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Slack will allow corporate admins to integrate its collaboration service with 21 different enterprise mobility management software platforms, enabling greater security, provisioning and management features through familiar software providers.
Slack has enabled integration with more than a dozen enterprise mobility management (EMM) platforms in order to offer security and policy management features to its four-year old, cloud-based messaging application.
The messaging platform provider worked with AppConfig, an open standards group, which allowed Slack to integrate through a set of APIs with 21 EMM vendors.
Slack said it also worked more closely with three EMM providers – VMware Airwatch, MobileIron, and Blackberry Good – "to ensure a smooth experience for our joint customers.
"EMM is a critical addition to Slack's enterprise-grade security feature set, which also includes data encryption in transit and at rest," Slack said.
Prior to the announcement, Slack already came with its own encryption capability. It can now offer the same crypto security based on the EMM providers' technology.
Slack's corporate version – Enterprise Grid – enables admins to integrate Slack with their EMM provider to ensure that only approved devices that comply with internal policies can sign into the organization's Slack instance.
EMM is a comprehensive, hardware-agnostic method of remotely managing mobile devices, including their configuration and the enterprise content generated on them, through mobile device management and mobile application management. EMM is all-encompassing; it can control access to corporate apps, internal websites and even the data silos associated with them.
EMM integration affords Slack SCIM provisioning (an open API for managing user identities), SAML-based single sign-on capabilities, two-factor authentication and remote device wiping capabilities.
A new feature, "Profiles in Slack," enables admins to put faces to names and provide background information about the people on each corporate team using the messaging platform.
The feature allows first and last names, as well as where an employee is located, their job description and their business group.
If a company already uses an identity provider or internal directory, it can now sync that information with Profiles in Slack using the SCIM API, which helps admins consolidate identity management while building out a directory that's easily accessible by a business team in Slack.
Slack claims to have 6.8 million weekly active users, and more than 1.5 million paid users.
As is the case with many newer companies, Slack must determine what features to build internally – such as file-sharing and project management capabilities – and which to adopt through partnerships; its latest announcement is a clear indication that security is best added through partnerships, according to Alan Lepofsky, vice president & principal analyst at Constellation Research.
"Profiles in Slack" enables admins to put faces to names and provide background information about the people on each corporate team using the messaging platform.
"They know it isn't their primary skill set," Lepofsky said. "Slack wants to make sure they can play in that space."
The lack of EMM integration has been a differentiator that competitors, such as Microsoft Teams, IBM Connections, Cisco Spark and Google with its new Hangouts Chat, have been able to point to as indicative that Slack is not as robust an enterprise application, Leposfky said.
In 2015, Slack revealed it had been hacked and some user data compromised, which prompted the company to add encryption and two-factor authentication.
Earlier this year, Slack announced Enterprise Grid, its product for companies with up to half a million employees. The new application offers corporate admins a single view of their collaboration environment and enabled identity management, and the ability to provision and manage teams of corporate users of unlimited size. Slack also plans to roll out search, business intelligence and analytics tools to Enterprise Grid later this year.
"Now, Enterprise Grid admins can integrate Slack with their EMM provider to ensure that only approved devices (those that comply with your internal policies) are able to sign in to the organization's Slack instance," Slack said in this week's announcement. "This enables admins to centrally manage corporate policies and approved devices in your EMM provider of choice, then automatically apply those permissions to Slack."
"When Slack launched Enterprise Grid, they spent the rest of 2017 fleshing out the pieces they need to be able to say they truly are an enterprise player," Leposfky said. "This is clearly a momentum announcement leading into their first enterprise conference in a few weeks."
While Slack's new EMM partnerships adds to its credibility for enterprise users, Leposfky said he'd still like to see the messaging platform work out its "partner vs build" strategies in areas such as file-sharing, unified communications including task management, voice, video, and screen sharing, as well as content creation via Microsoft's Office 365 and Google's G Suite cloud computing and application tools.


