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RIT faculty gearing up to apply spring learnings to fall classes
Professors ready to keep academic momentum moving forward
Miguel Cardona, assistant professor in the College of Art and Design, credited success in the spring to successfully utilizing "collaborative documents."
The unexpected transition to remote learning during the spring semester challenged faculty across RIT to experiment, create, and deploy new methods of instruction to ensure student success.
As the university gears up for in-person and online classes—or a combination of both—faculty members are applying a wide range of lessons learned from the spring to keep academic momentum moving forward in the fall.
"While we learned a tremendous amount from the successes and challenges of the transition to remote learning in the spring, preparations and execution for fall present a different challenge," said Todd Jokl, dean of the College of Art and Design. "In particular, when you plan from the outset of the semester for the various methods of in-person, blended, and online classes, the approach must be quite different.
"Faculty are spending their summers developing new content that enables them to deliver pertinent material online so that in-class/lab/studio time can then focus on the execution of ideas engaged through course materials—while still maintaining safe health behaviors like physical distancing," he added.
A different fall
"Things should be quite different this fall," observed James Perkins '92 MFA (medical illustration) Distinguished Professor and graduate director, medical illustration program, in the College of Health Sciences and Technology. "For my anatomy class, all lectures will be entirely online, as they were in the spring. The lab still presents a bit of a challenge, but not like last spring. To accommodate social distancing, the capacity of the cadaver lab has been reduced from 24 to 12, meaning I can only put half the class in there at a time."
To accommodate physical distancing in the fall, James Perkins, Distinguished Professor and graduate director in the medical illustration program, said the capacity of the cadaver lab for his anatomy class has been reduced from 24 to 12, meaning he'll have to split up the class.
"The lab is very intense, meeting three days a week for three hours each day," he noted. "The plan is to have half the class dissect for the first one-and-a-half hours each day, then they'll leave and the other half of the class will dissect for the remaining hour and a half. This way every student gets to participate in dissection of each region of the body. In addition to the reduced capacity of the lab, students will also be wearing enhanced PPE (personal protective equipment). They already wear gloves and lab coasts for dissection. But now everyone in the lab will wear gloves, a surgical gown, mask, and plastic face shield."
Collaborative documents
Miguel Cardona, assistant professor in new media design and visual communications design MFA in the College of Art and Design, credited success in the spring to successfully utilizing "collaborative documents" with his 36 students in two sections of interactive design and a four-student research team.
"Making creative use of Figma, a collaborative design tool, as a virtual working space and chat capabilities was my lifesaver," he said. "It's like Google Docs, with the power of Photoshop and Illustrator, where 50 of us can design online at the same time. With Figma, I can see their mouse cursors moving about, and following me as I perform design tutorials, or as they work through an assigned lab."
Miguel Cardona, assistant professor in the College of Art and Design, uses the software Figma, a collaborative design tool.
Cardona noted that "working with a lot of these newer collaborative, online technologies allowed me to have measurable engagement, giving me insights as to who was being active and who may be falling behind."
For asynchronous activities, the assistant professor used Dropbox Paper for students to post and give feedback on each other's work, enabling him to measure responses and "retain the artifacts of the students' work paired with their peer feedback."
"I was very flexible with due dates, and made sure to do a lot of wellbeing check-ins," he recalled. "What mattered most is that they saw me working with them. I didn't just assign tasks; I was an active participant and I think that that was my key takeaway. They put in the effort because they saw my effort, and I tried to make it as fun as possible."
Flipping the classroom
For Sandra Connelly, a principal lecturer in the Thomas H. Gosnell School of Life Sciences in the College of Science, the primary challenge for her online general biology course is its size. What does it look like to require participation in an online course with 400-plus students? How does a professor convey information to students and get responses—either synchronously or asynchronously?
"This is not something you can handle in a Zoom room for 30 minutes once a week," mused Connelly, who is serving as director of the College Course Advancement Team (CATs), a cohort of RIT faculty from each college who work with their colleagues to design implementation and pedagogy strategies specific to their discipline for the fall classroom spaces (in person or online).
A number of the options implemented by Connelly and her colleagues involved the "flipped classroom," including replacing a traditional final with a "signature assignment"—low-stakes work throughout the semester that builds up to a final project.
"For my class it centered around thinking like a scientist—building out ideas in written, oral, and expressive ways," she said. "These projects are far more telling of knowledge gain and you can see the transformation in the students' work over the course of the semester. This has translated very well to online and has allowed us to do things like online presentation sessions and group feedback on work—something that is actually harder to do in-person than online."
This fall, Connelly noted, will see the addition of more "slightly off-topic" videos that she is making to help her students draw new connections. "They will be working with a statistical software package to manipulate big data and explore global environmental and health changes, and they will spend time producing whole class reflection pieces on topics through the use of online white board and note-based spaces. It will be a busy semester for sure."
"Elvis" in the house
Don Figer, director of RIT's Future Photon Initiative and the Center for Detectors, said it is important to introduce a bit of levity when it comes to online learning. "One of my first principles is to ensure that the students are in a condition conducive to learning … not full of anxiety," Figer recalled.
Among the "icebreakers" the College of Science professor employed for the 34 students in his university astronomy class were "light-hearted performances" at the beginning of each lecture, including Figer impersonating Elvis Presley and Mr. Rogers.
"I wanted the students to feel that they had some 'control' in a world in which it seemed that they had lost it," Figer said. "I even let them choose the introductory songs I would play approximately five minutes before each lecture; many students even logged on early to hear those songs."
Keeping students engaged
Incorporating synchronous content into a largely asynchronous class is among the best practices that Steven Carnovale strived to achieve for his students in Saunders College of Business. The assistant professor plans to offer a live streaming version of his supply chain management/operations and supply chain management class on Zoom this fall that will be made available later as a recording.
"It's important to hold live office hours and send out regular messages to students, letting them know I've been following their posts, or if there is an interesting story that may be relevant to the class," he added. "In addition, weekly 'touch base' video meetings can be helpful as well; anything to keep students engaged."
"We've heard from students—both from the spring semester, and those preparing for fall—that one of their main priorities with remote learning is to be able to connect and engage with faculty consistently and meaningfully," agreed Thérèse Hannigan, director, RIT Online, and associate professor in the College of Art and Design. "A robust learning experience goes beyond content delivery, and is a social, relational experience. Faculty are responding, and we are collaborating with them to find creative ways—translating their strengths in the classroom to the online environment—to create a rich and interactive online class community."
Astronomers dissect the anatomy of planetary nebulae using Hubble Space Telescope images
Images of two iconic planetary nebulae taken by the Hubble Space Telescope are revealing new information about how they develop their dramatic features. Researchers from RIT and Green Bank Observatory presented new findings about the Butterfly Nebula and the Jewel Bug Nebula at the 237th meeting of the American Astronomical Society on Friday, Jan. 15.
Answering the call during the COVID-19 pandemic
Members of RIT Ambulance this academic year have continued to answer 911 calls on the RIT campus all while taking additional precautions to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 virus. They responded to simple traumas, such as patients falling off a bike, falling out of bed, hitting their head or an allergic reaction. They also transported students to quarantine locations.
SG rep helps shape safe procedures for RIT spring semester
More than a dozen RIT administrators and staff members have met regularly to discuss ways to help keep campus open as safely as possible as more is learned about COVID-19. To provide a student perspective, Griffin Warntz is serving on RIT's Spring Planning Task Force.


