The opening of Vancity's second branch at East 40th Avenue & Victoria Drive, 1957.
Did you know that Vancity's founding was closely tied to health insurance?
In 1944, the British Columbia Credit Union League, the central organization of the credit union movement in the province at the time, decided to put together a plan for co-operative health insurance.
It was a great idea that would help many people – there was just one hitch: people had to be a member of a credit union or co-operative to be insured under the new plan.
No problem, right? Just sign them up at their local credit union or co-op.
But it wasn't that simple back then.
In the early days, most credit unions formed around a common bond, such as a workplace, trade, church or ethnic affiliation. This made sense given that the original idea behind credit unions was to lend money on the basis of character rather than wealth or property.
Although these common-bond credit unions greatly increased access to credit among the working class, they still left out those who didn't belong to one of these "common bond" groups.
Evan Roberts, an assistant foreman at Dairyland and dedicated credit union supporter, had been pushing for an open-bond or "community" credit union for Vancouver, which anybody in the city could join.
But nobody had paid much attention to him. It was too unorthodox an idea.
Now he had an extra argument behind him. If Vancouver had an open-charter credit union, then anyone in the city who wanted to sign up for health insurance could qualify by joining the credit union first.
Roberts felt credit unions should be for everybody. "We have nothing in Vancouver for our neighbours," he kept saying.
Fortunately, there was a rush of enthusiasm for the idea following the league's annual conference that year in Powell River.
The decision to go ahead was also fed by a noticeable and growing difference of approach between the Canadian and American credit union movements.
While American credit unions were mostly associated with individual, privately-owned companies, the Canadian movement, at least in the West, was aimed primarily at the community. At meetings of the American-based Credit Union National Association, the rambunctious BC bunch were considered uncontrollable radicals.
Jack Burns, who had recently been made managing director of the BC Credit Union League, went to work on the new idea. The doubters, not openly opposing the project but still uneasy, stood back to see what would happen.
At the end of September 1946, 14 Vancouverites signed a charter to establish an open-bond credit union called Vancouver City Savings Credit Union.
Before the charter even came back from Victoria, a man from Saskatchewan named Mr. Crad walked into the BC Credit Union League offices located at Hastings and Cambie.
He had three $100 bills in his hand and was looking to deposit it in a credit union. Martha Makovichuk, the clerk at the League, told him the only credit union he was eligible to join was the newly-formed Vancouver City Savings, which was open to any resident of Vancouver.
"Where do I deposit my money?" Crad asked.
Makovichuk had no idea. She had never seen $100 bills before; most people hadn't. In fact, she had never seen $50 bills, despite being in her early thirties.
"Take his money," Burns barked.
So she did, throwing in 50 cents for membership dues and $1 for a fifth of a share. Martha Makovichuk became book member number 1.
When the charter came back from Victoria and the founding group learned that member numbers 1 and 2 were gone, they were furious!
It wasn't long before Vancity was breaking other norms.
The first loan Vancity made was to a young woman who stepped off the streetcar and walked into the League offices in 1946. She wanted a $100 loan. She wasn't a member, but somebody had told her about something called a credit union upstairs in the Dominion Building, where a woman, and not just a man, could get a loan.
Burns was on Vancity's original credit committee and happened to be behind the counter that day. He signed her up and took the loan application. It caused quite a stir.
The credit committee gave her the loan. It was a bold decision at a time when loaning money to women was relatively uncommon.
Vancity's very first loan was to a young woman for $100.
There would be other loans to women in the early years, but very few, because they did not apply. There were still societal norms that stopped women from even thinking of it. Marth Makovichuk, herself, later took out a small loan.
The loan was the first of many firsts to come. As a financial co-operative, Vancity exists for the sole benefit of its members and their communities and, as a result, acts in their best interest.
Vancity was the first financial institution to offer mortgages on properties in Vancouver's working-class East Side, and later began offering mortgages to women without a male co-signor. Vancity earned a reputation for providing credit to those who had difficulty getting it anywhere else.
As the years went by, the innovations continued.
Vancity was the first financial institution in Canada to offer a daily interest account in 1967, the first to offer a socially responsible mutual fund in 1986 and the first to launch an interactive home banking system in 1995.
In more recent years, Vancity became the first carbon-neutral financial institution in North America, the largest private-sector living wage employer in Canada and one of the first mainstream financial institutions to launch an alternative to payday loans for its members – the Vancity Fair & Fast Loan™.
Vancity was also the first Canadian financial institution invited to join the Global Alliance for Banking on Values, an independent network of the world's leading sustainable banks and banking co-operatives.
It's really thanks to the loyalty and support of Vancity's more than 500,000 members that the credit union has continued to be successful year after year, enabling it to invest in local organizations and initiatives that contribute to healthier communities.
Adapted from "Working Dollars: The Vancity Story" by Herschel Hardin.


Neal Patrick Harris and husband David Burka were asked by OpenTable, an online restaurant reservation service, to list their top 10 places to eat and two places in Michigan made the list!
The Gandy Dancer (which just by name seems like a place they'd love!), located in the Historic Michigan Central Depot in Ann Arbor. They're known for their seafood and brunches, as well as having a great atmosphere.
They also picked Roast, billed on their website as "Detroit's Finest Steakhouse", located in the Book-Cadillac Building, another historic building. Along with being the finest steakhouse in Detroit, they're also known for their seafood.
They picked Girl and The Goat in Chicago which while not in Michigan also looks delicious and isn't that far away.
The rest of their list had a few Italian restaurants in Philly, Kansas City, and LA. They picked places with American/Californian cuisine in San Francisco, Las Vegas, and Florida, as well as a Mexican place in NPH's home area of Albuquerque.
See Neil Patrick Harris & David Burtka's 10 Favorite Restaurants Across the U.S.