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Another surprising video result:  Beth Anne found a tutorial video she created for her and Sarah's now-defunct Mommy blog on making cappuccinos at home with a frother.  That video has almost 5,000 views on it! Again, this video wasn't promoted in any way, it just sits on their Mommy blog which gets about 10-20 hits per day... so it's essentially dead.  The video is getting viewed because it's ranking for keyword phrases on Google and YouTube.
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Is Our Culture Worthy of Despair?
In the last months, particularly after the Supreme Court decision on homosexual marriage in late June, I've noticed a pronounced malaise in many of my friends and family. For some, this looks awfully close to despair, for others a scornful anger, with a kind of dazed escapism, haunting yet others hoping they are in a disturbing dream from which they will soon awake.
I sympathize; I really do. Our culture does seem rotten, not impaired, nor mildly infected, but gangrenous—gay marriage, transsexuality, polyamory, Planned Parenthood, divorce, family collapse, and precipitously low birth rates along with a debased celebrity culture, corrupt political class, inept foreign and domestic policy, failing schools, and violent and trite entertainment. It all seems broken right now, and with no obvious path of stability, let alone recovery or flourishing. I get it; I understand the frustration, the sense of hopelessness.
It is this sense of resignation which has, I suspect, nourished the buzz surrounding the so-called Benedict Option as articulated by Rod Dreher (and others), whether in support or objection of Dreher. Now, whatever the Benedict Option precisely is, and interpretations differ widely, whether huddling behind the circled wagons, a selective and principled retreat from politics, or a reminder that the culture is now toxic and so we must realize the deep need to form ourselves without counting on the usual cultural institutions. Each begins from resignation, the sense that we're beyond the tipping point and there's simply no coming back from the post-Christian value shift we're experiencing.
That may be true. I don't know. Resignation may well be a reasonable response to the facts. As I survey those close to me, it is not the resignation but the malaise that worries me. In itself, resignation is not problematic inasmuch as it is not submission. I note no consent, no willingness to embrace the new ethical confusions, so much as an unhappy acceptance that this is the way things now are. My companions are not complicit, nor are they necessarily wrong in their judgments about cultural trends.
In the diagnosis of Francis, such melancholy often emerges when our apostolic work is "undertaken badly, without adequate motivation, without a spirituality which would permeate it and make it pleasurable." Consequently, our work as culture makers and redeemers results not in the "content and happy tiredness" of work done well but "a tense, burdensome, dissatisfying and, in the end, unbearable fatigue." For some, this acedia occurs when they entertain unrealistic expectations of what they can reasonably accomplish, others lack patience and cannot abide the normal limits of time, while others have lost "contact with people" and so care more for their plans than for the persons caught up into those plans. Finally, Francis suggests that an unhealthy obsession with results leads many to a kind of despair.
Others fall into acedia because they are unable to wait; they want to dominate the rhythm of life. Today's obsession with immediate results makes it hard for pastoral workers to tolerate anything that smacks of disagreement, possible failure, criticism, the cross.
I find this last suggestion compelling. As I describe in my book Acedia and its Discontents, sloth is not laziness so much as a repugnance of limits and a desire to dominate, which is why the monastic fathers so often prescribe obedience, stability, and bearing the bonds of limits as paths to overcoming sloth. They don't say to work harder, they say to stay put, to do what God has asked.
Oddly, then, the melancholic resignation which looks a lot like acedia has as its cure another, albeit very different form of resignation. Namely, what some might call abandonment to God's will, although I'd emphasize that the discipline of resignation is not a passive act, not a "let go and let God" while we wait to see what he does. Instead, Christian resignation is the active willing what God wills. Note well, however, that this is not equivalent to willing results.
When my colleagues and associates (and sometimes myself, too) suffer acedia about our cultural moment, this generally occurs when we focus on results. "Look at all this terrible news," we say, "observe all the disorder and decline. What shall we do?" Then, if efforts appear fruitless, the temptation sinks in: "What can be done? Can anything be done? Nothing can be done." But that's not true, really. Given my belief in natural law, the ongoing presence of the Holy Spirit, and God's promise to redeem the world through an abiding Church, I would never counsel quietism or forfeiture of the ground—whatever else, people of faith are simply to be here, to stay put in the world doing their ordinary work—even if there is no obvious way to reverse course and right the ship. We may not see results, but this is no reason to give in to acedia.
Instead, stay put. As writers like John Cassian and Thomas Aquinas suggest, acedia is combated by staying on the path, keeping under the bonds—just keeping at it in fidelity. We have to remind ourselves that the value of our work as co-redeemers comes less from what we do (the efficacy comes from God's grace anyway) and more from who we are. As baptized children of God with priestly souls, merely being present in the world participates in the world's redemption, whatever else happens or doesn't happen.
In order to combat own my melancholy, I frequently remind myself of three principles—perhaps they can be of help to others.
First, practice slow evangelization. Unlike some truncated accounts, the Catholic understanding of salvation is not limited to decisionism, or the notion that salvation is obtained and exhausted in one instant of conversion. Instead, we believe that every aspect of our lives and being is redeemed through God's grace, even if it takes some time. Further, while individuals are indeed saved, so too is the entire cosmos, including the world of culture. God is very patient, clearly working in terms of centuries and millennia to redeem the world. So, too, we ought to be in this for the long haul, and our long obedience and co-redeeming work will be passed on to grandchildren. So build well, build what will last for centuries, and worry less about fixing the culture in some sort of five-year action plan.
Second, practice the ministry of accompaniment. When still a young priest, John Paul II believed it was one of the priest's tasks to make Christ present in the ordinary world of the young, not only inside the walls of the parish (akin to Francis's request for priests to smell like the sheep). All of us have priestly souls and priestly tasks, and all of us exist to accompany the world, and in so doing make Christ present in every corner of the world. Insofar as we are each alter Christi—other Christs, little Christs—in the world, we contribute to the perfection and redemption of all things through our everyday, ordinary, mundane work. In the classroom, office, workshop, home, construction site, Christ labors as we labor, for we are his presence, his body. We are little sacramental presences whom he sends to accompany all those who do not know or love him. So, stay put. Whatever our current place and vocation, we are to stay put and work.
Third, practice cheerfulness. Obsessing with results—can we turn this around?—will make us glum and miserable, scornful and angry. As Francis has taught so clearly throughout his pontificate, we are not to be "querulous and disillusioned 'sourpusses,'" but instead we should radiate a missionary dynamism rooted in the joy of the gospel. Of course, this is not a naïve escapism or simplistic optimism, but instead acknowledges that God is at work, and from the supernatural viewpoint all shall be well, all manner of things shall be well. But if we are morose, angry, bitter, argumentative, we proclaim only our own lack of faith, thus giving no reason for others to embrace the hope we possess.
Practice resignation, then, but of the right sort. A cheerful consenting to the will of God so that we can do our ordinary work of redeeming the world, even if we see no results, for we labor in hope. But resignation of melancholy or anger, that is not for us, not for the children of light.
Books on the topic of this essay may be found in The Imaginative Conservative Bookstore. Republished with gracious permission of Crisis Magazine ( August, 2015).
I'm not much into the "Cultural Decline" stuff, but then, I grew up in the 70's, and when you consider how lousy that decade was, just about anything would have been (and was) an improvement.
Ultimately our young people are nodding their heads, but hardly swallowing all of this program whole… to them the PR hype that bombards them through internet "virality" is at the same level of the TV ads of my day e.g. a pile of meaningless dung meant to be stepped over.


