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AIB Design: Visual Research
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About AIB Design: Visual Research Course
The Project in Detail
AIB Design Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University design Fenway High School Gerald Hastings graphic design green technologies Professor Kristina Sansone visual research visual strategies
Chair of the Boston Green Academy Design Team critiques Final Presentations
AIB: Visual Research on Flicker!
Final Presentations, vol 3
Final Presentations, volume 2
During the December 2nd class I sat down with 7 students: Dylan Store, Sam Reaume, Gerald Hastings, Katie Door, Cody Ward, Beth Frost-Bennett, and Ryan L'Italin, to ask them detailed questions about their development and experiences in the Visual Research course.
Here were their responses:
1. Now that your in the final stages of the process, what tools are you know using for your project?
Dylan: Fooling around with stuff in Photoshop. I don't feel like I have a solid campaign yet but I'm using images that I've collected to build off of.
Sam: My work is more grungy, so I did litter studies where I looked at the marks they made to see how they could communicate.
Gerald: Video and since last class I've been using screen overlays to my advantage, even in my presentation.
Katie: Keeping the research in mind.
Cody: Right now, mainly Illustrator, Photoshop and perhaps Flash in the future. Possibly even iMovie. I also look at resources to get as much information as possible, I think its good to see how other designers and illustrators produce their work.
Beth: Everything is transfered to the computer and is less hand touched. I started with paints and photographs.
Ryan: Well I guess for technical tools, I'm using Adobe programs and the Wacom tablet to make it.
2. In the beginning of the course, the class was engaged in more research-intensive work. How has this project been a benefit to you?
Dylan: It helped me to learn more about to go green movement and how to be more responsible.
Sam: It helped me to become connected with the work and get a better grasp on what to expect and what to use.
Gerald: I think everything I'm doing now is based out of the old research.
Katie: Its given me more information about what I'm doing, so you're not winging it and have more credibility.
Cody: I'd say it gives me a lot to draw from. I'm not usually one to slow things down but its helped me to slow things down. Although its frustrated me at the same time, I probably wouldn't have reached this point had I not.
Beth: Just the ability to explore whatever you wanted was a little overwhelming sometimes but it was good to know you could bring anything to get there.
Ryan: I think its made me more thoughtful. I really hadn't considered the outcome in the process. I would come up with a couple ideas that I liked and would approach them. Now I'm thinking more about different methods and tying it together.
3. What are the most important tools from your research right now? How has that changed over time?
Dylan: First, I went into skateboarding and biking, then into the school idea and lost the first idea. Now Then later bringing the first idea back.
Sam: It pretty much stayed the same, though it developed more clean and less vague.
Gerald: Video and technology is going to help draw from the mood board, research helping all together in every way. The fashion references I'm drawing from the interviews. For a time I was only using certain parts of my research and now I'm using a different part. I'm hoping that I'm not reaching to far out. The main thing for me is getting hands on the technology to articulate my ideas.
Katie: At first I thought about pop culture references and now I'm referencing images that I've taken around Boston.
Cody: Initially music video studies was the major part of my research(color palette) asing the texture by photography that was taken by high school students. I took typography references from the t-shirts in street wear.
Beth: Photos and color. Its what held my attention and its easy to work on something when you have a personal connection to it.
Ryan: Well, I guess for right now definitely the color and the texture. After a really good critque that got me for being intentional, I felt broken down and took pictures of everything that conveyed urban environment. I took advantage of noticing not as much the pictures but the idea of going back to high school, like tie-die.
4. How are you remaining focsed on the mission at hand, to promote and excite students about the Boston Green Academy and green technology? How do you keep from getting off-track from your goal?
Dylan: I tried to work with images that excited me but also other people, so that I could get other people involved.
Sam: (Laughs) I don't know. I guess not allowing yourself to think of others stuff and trying to stay excited about it.
Gerald: I think that what I'm doing is trying to excited and inform in one go. It excites in looking but as you look deeper you get something from it. I'm using this strategy instead of separating it.
Katie: I live behind Fenway High School, and when I look out the window I think about the reasons that I'm designing this project for. Its for the kids, and that motivates me.
Cody: I'd say its just apart o everyday routine. I try to incorporate it into a majority of what I'm doing. Into everyday things like noticing more branding done by different companies using packaging design. It's very popular. I don't know if its prevalent but I'm just noticing it more.
Beth: I tend to keep it in my head all the time. When I'm doing other things it keeps recycling the ideas.
Ryan: I guess its part organizing, sitting down, and thinking about it, being in that state of mind.
5. What was the most valuable advice you recieved from a critique?
Dylan: I received it in the last one. They liked my idea and I got alot of ideas from it. I thought I was going in the wrong direction at first but people liked it. I feel more comfortable now using the images.
Sam: Not making it so digitized, which took awhile to do. Putting in more marks.
Gerald: I had a personal critique with Professor Sansone that really helped me. I used to try to work things out in my head, and because of that I was not getting the message across visually so people can understand. And now that I've tried a new approach I think my works getting better.
Katie: To branch out and keep loose.
Cody: Probably when we first finished the research aspect of the course. There was a two week period where we discussed visual identities and it really impacted my view of identity and now its expanded.
Beth: Just getting it outside of me and getting feedback. Sometimes someone looking at your work sees it different than you.
Ryan: Honestly, it was this devastating moment when I had a talk with Professor Sansone about the controversy that could be interpreted in my eco-sapien concept, that dealt with evolution, Darwin, a monkey, and the banana. We were given like 5 days to get the next phase of the project done and had to come up with a new concept.
6. What do you feel you've gained the most out over the course of the class.
Dylan: I learned to get an idea you have to keep going at it, keep doing iterations.
Sam: Patience. I didn't realize so much work went into it, as well as time management.
Gerald: I think its gotta be that when you stop and slow down you come up with better solutions using research to help as a problem solving tool.
Katie: Can't be enough research.
Cody: Just being able to do an actual campaign. This is the first time I've had to design an advertising campaign. My first year it was more foundations design.
Beth: Just more experience with this process. It was more broken down in Language and Form(graphic design course).
Ryan: Humility, whan I had her(Professor Sansone) last year I ended pretty strong but when I started in this class I kind of got kicked down a couple pegs and basically never accepted anything as done.I started to not just go on design websites or look at magazines for a certain look and started going back into my binder to use those references.
7. What are you the most excited about for this project?
Dylan: To get a finished product that really excites me, and bringing in objects like a shirt of skateboard, something solid.
Sam: Being over and showing off the work.
Gerald: I will be excited to get what I want to happen.
Katie: Seeing everybody elses final and seeing the process of where they began to where we came to.
Cody: I'm excited for the end, not in a "I don't wanna be doing this" kind of way but to see other students work and the jury. I don't know how its going to be so I'm looking forward to it.
Beth: Being done with it and being able to look back at this for reference for future projects.
Ryan: The presentation. Id like to present to the jury for thwo reasons 1.) To get a feel for a environement of presenting to a real committee 2) If someone's design is chosen for the campaign it would present the ability to see it exist outside of the classroom.