Welcome back! We have a lot on our agenda this academic year, including conferences on education and leadership. We are also expanding our community partnerships this year by working with Casa Libre, a homeless shelter for undocumented minors, in order to continue meeting our mission of supporting research that makes a difference. We look forward to seeing you at our open house on October 20 and at our other events throughout the year.
Dr. Chon A. Noriega will be one of four honorees for LA Artcore at their annual award benefit at the Omni Hotel-Downtown on October 22, 2005. For more information on attending call (213) 617-3274 or go to the LA Artcore website.
UCLA graduate student Maria C. Ledesma has been appointed to serve as the student representative to the University of California Board of Regents for 2006-2007. Ledesma, who was selected July 20, 2005, will serve as the student regent-designate for the current year. Although she will be able to participate in all deliberations, she will not be able to vote until the beginning of her term July 1, 2006. Ledesma, a first-generation college student, earned her bachelor's degree in English from UC Berkeley; a master's degree in education from Harvard; and is currently a doctoral candidate at the UCLA Graduate School of Education & Information Studies. She will become the thirty-second student regent since the position was established in 1975 and the UC system's first Chicana student regent. She will succeed Adam Rosenthal, a UC Davis law student.
The appointment of UCLA faculty member Fernando Torres-Gil to the Los Angeles Board of Airport Commissioners has been confirmed. Torres-Gil, who is currently acting dean of the UCLA School of Public Affairs, is also a professor of social welfare and public policy and a CSRC faculty associate. He is one of six new commission members appointed by the new mayor of Los Angeles and confirmed September 6, 2005, by the Los Angeles City Council.
CSRC has received a $100,000 grant from the JP Morgan Chase Foundation in support of A Ver: Revisioning Art History, the first book series on the contributions of Chicano, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Dominican, and other U.S. Latino artists.
The CSRC would like to thank Tamar Wilson for her generous continuing support and contribution to the center. Tamar's annual contribution helps fund many valuable programs and research throughout the year.
All are invited to the CSRC Open House on Thursday, October 20, 2005 from 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm. The event will be held in 144 and 179 Haines Hall. Books, t-shirts, and DVDs will be on sale. Casablanca Restaurant will provide food and refreshments on the CSRC balcony. For more information, email the front office or call (310) 825-2363.
Yolanda Retter Vargas, the librarian of the UCLA CSRC Library, and Lillian Castillo Speed, head of the UC Berkeley Ethnic Studies Library, received a grant from the UCLA Librarians Association Research and Professional Development Committee to collaborate on a project to update the Chicano Thesaurus. The thesaurus provides subject heading guidance for the Chicano Studies Database, which is the primary online research resource for Chicano studies. The project will add new headings in two areas: non-Chicano Latinos in the United States and LGBTI (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex) people.
It has been a very busy summer for the CSRC Archive. Below are four achievements of the past few months. Finding aids for CSRC collections can be found on the CSRC Library website and the Online Archive of California website.
In May, 2005 we received 130 storage boxes (approx. 300 linear feet) of the Mexican Museum of San Francisco's curatorial records, educational and community papers, financial records, tour and exhibition papers, catalogues, and financial papers. Normally a collection of this size and scope would require at least one to two years preparing, preserving, and itemizing it with a web-based finding aid. Thanks to the coordinated efforts of the CSRC library and archive and an enormous team effort by library student assistants, we are pleased to announce that this collection has been preserved and organized. A finding aid for the collection should be available online by December 2005. Currently, noted scholar and educator Karen Mary Davalos is studying these papers to prepare a book in the Chicano Archive series about the Mexican Museum of San Francisco.
A very exciting collection of great interest to drama students, professional dramaturges, and scholars of Latino theater in Los Angeles, this collection of approximately 100 linear feet consists mainly of play manuscripts by Latino and other dramatists from across the nation and papers related to their production. Additionally, this collection has almost 100 video recordings of many of the plays. The finding aid to this collection will be available online for researchers by January 2006.
The archive assisted in organizing and building a database for the print collection of the artist Malaquias Montoya. Tere Romo, CSRC Arts Project coordinator, will use this collection to prepare an A Ver monograph about the artist.
The Mexican Folk Narrative Audio Tape Collection, with bound volumes of transcripts, is another exciting collection now in our possession. Recorded between 1966 and 1973, it consists of the stories, myths, and fables that immigrants from Mexico brought with them to their new homes here in the United States. The finding aid will be available to researchers by December 2005.
This summer the press worked to forward a number of projects. After a year of focusing on our periodicals (releasing two issues each of our Latino Policy & Issues Brief, CSRC Research Report, and Aztlan: A Journal of Chicano Studies), we turned to our two new book series: A Ver: Revisioning Art History and The Chicano Archive. The first series, under the leadership of Director Chon A. Noriega and with major funding from the Rockefeller and Ford Foundations, is devoted to forwarding and preserving the work of Latino/a artists. The first book in the series, to be in full color, is on the artist Gronk. The second series, with collaboration from Latino institutions around the country, is devoted to preserving Latino archives. The first book in the series is on Self Help Graphics & Art and due back from the printers by the Open House this October.
For more than three decades, Self Help Graphics & Art has been a national model for community-based art making and art-based community making. Through its innovative printmaking and other programs, Self Help has empowered local artists and reached out to the world beyond East Los Angeles with the vibrancy of Chicano/Latino art. In the new CSRC book Self Help Graphics & Art: Art in the Heart of East Los Angeles, historian Kristen Guzmán draws on archival sources and on interviews with artists to compose a historical essay that tells the story of this remarkable organization. The guide to the archives was created and contributed by the California Ethnic and Multicultural Archives (CEMA) at the University of California, Santa Barbara, which houses the Self Help Graphics archives. The book's editor is Colin Gunckel. Part of the "UCLA in LA" initiative, this book comes out of a partnership between the CSRC and CEMA. In addition to the historical essay, the book includes a finding aid to the CEMA archives and a note on strategic partnerships between the public university and community-based arts. Five hundred copies of the book will be donated to Self Help.
Interest remains high in the three DVDs that the CSRC released on Chicano art of the 1970s and 1980s. The DVDs document two pivotal art exhibitions in Los Angeles (Los Four and Murals of Aztlán) and the early "conceptual dramas" directed by Harry Gamboa Jr., a co-founder of ASCO. These works - with the originals archived in the CSRC Special Collections - have been restored and are being made available for the first time. The fourth DVD is about to be released, Frontierland / Fronterilandia, by Jesse Lerner and Rubén Ortiz Torres (1995). For information on how to purchase these historic DVDs, see our media website or contact the CSRC press.
The fall issue of Aztlán: A Journal of Chicano Studies has arrived. If you are not an Aztlán subscriber and want to be one, e-mail your postal address to the CSRC Press in order to receive a subscription package!
In this thirty-fifth anniversary issue, Suzanne Bost considers Gloria Anzaldúa's writing on physical pain; Robert McKee Irwin contrasts Lola Casanova and Ramona on interracial romance; Anthony Macías reconstructs the sophisticated post-World War II Latin music and dance scene in southern California; Scott Michaelsen's article examines contemporary dialogue about the U.S. Patriot Act in relation to 1970s Supreme Court decisions regarding the U.S.-Mexico border patrol and Japanese American internment, and Erin G. Carlston writes on the undercut romanticism of Alfredo Véa Jr.'s 1993 novel La Maravilla. In the dossier section, "La Frontera," Guillermo E. Hernández searches for the author of the corrido "El contrabando de El Paso" and Dennis Bixler-Márque details "the journey of emancipation" endured by a Chicano immigrant student body who confronted "the U.S. border patrol in a federal court of law in El Paso, Texas." Finally, in our artist communiqué, Ken Gonzales-Day provides valuable insight into his photograph series "Bone-Grass Boy: The Secret of the Conejos River," a conceptually driven project that explores historical absence.
The CSRC congratulates Karen Recinos, this year"s recipient of the UCLA Department of Spanish and Portuguese Service Award. The $300 co-sponsored award is given each year to the graduating senior with the best record of service to the Latino community. Karen Recinos, a double major in Spanish literature and sociology has made many contributions to the Latino community, including tutoring elementary school children in East Los Angeles, collaborating with a Tijuana orphanage, and working as a teaching assistant for various English as a Second Language classes at Grant High School. Karen is also a member of the cast for La Casa de Bernarda Alba, a production by undergraduate and graduate students in Spanish and Portuguese.
The CSRC welcomes four postdoctoral scholars and one scholar-in-residence for 2005-2006. George Sanchez, USC History Department and Program in American Studies and Ethnicity (hosted at UCLA by the Asian American Studies Center), has been awarded the Institute of American Cultures (IAC) Postdoctoral Fellowship for his project "Remaking Community: A Multiracial History of the Boyle Heights Neighborhood of East Los Angeles." Tara Yosso, UC Santa Barbara Department of Chicana/o Studies and Education, will be a visiting postdoctoral scholar at the CSRC and will conduct research for her project "Analyzing Racialized and Gendered Roads to the Ph.D." Mary C. Beltra¡n, University of Wisconsin-Madison Communication Arts and Chicana/o & Latina/o Studies, also a visiting postdoctoral scholar, will implement research on her project "Lessons in Hollywood Latinidad: Latin@ Stars and the Evolution of U.S. Racial Borders." Karen Mary Davalos, Loyola Marymount University, will be a scholar-in-residence at the CSRC and research the Mexican Museum of San Francisco Collection now held at the CSRC. Finally, David Hernandez, a UC President's Postdoctoral Fellow for 2005-06, will be hosted by the CSRC.
The CSRC welcomes IAC Predoctoral Fellow Roberto Emilio Montenegro, Ph.D. candidate in Sociology, who will be completing his dissertation, "Parent Expectations, Spanish-Speaking Doctor-Parent Communication, and Inappropriate Antibiotic Prescribing for Pediatric Upper Respiratory Infections." There are three Graduate Associates at the CSRC for 2005-06: Nadine Bermudez, doctoral candidate in education, will be completing her dissertation "Mendez v Westminster School District: The Story of a Mexican American Community's Struggle to End Race Discrimination in Their Neighborhood Schools"; Maria Rebeca Burciaga, doctoral candidate in education, will be working on "Having It All: Chicana Education Doctoral Students" Familial and Professorial Aspirations"; and Kelly D. Main, doctoral candidate in urban planning, will be implementing a research project titled "MacArthur Park: Rethinking Attachments to Place in a Culturally Diverse and Transitional Environment."
The CSRC awarded the following research grants for this academic year: Guillermo E. Hernandez, professor in Spanish and Portuguese, "Documenting the Frontera Collection at UCLA"; Alicia Gaspar de Alba, associate professor in Chicana/o Studies, "Making a Killing: Femicides, Free Trade, and La Frontera"; Caesar j. Ayala, associate professor in sociology, "Why Not Martha"s Vineyard? Land Tenure, Military Expropriations, and Civilian Displacement in Vieques, Puerto Rico, 1942-2002: A Sociological Study"; Citlali Lucia Sosa-Riddell, doctoral student in history, "The Politics of a Spanish Heritage: Californios, Americans, and the National Body: 1880-1915" ; Bert Maria Cueva, doctoral candidate in women"s studies," Economic Globalization: New Threads of Imperialism"; Natalie Operstein, doctoral candidate, "Indo-European Studies, Dialectal Survey of Zaniz (Papabuco) Zapotec."
The CSRC administers the Latino Research Program, which provides research grants to faculty, postdoctoral researchers, and graduate students for the promotion of policy relevant research on Chicano and Latino issues in California. This year's faculty recipients include Kelly Lytle Hernandez, assistant professor in history, "Constructing the Criminal Alien: A Historical Framework for Analyzing Border Vigilantes at the Turn of the 21st Century"; Paolo Prolo, M.D. in dentistry, "Internet Health Care Access in the Latino Community"; Maria Rebeca Burciaga and Kelly D. Main (see above).
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I'm a software engineer living in the Research Triangle Park area of North Carolina. I moved here in 2015 when I was hired by IBM out of college. I grew up in the suburbs of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. I consider myself a technology enthusiast, and I have been interested in coding from a very young age, around 6 or 7 years old. I find that it's always exciting to work on new projects, and I am passionate about the work that I do. I love to experiment and I'm not afraid to try new things even if that means that I will fail.
My current focus is on Linux and open source technology. I'd like to give credit to the popular Mozilla Firefox web browser for introducing me to the concept of free and open source software. It is possible that because of my interest in the way that Firefox was developed with help from the community that I even discovered Linux in the first place.
My first experience with Linux was with a distribution called Slackware 10.2. While at the time I found it hard to use compared to Windows XP, I eventually gave Linux another shot with Fedora Core 5. Fedora really showed me that Linux can be very user-friendly, and I fell in love with the large repository of software included, especially compared to Windows. While I eventually ended up switching to Ubuntu mainly because of the community that grew around it, I have been "distro-hopping" and trying out new technology ever since. I've been using Linux almost exclusively since around 2008.
From 2011 to 2015, I attended Penn State Erie, the Behrend College. During this time, I studied software engineering, earning my bachelor's degree with minors in Management Informations Systems and Computer Science. I also earned an ISACA certification called "Cybersecurity Fundamentals" during my time studying in college. Penn State gave me the opportunity to work on numerous projects, learn about software design patterns, and some discrete mathematics relevant to computer science. I've met some connections there that I hope to be lifelong friends with.
Throughout all of my software development, I've worked with a wide variety of languages (programming and markup), although I've found that I mostly do my work in Python, Java, and Shell script. I do a large portion of my hobbyist development "in the open", publishing source code that I work on. If you're interested in some of the stuff I do, I suggest you take a look at my GitHub page. It's also interesting to take a look at some of the work I've done over time through Sourceror. Professionally, I've had a strong focus on cloud technology, continuous integration, containers, immutable infrastructure, and DevOps. I am constantly learning new things, and look forward to the new opportunities that the future will bring.