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The Spanish choreographer Francisco Sanchez Martinez began his professional studies at the Zurich Ballettakademie. Having been given scholarship aid from the Migros-Stiftung and the city of Zurich as a highly talented young dancer he finished his studies at the renowned Munich Hochschule für Musik (Heinz Bosl-Stiftung) as "Diploma-dancer".
Locations for his successful and yearlong dancing career took him to the Deutsche Oper am Rhein (Düsseldorf), the State Theater Karlsruhe and the State Theater Nuremberg, then the Deutsche Oper Berlin, the Cape Town City Ballet in South Africa as well as the largest stage in Europe, the Friedrichstadtpalast in Berlin. During this period he worked with internationally known choreographers such as Uwe Scholz, Hans van Manen, Heinz Spörli, Nick Navarro and Germinal Casado.
He received his degree as Diploma-Choreographer at the Hochschule für Schauspielkunst (University for theater arts) Ernst Busch in Berlin with distinction. At the same time he worked as freelance choreographer nationally and internationally. Aside from dance theater, he began to focus more and more on choreography in musical theater. He was then engaged at the Kammeroper Hamburg, the Meiningen, Eisenach, Magdeburg and Heidelberg theaters. His first television engagement was the trilogy "Krupp- a German family" in 2009.
Working with children and adolescents has become an important part of his choreographic activity, so he composed a contemporary and multi-faceted dance production: "Human Fracture" for the students of the Ballettförderzentrum in Nuremberg.
From 2010 until 2013 Mr. Sanchez Martinez was the ballet director and resident choreographer of the Lüneburg Theater Ballet ensemble. For them he created world premieres as well as large orchestra and contemporary dance evenings, musicals,
operettas and children's theater pieces like The Emperor's New Clothing, Bachgeflüster, the Sorcerer's Apprentice, Moving Times, betweendreams@dialogue.de, the Frog King, On the Rope, and Look at Me.
In 2012 he collaborated with the star architect Daniel Libeskind and the Leuphana University Lüneburg where he created a contemporary piece based on architectural structures and Bach's Die Goldberg-Variationen.
Our society's demographic evolution inspired him to found the dance theater group "In Time!" for amateur dancers aged 45 and over in the TanzHausBerlinMitte. The joint developed choreographies will be soon presented to the general public in as an open "work in progress"- performance.
As guest instructor for classical and contemporary dance Francisco Sanchez Martinez is teaching at several institutions for children and adolescents of all ages.
Since November 2013 he is again working as an international freelance choreographer in theaters and for free independent productions. He recently created the latest ballet production in the Nordharz Städtebundtheater a three-part Stravinsky ballet evening with great success.
At the moment Francisco S.M. is working with the entire Finkenkrugschule Berlin, a school for emotionally and physically handicapped students, together with their teachers and guardians, the implementation of musical pieces for the award-winning Unter den Linden chamber orchestra school project "Cool School Symphony". In May 2015 this extraordinary project will be presented at the Berliner Philharmonie as a complete production
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Státní okresní archiv Česká Lípa (SOkA Česká Lípa) je státní institucí, založenou roku 1951, která od roku 1998 sídlí v nové moderní budově na kraji České Lípy. Od roku 2002 je SOkA Česká Lípa vnitřní organizační složka Státního oblastního archivu v Litoměřicích.

