It's funny how focusing on what is ostensibly one kind of thing enables you to think more creatively about something apparently quite different – and then to discover that they are, if not the same, then at least unexpectedly and vitally related. This is especially true when life-experience crosses the boundaries of what we think of as 'religious' and 'non-religious'.
Not so long ago, for instance, I was reading Tim Gorringe's short little book called, simply, 'Salvation' (Epworth Press, 2000). At the back he makes some suggestions for further reading and says that if you want to know more about the Christian theme of atonement – literally 'at-one-ment', how we may be transformatively united to God and to one another in spite of our differences and flaws – novels are a good place to start. Included in his list is 'Middlemarch' by George Eliot, because it "ends with ongoing redemption and explores the theme at many levels" (page 111).
Now 'Middlemarch' (Penguin Books, 1994) happens to be my favourite book, and Tim Gorringe's remark prompted me to read it again – not that I needed much of an excuse. I was so enriched by the experience of revisiting it that I want to try and unpack what I discovered here, in an inevitably fragmentary way.
First, for the benefit of those who don't know the novel (and perhaps even for those who do), I will give an overview of Eliot's story and look at how it resonates with some important biblical ideas. I will then suggest, perhaps unexpectedly, that it also helps us to understand something about what sharing the Eucharist together can mean – how it can change us.
Now George Eliot was very concerned about finding a purpose in life. She had found this really hard to discover for herself, so it is not surprising that the quest comes out in her stories, not least this one.
The novel is set in the provincial town of Middlemarch in the first half of the 19th century. It revolves around two main characters, Tertius Lydgate and Dorothea Brooke, and how their stories interweave.
Lydgate is a newcomer to Middlemarch. He is a doctor and has a passion for research. He knows his purpose in life and that is to do good things for the town and great things for humanity. He is ardent and dedicated – a good man at heart, but with his flaws. He has no time for the niceties of provincial life, for instance, and his tactless behaviour makes him enemies among the old timers.
Lydgate marries Rosamond, a beautiful local girl, who he thinks will be a decorative and consoling addition to his life. Little does he know that under that graceful and demure exterior lies a self-centred, extravagant and steely will.
Dorothea comes from the landed gentry of Middlemarch, but she is uncomfortable with her privileged position. She also wants to do good, to have a purpose in life, but she can't find it. That is, until Casaubon, a cleric and scholar much older than her, comes on the scene. She projects all her fantasies onto him and thinks that at last she is going to be caught up in something bigger and greater if she is married to him.
Poor old Casaubon! He is engaged on a magnum opus, the 'Key to All Mythologies'. It is his life's work, but in his heart of hearts he suspects that this Key is never going to be written. It is going to open no doors. Dorothea herself painfully comes to the recognition that this is the case. The honeymoon, which actually never really started, is over.
Under the stress of all this, Casaubon falls ill and Lydgate attends him. So the two stories start to intermingle. Lydgate is unstinting in his professional support of both Casaubon and Dorothea and he wins their respect and gratitude. Casaubon eventually dies, leaving a will that disinherits Dorothea if she should marry Casaubon's cousin, Will Ladislaw, who he suspects of amorous intentions and of whom he is deeply jealous.
Many hundreds of pages later (for this is a long book!) we find Lydgate facing financial ruin. He is suspected of causing the deliberate death of a patient, something of which he is not guilty. Dorothea, of all his friends, is the only one who really believes in his innocence and is prepared to do something about it. She gives him the courage to go on, tells others of his innocence and lends him the money to get out of his immediate financial hole. Most importantly, however, she goes to visit Rosamond, to help her to believe in and support her husband Lydgate.
But things are never simple. When Dorothea visits Rosamond, she finds her in what she believes to be a compromising position with Will Ladislaw, that cousin of Casaubon. Now Dorothea's relation with Will had been, as far as she was concerned, one of friendship. But seeing the two together brings on the recognition that she does, in fact, love Will. She retreats in confusion and pain.
What is she to do next? Abandon the whole enterprise of helping Rosamond? No, at great cost to herself, she goes back to see Rosamond the next day. And something quite extraordinary happens. The essentially self-preoccupied, self-centred Rosamond is transformed for that moment by the sheer goodness of Dorothea. She tells Dorothea that Will's love is for Dorothea, not herself. The costly giving of Dorothea, her concern for her neighbour, brings what we can only call 'redemption', not only to Rosamond and Lydgate, but also to Dorothea herself.
When, as Christians, we talk of 'atonement theories', or should I say if we talk about atonement theories (for it is hardly very fashionable or easy to do so), we often find it very difficult to imagine how somebody else's goodness can truly become our own. A legal re-assignment hardly seems sufficient to really change and be changed as a person. Yet this is the focus of many conventional Christian theories about how Christ's sacrifice redeems us – reshapes us toward the truly good that is God.
George Eliot was convinced that we are responsible for each other as human beings, that we are inextricably linked with each other. As such, we can bring salvation or damnation to the other and there are stories of both in Middlemarch. Elsewhere in the Gospel, too, Jesus warns us that we receive the power to give or withhold blessing – and that what happens depends upon our relation to 'the other' who is, simultaneously, God and neighbour (John 20.22-23).
But George Eliot still recognises that this is, to put it mildly, hard. For a start, she knows that we "cannot bear too much reality", as T.S. Eliot pointedly observed. For all that we are responsible for each other, if we really entered into each other's pain, we would be overwhelmed.
In addition, our opportunities, the times in which we live, our context – all these make a huge difference. Lydgate, although he got over his immediate crisis, lived a diminished life, in which he merely made lots of money.
What about Dorothea? In her own estimation, she never did anything great, believing that, had she been a better and wiser person, there was some elusive thing she might have done. As it was, she got married (to Will) and had children. So did she miss her purpose in life?
I first read those words when I was aged 16. I was enormously encouraged and moved by the book then. Have the intervening years shown it to be true or false? I think it is true. I have found that when you hit one of those times in life when you wonder about your purpose, something from Middlemarch can help put it in fresh perspective; strangely, you find yourself feeling fine again.
Forget for a moment the question about the nature of their affliction (language about spirits and demons is not our natural register any more, but they refer to a brokenness and loss of control which is powerfully real). Do you notice how some of the women were named but there were 'many others' who had no name? How would God's gentle but purposeful plan have advanced if those unnamed people had not played their part?
But how on earth does all this relate to Eucharist? As I have suggested, George Eliot was convinced that we are part of a complex interweaving of relationships and responsibilities. She uses the metaphor of a web, and this can both be both positive and negative. For all the good we can do, we can also do harm to one another.
When we Christians come together to take bread and wine we are asking that we be bound together and responsible for each other in positive, godly, ways. But we are not only bound together as a congregation. Somehow, in a way that defies our understanding, but which we take on trust, we are bound together with Christ.
Eucharist both symbolises and enacts that transforming fellowship – and makes it something that, if it is authentic, flows out of us towards others, whoever they are. That is how God's love works. This is our prayer, our purpose and our experience.
© Alison Goodlad. The author is a member of St Stephen's Anglican Church, Exeter, (www.exetercentralparish.net). She has worked in university administration and is currently engaged in theological studies. This article is adapted from an address given at St Stephen's on 17 June 2007. Excerpts from 'Middlemarch' with kind acknowledgement to Penguin Books.


