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5 Ways to Describe Your Character (Without Actually Describing Them)
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How do you describe your characters?
Here's an amazing writing trick:
Go to the mirror, write what you see, and...
...never, ever do that again.
Because describing your characters with a checklist is BORING:
Her eyes were brown
And her hair was brown
Even her teeth were brown
She really should brush more often
If you want to describe the physical appearance of your characters, go see how J. K. Rowling does it.
Otherwise, keep reading. I'll show you how to make your characters come to life…
...without writing dull, immersion-breaking, "this is how they look" paragraphs:
Are Physical Descriptions "Unnecessary?"
As a writer, the reader's imagination is your most powerful tool.
When you can describe a truly great character, the work is done for you. You don't have to describe every detail - instead, you can "hijack" your readers' imaginations with a few simple words, fueling a far more interesting description.
Who is more interesting?
Joan, who had short blond hair, strong arms, and blue eyes.
Joan, the woman who could swing a broadsword better than most men.
When you can show your characters - without explicitly telling readers what they look like - will make your characters feel more organic, and will keep your readers immersed in your story.
In this post, I'll show you how to craft more compelling descriptions (without describing your character at all).
I also explore this concept in-depth in my book, which you can get here:
Fantastic Characters and How to Write Them
#1 - How Do They Act?
There are hundreds of ways to use actions to describe your characters.
The secret?
Make the action unique. Force your readers to imagine someone performing the action.
How they Act Towards Themselves
A few actions from Stephen King's The Shining:
"[Jack] rubbed his hand harshly across his lips and followed Watson into the boiler room."
"He wiped his lips with the palm of his hand."
"He pulled his handkerchief from his back pocket, wiped his mouth with it, and walked over."
Early in the novel, Stephen King tied this action to an extremely harsh memory: Jack breaking his son's arm in a fit of rage.
It's something that Jack seems to regret, but we're not sure how much he regrets it.
So every time Jack wipes his lips, King accomplishes a few things:
Builds distrust
Shows Jack's struggle with alcoholism
Gives us a greasy - even hateful - image of the character
No matter how you picture Jack, every time you watch him wipe his lips, your visual image of him becomes a little darker, a little more frayed around the edges.
By showing us unsavory actions, we create a mental image of an unsavory character - without expressly saying "he had long greasy hair, and anger in his eyes."
How They Act Towards Others
Another example, from a great fantasy novel called Uprooted.
Our brave hero, Agnieszka, is training under the local Wizard, but she can't seem to get anything right:
He roared at me furiously for ten minutes after he finally managed to put out the sulky and determined fire, calling me a witless muttonheaded spawn of pig farmers — "My father's a woodcutter," I said — "Of axe-swinging lummocks!" he snarled. But even so, I wasn't afraid anymore. He only spluttered himself into exhaustion and then sent me away, and I didn't mind his shouting at all, now I knew there were no teeth in it to rend me.
What kind of Wizard did you see?
We understand he's powerful and has incredibly high standards...
...but most of all, we realize that he has more smoke than fire.
By showing us this character trait, instead of talking about his physical stature, this scene paints a much more vivid image of the Wizard.
He's not just a towering, loud-mouthed, tyrant. He's a tyrant who doesn't bite - which is far more intriguing.
#2 - Where Are They? Where Do They Come From?
What if, instead of describing what you see in the mirror, you described the mirror itself?
Shattered?
Framed in a lavish gold leaf?
Covered in dust, and ancient grime?
Each mirror will portray an entirely different person - without actually describing the person.
Your tone, your atmosphere, and your setting will play a major role in how people view your characters.
For example, imagine Harry Potter at Hogwarts...
...and Harry Potter in a grim, post-apocalyptic wasteland swarming with bands of cannibals. Do they look different?
How Can Setting Describe a Character?
Borne, a fantastic novel by Jeff VanderMeer, does an excellent job of building the setting into the character:
Borne is a genetically-modified lifeform, whose very nature defies physical description.
Because his body is constantly morphing.
There are sections where the author attempts to describe Borne. But you get the most powerful images when the narrator describes the world that Borne inhabits.
Here, our narrator talks about when she first found Borne and talks about what he reminds her of:
Instead, for a dangerous moment, this thing I'd found was from the tidal pools of my youth, before I'd come to the city. I could smell the pressed-flower twist of the salt and feel the wind, knew the chill of the water rippling over my feet. The long hunt for seashells, the gruff sound of my father's voice, the upward lilt of my mother's. The honey warmth of the sand engulfing my feet as I looked toward the horizon and the white sails of ships that told of visitors from beyond our island.
But the description doesn't stop there.
As more of this strange, ruined world is revealed to us - in all of its fecund, overgrown, and irradiated glory - Borne unfurls and grows and changes, too.
You move through settings that are playful, beautiful, and filled with threats too dangerous to ignore. Which is a perfect description of Borne.
The most powerful anchors of Borne's physical description come from the moments where we see his birth place at "the Company."
We see the magnificent and often-incomprehensible wonders in that place. And with each new wonder, we are reminded that this is Borne's origin, and what his creators had in mind.
So when we try to envision Borne, we can't help but see all the strange atrocities, and well-meaning attempts at scientific discovery... gone horribly wrong.
Want More Tools to Describe Your Characters?
Margaret Atwood's excellent course on MasterClass is a full-length series on crafting gripping stories. She even has two lectures on describing your characters through dialogue and actions.
Atwood is a world-renowned bestselling author for good reason, and her advice has been invaluable for my own writing. Go check out her course here.
#3 - What Does Your Character Do?
Here are two completely different images:
Theoretical Physicist
Blacksmith's apprentice
Professions are one of the quickest ways to describe characters - especially if they're a minor character.
From George R. R. Martin's new novel, The Winds of Winter:
They had no trouble buying horses, though the cost was five times what it would have been last year.
"They're old, but sound," claimed the hostler. "you'll not find better this side of Storm's End. The griffin's men seize every horse and mule they come upon. Oxen too. Some will make a mark upon a paper if you ask for payment, but there's others who would just as soon cut your belly open and pay you with a handful of your own guts. If you come on any such, mind your tongues and give the horses up."
This character is so minor, he doesn't need any physical description. A quick mention of what he is sufficiently conjures up an image of the character.
What About Major Characters?
In Patrick Rothfuss's The Name of the Wind, the protagonist says that he was once part of a traveling Troupe of actors.
We also come to find that he is a talented musician and plays the Lute.
With those two professions in mind, how do you view this character?
I see his fingers, his arms, and the way he moves:
thin, almost reedy
but moves gracefully across his stage
he has delicate fingers that strum with a rhythmic certainty known only to the musically inclined
When you're dealing with a major character, it's important for you to dig into their profession.
Talk about what they're good at, where they struggle, or what makes them unique.
So, if George R. R. Martin wanted to develop his hostler into a major character, he might talk about how the hostler is...
Terrified of horses (unless they have spots)
The only hostler who can calm down wild stallions
Cruel. Never gives them enough feed, and always hits them too hard.
These kinds of conflicts or traits bring the character a richer, more meaningful existence.
#4 - Make Other Characters React (or Talk about) Them
I read a very unique Science Fiction book recently by Nnedi Okorafor.
Binti is about the cultural differences have made their way into the future.
The main character (Binti) hails from a specific place in Africa, where the ground is red, and the people "bring it with them" by braiding it into their hair, and covering their skin with it. They call it otjize.
Binti is headed to a University (where cultures collide). She's the first of her people to attend, and it sets her apart immediately:
Just before leaving, I'd rolled my plaited hair with fresh sweet-smelling otjize I'd made specifically for this trip. Who knew what I looked like to these people who didn't know my people so well.
A woman leaned away from me as I passed, her face pinched as if she smelled something foul. "Sorry," I whispered, watching my feet and trying to ignore the stares of almost everyone in the shuttle. Still, I couldn't help glancing around. Two girls who might have been a few years older than me, covered their mouths with hands so pale that they looked untouched by the sun. Everyone looked as if the sun was his or her enemy. I was the only Himba on the shuttle.
How other characters talk about - or react to - your character will make a huge difference in how readers perceive that character.
This passage sets off how "out of place" Binti must feel because of her appearance.
If, instead, the girls had ignored Binti, or hadn't noticed Binti at all, we would have a completely different impression of her.
What if one of them had seen her, and screamed? What if one of them fell in love with her on the spot?
#5 - What Does it Have in its Pocketses? (Or its Hands?)
Want to surprise your readers?
Give your character something incongruous about their appearance. It could be something they're wearing, something about their hair, or what they have in their hands.
Take a look at Gandalf from Tolkien's The Fellowship of the Ring:
An old man was driving it all alone. He wore a tall pointed blue hat, a long grey cloak, and a silver scarf. He had a long white beard and bushy eyebrows that stuck out beyond the brim of his hat.
You have this stereotypical image of a wizened wizard. Not much in the way of personality, until...
Small hobbit-children ran after the cart all through Hobbiton and right up the hill. It had a cargo of fireworks, as they rightly guessed.
Because Gandalf is hauling a cartload of fireworks, you can almost see that mischievous grin, that twinkle in his eyes - even though it's not stated in this paragraph.
You know this is not an ordinary wizard, and that immediately changes your mental image of him.
Every Line in Your Story Should Accomplish Something
Whether you're setting the tone, or building the world, every sentence should pull its weight.
Skilled writers can make their sentences do double, or triple, duty:
push the plot
set the scene/tone
develop the theme
develop your characters
With these 5 tools, you should have a much, much easier time developing your characters.
They will come to life - and you will love writing about them.
6 comments on "5 Ways to Describe Your Character (Without Actually Describing Them)"
I'm particularly fond of #3 and #5. In some ways #5 feels like an extension or cousin to #3, since many professionals carry the tools/resources of their trade(s) with them. Kovothe often has his lute, just as Gandalf often has his staff. Granted, a good story needs to be open to all possibilities, but professions and skills often represent a long term investment, and really say something about a character. Just the fact that someone chooses something, and chooses to dedicate years to learning and mastering it, says so much about who they are.
twilkins756 says:
I've always found novels with characters who don't have too much physical description much easier to follow along. What I find worse is when the character is given physical description later in the book. It's so annoying reading 80% of something with a clear depiction of a character only for the author to add a physical description and completely disrupt my focus on the story.
I also largely agree with #3 because it helps focus on the characters that actually matter. I don't particularly enjoy hindering immersion by constantly asking, "oh is she that one person who did X or was she the one who did Y?"
#5 reminds of Vonnegut's writing style which I certainly agree with.
Great article as always ?
To the 80% thing - YES. If you're going to make description important, make it important EARLY. Thanks T.
Grouchy Gimp says:
Good and thoughtful points, Mr. Hoffman!
Those are surprisingly kind words from someone called Grouchy =)
Excellent post. I groan when I read flat character descriptions down to the tan khaki slacks. Ugh. These are great tips and the examples are helpful in demonstrating the points. Well done.