Historie

Založení archivu

Okresní archiv byl formálně zřízen v roce 1951, první pracovníci do něj nastoupili až o dva roky později. Potřebnou úroveň práce s archivy mu zajistila jeho první ředitelka, kterou se stala v roce 1955 Marie Vojtíšková. Základem nového archivu se staly archiválie města Česká Lípa z předválečného archivu města. Nová instituce dostala do užívání přízemí budovy v Žižkově ulici 321 (200 metrů nad hlavním náměstím) a také v letohrádku Červený dům vedle vodního hradu Lipý. První roky se Marie Vojtíšková zabývala tříděním a zachraňováním mnohdy plesnivých dokumentů. V padesátých letech vznikly další okresní archivy v Doksech a Novém Boru. K reformě archivnictví došlo v roce 1960, kdy byl českolipský archiv určen jako Okresní archiv Česká Lípa s pobočkami v Bělé pod Bezdězem, Novém Boru, Kamenickém Šenově a Jablonném v Podještědí.

Období let 1960–2000

V roce 1960 okresní archiv obdržel nově přidělené prostory v budově augustiniánského kláštera společně v českolipským vlastivědným muzeem. Stalo se tak zásluhou společného úsilí manželů Vojtíškových (Marie ředitelka archivu, manžel Břetislav Vojtíšek byl ředitelem muzea, oba členové památkové komise ONV Česká Lípa). Archiv měl přidělená jižní a západní křídla areálu. V roce 1964 byly prostory v Červeném domě využívány jen jako preparátorská dílna. Došlo ke zrušení dalších depozit a poboček, z nichž byly materiály určené k archivaci svezeny do nových prostor. Záhy se ukázalo, že pro obě instituce jsou skladovací prostory nedostačující, a proto dostaly společně k užívání renesanční zámek ve Stvolínkách jako společný depozitář, ovšem 14 km vzdálený od centra České Lípy. Zámeček byl nevytápěný a listinný archiv archivu i muzea trpěl mj. i plísněmi. Okresní národní výbor však nové, lepší prostory nedokázal poskytnout.

V roce 1972 byl do archivu přijat odborný archivář Miloslav Sovadina, který po odchodu Marie Vojtíškové vedl archiv jako zastupující ředitel v letech 1985–1989.

Po roce 1990 došlo k řadě společenských a následně administrativních změn. K 1. srpnu 1991 byl klášterní areál vrácen církvi, vlastníkem se stala Česká provincie Řádu sv. Augustina. Ta půl roku poté smlouvou část prostor pronajala Vlastivědnému muzeu a také umožnila další pronájem okresnímu archivu. V roce 1992 byl zámek ve Stvolínkách vrácen obci a byla s ní uzavřena nájemní smlouva. Velmi neuspokojivou situaci z hlediska archivnictví řešila vláda České republiky a dala příkaz i ohledně řešení archivu v České Lípě. Až dva roky poté Okresní úřad a Městský úřad vybraly pozemek na okraji čtvrti Střelnice, zadaly vypracování projektu, vypsaly výběrové řízení na dodavatele a z vlastních prostředků nechaly stavební firmě Gedos nový objekt postavit. Státní dotace byla přiřknuta v roce 1995. Náklady na stavbu dosáhly přes 24 milionů Kč. V roce 1998 se začaly archivní materiály do nové budovy stěhovat. Slavnostní otevření Státního okresního archivu v České Lípě bylo provedeno v březnu 1999.