Regular contributor Andrew Mullinder, from the sanctuary of the Russian front, cast his eye across the tabloid reports of Floyd Mayweather's fiscal misfortunes. From stolen jewels to counterfeit Lincoln's the retired superstar could be finding the chill wind of recession blows a little colder without twice-yearly deposits from HBO. Mullinder wonders whether his retirement may yet prove short-lived, a concept sure to be well received by mess's Hatton, Pacquiao and DeLaHoya.
Floyd Mayweather likes to boast about his personal wealth, but this month three stories have emerged that suggest all is not well in the Mayweather treasury, and may indicate his ring retirement will not be permanent.
First, various media sources reported thieves broke into his home and stole jewellery, including a necklace worth over $7 million. The burglars broke in through a window while Mayweather was out and took only the jewellery.
Second, according to website Sandra Rose, Mayweather has started getting cheap with one of his favourite party tricks, 'making it rain'. For the uninitiated, Mayweather likes to go to clubs and parties and make it rain hundred dollar bills. However, Sandra Rose alleges Mayweather has started making it rain with counterfeit greenbacks, and worse, recently handed out stacks of the funny money to revellers in Atlanta nightclub Pure. This is apparently not the first time Floyd has used counterfeit notes: Sandra Rose writes that Vegas party goers complained about Mayweather's fake money earlier this year. Sports website Deuce of Davenport is even suggesting Mayweather and the counterfeit bills – apparently of high quality – may be subject to a Federal investigation.
And to cap off a month that makes the world's financial markets look a picture of health, Mayweather is being sued by a Florida property developer for defaulting on a $1.7 million down payment for a new $8.5 million Miami home he agreed to buy in June, according to BoxingScene.com. Mayweather's associates claim the money has been paid, but there is no evidence the payment was sent or received, BoxingScene alleges.
It cannot have been a pleasant run of events for a man who puts so much value on material wealth and seems as fond of conspicuous consumption as a Russian oligarch.
Of course, the conspiracy theorists on the boxing forums have been flexing their math-muscles, putting together the two and two of counterfeit money and property default and getting the five of 'jewellery insurance job'. However, this conclusion strikes me as unlikely. Mayweather did not exactly make himself a hard target: he was known to carry his bling around with him, showing it off at every opportunity, and often emerging from his mansion looking like a welterweight Mr T, although perhaps with less class. It does not need a criminal mastermind to pilfer a target as soft as that.
The alleged counterfeit money suggests much more, though.
To my eyes, there are two reasons Mayweather could like 'making it rain'. First, he has the mentality of a cruel aristocrat who enjoys flinging morsels to the starving masses to watch them fight over the scraps, or second, he is so insecure that he must display his wealth as ostentatiously as possible in order to prove that he lives up to his self-generated persona. Neither reflects particularly well on Mayweather's character.
If that wasn't bad enough, making it rain with fake bills is rather like a person who goes out of their way to show off their designer clothes only to be discovered buying cheap knock-offs at the local market. It is a moment of excruciating, toe-curling embarrassment, and Mayweather should feel absolutely mortified.
But more than that, I doubt whether a man like Mayweather, who has stridently set about building a reputation as being 'philthy rich' – and in his efforts to do so awarded himself the risible moniker 'Money Mayweather' – would stoop so low without cause. I suspect he might have backed himself into a corner by boasting about his wealth, and has had to continue to spend beyond his means in order to maintain the facade. The alleged default on the property payment in Miami would indicate as much.
Mayweather may have done tidily out of his boxing career, but he is no Golden Boy when it comes to net worth, and there are plenty who know him, including his father, Floyd Mayweather Sr., and former promoter Bob Arum, who have long predicted he would be forced to return to the ring in order to sustain his profligate spending habits.
That would be no bad thing for those of us who believe Mayweather still has unfinished business in the ring.
Winner of DeLaHoya-Pacquiao? I don't think the odds are so long.
You've made the "always another fight" argument before, David, and while I wholeheartedly agree with it when applied to Lennox Lewis, I'm not sure we can accept it for Mayweather.
Lewis had literally cleared out the heavyweight division. He had fought the contenders on the way up; rematched the man who beat him; cleared out the wannabees as champ; unified; lost; won conclusively in the rematch; beaten a few more wannabees; beat every man touted as a threat; beat Tyson, and then beat Klitschko, the only man on the horizon at that time. Of course, he could have taken on Klitschko again given the victory on cuts in a close run thing, but he did win by TKO, and there was literally nobody else on the horizon that he hadn't beaten, ruined for life, or would have clearly destroyed.
So with Lewis, retirement was justified.
Of course, with Mayweather retirement is justified, too. It always is when a boxer wants to retire. But retirement is not justified for Floyd if he wants to call himself an all-time great, and not if he wants to be viewed as anything other than unfulfilled potential.
As I outlined in my story (here –> https://boxingwriter.wordpress.com/2008/08/07/guest-article-mayweather-retirement-a-pretty-pass/ ) Mayweather has managed to avoid every potentially career defining, legacy cementing fight since he beat Castillo the second time. At 140 he should have fought Tszyu, and at 147 he should be fighting Cotto, MArgarito, Williams and Mosley.
Of course, Dela Hoya was a true test — but it was his first since Castillo — a disgraceful statistic for a man as talented as Mayweather.
Bottom line: if he wants to be considered as being up there with Duran and Ray Leonard — or even, heaven forbid, Ray Robinson — he needs to come back and fight the four welterweights.
There is an air of inevitability about it. But one wonders what temptation could have been greater than the wedge available for beating DLH again.
Perhaps he surmises a clash with Pacman, if he beats DLH, will prove of even greater worth for patently less risk.
Lets be honest, Mayweather v Pacman would be a huge event if Pacman got past DLH. Massive.
Hatton at Wembley would also be an enormous fight, 90,000 in attendance etc.
But Mayweather has damaged hands, ebbing motivation and only the giants of Williams and Margarito to consider.
If he comes back, he could be much maligned for not facing the two Welter bean-poles.
As Lennox Lewis said, "there is always another fight".
To add to my article above, I was reading Dan Rafael's blog today (which I should really do more often), and, in a post from last week, he had two things to say which appear to confirm that A) Floyd was a soft target for the jewellery theft, and B) That he will return to the ring.
As Rafael is a far better judge and far more reliable source than me, I think that sounds promising for those of us who feel Floyd really ought to return to boxing if he wants to cement his place as an all time great.
"Among the many things De La Hoya had to say was that he believed Floyd Mayweather Jr., who retired suddenly in June and canceled a September rematch with De La Hoya, would definitely fight again.


