's Science Fiction - March/April 2019
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March/April 2019 is a special tribute issue to long-time Asimov's editor Gardner Dozois. Gardner, who won fifteen Hugos for best editor during his time at the magazine, is remembered by thirteen distinguished authors in a heartfelt "In Memoriam." We're also reprinting "The Peacemaker" from our August 1983 issue. With a melting Antarctic, coastal inundations, and drowning lowlands, this poignant tale may be even more relevant today than it was when it won the Nebula thirty-five years ago. March/April contains a thrilling mix of stories by authors long associated with Gardner as well as tales by exciting newcomers. Jack Dann touches on what happens when "Mr. Death Goes to the Beach"; Michael Swan¬wick treats us to "Eighteen Songs by Debussy"; Eileen Gunn investigates "Terrible Trudy on the Lam"; Kristine Kathryn Rusch unravels the mystery of an eerie "Transport." Lawrence Watt-Evans returns to his famous diner to show us "How I Found Harry's All-Night Hamburgers"; Allen M. Steele reveals the secret of "The Lost Testament"; Alex Irvine tells the brutal tale of "Isla Tiburon"; Greg Egan's comp minds look for freedom through "Instantiation"; and Tom Purdom takes us on a "January March." We have three tales by first-time Asimov's authors. Zhao Haihong gifts us with "The Starry Sky Over the Southern Isle"; Rammel Chan introduces us to some questionable "Tourists"; and Kofi Nyameye forces us to face the unthinkable when "The Lights Go Out, One By One."
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Some adherents to the local belief of Mother Goddess are considered chosen ones of must respond to the call.
Sitting around a smoky table in a trendy café, we could have been just like any other group of people discussing work, the weather, or even the fortunes of the local sports team, but the topic carried a bit more weight and the stakes were as high as they come. There were three of us – two local people and myself – with one woman translating for me as another young woman opened up about her religious journey and the path she has taken to become an instrument of God. She looked like a normal, well-adjusted millennial sipping on an iced tea, but her lips spoke of being called from on high and her meeting with deities after traversing the spiritual plane.
The groundwork of Mother Goddess Worship, or "Dao Mau" in Vietnam
A personal story about "Dao Mau" of the young woman named Hanh
Her road to channeling divinities started in her childhood.
The first step in the Hero's Quest is the call to adventure.
The next phase of the training after accepting the call
At the bottom line…
The young woman's name is Hanh and before I can elaborate on her experience I should lay some groundwork for the religion she practices. Mother Goddess Worship is an indigenous religion in Vietnam, though its roots are in many different places. Just as in the West, when we look at modern Christianity we see a blend of the original Abrahamic tradition integrated with the pagan rituals of ancient Europeans, the modern rituals of Mother Goddess Worship or the cult of the Mother Goddess is an amalgam of many prehistoric traditions surrounding rice cultivation and female worship, with a more organized framework – borrowed from Chinese Taoism.
"Mother Goddess Worship belief and the trance ceremony has been practiced in Vietnam even before the Lý Dynasty in 1009"
___ Dr. Nguyen Ngoc Mai ____
The doctrines of Taoism are far too expansive to elaborate on here, but suffice it to say it has contributed a whole host of beliefs dealing with the spirits of ancestors as well as the consciousness of the elements. This fits perfectly when combined with the animism of early Vietnamese society because when agriculture is involved it is very important to please the supernatural forces you believe are controlling the natural world.
"Mother Goddess worship, or Dao Mau", remains one of the most popular beliefs and plays an important part in people's spiritual life in Vietnam – an agriculture-based country, where farmers strongly depend on nature."
In Vietnam, the idea of "female" has been linked with the rice harvest and the worship of women not only honors the women who do such a large part of the farm work but is also symbolic of the worship of life, which comes from women and rice. As the worship practice developed, a pantheon of important Vietnamese figures has been added to the structure, ultimately turning this into a unique experience unlike any of the original contributors.
While sitting in the café with Hanh, I expected to hear a long history of the gods and goddesses or perhaps a recount of who the mother is. However, she told me that her knowledge is more personal since she was discouraged by her family, who are also practitioners, from learning about the Mother Goddess from the academic sources. She has, instead, gained her insights from meditation and dreams, which upon hearing I began to realize is something far deeper than simple ancestor worship and rather taps into the unconscious foundation of what it means to be human.
She grew up surrounded by these practices and beliefs, so she was accustomed to much of what has happened, only seeing it told from others' perspectives. Many people told her throughout her life that she was a chosen one, that she would be called to be a medium, but she could not start her journey until the call came from within herself. This moment happened for her in a dream, when she was alone in the darkness staring out into the light. A landscape of mountainous greenery stood before her, but she was confined and lonely in a dim part of a bountiful world. All of a sudden, a woman clad in green silken garments descended to take her by the hand and lead her into illumination. Upon waking she knew that she had been chosen and could begin her arduous quest.
Even though this experience is personalized to fit her religion and character, it parallels the Hero Archetype. The Hero Archetype, or the idea of the monomyth, is the postulation that all mythical stories and all religious imagery follow a similar structure that highlights specific human qualities. This could be a narrow, and possibly cynical, view of the mythologies, but it could be something inside us that compels us to repeat these lessons to ourselves no matter where we are in the world, using the iconography available to us in that time and place.
This is where an ordinary person gets thrust into extraordinary circumstances and is given a task by a supernatural being. Hanh told me exactly what happened to her without knowing that she was telling me a tale as old as time. She then told me how some of those who are chosen will refuse the call, which is the next possible step in the Hero mythos. When someone in her religion refuses the call, they can experience many terrible things in their life: sickness, mental stress, and even so far as being tormented by spirits.
"The only way a chosen one can rid themselves of these maladies is by accepting their birthright and following the goddess who chose them."
Hanh accepted her call because she is familiar with her beliefs and understands the consequences of not giving herself fully to her life's purpose. Once called, she then began the next phase of her training. This is where she meditates to gain the insight necessary to embark on the more difficult part of the journey. After 100 days of preliminary instruction that she receives from communing with the goddess in her meditation, she had her first ritual.
