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With the advent of the 4th Industrial Revolution & Globalization 4.0, we stand on the brink of a technological revolution that will fundamentally alter the way we live, work, consume and relate to one another. The unprecedented pace of technological change means that our systems of health, transportation, safety, communication, production, distribution, and energy – just to name a few – will be completely transformed.
Managing that change can create business new opportunities between India and Sweden. A synergy between these two nations on Government, Industrial, Academic, Cities and Start-Up fronts will lead to a new flavour of innovation and entrepreneurship to build domestic competitiveness. With advances in robotics and artificial intelligence in the context of aging societies like Sweden and growing societies like India, we will have to move from a narrative of production and consumption toward one of sharing, caring creating a more inclusive equitable approach.
Can India and Sweden work even closer together to solve some of the greater issues affecting all humanity. How can the Start-Up Revolution in India and Sweden contribute here? How will the Sweden India partnership using resilient and sustainable Technology, Energy and Innovation based solutions contribute to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and Climate Change Goals?
On the 9th of September as part of Stockholm Tech Week, we will have a focus on the creative force of Industrial/ Government changemakers, start-ups and solutionaries. Two delegations will come from India: Confederation of Indian Industry Tech Delegation and Start Up Tech Delegation with Invest Stockholm/ Sweden India Business Council. The finalists of the Smart City Innovation Hackathon held on 4th and 5th of September shall also present their final pitch.
08:30 am Registrations and Coffee
08.45-09.30 Inauguration
Welcome Address by Ambassador Monika Kapil Mohta
Address by Indian Chief Guest
Address by Swedish Chief Guest
Address by Leader of Confederation of Indian Industry delegation
Robin Sukhia, Secretary General & President Sweden-India Business Council
09.30-10.40 India Sweden Innovation Partnership
Panel 1: 09.30 – 09.50 Operationalizing the India Sweden Innovation Partnership from Government/ Policy
Synergies the resources and capabilities of Swedish and Indian governments, industries and the universities to sustain innovation and help create an economic value through India as a potential market. Universities are home to the brightest minds and Industries are where the ideas from the brightest minds can be out into actions, with the support of governments through official channel.
Panel 2: 09.50 – 10.20 How to operationalize from Industry perspective
Leading pharmaceutical and tech giants will provide an industrial perspective and will enlighten us with knowledge and their valuable technological expertise. India is a market with unprecedented potential for growth and this would enable many companies from Sweden to look at India as a market opportunity. The solutions will appeal to most stakeholders involved including the government and academic institutions and how they will set base for further operations in India.
Panel 3: 10.20 – 10.40 How to operationalize from Academy perspective
Building upon the industrial perspectives, we will also have academicians, students from Sweden and India with holistic views that will touch various topics like economic stability, role of education and society in helping combine the resources in achieving common goals. The solutions that emerge might be abstract in nature and may require fine tuning from the industries and aid from the government.
10.40-10.50 Coffee leg stretch
10.50-11.30 Future Transport
Automotive giants, analyze the possibilities of having a cleaner and sustainable and safer transportation solutions, given India's diversity and need for efficient transportation systems. The resultant solutions should ease the load on current system, stay sustainable and affordable.
11.30 – 12.00 Med Tech and Healthcare
The Indian MedTech market is very dynamic and the main key factors behind this are healthcare expenditures, technology development, aging population and chronic diseases. Moving from curing disease to preventing diseases with the help of more contemporary developments like IOT and Nanotechnology Medical devices are said to play a key factor in the delivery of quality of health care to the masses. Majority of the devices are imported; the legislation plays a key role in levelling the field between the foreign and domestic manufacturers.
12.00 – 12.35 Aviation & Defence
Industry 4.0 in the aviation industry
Smart systems in aviation & defence especially, Future proof avionics design solutions, Vricon 3D mapping technologies & Remote Towers
12.35 -13.20 Networking Lunch
13.20 – 14.00 Women in Tech
Women in Tech is an ecosystem with multiple industry leaders as partners, with a purpose pf empowering and increasing women's presence in technology industry. This involves supporting the current crop of women working in tech and drafting measures that encourage more women to join tech field.
14.00 -14.40 Digitization & A.I.
The various industries and government have witnessed many applications of AI in recent years, which mainly consist of digital assistance, target advertisements, Cyber security, use of artificial intelligence in healthcare, governance, administration, policy making and exploring further possibilities of a safer and easier life. These will provide the necessary major boost to the digital transformation for both India and Sweden. Addressing the common myths and understanding why Digitalization and A.I. are the way forward.
14.40 -15.20 Start -Ups: Finance & FinTech
The finance technological sector is young and is growing at rapid pace which is mainly fueled by large market base, an increasing start-up landscape and friendly governmental policies and regulations. The emerging trend in the blockchain movement, cryptocurrency and implementation of cloud computing. Fintech has played an impactful role in both the Financial and banking sectors and has redefined the ways many companies and firms conduct transactions on a daily basis. The various collaborations of traditional banks with Fintech companies which will lead to new forms of Big data with respect to personalized finance and analytics.
15.20-15.30 Tea leg stretch
15.30-15.45 Smart City & Smart Village Hackathon Final Three Teams Pitch. Starts with A short video, Pitches and a short Q&A.
15.45 – 16.10 Start-Ups: Energy Accelerator Program
The India Sweden Innovations' Accelerator focuses on innovation-based collaborations on renewable energy and energy efficiency, between India and Sweden. The objective is to build much needed bridges towards joint innovation, research, development, and deployment, which answer to shared needs and are of mutual benefit, as well to respond to the needs of growing demands in an energy constrained world that is also facing climate related challenges.
16.10-16-40 Start-Ups: FoodTech & AgTech
Sweden and India have different climatic conditions however they both share a long history when it comes to agriculture. 16th century during the time of Gustaf Vasa, Sweden's agricultural flourish began, and Sweden became a cereal exporting country. India's tryst with agriculture dates to Indus Valley Civilization and has continued till present day. Agriculture is India's economy driver. The two nations have key players in cooperative giants like Lantmännen and Amul. Knowledge and technology exchange between the nations in the agriculture field, given the history and experience that comes from it, will reap benefits for the future generations.
16.40-16.45 Smart City Smart Village Hackathon Results and Prize.
16.45-17.45 SIBC Dialogue The first-choice network for growing business between Sweden and India. More Info to Come.
**Seats are Limited hence preference will be given to individuals/ organizations in Business, Start-ups, Government, Research, Academia, Media, Civil Society.


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Johnny Cash - I Walk The Line
I Walk The Line by Johnny Cash is a song from the album With His Hot and Blue Guitar and reached the Billboard Top Country Songs.
The official music video for I Walk The Line premiered on YouTube on Tuesday the 1st of May 1956. Listen to Johnny Cash's song below.
I Walk The Line Lyrics
Johnny Cash's I Walk The Line lyrics were written by Johnny Cash.
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The One Question Not Answered at the DNC or RNC: How Real Is the Zombie Apocalypse Threat?
Forget about not looking back, Mr. President. We want to know if we should start taking notes while watching AMC's The Walking Dead.
While it's not news that the Center for Disease Control has been warning us on proper zombie protocol for almost a year now–while simultaneously claiming there is no such thing as a zombie attack … not even when you're high on bath salts–yesterday a new government office took up a "tongue-in-cheek" zombie cause. It's those pranksters Homeland Security, known for issuing fake threats just to rile up people near the holidays.
Tongue firmly in cheek, the government urged citizens Thursday to prepare for a zombie apocalypse, part of a public health campaign to encourage better preparation for genuine disasters and emergencies. The theory: If you're prepared for a zombie attack, the same preparations will help during a hurricane, pandemic, earthquake or terrorist attack.
Emergency planners were encouraged to use the threat of zombies – the flesh-hungry, walking dead – to encourage citizens to prepare for disasters. Organizers also noted the relative proximity to Halloween.
Thanks for noting this, organizers! Now we're not terrified at all of Resident Evil/al Qaeda hybrids coming for our children when we sleep, because apparently that's less scary than the actual threats that you don't want to goof about.
We just wish Clint Eastwood would have asked Invisible Obama what he planned to do about the zombie threat. Then we would have taken him seriously.