Heraldická komise
V roce 1976 skupina historiků vytvořila při Státním okresním archivu v České Lípě Heraldickou komisi. Zejména po roce 1990 pomáhala městům a obcím hlavně metodicky při jejich snaze mít odpovídající městské symboly, tedy znak a prapor města. Některým obcím návrhy zpracovala. Návrhy po projednání radou a zastupitelstem města posoudil Podvýbor poslanecké sněmovny pro heraldiku a vexilologii a udělení symbolů pak provádí předseda Poslanecké sněmovny.

Ediční činnost
Roku 1973 byla založena Edice inventářů Okresního archivu Česká Lípa. V ní byly vydány Pozůstalost Amanda Paudlera (napsal Jaroslav Panáček roku 1973) a Pozůstalost Jana Dukáta (od Marie Vojtíškové v roce 1976). Od roku 1975 vydával archiv literárně-vědní sborník Českolipsko literární, do roku 1997 bylo vydáno 13 svazků. Od roku 1990 se zdejší archiváři zapojili do redakční rady obnoveného vlastivědného sborníku Bezděz a po přestěhování do nové budovy se tato stala místem jeho redakce. Okresní archiv je jedním ze tří vydavatelů. Dalšími vydavateli sborníku jsou městské muzeum a Vlastivědný spolek Českolipska, i v něm jsou někteří z archivářů aktivními členy. Ve sborníku jsou uveřejňovány články týkající se mj. i činnosti archivu. Archiv vydával brožury k jednorázovým akcím, např. v roce 1976 k 200. výročí nevolnického povstání na Českolipsku, o rok později k 60. výročí VŘSR a další 350 let českolipského gymnasia.

Aktuální provozní údaje
Adresa archivu je Střelnice 3035, Česká Lípa. Pro veřejnost je otevřeno v pondělí a ve středu od 8 do 12 hodin, odpoledne od 13 do 17 hodin. Má k dispozici studovnu s 12 místy, ke studiu je třeba předem se objednat. Vedoucím archivu je od roku 2016 PhDr. Petr Kozojed, který řídí dalších pět pracovníků. V archivu bylo k 31. prosinci 2020 soustředěno 1707 fondů a sbírek celého okresu v celkovém rozsahu 4171,71 bm.

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Externí odkazy

 Na webu SOKA Litoměřice
 Web Státní správa
 Na webu České Lípy

Česká Lípa
Česká lípa
Organizace v okrese Česká Lípa
Stavby v České Lípě
Organizace v České Lípě
Vzniklo 1951
Postaveno v Česku 1998

