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Caffeine Addicts: The Los Angeles Coffee Festival Is Back
By: LATF Staff | Sept. 7, 2019, 12:11 a.m.
Filed in: Food & Drinks
Coffee Masters™, the fast-paced, multi-discipline global barista tournament, is making its West Coast debut at this year's Los Angeles Coffee Festival, taking place November 8th - 10th at Magic Box @ The Reef inDowntown Los Angeles.
Previously taking place at the London and New York Coffee Festivals, 2019 will mark the first year the competition hits California. Judged by a panel of industry figureheads, the fast-paced knockout battle format of Coffee Masters™ will see 16 baristas showcase their skills head-to-head across a broad range of disciplines: The Cupping, The Brewing, The Latte Art, The Order and The Signature Drink, with The Espresso Blend being included for those who successfully make it to the Coffee Masters™ semi-finals.
Judges will include Anne Lunnel (Koppi Coffee), David Donde (Truth Coffee), Michelle Johnson (Coffee Manufactory / The Chocolate Barista), Ben Kaminsky and Bronwen Serna (Counter Culture LA / 2004 US Barista Champion). The competition will be MC'd by Erika Vonie (Trade Coffee) and Lem Butler (Black & White Coffee Roasters). Applications for the Coffee Masters™ Competition close this Sunday, September 8th. Interested participants can apply at http://www.coffeemasters.org/apply-losangeles/.
Last year, Costa Rican barista Remy Molina won Coffee Masters New York, walking away with $5,000, a prize package worth $15,000 from Slayer Espresso (including an all-expenses paid trip to Seattle in 2019 with Slayer, a tour of the Slayer factory, lunch with founder Jason Prefontaine and a Slayer Espresso Single Group and grinder to take home) and a Mahlkonig grinder.
Slated to be even bigger and better than last year, the weekend-long event will feature not only exceptional coffee, but also incredible local food, cocktails, live music, art and film. The three-day festival will include a wide variety of coffee vendors and other exciting brands including, but not limited to: Bluestone Lane, Black & White Coffee Roasters, Minor Figures, Califia Farms, Rishi Tea, Truth Coffee Roasting and so many more.
Additionally, The Lab program will be making its return, featuring an exciting line-up of interactive demonstrations, education workshops, talks and tastings from industry experts including The NoMad Hotel's Ryan Bailey and Devocion's Maya Albert. TheCoffee Music Project and Coffee Art Projects will once again have a notable presence, while the first-ever Coffee Art Project - Film Edition will be taking place in the festival's Movie Room. Further festival features include:
-The Kitchen, which first launched at last year's LACF, will be returning this year! This will be the go-to spot for foodies, where star chefs including Dale Pinnock and culinary legends at The NoMad Hotel and Destroyer will present their most innovative ideas. Attendees will have a chance to experience demos, workshops, and talks lead by notable and emerging restaurateurs and culinary legends from the LA culinary landscape.
-Latte Art Live, an interactive zone dedicated to the highly popular skill of latte art. In past years at the NYC and London Coffee Festivals, local heroes such as Jai Lott and Barista Dee, and international names like Dritan Alsela, Dhan Tamang, Lem Butler, and Luke Shilling, have taken to the stage. Attendees can take part in hands-on workshops and demonstrations where the pros will teach them the techniques and skills behind jaw-dropping masterpieces.
-The Innovation Zone is where you can discover the personalities behind some of 2019's coolest and most cutting-edge brands and small businesses, ranging from technology, to apparel, to the freshest micro-roasters.
-Street Food Market will feature some of the coolest food concepts in town once again this year. Whether a meat-eater, super-food lover, or "gluten free, dairy free, everything free," a hungry stomach is sure to be satisfied.
In addition to offering delicious street food, live music and coffee-inspired art, 10% of profits are donated to Project Waterfall, partnering with NYC-based charity: water to deliver life-changing water projects in coffee-growing regions. Since 2011, Project Waterfall has raised over $1.5 million, bringing clean water to more than 37,000 people across seven countries. Find out more about Project Waterfall at projectwaterfall.org and charity: water at charitywater.org.
Tickets for The Los Angeles Coffee Festival are now on sale at: https://www.la-coffeefestival.com/, and are expected to sell out quickly. For coffee connoisseurs and foodies alike, this event is bound to give Los Angelenos and global attendees a truly exciting break from the daily grind.
The festival is also offering a "Super VIP" ticket package, which offers three-day access to the event, a dedicated VIP entrance, and a VIP goodie bag, full of gifts from some of the event vendors, and a copy of the Los Angeles Coffee Guide 2020 book.
WHAT: The Los Angeles Coffee Festival
WHEN: Fri., Nov. 8th - Sun, Nov. 10th, 2019
Friday, November 8 - 11am-6pm | Industry Day
Saturday, November 9 - 9:30am-12:30pm | Brunch Session
Saturday, November 9 - 12:30pm-3:30pm | Lunch Session
Saturday, November 9 - 3:30pm-6:30pm | Teatime Session
Sunday, November 10 - 9:30am-1pm | Brunch Session
Sunday, November 10 - 1pm-4:30pm | Lunch Session
WHERE: The Magic Box @ The Reef | 1933 S Broadway | Los Angeles, CA 90007
TICKETS: https://www.la-coffeefestival.com/tickets
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Serial Analysis of Gene Expression (SAGE) is used to generate library of short sequence tags, each of which is then used to uniquely identify a transcript, with multiple tags forming long serial contigs across transcripts. The number of times each tag is detected is correlated to the expression level for the corresponding transcript.
SAGE™ technology allows comprehensive, digital, genome-wide expression analysis. The expression profiles generated are sensitive enough to detect low-abundance transcripts, making it possible to identify novel genes without prior sequence knowledge.
When you compare genome-wide methods, SAGE™ technology is the only method that delivers all the critical criteria for genome-wide expression analysis. SAGE™ technology is also unique in that there are several public databases that can be used to facilitate your analysis.
Microarrays can analyze many transcripts, but are limited by the variability of hybridization and can miss novel transcripts expressed at low levels.
Differential display can identify differences among transcripts, but is unable to provide comprehensive profiles.
Hypothesis-neutral method—helps ensure highly accurate quantification of gene expression levels on a genome-wide scale.
Reliable analysis—By focusing on 3' transcripts, you get accurate data even from relatively limited data sets.
Greater map-ability—Via the included SOLiD™ SAGE™ software package.
Compatible—With SOLiD™ RNA Barcodes for multiplexing (SOLiD™ SAGE™ Kit with Barcode Adaptor Molecule).
Accurate and reliable detection—Higher optical sensitivity and advanced polymers to obtain higher-quality data at a lower cost.
Automated approach—More than 24 hours of unattended operation. Multiple automation features decrease human errors.
Reproducibility—Optimized polymers increase productivity without affecting results.
Velculescu VE, Zhang L, Vogelstein B, Kinzler KW (1995) Serial Analysis Of Gene Expression. Science 270:484–487.
Velculescu VE, Zhang L, Zhou W, Vogelstein J, Basrai MA, Bassett DE, Hieter P, Vogelstein B, and Kinzler KW (1997) Characterization of the yeast transcriptome. Cell 88:243–251.