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FDA Releases Prescription Drug Importation Proposed Rule
Mary Mullaney, Director, Hospital Payment Policies
mmullaney@aamc.org
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released a proposed rule and draft guidance addressing the importation of prescription drugs. The proposed rule would allow importation of certain prescription drugs from Canada. The draft guidance specifically addresses the importation of FDA-approved drugs that were also authorized for sale in a foreign country in which the drugs were originally intended to be marketed.
Under the proposed rule, states or certain other non-federal governmental agencies would be able to submit proposals to the FDA for the review and authorization of a project allowing for importation of certain drugs from Canada. These programs would be authorized by the FDA to manage the importation of certain prescription drugs that are approved in Canada and meet the conditions in an FDA-approved drug application. Eligible prescription drugs would have to be relabeled with the required U.S. labeling prior to importation, undergo testing for authenticity and degradation, and ensure that the drugs meet established specifications and standards. Entities would be required to explain why their program would be expected to result in a significant reduction in the cost of the covered drug to consumers.
Manufacturers of FDA-approved drugs would be able to import versions of these FDA-approved drugs that they sell in foreign countries. The manufacturer or person authorized by the manufacturer would be required to establish with the FDA that the foreign version is the same as the version sold in the U.S. If this condition is met, the FDA would allow the drug to be labeled for sale in the U.S. and imported.
The documents will be published in the Federal Register on Dec. 23, 2019. Comments on the proposed rule are due 75 days after the date of publication. Comments on the draft guidance are due 60 days after the date of publication.
FDA - Food & Drug Administration


Using a life-cycle assessment methodology, this chapter evaluates potential environmental impacts of three different vehicle tyre technologies: the reference tyres (using nanoscale carbon black and highly dispersible [HD] silica); and next generation tyres, namely HD-HS silica nano-enabled tyres and nanoclay (montmorillonite) nano-enabled tyres. It looks, in particular, at impacts on greenhouse gases emissions across the product lifecycle, impacts on natural resource consumption and flows across the lifecycle, and impacts of nanowaste from end-of-life tyres. The chapter also makes recommendations aimed at improving the life-cycle assessment framework for assessing the relative impacts of baseline and nano-enabled tyres.


Bud Schultz, CPA, Vice President of Finance for NKK Switches, presented his company's experience with demand planning during a recent webinar. The following is a brief summary of Bud's key points; view the complete webinar by clicking here.
Q: Tell us about NKK's business and demand planning challenges.
NKK Switches, based in Scottsdale, Arizona, is a leading manufacturer and supplier of electromechanical switches. The business involves many different switch types—toggles, push-button, rotary, even some programmable switch types. We are known for our high quality, and for our ability to meet an exceptionally broad range of customer requirements on a turnkey (custom configuration) basis. NKK Switches produces customized solutions from component parts sourced exclusively from manufacturing facilities in Japan and China.
There are literally millions of possible switch configurations, and we never know what configured solutions our customers will order. This makes our demand highly intermittent and exceptionally difficult to forecast. In fact, until fairly recently we considered our demand unforecastable. We operated on a build-to-order basis, which meant that customer orders could not be fulfilled until their component parts were produced and then fashioned into finished goods by NKK. This resulted in long lead-times, painful for our customers and a competitive challenge for our sales organization.
Q: What did you expect to get from improved product demand forecasting?
When we began to investigate the value of demand forecasting software (SmartForecasts from Smart Software), we tried to view the decision from a Return on Investment (ROI) point of view. We did some capital budgeting, making assumptions about potential reductions in inventory levels, reduced inventory carrying costs and other potential savings. Although the capital budgets returned positive returns on investment, we nevertheless were unable to move forward based on that information. We lacked confidence in our assumptions, and we were worried that we wouldn't be able to justify the safety stock and inventory levels that the software would suggest.
What we didn't expect was a challenge from our parent company. In light of the capabilities of a newly implemented ERP system, they would consider a new approach. If we could produce demonstrably reliable demand forecasts, they would consider procuring raw materials and producing switch components on a build-to-forecast rather than build-to-order basis. This opened the door to a much more profound impact. We tracked actuals against forecasts over a twelve-month period and found that our forecasts, particularly in aggregate, were exceptionally accurate: actual demand was within 3% of forecast. Once we were able to prove the validity of our forecasts, we were able to move forward with the parent company's plan to manufacture product based on those forecasts.
Q: How did accurate forecasts of product lines with intermittent demand data transform NKK's operations?
From the many different combinations we manufacture to order, individual switch parts can show very intermittent demand (long periods with zero orders and then seemingly random spikes), but we can identify more consistent patterns across switch series. All of the part numbers in a given series have common components and raw materials, such as plastic housing, brackets and other hardware, gold, silver and LEDs.
Providing our manufacturing facilities with reliable forecasts ended up allowing us to make dramatic changes. Our manufacturing plants could start procuring raw materials that in the aggregate would eventually be used in production of different part numbers within that series, even if the specific part numbers to be produced were unknown at the time the forecasts were made. And in many instances, despite the irregular demand history data, it was even possible for the suppliers to manufacture specific part numbers based on the forecast.
Once the program is fully implemented, we anticipate our leads times will be reduced to half the time or even less. Shorter lead times will result in lower reorder points, resulting in higher service levels while reducing our inventory requirements.
Bud Schultz leads all finance and accounting functions at NKK. His background as a Certified Public Accountant, attorney, engineer and pilot for the US Air Force provide unique perspective on finances for engineering and manufacturing operations.
This guest blog details the differences between Min-Max and Reorder Point- Order Quantity replenishment logic and why it is important. It is authored by Phillip Slater, Founder of SparePartsKNowHow.com the leading educational resource for spare parts management. Mr. Slater is a global leader and consultant on materials management and specifically, engineering spare parts inventory management and optimization.
Excess Inventory Hurts Customer Service!
Many companies adopt a "customer first, better to have the inventory and not need it" approach to inventory planning. While well intentioned, this approach often ignores the role that diminishing returns and opportunity costs play in inventory management impacting the organizations ability to quickly respond to demand.
Companies launch initiatives to upgrade or improve their sales & operations planning and demand planning processes all the time. Many of these initiatives fail to deliver the results they should. Has your forecasting function fallen short of expectations? Do you struggle with "best practices" that seem incapable of producing accurate results?