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There are a few swinging voters like myself but It seems most people either love or hate Wes Anderson's supremely quirky picture-postcard fantasies. His latest film, The Grand Budapest Hotel, is such a fun ride, however, that it may even seduce the detractors.
Like the antique dioramas Anderson often displays in his movies, this film reveals its story through several layers. A young woman in the present day reads a book from 1985 about the famed grand Budapest Hotel which lies in the fictional country of Zubrowka. We're then taken back to 1985 where Tom Wilkinson plays a writer recalling his visit to the hotel in 1968. Then in 1968 Jude Law plays the writer who encounters the hotel's mysterious owner Zero Mustapha (F. Murray Abraham). Zero recounts with both elation and touching regret his introduction to the hotel in the early 1930's (where he's played by Tony Revolori) and its strange, maniacally efficient concierge Mr Gustave (Ralph Fiennes). Earthbound logic deserts the film at this point as Mr Gustave, who has a sideline satisfying the needs of wealthy widows, is bequeathed a priceless painting buy one of his adoring customers Madame D. (Tilda Swinton), inadvertently making him a target for Madame D's layabout son Dmitri (Adrien Brody) and his sinister henchman Jopling (Willem Dafoe). The film just gets weirder from there with a multitude of intertwining subplots that include a romance, murder mystery and a prison breakout involving a bald tattooed Harvey Keitel. It could have been an irritating mess but this wonderfully crazy film somehow holds together while hurtling along with an exhilarating energy.
The Grand Budapest Hotel features all the Wes Anderson trademarks: obsessively symmetrical framing, vibrant colours, ornate architecture and decoration, pompous authority figures having their dignity ruffled by children, lots of dead pan humour and faces staring blankly at the camera. Added to that, Anderson even alters the aspect ratio of the screen to comply with that used in the film's various time periods. There's a weirdly regimented quality to Anderson's films that not only underscores their oddball humour but suggests a world and its inhabitants desperately adhering to prescribed beliefs and values. The obsessive regimentation and symmetry is on display in this film perhaps more than in any other Wes Anderson movie yet some of the film's funniest moments, occur when Anderson introduces chaos into Gustave's ordered world which usually results in him having a screaming, obscenity-laden melt down.
Fiennes is superb in this film, playing Mr Gustave with gleeful enthusiasm and an almost disturbing sense of duty. As his main foil, Revolori is a more conventional Anderson character, likeable, quirky and innocent but he is still fun to watch. Almost as memorable as Fiennes is Willem Dafoe's superbly evil hit man Jopling. Dafoe plays the murderous, cat-hating Jopling with an unnerving relish. There are, however, a few too many stars in this film with some of them such as Bill Murray appearing for a few tantalising seconds then vanishing.
Like many of Wes Anderson's films The Grand Budapest Hotel at first seems like an elaborate childish indulgence but persevere and the film reveals a sensitive almost melancholic quality as it despairs at human brutality and a dying age of manners.
Bizarre, lavish, fitfully hilarious and occasionally moving The Grand Budapest Hotel may be Wes Anderson's best film yet.
Nick's rating: ****
Genre: Comedy/ drama.
Classification: M.
Director(s): Wes Anderson.
Release date: 10th Apr 2014
Running time: 100 mins.
Reviewer: Nick Gardener can be heard on "Built For Speed" every Friday night from 8-10pm right here on 88.3 Southern FM. Nick can also be heard on "The Good, The Bad, The Ugly Film Show" podcast. http://subcultureentertainment.com/2014/02/the-good-the-bad-the-ugly-film-show
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3 Latinx Beauty Editors on What the Industry Can Do Better
Andrea Devoto
Andrea Devoto is a journalist and content creator born in Peru, raised in Puerto Rico, and currently based in New York.
When I was finally allowed to buy my own makeup instead of borrowing from (read: sneaking into) my mom's cabinet, I went straight to the Walgreens makeup aisle. Even though I had wandered down the aisles before, I felt an alienating feeling overcome me now that I was there with the intention of buying beauty products, only to be faced with a sea of faces that looked nothing like mine. I realized I would and will never look like Kate Moss or an Emily DiDonato, no matter how much makeup I bought. I didn't have pale skin, blue eyes, or those impressive cheekbones. The excitement of wearing makeup quickly turned into a desire to change my features to look like this idealized form of beauty.
Even when Latinas like Eva Longoria and Jessica Alba eventually started to appear in beauty campaigns later on, they only represented a certain type of Latina and a very narrow beauty ideal. This "ideal woman" would be celebrated in the beauty industry and also in beauty pageants, which have long been an important part of our culture; many girls grow up and aspire to participate in or at least look like the women who are competing to be the "most beautiful woman in the world."
Since September is Latinx Heritage Month, it's got me thinking about how much the beauty industry has progressed with Latinx inclusivity since the day I got my first foundation around ten years ago. Because even though we are acknowledged as a group with valuable spending power, there's still a long way to go when it comes to representation. With that in mind, I asked three Latinx beauty editors working in American publications about their experience in navigating the beauty sphere, from their experiences growing up and what would they change about the beauty industry to make it more inclusive for Latinxs. Keep scrolling to see what they think.
Thatiana Diaz, beauty writer, Refinery29
What was your approach to beauty growing up and how has it changed now?
"Growing up, my mom was pretty strict with skincare and makeup. First, she didn't want me to mess with my skin. As she would say, "No vayas inventando." Then, she didn't want me to look older than I was with lots of makeup. When she finally did allow me to wear makeup, it was all about natural beauty. She'd always compliment me and tell me that I didn't need to cover anything up. That stayed with me. Now, I'm comfortable walking out of my house without foundation on, and my approach is really just accentuating my natural features versus covering everything up. I prioritize taking care of my skin so that my makeup can stay as minimal as I'd like it to. However, if I'm looking to get glam for a special event, I'm not afraid to swipe on some red lipstick or dust on a smokey eye."
Do you think Latinxs are being properly represented in the beauty industry?
"Latinxs are not being appropriately represented in the beauty industry. When you look at who represents us, it's the same long, straight brunette hair with light skin. There's this cookie-cutter mold that celebrates Euro-centric features. We don't have enough Afro-Latinx representation, and we need to see more dark skin tones and curly hair. We also need to see indigenous representation as well, and it should never be celebrated when there's just one in the room to fit a checkbox. We're more than that—especially as a community that has valuable spending power in this industry. Beauty brands need to understand that we are all different and we all look different — and that should be reflected in their campaigns and shade ranges. The only way to make the representation on the aisles and ads more inclusive is to have that representation in the board rooms and product development."
Aredenis Perez, beauty writer
"I hardly ever wore makeup until I was 18, when I got my makeup professionally done for my senior prom. I then became obsessed and began playing around with eye shadows and foundation. Growing up, I thought beauty was only about painting your face, but as I got older, I became more interested in learning how to take good care of my skin. My mom has amazing skin and she has always been super simple with her skincare and I wanted to emulate her in a way. Turns out, I'm the complete opposite of her! I love trying out new products, applying masks, getting facials, using serums, all of it. I do enjoy the process of doing my makeup especially before a night out, but now I typically focus more on caring for my skin inside and out."
"Although there has been some improvement there's still more work that needs to be done. Representation is crucial! First, I think it's important for brands to remember that Latinas don't all fit in one box—we all come in many different skin tones and hair textures. Beauty brands can start bringing inclusivity by creating products that benefit everyone from all different ethnicities. For example, I'm loving that more and more brands are bringing a larger scale of foundation shades so Latinxs can better find their match. Including diversity in their beauty campaigns is another critical way to bring inclusivity. When I was a teen, I remember seeing print ads and commercials for CoverGirl with former Miss Universe Amelia Vega who, like me, is Dominican. Seeing someone who looks like you and comes from the same place as you do matters so much and makes us really interested in what the brands are selling. The Latinx community is one of the largest communities to shop the beauty aisles—not showing us in campaigns is definitely a missed opportunity for brands."
Mariana Cornejo - Deputy Editor/Executive Beauty Director, Hola! USA
"Even though there's this popular belief that all Latinas grow up surrounded by beauty routines and tips from our moms and grandmas, that wasn't the case for me at all. I really don't remember my mom having a specific routine or her teaching me anything about beauty besides the need to put on some SPF. I started getting excited about makeup and skincare much older, when I realized the positive impact it could have on women (and men). I worked as a beauty creative writer in Lima for a few years before moving to New York, and creating campaigns that empowered women inspired me so much. Now I firmly believe beauty can be a game-changer for anyone who's dealing with self-esteem issues and insecurities—it's something that goes way beyond looking 'pretty'.
The Latinx community is a complex one, because it's very diverse within itself. And I'm not only talking about skin tones and hair textures, but culturally as well. Latinxs aren't being properly represented in the beauty industry because very few brands really understand how to reach us, and the importance to do so. We're all about authenticity, so brands could start there. Be more authentic in your messages, understand that we all come from different backgrounds and we are not a one-size-fits-all sort of audience. This is what we beauty editors do, too. We try to connect with our readers in a way that makes them feel included, understood. If we want to be successful, we have to make this community feel like they matter. And this is what being inclusive is about."
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Q: How to set RSVP promise into a chainable closure wrapper, using this pattern? I want to take the RSVP global object, and wrap it into a closure inside my global app closure, so that I can readily call it the way I want to call it.  It also makes it easier to remember for me on how to use it, later in development.
Here's some background on that: RSVP library and a promise tutorial using it.
So given this standard usage of RSVP:
new RSVP.Promise(function(resolve, reject) {
  // succeed
  resolve(value);
  // or reject
  reject(error);
});

How can I create a wrapper for this, using the design pattern that you see below?  I would like to get this RSVP object into the wrapper so that I don't have to instantiate a new RSVP Promise and define my callbacks all in the same place, every time.
I would instead like to simply call var newPromise = app.core.promise(callback) each time I want to make a new promise.
How can I wrap this into a closure so that's possible? This is what I have so far - what's the right way?
app.core.promise = function (resolveFunc, paramObj) {

    if(typeof(resolveFunc) === 'function'){

        //lets move on shall we?
        return new window.RSVP.Promise(function(resolveFunc, reject){

            //so this is the real question, what am i to do here?
            if(paramObj){
                //do something with this object first, or just run it, depending on your use case
                //paramObj = chopBalls(paramObj);
                resolveFunc(paramObj);
            } else {
                resolveFunc();
            }
            reject(error);
        });
    }
};

I realize doing this barely justifies, but look at the cool way I chain them below - I think it pays off.
Then I can just do this below to make the chains, which I think is a bit cleaner for what I need, which would be great, and is my goal!
var chain1, chain2;

    chain1 = app.core.promise(someSuccesCallback);

    chain1.then(function(){
        nowDoAChain1Operation();
    }) ;

    chain1.then(function(){
        nowFollowupOnChain1();
    }) ;

    chain1.catch(function(error){
        throw "we DO have an exception my friends in Chain1.  This is the master catch for the chain1.  Error object:" + error;
    });

    chain2 = app.core.promise(aChain2OperationFunction);

    chain2.then(function(){
        anotherChain2Function();
    }) ;

    chain2.catch(function(error){
        throw "we DO have an exception my friends, in Chin2!  This is a master catch for the chain2.  Error object:" + error;
    });