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Last Sunday, the Feast of La Divina Pastora was held at the Siparia RC Church. Both venerated by Catholics and Hindus alike, La Divina Pastora (The Divine Shepherdess), Mother Mary or, for the Hindu faith, is a manifestation of the Goddess Kali, Durga, Lakshmi as Siparee/Supari Mai (Mother of Siparia).
This is the second of the two Black Madonnas in Trinidad, the other being in Tortuga, at Our Lady of Monsterrat. Many devotees, both Catholics and Hindus, attribute miracles to this statue, with many coming with their prayer requests while touching her garments.
After the mass is performed, the statue is taken out for a street procession in the vicinity of the church.
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Recent advances in dietary fiber and colorectal diseases.
Am J Clin Nutr. 1981 Jun; 34(6):1145-52.AJ
Dietary fiber has emerged in the past decade as a factor in nutrition that appears to have complex physiological and clinical implications. A great deal of research has focused on its effect on colorectal diseases. Some human epidemiological studies on colon cancer point to a possible preventive role of dietary fiber, but the results are confounded by the difference in the intake of many other food substances such as fat and the overall differences in the dietary pattern of the populations investigated. Animal studies using chemical carcinogens, such as 1,2-dimethylhydrazine, have lent support to a protective role of certain components of fiber, such as purified cellulose. Other fiber polymers, such as pectin, have not shown any protective effect. Perhaps the strongest evidence for a protective role of fiber in the colon comes from studies relating low dietary fiber intake to the higher incidence of diverticular disease of the colon; addition of dietary fiber to the diet of patients with symptomatic diverticular disease seems to relieve pain effectively. Recently, some preliminary studies have shown the possible correlation of low dietary fiber intake with a greater incidence of ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease, but these studies are too limited in number and scope to allow any conclusion to be reached at this time.
Spiller GA
Freeman HJ
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Spiller, G A., and H J. Freeman. "Recent Advances in Dietary Fiber and Colorectal Diseases." The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, vol. 34, no. 6, 1981, pp. 1145-52.
Spiller GA, Freeman HJ. Recent advances in dietary fiber and colorectal diseases. Am J Clin Nutr. 1981;34(6):1145-52.
Spiller, G. A., & Freeman, H. J. (1981). Recent advances in dietary fiber and colorectal diseases. The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 34(6), 1145-52.
Spiller GA, Freeman HJ. Recent Advances in Dietary Fiber and Colorectal Diseases. Am J Clin Nutr. 1981;34(6):1145-52. PubMed PMID: 6263077.
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Colonic protection from dimethylhydrazine by a high fiber diet.
Dietary fiber and diverticular disease.
Reduction of DMH-induced colon tumors in rats fed psyllium husk or cellulose.
[Dietary treatment of colonic diseases].
Interaction of fiber and energy registration in experimental colon carcinogens.
Wheat bran as an etiologic factor in certain diseases. Some second thoughts.
Protective effect of dietary fibre against chemically induced bowel tumours in rats.
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Parents of Girls Killed by Radiator in City Shelter Site Still Want Answers
By Eddie Small |&nbspDecember 21, 2016 8:41am
1-year-old Scylee Vayoh Ambrose and 2-year-old Ibanez Ambrose were fatally burned by a radiator inside 720 Hunts Point Ave.
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HUNTS POINT — The parents of the two girls killed by a broken radiator in a city shelter site in the South Bronx are still searching for answers in their daughters' deaths and have asked their lawyer to investigate what happened.
Attorney Robert Mongeluzzi, who is now representing the Ambrose family, said the parents of 1-year-old Scylee Vayoh Ambrose and 2-year-old Ibanez Ambrose have asked his firm to investigate how their girls died, but they have not yet decided whether to file a lawsuit against the city.
"Right now, they are trying to turn their full attention to the grieving and mourning process," Mongeluzzi said.
The Ambrose girls passed away on on Dec. 7 after a valve came off of the radiator in the room at 720 Hunts Point Ave. where they were sleeping, causing it to fill up with hot steam. The funeral for the sisters was held on Tuesday in Maine.
The Bronx District Attorney's Office has announced that it will investigate Moshe Piller, the notorious landlord of the building where the Ambrose sisters died, and the building itself, although Mayor Bill de Blasio characterized the tragedy as a "freak accident."
Piller was renting the apartment where the Ambroses were staying to the city under its cluster homeless shelter program.
DNAinfo exposed how the city had been repeatedly warned that Piller's nonprofit was refusing to maintain his properties and was putting his tenants in danger.
READ MORE: City Ignored Warnings on Operator of Shelter Where Girls Died, Emails Show
Danielle and Peter Ambrose, the parents of the two girls, released a statement thanking people who have stood with them while they try to cope with the deaths of their two young daughters.
"We are touched by the outpouring of love and support from literally Maine to New York and around the country," they said. "And we are stronger knowing people join us in mourning the loss of our daughters and share our desire to do whatever is possible to ensure that no other family can ever experience this kind of unimaginable pain."


Indiana University School of Medicine researchers used brain imaging to determine whether common cold and allergy medicines may shrink the brain and lead to an increased risk of Alzheimer's disease.
The results of the study led the team of researchers to suggest older adults might want to avoid using some over-the-counter medications because the brain scans found lower metabolism and reduced brain sizes among those taking part in the study, according to ScienceDaily. Read more.