At this point in the great myths and legends, the Hero must descend into the underworld, or what is known as entering the belly of the beast. This is where the true test of will happens, and finally, the Hero undergoes such great strain that they must ultimately transform into a greater being. This is the part of the story where Buddha gains enlightenment, Christ rises from the dead, or Luke Skywalker uses the force to destroy the Death Star.
"Statues of Mother Goddess have three Realms, including the heaven in the center, the mountains on the left, and the water on the right"
Like all great human stories, Hanh also must pass into the underworld.
During the ritual she is placed under the drape, symbolizing her descent into a plane separate from our own. She is then confronted by three main goddesses, who watch her, and if she is worthy she is then saddled by many different lower-ranking gods and goddesses. This is where her series of trials begins. Each trial is different based on which deity gives the command, but she had to racehorses with royalty, drink with gods, and even fight bravely in historic battles. These rituals can last for hours to us looking on from the outside, but the time that passes under the drape can last lifetimes. Once she has undergone these trials the drape can be removed from her head and she can come back into our world as a greater and hopefully enlightened being.
I sat amazed at such a genuine telling of her experience. I am a skeptic in many regards, though I could not help but fully believe everything she told me. We finished our drinks and went home later than expected, but what she said stuck with me. The power of the Mother Goddess might be something behind the eyes of only the Vietnamese, but perhaps no matter what we believe, the power – of the hero lies within all of us.
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Organizers of the annual ARCS® Foundation (Achievement Rewards for College Scientists Foundation, Inc.) conference in Washington, D.C., are excited to announce The Honorable Deborah L. Wince-Smith will deliver the keynote address. Ms. Wince-Smith is the president & CEO of the Council on Competitiveness, a coalition of CEOs, university presidents, labor leaders and national laboratory directors, committed to driving U.S. productivity and prosperity. Her address is expected to be a focus of the conference, which will be held Wednesday, April 25 through Saturday, April 28 at the historic Willard Intercontinental Hotel.
"A new, multipolar science and technology world is challenging America's influence – as never before in our history. We are living in a time when it is unclear we have the national will and ability to invest more in our future. We have entered a time of tremendous turbulence, transition, and global transformation – and in this respect, the mission of ARCS, to educate the best and brightest U.S. minds, has never been more relevant or necessary. A new age of unparalleled knowledge, vast technological power, and inconceivable innovation is unfolding before our eyes – and ARCS and the scholars it enables will be at the forefront of helping our nation prosper," according to Wince-Smith.
Having led the Council on Competitiveness for 16 years – and also serving as president of the Global Federation of Competitiveness Councils, whose creation she led – Ms. Wince-Smith in addition has more than two decades of experience as a senior U.S. government official, as the first Senate-confirmed Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy in the U.S. Department of Commerce and Assistant Director for International Affairs in the Reagan White House.
Ms. Wince-Smith has served as the vice-chair and chair of the World Economic Forum's Global Agenda Council on Competitiveness, and is a member of Japan's Science & Technology in Society Forum Council. She is a member of the Commission on the Theft of Intellectual Property, co-chaired by former Gov. Jon Huntsman and former U.S. Director of Naval Intelligence, Admiral Dennis Blair. Ms. Wince-Smith also serves on Purdue University's Strategic Research Advisory Council. Ms. Wince- Smith was previously a member of the Smithsonian National Board and the Naval Academy Foundation Board. She also serves on the boards of several private-sector organizations.
Celebrating 60 years of supporting science, technology, engineering and mathematics, ARCS Foundation will be honoring the past while looking to the future, with the conference carrying the slogan "scientific innovation for the next generation." The conference agenda is packed with leading experts discussing groundbreaking innovations in various scientific disciplines.
Members, Scholars, Alumni, Academic Partners, and Friends of ARCS Foundation who share a passion for the mission of ARCS Foundation are invited to join members from across the country in this three-day event. Early bird rates for the conference will be available until March 26, 2018.
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MATE presents two special awards every year. Celebrate inspiration and excellence in Manitoba classrooms by nominating an outstanding ELA teacher for the Kel Brooker and Sheldon Oberman Awards. The MATE Executive will be responsible for reviewing nominations and selecting recipients.
KEL BROOKER AWARD
Sheldon Oberman Award
Kel Brooker Award of Excellence
The former MATE Award was renamed to honour our colleague Kel Brooker who passed away in January, 2006. Kel was a leader in instruction and assessment of English Language Arts and a tireless advocate for MATE.
This award is presented annually at the SAGE Conference to acknowledge and celebrate excellent practice in English Language Arts. The nominee must be a MATE member and an English teacher in Manitoba at any K-12 level. The recipient will receive a keepsake plaque; the nominator of the award will receive a $50 gift card to McNally Robinson.
Sheldon Oberman was a Winnipeg teacher, author, and storyteller who passed away in 2004. In his memory, and to encourage the teaching of creative writing to students in Manitoba schools, The Manitoba Association of Teachers of English presents an award annually to a pre-service Education student with a teaching area in English or Theatre who is also a talented creative writer. The student must be enrolled in a program in the faculty of education at a post-secondary institution in Manitoba. The recipient is presented with a prize of $250.00 at the MATE conference on the MTS Professional Development Day in October.
NOMINATION FORM: KEL BROOKER AWARD
Prospective recipients for the Kel Brooker Award must be nominated by an ELA teacher or teaching colleague who completes the nomination form below.
Name of nominee
Teacher Teacher Elementary Middle years High school
Years teaching ELA
ELA specialty/focus
Reason for nomination
NOTE: Completed Nomination Form must be followed up by a résumé of the nominee that includes professional experience, service to the profession, ELA teaching assignments/unique achievements; and any supporting material to aid the nomination. Please send to Elizabeth Bourbonniere ebourbonniere@retsd.mb.ca.
APPLICATION FORM: SHELDON OBERMAN AWARD
Education students who wish to be considered for this award should complete the nomination form below along with a portfolio of their creative writing. Deadline is June 30.
University/program
Year of program
Name and contact information of university reference
Tell us about your involvement with writing
NOTE: Completed Application Form must be followed up by a portfolio of student's work. Please send to Elizabeth Bourbonniere ebourbonniere@retsd.mb.ca.