Does it look familiar?  It's the way standard deferreds are used, this is what I am trying to mimic, because I have been using standard jQuery Deferreds like that for some time now with great success.
app.core.promise = function(){
    return $.Deferred();  //ajax call promise
};

Is it possible what I'm trying to do, without defeating the purpose? (This is the design pattern I've chosen for the app. Does the design pattern make sense?).
EDIT Code Update @Benjamin,
so i would like to post my changes here, to see if this looks right.  Notice how i do the last 3 returns here. Is this necessary in all cases?  not right? It only depends on if you need the promise after the last return, or response is complete right?   Or, does there always need to be a return?? Even in the render method which pushed forth an html response of its own?  here's the e.g. code..
    //app.core.js
app.core.promise = function () {
    //lets move on shall we?
    return window.RSVP.Promise.resolve();
};

//app.ui.js
app.ui.showAmazonResults = function(){

    var promiseChain = app.core.promise(); //setup the promise

    promiseChain = promiseChain.then(function(){
        return app.ui.getSelectedIds(); //this runs a static function that might have a slow iteration
    });

    promiseChain = promiseChain.then(function(ids){
        app.ui.selectedIds = ids;  //just sets up a final property needed by the next call.
        return app.convertData(); //this guy finishes the processing and setting up all the needed data fore the next call.
    });

    promiseChain = promiseChain.then(function(data){
        //all properties are clean and ready to be posted, run the 3rd party call..
        return app.amazon.fetchApi(); //this guy runs an api call out to a 3rd party
    });

    promiseChain = promiseChain.then( function(amazonData){
        //app.amazon.renderData(amazonData); //important to pass in null page here, so the dashboard and old results doesn't disappear on showing more results
        return app.amazon.renderData(amazonData); // this guy just renders this up front as rendered html, to the view.  so i dont know it needs to be returned
    });

    promiseChain = promiseChain.catch(function(errorResponse){
        //app.helper.log(errorResponse, 'myPage.this_ajax_call');
        return app.helper.log(errorResponse, 'myPage.this_ajax_call');
    });

    return promiseChain; //this entire methods jobs is to completly process and do the dirty work for the cals above, and also renders, so i dont know that this eitehr needs to be returned, since its parent may not need this converted to a promise.  or does it for whatever reason?
};

//somewhere inside an onready or init, where events are setup for the app all you need is after a user checks off items, then the following is ran on submit..

app.ui.showAmazonResults();

This is how i use it.

A: Well, promises are all about return values.
When you do:
chain1.then(function(){
    nowFollowupOnChain1();
});

You're not chaining the promise and not waiting for the operation inside nowFollowupOnChain1 - instead, you're branching the chain. What you probably want to be doing is to use the return value and to chain the promise:
chain1 = chain1.then(function(){
    return nowFollowupOnChain1();
});

Now any further thens to chain1 will wait for the operation to complete first. This is the point of chaining. You're typically supposed to convert whatever callback API you're using to return promises and then call the promise constructor very very rarely from that point on. Once you do that you can enjoy chaining which will take care of most of those issues for you.
If you want to create an empty resolved promise in RSVP you can always call RSVP.Promise.resolve() which will return a resolves RSVP promise. You can also do RSVP.defer() like you do in jQuery with $.Deferred() but I strongly suggest against it since $.Deferred sort of misses the point of promises.
Also, please consider not throwing strings, they won't have stack traces and will make your life really hard :)

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When I first discovered green smoothies, I was extremely experimental. I would throw in anything and everything from limes and lemons to zucchini and swiss chard. I learned quickly how to make the green colour stay and how to balance out the bitterness of kale with fruits. I used to be a huge fan of adding fresh herbs like parsley and mint, and then I had a "just spinach and bananas" phase, which was also awesome.
In spirit of me "getting back into shape", I wanted to share with you a super simple morning workout routine that will boost your energy levels. All you need is a place to run and a yoga mat!
I used this video to do a cool-down/stretch yoga routine at home with my yoga mat.
Blend all of the ingredients in a high-speed blender. Enjoy fresh!


I remember Nana's beautifully washed bed sheets, the faded pattern of Lily of the Valley, the cloth soft and worn. I also remember trying to get her to buy new ones, or to accept some as gifts. She always declined, smiled, and said they had lots of wear left in them. And were still so pretty. She used them until she herself faded away.


He that lives alone lives in danger; society avoids many dangers.
Look well into thyself; there is a source which will always spring up if thou wilt always search there.
Such as are thy habitual thoughts, such also will be the character of thy mind; for the soul is dyed by the thoughts. Dye it then with a continuous series of thoughts as these: that where a man can live, there he can also live well.
The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts; therefore guard accordingly, and take care that you entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue and reasonable nature.


There are additional benefits in reducing risk factors that can be attained through adding muscle and bone strengthening activities at least two days per week. Review these activities and possible benefits with an Exercise Specialist prior to adding them into your routine.
Making changes to your physical activity doesn't have to be difficult. Using a SMART goal to create your action plan can help you achieve the changes you would like to make.
Specific – Clearly describe your goal. Include the what, when, where, and why questions around changing your physical activity.
Measurable – How can this physical activity be tracked? Can you write it down or keep a schedule?
Achievable – How successful can you be with making this goal. Set yourself up for success, creating goals that you feel are 80 per cent achievable.
Rewarding – Is this goal rewarding for you?
Timeline – Set a realistic timeline for this goal and check in on it often, making sure you are on track with reaching it.
Goals around your physical activity are never a pass or a fail, but rather an opportunity for learning what is working well and what is not working as well. Once we know this, we can adjust our goal, continuing to make it achievable.
Book an appointment with the Primary Care Network Exercise Specialist to review your physical activity routine. If this type of physical activity is difficult to accomplish at this time, they can help brainstorm on alternative movement options to help reduce your risk factors.
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Sign-up for workshops through the Primary Care Network or access additional resources offered by your Primary Care Network team to help manage these risk factors.


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Q: Adding name_col and name_alpha to swimplot I am using the swimplot package to make a swimmers plot that is ordered by drug (X or O), colored by base (A, B, or C), and then either colored by bar or shading for tx_line (1,2,3,4,5 or 6). Ideally, I would also "gap" from 150-450 days so that pt 5  doesn't make the rest look so short. Can someone explain where I'm going wrong with the name_col and name_alpha, and how swimmer points can be separated out (note: it combined categories and ran out of symbols)?
dummy<-data.frame(ptid=c(1,2,3,4,5),PFS=c(50,30,120,3,500),base=c("A","B","C","A","B"),drug=c("X","O","X","O","X"),response_time=c(20,10,100,NA,100),BoR=c("PR","PD","CR","PD","CR"),tx_line=c("3","5","1","4","1"),on_tx=c(1,NA,1,NA,NA))
dummy$PFS_fudge<-dummy$PFS+10

clinical_plot<-swimmer_plot(df=dummy,id="ptid",end="PFS",name_fill="base",id_order="drug",name_col="tx_line",name_alpha="drug",alpha=0.75,width=0.8,col="black")
a<-clinical_plot +
#BoR points
swimmer_points(df_points=dummy,id="ptid",time="response_time",name_shape="BoR",size=2.5,fill='white',col='black') +
  #tx line points
swimmer_points(df_points=dummy,id="ptid",time=-15,name_shape="tx_line",size=2.5,fill='white',col='black')+
#continuation arrows
  swimmer_arrows(df_arrows=dummy,id="ptid",arrow_start="PFS_fudge",
cont = "on_tx",type =
 "closed",cex=1,show.legend = FALSE)