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ABC Relaunches Online Streaming Service With Mobile-Friendly Short-Format Shows
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For years now, TV networks have used their online presence to promote their series with extra digital content, like deleted clips, and behind-the-scenes glimpses. ABC is now expanding on that tactic by creating seven original shows that will only be available on its website or one of its mobile or connected TV apps. [More]
How "Free" Really Works Online
By Ben Popken 9.29.11
On this poster, "Facebook" should really be a fill-in-the blank option. I can think of several other instances where this is true. If you're not paying for a service online, then you're what's being sold to advertisers and marketers, either in the form of ads being served, your data being sold, or both. So, in the case of the Facebook redesign backlash, that was the pig complaining about the barn getting a paint job and a new rope swing. [More]
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Google-owned YouTube is getting quite ambitious, not only aiming at more live sports broadcasts, but focusing on creating its own entertainment programming and shifting to a TV-like channel format to compete with cable and satellite companies. [More]


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The European biostimulants industry has been working since 2011 to obtain a single European market for its products. Draft legislation has been under discussion by the European Parliament since March 2016. While we hope to see some aspects of the legislation improved before it is finalized, an aggregated European market could be a reality within a few years, despite some political surprises this year.


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Q: Highcharts increasing/decreasing data from input I'm trying to enable chart data change by dragging them and also by clicking on increase/decrease button. My problem is I don't know how to link value to variable that is in label right now.
I get input value to pomY variable:  var pomY=Number($('#one').val());
I'm testing only first column for now.
Here is my example:
HTML:

    <form method="post" action="">

            one
            <input type="text" name="one" id="one" value="">

+

-

    </form>

JS:
$(function () {
$('#container').highcharts({
    chart: {
        renderTo: 'container',
        animate: false,
    },
    title: {
        text: 'test'
    },
    xAxis: {
        categories: ['1', '2', '3', '4', '5']
    },
    tooltip: {
        yDecimals: 2
    },
    plotOptions: {
        series: {
            allowPointSelect: false,
            point: {
                events: {
                    click: function () {
                        switch (this.category) {
                            case '1':
                                $('#one').val(this.y);
                                break;
                            case '2':
                                $('#two').val(this.y);
                                break;
                            case '3':
                                $('#three').val(this.y);
                                break;
                            case '4':
                                $('#four').val(this.y);
                                break;
                            default:
                                $('#five').val(this.y);
                                break;
                        }
                    },
                    drag: function (e) {
                        $('#drag').html(
                            'Dragging ' + this.series.name + ', ' + this.category + ' to ' + Highcharts.numberFormat(e.y, 2) + '');
                    },
                    drop: function () {
                        $('#drop').html(
                            'In ' + this.series.name + ', ' + this.category + ' was set to ' + Highcharts.numberFormat(this.y, 2) + '');
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    },
    series: [{
        name: 'test',
        data: [30, 50, 74, 90, 123],
        draggableY: true,
        dragMinY: 0,
        dragMaxY: 200,
        type: 'column',
        minPointLength: 2
    }]
});
var chart = $('#container').highcharts();
var pomY = Number($('#one').val());
$('#plus').click(function () {
    pomY += 2;
    chart.series[0].data[0].update(pomY);
    $('#one').val(pomY);
});
$('#minus').click(function () {
    pomY -= 2;
    chart.series[0].data[0].update(pomY);
    $('#one').val(pomY);
});

});

any suggestions?

A: I hope I understood you right :)
Basically, your declarations were not in the right place.
When you initialized pomY with it's current value, you did not take it's value after dragging into account.
When moving the declaration inside the event handler, the value is accurate and corresponding with the chart real value.
Another problem was handling the buttons with the initial data. Therefore you should "load" the data into the inputs (this could be done in many ways).
For "bonus" I did some tricks with jQuery and JS to generalize your code a bit. I guess you'll have to re-write some of the code there.
$(function () {

$('#container').highcharts({

    chart: {
        renderTo: 'container',
        animate: false,

    },
    title: {
        text: 'test'
    },

    xAxis: {
        categories: ['1', '2', '3', '4', '5']
    },
    tooltip: {
        yDecimals: 2
    },
    plotOptions: {
        series: {

            allowPointSelect: false,
            point: {

                events: {

                    click: function () {

                        switch (this.category) {

                            case '1':
                                $('#one').val(this.y);
                                break;
                            case '2':
                                $('#two').val(this.y);
                                break;
                            case '3':
                                $('#three').val(this.y);
                                break;
                            case '4':
                                $('#four').val(this.y);
                                break;
                            default:
                                $('#five').val(this.y);
                                break;

                        }

                    },

                    drag: function (e) {

                        $('#drag').html(
                            'Dragging ' + this.series.name + ', ' + this.category + ' to ' + Highcharts.numberFormat(e.y, 2) + '');

                    },
                    drop: function () {
                        $('#drop').html(
                            'In ' + this.series.name + ', ' + this.category + ' was set to ' + Highcharts.numberFormat(this.y, 2) + '');
                    }

                }

            }
        }

    },

    series: [{
        name: 'test',
        data: [30, 50, 74, 90, 123],
        draggableY: true,
        dragMinY: 0,
        dragMaxY: 200,
        type: 'column',
        minPointLength: 2
    }]
});

var chart = $('#container').highcharts();
var bars = ["one","two","three","four","five"];

var dataLoader = function(){
    $.each(chart.series[0].data, function(){
        $("#"+bars[this.category-1]+"").val(this.y);
    });
}();

$('.inc,.dec').click(function () {
    var valueInput = $($(this).siblings("input")[0]);
    var barNumber = bars.indexOf(valueInput.attr("id"));
    var diff = $(this)[0].className.indexOf("inc") != -1 ? 2 : -2;
    var pomY = Number(valueInput.val())+diff;
    chart.series[0].data[barNumber].update(pomY);
    valueInput.val(pomY)
});});

As you can see, I used a function that takes all the initial data and updates the corresponding input with it.
Then, I binded the click events for each of them, and ordered them to update the right input when the event is fired.
http://jsfiddle.net/kja0tf7t/3/