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The tariff has been extended until March 31, 2021
Anjana Parikh
The Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (KERC) has issued an order stating that the generic tariff for wind power projects will continue to remain the same at ₹3.26 (~$0.04)/kWh as determined in February 2019.
The Commission has said that the tariff of ₹3.26 (~$0.04)/kWh will also be the ceiling tariff for tariff-based reverse bidding for wind projects. It added that the generic tariff determined will also be applicable for payment towards any banked energy purchased by the distribution licensees. The tariff will be effective from April 1, 2020, to March 31, 2021.
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Back in 2018, the KERC had issued an order directing all distribution companies to procure wind power only through a competitive bidding process, with the generic tariff serving as the ceiling price.
According to the Commission, as of January 2020, the installed capacity of wind in Karnataka was 4,819.34 MW against the net allotted capacity of 10,141.29 MW, which is about 47.5%.
The Commission has also noted that during FY 2019-2020 (up to December 2019), the addition of wind capacity was 86.50 MW and 58.50 MW, respectively, compared to the wind capacity addition of 875 MW in FY 2018 and 882.30 MW in FY 2017.
Recently, the Gujarat Electricity Regulatory Commission decided that the tariff for all wind projects in the state will be determined through competitive bidding, removing the practice of generic tariffs.
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'use strict';

import chai from 'chai';
import sinon from 'sinon';
import sinonChai from 'sinon-chai';
import promised from 'chai-as-promised';
import * as controller from '../../../server/controllers/core.server.controller.js';

chai.use(promised);
chai.use(sinonChai);

let expect = chai.expect;
let should = chai.should();

let sandbox;

describe('/modules/core/server/controllers/core.server.controller.js', () => {

  beforeEach(() => {
    return sandbox = sinon.sandbox.create();
  });

  afterEach(() => {
    return sandbox.restore();
  });

  it('should export default', () => {
    controller.default.should.be.an('object');
  });

  it('should export renderIndex', () => {
    controller.renderIndex.should.be.a('function');
  });

  describe('renderIndex()', () => {
    let mockRes;

    beforeEach(() => {
      mockRes = {
        render: sandbox.spy()
      };
    });

    it('should call res.render', () => {
      controller.renderIndex({}, mockRes);
      return mockRes.render.should.have.been.called;
    });

  });

  it('should export renderServerError', () => {
    controller.renderServerError.should.be.a('function');
  });

  describe('renderServerError()', () => {
    let mockRes;

    beforeEach(() => {
      mockRes = {
        status: sandbox.stub().returnsThis(),
        render: sandbox.spy()
      };
    });

    it('should call res.render', () => {
      controller.renderServerError({}, mockRes);
      mockRes.render.should.have.been.called;
      mockRes.status.should.have.been.calledWith(500);
    });

  });

  it('should export renderNotFound', () => {
    controller.renderNotFound.should.be.a('function');
  });

  describe('renderNotFound()', () => {
    let mockRes, mockReq;

    beforeEach(() => {
      mockRes = {
        status: sandbox.stub().returnsThis(),
        render: sandbox.spy(),
        json: sandbox.spy()
      };
      mockReq = { originalUrl: 'http://test' };
    });

    it('should call respond with status 404', () => {
      mockRes.format = sandbox.stub().yieldsTo('text/html');
      controller.renderNotFound(mockReq, mockRes);
      return mockRes.status.should.have.been.calledWith(404);
    });

    describe('text/html header', () => {

      it('should call res.render', () => {
        mockRes.format = sandbox.stub().yieldsTo('text/html');
        controller.renderNotFound(mockReq, mockRes);
        return mockRes.render.should.have.been.called;
      });

    });

    describe('application/json header', () => {

      it('should call res.json', () => {
        mockRes.format = sandbox.stub().yieldsTo('application/json');
        controller.renderNotFound(mockReq, mockRes);
        return mockRes.json.should.have.been.called;
      });

    });

    describe('catch all header', () => {

      it('should call res.json', () => {
        mockRes.format = sandbox.stub().yieldsTo('default');
        controller.renderNotFound(mockReq, mockRes);
        return mockRes.json.should.have.been.calledWith({ error: 'Path not found' });
      });

    });

  });

});

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Q: Mono's BackgroundWorker not working in background? I have a predicament with Mono. I'm trying to understand how or why BackgroundWorker instances don't run concurrently, or at least do not do so very efficiently or quickly. It's almost as if the number of threads is being limited somehow, but I'm not much of a Mono developer or .NET developer, so I throw myself on the mercy of my SO brethren.
Consider the following example:
using System;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Threading;

namespace backgroundworkertest
{
  class MainClass
  {
    public static void foo(object sender, DoWorkEventArgs e) {
      Console.WriteLine("Start");
      Thread.Sleep(500);
      Console.WriteLine("Done");
    }

    public static void Main (string[] args)
    {
      for(int i = 0; i < 6; i++) {
        BackgroundWorker b = new BackgroundWorker();
        b.WorkerReportsProgress = false;
        b.DoWork += new DoWorkEventHandler(foo);
        b.RunWorkerAsync();
      }

      Thread.Sleep(2000);
      Console.WriteLine("Really done");
    }
  }
}

When I run the above, I get the following output.