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Artcritical: 17 Years of The Review Panel
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Artcritical contributors join editor and publisher David Cohen on the event of the 17th anniversary of The Review Panel, with an introduction from Phong H. Bui. We conclude with a poetry reading by Glynnis Eldridge.
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To celebrate the 17th anniversary of The Review Panel presented by artcritical, we're thrilled to welcome David Cohen and the critics below for conversation on four current exhibitions in New York.
Sharmistha Ray, Barry Schwabsky, and Marjorie Welish discuss Dorothea Rockburne: Giotto's Angels & Knots at David Nolan Gallery (on view through December 23).
David Brody, Lilly Wei, and Alexi Worth discuss Intersections: Ron Baron and Sarah Walker at John Molloy Gallery (on view through December 18).
Karen E. Jones, Christopher Stackhouse, and Robert Storr discuss Glenn Ligon: It's Always a Little Bit Not Yet at Hauser & Wirth (on view through December 23) and Whitfield Lovell: Le Rouge et Le Noir at DC Moore Gallery (on view through December 18).
Writer David Cohen is editor and publisher of artcritical as well as a regular contributor. He is founder-moderator of The Review Panel, the critics' forum originally hosted by the National Academy Museum and latterly by Brooklyn Public Library, and podcast at artcritical. He was Gallery Director at the New York Studio School from 2001-10 and art critic and contributing editor at the New York Sun from 2003-08. Born in London and educated at the University of Sussex and at the Courtauld Institute of Art, David wrote for leading newspapers and magazines in England and around the world before emigrating to the United States in 1999. His books include Serban Savu (Hatje Cantz verlag, 2011) and Alex Katz Collages: A catalogue raisonné (Colby College Museum of Art, 2005).
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Phong H. Bui
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Artist, writer, and independent curator Phong H. Bui is Publisher and Artistic Director of the Brooklyn Rail, the River Rail, Rail Editions, and Rail Curatorial Projects. From 2007 to 2010 he served as Curatorial Advisor at MoMA PS1.
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Sharmistha Ray
Artist, writer, and educator Sharmistha Ray is based in Brooklyn, New York. Solo exhibitions include ABSTRACT FUTURES TAROT (2021) with their feminist artist collective, Hilma's Ghost, at The Armory Show, New York; and the two part exhibition, we are all islands (2016-2017) at Nine Fish gallery in Mumbai and Mill Hall in Kochi, India. The recipient of awards including a Joan Mitchell MFA Grant (2004) and Montblanc Young Artist Worldwide Patronage Award (2012), Sharmistha's art criticism has been published in various online and print magazines including ArtAsiaPacific, Hyperallergic, and artcritical. A graduate of Williams College and Pratt Institute, currently they teach in the MFA programs at Parsons School of Design and School of Art at Carnegie Mellon University.
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Art critic Barry Schwabsky writes for The Nation and is co-editor of international reviews for Artforum. His recent books include The Perpetual Guest: Art in the Unfinished Present (Verso, 2016), Heretics of Language (Black Square Editions, 2017), Landscape Painting Now (D.A.P, 2019) and The Observer Effect: On Contemporary Painting (Sternberg Press, 2020). Forthcoming are a monograph on the British painter Gillian Carnegie (Lund Humphries, 2020) and a collection of poetry, A Feeling of And (Black Square Editions, 2021). He is an Editor-at-Large for the Brooklyn Rail.
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Marjorie Welish
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Artist/critic Marjorie Welish received her first solo show thanks to Laurie Anderson, then curator of the Whitney Museum Art Resources Center. Welish has received many grants and fellowships, including: Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship, and Pollock-Krasner Foundation. In 2006, she received a Fulbright Senior Specialist Fellowship to teach at the University of Frankfurt, where she also worked on a limited-edition constructed art book, Oaths? Questions? in collaboration with James Siena (Granary Books, 2009). Welish's collection of art criticism is Signifying Art: Essays on Art after 1960 (Cambridge University Press). A member of the board of the International Studio and Curatorial Program, she writes for Art Monthly.
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David Brody
Painter, filmmaker and writer David Brody was born in Brooklyn and educated at Harvard, Skowhegan, and CalArts. Recent painting exhibitions include Store-For-Rent Gallery, Indiana University, Studio 10, Pierogi, and Sometimes Works of Art. His 2014 installation 8 Ecstasies at Pierogi/The Boiler included an 11-minute digital animation (in collaboration with composer Zig Gron). His films have been screened at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, MoMA, The Reina Sofia Museum, and the Centre Pompidou, and he has made installations at The Drawing Center, The Brooklyn Museum, and Hallwalls in Buffalo. In addition to Artcritical, he has written for Bomb Magazine, Art Ltd, and Cabinet.
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Lilly Wei
New York-based independent curator, writer, journalist and critic Lilly Wei writes on global contemporary art and emerging art and artists, reporting frequently on international exhibitions and biennials. She has written for dozens of publications here and abroad and is a longtime contributor to Art in America and a contributing editor at ARTnews. She is the author of numerous artists' catalogues and monographs and has curated exhibitions in the United States, Europe, and Asia. Wei sits on the board of several non-profit art institutions and organizations including AICA/USA (the International Association of Art Critics), Bowery Arts & Sciences, and Art Omi International. She is a fellow and Treasurer of the Board of Directors of the CUE Foundation.
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Alexi Belsey Worth