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Toyota/Michelin claim 1st and 2nd places in Bahrain
Toyota Gazoo Racing dominated the last FIA WEC race of the year to collect first and second places in Bahrain with the N°7 (Conway/Kobayashi/Lopez) and N°8 (Buemi/Nakajima/Hartley) Michelin-equipped Toyota TS050 Hybrids. The French tyre firm topped the order in the other three classes, too, with the N°22 United Autosports Oreca-Gibson (LMP2), N°95 Aston Martin (LMGTE Pro) and N°57 Porsche (LMGTE Am).
The outcome of the last world-class endurance race of the year was pretty much settled by a tangle involving the two prototypes that had qualified on the front row for the 8 Hours of Bahrain – namely the N°1 Rebellion/Michelin and N°5 Ginetta/Michelin. The N°8 Toyota/Michelin also lost time due to the incident, which gave the N°7 sister prototype of Mike Conway, Kamui Kobayashi and Jose-Maria Lopez sufficient breathing space to take a comfortable win after completing 257 laps (1,390km).
The result was also Michelin's 62nd FIA WEC success since the championship's creation in 2012 and yet another illustration of the performance and consistency of the Michelin Pilot Sport Endurance. In spite of Sakhir International Circuit's notoriously abrasive track and the added difficulty of sand on the surface, the French tyre firm's partners successfully double-stinted in all four classes, even during the early phase of the race.
The N°8 Toyota/Michelin was second past the chequered flag, ahead of the N°1 Rebellion/Michelin (Senna/Menezes/Nato) which recovered from its misfortune at the start but had to spend three laps in the pits to repair a mechanical problem.
The N°5 and N°6 Ginetta/Michelins both disappeared at around the halfway mark, leaving fourth overall and victory in LMP2 to the N°22 Oreca07-Gibson/Michelin of Hanson/Di Resta/Albuquerque. While the United Autosports prototype led its class from start to finish, there was an interesting scrap in its wake for the other podium places between the Jota and Jackie Chan DC Racing cars and the N°26 Aurus/Michelin which was racing on Michelin rubber for the very first time.
The closest fight of the day opposed the N°92 Porsche/Michelin, N°95 Aston Martin/Michelin and N°51 Ferrari/Michelin for the top prize in LMGTE Pro. Aided by an offset pitstop strategy and a faultless run, victory ended up in the hands of Aston Martin's Marco Sorensen and Nicki Thiim. The N°92 and N°91 Porsche 911 RSR/Michelins were slowed by technical trouble halfway into the race, which allowed the N°71 Ferrari (Rigon/Molina) and N°97 Aston Martin (Lynn/Martin) to clinch second and third places.
The LMGTE Am victory went to the N°57 Project 1 Porsche/Michelin of Keating/Ten Woorde/Bleekemolen who deserved their success after qualifying on pole and completing a triple stint early on with its 'amateur' driver Ben Keating behind the wheel. The N°98 Aston Martin and N°86 Gulf Racing Porsche made it another all-Michelin top-three in the class.
After the end-of-year festivities, FIA WEC action will resume with the Lone Star Le Mans on February 22 at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas, USA, which has replaced the initially-planned 6 Hours of Sao Paulo.
8 Hours of Bahrain – final positions:
1. Conway/Kobayashi/Lopez (Toyota TS050 Hybrid N°7), 257 laps
2. Buemi/Nakajima/Hartley (Toyota TS050 Hybrid N°8), +1 lap
3. Senna/Menezes/Nato (Rebellion-Gibson R13 N°1), +3 laps
4. Hanson/Albuquerque/Di Rasta (Oreca07-Gibson N°22), +8 laps
5. Gonzalez/Da Costa/Davidson (Oreca07-Gibson N°38), +8 laps
6. Tung/Aubry/Stevens (Oreca07-Gibson N°37), +9 laps
7. Rusinov/Van Uitert/Vergne (Aurus-Gibson N°26), +9 laps
8. Laurent/Negrao/Ragues (Alpine A470 N°36), +9 laps
9. Van Eerd/Van der Garde/ De Vries (Oreca07-Gibson N°29), +10 laps
10. Lapierre/Borga/Coigny (Oreca07-Gibson N°42), +12 laps
Twenty-nine champions for FIA endurance racing Hall of Fame
After creating Halls of Fame for its Formula 1 and Rally World Championships, the FIA (Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile) has now added an endurance ...
The 4 Hours of Shanghai – Round 3 of the 2019/2020 FIA World Endurance Championship – was won by the N°1 Rebellion R13/Michelin of Senna/Menezes/Nato. Second...