Start
Start
Done
Start
Start
Done
Start
Done
Really Done

First of all, not all of the BackgroundWorkers complete within two whole seconds. From the loop, it's clear I'm instantiating 6 workers, but only 3 print "Done". I feel like two seconds should be long enough for these workers to complete if all 6 were running concurrently.
The real inside story is that I have an app that runs just fine (using a significant number of BackgroundWorkers that fetch images via HTTP in the background. However, the difference is that this app is implemented in C# .NET. When I port the app to Mono, the BackgroundWorkers only seem to be running a couple at a time, and the HTTP connections are prone to timing out as a result. I wanted to see if this was the case, hence the example above and the question...
What's going on here? Why aren't all of the BackgroundWorkers running concurrently? Is there some parameter I need to set?

A: I'm not 100% sure on the Mono implementation, but I know the Microsoft version fairly well, and I can only assume that Mono's acts in the same or a similar way.
First, to clarify, the BackgroundWorker does, in fact, spawn .NET threads (different from native threads), it's on par with you calling ThreadPool.QueueUserWorkItem yourself.  This is a tiny detail that might help you understand why you're seeing this kind of behavior.  It's important to keep in mind a thread in .NET may not actually represent a native thread.  It is actually possible for all 6 of your background workers, while running on 6 .NET threads, to all run on 1-2 native threads.  On my machine, only 3 native threads were actually spawned with the above code.
Secondly, you aren't considering the time it takes to construct a new BackgroundWorker, set the delegates, then run the worker asynchronously, which may or may not involve the creation of a native thread, which is actually a considerably expensive operation.  Adding a timer, in my tests, it took a total of just a little bit over a second to create all six, sometimes a little longer.  Because of scheduling, the ThreadPool may take several milliseconds before it discovers that all threads are saturated/blocking (because of Thread.Sleep), and then creates a new thread.  That means, in some cases, your background worker perhaps will start around 0:01:700, where there is only 300ms left, yet the function sleeps for 500ms.  Not enough time for the task to complete.
I don't think it's disputed that Mono's implementation runs a bit slower than Microsoft's, which I'm sure is the reason why you probably didn't discover that you can get the same behavior to happen with their runtime.
When in doubt, blame your own code, because that's usually where the problem is.  Sleeping for how much time you expect an operation to complete, isn't really a good way to test something.  What happens if other programs are running on the computer?  Thread.Sleep doesn't run slower if other process's threads have preempted yours.  It will look even worse in that case.
If you were to change the code to sleep 5ms in the foo method, and wait 20ms in the main method after creating the background workers, the same ratio you've waited, and I'm able to see the following:

Start
Start
Done
Done
Start
Start
Really done
Press any key to continue . . .

Only two finished, and not even all of them started.  I hope you're seeing the flaw in your tests now.  They are running concurrently, and I'm guessing that your problem is probably somewhere else.  You say you're fetching images via http in the background.  Remember, if something isn't working correctly, I would say that only 1% of the time is there actually something funky going on with the runtime, the other 99% of the time is your code.  Are you using synchronous or asynchronous I/O?  Only have one thread handling requests?  I'd start there.
EDIT:
I decided to see what performance was actually like in Mono, instead of just relying on what I was finding in the Microsoft implementation.  After discovering that Mono was actually starting all 6 background works; and they all completed within the 2000ms limit!  For the record, here is a comparison of results.  I modified the code a bit to show what's going on, but I assure you I was getting the same results when I ran your code as-is.  The "Done Creating..." message is printed right before the main thread goes into the 2000ms sleep, where the timestamps printed are the moment the background workers enter their work methods.

Windows                      Mono
Done Creating...             Done Creating...
00:00:00.0018610             00:00:00.0088775
00:00:00.0019544             Start
Start                        00:00:00.5074494
Start                        Start
Done                         Done
Done                         00:00:00.5615083
00:00:00.5027995             Start
Start                        Done
00:00:00.5028008             00:00:01.0082133
Start                        Start
Done                         00:00:01.0082900
Done                         Start
00:00:01.0025428             Done
Start                        00:00:01.0618140
00:00:01.0026164             Start
Start                        Done
Done                         Done
Done                         Done
Really done                  Really done

I ran the test on two boxes exactly the same (Dell T3400's, same hardware), one is Windows 7 x64, and the other is Ubuntu 12.04 x64.  No difference.  Make sure you're testing this with a release build of the executable without any debuggers attached.  Also make sure you're testing it on the same hardware.  It's possible, however unlikely, that it's an issue with your linux/mono installation (assuming you're running mono on linux, and not windows).  Like I said before, and I think these results back it up, I don't think this is the problem.  I would look elsewhere, somewhere in your code.

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test_name 'C3473 - create bare repo specifying revision'

# Globals
repo_name = 'testrepo_bare.git'

hosts.each do |host|
  tmpdir = host.tmpdir('vcsrepo')
  step 'setup' do
    git_pkg = 'git'
    if host['platform'] =~ %r{ubuntu-10}
      git_pkg = 'git-core'
    end
    install_package(host, git_pkg)
  end

  teardown do
    on(host, "rm -fr #{tmpdir}")
  end

  step 'create bare repo specifying revision using puppet' do
    pp = <<-EOS
    vcsrepo { "#{tmpdir}/#{repo_name}":
      ensure => bare,
      revision => master,
      provider => git,
    }
    EOS

    apply_manifest_on(host, pp, expect_failures: true)
  end

  step 'verify repo does not contain .git directory' do
    on(host, "ls -al #{tmpdir}") do |res|
      fail_test "found repo for #{repo_name}" if res.stdout.include? repo_name
    end
  end
end


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Джон Уильям Уорнер (; 18 февраля 1927 — 25 мая 2021) — американский политик, член Республиканской партии, был сенатором США от штата Виргиния в 1979—2009 годах.

Биография
В 1945 году, поступил в Военно-морские силы США и служил до 1946 года. В 1949 году окончил Университет Вашингтона и Ли.

После начала Корейской войны, поступил в Корпус морской пехоты США и служил до конца войны. После войны, окончил юридический факультет Университета Виргинии.

В 1969 году Президент Ричард Никсон назначил его заместителем Секретаря Департамента Военно-морских Сил США, Джона Чейфи, а в 1972 году Уорнер стал Секретарём после отставки Чейфи. В том же году он женился на известной актрисе Элизабет Тейлор. Они развелись в 1982 году.

Был избран в 1978 году в Сенат США и переизбирался в 1984, 1990, 1996 и 2002 годах. Уорнер не принял участия в выборах 2008 года, его преемником стал демократ Марк Уорнер (оба Уорнера не являются родственниками). На пенсии с января 2009 года.

После ухода из Сената его именем была названа строящаяся .