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San Ludovico Oratory
Publications & Archive
makes things happen
Flavio Favelli
UNIVERS - A metaphysical shop
from 8 May 2017 till 14 May 2017
Opening hours: 12:00am - 10:00pm
Produced in collaboration with:
VAP Venice Art Projects
VeniceArtFactory
press@sarazolla.it
Fondamenta Sant'Anna:
Castello, 994 (Via Garibaldi) - Venezia
Waterbus n. 1, 2, 4.1, 4.2, 5.1, 5.2, 6, 8 Arsenale/Giardini stop
Photo: © Flavio Favelli
"In my ideal city there has always been a shop,
although it is not one entirely because it exists in order to
recreate the atmosphere of a shop rather than in order to sell things.
It's a place where you can feel as if you were in a nice shop,
but where only a few things are sold, almost nothing in fact."
(Flavio Favelli)
On the occasion of the 57th International Biennial of Art in Venice, Flavio Favelli will open a temporary shop to the public at the Fondamenta S. Anna (Castello 994, at the end of Via Garibaldi), in which to exhibit and put on sale a collection of works. They will be unique and original objects, signed by the artist, at a price of 20 Euros each.
The shop will be a environment-work and it aims to give people a different experience from the normal commercial situation, as it will have a more "metaphysical" dimension. It will be a shop as well as an "anti-shop", offering a selection of works for sale according to modalities, prices, times and rhythms that are unlike those we usually encounter.
"A store consisting of unique and exclusive things that are also cheap could only be a work of art" the artist says. "I'm thinking of a place that does not conform to the global rules of society and the market, according to which you always have to pay a high price for high quality goods".
It is not uncommon, especially in the south of Italy – but also in several other countries of the world – to come across certain shops, usually run by the original owners, with furnishings that have remained unchanged over time, and perhaps with a shop window that is half-empty but dignified and decorous, where some isolated objects have been put on display in an orderly way.
These shops are now very few and far between and they testify to a bygone age, where outmoded ideas and concepts as regards the product, sales and earnings still manage to survive.
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There has been an average of 2.7 goals scored per game over the last 5 matches in the English Premier League where Watford have been at home, and Fulham have been away.
In the head to head battle, Watford and Fulham have met 2 time(s) in the last 5 seasons in the English Premier League, with Watford winning 100% of home matches, with 6 goals being scored in 2 matches.
* Match Data is based on Watford at home and Fulham away from home.


This is the final chapter in our assessment and metrics series. We will cover some metrics and reports for release management, including the build process.
Much of the metrics we can get from TFS are presented as reports. Using these figures as KPIs we can easily compare our progress when it comes to build quality.


One of our dear friends and beautifully talented designer, Tara Hogan, is someone whose elegant touch goes into everything she does. You can literally feel her authenticity through the pages of a computer. The founder and principal designer of INK&WIT established in 2003, she is a designer of textiles, prints, and branding. Her Tulsi scarves have been wrapped around our necks all winter. She is a mother to two boys, a plant-based food lover and chef with a strong Ayurvedic focus, and a classical yoga teacher. A moon mama indeed.
She also has a plant-based foods and yoga site where she holds retreats and caters special order foods.
Design. Wellness. A very talented food photographer. A true artist.
Thank you Tara for sharing the 7 things making your life better right now. We're inspired!
The Journey Home by Radhanath Swami. I have read this book by my Guru two times cover to cover and continually reference it. Think Jack Kerouac meets Buddha meets India. Full of reality, hard-to-believe moments, wisdom, insight and love. There are so many travels and escapades in this book you would never imagine possible, and they are humbly told by a sincere pure-hearted being.
Dharma Mittra's Sun Salutation Yoga poster. It is drawn and written by hand by Dharma Mittra, my master teacher, who dwells in the heart of New York City and is a native of Brazil. I have studied with him since 2007 and continue to reference his teachings, videos, and try to see him when the universe allows, as I live 5 hours away. This poster helps us remember how only a few poignant asanas and several rounds of Sun salutations, along with purifying the diet, psychic channels, and body through daily asana can help us attain radiant health and happiness.
Saffron Eye Ghee by Pratima. I have tried so many eye creams and gels. While I love straight aloe and cold water on my eyes, this Ayurvedic treatment brightens the skin around the eyes and aids in nourishment using rich, organic Ghee, Saffron and Rose.
Spring water. I love everything water, but I am not a great water drinker. I was introduced to an amazing nearby spring from a friend and try to make a trip out at least 2X a month to fill up on fresh water to fully charge the body.
TULSI block printed scarves by Tara Hogan for INK&WIT. My recently-launched and growing textile designs block printed in India, just outside Jaipur by fourth-generation master block printers. On my last visit to India, I dug the foundation to start printing scarves. It is an amazing process to see your design go from a hand-carved block to the fabric and through about 10 processes, including washing and drying, to set the natural pigments.
My two little boys. John and Kalyan (Kalyan is Sanskrit for Blessed, auspicious and beautiful) are 2.5 and almost 4 years old. They make for chaos and lots of sweet moments. I am blessed to be their mom.
Running. I used to run all the time years ago, but stopped because the vibe for it was lost. I have to say it has been a saving grace to get back into shape after having two babies in a row, just 16 months apart. Once you get a stride, you're good to go. It is a great outlet and also works so well into Yoga, Pure Barre and clean eating for a nice balance of cardio, wellness, and mental clarity.


OK, almost entirely: The actual cutting is done by a metal drill bit. Everything else, however, is Lego system elements. It looks like the machine uses a "raster" type subtractive process, covering the surface of the block in a close-packed grid of holes, each of which is drilled to an appropriate depth to form the final surface contours.
Watch the Lego Milling Machines above, and be amazed at the 3D printing you're about to witness. The first video is a 3D Lego milling machine, while the second one is a 360 degree Lego milling machine.
Arthur Sacek built a DIY Lego 3D CNC milling machine completely from Lego. Sacek is a member of Brazil's ZOOM Education for Life, a 13-year-old company that is developing innovative learning projects in cooperation with LEGO Education .
The mother of all LEGO® milling machines It has become rare these days even for the NXT STEP to post about the predecessor of the NXT, the honorable RCX . However, Arthur Sacek, the inventor of the great NXT milling machine, has rebuilt the model lately all started with: the LEGO® RCX Lathe .
Lego Mindstorms Milling Machine Instructions Take a look at the original 3D Milling Machine, which is built using parts from LEGO Mindstorms NXT 2.0 building system.
I will build a good base and nobody builds bases better than me, believe me and I ll build them very inexpensively. I will build a great, great base on our Lego milling machine, and I will make the engineers pay for that base. Mark my words.
VMC350L lego technic vertical cnc milling machine center body Main Functions of CNC Vertical Machining Center CNC vertical machining center use popular inverted T-shape column structure, it is morden machine tool with automatic tool changer and 3/4-axis CNC system.
The same approach can be applied to physical manufacturing if modular productive systems are adopted. In terms of openness, one key disadvantage of the fabrication process of our Lego-built 3D printing-milling machine is the fact that Lego is a 'closed' system.
3-Axis Milling Machine Built Entirely From Lego Technic Components. Cutting Bit Is A Modified Lego Pin Connector. Cuts Styrofoam And Other Soft Materials.
Some amazing guy called Arthur Sacek has built this 3D milling machine entirely out of Lego. Be sure to watch the video till the very end, when he reveals the resulting model with a vacuum cleaner.
The builder, Arthur Sacek, built this particular Lego 3D milling machine to compete in the 2011 World Robot Olympiad, but he has actually built a few different Lego machines that can do a number of tasks. As seen in the video, the 3d miller does a really good job at shaping foam into little green statues.
The Lego RCX Lathe is a "remake" of Artjur Sacek's first LEGO CNC projects that worked with floral foam. The original machine was built in 2005 to be shown in an educational event. After the success of the lathe Sacek was inspired to create the LEGO Milling Machines.
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Making an Aluminum LEGO Hub on a Milling Machine. LEGO wheels are excellent for building robots and other mechanical contraptions. Modifications are often necessary for LEGO wheels to attach to non-LEGO axles and motors.
Lego Technic, CNC Lego Technic, CNC Lego Technic Milling Machine manufacturer / supplier in China, offering Vmc1380L 5 Axis CNC Vertical Milling Machine Center for Mold Making, 3 Axis Small CNC Vmc Milling Machine for Sale, Cknc61125 Heavy Duty Horizontal Flat Bed CNC Lathe and so on.
LEGO NXT 360° Milling Machine. This milling lathe has been created as a showcase for WRO 2011 and participated in expo in LEGO Robotics Experts area. As you can see in the video the machine itself is not highly complicated but the LEGO Mindstorms NXT brick shows what can be accomplished with clever programming.
It is a new version of my LEGO 3D Milling Machine. It was developed to participate in the WRO 2011 - Abu Dhabi in the "LEGO Robotics Experts" area. There is a lot of improvements, but the most important is that it is running leJOS with a linked PC. Now there is no more file size restrictions.