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2018 - HEED Health Professions Award Recipient
August 21, 2019 All-School Meeting
Dr. Gail Christopher and Michael Wenger of Ntianu Garden: The Center for Healing and Nature, hosted an afternoon session on Racial Healing and Implicit Bias at the annual All-School meeting held for all UMSSW faculty and staff.
Christopher is an award-winning social change agent and former Senior Advisor and Vice President of the W. K. Kellogg Foundation. Wenger is an author and teaches about race relations and institutional racism at The George Washington University.
Recommended reading suggested by the presenters included My Grandmother's Hands by Resmaa Menakem and Biased: Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice That Shapes What We see, Think, and Do by Jennifer L. Eberhardt.
Human Resources and Career Development
The SSW has consistently endeavored to recruit, retain, and promote a diverse faculty body. The junior faculty in the SSW is currently very diverse: 75% of the junior tenure track faculty are faculty of color. Since 2016, 49% of all faculty hired have been faculty of color. The Office of the President has also been very supportive of efforts to recruit and retain faculty of color by providing extra funds for recruitment. Faculty search committees, all of which intentionally have diverse membership appointed by the dean, and who are involved in the entire process of recruiting applicants, reviewing curriculum vitae, selecting applicants for interviews, preparing applicants for visits to the school and with faculty, interviewing and evaluating candidates, and recommending them to the dean for faculty appointments. The SSW's leading donor was also asked, by the School, to develop a chaired professorship in an effort to retain a past African American tenured faculty—these funds were matched, in part, by the Office of the President.
In 2019, nine new faculty members began at the UMSSW. It is the largest and most diverse group of new faculty in the School's history.
Staff Council [Under Development]
SSW Strategic Plan [Diversity and Inclusion]
Align all aspects of SSW policy, programs, and practices with the goals of advancing social justice and combating racism and all forms of oppression.
1. Increase the faculty report of confidence in teaching diversity related content
2. Increase diversity of those interviewed
3. Increase diversity of those hired
4. Increase student satisfaction with school inclusion and climate
5. Increase scores on student evaluations re: faculty teaching of diversity content
6. Increase retention of staff and faculty for greater than five years
7. Number of students participating in DAO, SGA, volunteer activities UMB and SSW Committees
8. Increase diversity of applicant pools
9. Increase number of people trained in Diversity and Inclusion trainings to high satisfaction
10. Decrease the number of student complaints related to diversity and inclusion
11. Increase proportion of positive exit surveys for all departing faculty and staff to assess engagement and inclusion within the SSW and UMB
Career Development Chats for Staff [topics for discussion include Personal & Career Development Plans and Resume and Cover Letter Review]
UMB Learning Management System Trainings [Some Required Each Year of All Employees]
Student Title IX Training offered by UMB
Planning Session
Held by members of the UMSSW's SWAG group on June 26, 2019. The linked file is a summary report of the June 26, 2019 meeting of the University of Maryland School of Social Work (UMSSW) Social Work Administrator's Group (SWAG). The meeting was convened by Dean Barth to further the work of the UMSSW in addressing the recommendations of the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Task Force.