A: I recommend you to use directly ggplot2 (swimplot is just a wrapper that's limiting your options)... but, with the code you written it should be something like that:
clinical_plot<-swimmer_plot(df=dummy,id="ptid",end="PFS",name_fill="base",id_order="drug",
                            name_col="tx_line",name_alpha="drug",alpha=0.75,width=0.8,col="black")
clinical_plot +
  #BoR points
  swimmer_points(df_points=dummy,id="ptid",time="response_time",name_shape="BoR",
                 size=2.5,fill='white',col='black') +
  #tx line points
  swimmer_points(df_points=dummy,id="ptid",time=-15,name_shape="tx_line",
                 size=2.5,fill='white',col='black')+
  #continuation arrows
  swimmer_arrows(df_arrows=dummy,id="ptid",arrow_start="PFS_fudge",
                 cont = "on_tx",type =
                   "closed",cex=1,show.legend = FALSE) +
  # ---> you should to identify each of your values with a specific shape for avoiding confusions
  scale_shape_manual(values = c("1" = 0, "3" = 1, "4" = 2, "5" = 3, "CR" = 4, "PD" = 5, "PR" = 6),
                     breaks = c("1", "3", "4", "5", "CR", "PD", "PR"))

In ggplot2 is (apparently) more complicated but it will offer you more options in the future:
ggplot(dummy, aes(y = reorder(ptid, drug), x = PFS)) +
  geom_col(aes(fill = base), width = 0.8) +
  #BoR points
  geom_point(aes(y = reorder(ptid, drug), x = response_time, shape = BoR), size = 3) +
  #tx line points
  geom_point(aes(y = reorder(ptid, drug), x = -20, shape = tx_line), size = 3) +
  scale_shape_manual(values = c("1" = 0, "3" = 1, "4" = 2, "5" = 3, "CR" = 4, "PD" = 5, "PR" = 6),
                     breaks = c("1", "3", "4", "5", "CR", "PD", "PR")) +
  #continuation arrows
  geom_segment(data = dummy[!is.na(dummy$on_tx),],
               aes(x = PFS_fudge, xend = PFS_fudge+1, yend = reorder(ptid, drug)),
               arrow = arrow(length = unit(0.2, "cm")), size = 1)
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KNOXVILLE -- Compiling college football's most expensive, and one of its most impressive, coaching staffs wasn't an impossible task for Tennessee's Lane Kiffin.
Keeping it together was a tougher and ultimately unsuccessful task.
UT wide receivers coach Frank Wilson flew to Louisiana on Saturday morning after accepting a similar position with LSU -- but including the "recruiting coordinator" title -- and Volunteers running backs coach Eddie Gran is entertaining an offer from Florida State.
Gran also oversees UT's special teams and is widely considered one of the nation's best recruiters in talent-heavy South Florida.
"Eddie is still going over both options," Kiffin said. "Obviously, (FSU) is a really good place. It's a tough decision for him. He has recruited Florida for years and years. It's a powerful school down there.
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Wilson's decision came Saturday, after the Louisiana native turned down UT's counter offer.
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"There were a lot of reasons for him to stay, but in the end, there are so many people close to him down there. He grew up an LSU fan. And obviously they offered him something we couldn't in being the recruiting coordinator."
Kiffin said the Vols will "lose a lot" with Wilson's departure but that it shouldn't deter bowl preparations. Kiffin coached many prolific wide receivers at Southern California.
"Frank is a great coach and recruiter," Kiffin said. "But if there's a position that we could stand to lose someone from a schematical standpoint, it's receiver, because that is what I have done before."
Kiffin didn't set a timetable for hiring Wilson's eplacement.
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UT was initially scheduled to practice at 4 p.m. Saturday, but coaches moved it back to 2:30 so the players could draw motivation from watching the Southeastern Conference championship game.
Media weren't told of the time change, so Kiffin was the only player or coach available for a Saturday interview.
Junior wide receiver Gerald Jones said Friday night that he hoped Wilson would stay but would be OK if the coach left. The player said he and most teammates understand that major college football is a "business" and that most players and coaches want to advance their careers as quickly as possible.
"We've been through worse," Jones said. "It is what it is."
Jones said Wilson was a "big reason" for the Vols' consistent passing-game improvements this season.
"Now you barely see drops by the receivers. You see big-time plays. As a corps, we're coming together, and we're becoming I think one of the best receiver corps in the nation. And all credit is due to him."
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It's time for Obama to do something about it.
American student loan debt totals to $1.2 trillion and now outweighs American credit card debt. It's a devastatingly difficult problem, and one that the government absolutely needs to examine more closely.
Working with an attorney to file a "defense to repayment" claim, the students ultimately hope to go all the way to the Department of Education and have their debt wiped out completely. While Education Secretary Arne Duncan will not meet with them himself, he will send a representative to the meeting, indicating that these students' voices can no longer be ignored.
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If nothing changes, students are going to begin to abandon traditional colleges and universities in droves.
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Fortunately, there is a way around this: Make federal subsidies for college merit-based. If schools can't actively show that their students go on to find jobs, then pull their funding. This would be no problem for certain elite schools, who don't need federal funding to exist, as merely having them on your resume is almost enough to get you employed anywhere. But for mid-range schools, the effect could be huge. No longer would schools award degrees without a care in the world, churning students out like a factory, before bringing the next batch in to repeat the process.
Interest on student loans should also be abolished completely. As Weise notes above, graduates shouldn't have to pay more than their job allows them. But given how bad the economy is, some graduates can go years without finding steady employment, stuck in low-income jobs with little means of advancement. Interest makes sense if you don't pay loans, even when you have the money to. But for those who have a harder time escaping their financial handicaps, paying interest doesn't make any more sense than paying the same amount than those who make more money than you.
Interest on student loans should also be abolished completely.
Letting less students into college sounds horribly exclusionary if you believe that education is a basic human right. In fact, some would go so far as to say that all education should be free. But until more colleges can demonstrate that their graduates can actually do something useful with their degree, less admittance is better than massive debt.
Besides, most schools are already exclusionary in other horrible ways. Research from the National Center for Education Statistics indicates that individuals with a college degree are still more likely to be employed than those without one. However, if you have to drop out of school because you can't pay the exorbitant tuition, you get rewarded with the same old debt, and no degree. This has fostered a kind of rampant inequality across American campuses. Even with the advent of financial aid, students who have more money are better equipped to deal with the pressures of pursuing an education, knowing there is a safety net there to catch them if they fall behind or screw up.
Some graduates can go years without finding steady employment, stuck in low-income jobs with little means of advancement.
What's really sad is that the traditional American college experience is dying because of student loans. "That all of this fun is somehow as essential as the education itself—is somehow part of a benevolent and ultimately edifying process of 'growing up'—is one of the main reasons so many parents who are themselves in rocky financial shape will make economically ruinous decisions to support a four-year-residential-college experience for their children," states Caitlin Flanagan at the Atlantic. Flanagan isn't wrong that our idea of what college should be is hurting families in the long run, but colleges also have to take responsibility for selling families that failed dream.
In the Internet age, at least awareness of the problem is growing. Andrew Rossi, director of the higher education documentary The Ivory Tower, said after his film came out: "I do feel heartened that this conversation about higher education—about its value and importance, but also its unsustainable business model—is becoming a bigger part of what parents and prospective students are thinking about." Meanwhile, others like tech billionaire Peter Thiel have offered students money to actually leave college, proving that at least in Silicon Valley, a four-year degree isn't everything.
While college will always enjoy a certain appeal, the university experience is becoming a luxury item that only the richest Americans can afford. It would be nice to live in a country where we treat not only formal education, but higher learning for the people who want it as a basic human right. But if it's going to continue to even be a basic possibility, then schools have to enact reform. You can't keep a college open if no one wants to attend it, and no one is going to want to attend if the cost of an average education is bankruptcy or financial ruin that even death itself might not get you out of. As it stands, the decision of whether to attend college or not is may be the most perilous issue facing American youth. That's how high the stakes are.
When the students who are going off to college today grow up and have children of their own, they'll probably tell them: "Don't go to college, it's a waste of money." After all, how will this generation afford to send their kids to college if they're still paying off student loans of their own?