Artist Alexi Belsey Worth has had solo exhibitions with the Elizabeth Harris, Bill Maynes, and DC Moore galleries, among others. He has received awards from the Guggenheim Foundation, the Tiffany Foundation, and the New England Foundation for the Arts. Worth has written for The New Yorker, Artforum, T magazine, Art in America, and other magazines, and has written catalog texts for artists such as Martha Armstrong, Carroll Dunham, and David Humphrey. Worth has taught at the University of Pennsylvania and the Yale School of Art, among others. Born and raised in New York City, he attended Yale University (BA 1986) and Boston University (MFA 1993). Worth lives in Brooklyn with his wife, the architect Erika Belsey, and their two boys.
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Karen E. Jones
Curator and critic specializing in Modern and Contemporary Art Karen E. Jones earned her B.A. cum laude in Art/Semiotics and French at Brown University. She completed both the Whitney Independent Study Project and the DeAppel Curatorial Programme, Amsterdam and studied in the Art History Ph.D Program at Columbia University. Jones has curated numerous exhibitions such as The Power of City/City of Power, Whitney Museum, Against the Wall: Painting Against the Grid Surface and Frame, Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, among others. Jones served on the Board of the International Studio and Curatorial Program and is the Culture Chair at the Brown University Club in New York.
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Christopher Stackhouse
Writer, artist, curator and teacher Christopher Stackhouse is author of a volume of poems, Plural (Counterpath press). He is co-author of image/text collaboration, Seismosis (1913 press), with writer/translator John Keene. He has been published in several literary journals and arts periodicals including The Volta, Reverie: Midwest African American Literature, Der Pfeil (Hamburg, DE), Art in America, and the Brooklyn Rail, among other publications. He is an advisory board member at FENCE Magazine and a contributing editor at BOMB Magazine. Stackhouse is currently working on a book about the artist Jean-Michel Basquiat's use of text in his paintings and drawings.
Robert Storr
Portrait drawing of Robert Storr by Phong H. Bui
Robert Storr, preeminent art critic, curator, artist, and educator, is the former Dean of Yale School of Art and senior curator in the Department of Painting and Sculpture at the Museum of Modern Art, New York. He has written numerous catalogues, articles, and books on major 20th and 21st-century artists. He was the first American to serve as visual arts director of the Venice Biennale and has been researching and writing on Philip Guston for more than three decades.
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The Rail has a tradition of ending our conversations with a poem, and we're fortunate to have Glynnis Eldridge reading.
Glynnis Eldridge
Writer, artist, and educator Glynnis Eldridge's work has appeared or is forthcoming in Blush Lit, Blazing Stadium, Glass: A Journal of Poetry, poets.org, and others. She is a Pushcart Prize Nominee, a member of the Lighthouse Writers Workshop, and a recipient of an Academy of American Poets Colleges & Universities Prize. Her poem 'to allow it to happen / to tolerate (an excerpt)' was selected by Jenny Zhang for the Quarto Nonfiction Prize in 2018. An educator in the Bronx, Eldridge teaches writing to high schoolers and leads the Highland Avenue Writers Workshop.
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I lay on my back with my eyes closed and beak parted in a smile. I felt the soft, green grass on my back and the warm sun on my snowy white chest. I lazily opened my eyes and gazed up at the pure blue sky above me. A flock of Pidgey flew overhead, cooing gently in the air.
I heard the distant roar of an aeroplane, fast approaching. I find it amazing that humans need these huge hunks of white metal in order for them to fly. They have to fill them up with fuel and hurl them down a runway hundreds of meters long, just for them to take off. All I need are my wings. The red-tailed plane soared over my head, at least ten kilometres above the earth's surface and yet, still easily heard.
I followed the plane's path with my eyes until it left my view, then closed them again. I felt a warm breeze tugging gently at my crest and seven-meter long tail feathers. The breeze grew slowly stronger, and slightly cooler. In a few minutes, the breeze had turned to a wind. A cold harsh wind, penetrating my blue feathers to the skin.
I grumbled and unwillingly opened my eyes, staring back at the rocky ceiling of the cave I called home. It was still night-time. I watched my two meters of tail flap around Sapphire's ankles and brushed Glacier's tail from my face. I wanted to go back. It had been two years since we had last seen Sapphire and her Pokémon. Winter was clearly coming fast and Sapphire had learnt to fly. I didn't know if he could cope with long distances yet, but it was worth a try.
I gently shook Glacier awake. He grumbled and rolled over, turning his back to me.
"Glacier? Come on, wake up. I need to talk to you," I said.
He grumbled again. "Can't this wait?" he moaned.
"I want to go back," I said simply.
Glacier rolled back over and pushed his ruffled crest feathers from his eyes. "I know what you mean. Do you think Sapphire can cope?"
I shrugged. "Never too soon to find out," I replied, watching the two-year-old roll over in his sleep. His wings were mature enough to fly for quite a while, but I didn't know about three days straight. We may have to take a little longer.
Glacier thought it over. "Sure, why not. How about we leave when he wakes up, maybe after breakfast?"
I nodded. "I'll go get a fish or two," I said, rising to my feet. I walked to the edge of the mountain and dived off, gliding down to the snaking silver river below. For the first time in years, I'd be able to see the only human friend I'd made once more. I couldn't wait.
While I was down there, I glided to Shelly's cave. She and Ruby, her Smoochum, were still sleeping.
"Hey Shelly," I said, spilling air from my wings and gliding into the entrance of the cave.
Shelly groaned and rubbed her eyes. "Hi. What brings you here?" she mumbled.
"We've decided we're going to visit Sapphire. Do you want to tag along?"
"Heck yeah! Oh yes! How long's it been? Two years? When do we leave?" she cried, jumping into the air.
"In the morning. Well, later in the morning. I'll come by when the sun's up."
"Great," she smiled, "seeya then!"