Irving J. Shulman, who died at the age of 96 on March 25, had fun making money. The discount clothing chain mogul, founder of the Daffy's chain, was known almost as much for his promotional gimmicks as for his innovative approach to marketing garments.
He was 46 when he opened Daffy Dan's Bargain Town in an old factory building on Dickinson Street in Elizabeth in 1961. By the time of his passing, after a brief illness last month, Daffy's (minus the "Dan") had grown to 17 stores in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and New York, with new ones planned for Times Square and the Bronx. In a 2009 interview, the company's chair, his daughter Marcia Wilson, said it had $150 million in annual sales.
When the store opened, Shulman tied a giant U.S. Navy balloon to the roof, which brought complaints from Newark Airport. Later he had a mannequin posed on the roof, prompting concerns of a suicide jumper. At other times, he had Rolls Royce automobiles parked outside, to make his point that rich people shopped for bargains there — which they did.
When he opened his first store in Manhattan in 1986, it was described as a "coming-of-age of the off-price apparel industry." The first one was downtown, on Fifth Avenue and 18th Street. The second was in mid-town, opposite the upscale Barney's. Though it wasn't quite as posh, it was much slicker than the old Elizabeth store.
Shulman hoped his two sons, Robert and Michael, would follow him into the business, but they had other plans. His daughter, Marcia, however, was fascinated by it. From the age of eight, she would go with him to the store in Elizabeth. She worked there on weekends and vacations, and later accompanied him on buying trips.
Shulman would tell his wife Shirley, who died in 2000, that he wished Marcia was a boy, but old ideas about gender proved moot. She and her husband Vance joined the firm in 1970. By the late 1980s, she was vice president of operations, and her husband was vice president of real estate and development.
Shulman stayed on, working with them. He only retired from Daffy's last December.
In addition to his children, he is survived by eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. His funeral service was held March 27 in New York City.