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The 43rd Annual Meeting of
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José A. Zaglul is the President of EARTH University, an international, private, not-for-profit institution in Costa Rica, dedicated to preparing leaders with ethical values to contribute to the sustainable development of the humid tropics and to construct a prosperous and just society. Dr. Zaglul has been President of EARTH University since its inception in 1989 and has provided the vision and leadership for this innovative institution and its unique educational environment that encourages the development of responsible leadership based on values, social commitment, environmental consciousness, academic excellence and an entrepreneurial and enterprising spirit.
Born and raised in Costa Rica to parents of Lebanese descent, Dr. Zaglul obtained his B.S. in Agricultural Economics and M.S. in Animal Science from the American University of Beirut in Lebanon. He later received a second M.S. in Food Science and Human Nutrition and a PhD in Meat and Muscle Biology from the University of Florida.
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Well I looked for my campsite last night and had the exact location but I couldn't find it – gps'd it and all – that's ok – I looked for a green patch on the map and headed for it – green on gps = hills hehehe so it was dark so all lights on and cycled for another HOUR – eeep. I was looking for a nice green patch to lay down on when i saw a camping sign woohoooo – it was now 10:30ish so I found a spot and pitched the tent. A couple approached me and started chatting about travelling – we talked for a bit and they invited me into their caravan in the morning to have breakfast….so nice.
After the short convo I fell asleep pretty quickly. 9am came and I stumbled over to their caravan and there was breakky all laid out for me – Helen had to work but Luce was there eager for conversation. He had MANY stories and they were all great. They are actually travelling through Europe on Donkeys – yup that's right…DONKEYS!!! what the…..they had a caravan there as they found some work for a while but will continue travelling soon. They have travelled and walked through India and Africa and it was so interesting talking to them – thanks for Breakky and the motivating stories guys – so great to hear.
Anyway it was time to choof off so I headed in the right direction (I hope). I was heading away from Maastricht where they signed the agreement for the Euro convention (So I read) and into the direction of Metz. It rained all day and it was terrible – sometimes it was so hard that I couldt even see so I had to stop many times for safety. Actually I have so many reflectors on my panniers that it is safer when it it's darker BUT the rain was terrible. Navigating was a challenge also because I am getting used to the Belgium/French network which is nowhere near as good as Netherlands – in NL you can just point anywhere and there will be a bicycle path – not from here on in there isn't – you need to really choose your roads carefully. I got stuck a few times on main highways (not the freeways) but kind of secondary to them where trucks still go on – it was crazy and I got off as soon as I could – I'm learning the roads here….I had a campsite in Mind and located that pretty easily – it was closed as it was late so I just cooked my spaghetti and headed straight to bed. It is getting cold and it was a really hard day – I slept well.
Oh yeah – I'm hearing French, Dutch, English, German – it's crazy in the corner of all these countries here.
It started raining again in the morning and it was really hard to get out of the tent. I am in a bit of a low point at the moment – still battling through and knowing that sometimes it gets hard and it's not all fun and games but I know this is all part of it – the hamm,y is holding up but now showing signs of improving. I did manystretches today on breaks including my back and I will keep doing them.
I basically just pedalled and that's all that could run through my mind really. Basic mental state and not enjoying it much. It ended up me knocking on some farmers door asking if I could pitch my tent there and he didn't know one word of English – he motioned something like 'follow me' and he hopped in his car – and so I did – at 30kmph downhill WOOT WOOT he took me 2km and pointed at a campsite – WHAT A LEGEND……it looked closed but someone was in there – he said the campsite was closed but I could stay there – he let me eat my food inside and have a couple beers – what a legend. It really was a pick me up and made the whole day just disappear. 3 beers and a campsite paid for and I was about $12aud poorer – what a bargain.
Today really was what I like to call it…the start of a new mentality. The sun shone a little, I spoke to my wife in the morning, My hammy started to feel better (I am putting it down to the fact that I did a lot of flat riding for ages and now the hills are using different muscles) I don't know what else it could be…..and also my mindset is changing a little and I am feeling more positive and starting to understand which roads to go on and which not to. I stopped for lunch in Virton (what a beautiful little town and I must say the French towns are really really nice). I stopped at a place called Pre's Verts and had one of the best lunches – it was all fresh vegies with nice flavours and a quiche mmmm (see photo) and the coffee – umm Pre's Verts I give you 8.5/10 – one of the nicest I've had in a while. I was feeling great but then had some bad news that my mate in the UK (AKA Wally) can't join me due to some problems he's having with applying for a visa (not a visa to join me – for other related issues) so that's a shame – I was really looking forward to having a few days together and sharing the experience…I'll have a beer for you in Metz my friend.
The day was getting on a bit and I really enjoyed the day and the countryside – It was getting dark so I just looked at my map and pedalled to the next town….I knocked on someones door and it turned out to be a bed n breakfast – funny…no signs at all – they weren't that anymore but they let me pitch my tent out the back and she said she'll cook me breakky at 9am – what a perfect end to a day – you know – sometimes things just work out don't they – I said I won't let her not charge me anything so she came up with $8 eur for breakky and free camping – I can't argue with that – oh yeah and she gave me a password to her internet – what a perfect ending.
Until then my friends – Tomorrow is another day and more suprises – thanks for enjoying the journey with me so far,.
The bakeries in France – OMG!!!!
Lully lil town – forgot name DOH!
Great flag on the back of Thor!!!
Hi Adrian, nice to see your back on the road we hope your hammy keeps well to enable you to go on. Mum is sure that you are counting the days that you see Karina. It's nice to see that you meet so many nice people.just like we do when we are caravaning. Thanks for your nice blog even after having difficult days. Please keep safe. With much love Mum and Tonnie.


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Not knowing is a thrill, because it creates space for discovery, surprise, and wonder. This is why you don't have to know everything.
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\section*{1. Introduction}

The temperature difference of the components of W UMa binaries
usually are around 100--300 K (only those of B subtype systems are
above 1000 K) while their masses and radii may differ considerably
(Binnendijk 1965, Lucy $\&$ Wilson 1979, Csizmadia $\&$ Klagyivik
2004). The model of Lucy (1968a, 1968b) explained this effect by a
common convective photosphere which embedded two stars near or
just above the Main Sequence. However, until now there is not a
satisfactory explanation of the mechanism of energy transfer, the
W phenomenon (the hotter component is the smaller star) and the
internal structure of the W UMa binaries. Their future fate is
also debatable issue: tight binary or merger (van Hamme 1982a,b;
Li et al. 2007). The solutions of these problems requires rich
statistics of well-determined global parameters of W UMa stars.
The \emph{GAIA} distances (Bailer-Jones et al. 2018) of a huge
number of eclipsing binaries provide invaluable possibility for
precise determination of their global parameters on the base of
ground-based observations.

This paper presents $V, R_c$ photometric observations of the
short-period W UMa-type system V568 Peg. It was observed 4 years
ago in Sloan $g', i'$ bands (Kjurkchieva et al. 2015, further on
Paper I). The main goal of the new observations was to determine
its fundamental parameters by the light curve solution and
\emph{GAIA} distance. This is the first study based on
observations by the 10-inch Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope MEADE
LX80 SC of the Shumen Astronomical Observatory.

\section*{2. Observations}

The photometric observations of the target were carried out on Aug
13 2018. We used CCD camera SBIG ST-10XME (2184 $\times$ 1472
pixels, 6.8 $\mu$m/pixel). Focal reducer TS Optics f/6.3 provides
increasing of the field of view from 20 $\times$ 14 arcmin with
resolution 0.55 arcsec/pix to 32 $\times$ 22 arcmin with
resolution 0.88 arcsec/pix (Kjurkchieva et al. 2018). The
exposures in $V$ and $R_c$ filter were 90 s and 60 s and the mean
photometric precision was 0.029 mag in both filters.

The photometric data were reduced by {\textsc{MaxIm DL 5}. An
aperture photometry was performed using four standard stars (Table
1) in the observed field whose coordinates were taken from the
catalogue 2MASS (Skrutskie et al. 2006) while their magnitudes
were from the NOMAD catalog (Zacharias et al. 2004).

The reduced data are accessible in the form of table as online
supplemental data and at http://astro.shu.bg/V568Peg/.

\begin{table}[htb]
  \begin{center}
  \caption{Coordinates and magnitudes of the target (V) and comparison (C) stars}
 \begin{tabular}{cccccc}
  \hline\hline
Label  & 2MASS ID & \multicolumn{1}{c}{RA} & \multicolumn{1}{c}{Dec} & \multicolumn{1}{c}{$V$} & \multicolumn{1}{c}{$R_c$} \\
 \hline
V      &    V568 Peg      & 23 08 13.01 & +33 03 03.77 & 12.960 & 12.550\\
C1     & 23081802+3259237 & 23 08 18.03 & +32 59 23.70 & 11.361 & 10.590\\
C2     & 23080030+3306284 & 23 08 00.30 & +33 06 28.41 & 13.770 & 13.420\\
C3     & 23074178+3307567 & 23 07 41.79 & +33 07 56.75 & 11.534 & 10.650 \\
C4     & 23075759+3302504 & 23 07 57.60 & +33 02 50.41 & 12.130 & 11.620\\
 \hline
 \end{tabular}
  \label{table1}
  \end{center}
\end{table}

\section*{3. Light curve solution}

We carried out the modeling of our data by the package
\textsc{PHOEBE svn} (Prsa $\&$ Zwitter 2005). The observational
data (Fig. 1) show that our target is an overcontact system and we
modelled them using the corresponding mode ''Overcontact binary
not in thermal contact''.