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Spatio-temporal Analytic of isotope Variations in the Environment
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Alejandro is a native from Argentina, he attended the National University of La Plata, where he studied Anthropology (2012) and obtained his PhD (2018), which was focused on the identification of the ethnicity and provenance of Patagonian hunter-gatherers through the study of oxygen stable isotopes in archaeological human remains and water. During his postdoc (2021) in collaboration with the University of Ottawa (Canada), he worked with strontium isotopes and applied machine-learning algorithms to develop an isoscape for paleomobility and forensic research in Patagonia.
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Julian is from South Korea. He completed his BSc in Earth Sciences at Carleton University in 2018 and defended his MSc in Earth Sciences at the University of Ottawa in January 2021. His MSc focused on spatial patterns of lithium isotope across the Yukon River.
Megan Reich (MSc 2018-2020)
Megan is from Chilliwack, BC. She completed her BSc in Environmental Sciences at the University of British Columbia (Vancouver) in 2015. She worked on her MSc with the SAiVE lab developing the strontium isotope geolocation tool for researching monarch butterfly ecology and conservation in collaboration with Ryan Norris and Tyler Flockhart.
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Anaelle Fauberteau (MSc 2017-2018)
Anaelle is from France (from Nantes city). Five years ago she started studies in Biology (Life Sciences), and she switched to Biological Chemistry. She completed her MS while working in the SAIVE lab investigating strontium isotopes as a geolocation tool for human forensics in Ontario and Quebec. She hopes to become the next Sara Sidle!
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Francis was a Honours B.Sc. in Geology student at the University of Ottawa. He has lived in Ottawa most of his life and would like to eventually get a job related to geomatics and/or other geographic and geological information systems.
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Josh was a Honours B.Sc. in Geology at the University of Ottawa. He is originally from Nigeria and has been in Ottawa for the last 4 years to complete his geology degree. He worked on developing a sulfur isoscape using Milkweed plants across the United States and demonstrating the controls of sulfur isotope variations across the landscape.
Current Position: Chemical Technician at Drain-All Ltd.
Samantha Zabudsky (BSc honour 2019-2020)
Samantha is a fourth year honours student double majoring in biology and geology at the University of Ottawa. Her primary interests are in aquatic conservation, and during the summer she works for The Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada doing early surveillance of Asian Carp. She loves travelling and spending time with family and friends.
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Victoria Lee is from Gatineau (QC) and completed her fourth year of her Honours B.Sc. in Geology. She worked in the SAiVE lab for her honours research project on lithium isotope geochemistry of river water in Yukon. Her interests include environmental sustainability and she enjoys travelling and discovering new places
Current Position: M.Sc. Candidate at Reykjavík University and Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (NSERC MSc. Fellowship).
Her research in the SAiVE Lab was highlighted here:
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Shufan Li (BSc COOP 2017-2018)
Shufan Li is from the northern part of China, and she is working as a third year honor student studying geochemistry and ecotoxicology at University of Ottawa. She worked in the SAiVE lab as a COOP student compiling a global strontium isotope database for geolocation. She loves watching movies and traveling with family or friends.
Current Position: University of Ottawa, Project Assistant
Callum Blaney (BSc UROP 2018-2019)
Callum Blaney was born in Medicine Hat, Alberta. He is currently in his third year as an Honours B.Sc student in Chemistry at the University of Ottawa. Callum is currently working at the SAiVE lab on a UROP scholarship, his research project involves analyzing the oxygen and hydrogen isotopes of water samples collected from the Yukon River to determine how permafrost degradation can affect river hydrology. He loves the sea and aquatic wildlife & is in the process of becoming an advanced scuba diver."
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My wife and I went to Cambridge's city centre for a bit of shopping today. Because I was considering to buy Sonic and the Secret Rings for our Nintendo Wii we visited various shops which sell video games. All of these shops had Sony's Playstation 3 units in stock although the console is sold for only two days in Europe.
The Nintendo Wii on the other hand wasn't available in any shop even though it came on the market in last December. It looks like it's the darling of the public in Great Britian, too.


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Netanyahu wins narrow victory in Israel's election
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Israeli Prime Minster Benjamin Netanyahu greets supporters at his victory speech in Tel Aviv, April 10, 2019.
(JTA) - Benjamin Netanyahu appears likely to win a fifth term as Israel's prime minister as right-wing parties apparently have maintained their majority in the nationwide elections held Tuesday.
With more than 95 percent of the vote counted, Netanyahu's Likud party and the opposition Blue and White party are virtually tied with more than 1 million votes apiece. According to Israeli news websites, each party is likely to win 35 seats in the 120-seat Knesset, or parliament.
Despite the tie, Netanyahu appears to have won the election overall, as his right-wing allies won a solid majority of votes. Israel is governed by coalitions of parties, so the total number of the right- and left-wing blocs matter more than the size of the biggest party.
In total, right-wing parties won 65 seats, while centrist and left-wing parties took 55 seats. That math gives Netanyahu a clear path to forming another governing coalition. A total of 11 parties will likely enter the Knesset.
"The right-wing bloc, led by Likud, won a decisive victory," Netanyahu tweeted Tuesday night as results rolled in. "I thank the citizens of Israel for their trust. I will begin assembling a right-wing government with our natural partners tonight."
Netanyahu faced a fierce challenge from Blue and White, a new party led by former Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Benny Gantz. The prime minister was hounded as well by an impending indictment for fraud, bribery and breach of trust.
He spent the final days of the race in what pundits called a "gevalt" campaign, warning his voters that unless they turned out, a left-wing government would be established. On Saturday night, he promised to annex West Bank settlements in the coming term in an effort to shore up his right-wing base.
But if the coalition math holds, Netanyahu is poised to become Israel's longest-serving prime minister. He has held the office for a decade consecutively, in addition to his initial three-year term in the late 1990s. This election also saw Likud increase its seats in Knesset to 35 from 30 - the most held by the party since 2005.
The 35-seat tie also represents a new high for the opposition. The largest party in the outgoing Knesset, called the Zionist Union, held 24 seats, six fewer than Likud. Alongside Gantz, Blue and White is led by Yair Lapid, a centrist and former news anchor who entered the Knesset in 2013.
Gantz had yet to concede the race as of early morning Wednesday in Israel.
Haredi Orthodox parties also succeeded on Tuesday. United Torah Judaism and Shas, which represent Ashkenazi and Sephardi haredi voters, respectively, each won eight seats.
Further down the list, the election featured some surprises. Naftali Bennett and Ayelet Shaked, two prominent figures on the right, may not serve in the next Knesset, as their New Right party finished with less than 3.25 percent of the vote - the threshold for entering the parliament. Likewise, the Zehut party, which combined far-right nationalism with libertarianism - and favored legalizing marijuana - appears likely to fall short of the threshold despite garnering significant media attention during the campaign.
The Union of Right-Wing Parties, a slate that includes the extreme-right Jewish Power, won five seats. So did Israel Beiteinu, the right-wing party led by Avigdor Liberman that caters to Russian speakers. Kulanu, a center-right party focused on economics, won four seats.
On the left, the Labor Party, which dominated Israeli politics decades ago, won just six seats, an all-time low. Meretz, which is further to the left, picked up four seats. The Arab-Israeli parties, Hadash-Taal and Raam-Balad, won a total of 10 seats.
The numbers may change a bit on Wednesday, as the votes of Israeli soldiers have yet to be counted.
Likud won a slim plurality of votes in Jerusalem, Israel's largest city. Blue and White garnered more than 45 percent of the vote in Tel Aviv.
Here are the results by party, according to Israeli news websites:
Likud – 35
Blue and White – 35
Shas – 8
United Torah Judaism – 8
Hadash-Taal – 6
Labor – 6
Israel Beiteinu – 5
Union of Right-Wing Parties – 5
Meretz – 4
Kulanu – 4
Raam-Balad – 4
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Donald and Ursula Hess first visited the Calchaquí Valleys in 1998. They were searching for the perfect terroir and the ideal weather to produce truly unique Argentinean wines. What they discovered here was beyond their expectations: they actually found their second home. The grandeur and natural beauty of Colomé inspired and rejuvenated them. In 2001, they purchased Colomé. Since then, they created the recent history of Colomé, the richest in achievements and developments, both for Winery and the people of Colomé.
Their vision includes social responsibility towards the people of Colomé. Hess family contributed to the building of the village community centre and the church, and to the betterment of the school and the community housing. Nowadays, Colomé is the source of employment and income for most of the village inhabitants.
Today, Colomé Winery is a model winery producing quality premium wines in Argentina. Every year, it produces over half a million litres of wine and exports its wines to over 40 countries around the world.