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Il Premio Flaiano per la sceneggiatura è un premio cinematografico assegnato all'autore o autrice di una sceneggiatura originale o adattata da un'opera preesistente. Il riconoscimento fu istituito nel 1974 ed è rivolto a produzioni pubblicate in Italia nel corso della precedente stagione cinematografica.

In passato, il premio è stato più volte assegnato a personalità che si sono distinte non per una singola sceneggiatura, ma per il complesso della propria produzione artistica. Il riconoscimento è stato presentato in modo discontinuo; in particolare si notano nove anni di assenza dal 2008 al 2016.

Albo d'oro

Anni 1974-1979
 1974: Simonetta Felli per Empoli 1921 - Film in rosso e nero
 Beppe Recchia per La gabbia
 1978: Sergio Amidei per il complesso dell'opera
 Jean-Claude Carrière per il complesso dell'opera
 1979: Alexander Scibor-Rylski per L'uomo di marmo (Człowiek z marmuru)
 Cesare Zavattini per il complesso dell'opera

Anni 1980-1989
 1980: Age & Scarpelli per il complesso dell'opera
 Jean-Loup Dabadie per il complesso dell'opera
 1981: Leo Benvenuti e Piero De Bernardi per il complesso dell'opera
 Jean Gruault per il complesso dell'opera
 1982: Harold Pinter per il complesso dell'opera
 Rodolfo Sonego per il complesso dell'opera
 1983: Rafael Azcona per il complesso dell'opera
 Tullio Pinelli per la carriera
 1984: Ennio De Concini per il complesso dell'opera
 Ruth Prawer Jhabvala per il complesso dell'opera
 1985: Ruggero Maccari per il complesso dell'opera
 Éric Rohmer per il complesso dell'opera
 1986: Aleksandr Mindadze per il complesso dell'opera
 Ugo Pirro per il complesso dell'opera
 1987: Aída Bortnik per La storia ufficiale (La historia oficial)
 Enrico Medioli per il complesso dell'opera
 1988: Tonino Guerra per il complesso dell'opera
 Peter Handke per il complesso dell'opera
 1989: David Hare per il complesso dell'opera
 Giuseppe Tornatore per Il camorrista e Nuovo Cinema Paradiso (premio speciale)
 Bernardino Zapponi per il complesso dell'opera

Anni 1990-1999
 1990: Vincenzo Cerami per Un borghese piccolo piccolo, Colpire al cuore e I ragazzi di via Panisperna
 Krzysztof Kieślowski e Krzysztof Piesiewicz per il Decalogo (Dekalog)
 1991: Aleksandr Adabashyan per il complesso dell'opera
 Nicola Badalucco per il complesso dell'opera
 1993: Umberto Marino per il complesso dell'opera
 1996: Ugo Chiti per il complesso dell'opera
 1997: Sandro Petraglia e Stefano Rulli per il complesso dell'opera
 1999: Vincenzo Cerami e Roberto Benigni per La vita è bella

Anni 2000-2019
 2000: Doriana Leondeff per Pane e tulipani
 2001: Furio Scarpelli, Giacomo Scarpelli, Ettore Scola e Silvia Scola per Concorrenza sleale
 2002: Ronald Harwood per A torto o a ragione (Taking Sides)
 2003: Niccolò Ammaniti per Io non ho paura
 2004: Per Fly per L'eredità (Arven)
 2005: Giuseppe Rocca in collaborazione con Antonietta De Lillo e Laura Sabatino per Il resto di niente
 2007: Saverio Costanzo per In memoria di me
 2017: Roberto Jannone per Il permesso - 48 ore fuori
 2018: Nicola Guaglianone per Benedetta follia, Sono tornato e L'ora legale
 2019: Francesco Piccolo per Notti magiche, Momenti di trascurabile felicità e Il traditore

Anni 2020-2029
 2020: Mario Martone e Ippolita di Majo per Il sindaco del rione Sanità
 2021: Francesco Bruni per Cosa sarà
 2022: Bruno Oliviero e Valia Santella per Ariaferma