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Dotseth's Blog: Early 2011 Looks Good for MMA Fans
With all of the talk about Micky Ward based off the movie "The Fighter", it was hard to not think of Ward's main nemesis, Arturo Gatti, last Saturday night. UFC Lightweight Champion Frankie Edgar was looking a lot like "Thunder" while getting pounded by Gray Maynard in the first round of their fight, but in true Gatti style, Edgar fought back and was able to keep his title when the fight was declared a draw. This was a great back and forth fight between two really tough guys, and was a nice start to 2011. You had to feel bad for Anthony Pettis who saw his shot at the lightweight title get pushed back when Dana White announced that Edgar-Maynard 3 will happen first.
Saturday night also reminded me that fights that don't seem interesting on paper (Leben-Stann) can deliver some of the best moments of the night. I always liked Brian Stann, but I thought he would be no match for "The Crippler" based on Leben's last two fights. Shockingly, I couldn't have been more wrong as Stann walked right through Leben, knocking him out in the first round.
Maybe I was a little hard on Strikeforce last week when I questioned the decisions made for the January 29th card. I try to remember that MMA provides surprises and excitement on most cards, even if the biggest names are not involved. Who would have thought Billy Evangelista and Waachim Spirit Wolf would be as great a fight as it was? Not me.
Strikeforce also deserves credit because of fights expected to be finalized later this week. Fedor Emelianenko will return to the cage on February 12th to face Antonio "Big Foot" Silva, with Sergei Kharitonov taking on Andrei Arlovski in the co-main event. These will be the first two fights to launch the Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix, which is an eight-man tournament that will unfold over the course of multiple events.
I still don't get the decision to let Josh Thomson, Gegard Mousasi and Strikeforce Heavyweight Champion Allistair Overeem appear on the Dream card in Japan, while leaving your San Jose card thin, but I am happy to see there ARE big things on the horizon for the San Jose-based promotion. MMA will be much better if Strikeforce can continue to have nights like they had in St Louis–exciting fights that get people talking about match-ups they want to see in the future. The Heavyweight Grand Prix is a great way to do that.
As deep as the talent pool is in the UFC, their heavyweight division is somewhat shallow. The UFC has Cain Velasquez, Junior Dos Santos, Frank Mir, Shane Carwin, Brock Lesnar and Roy "Big Country" Nelson, and that's about it. Compare those names to the ones in the Strikeforce tournament–Fedor, Silva, Barnett, Arlovski, Overeem, Kharitonov and Fabricio Werdum–and it's easy to get excited about the Grand Prix.
There are always concerns when holding a tournament that winners may be too beat up to continue in a timely manner. yes, MMA is a brutal sport, and your body needs time to heal, but it's an easy gamble for Scott Coker and Strikeforce to make. When quarterfinals feature high profile fights to go along with a solid line-up of smaller guys (Henderson, Lawler, Jacare, Diaz) healthy and ready to fight in the first part of 2011, it should make fans think there is a plan, and better yet a real chance for Strikeforce to take that next step in mainstream appeal.
I also like the fact the Fedor fight will take place in New Jersey, right across the river from New York City. This is a chance for Strikeforce to get major publicity, which in the past only went to the UFC. With the UFC's stacked card on February 5th, Emelianenko back on the 12th, and the rumors of Dan Henderson getting a title shot in March, the first 3 months look good for the MMA fans. Happy New Year! JD
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Many thanks to Cory for getting the Web Accessibility Task Force off the ground! This is a great step forward for the accessibility of our site, but it's just the beginning. We need to sustain the momentum and begin to plan our activities so the committee produces positive outcomes. I hope to lay the groundwork for that planning today by establishing the goal of the committee and discussing the guidelines our website should follow.
Determine guidelines for accessibility and create a set of sustainable processes that help our website meet those guidelines.
But I'm gonna embarrass myself anyway. The first interface was incomplete, and came at the problem from the wrong angle. For those of you who didn't get a chance to see it, here are a couple of screenshots to give you an idea of how it worked.
LabMap Screen, shrunk to fit. The big gray box is the "Back" button.
Effective January 2010, Urchin 6 will become the default/primary web traffic analysis tool forthe library. Due to migration issues, Urchin 6 will not have the historical data currently available in version 5. Urchin 5 will be available for sometime until an official decommission date is determined.
Recently, the WMC put out a call for volunteers to participate in the Going Mobile Interest Group. The group had its first meeting in October and a good cross section of the library were represented.
The group spent some time talking about FAQs so it stood out as a topic of interest for everyone at the meeting. There are existing FAQs scattered about the library's web site but the group agreed that a separate FAQs, targeting our mobile device users, is needed.
Brian's wireframe/prototype includes a Policies section but that will be changed to FAQs. The FAQs will include answers to policy related questions.
The web is an exciting profession because of just how rapidly things change. Within the last few years, one phenomenon has made the lives of web designers much easier: Cascading style sheets, more commonly known as CSS.
CSS is an incredible technology because it allows designers to quickly and easily control the look of a multiple pages without touching the content. CSS can also be applied within a variety of contexts, such as for mobile browsers, regular web browsers, print, and in the future, screen readers.
As pointed out by Kee earlier this week, the latest update to our templates caused printing problems for a number of pages. Years ago, this problem would have struck fear into the hearts of designers. But today, thanks to the adoption of CSS, providing printer-friendly pages is as simple as making a few updates to our CSS files.


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Q: Use an animated icon in Ionic tab I am building an app using Ionic and am utilising the directive <ion-tabs></ion-tabs>
Each tab directive is as standard, eg:
<ion-tab title="Sync" icon-off="ion-android-sync" icon-on="ion-android-sync" href="#/tab/sync"><ion-nav-view name="tab-sync"></ion-nav-view></ion-tab>
When the app is busy syncing I'd like that static "ion-android-sync" to animate.
I see there is <ion-spinner></ion-spinner> to show spinners but I'm not sure of how to show an animated spinner icon inside a tab - anyone know how to do this?

A: I do not have a definitive solution for you and I am not sure whether this is the best way to do this, but in my opinion the best way to achieve this would be to dissect the <ion-tab> element, which would result in the following:

  <ion-spinner></ion-spinner>

Unfortunately, I couldn't find a spinner that looks like the ion-android-sync icon you used. And of course, more code would be necessary to make this switch between icons, but it is a start.

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The news isn't great for Democrats who supported the healthcare reform overhaul: a majority of likely voters in the November midterm elections still aren't big fans of the legislation. Republicans counting on an electoral sweep shouldn't be too happy either; the wholesale repeal of the bill they have been pushing for isn't very popular either.
Then, what does the American public want? According to a poll by the Wall Street Journal and NBC News, a majority would vote for a candidate that is willing to give the law a chance to work, but fix and improve it. Independent voters are especially open to that strategy by a 57%-40% margin. Although they're still skeptical that the law will have a positive impact and make affordable health insurance more widely available, just 42% prefer the hypothetical candidate that would go back to the drawing board and repeal the current legislation.
Indeed, last month's special election in Pennsylvania seems to confirm this viewpoint. The Democratic candidate, who expressed similar views (he would have voted against the bill, but looks to make improvements to what is now law), defeated the Republican candidate who sought total repeal.