The values of target (weighting) temperature \textbf{$T_{m}$=$T_1
L_1/(L_1+L_2)+T_2 L_2/(L_1+L_2)$} determined by different ways are
slightly different: $T_{m}^{BV}$ = 5100 K is the value from the
dereddened index $(B-V)$ and relation of Sekiguchi $\&$ Fukugita
(2000); $T_{m}^{gi}$ = 5000 K is the value from the dereddened
index $(g'-i')$ and relation of Covey et al. (2007); $T_{m}^{JK}$
= 4850 K is the value from the 2MASS dereddened index $(J-K)$ and
relation of Cox (2000); $T_{m}^{G}$ = 4800 K is the value
determined by \emph{GAIA} DR2 (\emph{Gaia} Collaboration 2018).
The different values of target temperature may due at least
partially to the different phases of measurement of the color
indices ($T_{m}$ should be determined by measurements at
quadratures).

The interstellar reddening was estimated based on the following
considerations. The extinction $A_V$ in the V568 Peg direction is
0.221 mag according to the NED database (Schlafly $\&$ Finkbeiner
2011) and 0.134 mag according to the 3D model of Arenou et al.
(1992) for distance 253 pc (see Section 4). The extinction values
of NED refer to distance above 500--600 pc while the distance to
V568 Peg is considerably smaller. It was reasonable to reduce the
extinction in all colors of the NED database by the same factor
0.61(=0.134/0.221) as in $V$. This rule was used for estimation of
all dereddened indices.

Unfortunately, there were not spectra of V568 Peg for confident
temperature determination. This problem may be overcame by
low-dispersion spectral observations (for instance by future
low-dispersion spectrograph of the 2-m telescope at NAO Rozhen).
In our case $T_{m}$ = 4900 K was adopted as some average value of
the values determined by different ways.

We fixed the primary temperature $T_{1}$ = $T_{m}$ and searched
for best fit varying initial epoch $T_0$, secondary temperature
$T_{2}$, mass ratio $q$, inclination $i$ and potential $\Omega$.
Coefficients of gravity brightening 0.32 and reflection effect 0.5
appropriate for late stars were assumed. We used linear
limb-darkening law whose coefficients were interpolated (depending
on stellar temperatures and filters) according to the tables of
Van Hamme (1993). In order to reproduce the O'Connell effect of
around 0.065 mag (Fig. 1) we put a cool spot on the primary and
varied its parameters (longitude $\lambda$, latitude $\beta$,
angular size $\alpha$ and temperature factor $\kappa$).

The mass ratio determination of the partially-eclipsed binary V568
Peg required $q$-search analysis. For this aim we varied the mass
ratio in a wide interval, from 0.1 to 10.0. The $q$-search curve
(Fig. 2) exhibits two minima. The first one at $q$ = 0.4 is deeper
and narrower while the second one at $q$ = 4 is shallower and
wider. The $\chi^2$ value for $q$ = 4 is around 3 times bigger
than that for $q$ = 0.4. We carried out detailed investigation of
the solution around $q$ = 4 by varying of all parameters but
reached inconsiderable decreasing of $\chi^2$ (by several $\%$).
That is why we chose as input value $q$ = 0.4. Radial velocity
measurements could provide confirmation of our choice although the
spectral lines of the W UMa stars are broadened and blended that
leads to low-precise determination of the spectral mass ratio
(Frasca 2000, Bilir et al. 2005, Dall \& Schmidtobreick 2005).
Unfortunately, V568 Peg is too faint for radial velocity
measurements based on spectral observations by the 2-m telescope
at NAO Rozhen.

After reaching the best light curve solution we adjusted the
stellar temperatures $T_{1}$ and $T_{2}$ around the value $T_m$ by
the formulae (Kjurkchieva $\&$ Vasileva 2015)
\begin{equation}
T_{1}^{f}=T_{\rm {m}} + \frac{c \Delta T}{c+1}; \quad
T_{2}^{f}=T_{1}^{f}-\Delta T
\end{equation}
where the quantities $c=l_2/l_1$ (the ratio of the relative
luminosities of the stellar components) and $\Delta T=T_{m}-T_{2}$
are determined from the \textsc{PHOEBE} solution. In fact,
formulae (1) are consequence of the $T_m$ definition given
earlier.

Last fitting procedure was carried out for fixed $T_{1}^{f}$ and
$T_{2}^{f}$ to obtain the final and self-consistent solution.

\begin{figure}[!htb]
  \begin{center}
    \centering{\epsfig{file=fig1.eps, width=0.6\textwidth}}
    \caption[]{Top: the folded light curves of V568 Peg and
their fits; Bottom: the corresponding residuals (shifted
vertically to save space)}
    \label{fig1}
  \end{center}
\end{figure}

\begin{figure}[!htb]
  \begin{center}
    \centering{\epsfig{file=fig2.eps, width=0.4\textwidth}}
    \caption[]{$q$-search curve}
    \label{fig2}
  \end{center}
\end{figure}

\textsc{PHOEBE} gives as output parameters the relative (volume)
radius $r_i=R_i/a$ of each component ($R_i$ is linear radius and
\emph{a} is orbital separation). One can determine the luminosity
ratio $c=L_2/L_1=l_2/l_1$ from the \textsc{PHOEBE} output
parameter $M_{bol}^2$ -- $M_{bol}^1$. The output potentials
$\Omega(L_1)$ and $\Omega(L_2)$ allowed to calculate the target
fill-out factor $f = [\Omega - \Omega(L_1)]/[\Omega(L_2) -
\Omega(L_1)]$.

We estimated the precision of the fitted parameters by the
procedure described in Dimitrov et al. (2017).