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Ryan Dosier / April 3, 2015
Ryan Dosier – Nearly every day for the past five years and nine months I've found myself sitting in front of my computer screen, staring at the blank canvas of a Blogger or WordPress post, wondering what's next. What is the next article? Who is the subject of the next Weekly Muppet Wednesday? Who else can I bug for an interview? I've always taken a sort of odd comfort in not knowing exactly what was next.
And now I'm sitting here and for once I do know what's next, but I don't know how to write about it. But here goes nothing: After today, I will no longer be involved in the day to day operations of The Muppet Mindset. I am leaving at the request of my new employer… The Walt Disney Company. I have taken a job as Social Engagement Strategist for the Muppets. I now get to be directly involved with the Muppets, a dream I've had for over a decade, and I could not be happier.
But at the same time, I could not be more at a loss. The Muppet Mindset has defined me for nearly six years and saying farewell will not be easy. I'm floundering for the words I need to really say goodbye. To me, The Muppet Mindset is much more than a website; it's my baby. I've poured countless hours into this thing and I'm so unendingly proud of what it has become. The things I've gotten to do because of this site still blow my mind, and the fact that it's propelled me to my dream job literally does not feel real to me.
Anyway. That's enough about me, now I need to thank the people who have gotten me here. (Please don't play me off.)
First and foremost I have to thank Bill Barretta. Bill has been my unyielding support system for nearly a year and is directly if not entirely responsible for my new job. To Bill I am eternally grateful and forever thankful. I also need to thank Bill's wife Cristina who has been tireless in her support of me. I also have to give a shoutout their son Jackson who gives me so much joy.
Major thanks also go out to my endlessly supportive parents and family, my brilliant, lovely, wonderful girlfriend, my unbelievable friends Peter Linz, Eric Jacobson, Dave Goelz, Matt Vogel, Steve Whitmire, and David Rudman, plus Bob McGrath, Emilio Delgado, Martin Robinson, Leslie Carrara Rudolph, Paul Rudolph, Louis Mitchell, Joe Bailey, Bonnie Erickson, and so many others who were so supportive, everyone who has helped me make The Muppet Mindset what it is: my great friends Mitchell Stein, Joe Hennes, Ryan Roe, Lisa Alexander, Matthew Drapper, Jamie Carroll, Dave Hulteen, Chris Stulz, Matt Wilkie, Michael Wermuth, Kyle Mahoney, John Papovitch, Max Jessop, Ed Castle, Kieran Moore… and so many, many others. I'm positive I've missed people, but I don't want to ramble… so to everyone who has been a fan, contributor, or supporter of The Muppet Mindset these past six years, I thank you from the very bottom of my heart.
I know I've rambled a lot… but I feel like I still have so much more to say. But I'll cut to the chase and announce what you're all probably wondering. What will happen to The Muppet Mindset? Well… nothing. As in, if all goes well, nothing will change. I'm so happy to announce that my friend Jarrod Fairclough will be taking my place on the site starting on Monday. I have nothing but the highest praise for Jarrod and I'm so excited to see what he does with the place… as long as he doesn't touch my snow globe collection. Jarrod will be assisted by loads of people, but the core Mindset team will consist of Mitchell Stein, Kyle Mahoney, and John Papovitch as well as Jarrod. Good luck to everybody and extreme thanks to Jarrod for agreeing to take on this crazy load.
Well… that about does it, I guess. All my thanks goes out to my dear friends and supporters and everyone who has ever visited this little site. I appreciate you all more than I can ever express. Thank you. I will try my very hardest to make you all proud as I work for the Muppets. And… I'm sure there's more that I could say, but I think I'll turn to the Muppets for advice here…
"Much more to say, foolish to try, it's time for saying goodbye."
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17 thoughts on "Saying Goodbye"
Wendy Power says:
Thank you for all your hard work over the years, and congratulations on your new job! You're showing us that dreams can come true. Can you give Kermit a hug for us when you get a chance?
That is fantastic! Good for you, Ryan! Do us Muppet fans proud as you help our beloved frogs, pigs, bears, and weirdos on to new heights!
bethietheboo says:
I haven't commented in ages or really talked with my much in a long time – but I had to at least say something today – I am so proud of you Ryan, you have worked SO hard for this and I always knew you'd be working for Disney and the Muppets someday. I always knew I'd be like "hey, I knew that guy when he was this cute kid posting stories on this little Muppet fan site" You will be amazing and I truly wish you all the best!
Stuart Reeves says:
Congratulations Ryan!! It's a well earned job and a well earnt rest from the site. I don't think I've missed a day visiting this site and will continue to do so. It is a staple for us Muppet fans and I am personally so greatful for all your hard work and ecstatic to see your efforts rewarded in such a fantastic way!! Well done!!
leahjayart says:
Oh my gosh Ryan congrats on this dream job! YOU HAVE EARNED IT! Yaaaayyyyyayaayyyyy! *kermitartflail*
Gordon Yarley says:
So happy for you. That's amazing and congrats. Here's to your new job. (flails Kermit arms) YAAYYYYYYYY!
Boaz says:
Congrats Ryan! Now maybe you can help me make my dream come true of getting a Muppet as a guest on my internet talk show, The Pedal Powered Talk Show! Put in a good word for me!
Scott Champion says:
Bryan Snyder says:
Well done, Dosier! That's terrific! We'll miss your commentaries a lot, but hope you'll find some way to drop in on the Mindset sometime and update us (in a vague sense, if necessary) on how you're doing. Yearly updates! Safe travels, and good luck getting gargling gargoyles into the next production.
Hi Ryan, I'm a huge fan of your blog as much as I am of the Muppets. I just heard about your retirement and I am very sad. But congrats for your new job! I really hope you get to do more Muppety stuff and I wish you well.
From your number one fan,
Nic Kramer says:
Sufferin' Succotash! First Joe Heines (partly), than Ryan Dillion, now Ryan Doiser! The Muppet fans are starting to take over! Am I jealous?
Gabriel Velez says:
You'll be working with good people Ryan. I tip my hat to you!
I'm glad to have been part of your historical record of Muppetdom!
Always loved reading your posts. From one Cast Member to another, Welcome to the team!
Mark J. Hansen says:
Man, I was so bummed when I first started reading this post, but all my sadness has been replaced with such excitement! You did it! You, sir, are an inspiration. I'm so glad I was able to contribute to this site while you were part of it. Best of luck with your bright future, and don't be a stranger.
Many congratulations to you Ryan! Best of luck with this new adventure in your life!
Tiny Dancer says:
Talk about bittersweet news, wow! We will miss your smiling face around here, Ryan, but I'm delighted to hear of the new job at Disney. Good on you and all the best!
Barking Alien says:
I am caught dead center between Yaaayyyy!, and Noooo! Okay, not dead center. I'm definitely leaned much more heavily towards Yaaayyy, but you will be missed here.
There are numerous capable, and talented Muppet fans who make the Muppet Mindset a great blog, there is no denying that. You are different Ryan. You are me, us, our voice. You speak with a sense of love, wonder, knowledge and understanding that few manage to capture. It is a gift you have my friend, and one that Disney is lucky to have.
On a more personal note, you have very literally given us, the fans, an outlet to express our enthusiasm for the Muppets. From the Great Muppet Surveys, and Muppet Fan Testimonials, to your mentioning of my own Muppets Role Playing Game fan project years ago (can't thank you enough), you let us be heard (or seen…read…you know what I mean).
Very happy for you Ryan, and encouraged that we can follow our dreams.
Congrats, and enjoy. You earned it, and deserve it.
Barking Alien