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Interview with Bailey Buntain from Bunheads
Posted on February 27, 2013 by Megan
Unless you've been living under a rock, you've seen or heard something about ABC Family's amazing show, Bunheads. I was a fan from the beginning, especially because I was already such a huge Amy Sherman-Palladino fan from her work on Gilmore Girls.
The cast on Bunheads is so talented, with their dancing and their acting combined. It's a fabulous recipe for success.
Recently, the adorable and fiesty Bailey Buntain, who plays Ginny, took some time to speak with journalists about her character, the show, and life in general.
Jump ahead to see what this up-and-coming actress had to say.
On the Dancing
Bailey: I actually was trained equally; my core training was in ballet, jazz, and tap. Much like Ginny, my body type—I'm really short—always lent itself better to the jazz and tap style, so I find all the dances pretty equally challenging. I've had my favorite, that's for sure. My favorite dance number that we ever do is actually in the finale, and so I'm so excited to see how that one turns out.
On Michelle's influence on Ginny
Bailey: The Musical Theatre episode gave Ginny confidence that she never had before, and Michelle was the person that helped teach her that and give her that. It just shows how much Michelle has really incorporated into not just like Paradise life, but into like each individual girl's life. It's not so much just the four "bunheads" in the show. She's starting to affect us in our private life individually.
It's showing how much she's becoming a part of our lives, and Michelle definitely still has a lot of stuff to go through as far as what she's going to do with her career in musical theatre and auditioning and stuff. For Ginny, she's got some fun stuff coming up ahead, I'll tease that, but it mainly just showed the relationship between Michelle and Ginny.
On why she wanted to play Ginny
Bailey: I was a really big fan of Amy Sherman-Palladino, so I would have been so over the moon to play any character that she writes because she writes such quirky and fun characters. But some of my favorite things about Ginny is I love that she takes care of people. She totally thinks she's an adult, even though she's not, and so she's constantly trying to take care of everyone and their friends. I mean like organize things and orchestrate things, and I love that about her.
I also like that she has a lot of like gusto and fire in her, and that's a lot of time what totally like winds her and freaks her out, but she doesn't quite have the confidence to follow through anything. In this last episode, she has so much fire, she's so ready to go get Frankie, and then she just looses all confidence and all follow through, and I like that about her. And especially as we develop more as a show and our characters get to develop more, I find new things out about her, and so these eight have been really fun because I really got to explore more of who she is.
On her fellow cast
Bailey: Our hours are crazy, so we're together all the time and really get to know people, and [luckily], we all get along really great. Sutton is like a really great balance of being nice and fun but also super professional. Like working with her and being around her has been such an influential learning experience because she's just such a pro as an actor but she's also an amazing person. She's so funny. Trust me, I can't say enough nice things about her.
Then the other four girls, yeah we're friends. We're together like all the time when we're filming. Me and Julia carpool a lot, which was really fun because, as you know, LA traffic is horrible, so that right there is a couple hours that we would spend together. And then me and Emma actually just went and saw a production of Peter Pan last week. We wrapped filming, but I'm sure we're still going to all see each other because I've seen all of them since we wrapped, and it's been a week and a half so we'll see each other.
On Ginny and all the boys this season
Bailey: I did something right with the writers that they've given me all these cute boys. I don't know as far as Josh and Charlie how that's going to come in to play. I do know that the dynamic with her and Frankie continues to grow. I think that she had the same boyfriend forever and so the second—it's kind of like she was married so the second she didn't have that, it was like she just went a little boy crazy. You know, had crushes on everyone.
Frankie particularly is such a mystery, and she just could not figure him out. He's nothing like the boys in Paradise, and I think that like excites her, confuses her, all the above, and with everything that's going on in her family life and with her friends, her whole life is kind of like spinning around, and things with her and Frankie definitely grow as the next two episodes happen. And you see him shirtless in this one so…
That's all from this bubbly girl. She really was a joy to interact with. If you haven't checked out Bunheads, honestly, you're a fool and simply must do so immediately.
The season finale airs tonight on ABC Family at 9/8c.
– Megan
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Welcome to the maiden edition of the Crayon Magazine. This magazine is designed to provide an opportunity and space for all children in primary schools in Ghana to write. In this magazine, you would find short stories, jokes, riddles, cartoons, poetry, personality profiles and lots more interesting, educative and entertaining articles. The unique attribute of the Crayon Magazine is that most of the content are creative writings from children in primary school. And the good news is that the Crayon Magazine is FREE. We take this opportunity to invite all children in primary schools to be a part of the Crayon Magazine family by sending, short stories, jokes, riddles, rhymes, puzzles, poems, songs, tongue twisters, and any interesting and educative stories and articles they would like to share with others. Remember this magazine is for children and by children. We look forward to receiving all of your contributions.