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Does anyone know of any good examples of armour worn by the English Knights at Agincourt? How did it differ from the French Knights' armour? I'm reading an amazing book - "Agincourt" by Sir Ranulph Fiennes, Bt. - and it's inspiring me to get a plate suit in 1415 style after I acquire my Westminter Psalter harness.
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Re: Agincourt English Knight
« Reply #1 on: 2015-10-25, 17:38:12 »
My personal kit is contemporary to Agincourt and would be appropriate for an English gentleman man-at-arms in 1415. A more cutting edge kit than what I wear for a wealthier knight or lord would have included a more complete cuirass, besagues at the shoulder and likely a grand bascinet with integrated rigid throat defense. It is also possible the hourglass gauntlets at this time could feature extended metacarpal plates.
One of the things that makes English field armor different from French armor during the middle Hundred Years War is the inclusion of a fully articulated arm harness from shoulder to wrist, as opposed to the separate 3/4 arm harness and discrete spaulder more common on the continent. The English preference was to fight on foot, and their armor was optimized for this type of fighting.
If you want the absolute best book on the subject, Dr. Toby Capwell (Curator of Arms and Armor at the Wallace Collection) just published his book on the armor specific to England in this period. The pre-orders are just starting to trickle in to the US so it will likely be a bit of a wait to get your hands on it, but it can be purchased here:
Armour of the English Knight 1400-1450
Here's a photo from one my living history club's events this year of our post Agincourt scenario (2 weeks after victory, outside of Calais). It's not the best photo, but for this purpose it's informative because it contains a variety of armors that could be seen in 1415.
On the far left, you have Sir Geoffrey (the one holding the pollaxe) in a very typical 1415 English armor like I was describing above. Great bascinet, full cuirass, long fauld, English arms. I'm in the back, next from the left with the bright red scabbard carrying the mostly bright yellow flag, think gentleman man-at-arms, not cutting edge for 1415, but still typical of the time. Breastplate with fauld, no backplate, English arms and wearing my bascinet with no visor. Next you have Bob with the dark red sword scabbard. He's in super cutting edge modern Italian export harness (the scenario was that this was captured armor as it is not 'English' in style. This would be the best armor of Western Europe in 1415 but not of an 'English' style. Then off the the right side is Will (requiescat in pace). His helmet is an early great bascinet, it retains a mail aventail but includes a rigid bevor plate to protect the thoat. His trunk armor is of a late 14th century style globose Coat of Plates, still serviceable in 1415 but going out of style, however it's been updated with round besagues in the armpits.
« Last Edit: 2015-10-26, 01:05:13 by Ian »
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Sir Ian:
As always, a truly excellent and helpful reply. I wondered, if I were to raise my budget to $12K, not including sword, do you know if I could get close to an Agincourt knight? Even if I have to take a phased approach, I am quite driven by the idea. Also, do you happen to have the contact number for Jeff at Custom Chainmail? I quite liked your review of his work.
Unfortunately I don't have any contact numbers for Jeff at CC beyond the info on their website.
Yes, $12k could probably get you there depending on your specific preferences. There's a lot of variance in price depending on things like materials, level of finish, fit, historical shaping and the status you wish to portray. Other budgetary considerations are travel for fittings should go that route as well. When getting into higher end armor it usually involves custom fittings in person, very long queues (sometimes on the scale of well over a year or more from initial inquiry to project start) for very in-demand and highly skilled armorers etc. You can save a lot of money if you go with an overseas armorer, as they generally charge a lot less than the high-end guys in the US, but obviously going to them for a fitting can become almost impossible, so you're taking a risk on final fit of some of the more sensitive pieces.
Central European Armorers, especially in Poland and Czech Republic right now are turning out some of the nicest historical armor for the best prices. The further East you go, they seem to cater more to the modern medieval combat sport crowd (like Battle of the Nations) where some of the strict adherence to historical lines can be compromised for modern needs. If historical shaping is your goal, even within the US, you'll probably want to avoid the armorers who cater specifically to the SCA, again for similar reasons as the Battle of the Nations guys.
Do you have any thoughts on the types and grades of steel? For example, if I wanted to use armour in live steel combat, what are your thoughts on:
* 1mm (20 gage)
* 1.5 mm (16 gage)
* 2 mm (14 gage)
*stainless 1.5 mm (16 gage).
I'm assuming one is more preferable to the others in terms of durability and rust prevention? As always, I sincerely appreciate your thoughts.
It depends on more than thickness. From a historical perspective, armors were almost always of differential thickness because the plates were forged out from blooms into sheets, so real armors were thicker where they needed to be thick and thinner where they didn't. A breastplate for example may be thicker in the center and maybe out to the left side and thinner on the right side, or a helmet would be thicker in the visor and center of the skull and then thinner out to the edges. This is partially the way the plates were hammered out from blooms and that armors tended to be raised from one piece so you could 'push' metal into the parts that need it during the raising process. Modern steel is of course manufactured in perfectly uniform sheets so there's some compromise there. None of that really matters to your question, but I thought it would be good background information to have....
So, for modern armor, again, there's a lot more than thickness going on. Hardening comes into play a lot here. Mild steel (any steel with carbon content less than about 0.3%) cannot be heat hardened (it will get work hardened by beating it repeatedly with a hammer, but this is not the same thing, or as robust as heat hardening). This means when it's hit it dents relatively easily and if bent, it will remain bent. Medium and high carbon steels (>0.3% carbon) can be heated very hot and then quenched (rapidly cooled in oil, water or another solution), which re-aligns the structure of the steel in a way that makes it very hard, but brittle. So if you take hardened steel and drop it, it can crack or shatter. To make it usable as armor, you have to temper it. So it gets re-heated to a lower temperature than during hardening, and then is allowed to cool slowly. This alleviates some of the stresses created by the hardening process and leaves you with a steel that is hard, but not so hard that it is brittle. So it is very dent resistant, and when you bend it, it will spring back to the shape that it was formed into.
Modern steels in the US are often named by their carbon content, so 1050 steel is 0.5% carbon, 1045 is 0.45% carbon etc... Europe uses C50 or C45 as their naming convention. The reason I wrote all that is because a piece of 1050 carbon steel, hardened and tempered can give you similar performance in a lighter gauge than a mild steel in a heavier gauge.
Most people will tell you for helmets, you don't want anything lighter than 16 gauge, with 14 gauge being better. In addition to hardness, mass does help as well, since it will absorb impact if you're fighting in it. My helmet started life as 2mm steel and is now much thicker than that at the top and thinner than that at the edges because of the way it was made.
Other components don't need to be as thick. For example, the lames on my sabatons are probably like 20 or 22 gauge. But where it's going to keep you from getting brain damage, you want nice thick high quality steel. So I would suggest 14 or maybe 16 gauge for a helmet, and probably 18 for most other 'large' plates and getting lighter from there. Reputable armorers will know this and be able to guide you and make recommendations. You shouldn't have to tell the armorer every different gauge of steel to use on every component, but you should discuss the purpose of the armor (i.e. live steel fighting) so they know to use proper weights of steel.
At the $12k budget we talked about last night, that should be good enough to get you into something like 1050 spring steel, hardened and tempered. The great thing about hardened 1050 or other medium carbon steels, is that they don't dent nearly as easily as mild steel, so it's a little easier to maintain. Mild steel will need more heavy maintenance when it's getting beaten on frequently. So spring steels are a huge plus in the durability department.
Level of finish will affect maintenance as well. A nice satin finish will help prevent rust. But no armor is 'rust proof' unless it's stainless steel, but that's not a historical steel and is usually obnoxiously shiny so I don't recommend it. The smoother the polish, the more resistant to rust (less microscopic nooks and crannies for water to get into). Regardless of whether it's mild or medium C steel, you will need to keep it oiled, and remove light surface rust from time to time (just part of the game).
Historically armors were made from pure iron (0% carbon) to medium and even high carbon steels. In the 14th century hardening became more common, so using a hardened steel is still very historical. Interesting side note, they understood *how* to harden, but they didn't always seem to understand *why* certain steels could be hardened. We have evidence that some pure iron armors and low carbon steel armors were put through the heat treating process (which won't do anything).
TL:DR
If you are willing to spend upwards of 10-12K on a harness, go for a nice medium carbon hardened/tempered spring steel armor in appropriate thicknesses (probably at least 16 if not 14 gauge for your head).
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È noto, in particolare, per l'invenzione, nel 1832, di uno strumento ottico, il fenachistoscopio, che permetteva di visualizzare immagini animate: questa invenzione contribuì allo sviluppo della tecnica cinematografica.

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Plateau nacque a Bruxelles il 14 ottobre 1801. Egli imparò a leggere già all'età di sei anni, una situazione molto rara al tempo, mostrando interesse per le scienze naturali già nei primi anni di scuola. Dopo la morte dei genitori, Joseph e le due sorelle furono cresciute dallo zio materno, un avvocato. Per allontanarsi dalla città che aveva loro recato dolore, lo zio decise di spostarsi a Ohain, nei pressi di Waterloo. La scelta non si rivelò azzeccata, in quanto il giorno successivo al trasferimento ebbe luogo la battaglia di Waterloo e i bambini dovettero rifugiarsi nella foresta di Soigne assieme agli altri abitanti del posto.