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Facebook and the Problem Of Overlapping Circles
Facebook is irreversibly broken, and I think I know why.
I mess around on several social media apps, although "several" might be an overstatement. I've long forgotten my Tumblr and Flickr logons, for example, and I still can't figure out what Linkedin is good for beyond increasing my spam. I stick album covers on Pinterest, but I don't really do anything there, either. I logged into Snapchat once.
My primary social media outlets are Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. For the most part I try to keep all three channels light, focusing on music and snark more than anything. My last three Instagram photos depicted an old Newsweek cover featuring Arlo Guthrie, a photo of "USA" spray painted on pavement, and a bicycle that I restored. Not exactly controversial stuff.
Over on Twitter, my last three are a link to a piece I wrote about an Ohio Players album and the following two jokes:
Many people think that elephants are afraid of mice. This is not true. Elephants are afraid of the existential dread that accompanies the realization that their lives are meaningless.
Recent studies indicate that if you switch from a breakfast of bacon and eggs to plain yogurt and fruit, you will hope to die up to ten years sooner.
Granted, "jokes" might be pushing things a little bit, but you get the gist. I kind of skip across the surface of these networks, not really getting bogged down in anything. Facebook, though, that's another story. I catch myself getting dragged into the madness, if not physically (meaning in terms of posts) at least emotionally (meaning in terms of getting irritated by what I'm reading). The platform's combination of embedded news, long form text, and a higher percentage of real world friends and acquaintances renders Facebook more engaging for me than the staccato rhythm of Twitter or the predominantly visual content of Instagram.
In theory Facebook should be my least contentious social media outlet. While my Twitter and Instagram feeds consist primarily of Internet-only relationships, my Facebook universe is comprised mostly of people I've gathered from the real world. It's a virtual cocktail party with me as the host and my digital friends as the guests. But it isn't that all, and the reason why is best expressed via our friend the Venn diagram, which should never be confused with the Vin diagram, the image at the top of this page that visually depicts the many acting moods of gifted thespian Vin Diesel.
As we move through life, we create or are involuntarily thrust into the myriad social circles that comprise our personal Venn diagrams. Examples include:
College friends
Current (active, in person) friends
Current coworkers
Former coworkers from job A
Former coworkers from job B
Shared acquaintances
Networked acquaintances (via career, hobby, etc.)
In the real world, each of these groups is self-contained though overlapping, at least in the Venn diagram sense. I am the center circle, the Paul Lynde that connects all of these Hollywood squares. That's just on paper, though. In the real world, my former coworkers from my stint at Hardee's when I was 16 will never come in contact with my current neighbor. Those circles only intersect in the same manner that I'm only two degrees separated from Kevin Bacon, whom I've never met. (Sean Penn once glared at me at a taco truck because I smiled at his girlfriend. Sean Penn and Kevin Bacon starred in Mystic River together. Sean Penn is the center circle in my Kevin Bacon Venn diagram–a totally meaningless but defensible connection that has no bearing on reality.)
Some circles overlap fairly significantly. Some members of my family circle are mutual friends of my childhood friends and are at least acquainted with many others. Strangers from both circles share much in common beyond me: We all lived in the same area, attended schools in the same district, shopped at the same mall, etc. If I held a party and invited only my family and childhood friends, folks would have something to talk about. Remember that lady with the beehive hairdo at the DMV? What was your favorite dish at the Beacon?
But like my two degrees of separation from Kevin Bacon, other circle pairings have nothing in common but me. I live 2,500 miles from my childhood home these days. Inviting my next door neighbor to that same party would be disastrous. He could care less about skip days at Lake Bowen or Senior Week at Myrtle Beach, and my old friends wouldn't be too interested in listening to him bitch about my lawn care apathy. While I might hold a dinner party for my neighbors or a blowout for my family and childhood friends, I'm unlikely to combine the two, but that's essentially what Facebook does.
It's not just my neighbor, though. In the physical world I am a member of various circles that I suspect would clash miserably. You are, too. We've all felt the dread of introducing a new romantic interest to our families, for example. We love our families and we love this person. What if they don't get along? What if her opinion of me changes after she meets crazy Uncle Ray? That collision of spheres is inevitable if our new relationships are serious, but where we can we avoid these clashes by simply keeping our circles separate.
I might represent an extreme case of conflicting circles, but probably not. My childhood unfolded in a very small, very conservative, very southern, very Baptist town, but my adult life has been spent in two major California cities. That's three geographically distinct circles right there. My writing life has led to friendships in publishing, music and, oddly, the social justice warrior worlds. My hobbies and interests have resulted in circles gathering friends from the worlds of music, writing, bicycling, visual arts, martial arts, and film. I've kept in touch with old flames, old coworkers, old friends, on and on.
Some of those circles are essentially historical, moments locked in amber and stuck on a dusty shelf. I left that small town in January 1986. Aside from a couple of visits since then, I've generated no new memories of that place for over 30 years, nor have the residents of that town generated new memories of me. I'm still a skinny 18 year-old with a bad haircut and a particular set of beliefs and interests. That is who I am in that circle.
Friends from other circles probably wouldn't recognize that kid, nor should they. They only know me in the context of "our" circle, whatever that may be. I remember meeting one Facebook friend in person for the first time. He took one look at my car, which is a modern, growling muscle car with a V-8 that scares babies and sterilizes cattle, and he said, "I thought you were a liberal." None of my childhood friends would be surprised by my ridiculous car, but the only context this individual had for me was our overlapping Facebook circle, a group of writers who have published work on a liberal leaning website.
But in the physical world I'm not a liberal but rather a James, and while a James certainly is concerned about the health of the planet, he also loves badass cars. How can I justify having a foot in both worlds? I don't drive much. If I had a job that required me to drive to an office every day, I'd buy a sensible commuter car (but I'd still take the beast out on weekends). I explained that to my new friend and we had a great time hanging out together. My non-liberal car was an issue for all of about three seconds, which is how things work in reality, where people are three dimensional and social rules often remain implicit but understood.
But move that same scenario to Facebook, the cocktail party where all circles are invited all of the time, and who knows how that would have gone? We all do, because we've seen it a million times:
"Check out my ride!"
"Cool car!"
"I want a ride!"
"Wait, I thought you were a liberal ;)"
"Settle down now :)"
"Fucking liberals. They never met something they couldn't suck the fun out of."
"Well excuse me for wanting my children to have a planet to live on. Enjoy your SUV or your pickup, Trumptard!"
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Watching my friends go at each other like that gives me a stomach ache and overwhelms me with guilt. It's my fault they're screaming at each other because I set these two conflicting circles on a collision course with my initial post. I never should have posted a picture of my stupid car. I never should have been more than a two dimensional cutout that fits comfortably in one (and only one) specific circle.
This is all to Facebook's advantage, by the way. Emotion increases engagement, engagement increases time on Facebook, increased time on Facebook means more opportunities to serve you advertisements. I'm not suggesting that by design the platform wants the members of my many circles to bicker, but rather that there's no financial incentive for the company to modify that behavior.
And this is where things get interesting: On Facebook we bicker about things much more consequential than my stupid car. Those overlapping, conflicting circles of ours hold diverse political views, so flame wars abound on the platform. Inevitably it's not the Russians who created Facebook's power to divide us, it's the toxic combination of its "all circles all the time" structure and our collective inability to remain decent party guests. The Russians just exploited what was already there.
Since Facebook won't fix this, how do we fix it ourselves? I suppose there are a few solutions:
Minimize the number of social circles you "friend" on Facebook, and pick complementary circles. If you use the platform for business networking, don't add your family and childhood friends, for example.
Keep in mind when interacting with others on Facebook that you are seeing a very small percentage of who those people really are. Mutual Friend Bob might have just posted something really obnoxious, but that obnoxious statement is no more the entirety of Mutual Friend Bob than your snappy GIF comeback is a nuanced representation of you. How would you react to Mutual Friend Bob face to face?
Don't take the bait. Facebook is that weaselly kid who is trying to provoke a fight. We can be the idiots who fall for it, or we can simply shrug and walk away.
When all else fails, just turn the damned thing off. Log out. Forget it. Go take a drive in that ridiculous car of yours. Doesn't that sound more fun than arguing with a stranger just because you both know me? Take a look at that picture of Vin above. That's his look of agreement.
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Donald G Kennedy says:
1) A really great article. Spot on regarding the take on Face Book.
2) In my opinion Arlo Guthrie really isn't that good. I saw him back in his "City of New Orleans" days.
3) Mystic River was a great book and a great movie
4) I totally gave up Face Book about three months ago. I suspended my account. (Notice I didn't say delete). But I haven't logged back on since. I feel free. Really!
Correction: Guthrie is actually kinda OK, just when I saw him I could hardly wait for the concert to be over.
Libbie Kay Toler says:
I share a birthday with Sean Penn. 😉 I hope I'm still allowed in the circle.
Bud Aungst says:
I have a cousin who is several years older than I am (thus, "very" old) who is a dedicated Trumpophile. We have regular disagreements but neither of us venture into flame territory. Her circle, however, was populated by, shall we say, intense individuals. After a number of unpleasant exchanges with her friends, I decided to unfriend my cousin.
Robbo says:
We should all get together and kick Facebook's ass.
Kelly Mahan Jaramillo says:
I'm with Robbo. Facebook has left us all with too much cyberblood on our hands!! 😳😫