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Maybe it was the omnipresent, overly talked to death Oscar telecast of last week. I found myself thinking about where the material comes from for these movies. Best original screenplay. Best adapted screenplay. There we go. Adapted. Novels, right? Plays?
Did you know that a great many classic films have a short story as the basis for the script? Just imagining how to flesh out the focused smaller length of a short story got me going.
Here's a short list: (Film/Story/Author): All About Eve/The Wisdom of Eve/Mary Orr. Guys and Dolls/The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown/Damon Runyan. The Heartbreak Kid/A Change of Plan/Bruce Jay Friedman. It Happened One Night/Night Bus/Samuel Hopkins Adams. It's a Wonderful Life/The Greatest Gift/Philip van Doren Stern. Psycho/The Real Bad Friend/Robert Bloch. The Last Time I Saw Paris/Babylon Revisited/F Scott Fitzgerald. 2001: A Space Odyssey/The Sentinel/Arthur C Clarke.
Wouldn't you like to investigate the original story and see how and where it diverges? Sometimes the short story is just too short, or lacks dialog, so much has to be invented, "opened up" as they say.
Then it occurred to me, the 2005 movie "Brokeback Mountain" was adapted from a short story in the New Yorker by Annie Proulx. I remember ordering a reprint of the story so I could read it. It's much gentler and more interior than the movie. Interior is hard to portray. However, I believe it is a worthwhile endeavor. I wish movies were more subtle, but then I'm weird.
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La Asociación Europea de Festivales (EFA) es un grupo de varios festivales en Europa y otros países. Sus objetivos son fomentar la cooperación artística entre festivales y ofrecer programas para la realización de nuevos proyectos y directores artísticos. Representa a más de 100 festivales de música, danza, teatro e interdisciplinarios, junto con organizaciones nacionales culturales y de festivales de cerca de treinta y ocho países, en su mayoría europeos. La asociación tiene oficialmente sus oficinas principales en Gante, Bélgica y una oficina en Bruselas, dentro de la Casa Europea para la Cultura. Está regida por una Asamblea General, que se reúne una vez al año. El presidente actual es Dario Brlek de Liubliana. Los vicepresidentes son Jan Briers de Bélgica y Michael Herrmann, director y fundador del Rheingau Musik Festival.

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Cancer is undoubtedly the most dreaded health condition that exists. There are several kinds of cancer which may affect almost any part or component of the body. What makes it worse is that without treatment not only many of the cancers may be fatal but severely degrade the quality of life before the final blow. However, one doesn't have to suffer at the hands of them.
By being health conscious, following good lifestyle and constantly screening for different kinds of cancers may prevent a fatal condition. Most of the kinds when diagnosed early can be cured, removed or contained from getting out of hands. Oncologists in India opine that if you want to live long and prosperous, it is mandatory to opt for regular health check-ups and cancer screening.
Let's see what are the chances of survival in some of the common cancer types.
Out of 100, more than 90 patients with breast cancer have a chance of surviving for more than 5 years if detected at an early stage. While when detected at more advanced stage the odds fall to less than 15%.
Similar to Breast cancer, in bowel cancer too, the odds are that more than 90 bowel cancer patients are likely to survive among 100 for more than 5 years when diagnosed at an early stage.
Again, out of 100 patients suffering from Ovarian cancer, more than 90 patients are likely to survive for more than 5 years when detected at an early stage. The odds fall to less than 5% when the disease is detected at an advanced stage.
In lung cancer patients about 70 out of 100 are likely to survive for about a year when detected at an early stage. The odds fall to about 14% when the diagnosis is made at an advanced stage.
Well, early diagnosis is just one step in the process of making survival chances better. It is also mandatory that after the diagnosis patient received the most appropriate treatment depending on the type and stage of cancer.
To improve the chances of early diagnosis it becomes important to spread awareness about the types of cancer, their symptoms and treatment options. A lot of people are apprehended just by the mention of cancer and, thus, avoid visiting a doctor at all for a proper diagnosis if a symptom is noticed. They fear what the check-up may reveal. That is a mistake that shouldn't be ever done if you want to live a good life. As soon as you notice a symptom, get it checked and book an appointment with your doctor. If it is not possible to get the appointment anytime soon, you may also consult a doctor online for a preliminary opinion.


The Heritage Lottery Fund has awarded a £440,000 lottery grant to the Museum of Cardiff. The Museum of Cardiff will be a new dedicated city museum which will tell the story of Cardiff rich history. It has been 85 years since Cardiff last dedicated city museum closed its doors but thanks to National Lottery cash a new exhibition will be displayed in Cardiff's Victorian grade II listed Old Library building.