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Collegamenti esterni

Sceneggiatura

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Almost half of adults in the United States could now be classified as having high blood pressure, after new guidelines from the American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology have redefined the condition.
The definition of high blood pressure has been revised, meaning that more Americans are now classified as hypertensive.
Blood pressure is the force by which the blood pushes against the artery walls. High blood pressure, or hypertension, is when this force becomes too high.
Blood pressure is measured in millimeters of mercury, and there are two numbers used to assess blood pressure: systolic and diastolic.
Systolic blood pressure (the top number) is the blood pressure when the heart beats, while diastolic blood pressure (the bottom number) is the blood pressure between heartbeats, when the heart is at rest.
Previous guidelines — established in 2003 — defined hypertension as a blood pressure of 140/90 millimeters of mercury or higher.
Having a blood pressure of between 120/80 millimeters of mercury and 139/89 millimeters of mercury was categorized as prehypertension, whereby blood pressure levels are higher than normal, but are not high enough to be considered hypertensive.
Now, new guidelines from the American Heart Association (AHA) and the American Academy of Cardiology Task Force have revised the definition of hypertension, meaning that millions more adults will be considered at high risk for heart attack, heart disease, stroke, and other cardiovascular problems.
The guidelines were developed by a panel of 21 scientists and health specialists — including Dr. Paul K. Whelton, a representative of the AHA — and they have been 3 years in the making.
Dr. Whelton and co-authors presented the new guidelines at the AHA's Scientific Sessions 2017, held in Anaheim, CA.
The guidelines have also been published in the journal Hypertension and the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
Hypertension: What is the revised definition?
Dr. Whelton and colleagues analyzed more than 900 published studies before reaching their new definition of high blood pressure.
Hypertension is now categorized as having a blood pressure of 130/80 millimeters of mercury or higher, while normal blood pressure is categorized as a blood pressure of 120/80 millimeters of mercury.
The term "prehypertension" is also a thing of the past; people with a systolic blood pressure of between 120–129 millimeters of mercury and a diastolic blood pressure below 80 millimeters of mercury are now considered as having "elevated" blood pressure.
Under the new guidelines, individuals in stage 1 of high blood pressure (or having a systolic blood pressure between 130–139 millimeters of mercury or a diastolic blood pressure between 80–89 millimeters of mercury) should have a 10-year risk assessment for heart disease and stroke.
Researchers have discovered that our skin may help to regulate blood pressure.
If their risk of these conditions is less than 10 percent, then they should engage in lifestyle changes and be reassessed in 3–6 months. If their risk exceeds 10 percent, lifestyle changes, medication, and monthly follow-up assessments are recommended until blood pressure is under control.
People in stage 2 of high blood pressure (140/90 millimeters of mercury or higher) should adopt lifestyle changes, be treated with at least two medications, and receive monthly follow-ups until blood pressure is controlled, the guidelines state.
A blood pressure exceeding 180/120 millimeters of mercury is categorized as a "hypertensive crisis." This warrants fast changes to medications, according to the guidelines, or immediate hospitalization if organ damage is identified.
Individuals with normal blood pressure should make healthy lifestyle choices and have their blood pressure checked annually, while those with elevated blood should make healthy lifestyle changes and have their blood pressure assessed every 3–6 months.
Previously, it was estimated that around 1 in 3 adults in the U.S. had high blood pressure.
Under the new guidelines, hypertension now affects 46 percent of the adult U.S. population, which translates to an increase in the use of blood pressure-lowering medications.
According to the AHA, the revised guidelines aim to raise awareness of the risks associated with high blood pressure, and to combat the condition before it leads to bigger health problems.
Dr. Whelton — the lead author of the new guidelines — notes that people with elevated blood pressure and stage 1 hypertension are at high risk of cardiovascular complications, and the new guidelines should help to highlight that risk and encourage people to make changes.
"You've already doubled your risk of cardiovascular complications compared to those with a normal level of blood pressure," he adds.
"We want to be straight with people — if you already have a doubling of risk, you need to know about it. It doesn't mean you need medication, but it's a yellow light that you need to be lowering your blood pressure, mainly with non-drug approaches."
While the new guidelines will classify more U.S. individuals as hypertensive, the AHA believe that this is not a bad thing.
"Yes, we will label more people hypertensive and give more medication, but we will save lives and money by preventing more strokes, cardiovascular events, and kidney failure," notes guideline co-author Dr. Kenneth Jamerson, a hypertension specialist at the University of Michigan Health System in Ann Arbor.
"If you are going to put money into the healthcare system," adds Dr. Jamerson, "it's to everyone's advantage if we treat and prevent on this side of it, in early treatment."