All'età di 16 anni, il giovane Plateau iniziò la scuola secondaria nell'Ateneo di Bruxelles. Nel 1822, fu costretto dallo zio a frequentare la facoltà di giurisprudenza presso l'Università di Liegi, benché non fosse incline agli studi umanistici. Decise dunque, in maniera sorprendente, di intraprendere nello stesso momento gli studi scientifici presso la stessa città. Nel 1827 pubblicò un primo saggio scientifico sulla rivista di Quételet, già suo insegnante di scienze al liceo, dal nome "Correspondance Mathématique et Physique". Conseguì il dottorato in fisica e matematica nel 1829.

Affascinato dalla persistenza delle immagini sulla retina, realizzò un esperimento durante il quale fissò il sole in maniera diretta per quasi 30 secondi. Egli considerò la sua successiva perdita della vista come conseguenza dell'esperimento. In effetti, egli non fu in grado di vedere quasi nulla per alcuni giorni già dopo la sperimentazione ed egli stesso racconta di come tra il 1829 e il 1841 iniziasse ad avere problemi nel distinguere i colori fino a diventare poi completamente cieco nel 1843, perdendo l'uso prima dell'occhio destro e poi di quello sinistro.

Durante i giorni della Rivoluzione belga contro il regime olandese, la sua casa fu occupata da alcuni volontari locali che la adoperavano per esecuzioni. Plateau si spostò a sud in Vallonia, sulle Ardenne. Tornato a Bruxelles nel 1830, iniziò a pubblicare diverse opere scientifiche divenendo professore dell'Accademia Reale di Bruxelles nel 1833, dopo aver inventato, nel 1832, una sorta di stroboscopio, il fenachistoscopio: esso consisteva di due dischi, uno dei quali con finestre radiali equidistanti attraverso le quali l'osservatore poteva guardare il secondo disco che conteneva una sequenza di immagini. Quando i due dischi ruotano alla velocità corretta l'osservatore può così visionare un'animazione. La proiezione di fotografie stroboscopiche, che creavano l'illusione del movimento, diedero così un decisivo contributo alla tecnica cinematografica.

Venne poi nominato professore di Fisica sperimentale all'Università di Gand e sposò Fanny Clavareau il 27 agosto 1840. L'esperienza di Plateau che aveva perso la vista a seguito di un esperimento attirò un grande interesse da parte della comunità scientifica, tanto da essere associato, per via della sorte che gli toccò, a Ludwig van Beethoven, il celeberrimo compositore divenuto sordo.

Plateau studiò anche il fenomeno della capillarità e della tensione superficiale ("Statique expérimentale et théorique des liquides soumis aux seules forces moléculaires", 1873). Contribuì ai primi studi sull'instabilità capillare di un cilindro liquido, e il problema matematico della definizione di una superficie minima con confini dati, prende il nome da lui.

Condusse studi esaurienti sulle lamine di sapone e formulò le leggi di Plateau che descrivono la forma di questo genere di superfici. Negli ultimi anni della sua vita fu visitato da diversi oftalmologi per via della sua condizione.

Joseph Plateau si spense all'età di 82 anni, il 15 settembre 1883, a Gand.

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Voci correlate
 Fenachistoscopio
 Instabilità di Rayleigh-Plateau
 Leggi di Plateau

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

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I've been learning a lot about obedience lately--and I can't say that I've really enjoyed the experience! But a huge part of obedience is learning to trust and like Amy Carmichael said, "So he never sends us pleasure when the soul's deep need is pain." Obedience, even when painful, grows us and draws us closer to Him.
It was really hard to let Aaron go to boarding school. I knew, however, that he would still be in and out of our lives and our responsibility for some time to come. It was way harder than I expected to leave Hannah in New Zealand knowing that there's a huge chance that she may never live with us again. That our family dynamic will never be exactly the same with all of our chicks together under the same roof. Good things are ahead, I know that(!), but it's the end of an era. One that I have absolutely treasured.
I read the book of John recently and noticed that as J3sus was nearing the cross he kept talking about how the way to be part of Him was through obedience. He kept repeating it so his disciples (and us) would understand.
"If you obey my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have obeyed my Father's commands (and He knew He was headed to the cross!) and remain in his love. I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete. My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends. You are my friends if you do what I command.
I appreciate the promise in this verse, that if we 'obey' 'my (His) joy' will be in us and then 'your (our) joy' will be complete. Obedience may be painful but through it we are promised His joy that brings us joy!
This was the promise that I clung to as I hugged my girl 'bye' for now. This is what I reminded myself of on the trip back when I felt no joy and when I knew all the 'answers' in my head but my heart was torn. As the plane wheels touched down in our city I kept telling myself, "I will obey." I've been reminding myself this since we put Aaron back on the train to school last week and my sore heart went numb.
It's been a long first week back. One that I've muddled through on a promise, but as my emotions have had a chance to rest, His joy is now stirring in my heart. And I know my joy will be back soon! I just need to wait and trust.


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Nixon is a census-designated place (CDP) in Butler County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,373 at the 2010 census.

Geography
Nixon is located in Penn Township at  (40.785683, -79.937926). Pennsylvania Route 8 passes through the CDP, leading north  to Butler and south  to downtown Pittsburgh.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , of which , or 0.36%, is water.

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there were 1,404 people, 508 households, and 419 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 526.7 people per square mile (203.0/km). There were 529 housing units at an average density of 198.4/sq mi (76.5/km). The racial makeup of the CDP was 98.08% White, 0.28% African American, 1.35% Asian, 0.07% from other races, and 0.21% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.78% of the population.

There were 508 households, out of which 34.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 74.0% were married couples living together, 5.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 17.5% were non-families. 15.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.67 and the average family size was 2.98.

In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 24.1% under the age of 18, 4.4% from 18 to 24, 26.0% from 25 to 44, 28.4% from 45 to 64, and 17.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43 years. For every 100 females, there were 110.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 105.0 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $58,864, and the median income for a family was $65,759. Males had a median income of $48,550 versus $29,423 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $27,269. About 3.3% of families and 3.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including none of those under age 18 and 14.6% of those age 65 or over.

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Census-designated places in Butler County, Pennsylvania
Census-designated places in Pennsylvania


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Cette page dresse une liste de personnalités mortes au cours de l'année 961 :

 14 ou 15 février : Poppon  de Wurtzbourg, chancelier royal et évêque de Wurtzbourg.
 27 mai : Landolf II de Bénévent,  de Capoue-Bénévent.
 23 août : Hugues IV de Bassigny, comte de Bologne et de Bassigny.
 1er octobre : Artaud de Reims, archevêque de Reims.
 15 octobre : Abd al-Rahman III, calife de Cordoue.

 Adarnassé XI Bagration, prince géorgien.
 Adarnassé V d'Ibérie, duc de Tao Supérieur et curopalate d'Ibérie.
 Raymond II de Rouergue, comte de Rouergue.
 Raymond (IV) de Toulouse, comte de Toulouse.
 Abdul Malik , émir des Samanides.
 Fujiwara no Masatada, poète japonais.
 Minamoto no Tsunemoto, samouraï et prince impérial japonais de l'époque de Heian.