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Environmentalists and green energy producers are backing a renewed push to let Tesla expand their direct sales network in New York, but that is opposed by traditional automakers.
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ALBANY -- The perennial push to allow direct sales of electric vehicles like Tesla and the new Rivian truck should get some traction this year as a major green energy group has joined the effort.
Tesla Motors and traditional auto dealers have for several years now battled over whether vehicles can be sold directly to consumers, similar to how Apple computers operates its Apple stores.
The dealers, who are typically franchisees and agree to purchase and retail cars ranging from Chevrolets and Fords to BMWs, oppose that idea because it cuts them out of the equation. They have since 2014 successfully fended off bills in the state Legislature that would allow Tesla to operate a fleet of statewide direct-to-consumer stores. Tesla currently has only five stores in the New York City metropolitan area.
This year, however, New York's burgeoning solar and wind energy industries are backing the effort for direct sales, since electric vehicles or EVs like Tesla, run on electricity rather than fossil fuels.
"The legislature passed this super-ambitious climate law two years ago. Renewable energy is not that easy but there is a pathway to get there," said Anne Reynolds, executive director of the Alliance for Clean Energy, which represents solar, wind and other renewable energy producers.
"We really need some policies to jump start deployment," she explained, adding that her organization is supporting the push to let Tesla, as well as other electric vehicle makers including Rivian and Lucid, open their own direct-sales stores.
While Tesla is well-established as the nation's leading all-electric plug-in car, Rivian is building electric pickup trucks which people can order on-line with June or July delivery dates.
Lucid Motors is also taking orders for their sedans. But with no direct stores or showrooms, consumers can't easily test drive the Rivian or Lucid offerings.
Traditional auto dealers oppose the direct-sale model. By being in communities across the state, dealers say fill the servicing and repair needs of consumers once a vehicle is sold. Many dealerships also are locally-owned small businesses, in contrast to big publicly traded firms like Tesla.
"They put the sweat equity and brick-and-mortar facilities that are there for the public," Chris Neuber, president of the Eastern New York Coalition of Auto Dealers, said of his members.
"They are machines and they are going to break down," he said of cars and trucks. "If you don't have a facility where you can bring the vehicle, what do you do? Flatbed it back to the factory?"
Those pushing for more Tesla and other EV stores say they are willing to work with local auto dealers.
"I want to protect the franchises," Albany Democratic Assemblywoman Patricia Fahy, who has co-sponsored the Tesla bills, said. The original push began in 2014 with a measure sponsored by Rochester Assemblyman Joe Morelle, who is now in Congress. He noted that people in western New York had to travel to the New York City area to see a Tesla showroom. That is still the case.
Fahy noted that New York State isn't even in the top 10 nationally for sales of electric vehicles. If the state is to meet its ambitious greenhouse gas reduction goals, more consumers need to embrace plug-in cars and trucks. "We've got to up our game," she said.
Fahy also supports provisions that would prevent other car makers from selling their EVs alongside and in competition with franchises.
Tesla, seeking more stores, launches road trip in Albany
For instance, the law they will likely disallow companies like Nissan Motors, which makes the Leaf EV, or Chevrolet with the Bolt EV, from selling outside of the franchise system.
And helping Tesla expand its offerings should only spur interest in electric vehicles in general – which should benefit legacy car makers like Chevrolet and Nissan.
"The dealers will do well to because there is more of a market for them," said Rich Schrader, state legislative director for the Natural Resources Defense Council.
"Transportation," he added, is the biggest source of both pollution and greenhouse gas in New York State."
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What Are Internet Explorer Add-ons And What Do They Do?
If there's one thing that is likely to confuse you about Internet Explorer, it is add-ons and the different types available. This is the only browser that currently has four types of add-ons, some even with sub-types. Therefore, we decided to help clear the mystery and explain each type and sub-type of add-ons in detail so that you can understand what they do and how you can use them.
What Are Add-ons And What Do You Need To Know About Them?
Add-ons are browser extensions that modify and enhance Internet Explorer. These little programs help you customize Microsoft's browser with features that make your online experience easier and more connected to the things that are important to you.
They can do a number of things depending on your personal needs. They can integrate with other services you use outside of web pages. For example, an add-on that notifies you about emails will reside in the toolbar and constantly check for new messages in your preferred email account. That was just one example but be sure that if you want additional features or integration of a service, there is a great possibility an add-on that suits your needs already exists.
In terms of security Internet Explorer has a limited support for add-ons, so usually they can't access the entire browser. If any of them is compromised, the damage this security breach can cause is limited. Still, be careful what you install, as some of them can snoop on your browsing sessions, and stick to add-ons that have good reviews or trustworthy developers.
As for performance concerns, if you sensibly limit the number of add-ons you use, they won't slow down your computer. The important thing to remember is that you should only install the ones that are actually useful for your browsing experience. Unused add-ons should be uninstalled because it will help you reduce clutter and might also speed up Internet Explorer.
The final point is that add-ons can make your online browsing more pleasurable and make it easier for you to perform multiple tasks.
After that short introduction into the world of add-ons let us see how you can oversee their operation. First of all, you need to know that in Windows 8.1 it is possible to install and use add-ons only in Internet Explorer for the desktop. So, if you are in the touch version of Internet Explorer and you need to view a page that needs add-ons, open it on the Desktop: click on the bottom of the screen to bring up the Address Bar and app commands, click the Page Tools button and in the newly opened menu click on View in the Desktop.
Unfortunately there is no keyboard shortcut for opening the Manage Add-ons window directly, where all your installed add-ons are listed. So you have to click on the Tools button (or press Alt + X) and then click on Manage add-ons.
All your installed add-ons are listed here, split by type: Toolbars and Extensions, Search Providers, Accelerators, and Tracking Protection. Clicking on each of the categories will open a list with that type of extensions that are installed on your computer. You can further filter the list of add-ons by clicking on any of the columns shown in the right panel.
Another way of sorting the add-ons is to use the Show drop-down menu, which can filter from all add-ons to only the ones currently loaded, those that run without permission or downloaded controls.
There are four main types of add-ons available. Let's take them one by one and discuss in detail what they are and how they can help you.
Toolbars and Extensions are the first type of add-ons. As the name entails, they come in the form of toolbars such as the Google Toolbar or simply extensions which add more options to Internet Explorer, such as showing the weather forecast.
Toolbar, this is easy, no need to explain it further. But be careful with any of the toolbars you install as they can either track you online habits or come bundled with stuff you do not need.
Browser Extension, normal extensions which add new options - just like in Firefox or Chrome.
ActiveX Controls, the Adobe Flash Player is a good example. ActiveX is not a programing language; it is rather a set of rules for how applications should share information.
Browser Helper Objects, which are generally plug-ins that allow Internet Explorer to render additional types of data - e.g. Avast Online Security is a Browser Helper Object allowing Internet Explorer users to protect themselves from phishing sites and also helps them have an improved browsing experience with crowd-sourced web-reputation ratings. Be very careful with this sub-type that is sometimes allowed to access the whole browser and it has always been targeted by malicious coders to help conceal their actions. Always double check what you are installing.
Search Providers are the second main type of add-ons that are available to you. As you might have already guessed, you can use a search provider to find content on the web.
If you type some keywords in the Address bar of Internet Explorer, the browser will automatically make a search using the default search provider.
Normally, Bing is the default search provider used by Internet Explorer. Obviously, you can install other search providers, including Google Search or Yahoo Search.
Accelerators can be very powerful helpers in shortening the time it takes you to do certain tasks; for example selecting an address with the mouse and then searching for its location with Bing Maps.
To use an accelerator, you always need to first select a piece of text/web address/phone number from a web page, then right click and, from the newly opened menu, select the action you want to perform.
Default actions done by the standard set of accelerators include: searching the selected address on Bing Maps, searching the selected text on Bing, translating the selected text into another language with Bing Translator. You can install many other accelerators that will help you instantly, for example Define with Wikipedia that will direct you to an article that relates to the piece of text you selected.
NOTE:Internet Explorer offers a bunch of accelerators that will help you email, translate, search, map or blog. So go find one that fits your needs.
Last but not least, the fourth category of add-ons is the so called Tracking Protection. This is improperly named an add-on. It is more a feature of Internet Explorer which allows you to subscribe to so called protection lists.
These are lists with content that will be blocked by Internet Explorer, when it encounters them on the web. Microsoft stated that this feature enforces the Do Not Track request made by your browser to keep you safe and protected online.
The TPL or Tracking Protection List can be curated by any number of groups or individuals, for example Easy Privacy that is based on the Easy List subscription for Adblock Plus. Also, it is possible for you to have a list that is built dynamically, based upon the sites you are usually visiting (see Your Personalized List).
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Parishioners in Kenya Disappointed after Priest Suspended — for Rapping
Catholic News Service (CNS) || By Doreen Ajiambo || 21 June 2018
Many parishioners at St. Monica Church in western Kenya are unhappy after their favorite priest was suspended for misconduct by the Diocese of Homa Bay.
Father Paul Ogalo was suspended for using secular music, drama and dance to attract youths to the church. The 45-year-old priest had been entertaining his parishioners with rap music, urging them to stop using drugs and to get involved in environmental and social justice issues.
Locals came to love his unique style of preaching the Gospel.
"I'm very disappointed that he is suspended. I will now not go to church," said Benard Oketch, 28.
"Father Paul has been our mentor. He uses the language youths understand," Oketch said. Through rap, the priest "has saved thousands of youths" from abusing drugs, he said.
Called Father Masaa or Paul SWIT, an acronym for Sees World In Turmoil, Father Ogalo had stunned and thrilled his congregation in equal measure. After celebrating Mass, he would change his priestly vestments for black shorts and a white shirt, tie a red bandana around his head, and begin rapping to the congregation.
"Ah! Ah! Yeah! Youths enjoy your youth while you are still young. But remember that God is going to judge you for whatever you do … Ah," he would rap as his congregants, including nuns, danced to the tune.
"I use the rap music to bring … youths to the church," Father Ogalo said. "Thereafter, I bring them to Christ."
Church youth leader Violet Menya said the priest attracted hundreds of young people to church, where they would stay. He also initiated tree planting and other community projects, she said.
"We are happy that his style of preaching is attracting many youths to church. He has mentored very many youths to leave … drug abuse and embrace farming, business and other activities," Menya said.
But the bishops have dismissed Father Ogalo's style of preaching. Father Charles Kochiel, judicial vicar of the interdiocesan tribunal of Kisumu, confirmed Father Ogalo's suspension to Catholic News Service in mid-June and said it would have been wise for the priest to have consulted the bishops "to find out if what he was doing was in accordance with church doctrine."
"We have suspended him for a year to give him time to reconsider his ways," Father Kochiel said, noting that "every institution has its own code of conduct."
"There are ways of doing things. There are certain things the church promotes in the society. If we mix … what the secular and church institutions do, then definitely people are going to read different messages," he said.
Father Ogalo, who was ordained a priest in 2000, disagreed and said that rap music "is bringing millions of youths to Christ."
"We need to take care of the interests of youths in our churches. We need to change the way we do things," he said, reflecting what some have said in preparation for the October Synod of Bishops on young people and discernment.
A priest and a catechist who asked not to be named were among leaders in the diocese who sympathized.
"What's important is to bring people to Christ, nothing else," the catechist said, adding that, "We should not fight the same body of Christ."
"We should support any initiative that helps young people come to Christ," said the unnamed priest, noting that Father Ogalo's suspension is "a huge disappointment to the young generation, who are majority in the church."
But Father Kochiel, who is also the dean of students at St. Thomas Aquinas Major Seminary in Nairobi, said that, "When something is wrong, even if the crowd goes for it, it's still wrong."
"People could be looking at it from the social point of view, like bringing people on board, gathering and entertaining people. But people could also be looking at this from the spiritual point of view: Does it promote spiritual values or is it sending a wrong message?" he said.
A priest in Father Ogalo's situation "is given time to reconsider his ways. He is mentored by the bishops for some time before he is reinstated. This is a common practice," Father Kochiel said.
As the battle continues, all is quiet at St. Monica Church, with few activities in the compound.
"We are not going to … participate in any church activities until Father Ogalo is reinstated. He did nothing wrong," Oketch said.
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Jason Pominville and Jason Botterill scored power play goals in the first period, providing Rochester with all the offense needed in a 3-1 win over Hamilton on Sunday evening.
With the win, the Amerks completed a four-game sweep of the North Division final and a berth in the Western Conference championship series, where they will face either Milwaukee or Chicago.
Botterill finished with a goal and an assist and Chris Taylor set up all three Rochester goals on the night. Domenic Pittis added two assists and finished with eight points in the series.
Ryan Miller made 27 saves as the Amerks posted their seventh consecutive victory. They outscored the Bulldogs 14-3, tying an AHL record for fewest goals allowed in a four-game playoff series. Rochester has outscored the opposition by a count of 43-20 in the postseason.
Pittis now has 59 career assists in Calder Cup Playoff action, tying him for third place on the all-time list with Amerks general manager Jody Gage.