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Articles by John Iacovelli on Tarot, Computing and Occasionally, Other Stuff
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One Page Guides
Tarot Reversals – The Eights
February 18, 2020 John Iacovelli	Eights, Hod, Reversals
You'd think that the Eights, which after all, should hold the promise of the infinity sign—an eight turned on its side—would share a theme of endless vistas and promise. But no. We could say that the Eights tell the tale of a journey—just not a very pleasant one. But a journey makes perfect sense, given that the qabalistic influence, Hod, is thought to represent the two feet of a person's body. The beginner of the Eight of Pentacles takes the first steps. The Eight of Wands continues, swiftly approaching a conclusion; things are looking promising. But then the Eight of Cups comes to the fork in the road. And you know what Yogi Berra said: "when you come to a fork in the road, take it!" And so, unfortunately, the Eight of Swords binds herself at a time of crisis. The relationships between the divinatory meanings (as defined by Waite in the Pictorial Key to the Tarot) of the upright vs. reversed minor arcana in the RWS can be interpreted as a change of perspective. We find visual clues to better understand reversals by looking at the characters' points of view. Where there is more than one character, we look at their perspectives of each other. Where there is a single character, from the point of view of an outside observer. Welcome to the annoying Eights and their reversals, the roadtrip from Hell of the Waite Colman Smith deck.
The Eight of Pentacles – A One Page Guide
February 14, 2020 February 15, 2020 John Iacovelli	Earth, Eights, Hod, One Page Guide, Pentacles, Virgo
A.E. Waite expends a lot of effort to make sure we see the laborer of the Eight of Pentacles as one who is learning his craft. In the Pictorial Key, he not only mentions this fact in his divinatory meanings for the Eight, he also points it out in his description of the Three of Pentacles. Why does he draw our attention to this? I suggest that Waite's message is that tarot, and indeed, magic, can be learned by us in the same way that the apprentice learns: by starting out with the simple tasks; then through long experience at those tasks, over time, he becomes the skilled artisan. Our laborer wields his hammer like Mercury's caduceus (which is basically a wand). He imbues magical energy into the symbol of the classical element of Earth, the coin. The result is the trophy, a symbol of something that he has won through his effort.
The Star, Goddess at First Light
February 7, 2020 February 9, 2020 John Iacovelli	Air, Aquarius, Binah, Christian mysticism, Major Arcana, The Star, Venus
You've got to hand it to Pamela Colman Smith on this one. She took one of the least attractive cards in the Tarot de Marseilles deck, and without substituting any major new elements, turned it into one of the prettiest cards in the RWS deck. But new or old look, The Star raises many questions. Who is she? What Star in particular? Why eight points on the star? Why eight stars? Its order in the majors is important, for one. It is first light after the darkness of The Tower. This is why it's dawn. And the Goddess appears to be the female goddess from the dawn of civilization herself: Ishtar. There are a number of reasons for the eight stars of eight points each, some of which Waite rolled into his mystical Christian skewing of the tarot. Waite was as heavy-handed on this one as Colman Smith's hand was deft. The Star is one of those cards where stories and myths abound; and it is through those stories and myths that we can understand it better.
Distribution Probability Counts by Spread Sizes
February 4, 2020 February 25, 2020 John Iacovelli	Tarot Math
Given a fair-sized spread—say ten cards—we sometimes might say to ourselves, "hmmm… that's a lot of swords there…" or "gee, not a single court card…" Those insights can and do affect the "bottom line" of a reading. Knowing, for example, that in the spread you just laid out for your client, Mars is very heavily represented can provide a rather important insight. Though deck designers often try to give us clues, it might be easy to miss something like that. Some decks even print the zodiac, planetary and/or qabalistic symbols on each card, specifically for this reason. This post isn't going to give you any startling revelations. It's just an odd, longish table I drew up to calculate, using standard deviation functions, the minimum-maximum numbers of the types of cards we should expect, in layouts between 1 and 16 cards in size. You'll find breakouts for the classical elements, the Zodiac signs, the planets, the major and minors, the court cards, and, last but not least, reversals. If you find it helpful, great. If not, no worries… we'll get back to those deep analysis type posts soon enough; this is just my way of takin' a break. 😉
The Empress of Light, Aphrodite Pandemos
January 31, 2020 February 7, 2020 John Iacovelli	Empress, Major Arcana
Of the first seven major arcana, two represent the dual aspects of Venus; and one other represents the eternal question of what to do about her? Waite described the Empress as "the woman clothed with the sun, as Gloria Mundi and the veil of the Sanctum Sanctorum." The High Priestess is pictured in front of the Sanctum Sanctorum, and is the representative of the mysteries in the darkness behind it. So to visit the realm of the High Priestess, Waite seems to say, you go through the Empress. This opposition of light and dark qualities directly relates to the neoplatonic view of the two natures of Venus. There is, according to Wikipedia, an "earthly Aphrodite Pandemos, representing carnal love and beauty, and the heavenly Aphrodite Urania representing a higher and more spiritual love." Waite's Empress is very Roman, as we shall see; but then, what else would we expect from a man writing at the height of the British Empire? The RWS Empress is inextricably tied to the material world.
Tarot Reversals – The Sevens
January 28, 2020 February 7, 2020 John Iacovelli	Netzach, Reversals, Sevens
We shouldn't be surprised that seven is a "pivotal" number as far as the minor arcana are concerned. After all, Netzach, the qabalistic influence, is represented by the right foot. The pivot is best exemplified by the Seven of Swords: our thief hot-foots his way out of enemy territory. He has turned into the home stretch of his high-risk, high-gain military, spying, thieving, or whatever-it-is operation. But we don't know the outcome yet. He doesn't see his way out just yet, and we don't see what's next, either. With the Seven of Swords, as with the others, we're frozen in time at the point of the pivot. And the perspectives—upright/reversed—can be described as the view from within and without the pivot.
The Seven of Cups – A One Page Guide
January 24, 2020 February 7, 2020 John Iacovelli	Cups, Netzach, One Page Guide, Scorpio, Sevens, Water
The Seven of Cups is a much more negative card than one might guess from a cursory glance. After all, Scorpio is one of the most serious signs of the Zodiac, if not the most deadly serious of them all. So why does Waite prattle on about "fairy favors?" In fact, the modern day perception of fairies is very different than the "sinister" aspect they held in Britain in times past. The Seven of Cups is the abundance of Venus poisoned by Scorpio. Venus was caught in flagrante with Mars by Vulcan, Venus' husband. Vulcan had been told about their affair, and so he made a net of bronze chains to catch them. The chains were so fine that they could not be seen, not even by the gods. He caught them and exposed them to all the other gods, who laughed heartily at Venus and Mars. There we have the illusion, the invisible chains, and the empty attainment, the act of adultery interrupted. As to interpreting this card as "self-delusion?" Well, Vulcan may have deluded himself, but the adultery was not an illusion. There may be a bigger picture to consider, i.e., the externalities, when we look at the Seven of Cups.
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Booksellers Corner
Tarot Fundamentals, though more expensive than most alternatives, is my recommendation as the single best book for beginners. It has the grounding you need in tarot history; it lists the astrological, elemental and qabalistic influences for every card; it provides excellent "how-to" essays on approaches such as intuition and the journey of the fool; and it provides illustrations of the renderings of eight decks for every card. The primary authors have continuing relationships with the Tarosophy Tarot Association, and this book is meant to be an encyclopedic volume of a good portion of their teachings.
Tarot: History, Symbolism and Divination is the best history of the origin of tarot, bar none. The first two thirds of the book should be required reading for anyone who wishes to even begin to truly understand the major arcana. Robert M. Place does have his "hobby-horse"—alchemy—and he gives far too little emphasis to the Golden Dawn. But his explanation of how the symbols in the majors got there and what they mean is unparalleled. The last third of the book is a description of the RWS deck.
The Lo Scarabeo Tarot is the "go-to" deck I use when I have my own questions. (I use RWS for other people). It's an attempt to reconcile the Golden Dawn, Waite/Colman Smith and Thoth. It doesn't do it perfectly. It's gorgeous. It's not for everybody. But if Tarot "theory" is your cup of tea, it may be a good choice for you, too.
To be honest, Secrets of the Waite-Smith Tarot is more "cute" and "fun" than insightful, in my opinion. But it is great fun. It visually relates Pamela Coleman Smith's theatre work to the deck she drew.
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by Nicole_KCPL January 17, 2023
Kenton County Public Library is seeking up to five (5) artists or artist teams to create public artwork that celebrates and encourages literacy in our community while bringing attention to the library's public resources. The application is open to artists/artist teams who live and work in the Greater Cincinnati region. Artists working in any media are encouraged to apply.
Each artist or artist team will be painting a fiberglass bench that is in the shape of an open book. One bench will be assigned per artist/team to design and paint. A book from the provided list must be used to inspire the artwork. The artwork must be an original interpretation and not directly from illustrations in the book or any book cover(s).
The final installation of the benches will be in highly visible areas in the community. The locations will be determined by the communities in which they are located, Kenton County Public Library and the City of Covington. The benches will stay in their chosen location for up to one year. All terms and conditions will be laid out in a contract to be signed by the artist upon selection.
Application Released: December 16, 2022
Applications Due: January 25, 2023 at 11:59 pm (EST)
Selection & Notification to Artists: On or before January 30, 2023
Signed Contracts Due: February 1, 2023
Delivery or pick-up benches: Week of February 6, 2023
Drop off completed benches: Week of March 27, 2023
Installation of benches: May 2023
For the full request for proposals and additional information, please use the links below:
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Contact for questions or additional information: Public Relations Department, PR@kentonlibrary.org
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Q: Robot following you; what's the best way? I built a human-sized robot that can follow anyone wearing an IR beacon.
It works quite well indoors and it's quite precise, but outdoors it is completely blind due to sunlight infrared.
I have a bunch of XBee I can try to use to triangulate someone wearing an XBee as a beacon but I was wondering: What's the best way to make a robot follow you pretty much in every environment if you aren't more than 10 meters from it?

A: Make your IR beacon transmit a square wave signal of a known frequency and make sure your receiver in the robot has a decent enough circuit to focus on the emitted IR known frequency.
If it turns out that your IR sensor is hitting the end stops in direct sunlight then change your sensor.

A: You could also add a high frequency (above human hearing) sonic beacon that it could follow.
It might drive the dogs crazy, but your robot will be able to follow it.


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Crude oil limps into November
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Summary: Oil is exiting October with its largest monthly decline since July 16, but the US sanctions on Iran still have the potential to provide support.
The beginning of October saw increased speculation that Brent crude oil could hit $85 or potentially even $100/barrel before year-end. Now, however, the commodity is set to close October with its largest monthly decline since July 2016.
The initial, bullish projections came in response to the expectations that the November 4 re-introduction of US sanctions against the Iranian oil industry would led to a tight market, with other producers struggling to meet the shortfall. Before reaching November 4, however, and despite data already showing a sharp drop in exports, crude oil instead made a sharp U-turn and dropped by close to $12/b before finding support at $75/b – a key technical level and the middle of the range around which Brent traded between April and September.
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These developments once again demonstrated why it is close to impossible to make short-term oil price forecasts at this point. The market is constantly exposed to oft-diverging shifts between oil fundamentals, political interference, and macro investors using oil as a proxy for global economic trends.
The risk of a major reversal became clear in early October when Brent crude oil broke above $80/b and surged to almost $87/b. During this rally, hedge funds turned sellers (and especially of WTI crude oil) instead of buying into the strength as they normally do. As the price of oil rose, so did the verbal intervention from Washington with President Trump putting pressure on Saudi Arabia to pump harder. Also rising, however, was the risk to the outlook for demand with many emerging market economies already being troubled by heavy dollar debt at a time of rising funding costs and a stronger dollar.
Hedge funds have, despite the early October surge to $87/b, nevertheless been cutting their combined bullish oil bet by one-third to a 15-month low.
A pledge from Saudi Arabia to pump as hard as possible together with increased focus on the negative impact on future demand growth helped trigger the turnaround. Demand growth worries continue to receive increased attention with the cocktail of trade wars, strong dollar, rising debt, and rising funding costs all providing a challenging outlook for global growth, and with that demand for crude oil.
This is particularly significant considering that close to three-quarter of global demand growth originates from EM economies that are particular exposed to the above mentioned cocktail.
However, the increased uncertainty about demand growth into 2019 has yet to show up in the monthly reports from the three major forecasters of Opec, the US Energy Information Administration, and the International Energy Agency. Between July and October, these three lowered their global oil demand growth projections by an average of 100,000 barrels/day to 1.42 million b/d.
A monthly survey of 46 economists and analysts carried out by Reuters (Saxo Bank contributed to the survey) this past week meanwhile projected that global oil demand would grow by between 1.1 and 1.5 million b/d in 2019.
Having returned to $75/b it is no surprise that the call for $95 has been changed to one looking for $65/b. However, we believe that the introduction of US sanctions against Iran could trigger a renewed focus on supply and help support the price during the coming weeks and months until the actual impact becomes clearer. We believe that upside potential at this stage should be capped around $80/b due to rising US inventories caused by the seasonal slowdown in refinery demand (until the end of November), together with increased production from the US, Russia, and Saudi Arabia.
Later today the EIA will release its monthly Crude Oil and Natural Gas Production report for August and a rise above 11 million b/d is expected. This after Russia yesterday said that its September production reached a new post-Soviet high of 11.356 million b/d. In other words, it is only a matter of time before the US overtakes Russia as the world's biggest producer.
But first the "Weekly Petroleum Status Report" at 14:30 GMT, one hour earlier than normal with the US yet to put their clocks back. Surveys are pointing to another weekly rise in crude stocks while product stocks are expected to decline. Both of these are normal developments for this time of year as per the charts below and should last until end-November or early December.
As usual, the crude oil stocks change will depend on the net level of imports. The four-week average stood at 5.6 million barrels/day last week, a year-on-year decline of 4.5%, The rapid improvement in the stock levels at Cushing, the Oklahoma delivery point for WTI crude oil futures, has helped keep its discount to Brent close to $10/b. API yesterday reported an increase of 1.4 million barrels, not far from the previous week.
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Methane is a powerful heat-trapping gas that is a significant contributor to climate change. In the decade after its release into the atmosphere, it is more than 80 times more efficient at trapping heat compared to carbon dioxide.
How does methane affect our health?
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package info.rmapproject.loader.util;