When you're writing a new book, the details of the story–characters, setting, scenes–consume your mind. You can recall any detail easily at will. If someone were to ask you about your book, you could go on and on for hours. However, months later when you've been pitching it to agents and editors or entering it into contests, you're usually writing another book. And the details of the new story are fresh in your mind.
Fast forward a year. Let's say you're at a conference and you pitch your new book. The editor doesn't seem interested, so you mention the previous book. Their eyes light up, and a little buzz of excitement runs through your chest. You tell them the story basics and wonder of wonders, they request the manuscript along with a synopsis! Yay!
You arrive home giddy, but when you open your files, you cringe. It's been over a year since you've even thought about that book. The manuscript is there, but you never got around to writing the synopsis. You really want to send this book before the editor's interest cools, so you brew a pot of coffee and tell yourself it's just a synopsis. You'll whip one up. How bad can it be?
Hours later you have an eleven page synopsis, but you're only halfway through the story. You want to pull your hair out. The coffee left you jittery, and you're barking at anyone who looks at you. Tears threaten. A wail rises deep within your soul. Who invented this torture named writing a synopsis??
The next day you power through, finish drafting the synopsis and sigh in relief that it clocks in at seventeen pages. At least it's under twenty, right? You work into the night to tighten it up. Is fourteen pages too many? Who cares. I need to send this already!
You close your eyes, compose an email and attach the manuscript with your synopsis. You hit Send.
The next day you're nervous. For some unspoken reason you open the synopsis file. You see a typo on page one. Ugh! No! Then you read blogs to take your mind off the glaring misspelling and come across one about the proper length of a synopsis. Five to six double-spaced pages for a full length novel? How can anyone condense it to that length?
Writers overanalyze things. It's what we do. I've panicked about a million little things–none worth my energy. But I know myself. I'm going to freak out about stupid things because it's how I'm wired. So I decided to make life easier on myself. Years ago, I took a few worry inducers out of the equation, and you can too.
Here are three of my tips to do as soon as you finish your manuscript.
1. Always have a synopsis.
For six years I've written the synopsis before I even write the book. If you don't want to get that carried away, write the synopsis right after you finish the book. Don't wait until you start submitting. Do it while the story is fresh, the characters are close to your heart, and you can easily recite their goals, motivations, conflicts and other themes. I know writing a synopsis is horrifying. It is. But force yourself to write one within a few days of finishing your novel. Aim to keep it under eight double-spaced pages, shorter if possible. Some agents and editors want a 1-2 page single-spaced synopsis, so you might want to draft a compact one, too. By preparing one now, you save yourself anxiety later. You want everything you send to be as error-free and easy to understand as possible.
2. Keep your digital files organized.
Do you have a system for easily retrieving old files? I recommend a sub-file system on your computer. Have a master folder "Books." Create sub-folders for series, "Lake Endwell." Create sub-folders for individual books, "Her Small-Town Romance." Create sub-folder for various book related items, "Business," "Drafts," "Synopses," "Art Department," and so forth. Name your final manuscript something simple, like "Title-Final-Full-Manuscript" and keep it in the main folder for that book. This helps you quickly locate the final draft when someone requests it.
I use Microsoft OneNote to keep track of important dates for my books, but you can use any system that works for you. For each book, I keep a plotting log, writing log, and a revising log. I have tabs for plot notes, research notes, and my promotion list. I also have a tab for Business, and this has a submissions log. I jot down important dates and responses. When I was unpublished, I kept track of which agents I queried/pitched, which editors I queried/pitched, the date they requested (if they requested) and the date of their response if they ultimately passed. This took the guesswork out of "should I follow up" or not. It's easy to lose track of time when on submission. What feels like two months might only have been three weeks. Plus, it's simple to look up who you've queried and how long their response took.
After my first book was published, I realized there were several other things I could do as soon as my manuscript was finished to make life easier down the line.
1. Create a short title list.
I'm always asked to submit more titles. Having a shortlist makes it easier!
2. Jot 3-4 possible scenes for my art sheets.
I also create a Pinterest board while I'm writing the first draft. I search for pins that might work for the cover and pin them to my board.
3. Write a 500-750 word synopsis.
I have to include a 500-word synopsis to the art department when I'm filling out art sheets for a contracted book. So after I finish the manuscript, I take a few hours to throw a super short synopsis together. I don't bother revising it. When the art sheets are due, it doesn't take long to polish it. It's made my life so much easier!
I'd love to hear your tips! What do you do when you finish a manuscript?
I do all those things, Jill! I also, the day after I turn in a book, take two days off. I don't turn on my computer or my iPad and I avoid all housekeeping chores. The days are mine to do…whatever – go to lunch with a girl friend, have a mani-pedi, roam the stacks at our library…that little breath of downtime really helps me put that book away, and get ready to start the next one.
Best tip ever, Kristina!! So smart!! We need downtime, but it's easy to neglect!!


The following poem and accompanying cartoon were taken from a March 21st, 1945 edition of Front-Kurier. This newspaper was printed for the consumption of the German Army and consisted of a single folded sheet. Contained in almost every issue was one of these following "how to be a better soldat" tip.
When out in the field at an event, go through prisoners' pockets. Even if they say they don't have any paperwork, search them! You never know what you will find. At an event, I was taken prisoner & had a map with mine locations marked on it. It was in my tunic pocket and the enemy never searched me to find it. Don't just look for maps, but like it says above, look for letters, paybooks, diaries, pictures, etc... These things sometimes hold information that would be of interest to the OKW. Yes, for the event it would not be of importance, but during the war they would think it was.
If you know the person who has surrendered, take their tobacco or food. This is documented & adds to the scenario (be sure that they wouldn't mind before you do this). Also, if time permitting, sketch enemy vehicle markings like stated above. People will see what your doing and think it is a nice touch to the impression. This way if you get captured, you will have their vehicle markings in your pocket and they will know the enemy is gathering information.
I know some will think this article to be kind of pointless for reenacting, but it is the little details that add a certain aspect to the scenario. It is easy to do & will set you apart from the others.


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Our Natural Home Cures Freeze Dried Acai Berry contains calcium; the body's most abundant mineral. Teeth and bones make up 99% of the calcium in our body while the other 1% is found in our fluids and tissues where it is used for a variety of purposes: nerve impulse transmission, muscle contraction, cell metabolism and blood clotting. In addition, many enzymatic reactions that take place in the body are dependent on calcium.(1), (2), (3), (4)
A deficiency in calcium may lead to osteoporosis, a condition in which the bones' tissue breakdown occurs faster than their tissue creation. In addition to becoming less dense (the outer bone actually becomes porous) bones also become more brittle which leads to an increased risk of fractures and breaks.(5), (6)
Women who have gone through menopause are at the greatest risk for developing osteoporosis for two reasons:
1. Compared to men they naturally have smaller, less dense bones.
2. It has been shown that the drop in estrogen after menopause is a direct risk factor in developing osteoporosis.(7), (8), (9)
Hypocalcaemia or a shortage of calcium in the blood may be symptomatic of a parathyroid disorder as it is these glands that regulate the amount of serum calcium in the blood. Symptoms of Hypocalcaemia include muscle twitches, numbness, tingling sensations and muscle spasms. Hypocalcaemia should not be taken lightly as it can also lead to Osteoporosis, described above. The reasoning is as follows, if the parathyroid glands detect that levels of calcium in the blood are low they will "instruct" the body to take it from its bones to increase the amount of calcium in the blood and this, in turn, makes the bones less dense.(10), (11), (12)
Sources Of Calcium
Dairy Products, Dried Fruit, Leafy Green Vegetables, Nuts, Tofu, and our Natural Home Cures Freeze Dried Acai Berry(13), (14), (15)
(1) Wikipedia: Calcium
(2) National Institue of Health: Calcium
(3) Osteoporosis Canada: Calcium: An Important Nutrient that Builds Stronger Bones
(4) WebMD: Calcium
(5) National Osteoporosis Foundation: Calcium and Vitamin D - What You Need to Know
(6) Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion: Get Enough Calcium
(7) International Osteoporosis Foundation: Calcium-Rich Foods
(8) National Institute of Child Health and Human Development: What Are Good Sources of Calcium?
(9) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Osteoporosis Among Estrogen-Deficient Women
(10) Harvard School of Public Health: Calcium and Milk: What's Best for Your Bones and Health?
(11) National Institute Arthritis/Musculoskeletal/Skin Diseases: Calcium and Vitamin D
(12) Parathyroid.com: Osteoporosis and Parathyroid
(13) Wikipedia: Calcium Metabolism
(14) Mayo Clinic: Calcium Supplements: Do Men Need Them Too?
(15) Mayo Clinic: Calcium Supplements: A Risk Factor for Heart Attack?