8. What are you least excited about for the project?
Dylan: Trying to get this all finished up.
Sam: Getting there, having to finish everything and anticipating the hours of work. Its like a marathon you know its going to be hard work.
Gerald: The work to do. I have a feeling its just going to be mentally taxing.
Katie: The presentation. I have anxiety but I am excited with anticipation.
Cody: I would say being done. I'll probably be able to create a funtional deadline that was my goal. The deadline was rough.
Beth: I worry that mine isn't as "campaigny" than others rather it's more decorative and I'm just using the schools name while some others are using catch phrases. I don't want to risk being offensive, it's not like I'm selling ipods.
Ryan: If the project didn't receive any feedback at all, positive or negative.
9. What was the most challenging obstacle that you had to get over to get to where you are now, or do you feel your still engaging with that obstacle?
Dylan: I'm still trying to get over doing the iterations, and staying on the iterations so I can have something to show.
Sam: Trying to connect my research to my final project.
Gerald: My obstacle would be to let people into my head, now I just need to move forward with that.
Katie: Me. Knowing about work and being okay, I still feel a little stingy but its lessened a little.
Cody: Getting out of the whole overly designed structure of producing work and how to explore more and do more things.
Beth: Sometimes its easy for me to get tired of what I'm working on, and sit down and say "No, I'm not working on this" even though when I'd sit down and be motivated to work.
Ryan: I'm still engaging with letting go of producing tight work, and sometimes the time management factor as well. Sometimes you can get really into a certain part of the project and not focus on others. I find that I'm working against my own need to design and still create work that I can respect and that other people can respect.
10. How has making 50 iterations in this class give you a wealth of resources to choose from?
Dylan: I played around a lot with different textures. I wanted to incorporate some of that and I took a lot of good pictures.
Sam: It was a little bit of a stretch using trial & error and combing them into a final piece.
Gerald: Yes, but I don't think I went with just one, its been a combination of iterations blowing up into one. But I think they helped a lot.
Katie: It showed me how many ideas can come up, and you can see your own process.
Cody: I guess it gave me the chance to toy with different ideas. 50 is such a random number, but it did help me. I wouldn't have the stuff I have now without that.
Beth:Yeah definitely, it mad me realize that there can be slight changes and still be a different iteration. It sounds difficult but its not such a big deal.
Ryan: It was a challenge but I did enjoy the iterations. It was a mix of research/explore and doing what things that I had been wanting to do. And it basically gave us freedom. I feel I work the best in that situation because it was nice to think of different ideas and show variations. Being able to be broad but slightly cohesive. It was easy to then see a probable campaign from that. That's how I ended up coming up with my final visual identity, I saw one representation from the 50.
Observation: After interviewing each of the students it's evident that they have gained a significant amount of confidence and understanding of design through visual research and through developing design strategies that reflect the content that they've collected. It's also certain that as these students prepare for their final project presentations they will also have a wealth of references to draw from to discuss the relevance of their design decisions.
–Lauren Cross, Graduate Assistant


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 Dionysos - Self Titled (2004) (Not in Distribution)
 Be The Change (2008)
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References

External links
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Broadband Video: What's Cable's Role?
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Try as he might, Broadband Directions principal Will Richmond couldn't get anyone on CTAM NY's Blue Ribbon Breakfast panel to say that broadband video's success could come at the expense of the cable industry. "I don't think it's a zero sum game," Google vp, content partnerships David Eun told moderator Richmond Wed. "Our business would shrivel up if our partners were not successful. We need for cable operators to thrive, for book publishers to thrive, for people like Herb to thrive." Herb is Herb Scannell, formerly of MTV Networks, now head of Next New Networks, a startup that creates "micro-television networks" over the Internet. Next New Networks' "Channel Frederator" has gained attention with animated short "Internet People," which examines those who have had 15 seconds of Internet fame. The video (http://www.channelfrederator.com/methminute39/episode/TMM_20070906) notched a couple million views in 4 short days. It's that kind of pull that turns the heads of cable operators, programmers and others. "It feels like the early days of cable," Scannell said. When asked if Discovery's recent previewing of new shows online before on linear caused conflicts with cable partners, Discovery digital media, emerging nets and biz dev pres Bruce Campbell quickly called distributors a programmer's "most important" partners and that its broadband dabbling has been an experiment to build loyalty to its brands. As long as a programmer isn't looking for affiliate revenue for its broadband product and its offering can "stand on its own," Cox svp Dallas Clement is fine with it. Said Comcast svp, new media Matt Strauss: "We're there to give customers what they want. I don't think you'll see any rational programmers do anything to jeopardize [cable's business model]." Cable ops know that they have to keep a hand in the Internet. "If cable just focused on satellite and RBOCs as our competitors, and doesn't keep a watchful eye on the Internet, we'll lose more than our share of the pie," Clement said. Strauss and Clement seemed unconcerned about Apple TV and similar PC to TV devices on the market today. "People still want high quality content," Strauss said. More beneficial than streaming short clips to the TV would be allowing a sub to pause a program on their TV and resume watching it on their PC or PDA, he said. Meanwhile, Eun made it clear that Google's talking to "more than a handful" of traditional TV companies as it looks for partnerships. "We bring a large mass of advertisers that you might not be talking to," he pitched.
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Touch Podcast Episode 13: Kissing Something Goodbye with Joshua Harris and Jessica Van Der WynGaard
Touch Podcast Episode 13 is hosted by Ryan Clark and Nathan Novero. We'll be "Kissing Something Goodbye" with Joshua Harris And Jesica Van Der WynGaard in this two-part series. We speak with them about their upcoming documentary titled, "I Survived I Kissed Dating Goodbye" that chronicles the journey of best-selling Christian author Josh Harris and his breakout book, "I Kissed Dating Goodbye," where at age 21, he invited young people to stop dating, stop physical contact and court their future mate, even saving their first kiss for the wedding day.
Aussie documentary filmmaker Jesica Van Der WynGaard talks about how the two met and describes how she directs and produces a film where Josh reconsiders some of the things he wrote 20 years ago. Jesica talks about what its like to be a single 30-something Christian in light of the book's expectations. Josh talks about going to seminary and being confronted by his new peers about his book's teachings.
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Church of England > Controversial literature > Early works to 1800.
Ordination > Anglican Communion > Early works to 1800.
Presbyterianism > Apologetic works > Early works to 1800.
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by: Aspinwall, William, fl. 1648-1662.
Diatribē. VVherein the judgement of the reformed churches and Protestant divines, is shewed, concerning [brace] ordination. Laying on of hands in ordination of ministers: and, preaching by those who are not ordained ministers.
The lawfull preacher: or a short discourse: shewing, that they only ought to preach who are ordained ministers.
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Oct. 12, 2018 5:43 a.m.