import static info.rmapproject.loader.util.ConfigUtil.integer;
import static info.rmapproject.loader.util.ConfigUtil.string;

import javax.jms.Connection;
import javax.jms.ConnectionFactory;
import javax.jms.JMSContext;
import javax.jms.JMSException;

import org.apache.activemq.ActiveMQConnectionFactory;
import org.apache.activemq.pool.PooledConnectionFactory;

/**
 * @author apb@jhu.edu
 */
public abstract class ActiveMQConfig {

    public static CloseableConnectionFactory buildConnectionFactory() {
        final ActiveMQConnectionFactory factory = new ActiveMQConnectionFactory();
        factory.setBrokerURL(string("jms.brokerUrl", "tcp://localhost:61616"));
        factory.setUserName(string("jms.username", null));
        factory.setPassword(string("jms.password", null));

        final PooledConnectionFactory pool = new PooledConnectionFactory(factory);
        pool.setMaxConnections(integer("jms.maxConnections", 10));
        pool.start();

        return new CloseableConnectionFactoryImpl(pool);
    }

    private static class CloseableConnectionFactoryImpl implements CloseableConnectionFactory {

        final ConnectionFactory pool;

        CloseableConnectionFactoryImpl(PooledConnectionFactory pool) {
            this.pool = pool;
        }

        @Override
        public void close() throws Exception {
            ((PooledConnectionFactory) pool).stop();
        }

        @Override
        public JMSContext createContext(String userName, String password, int sessionMode) {
            return pool.createContext(userName, password, sessionMode);
        }

        @Override
        public JMSContext createContext(String userName, String password) {
            return pool.createContext(userName, password);
        }

        @Override
        public JMSContext createContext(int sessionMode) {
            return pool.createContext(sessionMode);
        }

        @Override
        public JMSContext createContext() {
            return pool.createContext();
        }

        @Override
        public Connection createConnection(String userName, String password) throws JMSException {
            return pool.createConnection(userName, password);
        }

        @Override
        public Connection createConnection() throws JMSException {
            return pool.createConnection();
        }
    }
}