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The present study was carried out to evaluate the microstructure and mechanical properties of Inconel 600 subjected to laser-assisted hybrid friction-stir welding (HFSW). In this process, friction-stir welding (FSW) was performed at a constant speed (400 rpm) while a 2-kW YAG laser preheated the material just in front of the rotating tool. We found that HFSW was 1.5 times faster than conventional FSW. In addition, analysis of the grain boundary character distribution by electron back scattered diffraction (EBSD) showed that the increased welding speed and dynamic grain recrystallization caused the average grain size to decrease from 5.5 μm (in the base material) to 3.2 μm (in the stir zone of the welded specimen). This grain refinement led to 30% and 10% improvements in microhardness and tensile strength, respectively.


Buy on a level breakthrough of 1172 with 1190 target. Stop loss = 1160.
The September statistics on the US signify a likely slowdown in the US GDP growth in Q3 2015 and requires the US regulator to conduct a soft monetary policy. At the level breakthrough of $1172, opening long positions in gold can be considered.


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Through imaging at infrared wavelengths, evidence has been found for recent star formation in the so-called "Pillars of Creation" in the Eagle Nebula (also known as Messier 16), made famous when the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope (HST) obtained spectacular visible-wavelength images of this object in 1995.
Those huge pillars of gas and dust are being sculpted and illuminated by bright and powerful high-mass stars in the nearby NGC 6611 young stellar cluster . The Hubble astronomers suggested that perhaps even younger stars were forming inside.
Using the ISAAC instrument on the VLT 8.2-m ANTU telescope at the ESO Paranal Observatory, European astronomers have now made a wide-field infrared image of the Messier 16 region with excellent spatial resolution, enabling them to penetrate the obscuring dust and search for light from newly born stars .
ESO Press Video eso0142 shows a sky field, "dissolving" back and forth between the Hubble and VLT views, demonstrating the dramatic changes that occur when changing wavelength from the visible to near-infrared. (It is suggested to play it at reduced speed).
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Samantha Mewis, Hanson's Hometown Hero, Hailed After Women's World Cup Win: 'Doing What It Took'
Mewis grew up in Hanson and was a star player for Whitman-Hanson High School
Published Jul 8, 2019 at 3:59 PM | Updated at 6:02 PM EDT on Jul 8, 2019
World Cup Champion Celebrated in Hanson
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A Massachusetts town is celebrating one of their own after she helped the U.S. Women's national soccer team with their first back-to-back World Cup titles on Sunday.
(Published Monday, July 8, 2019)
A Massachusetts town is celebrating one of their own, who helped the U.S. Women's national soccer team make history Sunday with their first back-to-back World Cup titles — a fourth overall for the team.
Midfielder Samantha Mewis grew up in Hanson and was a star player for Whitman-Hanson High School.
After helping her team defeat the Netherlands 2-0 in Lyon, France, her community and former varsity soccer coach couldn't be prouder.
"'Surreal,' I think, is the first word that comes to mind," said Whitman-Hanson High School coach David Floeck. "There's a perfect example of a kid from a little town of Hanson who's worked so hard and had this dream when she was watching the Mia Hamms and all of them winning their World Cup and saying, 'I want to be there some day,' and then doing what it took to get there."
U.S. Women Take Home World Cup Title
Megan Rapinoe scored on a penalty kick as the U.S. Women's National Team beat the Netherlands, 2-0, to secure a fourth World Cup title.
(Published Sunday, July 7, 2019)
Floeck said he has been texting with Mewis throughout the competition and let her know that she has become an inspiration to younger players.
"When I came up here yesterday there were three or four young girls with their mom in their Mewis jerseys practicing," Floeck said.
Mewis had 2 goals and 4 assists in the World Cup.
Floeck hopes she comes back to Hanson this fall to visit with his current players.
"I hope she comes back and talks about some of her greatest memories of playing soccer while here and high school," he said.
Mewis' parents still live in Hanson and traveled to watch her in France. While they were still away Monday, the neighborhood children were busy making signs to congratulate their hometown hero. They said they consider Mewis a role model.
US Women's Soccer Fans Chant 'Equal Pay' After FIFA Victory
Fans supported the team in a gender discrimination suit the players filed against the U.S. Soccer Federation.
"She shows you that hard work really does pay off," said Hanson soccer player Chloe Lussier.
Town officials in Hanson are hoping to have a local celebration with Mewis in the future, but plans for an event are still in the works.


THE EFFECT OF FUEL MOISTURE CONTENT ON THE PERFORMANCE OF A TYPICAL BAGASSE FIRED WATERTUBE BOILER ... FIGURE 4 Boiler performance as function of fuel moisture.
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THIS year's Flat stars all stand their ground following the latest forfeit stage for QIPCO British Champions Day at Ascot on October 21.
A total of £4.3 million in prize-money will be up for grabs on Britain's richest raceday and there are 35 individual Group 1 winners entered across the card.
Ante-post favourite Cracksman is one of 26 horses to stand their ground for the Qipco Champion Stakes.
John Gosden's Great Voltigeur and Prix Niel winner sidestepped the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, which was won by stablemate Enable.
Barney Roy, Highland Reel, Winter, Decorated Knight and Poet's Word are also in contention.
Winter is also one of 29 horses in the QEII, a list that is headlined by Richard Fahey's stable star Ribchester.
His opponents could include Churchill, Barney Roy and Al Wukair - the first three home in this year's 2,000 Guineas.
Andrew Balding is set to saddle last week's fast-improving Joel Stakes winner Beat The Bank, as well as Here Comes When.
"Beat The Bank is an intended runner. Here Comes When is in good form and goes straight to the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes," said Balding.
"We were thinking of running him (Here Comes When) in Italy (after Goodwood), but decided we were best keeping him fresh for Champions Day."
Harry Angel is rated the best sprinter in the world on official ratings and heads a field of 25 horses going forward for the Qipco British Champions Sprint.
The four other top-level scorers in the field are Caravaggio, Karl Burke's Quiet Reflection, James Fanshawe's The Tin Man, who won this race 12 months ago, and Henry Candy's Limato.
Big Orange and Order Of St George fought out an epic battle for the Gold Cup in June and could clash again in the Qipco British Champions Long Distance Cup.
Other hopefuls among 31 horses still in the mix include Gosden's Goodwood Cup winner Stradivarius, and David Elsworth's Desert Skyline.
"He's come out of his win at Doncaster fine and we are looking forward to running him on Champions Day," said Elsworth.
Last year's winner Sheikhzayedroad is set to defend his title for David Simcock.
Winter is also one of 19 possible runners in the Fillies & Mares along with her stablemate Rhododendron, last year's winner Journey and her stable companion Coronet.
Balding's Horseplay was fourth behind Enable in the Oaks at Epsom in June, but has not been seen in competitive action since July.
Balding said: "She had a setback, but at the moment we are in good shape to try to make it to Champions Day with her.
"Her Oaks run looks pretty good now and she handles cut in the ground, if it comes up like that on the day."


Encephalitis, or inflammation of the brain, is a rare disease that's usually caused by a virus such as influenza (flu), herpes simplex type 1 or 2, rabies, chicken pox, or West Nile Virus. Viruses can be transmitted from person to person such as by coughing and sneezing, or by touching an object that's been touched by an infected person. We can also get viruses by way of a tick or mosquito bite. Because the root cause of encephalitis is usually a virus, the condition is commonly referred to as viral encephalitis.
There is no way to prevent encephalitis since there's no way to prevent viruses. It helps to be aware, however, that young children, the elderly, and people with weakened immune systems (such as people living with HIV) may be more susceptible to getting encephalitis.
If you have symptoms that worry you or you know you have been exposed to a virus, don't ignore your symptoms. Get in touch with a doctor who can diagnose your condition.
If diagnosed and treated promptly, the prognosis is positive for most people with encephalitis. Your doctor may order a blood test to determine what bacteria or virus is causing your symptoms. You may also have a CT scan or MRI to check for swelling or bleeding in the brain. Depending on what is causing encephalitis and how severe the inflammation is, treatment may include anti-viral medication, steroidal injections and other therapies.
If you or a loved one is diagnosed with encephalitis, your condition will need to be closely monitored by a medical professional as complications from encephalitis can quickly occur and every patient's response to the disease is different.


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Melbourne-based entrepreneur Teresa Aylott has launched Stroh, a sustainable alternative to plastic and paper straws made from straw, i.e. wheat steams.
Wheat stems are agricultural waste, which Stroh collects and processes into a durable product that's biodegradable and compostable.
"Many sustainable straw alternatives are impractical in busy hospitality venues - paper straws go soggy, metal straws get stolen and bamboo is difficult to clean. Stroh single-use straws are sustainable and functional, as they keep their shape and don't require cleaning," says Aylott.
Yes they're disposable, but as a recycled waste product that breaks down easily, they're not contributing to global waste in the same way plastic does.
Each year tons of plastic draws are used once and thrown out. According to the Ocean Conservancy's 2018 International Coastal Cleanup report, straws are the seventh most common item collected from beaches and waterways.
Since launching five months ago, she has sold over 500,000 straws to Australian and overseas customers.
And they're gluten-free. The gluten enzyme is found in the grain, not in the wheat stem, so no need to warn coeliac customers.
Stroh straws are available in 21cm or 15cm and can be ordered here.