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the san francisco city hall is a venue that is near and dear to my heart since this is the place monica and i were wed. marissa & erwin shared their vows on a beautiful friday morning in an intimate ceremony, witnessed by their parents. the wedding turned out to be SO meaningful because they took out the bells and whistles to really concentrate on what a wedding means to them. it was simply a happy celebration of their love for one another, the joining of both families and afterwards, partying with friends. which, when you boil everything down... it's exactly what a wedding is supposed to be!
this lovely couple was still able to include an entourage of bridesmaids and groomsmen, those who they hold near and dear to their heart. we took photos just outside the civic center, which its gorgeous architecture. their reception included a beautiful luncheon at shangai 1930 in san francisco with the rest of their family and friends. it was a blast!
congratulations, marissa & erwin! i'm so honored to have captured your big day!
these ladies are so gorgeous!
these two were so excited to be finally wed!
everyone seemed to have such a cool do!
thanks to ari for helping out the pingol clan!
here is an example of how we show how the ladies are suppose to pose... LOL!!!


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Q: php - xml - random filter and store the order PHP: I get XML feed of 20 articles, I have pick 3 articles randomly and print xml out in the same format. Randomly picked article should change random every day not on every refresh.
so for ex: art1, art2, art3,art......art20
it should display: art4, art2, art 19 (random) but it should with the same article for the entire day - (10/12/12) and tomorrow it should be art1,art20,art13 (another random set)
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// Random generated xml should go here

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$doc->save('feedout.xml');

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Since storing the article order needs server file storage, I can push that back. How can I randomize the article
for ($i = 0; $i < $nodes->3; $i++) {
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Thanks

A: How about just save your file with a date name and then check that date doesn't already exist
// Write our updated XML back to a new file
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            $doc->save( $date . '_feedout.xml' );

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            if( date( "Y/m/d", filemtime( 'feedout.xml' ) ) != $date )
                $doc->save( 'feedout.xml' );


I like monologues, I've written a whole play of the things – but theatres don't seem to produce them very much – apart from sometimes when a virtuoso actor wants to show what they're made of.
Monologues go in and out of fashion. It seems like every year there will be one new monologue play at Edinburgh that will transfer briefly to London, then the play (and sometimes the playwright) will disappear. Such is the ephemeral nature of playwriting. Unless you are Alan Bennett or Samuel Beckett your monologue play probably won't run and run, or even get revived, but does that mean you shouldn't write it?
In the short play format – especially as required by She Writes – a monologue can sometimes be seen as the easy option, you only have one character to develop and follow on their journey. Sometimes this can work brilliantly in the shorter format – some of my favourite She Writes showcased plays have been monologues. I have been moved by, and with, the characters, and transported away from a cafe in Whitstable to somewhere entirely different.
But it's not really the easy option – sparkling dialogue is not enough. So often we receive something that is essentially just the evocation of a mood or a feeling with a good bit of dialogue – and it won't be selected. It has to have a story.
There is a lot of freedom in the monologue format; it can travel in time and place; the characters can morph into someone (or something) else. A monologue gives an actor a chance to act, and to really put their own interpretation on a piece. It's also the sort of writing that you can do if you haven't written a play before – and easier for you to produce with one actor mate above a pub in Camden.
Playwright Gill Kirk suggests: 'lose yourself in the character or a place that might inspire a character and then block out special, uninterrupted time for the monologue to get written. Don't censor, don't plan, just let it come. You need to be fascinated by this person, let them speak.
A monologue can be a very pure piece of theatre. Think of it as stand-up. A monologue should be a place to experiment. Think of it as lyrical poetry. Think of it as the story of a lone bard wandering from place to place. Think of it as your calling card. Think of it as your potential number one.
Follow the rules of story-telling. Tell a story with a beginning, a middle and an end. Make sure your protagonist changes and develops throughout the story. Confound and confuse. Have something to say and say it dramatically. David Mamet says in Three uses of the knife, (which I recommend highly,) to use the Three Act Structure.
Write it… then… cut, cut, cut. Stephen King says in On Writing (which I also highly recommend,) to cut about 10%. I'd say maybe even more. Cut as much as you need to cut, yet still keep the essence of the story.
Monologues take longer to read. A short script of 6 pages with two characters might work out at around 6 minutes but a monologue with no breaks and wider page widths won't. Do be aware of this. The best way to work out how long your piece will take is to read it through slowly – slower than you would usually talk – and time it. You might be surprised how long 3 pages of tightly spaced monologue will take… On this one it might be good to consider your word count. As a rough guide 1,000 words takes about 10 minutes to read. That's too long if we've asked for a 6-minute play.
She Writes director Sarah Davies said it's even more important with monologues to make sure that you set the spacing to 1.5. It makes it easier for your actors to follow the script. And leave out as many stage directions as you can – the director and actors will want to put these into the monologue. Look at Sarah Kane's 4.48 Psychosis, Martin Crimp's Attempts on her life or Rainald Goetz's Jeff Koons to see how free your script becomes if you get rid of all the stage directions.
Here's your chance to reveal the true inner feelings of the character, rather than just comment on what the audience have already seen.
Playwright Alison Farina (who has an acting background) also offers this advice: 'Monologues should always reveal something that isn't shown anywhere else in the piece… For an actor, they should always have a clear thought process and through-line, rather than a random smattering of thoughts. They should be easily broken up into 'beats' or units of action to help actors find the through line/super objective easier. If this isn't in the text, it makes it much harder for an actor to reach the intention of the piece and portray it effectively.