I'm running into the problem that my UVs (in the form of vertex attributes) are not being brought over properly into max. What I get is disconnected polygons in the UV channel, which I have to re-weld using a small radius. I'm basically running into the same problem as is described in the thread here: https://www.sidefx.com/forum/topic/55014/ [www.sidefx.com]. The vertex split method works but it's obviously not what I want and just shifts the problem into a different area.
I did read in a different thread that fbx export corrects for that, so it would be great if this could be done with the the houdini engine for max too .
Oct. 15, 2018 10:24 a.m.
Thank you for bringing this up! I will log a bug/RFE for maintaining the welds on the UVs.
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Nov. 12, 2018 12:46 a.m.
hope this helps but I found that the only one that works is the uvproject, set the Group Type to Points…works perfectly.
So I tested a uvpelt, then added a uvedit after so I can set the Group Type to Points…didn't work…tried other 'ways' to set the Group Type to Points…none worked.
ahhhh….checked the spreadsheet, only the uvproject with Group Type = Points has uv set, all other uv operators…..uv's get all wiped out….
Nov. 12, 2018 10:31 a.m.
When you say the UVs are getting wiped out, do you mean that the UVs get wiped out in 3ds Max? If so, which build are you using? Recent daily builds of the plugin should not be experiencing this problem.
Nov. 13, 2018 5:43 a.m.
in H spreadsheet itself. With the uvproject (Group Type Point), you see values for each point…in the 3 uv columns. For other ops…the 3 uv columns are no longer there.
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April 2, 2019 5:53 p.m.
Hi, we have been very busy up until recently with the PDG release!
Updates for the Houdini Engine 3ds Max plugin are being worked on right now, and this is one of the top priority issues that will be fixed.
April 2, 2019 5:55 p.m.
April 5, 2019 4:02 p.m.
This will be fixed in tomorrow's build of 17.0 and 17.5!
Please let me know if you're still having any issues.


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Now, I will let mom, Sophia, tell you about her Identical Twin Girls.
Well, I've had 6 babies (all girls!) but only two were MP's. Evangeline Joy and Noelle Eloise were born at 25 weeks 6 days gestation weighing 1lb 10oz and 1lb 12oz.
2. How long was your NICU stay?
Noelle was in NICU for 104 days and then came home with a feeding tube (temporary one like used in the NICU,) Ileostomy (an opening made in the small intestine) bag, Oxygen and the A&B's (Apnea & Bradycardia) monitor.
Evangeline was there a bit longer because she got Influenza just the day before she was set to discharge so she was in isolation for a few weeks and was released after 132 days. She was also on Oxygen and had the A&B's monitor.
Feeling completely helpless. Feeling like I was in the way. Feeling like if I talked to them or sang a song or read a book that I would be judged, so I didn't. Almost losing Noelle after an intestinal surgery at just 5 days old. She bled out internally because she didn't clot at all after surgery. Everyone was sure she was going to pass away that night. She looked so terrible. They had me call in my husband and our pastor. It was the hardest night of my life. All that she had already been through to get here and then THIS was going to take her? But she had a full recovery after about 6 weeks, Praise the Lord for that. I also had 4 young girls at home from 6-1 who desperately needed me and my attention but I just didn't have anything left to give them. I was a wreck.
We developed TTTS officially at 22 weeks though there were signs at 18 weeks. We had the laser surgery at Denver Children's at 23 weeks. We found out that Evangeline (recipient) had 6 liters of fluid and Noelle had zero and no visible bladder or kidneys on ultrasound. Noelle also had SIUGR with only 10% of the placental share. They actually cut her section of the placenta away because they were pretty sure she wouldn't make it after surgery and we would lose her and they didn't want her death to affect the placenta and then ultimately affect her sister. However she was a fighter and she pulled through and almost caught up with her sister by birth. Once I Was released from Denver Children's and back home I was supposed to be on bed rest, but with it being flu season and my girls being sick for 2 weeks, no one was willing to come help with them (understandably because they all had young families as well) and due to over activity my water broke at 25&4. They hoped to keep the babies in until 32 weeks (obviously) but infection set in and within 48 hours it was noticeable and they had to be delivered.
Big picture- Fabulously! They are 19 months old, behind developmentally by about 9 months but we are working with therapy often to try to catch them up and no big issues. Noelle had Agenesis of the Corpus Callosum which means she is missing the nerve center between the left and right hemispheres that makes everything fire together and coordinate, so she just recently was able to wave or clap and things that require coordination just take longer for her but her brain and she will adapt. I still get emotional about things, but am doing much better this year than last. I believe I had PTSD for the first year or so. I felt like I never really "felt" anything strongly while they were in the NICU, always putting on a brave face. Then months later I would relive things and fell ALL of the strong emotions. It was kind of surreal in a way.
Find the balance between trusting yourself and trusting your Drs and Nurses. Know what they are talking about every time that they talk to you. Ask ALL of the questions you possibly can. Do research! If they tell you something, write it down and try to remember it. Not in a burdensome way, but because that is YOUR baby and YOU should get to know everything about them and something you remember or have written down can change their care plan in the future. There isn't always great communication between shifts and nurses and Doctors but if YOU can fill in the gaps, it really, really helps I think. ASK FOR HELP!! With anything and everything! Babysitting if you have older children, feeding your family, feeding you, cleaning your house, taking you to the hospital if you don't have a second car. Also, let the hospital know if you need help. We only had one vehicle and they gave me taxi vouchers for every single day! They paid my way there and back. People won't know what to do or say or how to help. You have to ask for help! THIS is hard and you WILL need support and help, and it's not over in a week. It will last MONTHS for most of us. Always call to check on your baby if you can't be there and you feel the urge, even if you have already called twice that shift. Always remember that you are their parent and you get a say and you are not an inconvenience or just an extra body in the way. Always touch and hold and talk to and be present with your baby when you can. Always speak up if you think your baby needs something or if you feel they aren't getting cared for in the absolute best way. Do NOT make big life decisions like splitting up with your partner etc. during this time. It's just best to leave those things until you have a little more sanity back. Realize that even though your spouse may not be showing the same emotions that you are, are going through the EXACT same thing you are and give them grace.
Thank you so much Sophia for sharing your girls with us. In a few weeks, we will include the twins in our update post to see what they are up to today.
My friend's daughter was born at only 25 weeks because of major complications. She is doing great now, but she is still teeny.
I'm glad to hear she's doing good. The little ones are such fighters!
What a beautiful story! Those girls are beautiful and I love the pictures that really show what little miracles babies are. What a strong momma.
Thanks for sharing your story! I hope others with mp's are helped by your advice. I had a 32 weeker, and it was hard having a 15 mth old at home going back and forth to NICU. It was only 3 weeks for us. You did that for months!! Great job momma!
Wow – what a story! Sorry you had to go through all that but your babies are such beautiful blessings! Thanks for sharing!
These little ones are so precious!
Thank you so much for reading Shandara! I'm sorry you went through TTTS too. It's such a horrible thing to experience.
Wow! 104 days in NICU. I couldn't even imagine that. They look so healthy and beautiful now!
I personally do not have any experience with this. But I do feel for these little ones, and I wish them all the best.