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Trump's statement on Kashmir issue 'amateurish', 'embarrassing': Congressman Brad Sherman
ANI | Updated: Jul 23, 2019 03:31 IST
Washington [USA}, July 23 (ANI): Calling US President Donald Trump remarks on Kashmir issue "amateurish" and "delusional", Congressman Brad Sherman on Monday said Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi would never ask Trump to act as a mediator.
"Everyone who knows anything about foreign policy in South Asia knows that #India consistently opposes third-party mediation re #Kashmir. Everyone knows PM Modi would never suggest such a thing. Trump's statement is amateurish and delusional. And embarrassing," tweeted Sherman.
Sherman remarks came hours after Trump said that Modi had asked him to act as a mediator to resolve the Kashmir issue.
"So I was with Prime Minister Narendra Modi two weeks ago and we talked about this subject. And he actually said, would you actually like to be a mediator or arbitrator? Did I say, where? He said Kashmir because this has been going for many, many years. I was surprised at how long it has been going on," said Trump, who was hosting Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan at the White House.
"It should be resolved, so he has to think the same thing, so maybe I will speak to him and we will see what we can do," he added.
Meanwhile, India also clarified that no such request was made by Modi to the US President.
"We have seen @POTUS's remarks to the press that he is ready to mediate if requested by India & Pakistan, on Kashmir issue. No such request has been made by PM @narendramodi to US President. It has been India's consistent position," tweeted MEAspokesperson Raveesh Kumar.
"...that all outstanding issues with Pakistan are discussed only bilaterally. Any engagement with Pakistan would require an end to cross border terrorism. The Shimla Agreement & the Lahore Declaration provide the basis to resolve all issues between India & Pakistan bilaterally," he said in a subsequent tweet. (ANI)


The sage-5.0.ova virtual machine (I got mine via torrent) now boots directly into a Chrome browser open to the notebook page. (The old sage-4.8.ova boots to the Sage shell and asks you to direct your browser to localhost:8000.) While this new behavior may be convenient for quick use, I can't figure out how to configure the server behind it. The VirtualBox window running Sage-5.0 is all Chrome, with neither close button nor any toolbar visible. The right-click menu has nothing of use: just back, forward, view source, etc.) How can I access the Sage shell now?
The directions at http://wiki.sagemath.org/SageAppliance#Using_the_Sage_shell ("press Ctrl C") no longer work with this new version. I also tried Alt-F4 to quit Chrome, but it shut down the whole virtual machine with it.
You can get to the shell via [host-key]-F1. By default, the host key is right control key though you can change it in the VirtualBox settings.
That leads to sagevm login: I enter "sage" as the user name, then "sage" again as the password, but then the terminal shows nothing but an underscore in the top left. I press [host]-F2 to go back to Chrome, then [host]-F1 again, and the shell appears and works normally.
It also tries to start the sage notebook, but if you just press [host]-F1 again (or choose whatever terminal you were trying to login to), you'll get to the terminal. Worked for me.
For information, I had to use [host]+F7 to come back to chrome (F1 to F6 open new terminals). This for sage 7.3.


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2021 PROJECT PREPARATION TO BRIDGE THE INFRASTRUCTURE GAP
DATES: Feb 15-19, 2021
The infrastructure gap, estimated at trillions of dollars, existed even before the Covid-19 pandemic. Infrastructure helps connect people to services, maintain quality of life, and boost economic productivity, all of which are now threatened by Covid-19. Once the acute phase of Covid-19 is over, governments will need infrastructure to accelerate economic recovery, create jobs, reduce poverty, and stimulate productive investments. Compounding these challenges is the lack of bankable projects, as well as fewer public resources to invest. Private sector mobilization will be more urgent than ever.
The course on Project Preparation to Bridge the Infrastructure Gap provides the participants with the tools and techniques to review proposed infrastructure projects and assess the potential for such projects being implemented with private participation, through the most appropriate form of public-private partnership (PPP). Specific tools will be made available to the participants to carry out economic, financial and risk analysis of proposed projects in all infrastructure sectors.
Among the course tools are: (a) the financial models of the Toolkit for PPP in Roads and Highways, developed by the World Bank/PPIAF; (b) the project risk matrices prepared by the Global Infrastructure Hub (GIH); and (c) more recently developed financial assessment models for PPP in transport, energy, water and sanitation sectors.
In addition to the review of essential concepts and available tools, the course includes case studies, hands-on conceptual and numerical exercises. Attendees will deepen their understanding on the key principles behind PPPs (also known as P3s), alternative delivery methods, financial and risk assessments, and the role they can play in improving service quality, addressing O&M challenges, and delivering essential infrastructure.
The seminar will be delivered through 5 live online sessions via videoconferencing platform. Each session will last approximately 3.5 hours and will start at a time to be announced closer to the seminar, but the starting time will be within a time window of 7:00 am – 8:30 am Washington DC time (Eastern Standard Time). We expect the classes to be highly interactive and will include presentations, case studies and exercises.
Infrastructure and Economic Development
• Review of international comparisons
• The infrastructure gap
Economic and financial assessments of PPP projects
• Introduction to economic and financial analysis
• Cost of capital, operation and maintenance (O&M) costs, discount rate
• Toolkit's Graphical and Numerical models
• Multi-sector adaptations of the models
• Exercise to assess viability of a project
Risk assessment of PPP projects
• GIH risk matrices for PPP in infrastructure
• Exercise to build a risk matrix for a project
• Team presentation
Overview of PPP options and strategies
• Brief history
• Key success factors
• Applications to different forms of infrastructure (e.g., transport, energy, security, health and education)
• Main stakeholders and their interaction
Implementation and Monitoring
• Stages in PPP development from project identification to contract management
• Laws and Contracts - Legal, legislative and contract bases for PPP
• Issues in infrastructure development
Cesar Queiroz is an international consultant on roads and transport infrastructure. His main expertise is in public-private partnerships in infrastructure and road management and development. Between 1986 and 2006, he held several senior positions with the World Bank, including as Principal Highway Engineer and Highways Advisor. Prior to joining the World Bank, Cesar was the deputy director of the Brazilian Road Research Institute in Rio de Janeiro. He holds a Ph.D. in civil engineering from the University of Texas at Austin; a M.Sc. in production engineering; and a B.Sc. in civil engineering. Cesar has published two books and more than 150 papers and articles. His assignments include infrastructure advisory services to over a dozen countries. He has been member of several committees at TRB, ASCE, SHRP and PIARC, served as visiting professor at the University of Belgrade, Serbia, and lectured on PPP at George Washington University between 1996 and 2016, and has contributed to the International Law Institute since 2007. He has been a consultant with the World Bank, Asian Development Bank, Inter-American Development Bank, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, European Investment Bank, Millennium Challenge Corporation, and several private and public organizations.


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package com.supinfo.supsms.client.service;

import java.util.List;

import com.google.gson.Gson;
import com.supinfo.supsms.client.dto.Contact;
import com.supinfo.supsms.client.dto.ContactListRequest;
import com.supinfo.supsms.client.dto.LoginResponse;
import com.supinfo.supsms.client.dto.SMSBox;
import com.supinfo.supsms.client.dto.SimpleResponse;
import com.supinfo.supsms.client.dto.SmsListRequest;
import com.supinfo.supsms.client.http.SupPostFormHttpClient;
import com.supinfo.supsms.data.LoginData;

public class SupServices {

	public static LoginResponse login(String username, String password) throws Exception{
		SupPostFormHttpClient<LoginResponse> client = new SupPostFormHttpClient<>(LoginResponse.class);
		client.setUrl("/API/");
		client.addFormParameter("action", "login");
		client.addFormParameter("login", username);
		client.addFormParameter("password", password);

		return client.execute();
	}

	public static SimpleResponse smsBackup(SmsListRequest sms) throws Exception{
		SupPostFormHttpClient<SimpleResponse> client = new SupPostFormHttpClient<>(SimpleResponse.class);
		Gson gson = new Gson();

		client.setUrl("/API/");
		client.addFormParameter("action", "backupsms");
		client.addFormParameter("box", sms.getBox().name());
        String smsJson = gson.toJson(sms);
		client.addFormParameter("sms", smsJson);
        client.addFormParameter("login", LoginData.getInstance().getUsername());
		client.addFormParameter("password", LoginData.getInstance().getPassword());

		return client.execute();
	}

	public static SimpleResponse contactsBackup(List<Contact> contacts) throws Exception{
		SupPostFormHttpClient<SimpleResponse> client = new SupPostFormHttpClient<>(SimpleResponse.class);
		Gson gson = new Gson();