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Give the Gift of Knowledge - New Classes Posted!
I have finally taken a moment to post *some* of my upcoming classes for sketching, painting, mixed media and printmaking - there are even more in the pipeline! For the ones I haven't posted yet, I'm just awaiting registration links (so keep checking back), I'll put them up as I have everything confirmed.
I was thinking about it today and I thought I would do a blog post to highlight a unique Christmas gift idea: knowledge. If you have a loved one in your life who you struggle to buy "stuff" for, perhaps a class or workshop would be a great fit. Oftentimes those hard to buy for types are more satisfied through experiences and the gift of time.
If you know someone who always talks about wanting to try something new, is looking to start a fresh chapter in their life, has an interest in trying new art forms or wants to revisit something they've tried in the past - may I suggest one of my workshops (1 or 2 day courses) or a weekly class? I would love to see them (or you) there!
This upcoming season I have a really full calendar, a lot of which is happening right here in Cochrane - some of the upcoming classes I've put onto my home page. I will also be doing some workshops at Kensington Art Supplies, Leighton Art Centre, Kelowna Art Gallery to name a few!
Now, that being said, should you be looking for a more traditional gift, I have lots of my paintings, flour sack cloths and prints available at Bluerock Gallery, the Leighton Art Centre and Muk Luk Magpies. Contact me if you are looking for something in particular or to commission a piece!
This image was originally posted to my instagram feed and chosen as the #yyclcl photo of the month!
How cool is this? Calgary Arts Development contacted me this week wanting to feature the above photograph for their Calgary Living a Creative Life series! They also asked me to share some thoughts on how I live a creative life. This is the article in it's entirety here.
What a neat surprise to have happen this week! The creative team over at CAD was great to work with too - thanks guys!
Can you print with linoleum flooring?
A recent print I pulled using a sample of linoleum flooring material.
The short answer is yes, you can print using linoleum flooring. While they are very similar, I found there were some differences to this material from artist grade linoleum. Recently, my sister (who works for a flooring company), gave me some samples of discontinued linoleum flooring to try. On initial inspection, they looked almost identical to battleship grey artist grade lino.
On the left is flooring, on the right is artist linoleum. I cut the sample to the same size for easy comparison.
To touch, I found that the flooring was more pliable and had a very, very slight texture to the cutting surface. I did not sand this sample down, because I wanted a baseline test to see what out-of-the-box lino would be like to work with. In future tests though, I will take a very fine grit sandpaper to the surface to reduce this. It almost feels like a surface coating.
Cutting the flooring was a pleasure. I honestly breezed through the entire sample. It was somewhere between a soft block and standard artist grade. It held the tool well without me feeling like I had to force anything. The line quality was decent. One thing I noticed though was hit the bottom layer very easily (making for a not as pretty block) Since it is a thinner material, there is a finer layer of the linoleum surface on the hessian.
Interestingly, although it is very similar in composition to an artist grade block, the surface layer is noticeably thinner and there seems to be a hard mdf type layer in between it and the hessian backing. I don't think it dulled my tools when I hit it though.
Once I got to inking the piece, I noticed the surface texture a lot more. It is very smooth but minutely pebble like to touch. When I rolled the brayer of oil based ink on it, I noticed it didn't drink it up quite the same way as the first layer of ink on artist grade linoleum.
This is the block when I first applied ink, as you can see, there is a pebble like texture to the ink sitting on the surface.
I let it sit for a moment to soak in, applied another coat of ink and then proceeded to print. After a few proof prints, it printed almost identically for for the first 10 prints or so. I achieved nice inky, deep blacks and crisp lines with the usual amount of effort. As an aside, I pull prints with the help of an antique book press, so I don't know if hand burnishing would get the same results.
This was a proof print, I cleaned all that chatter up before starting my edition.
I found after about 10 prints, I started fighting an odd resistance to the ink. I noticed my edges were fuzzing out a little here and there and had a closer look at the block. I appeared to be that the all the cut lines were pushing back the ink. I blotted the block when I noticed this happening and it seem to alleviate the issue for a few prints but it always came back. I'm pretty sure sanding the coating off the top layer is the way to fix this issue.
This is a print with the fuzzing issue I noticed. It was like the oil based ink was resisting the cut lines.
All in all, I will keep experimenting on this, for sure. I really like how it carved and I like the fact that if I wanted a bigger piece to work on, this would be an economical way to get materials. I'm not worried about the "artist grade" part of this on a conservation level because the time span that a block is in use is so short and the contact with things that need to be artist grade (ink and paper) is very brief, it wouldn't have much of an effect. Remember, flooring is where linocut printmaking all began in the Die Brucke movement... it was a cheap, easily sourced alternative to woodcut blocks.
Stay tuned for the reveal of the print I made with this block! I'm not quite done with it yet.


Our Life by the Ocean is both a sweet and interesting little narrative RPG and one that I have a lot of trouble commenting on.
That is because it is a GM-free game with hidden information from all the players until a turning point in the game. Yes, I cheated and looked ahead. Frankly, I'm not sure how anyone 'hosting' the game can avoid doing that.
Having said that, I think that the game can still be effective if the host still commits to the game. I do think that the game will have the maximum impact if as few as people as possible have cheated though.
It is a super simple storytelling game, where you use a tiny deck of relationship cards to establish a community. Who everyone is and how they relate to each other.
Then, you use story cards to develop the community. With every card, you vote on who was the most entertaining and they get the card.
And that is about all I can really say about the mechanics of Our Life by the Ocean.
The game has a definite Norwegian feel for me. The goal is to create a realistic, not fantastic community, grounded in the emotions of the players. While I already know some folks who wouldn't handle this game well, one way or another, I also know that it would work really well for some folks.
And I think that there are some very interesting details in the mechanics that are subtle but would play out very well. In fact, while I think the game would have the most impact on its first playing, when folks no all the mechanics, I think it still would actually be rewarding to replay. As long as folks are willing to commit, the game should work.
So much to my amazement, it's listed as having a 15 to 30 minute playing time. Man, with people who I would want to play with back in the Midwest, even with the incredibly light rules, I can't imagine playing this in 15 minutes.
I have looked at a ton of tiny role-playing games, ones that are only a couple pages long. Our Life by the Ocean, with only two pages of rules and a few pages of cards, is a remarkably complete game. I am very seriously considering how hard it would be to play a game of it on Google hangouts.


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The Life and Times of Captain John Hunter
Publication: 05 Jun 2009
Despite several landmarks across the state bearing his name, John Hunter, the second governor of New South Wales, remains somewhat of an enigma. His solitary, career-driven life on land and at sea was tumultuous. He went from a talented mariner to a captain responsible for the loss of the supply ship HMS Sirius in 1790, and then HMS Venerable in 1804. As a governor, he had a tough time making his mark and taking charge, and eventually failed. Upon his return to England, he went to great lengths to redeem his standing in society and succeeded in becoming an esteemed retired Vice-Admiral. His diaries, drawings and maps remain important for study of the founding of modern Australia.
Robert Barnes' portrayal of a well-accomplished, but at times disastrously ineffective, man sheds light on his struggle to be a respected leader.
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Robert Barnes received his PhD in Australian history from the University of Melbourne in 2006.
Introduction: an unlikely leader
Influencing factors
Promotion deferred
Commissioned without command
A veiled alliance
Whence came the pox?
The challenge of New South Wales
A governor under siege
The mind, the eye and the pen
Restored and respected
Appendix 1: Hunter family tree
Appendix 2: John Hunter's statement of the loss of the Sirius
'This biography helps to establish much more substance for John Hunter, second governor of New South Wales, who is remembered mostly for his "failures" ... Fills a gap in our understandings of the major players in early New South Wales.'
Royal Historical Society of Victoria History News
'Has the court of public opinion possibly made an unduly harsh judgement of master seaman John Hunter (1737–1821)? Melbourne author and former Newcastle Boys' High pupil Dr Robert Barnes believes so, and he has mustered a compelling case for reassessing the man after whom our Hunter Valley is named.'
Mike Scanlon The Herald
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Human behaviour in emergency situations: comparisons between aviation and rail domains
Stedmon, Alex and Lawson, Glyn and Lewis, Laura and Richards, Dale and Grant, Rebecca (2015) Human behaviour in emergency situations: comparisons between aviation and rail domains. Security Journal . ISSN 0955-1662
Official URL: http://www.palgrave-journals.com/sj/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/sj201534a.html
This article presents a comparative review of the knowledge base regarding human behaviour in emergencies for both aviation and rail domains. Generic models of human behaviour in emergency situations are introduced and specific attention is then focussed on methods of behaviour prediction, exhibited behaviours in emergencies and methods of aiding evacuation across both modes of transport. Using established knowledge from the aviation domain, it has been possible to make observations and comparisons about the rail domain. Traditionally, the aviation domain has been a major focus of research attention and this is used to inform and interpret the rail domain. By drawing comparisons across these domains for human behaviour in emergency situations, the observations are discussed along with recommendations for future policies/planning for emergencies and future research areas.
This is a post-peer-review, pre-copyedit version of an article published in Security Journal. The definitive publisher-authenticated version Stedmon, Alex and Lawson, Glyn and Lewis, Laura and Richards, Dale and Grant, Rebecca (2015) Human behaviour in emergency situations: Comparisons between aviation and rail domains. Security Journal. ISSN 0955-1662,doi: 10.1057/sj.2015.34 is available online at:http://www.palgrave-journals.com/sj/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/sj201534a.html
Rail; aviation; emergency situations; human behaviour; models of behaviour
University of Nottingham, UK > Faculty of Engineering > Department of Mechanical, Materials and Manufacturing Engineering
https://doi.org/10.1057/sj.2015.34
Lawson, Dr Glyn