Table~2 contains the final values of the fitted stellar and spot
parameters and their uncertainties. Table 3 exhibits the
calculated parameters: $r_{1, 2}$, $f$ and $l_2/l_1$. Their errors
are determined from the uncertainties of fitted parameters. The
synthetic curves corresponding to the parameters of our light
curve solution are shown in Fig. 1 as continuous lines while Fig.
3 exhibits the 3D configuration of V568 Peg.

\begin{table}[htb]
  \begin{center}
  \caption{Fitted parameters of the best light curve solution}
\begin{scriptsize}
\begin{tabular}{cllccclcrccc}
  \hline\hline
$T_0$ - 2450000 & $P$         &  $i$         &  $q$     & $T_{1}^{f}$ & $T_{2}^{f}$  & $\Omega$ & $\beta$      & $\lambda$    & $\alpha$     & $\kappa$ &  source  \\
                & [d]         & [$^{\circ}$] &          & [K]         &   [K]        &          & [$^{\circ}$] & [$^{\circ}$] & [$^{\circ}$] &          &            \\
 \hline
6925.380188(24) & 0.247095(1) & 76.3(1)      & 0.494(1) & 5734(48)    & 5409(17)     & 2.786(2) &   70(1)      &   75(1)     &   22.0(2)     & 0.85(1)  & Paper I\\
6925.533810(14) & 0.247095(2) & 75.6(1)      & 0.403(3) & 4963(30)    & 4713(23)     & 2.6343(1)&   70(1)      &   75(1)     &   20.5(2)     & 0.88(1)  & this paper\\
    \hline
 \end{tabular}
\end{scriptsize}
  \label{table2}
  \end{center}
\end{table}

\begin{table}[htb]
  \begin{center}
  \caption{Calculated parameters}
\begin{scriptsize}
\begin{tabular}{ccccc}
  \hline \hline
$r_{1}$  & $r_{2}$  & $f$   & $l_{2}/l_{1}$ & source\\
 \hline
0.462(6) & 0.340(4) & 0.265 &   0.35        & Paper I\\
0.475(6) & 0.317(9) & 0.204 &   0.36        & this paper \\
 \hline
\end{tabular}
\end{scriptsize}
  \label{table3}
  \end{center}
\end{table}

\begin{figure}[!htb]
  \begin{center}
    \centering{\epsfig{file=fig3.eps, width=0.4\textwidth}}
    \caption[]{3D configuration of V568 Peg made using Binary
Maker 3 by Bradstreet and Steelman (2002).}
    \label{fig3}
  \end{center}
\end{figure}

\begin{figure}[!htb]
  \begin{center}
    \centering{\epsfig{file=fig4.eps, width=0.5\textwidth}}
    \caption[]{O-C diagram of V568 Peg: the three clusters of points correspond to WASP data while the last two points to our two solutions}
    \label{fig4}
  \end{center}
\end{figure}

\section*{4. Global parameters of V568 Peg}

The \emph{GAIA} distance of V568 Peg is 253 pc (Bailer-Jones et
al. 2018). It allowed us to calculate the target global parameters
by the following procedure.

(a) We obtained the target absolute magnitude $M_V$ = 5.884 mag by
the formula of distance modulus using its visual magnitude $V$ =
12.81 mag at quadrature (the extinction $A_V$=0.134 was estimated
according to Arenou et al. (1992)).

(b) The bolometric magnitude $M_b$ = 5.794 mag was calculated from
$M_V$ and the bolometric correction BC = -0.36 mag (Masana et al.
2006) corresponding to temperature 4900 K.

(c) The total luminosity $L$ = 0.537 L$_{\odot}$ was obtained from
$M_b$.

(d) The individual luminosities $L_1$ = 0.394 L$_{\odot}$ and
$L_2$ = 0.143 L$_{\odot}$ were calculated by $L$ and ratio
$c=L_2/L_1$ = 0.36 from the \textsc{PHOEBE} solution.

(e) The component radii $R_1$ = 0.851 R$_{\odot}$ and $R_2$ =
0.569 R$_{\odot}$ were determined from the individual luminosities
$L_i$ and temperatures $T_i$ (Table 2).

(f) The orbital axis $a$ = 1.796 R$_{\odot}$ was calculated from
the absolute radii $R_i$ and relative stellar radii $r_i$ (Table
3).

(g) The total mass $M$ = 1.272 M$_{\odot}$ was determined by the
third Kepler law based on the orbital axis $a$ and target period
$P$.

(k) The individual mases $M_1$ = 0.907 M$_{\odot}$ and $M_2$ =
0.365 M$_{\odot}$ were obtained from $M$ and the mass ratio $q$
(Table 2).

\section*{5. Analysis of the results}

The comparison of the parameter values of the new solution (Tables
2--3) with the previous one (Paper I) led to the following
results.

(1) The difference in inclination is negligible.

(2) There is small difference in relative component radii (1.5
$\%$ for the primary radius and 7 $\%$ for the secondary radius).

(3) The temperature differences of the components $\Delta T =
T_1^f-T_2^f$ are close while the component temperatures themselves
$T_1^f, T_2^f$ differ by around 700 K (Table 2). This is an
illustration of the known fact that the light curve solution is
strongly sensitive to $\Delta T$ but not to the individual
temperatures. Thus, the two solutions could be considered as
similar in temperature parameters. This is supported by almost the
same luminosity ratios of the two solutions (Table 3). We assume
that the new solution is more confident due to the determination
of its $T_m$ value by several dereddened color indices.

(4) The values of the mass ratio differ by 18 $\%$. We attributed
the difference to using of third light (of around 0.065) in the
previous solution (Paper I) because the new $V, R_c$ data can be
well-reproduced by the parameters of old solution including the
the same third light value. But we assume that the new solution is
more reasonable because it does not require an art third light
(invisible around the target). Moreover, the new $q$ value is more
confident because it is obtained by detailed $q$-search analysis.

(5) The biggest difference of the two solutions is the value of
the initial epoch $T_0$ (Table 2). It implies shorter period than
the known value. To check this supposition we determined times of
light minima of SWASP data (Butters et al. 2010). From the O--C
diagram (Fig. 4) we derived the period value of
0.2470800$\pm$0.0000003 d.

(6) The closeness of the spot positions and spot parameters of the
two solutions (Table 2) means existing of stable large cool spot
on the primary component during the last 4 years, i.e. during
around 5740 cycles.

\section*{6. Conclusion}

Our $V, R_c$ observations of V568 Peg revealed that the target is
an overcontact binary of A subtype with moderate fill-out factor.
Its components are K stars which undergo partial eclipses. The new
data allowed us to improve the target period while the \emph{GAIA}
distance provided a possibility to calculate the masses, radii and
luminosities of its components.