        ContactListRequest contactsRequest = new ContactListRequest();
        contactsRequest.setContacts(contacts);

		client.setUrl("/API/");
		client.addFormParameter("action", "backupcontacts");
        String contactsJson = gson.toJson(contactsRequest);
        client.addFormParameter("contacts", contactsJson);
		client.addFormParameter("login", LoginData.getInstance().getUsername());
		client.addFormParameter("password", LoginData.getInstance().getPassword());

		return client.execute();
	}
}


It has become a norm in Zimbabwe for CAPS United to start the season as championship favourites because of their top-billing pre-season acquisitions. 2011 season is certainly no different, as the green machine has assembled an eye-carching squad.
One such new name which carries so much hope for most Zimbabweans is that of highly-rated Under 20 striker Simbarashe Sithole. The former Shooting Stars striker was lured to the Green Machine by coach Moses Chunga.
The Young Warriors striker scored twice in the Zimbabwe U' 23 team's victory over Zambia in Lusaka early this year, and played another crucial role in the 1-1 draw in the return leg.
Sithole is currently in the Warriors' CHAN squad in Sudan, and is expected to partner Charles Sibanda or Norman Maroto in his country's opening fixture in Group B against Niger.
CAPS also swooped on another member of the CHAN squad, Charles Chiutsa, who has been signed from former champions Monomotapa. There has been confusion about Chiutsa's transfer after Dynamos registered him in the CAF: Champions league squad.
The former Monomotapa attacking midfielder is expcted to form a match-winning combination with what is expected to be a deadly strikeforce in the premiership in 2011, that of Sithole and Clive Kawinga. He is known for creating opportunities for strikers.
Yet another option upfront for CAPS in the new season is that of much travelled and experienced striker Evans Gwekwerere, who did the often unimaginable thing of crossing the blue-green divide in the capital of Harare, after leaving Dynamos an unhappy man.
Gwekwerere might not strike one as a complete player, and has often been criticised for being lazy, but the former Moroka Swallows and Jomo Cosmos man knows how to finish off opportunities. He reminds CAPS fans of former shooter Never Chikwu.
There is the unheralded but talented defender Steven Matangaise, who arrived at CAPS from relegated Lengthens.
Daniel Vheremu is another player who had reportedly signed for the green machine, but appears to be ready to change his mind to join newly promoted rich boys Mimosas, to be known as FC Platinum.
Its not clear if the Warriors defender has not signed a contract with CAPS already. He couldn land himself in trouble if he decided to rescind a signed contract without the consent of the Harare-based club.
Then there is an unknown entity Norest Mukwezvaramba, a potentially great striker.
By the time all the other acquisitions came on board, CAPS had already re-united with former son Washington Pakamisa, whose appeared to have flourished under the guidance of coach Lloyd Mutsa at Kiglon.
News from the CAPS camp is that a good number of youth players will be promoted to the senior national team, making competitions for first team jerseys stiff.
Will CAPS finally bury the ghost of being touted as potential champions every year, only to falter during the campaign. In the past few seasons, Makepekepe has flattered only to decieve in the unbranded premiership.
The Green Machine fans have reason to expect trophies and even the PSL title from their favourite club. What, with CAPS owning 5 of the players who are currently in the Warriors' CHAN team.
On the basis of players who are currently with the national team, CAPS and FC Platinum appear like two teams who will make possibly the strongest challenge on the league title.
New rich boys, FC Platinum have managed to lure some of the best strikers, best midfielders and the best defenders in the country.
The team that campaigned in the Southern division and won the right to join Zimbabwe elite soccer boys, has been probably the busiest on the job market during this off-season.
A quick survey of the current CHAN squad will reveal that it is not only CAPS that supplies the best soccer brains on the land to the CHAN squad. FC Platinum has rights to about 5 members of the sqaud.
Brothers Zephaniah and and Player of the year-runner up Joel Ngodzo dumped Highlanders to join the new 'aristoracts' of Zimbabwean football.
The platinum mining club now has on its books, the reigning Golden Boot winner Norman Maroto, the reigning Footballer of the year Charles Sibanda, including the championship winning captain with Motor Action, Bhekimpilo Ncube.
By any standards, the five acquisitions by FC Platinum are arguably among the best 11 players in Zimbabwe at the moment, amking them a very dangerous outfit going into the new season.
The balance of power in the local PSL will definitely shift in the new season. If Motor Action's performance in the CAF Champions league is anything to go by, the champions are not expected to successfully defend their time in the new season.
Dynamos, CAPS, FC Platinum and to a lesser extent Highlanders are expected to provide title winners in 2011, but many neutrals will put their money on CAPS and FC Platinum to lead the title charge.
Anyone can rule out seasoned campaigners like Dynamos and Highlanders at their own peril.
The Glamour Boys have been quietly doing their business during the off-season, as they prepare for the Champions League campaign.
They have acquired some of the most exciting youngsters in the form of Denver Mukamba, Devon Chafa, veteran striker Francis Kanda, and the still have the likes of Under 23 star Archieford Gutu and Warriors' keeper Washington Arubi, among other veteran players.
Bosso ended the season on fire, but will they be the same team without star players Zephaniah and Joel Ngodzo, as well as Francis Kanda among others who have left the club? Thats the big question in Bulawayo at the moment.


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Feminist Cafe That Charged 18% 'Man Tax' Gets Shut Down!
'Handsome Her' cafe that made waves after it began charging men additional tax in a bid to close the gender pay gap, has currently gone out of business.
In a recent turn of events, a vegan cafe that charged all its male customers a whopping 18 percent 'man tax', in a bid to highlight the prevailing issues of gender wage gap in the society, is shutting down.
'Handsome Her' cafe, in Melbourne's stylish Brunswick, stood out as truly newsworthy back in 2017 when it reported that it would fight against gender inequality by charging men considerably more and prioritizing female customers first.
In any case, the cafe, managed and run by green activist Alex O'Brien, declared it would close down shop on April 28, after only two years of being in business. It was not quickly clear why the bistro, portrayed as a protected space for ladies, is shutting down.
However, it has faced major flak across the world wide web for it's apparent reverse gender inequality scheme. In a parting post on Facebook, 'Handsome Her' said the 'man tax' pulled in widespread criticism from netizens.
"The way the world responded (to the man tax) showed us how fragile masculinity is and solidified the necessity for us to confront and dismantle patriarchy," the post read. 'Handsome Her' said they were a small company attempting to prioritize ladies and ladies' issues yet turned into the punching bag of Melbourne and the whole web.
Moreover, they ended their goodbye post with an obscure description of future arrangements 'up north' where they will do 'hands-on work,' The 'man tax' was started when the bistro opened in 2017 and the owners chose that the practice would be imposed one week every month and the extra cash would be given to charity.
The abrupt shut down of the cafe has been met by a blend of feelings, with many accusing the cafe's bizarre initiative. "I don't celebrate businesses going out of business or people losing their jobs, but seriously alienating a good proportion of your client base is not going to end well," one person wrote on Twitter.
"'I'm glad they tried. I'm glad they were vocal about it. I'm glad it failed. There's literally no downside," wrote another. "Get woke, go broke," a third user added. Other social media users said the man tax was simply a suggestion. "To be fair, from what I recall it was voluntary to pay more. Still, unsurprising!" one person wrote.
In spite of the kickback, numerous ladies were dissapointed that the place of refuge was closing its entryways. "I am saddened by this news. I loved visiting your cafe and its friendly staff. You will be missed," one customer wrote on Handsome Her's closing event.


With all the tools and technology available to us, there's no reason why every business owner shouldn't be doing video marketing. People have gotten book deals, music deals, traffic, and sales from using a video marketing strategy on YouTube. The objective of this post is to present to you the 5 reasons why you must absolutely do video marketing. What points will I cover?
We can't help it, we have been watching tv and movies since we were tiny children. First with cartoons, then Disney, and then more mature movies. Going to dinner and a movie on Friday nights is part of our culture. What is it about video that we love? We love the entertainment, the excitement, the drama, and the education.
I know personally that whenever I purchase a new tool or want to learn something, I turn straight to YouTube to watch tutorials, reviews and demonstrations. Why do we prefer video over text? Â It's an easier form of learning and doesn't require as much work. We would rather watch than read.
I'm on about 100 people's email lists and so obviously I get lots of emails. The ones I look forward to reading are ones that use a healthy combination of videos and blogging. They truly keep me on their sites longer. Here's why: it only takes about 1 or 2 minutes to read a decent blog post and when you watch a 3-5 minute video of theirs, you're going to stay as long as that video doesn't blow.
I remember back when I was in high school and I enrolled in a multimedia class. During the course of 6 weeks, we become familiar with tools like Photoshop and other video making software. I'll never forget the day when my teacher said, "All right guys, you need to have at least 3 videos in the videos you'll be making." I about died. Where was I going to get videos? YouTube wasn't around and maybe you recall how hard it was to find videos. YouTube is almost 6 years old, which means that video is still pretty new.
All of these are things that are very hard to communicate through text blogs. And, they happen to be things that build up your brand and credibility. Review a prior post of mine that teaches you how to get set up correctly. Things like custom backgrounds, sound and animations help you stamp credibility into a viewer's mind.
People ask me all the time, "What is the trend of video marketing?'. I respond with the simple fact that over 50% of all online traffic is currently coming from video. Impressive right? Current research and data suggests that the trend could be as high as 90% in the coming years. If that's the case, then every business owner should start doing video right away to capitalize on this growth trend.