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The second song of the Hamilton musical is "Aaron Burr, Sir. " This song introduces us to Hamilton's friends, as Hamilton meets them.
It must be said at the outset that the timing of events in this song, and the locations, are not historically accurate. This puts much of the true historical facts out of context. The song begins, "1776. New York City." However, many of the subsequent events do not happen during that year, or in New York City.
An early example is when Hamilton raps to Burr, "I heard your name at Princeton. I was seeking an accelerated course of study…." Hamilton did seek an accelerated course of study at Princeton. However, Hamilton entered King's College (now Columbia University) in New York City in 1773 or 1774. By 1776, when this song is supposed to take place, Hamilton was already in the army, and King's College was being used as a military hospital. Taking a step back to Princeton, Hamilton approached John Witherspoon, the President of Princeton (then known as the College of New Jersey), to request that he complete his course of study "with as much rapidity as his exertions could enable him to do." Though Witherspoon was impressed with Hamilton, the request was rejected.
Hamilton then tells Burr, "I got sort of out of sorts with a buddy of yours. I may have punched him," but he doesn't recall who the man was. Burr responds, "You punched the bursar." Nothing of the sort happened, but 'bursar' rhymes nicely with Burr, sir, and the action fits the storyline of Hamilton as a hothead.
Leaving thoughts of the Revolution behind, Hamilton inquires of Burr, "How'd you graduate so fast?" Burr responds, "It was my parents' dying wish before they passed." This is most likely not true. Aaron Burr, Sr. died on September 24, 1757, and Burr's mother, Esther Edwards, died on April 7, 1758. Unlike Hamilton, though, Burr had come from a distinguished background. His father was a reverend, as well as the President of Princeton. His mother was the daughter of Jonathan Edwards, a famed preacher (and briefly President of Princeton after the death of Burr, Sr.) Despite being an orphan, Burr was well-taken care of by his extended family. His parents probably wouldn't have made it their dying wish that Burr quickly graduate – he was a year old when his father died, and two when his mother passed. Although we can say that they probably would have done all in their power to see that Burr would have graduated from college, had they lived.
Soon after Burr's line above, Miranda has Hamilton exclaiming, "God, I wish there was a war! Then we could prove that we're worth more Than anyone bargained for." Hamilton did write, "I wish there was a war," but this was his closing line in a letter to his friend Edward Stevens in 1769, when Stevens was attending King's College and Hamilton was still on the island of St. Croix, an orphan unaware that he'd ever travel to the mainland. Also, (and anyway,) because Miranda takes things out of context, Hamilton doesn't even have to wish for a war in 1776, because the war had already begun.
The cool-headed Burr then asks Hamilton if he can buy him drink, and he offers Hamilton some advice – "Talk less…smile more." While they are drinking, we meet Hamilton's core group of friends in the musical – John Laurens, the Marquis de Lafayette, and Hercules Mulligan. Miranda again changes the timeline of events here. Hamilton didn't meet the first two men until 1777. The earliest he meets Laurens is the spring of 1777. Laurens received a letter from General George Washington dated August 5, 1777 asking him to "do me the honour to become a member of my Family." The General Orders of September 6th made the appointment of Laurens as an "Extra-Aid-du Camp to the Commander in Chief" official. It was probably during this time that Hamilton and Laurens first met.
Lafayette didn't even arrive in North America until June 13, 1777 when he landed in South Carolina. He marched north, arriving in Philadelphia (to meet with the Congress there) on July 27th. Initially rebuffed by Congress, Lafayette requested to first serve in the army at his own expense as a volunteer. He was appointed a major general by Congressional resolution on July 31, 1777. Hamilton probably met him around this time.
As for Mulligan, Hamilton already knew him before 1776. In fact, Mulligan was Hamilton's first friend when he arrived in New York. It's also possible that Hamilton may have boarded with Mulligan for a short time as well. So there is also a historical inaccuracy at the end of the song when the three men ask, "Who are you?…Who is this kid? What's he gonna do?" Hamilton still hadn't met Laurens and Lafayette, and Mulligan had known him since he arrived in New York.
"Aaron Burr, Sir" transitions directly into the third song of the musical – "My Shot." This song fleshes out Hamilton and his friends, and establishes that all, except Burr, are ready to fight in the war. There are a number of instances where Miranda ignores the historical timeline again. Examples include Hamilton's rap, "I'm 'a get a scholarship to King's College," since by this time he was already out of the school, which was temporarily closed; and Mulligan's rap, "Yo, I'm a tailor's apprentice," as he already had a tailor shop in New York City since at least 1768.
There are at least two historically connected lines of this song. Hamilton raps, "Britain keeps shittin' on us endlessly. Essentially, they tax us relentlessly." Although historians may discuss the causes of the war (for example, was it really fought just due to taxation without representation?), the British did begin taxing the colonies after the end of the French and Indian war in 1763, which some in the colonies viewed as overbearing and despotic. Beginning with the Currency Act in 1764 and the Sugar Act of the same year, the British continued levying new taxes on the colonies until a breaking point was reached. So while the colonists successfully fought against the Stamp Act of 1765 and the Townshend Acts of 1767 (Parliament repealed both), their protests of the 1773 Tea Act, culminating in the Boston Tea Party, led to a crackdown by the British, which eventually led to the war.
I wish, my Dear Laurens, it m⟨ight⟩ be in my power, by action rather than words, ⟨to⟩ convince you that I love you. I shall only tell you that 'till you bade us Adieu, I hardly knew the value you had taught my heart to set upon you. Indeed, my friend, it was not well done….You sh⟨ould⟩ not have taken advantage of my sensibility to ste⟨al⟩ into my affections without my consent. But as you have done it and as we are generally indulgent to those we love, I shall not scruple to pardon the fraud you have committed, on condition that for my sake, if not for your own, you will always continue to merit the partiality, which you have so artfully instilled into ⟨me⟩.
Of course, the times were different then, so who really knows what that means?
The drinking scene among friends ends in the 4th song of the musical – "The Story of Tonight," which needs no historical discussion.
Next up in the facts behind the music will be "The Schuyler Sisters," the fifth song of the musical.
 Chernow, Ron. Alexander Hamilton. New York: The Penguin Press, 2004. Page 72.
 Ibid, 48, 47. The rejection is why Hamilton chose King's College. A reason why he may have been rejected, according to Chernow, is that Witherspoon and the trustees "may have been deterred by the recent experience of a young Virginia scholar who had entered as a sophomore in 1769 and worked himself into a state of nervous exhaustion by completing his bachelor's degree in two years instead of three." That scholar was future President of the United States, James Madison.
 Hamilton served as an aide to Washington from March 1, 1777 until April of 1781.
 Unger, Harlow Giles. Lafayette. Hoboken: Wiley & Sons, 2002. Page 37.
 The Currency Act of 1764 forbade the colonies from issuing paper currency. The Sugar Act of the same year actually halved the previous tax on molasses, but the colonists hadn't been paying that anyway. The Stamp Act of 1765 required colonists to purchase a government-issued stamp for legal documents and other paper goods. The Townshend Acts of 1767 were a series of laws passed to raise revenue to pay the salaries of some colonial governors and judges. Items that weren't made in the colonies, such as lead, paint, glass, and tea, were taxed. The Tea Act allowed the British East India Co. to operate tax-free, while the colonies still paid a tax on tea.