According to Popular Science, Feb. 1, 2010, 276(2), p. 81. This is the sort of summary that the public is reading on "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks." Each item has a number of talking points in terms of HeLa cells and their role in scientific research. And as readers of the book know, the people involved in the research, and the Lacks family play as important a role in the trajectory of the story as the cells themselves.


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In addition, a convenient cycle path takes you from Albinia to the sea in a few minutes arriving at Giannella beach. Albinia is located on the Costa d'Argento, and in the immediate vicinity you can visit towns such as Saturnia, famous for its thermal baths, the Promontory of Monte Argentario, Talamone and Capalbio with their historical remains. Moving on a little further, you also find gems like Magliano in Toscana or Pitigliano.
The Costa d'Argento is a region that is still intact immersed in the greenery of Tuscan Maremma and bathed in the crystal-clear waters of the Tyrrhenian Sea.
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The Maremma Park overlooking the Tyrrhnian Sea and the park of the Tuscan archipelago, extends for 15 miles with a chain of hills that descend towards the sea, and with sandy beaches and high cliffs, surrounded by marshes, pine forests, farmland and pastures. Among the strong scents of herbs, colourful berries and animal sounds, the Park welcomes visitors showing its gentle, and at the same time, wild side. A contrast of elements that awakens and frees the pleasure of feeling in a rediscovered paradise.
An opportunity to "stop the clock", harmonizing it with times of the soul.
The Uccellina Park, although being an area characterized by thick vegetation, is full of historical and artistic importance, both very mixed, dating from various periods and the result of different events and demands. The Park is now divided up between the towns of Grosseto, Magliano in Toscana and Orbetello, while the area was once dominated by different people.
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Triathlete regains her stride with minimally invasive hip procedure
Written By Gretchen Rubin
Five-and-a-half years ago, Sara Llibre decided to celebrate her upcoming 50th birthday by re-kindling her athletic career. The mother of two started running and eventually did her first marathon. Within a few years, the La Grange resident joined a triathlon team and completed her first Ironman (2.4 mile swim/112-mile bike/26.2-mile run) race.
But heavy training took a toll and a year-and-a-half ago, Llibre's right hip hurt so much she could barely run. An MRI showed impingement (the hip bones rubbing together) and a labral tear in her hip. One doctor told Llibre she'd never run again.
Intent on getting a second opinion, she visited Sherwin S. W. Ho, MD, associate professor of orthopaedic surgery and director, sports medicine fellowship program, at the University of Chicago Medicine.
"Dr. Ho knows athletes and I could tell that he knew exactly from my description of the pain what I was dealing with," said Llibre. "He didn't promise me anything but he said chances were good that I could run again. And he was right."
In January 2014, Ho performed a minimally invasive, outpatient procedure that repaired the impingement and tear. Eight months later, in September 2014, Llibre ran a pain-free Ironman Wisconsin and set a personal record while placing fourth in her age group. Now she's looking forward to another personal record while competing in the Ironman competition in Louisville, KY.
"It just feels natural to me," said the cheery Chicago public school teacher, about training and racing.
"If we get to these patients early enough, we can save the hip and allow them to continue with an active, healthy lifestyle," explained Ho, an expert in sports medicine and minimally invasive arthroscopic procedures of the shoulder, elbow, hip, knee and ankle. "Especially in athletes such as Sara who want to do triathlons late in life, a surgery like this can give them additional miles and years on their hips."
"To me, Dr. Ho is a miracle worker," she said.
Just a decade ago, impingement (known as femoroacetabular impingement or FAI) often went undiagnosed and patients were told they were suffering from tendonitis or arthritis and to live with the pain. When the pain was advanced enough to show up as arthritis on an X-ray, patients would get hip replacements.
"Today with the advent of better MRIs and minimally invasive procedures, we can diagnose patients who have impingement and tears and treat them before they get arthritis," explained Ho. "Our job as hip preservation specialists is to maintain our patient's natural hip and avoid the need for hip replacement later in life."
Impingement generally occurs with hip flexion beyond 90 degrees. The hip's ball and socket are designed to flex to a certain degree but when you exceed that limit repeatedly, the two bones can bump into each other, causing pain and in Llibre's case, damage to the labrum – a rim of cartilage around the socket.
A runner flexes tens of thousands of times over the course of a run. But other activities can aggravate hips as well: "Going up stairs, squatting to pick something up, sitting, biking, playing tennis, soccer, skating – pretty much everything we do is done with hips in flexion so that can predispose us to this particular problem (FAI)," explained Ho.
In Llibre's case, Ho repaired the tear and addressed the biomechanical defect (impingement) by reshaping the bones that rubbed against each other. (Tendonitis and early arthritis can also be addressed during surgery.)
For Llibre, the 90-minute procedure was a life-changer. She was on crutches for almost four weeks but after three weeks started swimming and a few weeks later, began biking. Three months later she was running again, at about 80 percent effort. "I got such good advice from Dr. Ho about how much I could do and when to back off – and I didn't have to back off a lot."
Llibre's now back to training six days a week, usually twice a day.
Ho is part of a team of University of Chicago Medicine orthopaedic specialists dedicated to comprehensive hip care. The team also includes Hue Luu, MD.
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Dr. Sherwin Ho is an expert in sports medicine, specializing in minimally invasive arthroscopic procedures of the shoulder, elbow, hip, knee, and ankle.
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The orthopaedic specialists at the University of Chicago Medicine offer comprehensive care – non-operative, arthroscopic and joint replacement – for patients with hip pain, instability or disability.
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Gretchen Rubin is a senior communications specialist at UChicago Medicine.
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Rihanna's beauty range is officially one of 2017's top inventions
Susan Devaney
The singer continues her world domination by scooping a top award for her innovative, inclusive beauty brand.
Rihanna's beauty brand Fenty Beauty may have only launched just over two months ago, but the fashion icon's debut cosmetics line continues to set the beauty world alight.
From glowing product reviews to its sell-out status, the brand has already garnered huge success – said to have raked in $72 million (approximately £54m) already.
And now the brand has been named in Time magazine's 25 Inventions of the Year for 2017.
Recognised for its universal appeal, the line has been highly praised for including 40 shades of foundation and catering to every skin tone.
Speaking to Time, she said it was "important that every woman felt included in this brand.
"We are all so different, with our own unique skin tones, so we started with the 40 foundation shades out the gate."
Taking to Instagram, Rihanna shared her delight with her millions of followers in being included in the list.
Many of her fans congratulated her, with one writing: "You really showed those beauty companies."
"Love this brand!" another posted.
From eSight3 (glasses that help blind people to see) to Apple iPhone X, the list also hosts an impressive line-up of other innovative products.
"The options are pretty much unlimited in the world of beauty, and I love challenges, so I'm going to continue to have fun and push the boundaries in this industry," Rihanna told Time.
We can't wait to see what she comes up with next.
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Susan Devaney is a digital journalist for Stylist.co.uk, writing about fashion, beauty, travel, feminism, and everything else in-between.