\section*{Acknowledgments}

The research was supported partly by projects DN08/20 and DM08/02
of Scientific Foundation of the Bulgarian Ministry of Education
and Science, project D01-157/28.08.2018 of the Bulgarian Ministry
of Education and science, as well as by projects RD-08-142 and
RD-08-112/2018 of Shumen University.

The authors are very grateful to the anonymous Referee for the
valuable notes and recommendations.

This work has made use of data from the European Space Agency
(ESA) mission Gaia (https://www.cosmos.esa.int/gaia), processed by
the Gaia Data Processing and Analysis Consortium (DPAC). Funding
for the DPAC has been provided by national institutions, in
particular the institutions participating in the Gaia Multilateral
Agreement.

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A December poll by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (KMIS) has found that, despite the blackouts resulting from Russia's mass bombardment of civilian infrastructure, the overwhelming majority of Ukrainians are unwilling to give up territories to achieve peace with Russia as soon as possible.
For 85% of respondents, no territorial concessions are acceptable. Only 8% believe that in order to achieve peace and preserve independence, giving up some territories is possible. These results have been steadily high since May 2022.
In all regions of Ukraine, the absolute majority of the population is against any territorial concessions. Even among residents of the East, which is currently undergoing intense fighting, 80% are against concessions (ready for concessions – only 9%), and among residents of the South – 82% are against concessions (ready – only 10%). Compared to September, the situation in all regions is more or less stable.
The results also hold true across linguistic categories of the population. The absolute majority of Ukrainian-speaking, bilingual, and Russian-speaking Ukrainians (respondents who consider themselves Ukrainians by nationality) are against any concessions, although the proportion of those willing to give up land to Russia is higher among Russian-speakers.
KMIS conducted this all-Ukrainian public opinion survey "Omnibus" during 4-27 December via computer-assisted telephone interviews (CATI) based on a random sample of mobile phone numbers (with random generation of phone numbers and subsequent statistical weighting), 2,005 respondents living in all regions of Ukraine (except the AR of Crimea) were interviewed. The survey was conducted with adult (aged 18 and older) citizens of Ukraine who, at the time of the survey, lived on the territory of Ukraine (within the boundaries controlled by the authorities of Ukraine until February 24, 2022). The sample did not include residents of territories that were not temporarily controlled by the authorities of Ukraine until February 24, 2022 (AR of Crimea, the city of Sevastopol, certain districts of the Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts), and the survey was not conducted with citizens who left the country after February 24, 2022. Read about the possible error and confinements of interviews during war on KMIS's website.
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In the first part of the series, I tried to convince you that there were more compelling reasons to not build a tailored localization platform than there were to do so. But what if you have carefully analyzed your situation and concluded that, if you were to build your own platform, it would bring improvements that — taken across the volume of your localization work — would outweigh the cost of building and supporting it? Congratulations, now you should start worrying about how to build your own platform!
If you are in a situation where a localization platform really needs to be developed, I have three recommendations for you on how to do this, because, sooner or later, there will come a time when your new platform is deployed into a live environment and, invariably, your project managers, developers, testers, engineers, LSPs, and translators are going to tell you — hopefully in much more polite terms — that "your platform sucks."
This outcome is perhaps inevitable. Nevertheless, there is a lot that can be done during the planning and development of your platform that will influence how many real and serious reasons there would be for people to feel that way — and how much of that will only be a manifestation of people's reluctance to adopt something new, something that will prove itself much better than what was used in the past.
1. Decide on guiding principles
Your platform will impact the work of many people in multiple teams inside and outside of your organization — people with different roles, goals, perspectives, and responsibilities as well as different requirements and expectations of the system. Somebody might say, "A very good system will take care of the needs of everyone involved." But the reality is that these needs are not always compatible.
When you realize that the assumption "a good platform will fix everything" is incorrect, it becomes clear there will be some tough decisions ahead, and this in turn means that the first thing you should establish is a clear guiding principle. Your project will be more likely to succeed if the design philosophy and related decisions are made consciously and consistently with defined guiding principles, than if they were made ad hoc.
2. Assign responsibility
Next, you should decide who will be responsible for the design and building of the platform. Because there are important decisions and trade-offs involved, it is not simply a matter of identifying an in-house or outsourced development team that should go about building it.
As a translator, I could immediately tell whether a particular localization tool was designed and developed by someone who was downstream (close to the translation tasks) or upstream (concerned with engineering and builds). The bias of the people responsible for the development was clearly visible in what they built. When it comes to the responsibility for developing your platform, the who will end up shaping the what and the how.
3. Involve localization service providers early on
It then makes sense to involve all of those who will be interacting with your platform so they can provide their inputs. This should be done early — already during the design — and maintained during the development and testing. During the design stage, many localization buyers choose to limit this involvement to their internal teams and to approach the LSPs only once a beta version is ready for testing.
Such an approach limits your chances of creating the best platform possible however, because you are excluding contributions from the key users of your system. You need to be cautious though: Every supplier you use will have their very own special process and workflows that need to be supported by the platform. Given the chance, they will flood you with requirements that will be (once again) irreconcilable. Might it therefore be better to leave the LSPs out of this? Judging by the number of sub-optimal platforms that are missing core functionalities for translators and LSPs, hurting both productivity and quality, I recommend that you find a way to involve your suppliers.
At Localization World in Vancouver, Elise Lee from Microsoft described how they were developing their platform by taking feedback from five suppliers. They all said that it was important to support their workflow needs with various steps, statuses, ownership, et cetera. Elise said, "We pared the feedback down to a common base that had real impact on quality, time, and cost." In other words, Microsoft was able to take feedback from five LSPs because it stayed clear on what its guiding principles were.
Defining the guiding principles and involving your LSPs early on is important for another reason too: Some of the features of your platform will be so ingrained in its inner workings that should you later change your mind, it might be very difficult to make adjustments to them. You and everyone else would be stuck then with a platform that "sucks."
I hope the above ideas are helpful. Hopefully, when you roll out your new platform, everyone will be on board with what to expect and that subsequent feature requests will be relatively easy to implement. If you have good or scary stories around this, feel free to share them with us!
There is one ultimate trick that bypasses many of these thorny questions, makes your job easier, and results in happy and effective buyer-supplier dynamic. We'll talk about it in the third part. Spoiler alert: APIs.


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