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African American audiences were generally ignored by the major motion picture studios in the first two decades of the 20th Century. Nonetheless, demand for films aimed at black theaters in both the South and larger Northern cities prompted the formation of several "black" motion picture production companies. Most of these black-owned enterprises were outside of southern California. Ebony Films and the William Foster Studio were based in Chicago, Illinois. The Norman Film Company was formed in Jacksonville, Florida. Others like Peter P. Jones Photoplay Company and the Afro-American Film Company were also founded in the midwest.
Sensing a market, major Hollywood studios like Fox and Paramount eventually created so-called Race Film units in the late 1920s which produced all-black-cast movies that they shaped to appeal simultaneously to white and black audiences.
The Lincoln Motion Picture Company in Omaha, Nebraska is considered the first all-black movie production unit in the country. Its entire output was aimed directly at African American viewers. Founded in 1916 by brothers Noble and George Johnson and soon relocated to Los Angeles, the company made and distributed five films, which were generally limited to "special showings" for African Americans in churches and small assembly halls. However, production expenses and minimal sales limited their ability to create additional films. As a result, the brothers went their separate ways. Their lack of long-term success, however, was only prologue to a burst of activity by small, all-African-American, film-makers that would grow enormously by the mid-1940's, when literally hundreds of movies (from musical featurettes to longer films) would proliferate not only in southern locations but also in larger northern cities.
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Australia warns Djokovic's Family over Russian Flag and Symbols
The Australian Tennis Federation, which is the organizer of the country's Open Championship, issued a warning to the father of the Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic - Sarjan and his family, to refrain from displaying the Russian flag
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The Young Players who can Transform Bulgarian Football
While the country has enjoyed some memorable moments in major tournaments, the Bulgarian national football team isn't in great shape right now.
Poland called the upcoming Matches between Bulgarian and Russian Football Clubs a "Disgrace
Three teams from Bulgaria violate the "football embargo" that European football has imposed on Russian clubs and will hold friendly matches with teams from Russia
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A Russian and a Ukrainian will Fight for Bulgaria
A Russian and a Ukrainian have officially received permission from the International Wrestling Federation (UWW) and will represent Bulgaria
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What Makes Online Sportsbooks Appealing
There are lots of online sportsbooks available and all of them have thousands of visitors each day which prompts the question of what makes them so popular or appealing.
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Stoichkov: Thank you, King, Rest in Peace!
The legend of Bulgarian football, Hristo Stoichkov, paid tribute to one of the greatest football players in history, Pele, who died yesterday at the age of 82
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After Morocco's World Cup Match: Fan Pogroms in major French Cities and in Brussels, A Boy Died
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The building dates back to 1902, when it was commissioned as a one-room schoolhouse to accommodate children residing on nearby farms. It remained in use as a school until 1965. Next, the building became a hub for the Knock community for parties, card playing, quilting bees and more until the 1990s.
Gradually, the building started to deteriorate and the Town of Innisfil took over ownership.
In 2007 the former Knock School House got renovated and is now called the Knock School Heritage Site and is home to the Innisfil Historical Society.
This school is built in 1902 by William Taylor of Allandale on the site of a log framed school in 1871 by Stephen Maneer. This is the only school site in Innisfil that is essentially unchanged from its original use. Knock School was purchased in mid 1960's from the School Board and became known as Knock Community Centre.
Attributes: One room brick building with full basement, rectangular design with a high pitched gable roof and a bell tower on top. the bell and bell tower are original to the building. The entrance/ cloakroom attached to the front has separate doors for "Boy" and "Girl" reflecting the practice at the time of the building's construction. additional original features include high ceiling, wood trim, wainscoting, hardwood flooring, external trim and the position of the blackboard across the front with one on each side between middle and front windows.
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Roquan Smith Speaks: Ready for Week 1? Managing Game Speed, Improving the Pass Rush, More
August 22, 2018, by Luis Medina Chicago Bears
Although we've had our ups (the draft, free agency) and downs (injuries, prospect holdout) over the year, optimism has been running pretty high around these parts lately, as the Bears organization seems to finally be heading in a different, more inspiring direction.
And that all came to a head after the team's 2018 first-round pick, Roquan Smith, ended his holdout, came to an agreement with the team, and indicated that he was preparing to participate in Saturday's preseason contest against the Kansas City Chiefs.
And then it all came crumbling down, as news of Smith's hamstring tightness popped up to throw a wrench into the spokes of our tandem bicycle of positivity. *sad trombone sound*
To be clear, Smith could still practice on Wednesday, putting him back on schedule in the process, but the Bears exercised caution when choosing to sit him in last Saturday's preseason game against the Denver Broncos and following a similar course of action this time around would be wise, as well. With that said, the vibe after his press conference (more on it below) was that he was either going to play or at least be in a good position to where he'd be prepared to play in the season-opener against the Green Bay Packers on September 9th.
Beyond that, the Bears first rounder addressed several other pressing topics while meeting with the assembled media at Halas Hall on Tuesday. And here are some of the highlights, alongside some thoughts of my own.
Smith Weighs in on Game Speed
Even though Smith didn't play, he was stationed on the sidelines with his teammates and a front-row seat for the action. So while Smith didn't get a taste of game speed himself, he was presented an opportunity to get a glimpse at what it looked like: "Just from looking at it, it doesn't seem too much different from when you're going full-speed in practice. So I don't think it's too different." It was also good to hear Smith discuss how he stayed in shape during his holdout:
Roquan Smith says he worked with Georgia's strength and conditioning staff while he was away from the #Bears.
— Adam Hoge (@AdamHoge) August 21, 2018
Is Smith the Pass-Rush Help the Bears are Looking For?
Not necessarily, but Smith came away with 6.5 sacks last season at Georgia. So it's not out of the realm of possibilities that Defensive Coordinator Vic Fangio gets creative with a talented and instinctual defender in an attempt to make up for the lack of pass-rush elsewhere. And it sounds like Smith is up to the task.
"I feel like can blitz. I did a little bit of it back at Georgia. Haven't done it on this level yet, but I definitely think I have the traits to be a great one."
On His New Defense Being a lot Like His Old One
Sometimes, football can be a very simple game … even from the perspective of an inside linebacker. Because Smith won't step in right away and be expected to call plays, he can relax and focus on using his athleticism and instincts to make plays. And if all else fails, he can channel his inner-Bulldog and channel his muscle memory from his Georgia days because of the similarities he has found in this Bears defense.
"It's not that bad because we ran a very complex defense at Georgia, and it took me like a year to get it. But actually having concepts now, because prior to getting to Georgia I didn't really know concepts like that. Everything is conceptual and it just falls back in line."
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Taking Risks in Limited Space :: Baltimore's DIY Theatre
Posted by Dave K. November 16, 2014 April 24, 2017
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The term "DIY theater" is almost a redundancy.
Unless you're on Broadway (and sometimes even then), theater is a world of tight budgets and lofty expenses that competes with—and is often more expensive than—a myriad of other forms of entertainment.
Because of this, theater companies of all sizes must learn to be resourceful and scrappy if they want to stay active, and they must also be adaptable. Venues get shut down, personnel come and go, audiences' tastes change, and those are only three possible monkey wrenches the world can throw into an art form that is already pretty stressful.
The Baltimore Rock Opera Society's 2013 performance of "MURDERCASTLE" was their last at the Autograph Playhouse due to venue issues. Photo by Heather Keating.
Still, it endures; especially in Baltimore where the theater scene is very active. In addition to established professional outfits like Centerstage and Everyman, and community theater stalwarts like Fell's Point Corner Theater, Spotlighters, and The Vagabond Players, a handful of small, ambitious, ensemble theater companies have turned the city into a hub for DIY theater.
Drawing with gusto from the wells of invisible theater, epic theater, and Theater of the Oppressed, these newer additions to the Baltimore theater community are taking on unorthodox and challenging material, developing their own shows and/or giving local playwrights a place to stage their work, all the while using art as a vehicle for social justice.
Indeed, social justice is a guiding light for some of Baltimore's DIY companies; Iron Crow Theatre, which started up in 2010, produces work from within the LGBTQ theater community. Similarly, The Strand Theater Company focuses on developing work by and for women, and they run workshops that encourage women to participate in all areas of theatrical production, especially in areas where women are underrepresented.
Iron Crow Theater's "4.48 Psychosis"
It's tempting to say that both of these companies occupy niche spaces in the theatrical landscape, producing narrow bodies of work for very specific audiences, but that would be unfair and also wrong. Iron Crow and The Strand are both masterful at exposing what is raw and human, and sometimes riotously funny about the stories they put on stage. Iron Crow's production of 4.48 Psychosis was commended by DC Metro Theatre Arts for successfully interpreting an extremely heavy and volatile script as "an expression of grief, anger, and gallows humor," while Theater Bloom described The Strand's production of God's Country as "a series of creative mediums together in one performance that is provocative and touching as well as poignant and relevant."
That is one of the glories of live theater: it allows members of the audience to find unexpected common ground between themselves and elements of the performance, which lacks the protective distance of television, or film, that they might otherwise cast aside as distant from/inapplicable to their own individual identities. Companies like Iron Crow and The Strand, and any others mentioned herein, are important because their work reminds us all that the human heart is a switchboard, capable of multiple connections.
Glass Mind Theatre, while not as rigidly defined by their social justice goals, took on gender and sexuality in All American Genderf*ck Cabaret, and again in RSVP. They've also experimented with dark comedy (Den of Thieves), modernized classics (Antigone and A Midsummer Night's Dream), and plays written by locals (Sarah Gorman's And Underneath The Moon, for which I contributed sound design). Their take on experimental theater is gentler than other companies with similar ambitions, but City Paper lauded them as "unafraid to reach for a kind of emotional honesty that underground DIY theater rarely tries to pull off" in a review of Genderf*ck, and that's right on the money.
Glass Mind is also very inclusive of its audience. Their first production as a company was a festival of short plays based on ideas they solicited from the Internet, and their production of A House, A Home let the audience vote on what kind of show they wanted to see (the choices were Hearty Laughs, Cheap Drinks, Critical Engagement, and A Little Bit of Crazy). Locally-written one-act plays are the central element of their Brainstorm series, as well.
As far as experimental theater goes, Annex Theatre is pushing the most boundaries. Controversial work is their stock in trade, as their productions of Equus and the recently-acclaimed Marat/Sade illustrate. Their stagecraft also takes risks that make full use of the usually-limited space available to them. Marat/Sade seated the audience above the playing area on two sides to look down at the actors, just as they would have done if they'd paid admission at the Bethlem Royal Hospital to go laugh at the inmates there. Not only was the audience part of the show by their very presence, the physical arrangement of the space made them contributors to the inmates' unrest.
The Baltimore Annex Theater's production of "Marat/Sade" in the Station North Chicken Box. Photo by Alex Budenz.
Annex is probably the closest thing Baltimore has to a truly absurdist theater company; their production history ranges from Ionesco to Brecht to short plays based on Hanna-Barbera cartoons, and their nomadic progression through Baltimore's performance spaces (they've put on shows in the former Load of Fun space, the Chicken Box, the H&H Building, the Copycat Theater, and other non-traditional venues) puts them within grazing distance of invisible theater, which is meant to be enacted in places where people would not normally expect to see theater.
The same can be said of Stillpointe Theatre Initiative, who combine old-school Broadway flair with location-based urban grit and brushes of timeless, Barnum-esque showmanship. Their production of Little Shop of Horrors, for example, had actors exiting onto the sidewalk and interacting with passers-by without breaking character.
Their migratory path through Baltimore winds around almost as much as Annex's does. Stillpointe has staged shows at Gallery 788, Area 405, The Strand, EMP Collective's current space near the Baltimore St. light rail stop, Church & Company, and even on the back of a flatbed truck at Artscape.
Stillpointe Theater Initiative's production of "Sweeny Todd" was performed behind Area 405.
Stillpointe's production choices are a mix of familiar classics, underperformed gems (The Country Wife is one of the dirtiest shows I've ever seen), and pieces by local playwrights (like Kimberley Lynne's fabulous Return of the Fifth Sister), all selected and executed with high, exacting standards. Ryan Haase's set designs are some of the best in Baltimore theater, period, and their ear for male singing talent never fails. Neither does their ear for female singing talent, it should be noted, but male singers are harder to find and retain for whatever reason.
Stillpointe should also be commended for their commitment to inclusion; their casts are effortlessly diverse, and a true reflection of the city's formidable talents. In a city whose racial and class differences are often boxed away from one another, theirs is a good example to follow for communion through the arts.
And that's nowhere close to a complete picture of theater in this town. I chose not to focus on the Baltimore Rock Opera Society or Yellow Sign Theatre here because I've written standalone pieces on them both fairly recently, but there's still Acme Theater Corporation, and Interrobang, and Baltimore Shakespeare Factory, and EMP Collective's theater presentations (one of which, Sybil Kempson's Potatoes of August, recently finished its run), and tomorrow there could be three more companies putting on shows anywhere they can hang lights.
EMP Collective's "Potatoes of August"
At times, the performing arts can seem thankless; the story of artists maintaining, or even improving, a crumbling building until someone rich decides to buy it, at which point the artists are kicked out for a handful of code violations and never so much as acknowledged for their work, much less thanked, is older than the hills.
And yet, they endure. Iron Crow's Steve Satta-Fleming told the Baltimore Sun back in 2011 that, "We create our own opportunities," adding that, "you don't wait for someone to put on a play that has a part for you." Baltimore's DIY theaters embody that spirit of not waiting around for other people to allow them to be exceptional. Not only that, they remind us that there is more to Baltimore than crime and drugs and high taxes and post-industrial decay. There is life here; things, and people, are being made.
Tags: Annex Theatre Baltimore Rock Opera Society baltimore theatre DIY Theatre EMP Collective epic theater Fell's Point Corner Theater Glass Mind Theatre invisible theatre Iron Crow Theatre Spotlighters Stillpointe Theatre Initiative The Strand Theatre Company The Vagabond Players theater of the oppressed yellow sign theatre
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So, you've got a few students who want to start an environmental club? Great! Here are some tips on how to get a club started and how to keep it going strong.
Focus on your core group of people who show up. Oftentimes, their excitement for the group will naturally recruit others to join in.
Outreach = participation, get the word out! Parents teacher conferences; all-school announcements; school newsletter, newspaper or website; posters; facebook; email lists, etc.
Set agendas for your meetings. Have an agenda and try to stick to it. Consider having a certain structure you follow at every meeting such as: introductions, old business, new business, reports on specific projects, small group time, and closing thoughts.
Consider more short-term and achievable activities to focus on for your club's first few projects. You want your club members to feel some immediate satisfaction in accomplishment to get them motivated to work on some longer term goals.
Keep everyone in communication with each other. Try to organize one main form of communication for your members to keep in contact with each other such as a web page on your school's web site, forming a Google group (google.com), a Facebook page (facebook.com), or use the traditional calling phone system.
Do not hesitate to simply ask for help. Teachers, parents, and local environmental organizations can offer knowledge and leverage to your club.
Walk the talk! Encourage your club members to practice environmentally sound practices in their own daily lives as much as possible. Brainstorm about ideas of what you can do together and at home.