I just <3 these babies!! The size of preemies just blows me away. I'm so glad these two are thriving.
What beautiful babies and such an inspiring story! Thanks for sharing this.
Wow how touching! I cNt imagine going through this! Those girls are so adorable! I just want to hug them! Way to go mommy for what you've done! You are amazing.
Sweet sweet girls. I'm so glad they pulled through and are doing so well today!
Wow! That is an amazing coincidence. I will check out their story…thank you for sharing!
Wow, what a teary post this was. I believe in the power of prayer and these babies are just so precious. My niece had a preemie baby and in the end everything turned out well but we were terrified and felt hopeless in the beginning.
This is an inspiring story and those baby girls are truly beautiful!!
This was truly inspiring. I am so happy the babies are doing well and they are FIGHTERS and blessed beyond belief, true miracles. They are beautiful!
Awww how precious. Your story really moved me. Thank you for sharing it with us.
These babies were so tiny! I would be so scared to even hold them! Thank you for sharing this wonderful story with us. I can't even image how terrified she must have been. What a strong mother!
They are such sweet babies. Glad to hear that they are doing well now. Thank you for sharing this inspiring story to us.
I'm so happy to hear that these pretty girls are doing well now. I admire them for their will to live, they really are fighters.
Thank you for sharing this. It's amazing how resilient babies can be and can fight the odds!
What beautiful little girls! I'm so glad they (and Sophia) are doing well, and I hope they continue to.
What a blessing that they made it through that difficult beginning! That's great that they're doing so much better now.
What precious babies! So glad they survived and are doing well! What amazes me is babies like this CAN survive and thrive, yet women continue to have abortions of babies at the same ages as premies! So horribly sad.
Yes, that makes me sad too.
Oh my goodness! I love your Micro Preemie Monday! Sophia, your girls are gorgeous. I am so glad they are doing well!


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Q: Is there any structure in linux kernel for processes sharing a virtual memory area? The kernel maintains a structure for each process (task_struct) and the corresponding memory descriptor (mm_struct) which further has a member mm_users that indicates the number of users sharing that user space.
My question is, for any particular memory descriptor, is there a list/structure that the kernel maintains for all the processes that share the memory descriptor?
NOTE: I am working with linux kernel v3.4

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This Walt Disney classic revolves around the unlikely romance between a pure bred and uppity female Cocker Spaniel (Lady) and a free-spirited, rebellious male mutt (Tramp). The movie has a strong message for pet parents who are expecting a new addition in the family.
Touted as one of the all-time classic dog films, this is a heart-rending story about a loyal Collie named Lassie, whose poverty-stricken family is compelled to sell her off. But Lassie will do anything to get back to her original pet parents.
One of the most delightful 'cop and dog' movies, this one features Tom Hanks as detective Turner and a French mastiff named Hooch. The sleek sleuth ends up with a mischievous and incorrigible dog to jointly investigate a murder mystery!
This classic dog movie is an evocative tale of a stray mutt called Old Yeller. Little Travis is hesitant to adopt Yeller. However, he undergoes a change of heart after Old Yeller proves his mettle as an ideal dog.
An inspiring story about brave sled dogs. Jerry shares an intense bond with his set of six Huskies and a couple of Malamutes. However, during an expedition, foul weather demands that the loyal dogs be left behind. A long and tumultuous journey in the Antarctic snow begins and the courageous and adorable dogs battle against all odds to survive.
This sloppy but lovable pooch has inspired many kids to ask for a pet dog as their birthday present. Beethoven is a St Bernard pup whose clumsiness often results in comic mayhem.
This film traces the adventurous journey of a Golden Retriever named Shadow, a Bulldog named Chance, and a Himalayan cat named Sassy. The trio is separated from their family following a course of events. It takes a lot of stunts and surprises before they can be reunited.
This movie centres around a cuddly bunch of spotted puppies and their loving parents Pongo and Pedrita... till quintessential vamp Cruella Devil kidnaps them.
A high-flying entertainment extravaganza for kids, this dog tale is packed with silly antics, goofy baddies and loads of adventure.
Q. I am a pet parent of a seven-month-old male Yorkshire Terrier named Frodo. We had gone on a holiday leaving our pet with our house helps. He has been peeing on beds since then, even after we came back. What can we do to help?
It's quite likely that your dog has developed separation anxiety. Do you have a set routine each day before you leave the house? Perhaps you jingle your keys, put your bag or briefcase near the door or kiss your spouse and kids... Your dog picks up these cues, and associates them with you leaving the house. Practice leaving – plan short trips that allow your dog to gradually adjust to being alone. If Frodo seems comfortable with half-hour departures, and exhibits no anxious behaviour, increase your time away. Go for a walk. Take your dog for a long walk before you leave. That will make him too tired to misbehave. Before you leave, bury toys and hide treats where he can find and 'dig' them up. Keeping a TV or radio on can also provide 'company' for your pooch. Try not to cure your dog's anxiety by giving him more attention – you'll only create a vicious cycle of neediness. Likewise, never get angry when your dog acts clingy.
I was not a pet lover and was always against a pet at home. My brother has always been a pet lover and has wished, from childhood, to have a pet dog at home. I, along with my mother, used to make him understand the difficulties of having a pet at home. Still, after so many years, this year in February my brother brought a little German Shepherd puppy at home in Kolkata. My daughter, Mahi, and I first saw the little one in a video call and believe me it was love at first sight. My daughter named it Muku (from her favourite show Doremon).
We eagerly waited for the summer vacation when we could meet our Muku. It took hardly any time for Muku and my daughter to become friends. During that one month they become forever friends. Our little Muku was a blind follower of Mahi, always ready to play. He liked to sit near her all the time. Mahi did not like it if anyone scolded Muku, though she would. That's the very unique bonding between them. Muku is only five months old but he can understand each one in the family. During this stay, I understood the joy of having a pet.
A rabbit is cute and shy as a pet. My mom presented a pair of rabbits to me on my birthday. They were just five months old when they came home. We named them Rinny and Rocks. I could stare at them throughout the day – their fluffy tail and soft fur made them even more loveable. When they were happy, they would jump all day. One day, Rinny and Rocks encountered a dog but Rocks scared the dog away.
Now, they are no longer with me but will always remain in my heart. Remember, rabbits are as brave as a dog or cat.
I am Binita and my pet is a parrot. Her name is Sunshine. She is a cute bird; her eyes are innocent and her body is a shiny green. She came to our home when she was just a month old. She filled my life with new colours and happiness. Sunshine loves eating guava. Now she is seven months and has started talking and calling out 'mitu maa' the whole day. I love it when she says 'maa' to me. Once she was sitting on a plant in the garden and suddenly flew away. But she came back on her own and never left me ever again.


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Q: PHOAS in Coq: type mismatch I'm transcribing in Coq the (informal) definitions from the 2008 PHOAS paper, section 2.1.
Inductive tm' {V : Set} : Set :=
| Var : V -> tm'
| App : tm' -> tm' -> tm'
| Abs : (V -> tm') -> tm'.