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LiU ▶ News & events ▶ Archive ▶ Features ▶ Kalas 2014
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More of everything at Kalas 2014
From a symphony orchestra to Movits! on stage, even larger outdoor spaces and more local bands. Linköping University's tenth Kalasmottagning (New Students' Day) will offer more – the whole time.
The headquarters for the 2014 Kalas has just been emptied of a bunch of boxes and this year's head organiser, Jonathan Allvin, seems completely relaxed.
"Everything's under control. All the planning was finished before summer."
So all that remains is the execution of the event itself, at SAAB Arena, (formerly Cloetta Center), on 3 September. 8 000 people are expected. During the afternoon the arena will host a hundred or so student associations, organisations and various sections from the university, while some 30 companies will be present in the foyer. In this respect the event is much like the nine previous years.
"But the outdoor area is growing. The Student Union has extended the food serving area, and local bands with links to the university will perform on the outdoor stage from the start of the event. This year there will be something on the while time," says Jonathan Allvin (right).
On top of this, close to a dozen of the student union organisations will perform in front of the queue outside the area, to get the visitors warmed up. The main sponsor, Mecenat, will also be there.
"As usual, students from Campus Norrköping will be bussed here. But unlike the students from here in Linköping, they can't go home for a break between events. So this year we want to make sure there is lots for them to do the whole time."
The evening show starts at 8 pm, with nothing less than a symphony orchestra on stage. After that there will be performances by the wind band LiTHe Blås, the student choir Skön from Campus Norrköping, speeches from the vice-chancellor and student union heads, and to finish off, Movits! – a swing-hiphop trio.
MC this year will be Christer Lundberg, best known for his radio show on P3, Christer.
"My vision for this year's Kalas is to show the whole university to the new students on a single day", says Jonathan Allvin, who has been very involved in student and student union life during his three years of studies for a master's in design and product development.
"The various jobs were a great experience, and lots of fun. Student life at Linköping University is excellent, and for me it was about project management of increasingly large events. This year's Kalas has total assets of two million crowns, that's the largest ever. But project management is the main focus of my training – and problem-solving is what I like best. When someone comes and says 'What are we going to do now, this isn't working', and then we sort it out."
The big day is fast approaching for the head organiser, the ten members of the organising committee and 160-odd "Kalaspuffar" – the students who work as functionaries. There are thousands of gift bags to pack, and during Nolle-P they need to get the word out to all the new students that Kalas 2014 is coming up soon.
On 1 September the Kalas team will get access to SAAB Arena. That's when the set-up starts.
"Actually I'm not nervous. Even if we're new at the game, we expect good support from the arena company. They have experience of nine previous Kalases."
Ticket sales start the week before the event. New students get in free, for peer students it's SEK 40. For other students and all staff the price is SEK 60.
Which you must say is a small sum, for so much entertainment and such a huge Kalas.
Text and images: Gunilla Pravitz
About Kalasmottagningen 2014
Academic boycott
LiU researchers have joined international calls for a boycott of scientific conferences in the US.
risky perfectionism
Psychology students took on role of treaters in a study of perfectionism and internet-delivered cognitive behavioural therapy.
Social value creation is on the agendas of more and more companies and organisations. Erik Jannesson, senior lecturer in management control, has just published a book on the subject.
Critical of the national board of health and welfare
Rolf Holmqvist is one of 17 researchers who are critical to guidelines for the treatment of depression and anxiety.
when researchers meet vulnerability
Malin Thor Tureby was keynote speaker at an international conference on oral history.
global media hit
Cats that meow with a dialect have caused a sensation in the world media. Robert Eklund, a linguist who works with cats at the Department of Culture and Communication, has lost count of the number of times the work has been reported in the media.
farewell exchange students
On 6 December, a Farewell Mingle was held for departing exchange students who have studied at Linköping University.
success for new master's
"We have a global and critical perspective that attracts today's students," says Stefan Jonsson, professor at REMESO, about the Faculty of Arts and Science's first international master's programme at REMESO in Norrköping - Ethnic and Migration Studies.
health is our new religion
Achieving perfect health has become a religion in the western world, according to a newly published study. Barbro Wijma, professor emerita and physician with many years of experience meeting patients, views this development with dismay.
black in sweden
Skin colour matters, also in Sweden. But many people don't accept that racism is a problem here – only in other countries. So claims doctoral student Victoria Kawesa, who writes about black feminism and whiteness in Sweden.
redress for neglect
Johanna Sköld from Child Studies at Linköping University co-organised an international workshop where researchers compared various models of compensation for institutional neglect and abuse.
tomorrow's nobel laureates?
Anna Lindström and Monika Lopez of the Department of Culture and Communication applied earlier this year for funding for an initiative in an issue relating to refugees. The funding was granted, and the "Tomorrow's Nobel laureates" project was born.
Alumni of the year 1
Suad Ali, expert on Sweden's refugee quota, works tirelessly for refugees worldwide. For her dedication she has been chosen as one of Linköping University's two Alumni of the Year.
Thomas Lunner's research has given improved hearing to millions of people with impaired hearing. He has been chosen as one of this year's Alumni of the Year.
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Iron River Township, Michigan facts for kids
Iron River Township, Michigan
Location within Iron County
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Coordinates: 46°15′55″N 88°47′25″W / 46.26528°N 88.79028°W / 46.26528; -88.79028Coordinates: 46°15′55″N 88°47′25″W / 46.26528°N 88.79028°W / 46.26528; -88.79028
243.9 sq mi (631.8 km2)
4.4 sq mi (11.3 km2)
1,568 ft (478 m)
6.6/sq mi (2.6/km2)
UTC-6 (Central (CST))
UTC-5 (CDT)
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Iron River Township is a civil township of Iron County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,585 at the 2000 census.
The City of Iron River is situated at the southeast corner of the township, but is administratively autonomous.
Beechwood is an unincorporated community in the township northwest of Iron River on US 2 at 46°09′35″N 88°46′24″W / 46.15972°N 88.77333°W / 46.15972; -88.77333 (Beechwood, Michigan) Beechwood was named from a grove of beech trees near the town site. In 1888, Beechwood was made a stop on the Chicago and North Western Transportation Company. In November 1889, a post office was established with Richard M. Dwyer as the first postmaster. The post office was closed in January 1976.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 243.9 square miles (632 km2), of which 239.6 square miles (621 km2) is land and 4.4 square miles (11 km2) (1.80%) is water.
As of the census of 2000, there were 1,585 people, 596 households, and 401 families residing in the township. The population density was 6.6 per square mile (2.6/km2). There were 933 housing units at an average density of 3.9 per square mile (1.5/km2). The racial makeup of the township was 90.85% White, 7.63% African American, 0.44% Native American, 0.13% Asian, 0.25% from other races, and 0.69% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.57% of the population. 16.1% were of German, 11.6% Italian, 10.3% Finnish, 9.9% Polish, 9.8% Swedish, 6.5% English and 6.3% French ancestry according to Census 2000.
There were 596 households, out of which 23.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.2% were married couples living together, 6.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.6% were non-families. 28.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 17.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.28 and the average family size was 2.78.
In the township the population was spread out, with 16.9% under the age of 18, 8.1% from 18 to 24, 31.4% from 25 to 44, 24.9% from 45 to 64, and 18.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females, there were 131.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 145.3 males.
The median income for a household in the township was $32,024, and the median income for a family was $39,643. Males had a median income of $29,803 versus $21,875 for females. The per capita income for the township was $14,679. About 9.1% of families and 12.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 17.3% of those under age 18 and 10.3% of those age 65 or over.
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Looks a really good Melbourne Cup as you'd expect with the influx of overseas runners who are bred to run the 3200m. They are superior distance athletes compared to the Aussie breds, hence their dominance in recent years.
There is an eye on the weather with some rain predicted Monday and Tuesday but Flemington is a very good drying track and it may just mean they don't irrigate. I've done this preview on GOOD to SOFT ground, if it gets really wet things can change quickly.
CUP DAYS BEST JOIN BONUS!
1-BEST SOLUTION- $13 Comes off three straight G1 victories around the world including the Caulfield Cup last start. He is as tough as they come and loves getting in the fight late in a race. The 3200m is the query and the topweight. No doubt at all about his class after winning 10 of his 23 starts his credentials speak for themselves. Haven't got him in my winning chances but expecting him to run well.