WOLFGANG, FENGLER (2018) Development of Embedded Systems - from a Practical Point of View. In: Eighth International Conference On Advances In Computing, Control And Networking - ACCN 2018, 23-24 June, 2018, Paris, France.
The paper describes the development of embedded systems using a W process model as a model-based top-down design from function to structure, partitioning and implementation or realization. Early testing via simulation is an integral component. The development is integrated in the process management. All explained steps build on an example from precision weighing technology.


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20 facts about Autism Spectrum Disorder
Every year the National Autistic Society (NAS) encourages the general public to take part in activities during the seven days of World Autism Awareness Week in order to raise money and awareness with campaigns like Too Much Information. Autism Awareness Day is marked on April 2 every year, World Autism Awareness Week will be from March 26 to April 2 in 2018.
In order to celebrate the Autism Awareness Week and to encourage awareness, we present 20 facts about autism.
1. Autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) are neurodevelopmental conditions characterized by impairment in reciprocal social interactions and communication skills, and the presence of restricted, stereotypical behaviors.
2. In 2010 there were an estimated 52 million cases of ASDs around the world, equating to a population prevalence of 7.6 per 1000 or one in 132 persons
3. The rate of autism has steadily grown over the last twenty years. In 1980 the reported rates were about 1 in 10,000 people
4. Autism Spectrum Disorders are almost 5 times more common among boys (1 in 42) than among girls (1 in 189).
5. ASD has been reported in all racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic groups.
6. Aggregated national costs of supporting children with ASDs are £3.1 billion (US $4.5 billion) per year in the United Kingdom (excluding Social Security and benefit payments, which are transfer payments and not real societal costs) and $61 billion per year in the United States.
7. About 40% of children with autism do not speak. About 25%–30% of children with autism have some words at 12 to 18 months of age and then lose them. Others might speak, but not until later in childhood
8. Common symptoms of autism are delayed or absent speech, problems listening, concentrating and understanding, frequent repetition of words and phrases, taking things literally, difficulty sensing and interpreting people's feelings, difficulty expressing feelings, over or under sensitivity to sound, touch, taste, smell or light, rituals or repetitive behaviours, disliking changes to routine, difficulty making friends and socialising.
9. Some of the co-existing conditions along with Autism Spectrum Disorder are ADHD, allergies, asthma, epilepsy, digestive disorders, persistent viral infections, feeding disorders, sensory integration dysfunction, sleeping disorders, and more
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10. One of the biggest myths about autism is that it is a childhood condition but in reality, it is a lifelong condition. In fact in the UK there are more autistic adults than children.
11. Research suggests that around 28% of autistic people have special talents but the cause is unknown and certainly not all autistic children are gifted.
12. There is no cure for Autism; however, there are a number of behavioral therapies that can drastically improve how a person with Autism Spectrum Disorder acts. Behavioral therapies can include speech, occupational therapy, or applied behavioral analysis.
13. Autism Spectrum Disorder is much more likely to happen in children born to "older" parents, meaning mothers over 35 or fathers over 40.
14. Children with autism also often have sensory processing problems—unusual sensitivity to sounds, lights, textures or smells. They may be overwhelmed by too much sensory input, or be disturbed and uncomfortable because of a lack of sensory input, which they may try to get by bumping into things, and excessively touching and smelling things.
15. Autism cannot be cured at the present time, but a structured educational program and tailored therapy have been shown to help children develop skills they are lacking and minimize behaviors that are problematic.
16. Applied behavior analysis is a psychotherapeutic regimen that actively teaches and encourages desired social and communication behaviors that other children learn intuitively.
17. An approach called developmentally based intervention uses subjects, words, and stimuli to model a typical developmental progression for an a child who doesn't develop them independently. As every child is different, other appropriate therapies may include occupational, physical, and speech-language.
18. Dogs have been shown to improve autistic children's quality of life, independence, and safety. The presence of a trained dog can reduce aggressive behavior, calm the child, and serve as a link to the child's community.
19. Almost half of children with ASD have average or above average IQ but still only 16% of adults with autism go on to gain employment
20. Children with ASD can learn and succeed in the classroom and beyond. Like every child, with the help of their families, providers, doctors, specialists, and communities, kids with ASD can not only survive but thrive in the society.
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Including 'key phrases' into your description (as with the title) is essential in your video arising within the search outcomes. You probably have the identical key phrases as you title, then Youtube will know that your video is certainly about 'your key phrase' e.g. 'taking part in soccer' 'backyard sq. stadium'.
Some commerce reveals have change into mega occasions that remodel the enterprise world. Commerce present advertising is an efficient device in boosting gross sales and visibility for any enterprise. Outline your success and entice patrons and long run clients utilizing these high methods for commerce present occasions.
A commerce present is a gathering venue the place patrons, sellers, and different individuals of a selected trade meet to work together for mutually helpful enterprise ventures and for gross sales of their merchandise. Efficient advertising is essential to the success of a enterprise. A well-organized annual commerce present can enhance gross sales for current companies and it may also be a launching pad for brand new merchandise, with a better affect for recognition and gross sales. Modern expertise, superior advertising abilities and enticing product shows can be utilized in a person sales space or stall to draw patrons and long-term clients.
Advertising at a commerce present means, native, provincial and nationwide companies can discover greater visibility and due to this fact, better success. Commerce reveals are platforms for revitalizing alternatives for the success of a enterprise. For shoppers and enterprise house owners, commerce reveals change into essential for understanding the most recent traits within the trade and for getting an perception into competitor's services. It's a venue for exchanging enterprise playing cards and creating new relationships, for accelerated enterprise success. Advertising methods for commerce reveals embody the whole lot from hands-on actions to highly effective sales space shows.
Commerce present organizers use online directories for companies and website guests to seek for corporations that they wish to do enterprise with. By way of online directories, shoppers can discover the ground areas of the actual corporations collaborating within the commerce present. Organizers can publish your commerce present and your organization data freed from cost by means of their web sites to get extra attendees. They supply particular web sites for every market and thus you'll be able to promote your enterprise everywhere in the world. Organizers can prepare the whole lot from presents to hostesses in your present. Converse recurrently along with your assigned account supervisor to achieve essentially the most advantages from their companies. Ask for a patrons listing and reductions for ads within the present listing.
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Return on advertising funding (aka ROMI) is an important factor being targeted on by the brand new breed of result-oriented entrepreneurs. With social media advertising, and Web advertising rising to be the upcoming development in profitable advertising, companies are geared for revenue era by means of a digital media blitz.
As an example, many companies are on Twitter, Fb and different boards showcasing their wares. They attain a wider viewers simply by growing their connections by means of these boards. Entrepreneurs can promote their upcoming commerce reveals by private invitation to all of the individuals of their community. Thus the new-age marketer is poised to have unprecedented markets by utilizing his networking functionality by means of the Web.