Definition tm := forall X, @tm' X.

Fail Example id : tm := Abs Var.

Output:
The term "Abs Var" has type "tm'" while it is expected to have type "tm".

That's rather obnoxious. How can I make this code type-check?

A: Here is code that works:
Example id : tm := fun _ => Abs Var.

The issue is that you were trying to construct a function (something of type forall) without a lambda (fun).

A: Example id : tm := fun (X : Set) => Abs Var.


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The Quiet Road
Blog meme
tag: Mary Davis
(Who'd want to be) Head of the state we're in
by Jim Bliss
In a couple of days time, on Thursday October 27th, the citizens of Ireland will make their way back to the polling stations. This time around, however, we won't vote for a new government (more's the pity) but for a new Head of State. A new president.
The presidency of Ireland lasts for a term of seven years and can only be held for two terms. Traditionally a president is unopposed should they choose to serve the second term, and historically most presidents have taken that option, remaining in office for the full 14 years. Health permitting, that is… Ireland's first president, Douglas Hyde, was unable to serve his second term as a result of ill health and the fourth president, Erskine Childers, died a year into his first term. Childers was succeeded by Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh who resigned after two years as a result of a series of clashes with the government of the day (it was the beginning of 'The Troubles' in Northern Ireland and Ó Dálaigh was far more militantly republican than the government). Mary Robinson, of course, was offered the post of UN High Commissioner for Human Rights at the end of her first term and did not, as a result, take up the option of a second term. All of the others served the maximum 14 years. And our current president, Mary McAleese, has reached the end of her second term, so the post must once again be filled.
But does it really matter who holds the presidency? Despite being democratically elected, the position is more akin to that of – for example – the Queen of England than it is to that of the President of the United States. It's a largely ceremonial role and one that offers little room for influencing national policy. Despite the strident claims of one candidate in particular, the president will not be able to prevent a further expansion of European control over Irish social and economic policy… no matter how often the candidate might appear on TV brandishing the Irish constitution like a sword. But more about the individuals in a bit.
For now, let me dig a little deeper into that phrase, "a largely ceremonial role". Because "largely" does not mean "completely" and the president does have a tiny bit of real power as well as – potentially at least – a fair amount of cultural influence, and therefore indirectly, political influence. The "real" power comes from the fact that the president is required to sign any Bill passed by parliament before it becomes Law. And Article 26 of the Irish Constitution states that the President may – with the exception of national budgets and bills enacting the results of a referendum – refer any bill to the Supreme Court should they feel the Bill "is … repugnant to this Constitution or to any provision thereof."
Now, while this power has been very rarely exercised, there is a school of thought which suggests that the various laws that led up to the ECB/IMF bailout (including the infamous and disastrous bank guarantee of September 2008) effectively undermined Irish sovereignty and could, therefore, have been interpreted as anti-constitutional. Whether or not the Supreme Court would have agreed with that interpretation is, of course, another thing entirely. But President McAleese could certainly have thrown a spanner in the works back in September 2008 by delaying the bank guarantee. This could have had a massive impact on our recent history (for better or for worse, we'll obviously never know). That said, there's another school of thought which suggests that the bank guarantee and subsequent bailout legislation were "Money bills" and were – as a result – immune from presidential referral. However, I believe there is enough room for interpretation on that question to have at least provoked a constitutional crisis should President McAleese have chosen to do so.
Let me stress; all of that is hypothetical. President McAleese has been a fine president and I'm not criticising her here. The social, political and economic landscape was radically different when she was elected 14 years ago and she was certainly not elected to be a political firebrand. Her ambassadorial / ceremonial role was implicit in her presidency and this almost certainly aided her quietly effective social campaigning on issues such as gender equality and sectarianism. As much as I personally would have liked her to do so; had she suddenly decided to attack government economic policy 12 years into her presidency, it would have been with a questionable mandate.
This time around, however, there is at least one candidate openly campaigning with a view to testing just how far a president can go to obstruct government policy. And while I do not – for reasons I will get on to soon – endorse that particular candidate, there's little doubt that people have the option to cast their vote for a much more "active" president this time round (or not… there are several "won't rock the boat" candidates in the running too). The Irish Presidency is an office with limited power, yes, but will the people vote for someone who promises to push those limits?
There is another sort of power inherent in the presidency. The power of symbolism. To anyone sceptical of the power of symbols, I suggest you walk into a packed synagogue wearing a swastika armband and see how quickly a symbol can inspire robust action. The effective use of symbols can bring about social change just as quickly as any law. In 1990 Mary Robinson was elected as Ireland's first female president. Robinson was a woman with the backing of Irish socialists, a woman who as a campaigner had previously spearheaded the law that saw contraception legalised in Ireland and the law that saw women sitting on juries for the first time. It would be naive to suggest that modern Ireland is gender neutral; that women enjoy an equal status within the institutions of power. However, let's not belittle the progress that has been made, and Mary Robinson's election as president was a powerful message of just how far the equality agenda had come by 1990. Furthermore, it helped consolidate that agenda and there are two candidates in this coming election whose election could send an equally powerful message on other issues.
The candidates
The first of the two candidates whose election would be powerfully symbolic is independent Senator, David Norris. Norris is openly gay. Now, it's possible for public figures to be openly gay without that fact playing any part in their public statements or – if a politician – their policy decisions. Norris, however, has championed gay rights in Ireland for most of his life. He was the first openly gay person elected to public office in the country. He founded the Campaign for Homosexual Law Reform, and his 14 year campaign to overthrow the Irish anti-homosexuality law was finally successful in 1988. The election of David Norris to the presidency would be – whatever else it might be – a triumph for gay rights on this island. Just as the election of Mary Robinson in 1990 didn't make Ireland gender neutral overnight, so the election of Norris wouldn't signal the end of homophobia. However, it would be a massive symbolic act by the citizenry of this country. And while there is far more to Norris than just his sexual orientation, we should not underestimate the importance of that symbolic act.
Symbols matter. They're not all that matters. But they do matter.
But of course Norris is far more than just a gay rights campaigner. He's an academic and Joycean scholar (very much a point in his favour in my eyes). As an independent senator, he was one of the few politicians to vote against the bank guarantee and has steadfastly and consistently criticised the economic policies of the current and last governments. Within the ranks of the political establishment he's been a lone voice in the wilderness on a whole bunch of issues. He is outspoken, and he's erudite and humorous with it. At the same time, his ebullient manner and rarified accent does paint him as a bit of an eccentric in the eyes of some.
Norris started the campaign way out in front in the polls. A couple of months ago the media were almost painting him as a sure thing. Since then, however, he's been hit by a succession of scandals and – if we're to believe the polls – his support has plummeted. It's hard to escape the feeling that the negative stories were – in large part – a tabloid campaign to undermine him. Maybe it was just the inherent anti-intellectualism of the tabloid press rather than homophobia. Or maybe it was a bit of both.