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↑ Musser, G.G.; Carleton, M.D. (2005). 〈Superfamily Muroidea〉 [쥐상과]. Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. 《Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference》 (영어) 3판. 존스 홉킨스 대학교 출판사. 1110쪽. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
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Parent company United Continental Holdings Inc. said Tuesday that it earned $836 million, as rising revenue more than offset a 40 percent jump in fuel spending.
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Cheaper fuel after the oil price collapse of 2014 led to record profits at U.S. airlines. However, it eventually led airlines to expand faster than the growth in travel demand, and all those new flights pushed down average fares in 2016 and 2017. Now rising fuel prices are helping airlines reverse that trend and push average fares higher.
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The Cimitero Acattolico (Non-Catholic Cemetery) of Rome, often referred to as the Cimitero dei protestanti (Protestant Cemetery) or Cimitero degli Inglesi (English Cemetery), is a private cemetery in the rione of Testaccio in Rome. It is near Porta San Paolo and adjacent to the Pyramid of Cestius, a small-scale Egyptian-style pyramid built between 18 and 12 BC as a tomb and later incorporated into the section of the Aurelian Walls that borders the cemetery. It has Mediterranean cypress, pomegranate and other trees, and a grassy meadow. It is the final resting place of non-Catholics including but not exclusive to Protestants or British people. The earliest known burial is that of a Dr Arthur, a Protestant medical doctor hailing from Edinburgh, in 1716. The English poets John Keats and Percy Bysshe Shelley, as well as Italian Marxist Antonio Gramsci are buried there.

History
Since the norms of the Catholic Church forbade burying on consecrated ground non-Catholics – including Protestants, Jews and Orthodox – as well as suicides and actors (these, after death, were "expelled" by the Christian community and buried outside the walls or at the extreme edge of the same). Burials occurred at night to avoid manifestations of religious fanaticism and to preserve the safety of those who participated in the funeral rites. An exception was made for Sir Walter Synod, who in 1821 managed to bury his daughter in broad daylight and, he was accompanied by a group of guards to be protected from incursions of fanatics.

In the 18th and 19th centuries, the area of the non-Catholic cemetery was called "The meadows of the Roman people". It was an area of public property, where drovers used to graze the cattle, wine was kept in the cavities created in the so-called Monte dei Cocci, an artificial hill where the Romans went to have fun. The area was dominated by the Pyramid of Caius Cestius which for centuries was one of the most visited monuments of the city. It was the non-Catholics themselves who chose those places for their burials, and they were allowed by a decision of the Holy Office, which in 1671 consented that the "non-Catholic Lords" who died in the city were spared the shame of finding a burial together with prostitutes and sinners in the cemetery of the Muro Torto. The first burial of a Protestant was that of a follower of the exiled King James VII and II, named William Arthur, who died in Rome where he had come to escape the repressions following the defeats of the Jacobites in Scotland. Other burials followed, which did not concern only courtiers of King Stuart, who in the meanwhile had settled in Rome. It is said that in 1732 the treasurer of the King of England, William Ellis, was buried at the foot of the Pyramid. By that time the area had acquired the status of a cemetery of the British, although the people buried there were not only from the United Kingdom.

The cemetery developed without any official recognition and only at the end of 1700 the authorities started to take care of it. It was not until the 1920s that the government appointed a custodian to oversee the area and the cemetery functions. The public disinterest was mainly determined by the fact that in the current mentality, where the only burial conceived by the Catholics were the ones happening in a church, the availability of a cemetery that provided non-Catholic burials was not considered a privilege.

At the beginning of the nineteenth century in the cemetery area there was only holly, and there was no other natural nor artificial protection for the tombs scattered in the countryside, where cattle were grazing. The cypresses that adorn the cemetery today were planted later on. In 1824 a moat was erected that surrounded the ancient part of the cemetery. In ancient times crosses or inscriptions were forbidden, as in all non-Catholic cemeteries, at least until 1870.

For a long time there have been common graves divided by nations: Germany, Greece, Sweden and Romania.

As of 2011, the custody and management of the cemetery was entrusted to foreign representatives in Italy.

The great, hundred-year-old cypresses, the green meadow that surrounds part of the tombs, the white pyramid that stands behind the enclosure of Roman walls, together with the cats that walk undisturbed among the tombstones written in all the languages of the world, give to this small cemetery a peculiar aura. As in use in Anglo-Saxon cemeteries, there are no photographs on the tombstones.

Italians
The Non-catholic Cemetery of Rome is intended for the rest of all non-Catholics, without any distinction of nationality. However, there are very few illustrious Italians buried there. They were allowed a spot in this cemetery for the alternative culture and ideas expressed in life ("foreign" compared to the dominant one), for the quality of their work, or for certain  circumstances of their life for which they were somehow "foreign" in their own country. Among them, the politicians Antonio Gramsci and Emilio Lussu, the writer and poet Dario Bellezza, the writers Carlo Emilio Gadda and Luce d'Eramo and a few others. Recently it is very rare that new burials are added. There is one exception; on 18 July 2019, the writer Andrea Camilleri was buried here.

Burials
Nicholas Stanley-Price has published an Inventory of early burials at the Non-catholic Cemetery.

John Keats

Keats died in Rome of tuberculosis at the age of 25, and is buried in the cemetery. His epitaph, which does not mention him by name, is by his friends Joseph Severn and Charles Armitage Brown, and reads:

Percy Bysshe Shelley

Shelley drowned in 1822 in a sailing accident off the Italian Riviera. When his body washed up upon the shore, a copy of Keats's poetry borrowed from Leigh Hunt was discovered in his pocket, doubled back, as though it had been put away in a hurry. He was cremated on the beach near Viareggio by his friends, the poet Lord Byron and the English adventurer Edward John Trelawny. His ashes were sent to the British consulate in Rome, who had them interred in the Protestant Cemetery some months later.

Shelley's heart supposedly survived cremation and was snatched out of the flames by Trelawny, who subsequently gave it to Shelley's widow, Mary. When Mary Shelley died, the heart was found in her desk wrapped in the manuscript of "Adonais," the elegy Shelley had written the year before upon the death of Keats, in which the poet urges the traveller, "Go thou to Rome ...".

Shelley and Mary's three-year-old son William was also buried in the Protestant Cemetery.

Shelley's heart was finally buried, encased in silver, in 1889, with the son who survived him, Sir Percy Florence Shelley, but his gravestone in the Protestant Cemetery is inscribed: Cor cordium ("heart of hearts"), followed by a quotation from Shakespeare's The Tempest:

Other burials

 Arthur Aitken (1861–1924), British military commander
 Johan David Åkerblad (1763–1819), Swedish diplomat
 Walther Amelung (1865–1927), German classical archaeologist
 Hendrik Christian Andersen (1872–1940), sculptor, friend of Henry James
 Angelica Balabanoff (1878–1965), Jewish Russian-Italian communist and social democratic activist
 R. M. Ballantyne (1825–1894), Scottish novelist
 Jakob Salomon Bartholdy (1779–1825), Prussian Consul General, art patron
 Rosa Bathurst (1808–1824), drowned in the River Tiber aged 16; moving monument by Richard Westmacott
 John Bell (1763–1820), Scottish surgeon and anatomist
 Dario Bellezza (1944–1996), Italian poet, author and playwright
 Karl Julius Beloch (1854–1929), German classical and economic historian
 Martin Boyd (1893–1972), Australian novelist and autobiographer
 Pietro Boyesen (1819–1882), Danish photographer
 Karl Briullov (1799–1852), Russian painter
 Giorgio Bulgari (1890–1966), Italian businessman, grandson of Sotirios Bulgari, the founder of Bulgari
 J.B Bury (1861–1927) Anglo-Irish Historian
 Andrea Camilleri (1925–2019), Italian novelist
 Asmus Jacob Carstens (1754–1798), Danish-German painter
 Jesse Benedict Carter (1872–1917), American Classical scholar