A new study published in the journal Frontiers in Psychology, has found that guys without partners smell "noticeably worse" than men that are married or in a serious relationship.
Researchers from Macquarie University in Australia asked 82 heterosexual women to, well, get in there and sniff the sweaty armpits of a group single and married men between the ages of 18 and 35. Poor hygiene was not a problem with the group.
What they found was that single men produce more testosterone than men in serious relationships, which naturally results in a stronger body odor.
"Previous research indicates human body odor (BO) can signal kinship, sickness and genetic compatibility. Based on research indicating single males have higher testosterone levels than partnered males and that higher testosterone levels are associated with stronger smelling body odor, the current study aimed to determine if, by extension of previous findings, single males' BO smells stronger than partnered males' BO," reports the study. "Eighty-two heterosexual women aged 18–35 years rated the BO and faces of six different males also aged 18–35 years.


Sailors aboard dock landing ship USS Pearl Harbor (LSD 52) man the rails as a tugboat assigned to Naval Station Pearl Harbor guides the ship into Pearl Harbor.
USS Pearl Harbor (LSD 52) departed Naval Station San Diego on March 28 to begin their role in a U.S. Navy Task Group conducting Partnership of the Americas (POA) 2007. POA 2007 is a U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command deployment designed to support the U.S. Southern Command engagement strategy of enhancing relationships with regional partner nations through a variety of exercises and events at sea and on shore throughout Latin America and the Caribbean.
The task group, led by Capt. Randall Snyder, Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 40 commodore, will be composed of the Pearl Harbor; Chilean Frigate Almirante Latorre (FFG 14) out of Valparaiso, Chile; USS Mitscher (DDG 57) out of Norfolk; and USS Samuel B Roberts (FFG 58) out of Mayport, Fla. During POA 2007, the ships will participate in several exercises as they sail around South America, including UNITAS and Teamwork South. Both series of exercises are designed to train participating navies in a variety of maritime scenarios, with each operating as a component of a multinational force to provide the maximum opportunity to improve interoperability. Another part of the deployment will be a variety of Theater Security Cooperation (TSC) events in the Caribbean and Central America. TSC encompasses military-to-military cooperation, humanitarian assistance, disaster relief, combined training, exercises and operations, intelligence sharing and maritime security assistance within the region to achieve common goals.
The deployment will conclude with participation in PANAMAX 2007, an annual exercise designed to assist the government of Panama in protecting the sovereignty and security of the Panama Canal. Many of Pearl Harbor's Sailors, including Operations Specialist 3rd Class (SW) Anton Allsop are looking forward to visiting a new continent. "This will be the second deployment of my Navy career and I'm excited," Allsop said. "I went to the Persian Gulf last time, and now I can't wait to see South America. This is why I joined the Navy." Pearl Harbor is the last of the Navy's four new cargo variants of the Whidbey Island class of landing dock ships. It is the first ship to carry the name Pearl Harbor, commemorating the heroic actions of members of the armed services and citizens of the Island of Oahu on Dec. 7, 1941.


The purpose of this chapter is to introduce and explain the various options for setting and configuring Ranorex Recorder.
General settings are the ones which can be accessed by selecting the 'General' register tab in the settings dialog window.
The value can also be set at the time of executing a test suite using the test suite's command line arguments, or by directly using the Ranorex.Core.Configuration.Current.Adapter.TimeoutFactor property in code.
The GDI capture feature of Ranorex is introduced and explained in detail in > Ranorex Studio advanced > Ranorex Spy > ⇢ GDI capture feature.
Include license information: Click to include the local machine's floating license information with the test. For this to work, you must have a solution opened and a floating license configured on the local machine.
Recorder settings can be accessed through the settings dialog. Depending on from where the dialog is opened, different options are available. If you open the settings from within the Studio Recorder view (SETTINGS button in action table), the configuration options for the current recording are available in addition to the recorder default settings.
Current recording: This tab primarily contains configuration parameters for code generation specific to the current recording. All settings on this tab page are stored within the recording.
Recorder defaults: In this tab global default values for every newly created recording are specified.
The settings tab page for Current recording can only be accessed from the SETTINGS button within a recording.
Capture a screenshot for each step: Specifies whether a screenshot of the current action should be made during the recording.
Highlight elements: Specifies whether element highlighting during recording should be enabled.
Please note that the following settings only affect newly created actions, not existing actions.
Use timings also for recorded actions: When enabled, the specified timings below will be taken instead of the recorded durations.
Use keystroke optimization: Enabled by default. This setting makes recorded key sequences easier to read. Only applies to characters of the English alphabet, i.e. A–Z. Can also be enabled/disabled in the keystroke editor of an action.
Key sequence split time (ms): Use this setting to specify the maximum time between key presses in a key sequence during recording. If this time is exceeded, the sequence is split into multiple key sequences.
Mouse move time per action (ms): Specifies the time in milliseconds used to move the mouse to the UI object related to the action.
Mouse/Pointer-related action time (ms): Specifies the overall time in milliseconds used for a manually created mouse action. The value set for this setting is only taken into account for manually created actions, when the time of an action cannot be determined during recording or when 'Use timings also for recorded actions' is activated.
Keyboard-related action time (ms): Specifies the default overall time in milliseconds used for a manually created keyboard action. The value set for this setting is only taken into account for manually created actions, when the time of an action cannot be determined during recording or when 'Use timings also for recorded actions' is activated.
Recording namespace: Specifies the namespace used for the generated code.
Recording class name: Specifies the class name used for the generated code.
Use item logging by default: Activate this setting to turn on a default logging message for each action item.
Generate replay reports: This setting is used to turn the generation of reports during replay on or off.
Show warnings for possible invalid property values: Option to turn invalid property warnings on/off.
This tab primarily contains configuration parameters for code generation specific to the current recording. All settings on this tab page are stored within the corresponding recording.
Description: Can be used to briefly describe the actions the recording performs.
Replay speed factor (%): The speed factor is used to increase or decrease the replay overall speed by a specific factor value.
Replay iteration count: The repeat count is used to specify the number of iterations.
Recorder UI mode: By specifying the recorder UI mode the set of actions available in the actions table will be adapted ("Global": all actions, "Desktop & Web": no mobile actions, "Mobile": no mouse and keyboard actions).
Enable turbo mode for replay and generated code: Is used to specify whether recorded delays between actions should be part of the generated code.
Generate replay reports: This setting is used to turn the generation of reports during replay on and off.