That said, he really dug himself into a hole with the "letters for clemency" scandal. It filled the newspapers for a week, yet the sum-total of the factual information that the average Irish person knows about the issue could fit into a single paragraph. It was outright character assassination, and yet another in a long line of new lows for the mainstream media. But it's also true that Norris handled it far worse than he might have done and managed to spectacularly shoot himself in the foot on the Vincent Browne debate. I'm not going to rake over those old coals, but my take on it is simple enough… just because some members of the public might well be interested in reading the letters, does not make their publication "in The Public Interest".
Anyway, Norris will be getting my first preference vote. Yes I think he handled the "letters" scandal badly, but it won't stop me voting for him. He's the best person for the job.
My second preference vote will go to Michael D. Higgins. Up until the last few days that wasn't the case, but recent polls have made up my mind. If Norris isn't going to be President, then I want my support to transfer to the person most likely to beat Seán Gallagher (about whom, more later).
Higgins is the official candidate of the Irish Labour Party and I'm desperately trying not to hold that against him. Like Norris, he's also a scholar and an intellectual. A poet on the left fringe of his (rightward-marching) party… kind of like Tony Benn in the years following the establishment of "New" Labour. Higgins voted against the bank guarantee and has, I suspect, been nominated by the Labour Party partly in the hope that he won't be a thorn in their side as they implement public sector cuts over the next few years. A president who spoke publicly against government policy would be pushing the limits of their office.
And one thing that Michael D. Higgins won't be, you see, is a president who pushes the limits of the office. He has called for an overhaul of the Irish constitution and has made it very clear that he does not believe the current government (in which his party is a coalition partner) is a force for social justice. He has decried the values of the Celtic Tiger and lambasted the rampant capitalism it brought to Ireland. But he has a very conservative view of the role of the president and seeks to use the office to initiate a "national conversation" on our social and economic values rather than to directly challenge or obstruct the government in any way. A part of him might secretly daydream of using the position of president to overtly forward a socialist agenda, but it's not something he'd actually do. A Michael D. Higgins presidency will not be remembered as a revolutionary one. Whether or not any president could effectively act upon a revolutionary agenda is highly questionable of course, but Michael D. Higgins won't be asking that question. And I worry that he may well be an easy man for the government to ignore once they've got him safely ensconced in the big house in Phoenix Park.
Still, by and large he's a man of honour and integrity and if we are to have a "national conversation" about our values, I can't think of many better men to chair it. Also, if the polls are to be believed, Higgins is currently the only candidate with any chance of beating Seán Gallagher, automatically earning him my transfer.
I considered giving my second preference to the other "highly symbolic" candidate I mentioned. Martin McGuinness. Let me pause to allow some of you a moment to seethe. Even more divisive than the scandal-hit Norris, Martin McGuinness (yes, that Martin McGuinness) is by far and away the most controversial candidate in this presidential campaign. He has come under fire from many in the media, and the entire campaign by the official Fine Gael candidate seems based around McGuinness-bashing. In fact, the reaction he provoked from many quarters in the establishment was – almost as much as any personal or symbolic qualities of the man – partly the reason I considered voting for him. I don't subscribe to the maxim that the enemy of my enemy is my friend, but for me it's definitely an endorsement to have the voices of conservativism raised so stridently against you.
Just as the election of Norris would not eliminate homophobia, the election of McGuinness as President of Ireland would not draw a line under 'The Troubles'. However, it would be another step away from that dark period of history. There's no question that the peace process in Northern Ireland was the work of many parties and individuals. It was probably Tony Blair's finest hour. The same can be said for Bertie Ahern. And the unionists in the north also played a huge part. But I genuinely believe that nobody took a bigger risk (both politically and in a very real "bullet in the head if this doesn't work" sense) than Martin McGuinness and Gerry Adams. It was they who convinced the IRA to put down their weapons. They who walked into darkened rooms filled with men carrying guns and told them they were going to make compromises on their behalf. Blair didn't have to do that. Ahern didn't have to do that. I seriously doubt any prominent unionist politician had to do that.
So despite the attempts of Fine Gael to belittle his role in making a success of the Good Friday Agreement, I believe that Martin McGuinness is a peace-maker. That he was a man of violence before that…? Yes he was. Peace-makers sometimes are. I abhor what the IRA did and I abhor the actions of McGuinness so far as they were a part of that. The IRA took a legitimate social grievance and turned it into a campaign of violence that lasted a quarter century. I am not someone who claims that violence can never be justified. But bombs in shopping precincts? Fighting tyranny with those tactics is just another form of tyranny.
However, when a man of violence renounces violence. When he goes further and risks his own life to compel others to renounce it. When he goes further still and sits at a table with his sworn enemy and negotiates a truce to bring peace after more than 25 years of shootings and bombings. Then he is no longer a man of violence. And let's not forget that the mainstream political parties that now attack McGuinness for his IRA membership are themselves a legacy of organisations that today would be defined as terrorists. Éamon de Valera, president between 1959 and 1973, was himself a "man of violence" once. And compared with Martin McGuinness, de Valera did a damn sight less renunciation and peace-making.
Not that McGuinness is the ideal candidate of course. I understand that political campaigns are all about self-promotion, but if I hear him dropping Nelson Mandela's name once more I think I'll scream. And while he has every right to campaign on his track record as a peace-maker, he needs to come up with some different sound-bites. Everyone in Ireland has heard McGuinness say "I was able to build a relationship with loyalist leaders Ian Paisley and Peter Robinson" at least 15 times in the past few weeks. It's an impressive achievement Martin, and it might have secured a vote from me if it wasn't for Gallagher, but at least vary the wording now and then.
At no stage did I consider voting for any of the other four candidates In fact, I'd happily write a negative number alongside a couple of their names if such a thing were possible. And at the top of that negative list is the official Fine Gael candidate, Gay Mitchell. Thankfully he's nowhere in the polls so I don't have to worry about having Mr. Narky as Head of State.
Let me start by saying that Gay Mitchell really rubs me up the wrong way. On television he comes across as smug, patronising and frankly unlikeable… he may be nothing like that in the flesh, but most of us are only ever going to encounter him in the media. If he had some good ideas or a positive agenda, I could probably overlook his abrasive media personality. But he doesn't, so I can't. His outburst at the end of the Pat Kenny debate was bewildering though strangely appropriate.
Not only could the country not expect any substantial action from a Mitchell presidency, I doubt he'd even carry out the ceremonial aspect of the role very well. In parliamentary campaigns where policy issues can create friction between candidates, negative campaigning is generally unedifying but tolerated. But to have such a relentlessly negative campaign for an office like the Irish presidency suggests that Gay Mitchell and Fine Gael have seriously misjudged the mood of the Irish people. At times during the TV debates it honestly felt like Mitchell was in the campaign for no other reason than to attack Martin McGuinness. It was embarrassing.