 Enrico Coleman (1846–1911), artist and orchid-lover
 Gregory Corso (1930–2001), American beat generation poet
 Richard Henry Dana Jr. (1815–1882), American author of Two Years Before the Mast
 Luce d'Eramo (1925–2001), Italian writer
 Frances Minto Elliot (1820–1898), English writer
 Robert K. Evans (1852–1926), United States Army Brigadier General
 Robert Finch (1783–1830), English antiquary and connoisseur of the arts
 Arnoldo Foà (1916–2014), Italian actor
 Karl Philipp Fohr (1795–1818), German painter
 Maria Pia Fusco (1939–2016), Italian screenwriter and journalist
 Carlo Emilio Gadda (1893–1973), Italian novelist
 Irene Galitzine (1916–2006) fashion designer
 John Gibson (1790–1866), Welsh sculptor, student of Canova
 August von Goethe (1789–1830), son of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe; his monument features a medallion by Bertel Thorvaldsen
 Joseph Gott (1785–1860), British sculptor, son of Benjamin Gott
 Antonio Gramsci (1891–1937), Italian philosopher, leader of the Italian Communist Party
 Richard Saltonstall Greenough (1819–1904), American sculptor
 Stephen Grimes (1927–1988), British Academy Award winning production designer
 Augustus William Hare (1792–1834), English author
 William Stanley Haseltine (1835–1900), American painter and draftsman
 Johannes Carsten Hauch (1790–1872), Danish poet
 William H. Herriman (1829–1918), American art collector
 Ursula Hirschmann (1913–1991), German anti-fascist activist and an advocate of European federalism
 Wilhelm von Humboldt (1794–1803), son of the German diplomat and linguist Wilhelm von Humboldt
 Vyacheslav Ivanov (1866–1949), Russian poet, philosopher, and classical scholar
 Chauncey Ives (1810–1894), American sculptor
 Gualtiero Jacopetti (1919–2011), Italian director of documentary films
 Dobroslav Jevđević (1895–1962), Serbian World War II commander
 John Keats (1795–1821), English poet
 Lindsay Kemp (1938–2018), British dancer, actor, teacher, mime artist, and choreographer
 August Kestner (1777–1853), German diplomat and art collector
 Adolf Klügmann (1837–1880), German classical archaeologist and numismatist
 Richard Krautheimer (1897–1994), German art and architectural historian
 Antonio Labriola (1843–1904), Italian Marxist theoretician
 Belinda Lee (1935–1961), British actress
 James MacDonald, 8th baronet of Sleat (1741–1766), Scottish baronet and scholar; his tombstone was designed by G.B. Piranesi
 Hans von Marées (1837–1887), German painter
 George Perkins Marsh (1801–1882), American Minister to Italy 1861–1882, author of Man and Nature
 Richard Mason (1919–1997), British author of The World of Suzy Wong
 Malwida von Meysenbug (1816–1903), German author
 Peter Andreas Munch (1810–1863) Norwegian historian
 Hugh Andrew Johnstone Munro (1819–1885), British classical scholar
 Ernest Nash (1898–1974), German-American scholar, archaeological photographer
 E. Herbert Norman (1909–1957), Canadian diplomat and historian
 Dora Ohlfsen-Bagge (1869–1948), Australian sculptor, and her partner, Hélène de Kuegelgen (died 1948)
 D'Arcy Osborne, 12th Duke of Leeds (1884–1964), British diplomat and last Duke of Leeds
 Thomas Jefferson Page (1808–1899), commander of United States Navy expeditions exploring the Río de la Plata
 Pier Pander (1864–1919), Dutch sculptor
 Milena Pavlović-Barili (1909–1945), Serbian-Italian artist
 John Piccoli (1939–1955), son of American artists Juanita and Girolamo (Nemo) Piccoli of Anticoli Corrado
 Bruno Pontecorvo (1913–1993), Italian nuclear physicist
 G. Frederick Reinhardt (1911–1971), U.S. Ambassador to Italy, 1961–1968; administrator of this cemetery, 1961–1968
 Heinrich Reinhold (1788–1825), German painter, draughtsman, engraver; his tombstone features a medallion by Bertel Thorvaldsen
 Sarah Parker Remond (1826–1894), African American abolitionist and physician
 August Riedel (1799–1883) German artist
 Amelia Rosselli (1930–1996), Italian poet
 Peter Rockwell (1936–2020), American sculptor and son of Norman Rockwell
 Gottfried Semper (1803–1879), German architect
 Joseph Severn (1793–1879), English painter, consul in Rome, and friend of John Keats, beside whom he is buried
 Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822), English poet
 Franklin Simmons (1839–1913), American sculptor and painter
 William Wetmore Story (1819–1895), American sculptor, buried beside his wife, Emelyn Story, under his own Angel of Grief
 Niklāvs Strunke (1894–1966), Latvian painter
 Pavel Svedomsky (1849–1904), Russian painter
 John Addington Symonds (1840–1893), English poet and critic
 Manfredo Tafuri (1935–1994), Italian architectural historian

 Tatiana Tolstaya (1864–1950), Russian painter and memoirist and daughter of Leo Tolstoy and Sophia Tolstaya
 Edward John Trelawny (1792–1881), English author, friend of Percy Bysshe Shelley, beside whose ashes he is buried
 Elihu Vedder (1836–1923), American painter, sculptor, graphic artist
 Shefqet Vërlaci (1877–1946), Prime Minister of Albania
 Wilhelm Friedrich Waiblinger (1804–1830), German poet and biographer of Friedrich Hölderlin
 J. Rodolfo Wilcock (1919–1978), Argentine writer, poet, critic and translator
 Friedrich Adolf Freiherr von Willisen (1798–1864), Prussian General and Ambassador to the Holy See
 Constance Fenimore Woolson (1840–1894), American novelist and short story writer, friend of Henry James
 Richard James Wyatt (1795–1860), English sculptor
 Helen Zelezny-Scholz (1882–1974), Czech-born sculptor and architectural sculptor

See also
 Old English Cemetery, Livorno
 English Cemetery, Florence

References

Further reading

 Antonio Menniti Ippolito, Il Cimitero acattolico di Roma. la presenza protestante nella città del papa, Roma, Viella, 2014,

External links

 On-line database of tombs and deceased

 Cemetery website (in Italian and English)
 The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 285, 1 December 1827, Project Gutenberg E-text contains an article entitled "Protestant Burial-Ground at Rome"
 The Keats-Shelley House in Rome
 GPS coordinates you need to use to find the graves of famous people in the Non-Catholic Cemetery
 Elisabeth Rosenthal. "A Cemetery of Poets Is in Crisis in Rome", International Herald Tribune, 8 February 2006

Cemeteries and tombs in Rome
Anglican cemeteries in Europe
Lutheran cemeteries
Protestant Reformed cemeteries
Protestantism in Italy
Rome R. XX Testaccio