2- THE CLIFFSOFMOHER- $16 He's drawn the perfect gate for possibly the best trainer in the world and the best jockey in the world will ride. Does have a habit of running well but finding one better. Comes off a 3rd placing in the Caulfield Cup and gets a really good run in transit here. He'd have to improve off that run, he isn't in my winning hopes but could land in the exotics somewhere.
3- MAGIC CIRCLE- $10 Live chance this bloke, changed stables and put together two outstanding runs, the first in the Chester Cup (3700m) where he won by 6L and then went to Henry II Stakes at Group3 level over this trip and won by 6L again in a dominant display. They then put him away to try and beat the handicapper in this race. He is a stayer with a turn of foot and if the rain comes he is the one they have to beat. Serious horse who looks very hard to beat.
4- CHESTNUT COAT $34– The one time fav who was poor in the Caulfield Cup, the wet track might have played a part but he'd have to improve sharply to have an impact here. If we get a dry track he could improve but don't want any rain for him.
5- MUNTAHAA $11– Another one of the main hopes. Some good runs early in career before a bit of an avg prep when last in work. Has come back in good style this prep, he was 4th to Best Solution at WFA over 2400m two runs back and then went to the EBOR handicap last start where he was wide throughout but travelled up to them sweetly before letting down and putting a gap in them. That race has been a good pointer over the years and his win was similar to Heartbreak City who come out and ran a very close 2nd in the Cup. Really warming to this horse, would rather the rain stay away but a little wouldn't bother him. Can win.
6- SOUND CHECK $41- Reckon this could be one that runs better than his price suggests. His form in Germany was very good where he was a Group 2 winner over the 3200m and Group 1 placed at 2400m behind Best Solution, that is great form and he was given no chance in a slow run Caulfield Cup when they went back from the wide gate. Putting a line through that run and I expect him to run well. One of the better roughies in the race.
7- WHO SHOT THEBARMAN $61- What can you say, he just continues to turn up each year and run better than his odds suggest. Ran well in the MV Cup again and he is a chance to run top 10 again here but can't have him winning.
8- ACE HIGH $61– He won a Derby and run 2nd in another. Was an early CC fav before going to that race and performing poorly but he did pull up with a poor post race recovery. No doubt he is a quality horse but it's hard to have one off such a poor last start before their Grand Final.
9- MARMELO $16– High quality European. Was the run of the race in last years Caulfield Cup before racing a bit flat in the Melbourne cup but it didn't help that Bowman was far too positive that day and also went before the 600m. They have targeted this race for 12 months and it's a great tactic to come into this fresh. If he reproduces something like his CC effort last year he can be in the money here. Nice horse.
10- AVILIUS $13- One of the 'blue army'. Was placed at G2 level overseas before Godolphin sent to race in Australia for James Cummings. He won his first 4 straight in Australia culminating with the G3 Bart Cummings victory which booked his spot in this race. He beat Jameeh in that race and he franked the form by running 3rd in the Lexus on Saturday. Last start was a 4th in the Cox plate behind Winx at Weight For Age. Main question for me is the 3200m, if he runs it out he has a turn of foot that could win the race and he is a horse on the way up which is usually a winning formula.
11- YUCATAN $4.50– The deserved fav for the race off one of the best cup trials I've ever seen in the Herbert Power. He was wide, went forward and James McDonald timed the run to perfection, he took off before the corner and quickly put 6L on the rest of the field before sitting up at the 50m and throttling down. What makes the win so good is the two horses he beat then come out and run 1-2 in the Lexus Saturday. He is clearly the one to beat and the only little question is drawing barrier 23 but has James McDonald on and he is in very good form. The one to beat.
12- AUVRAY $71- Comes off an ordinary effort last start but it was on heavy ground, before that was ok in the Metropolitan over 2400m where he ran the 2nd fastest last 200m of the race. Ran 4th beaten 1.2L in the Sydney Cup. Can't see him winning but deserves his spot.
13- FINCHE $26- Come out here off a G3 win in France where he got it cheap up front but take nothing away as all he can do is win. Was ok against world class horses Waldgeist and Cracksman before that and I thought his effort in the Geelong cup was very good. Little question on the form of that race this year but he was one of the best and he is a big striding horse who you'd think would love the Flemington track. Definitely worth thoughts in trifectas, can see him running well.
14- RED CARDINAL $71– He's a good horse but is going horribly. Weir has trained a 100/1 winner but this would be an enormous turn around if he landed top 10.
15- VENGEUR MASQUE $61– Moroney was surprising bullish about his chances after the barrier draw. Definitely a pass mark in the Caulfield Cup and has drawn well to get a great run throughout but again I'd be surprised if he landed in the money.
16- VENTURA STORM $26– Can't knock the way he is going, 4th to Winx in the Turbull before running midfield in the CC and then winning the MV cup after getting the gun run in transit and proving too good. The $26 is about the right price him, I don't have him in my numbers but gets every chance from a good gate.
17- A PRINCE OF ARRAN $16– He was very good in the Herbert Power behind Yucatan before coming out and winning the Lexus to get his spot in the race. He meets YUCATAN 2.5kg better off from the Herbert Power. He was also beaten 8.8L in the Chester Cup by Magic Circle but meets him 5.5kg better off here and fair to say he has never gone better. Only has to back up from Saturday and run up to his last two runs to be competitive in this.
18- NAKEETA $71– Ran 5th in the Cup last year but isn't going as well this year before the race. Beaten out of site in the MV cup and hard to have on that run.
19- SIR CHARLES ROAD $101- Blinkers back on at Bendigo and got prep back on track. Genuine stayer and was 3rd in the 3200m Sydney Cup. Probably better than $101 pop but not for me.
20- ZACADA $151– Probably deserves to be this price and just not going any good at present.
21- RUNAWAY $34- Won the 2800m Listed St Leger at this track back in April and then 3rd in S.A Derby. Was the winner of the Geelong cup last start. Will go forward and be in this for a long way. Don't have him winning but you can never say no to a Waterhouse horse in a staying race, he will be screwed right down for this.
22- YOUNGSTAR $17- She was exceptional in the winter up here in QLD. This prep has been nearly perfect and gave Winx a scare in the Turbull before getting out of her ground in the Caulfield Cup. She was beaten a long way but that was a complete forgive and she ran nearly 4L quicker than any other horse the last 200m of that race, that is amazing for a G1 2400m race. Don't take her lightly.
23- CROSS COUNTER $10- Was my early selection and gets in with the very light weight. He is well and truly on the way up and I feel he will go on to make a very nice horse over the next 12 months. Like everything about him except the fact he had a little hiccup at Werribee and did miss a few days work. Any missed work leading into a race like this is an issue but stable are world class and if they are happy you have to respect. His form lines are holding up extremely well and he is extremely progressive. He started $2.75 when he won at his first try in Group company and was then $2.50 when narrowly beaten at G2 company last start, he beat home Kew Gardens there and that horse has since won the G1 St Leger and then to run 7th in the ARC' behind Enable, mouth watering formlines. He just has to be over the setback to be right in this.
24- ROSTROPOVICH $26- Another for Aiden O'Brien and trying to follow last years winner Rekindling and winning as a three year old. Pass mark in the WFA Cox plate behind Winx and the drop to 51kg is significant. Stable seem to really like the horse and has to be respected.
Looks to be decent speed early here, very interesting to not that last year on Cup there there was a severe bias to the inside fence and horses were winning there all day. This year there looks to be plenty of slow horses who will find the fence and could be speed bumps falling back on horses trying to make their runs so one off the fence might be the ideal spot.
Feel there are four winning hopes and the market has got it right. YUCATAN, MUNTAHAA, CROSS COUNTER and MAGIC CIRCLE all have the credentials to win the great race but luck will play a massive role as they have all drawn wide and whoever gets the best run/ride will have the advantage.
Very hard to split them but I've just put faith in McEvoy and have let that and price just sway me to the younger horse on the way up in CROSS COUNTER, if he has come through the setback he could well be the only horse who is in front of the handicapper here and they are the horses who have been winning cups. He is a genuine stayer and with luck in running it will take a good one to out stay him.
YUCATAN has thrived out here and the Herbert Power win was one of the great lead up runs to a cup you will ever see, almost Might And Power like, I had a question on that horse running 2 miles and might be the same with YUCATAN but they don't win like that and not run well cup day. All reports are he's just been searching for firm ground and if it stays GOOD4-SOFT5 range he's a chance of blowing them away.
MAGIC CIRCLE and MUNTAHAA was incredibly dominant winners their last runs and that is another great formula to finding the cup winner. They do have 56kg and 55.5kg so don't feel they have beaten the handicapper here but it is significantly less than they have been carrying overseas, especially MUNTAHAA who carried 61kg to victory in the Ebor.
Away from them if I'm looking for value I'm looking at YOUNGSTAR and A PRINCE OF ARRAN, both consistent types, I feel both will be strong at the end of the 2 miles and both have nice weights. A PRINCE OF ARRAN has been excellent his two runs in Australia and only has to handle the quick back up to be a live chance while YOUNGSTAR was far better than it looked in the CC and the last 200m was excellent.
Looks a great race again, feel free to share with mates having a bet. Good luck what ever you do and we will also have some other bets on Cup day up in another article.