Mitchell represents the forces of Irish conservatism more than perhaps anyone else in the race. He is the official candidate of the centre-right government currently pandering to the demands of The Market in such a spineless fashion. A government whose robust promises during the general election campaign have evaporated with remarkable speed… and who have dedicated themselves to continuing the disastrous job of the previous administration. A job that involves asset-stripping this nation for the benefit of an international financial system that's completely out of control. A job that, when complete, will have plunged future generations into a debt they never asked for and from which they have derived little or no benefit.
On top of that though, Mitchell is an Old School Catholic of a kind this country no longer needs. Of course, realising that hardcore Catholicism isn't a vote-winner any more, he's played down his links with Rome. In a radio interview he denied he had any connection with the fundamentalist Catholic, anti-abortion organisation, "Dignitatis Humanae Institute". Yet a spokesman for the organisation appears to contradict this, suggesting that Mitchell co-authored the Institute's manifesto (the "Universal Declaration of Human Dignity"). Mitchell's stance on issues like abortion and homosexuality (including gay marriage) are straight out of The Vatican and are not, in my view, worthy of the Head of State of a modern nation.
Another candidate to whom I'd give a negative vote if such a thing were possible, is independent candidate Seán Gallagher. Unlike Gay Mitchell, who represents Ireland as it was a few decades ago – caught in the terrible grip of a Church that had long since lost its soul – Gallagher represents the Ireland of the Celtic Tiger. And I'm genuinely not sure which is worse. Certainly neither would gain my vote.
Gallagher is that ultimate symbol of modern consumer capitalism, the "celebrity entrepreneur". Young, over-confident to the point of arrogance, and constantly insisting that his track-record of financial success somehow automatically translates to success as a president, Gallagher is a product of an unholy union between Fianna Fáil and The Dragon's Den. Until a few months ago Gallagher was a member of a political party that spectacularly misused their decade of power and left this country stricken for generations to come. He wisely severed all official ties with that party before announcing his candidacy, so that he could run as an independent. But frankly I've yet to hear a single thing from Gallagher that suggests independence of thought.
Instead he regularly trots out the clichés of the modern capitalist. As a "dragon" on the Irish version of Dragon's Den, Gallagher has sat, week after week, and dangled his piles of cash in front of desperate people before cruelly yanking it away in the name of televisual entertainment. He talks about business and entrepreneurship in the same way a priest talks about God. It's the reason for living. It's the salvation of the nation. It is unquestionably a good thing. It will save us all.
It was the mantra of modern capitalism that got Ireland into the mess it's currently in, and Gallagher hopes to carry that mantra with him as Head of this damaged State. The man marries reality television with a grasping free-market ideology. He pays lip-service to social justice while revelling in the inequities of market capitalism. Were he to become our next president, it would be almost as depressing a decision by the Irish electorate as their selection of Enda Kenny as Taoiseach. More than that, I honestly feel it would haunt us over the next 7 years. The Celtic Tiger is dead. It was never more than a sick joke in the first place. But now the corpse is starting to stink. The Celtic Tiger is never coming back and although people may agree with you when you say that to them, I'm not sure it has really sunk in yet. But it will do. And when it does, having a Tiger Cub like Gallagher as president could end up being a national embarrassment.
Yet he's way out in front in the polls. Perhaps the implosion on the Pat Kenny debate a couple of nights ago will affect his turnout… are people really already prepared to forgive Fianna Fáil? More than that, to once again embrace the brown envelope culture that pervaded them? Dear God, I hope not.
Also running as an independent candidate is Mary Davis. I don't have much to say about her. Mostly because she's kept rigidly to a rather limited script during the campaign, and relatively speaking the tabloids haven't had a massive go at her. Despite being an "independent", Mary Davis is almost as much an establishment insider as Mitchell, Gallagher or Michael D. Her main claim to fame is the fact that she headed the Special Olympics committee during what's been acknowledged as a very successful Special Olympics held in Ireland a few years back. She insists – perhaps with some justification – that this experience would be invaluable for an international ambassadorial role like the presidency.
However I was mystified by her apparent eagerness early in the campaign to constantly remind the media about the various "boards" she has been appointed to over the past few years; earning large amounts of money for a handful of meetings. Over the past 6 years she earned €150,000 sitting on the board of a bank and a building society. Given the disastrous track-record of Irish banks and building societies during that period, her only defence seems to be that the position she occupied involved no actual power or responsibility. Either she was part of the banking establishment during the run up to the crash, or else she was drawing a handsome salary from the banks for doing very little. This was bound to alienate a hell of a lot of people, and I don't think her campaign ever recovered.
During that same period of time she earned over €85k for sitting on the board of the Dublin Airport Authority (but presumably bears no responsibility for the various screw-ups during the design and construction of Terminal 2). She earned over €35k for sitting on the board of the Broadcast Commission of Ireland (BCI), and while her working relationship with Irish media-magnate Denis O'Brien has generated a few column inches in the papers, it's never erupted into a full-blown scandal. O'Brien is chairman of the Special Olympics Ireland Council of Patrons and worked with Davis on the Special Olympics in 2004. He is a contributor to her campaign. And whenever the BCI was voting on whether or not it was appropriate for O'Brien to expand his ownership of Irish media, Mary Davis always voted in his favour. Another case of the mutual back-scratching of the establishment. Nobody seems surprised, let alone outraged.
Though of course, her position in the polls has never been good and it'll be a small miracle if she gets 10% of first preference votes. So while Ireland does look willing to elect one business-as-usual insider claiming to be independent; it's not this one.
And last but by no means least is Dana Rosemary Scallon. While I shan't be voting for Dana, unlike either Gallagher or Davis, she at least merits the label of "independent" candidate. Well, in a political sense anyway; her ties to the Catholic Church rob her of total independence. But as far as party politics go, Dana is equally dismissive of the lot of them, and while she has been an independent MEP, there's no way she could be described as an establishment insider.
Originally coming to prominence when she won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1970 (with the massive worldwide hit, All Kinds of Everything) Dana subsequently went on to have a relatively – if mystifyingly – successful career in music. In the early 80s she broke into the American Christian Music market in a big way, which as it turns out, is a big market.
She ran for president 14 years ago and has also served as an MEP so is not a complete novice to campaigning, though there were times she gave that impression. She had a meltdown on the Prime Time debate and her early campaign appearances in which she constantly brandished a copy of the Constitution made her easy to caricature. Like Mitchell, her ties to the Church make her a somewhat "unfashionable" candidate in a country that is not quite done with its anti-Catholic backlash.
Her TV meltdown related to yet another tabloid scandal (a story about someone in her family) which again revealed the Stygian depths to which the media will stoop to package and sell sensation. The case is something that should be handled by the family and by the legal system; the glare of the media helps absolutely nobody and risks making the situation even worse for everyone. And there is absolutely no public interest served by running the story unless Dana was implicated in any wrong-doing (which she wasn't). But hey, if it helps sell copies of The Irish Sun who cares if it's poisoning our culture? Right?