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Glastonbury Reveals Tent Made Entirely Out of Recycled Plastic Waste
Three cheers for sustainable fun.
Glastonbury has committed to making the festival more environmentally friendly.
Back in February, the world's largest greenfield festival pledged to stop selling single-use plastic water bottles on site.
In consultation with Greenpeace, they also announced that non-reusable water bottles would not be made available at any outlet on their premises, backstage and crew areas included.
They also tripled the number of water refill stations on site and encouraged festival-goers to bring their own reusable containers.
"Greenpeace advises that by far the best way to avoid plastic pollution is to reduce plastic usage. With more than one million plastic bottles sold at Glastonbury 2017, we feel that stopping their sale is the only way forward," they said.
Following on from this, the crew behind the Somerset festival announced that more efforts are being made to be sustainable.
According to the BBC, organisers have just revealed that an entire dance arena in the festival's Shangri-La area will be made from plastic waste collected on beaches, streets and parks in the nearby areas of Cornwall, Devon and Somerset.
It's estimated that ten tonnes of plastic waste will be used to make a 360° arena known as the 'Gas Tower', which will see both DJs and artists alike perform, including Sub Focus and Bicep.
The project is run by Keep Britain Tidy and the Orca Sound Project, in collab with Shangri-La Glastonbury.
Beginning this month, rubbish will be collected and processed by Exeter City Council and recycled into materials that can be used to construct the stage.
The creative director of Shangri-La, Kaye Dunnings, has called it an "important, pioneering project" and "a total game-changer."
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