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Convent of the Sacred Heart is New York City's oldest independent school for girls, educating students in Pre-K through 12. As part of an international network of schools, we are committed to a set of principles shared by all Sacred Heart Schools. Known as the "Goals and Criteria," these principles articulate the core components of a Sacred Heart education, and charge our community with a unified educational mission.
At the heart of our philosophy is the belief that each child possesses unique gifts. Our job is to unearth those gifts, nurture them, and empower each child of the Sacred Heart to share those gifts with the global community. Convent of the Sacred Heart is committed to being an equitable and inclusive community and seeks candidates who connect to our Mission and Goals.
Upper School World History Teacher, Leave Replacement
Position: Upper School World History Teacher, Leave Replacement
Reports to: Upper School Division Head
FLSA: Exempt, full-time
The Upper School is recruiting for a 12-week leave replacement history teacher, starting late August 2021. History teachers at Sacred Heart aim to broaden understanding, stimulate thoughtful inquiry, and encourage insights into the experiences of all people. Our program provides a rigorous program with high support, using classroom time for discussion of original documents and historiography. We are committed to a global approach at every level, believing that to prepare students for a 21st century world, there needs to be an appreciation of societies across place and time.
The teacher will report to the Interim History & Social Sciences Department Head and the Head of the Upper School, and join a highly collaborative, innovative, and experienced faculty. Specific responsibilities for this position include the following:
Teach three sections of freshmen World History and potentially a senior elective;
Provide academic support for students outside of class time (answering homework questions, consulting with them about their writing, and the like), as needed;
Attend department and faculty meetings.
Support the students and division by covering study halls, lunch duties and other assignments as needed.
Requirements and Qualifications
Successful candidates will hold at least a Master's degree in history or a related field and will have a passion for history and for interacting with high school aged students, in and outside of the classroom.
At least three years of prior history or social studies teaching experience at the secondary level is expected; preference will be given to candidates with a strong background in the history of the ancient world.
Interest in and experience with interdisciplinary study and/or teaching will be considered an asset.
The candidate should be proficient with current educational technology, especially blended learning platforms and strategies.
An equal opportunity employer, Sacred Heart seeks to hire outstanding and diverse faculty who work together harmoniously toward the common mission of the school.
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The Convent of the Sacred Heart is New York City's oldest independent school for girls, established in 1881 by the Society of the Sacred Heart. Part of a worldwide network of over 150 schools committed to the mission of Sacred Heart education, the school is housed in two landmark buildings on 91st Street and Fifth Avenue. Since its inception, Convent of the Sacred Heart has been governed by a strong commitment to the education of the whole child, addressing her intellectual, spiritual, social, and emotional development. Convent of the Sacred Heart is an equal opportunity employer. As an equal opportunity employer, Sacred Heart seeks to hire outstanding and diverse faculty who work together harmoniously toward the common mission of the school.
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There are numerous types of dialogs available within the Android SDK, such as DatePickerDialogs, ProgressDialogs, and generic dialogs like AlertDialogs. You can also create your own custom dialogs for use within your applications.
Custom dialogs like a password confirmation dialog (Figure 1) are generated from a special AlertDialog class (android.app.AlertDialog). The custom aspect of the dialog comes from the fact that instead of using the built-in dialog types, with their default layouts, you load a developer-defined layout to use instead. In this quick tutorial, we provide the steps required to implement a custom password confirmation dialog to collect a new password from the user.
We've already discussed how to add basic dialog controls to your Activity classes. This quick tutorial builds upon your knowledge from the Android User Interface Design: Working With Dialogs tutorial. You can either add this dialog to the dialog sample application provided in the above-mentioned tutorial, or create your own application.
First you need to design the content of your custom dialog in a layout resource file. In this case, our custom layout will be a password confirmation dialog, which means we will need two EditText controls for inputting the password. We will also want some other text controls for labels and the like.
Now let's add the new Dialog to your basic Activity class.
This defines a unique Dialog identifier for our Activity class. The value is an arbitrary number, but needs to be unique within the Activity.
To create Dialog instances, you must provide a case for your custom password confirmation dialog in the onCreateDialog() method of your Activity class. When the showDialog() method is called, it triggers a call to this method, which must return the appropriate Dialog instance. Therefore, we begin the specific case statement for your new Dialog within the onCreateDialog() method here by inflating our custom layout file that was designed in the previous step and retrieving the important controls we will want to interact with from within it using the findViewById() method.
As you can see, we grab the two EditText controls that will store the password data, as well as the TextView control where we can display the password error text (passwords either match or do not match).
The next step of our onCreateDialog() case statement implementation for the custom dialog is to register a TextWatcher on the second EditText control so that we can listen for and detect password matches as the user types in order to display the proper string text in the error TextView control (matches/does not match).
Here's the implementation of the TextWatcher, which is assigned to the second password EditText control using the addTextChangedListener() method.
The next step of our onCreateDialog() case statement implementation for the custom password confirmation dialog is to use the AlertDialog.Builder class to begin to configure the dialog settings.
We set the title of the dialog using the setTitle() method, but the most important thing we do here is use the setView() method to attach our custom layout we just inflated to the dialog. This is how we modify the controls used within our dialog, making it have custom display and developer-defined behavior.
Next, we need to configure the positive and negative buttons associated with our dialog. Recall that dialogs will be reused if displayed more than once. With our password confirmation dialog, we want to make sure to forcefully remove the dialog from the Activity's dialog pool so that it cannot be reused. We do not want any residual password information being stored after our password dialog is dismissed, whether it is confirmed or dismissed.
We get rid of the dialog in both the negative and positive button click handlers using the removeDialog() method. However, in the positive button handler, we also retrieve the contents of the EditText controls and, if they match, display the password as a Toast message. In most cases, you would not use a Toast, but would save off the password using the method of your choice (preferences, etc.).
Your dialog is completely configured. Now use the create() method of the AlertDialog.Builder class to generate the appropriate AlertDialog and return it, thus ending your case statement for this dialog within the onCreateDialog() method of the Activity class.
Dialogs are a powerful user interface tool that can help you keep your application user interface flexible and uncluttered. Dialogs can contain your own layout resources with different controls, allowing you to create custom controls like password confirmation dialogs. Custom dialogs are generally created using the AlertDialog class, with all its features.
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As a manager of an analytical team, your corporate competency framework can sometimes be a useful motivational tool to help clarify expectations when it comes to your analyst's performance, allowing you to link it directly to how it will affect the organisation's performance as a whole.
When creating a framework, it's common practice to balance competency details with enough flexibility so as to not make it too over-prescriptive.
However, for people with a technical mind set, this flexibility can be a weakness in itself. Too many generic terms can lead to the entire framework being dismissed as irrelevant, so here are five ways to help the team make the connection between the work they do and the value it achieves – for themselves, for the team and for the company.
A high performing analytical team is one where the each member has been assigned to the projects or tasks that suit their own skills.
One of your first jobs as a manager is to assess the mix of technical roles that you need to reach your goals and to familiarise yourself with the talents of each member of your team. It's about finding the right chemistry: The more successfully you match the right people with the right work, the more efficient and effective your team will be. But for the chemistry to work, your team members should be fully aware and in agreement of what their respective roles are, they must have a clear idea of your objectives and be willing to work together to achieve them.
The Progress Principle recognises that one of the most fundamental aspects of maintaining motivation for any employee is making progress in meaningful work.
In other words, for your analysts to be fully engaged, the work has to matter to them and they need to see the value of what they do. A vague or wishy-washy competency framework can remove the connection that your team might have between their work and the impact it has on the organisation as a whole. If you can demonstrate the value of each task and match that work to the values that your analysts hold as individuals, you will ensure a more motivated and creatively productive team in the long run.
Progress comes in many forms and is just as important to your analyst's professional development as it is to achieving the next project milestone.
By providing coaching or mentoring to your team that clearly links the work they do to their own personal development, you are enabling them to progress in both. It optimises individual performances and improves business performance, but just as importantly, it signals that you are prepared to support your analysts and that their work is both important and valuable.
Your job as a manager is to recognise the skills on offer and utilise them as effectively as possible. That should absolutely mean that you have analysts on your team that are far more skilled than you when it comes to the technical aspects of the job.
Respect the intelligence of your team members, allow them the autonomy to carry out the work in the way they feel is most effective and don't try to dictate every move. Show your team that you value their ideas and be open about discussing alternative solutions to problems. You can't be an expert in everything.
It's one of the toughest transitions that analysts have to make when moving into a management role. When you are no longer expected to deliver through your own technical expertise, but through the skills and talents of a group of people, the challenges can sometimes feel overwhelming.
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