Anyway, Dana is polling in last place and has been for some time. The tabloids didn't rob her of support as she never really seemed to have much… but they did make it more difficult for her gain any. Still, she didn't do herself many favours either. Her strident claims that she would single-handedly wrest our sovereignty back from Europe – at least that was the message she appeared to be conveying – mostly had the effect of demonstrating that she didn't actually understand the role of the President. McGuinness and Norris might be willing to test the limits of the office, but Dana gave the impression that she didn't know there were any. On top of that, her calm insistence that the Seal of the Confessional trumps national law and is enshrined by the freedom of religion clauses in the constitution, made her sound like a religious extremist in the Vincent Browne debate.
So those are the seven choices we're faced with on Thursday. Norris would be by far the best president in my view, but seems unlikely to win. Gallagher looks like he's heading for a victory, which would surely demonstrate – in the words of David Norris – that the Irish people "haven't learnt much" from the recent economic disaster. We can only hope that Michael D. Higgins will gain enough second preference votes to pip Gallagher to the post.
Also on Thursday we have a couple of referenda (I'll be voting 'No' on each*) and a by-election, though not in my constituency. There's definitely a strangeness about the fact that at a time when momentous choices need to be made about the path our society takes into the future, we're being offered a vote on a largely ceremonial position. Then again, we recently had a general election and the public voted for the current government…
… maybe it's not such a good idea for us to be making important decisions.
* While I support the notion of Dáil Inquries in principle, constitutional experts have stated that the amendment is badly worded and ill-thought out. And regarding judges pay… yes, they probably get paid too much. But there's actually a small number of them so the total economic impact is small, whereas there are potential problems with turning their salaries into a future political football… if it undermines the separation of judiciary and legislature even a little bit, it's not worth the money saved.
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The Houston Rockets might not be willing to part ways with James Harden just yet, but it's hard not to question his commitment to the team after Sunday.
Harden missed Houston's practice Sunday, which according to ESPN's Tim MacMahon, was due to COVID-19 protocols.
While the team didn't say how he broke the league's strict protocols, video emerged over the weekend seemingly showing Harden at a strip club.
Harden has been a man about town recently, having also been spotted at Lil Baby's birthday party, where he gifted the rapper with $100,000 cash and a $200,000 Richard Mille watch.
When asked why Harden wasn't at the team's Sunday practice, head coach Stephen Silas had this to say:
Silas was also asked about Harden's commitment to the team. "That's a question you're going to have to ask him when he gets here," he said of Harden, who's expected to participate in an individual workout on Sunday night.
Meanwhile, Harden seemingly responded to the flood of news by posting a rather cryptic emoji to his Instagram story.
Harden's mom also replied to a fan about her son's career, pointing out that he wants to get a championship ring at some point.
Sunday's chain of events came amid ongoing trade speculation surrounding Harden, who reportedly wants out of Houston.
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Today kicks off the start of World Junior Hockey! Last year around this time a profound memory for many World Junior fans was the Canada-USA shootout game where Troy Terry pulled a TJ Oshie and scored multiple goals to lead Team USA to a gold medal.
Well, here we are again and it is a wonderful time because we get to watch many prospects of the NHL and see some of the best youth players around the world display their talent. For fans who get to watch prospects of their favorite teams, get excited because one day, these will be the faces of your favorite team's franchise!
For example, Filip Chytil for Czech Republic, Lias Andersson and Alex Nylander for Sweden. Basically, all of team Canada should entice fans to watch the 4 PM game, with goaltender Carter Hart, forward Dillion Dube, Sam Steel, Brett Howden, Michael McLeod, defenseman, Jake Bean, Kale Clague, Cal Foote, Victor Mete. Team USA has 12 first/second rounders on their team and one of the best teams of the tournament. Players like Kieffer Bellows, Joey Anderson, Adam Fox, Kailer Yamamoto, Ryan Poehling, Casey Mittelstadt, Logan Brown. These teams all roster some future superstars of the NHL, so get comfortable on your couch today as every hour of the day will consist of some World Junior hockey. Below is the schedule. Enjoy!
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Building on ongoing efforts to safeguard New Jersey's frontline workforce, Governor Phil Murphy signed Executive Order No. 192, providing mandatory health and safety standards to protect all New Jersey's workers at work during the pandemic.
"Since the start of the pandemic, New Jersey workers across all sectors have risen to the challenges imposed by COVID-19," said Governor Murphy. "Yet, the federal government has failed to provide all workers the proper standards and protections that they deserve. Today's executive order closes that gap to help ensure the health and safety of our workforce during this unprecedented time. I want to thank the many community partners who have been with us throughout this process, and the employers across the state who have been working with us through the pandemic as we pursue economic health through public health."
"As we continue to battle the coronavirus pandemic, countless New Jerseyans continue heading to work each day," said Congressman Donald Norcross. "These workers are keeping our economy going, and they need the proper protocols and protections to address COVID-19 in the workplace. Today's executive order lays out the enforceable standards we need, ensuring the safety of our workers, employers and customers. I will continue to fight for a federal OSHA emergency temporary standard, but where the Trump Administration and Mitch McConnell have dropped the ball, our state has stepped up."
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Last modified on Oct 15, 2021 15:08 BST Bridie Wilkins Katie Couric interview: the Going There author has opened up about her battle with bulimia, and this is how her fans have reacted.
Katie Couric has opened up about her past battle with bulimia. The author of upcoming memoir Going There told People that her fixation on weight began at a young age as she felt pressure to look a certain way growing up, and several fans have since rushed to both support her, and to share their own experiences with eating disorders.
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Katie said: "I think there was an aspect of perfectionism and high achieving that was very much a part of our family, and that contributed to my discontent about my body.
Katie Couric battled with bulimia as a teenager
"There was so much pressure on women, and dieting was so much a part of the culture. Like so many women of our generation, I aspired to be thin and lanky and all the things I'm not. I think back on my formative years when Twiggy was all the rage and that period of time in the '60s. And there seemed to be an ideal body type, which was extremely thin."
Katie added that her she and her sisters would discuss their weight, and encourage each other to lose more.
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She has since shared a shot from her cover shoot with People, and her followers took to the comments section. One wrote: "Thank you for opening up about your eating disorder. EDs are the most deadly mental health condition and for those they don't kill, they leave deep scars."
Another added: "I think many females struggle with eating disorders so your book can bring it out in the spotlight. I think we all have our struggles and of course they do not go public, they lie within ourselves."
Katie said she battled with bulimia for seven or eight years, but affirms that she has now cemented a healthier relationship with food, and hasn't weighed herself for five years.
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Webinars are modern-day web versions of typical seminars in which a speaker is able to interact with an audience and learn from each other, live online. As such, they are great, highly flexible tools for sending messages across based on your various business goals. But how relevant are webinars today and how huge is its impact on your operations?
Jon Schumacher was a successful physical therapist who decided to leave the healthcare space to pursue his true passion, building his own business online.
He started doing marketing webinars part-time, realized how much he enjoyed it and saw the need for helping clients launch their own profitable webinars. In the summer of 2015, he went full time, teaching people how to create live videos, selling courses, consulting, and coaching equally-passionate experts looking to create sustainable businesses online.
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