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Hili Oasis
Grass growing wild, natural running water, palm trees left to grow any which way, dates hanging, nearly ready for harvest, where could it be?!!?
Certainly not Dubai, the grass would be all the same length, the palm trees would be perfectly tall and straight.
Drive out of Al AIn towards Dubai and Hili Oasis is the last Oasis you will see in the garden city on your right – it is located north east of downtown Al Ain. Starting from Bin Rayeh al Darmaki Tower (Rumailah Tower) on Mohammed bin Khalifa Street between Bani Yas and Al Athar Streets. Just last week Unesco has named Al Ain as a world heritage site because of its oases, its traditional falaj irrigation system and its historical and archaeological importance. The National Council for Tourism and Antiquities (NCTA) and the Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture and Heritage (ADACH), have announced the registration of Al Ain as the first Emirati site on the World Heritage List. Mohammad Khalaf Al Mazroui, Director-General of ADACH, said work is underway to preserve several fortresses and historical places, including the Jahili mosque and fortress, and Bin Hadi House in the Hili Oasis, along with dozens of other archaeological sites and historical buildings. He said work is also underway to revive the original use of the buildings and to re-dedicate them to their original purposes (such as the old traditional market in Al Qattarah). Al Mazroui underlined that Al Ain residents maintain old social customs and examples of these include the wedding celebrations, Bedouin hospitality, falconry and camel races. "The rapid development of this nation does not prevent the preservation of its heritage," the ADACH director-general said.
Water has shaped the oasis culture of the Hili Oasis and allowed the civilisation around it to thrive for millennia. Through a vast and complex water management system, large extensions of land were farmed, larger populations were sustained, and surplus crops were traded, thus establishing Al Ain as a major crossing point in trade routes between Persia, Arabia, Mesopotamia and the Indus Valley.
Hili is the second largest oasis in Al Ain covering a surface area of about 62 hectares. Archaeological evidence suggests that the Hili region has been inhabited and farmed since the Iron Age (1200 BCE). Not only were palm trees grown but also vegetables, fruits, and cereals. The oasis and its falaj system were of such importance to the families living there that they built two defensive watchtowers for protection. A number of historic mud brick buildings also survive within the oasis.
Sit for a while in Hili Oasis, under a date palm tree. I honestly think it is one of the most peaceful and beautiful places i have ever visited in the Emirates.
No road noise, no buildings, nobody!
Beware though, your peace may be interrupted, by a date dropping on your head!
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Why do Gen Z and millennial men have lower testosterone levels?
Odds are your grandad had higher testosterone levels than you — but why?
Author: Dr Joshua Smith - – Research Scientist, MBBS, BMedSci, PGCertMedEd
Reviewed by: Dr Sam Rodgers – Chief Medical Officer, MBBS, MRCGP
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For decades, testosterone levels have been declining. Your grandad may not have been quite as swift with Excel, but he probably one-upped you where T levels are concerned.
It's normal for testosterone levels to decline as you get older, but for some reason, there's been a population-level drop with each generation, at least since the 70s [1–4]. This means, on average, Gen Zers and millennials have significantly lower testosterone levels compared to their predecessors.
But what is it about younger generations that has caused this trend?
In this article, we look at:
The generational decline in testosterone
Why are testosterone levels falling?
How important is testosterone for men?
Should I be worried?
Measuring your testosterone levels
The average testosterone level of a 60-year-old man in 1987 was around 17.5nmol/L, according to a 2007 study in Massachusetts [5]. Compare that to a 60-year-old man in 2002 — his testosterone level was closer to 15nmol/L.
Based on this, average testosterone levels in men are declining by 1% every year, give or take.
Research carried out on Finnish and Danish populations has shown the same trend [1,6]. And even more recently, a large-scale study of Israeli men has shown how average testosterone levels have dropped between 2006 and 2019 [7] — by over 10% across almost every age category.
Of course, we can't know for certain that 60-year-old millennials and Gen Zers will have lower testosterone levels, at least not for a few decades, but it's looking very likely.
What's concerning is testosterone levels aren't the only problem. Sperm counts are dropping significantly [8] and some reproductive disorders, like testicular cancer, are on the rise (9). Even men's grip strength has declined [10]. So, what's going on?
This is a complicated question. The truth is, it's not entirely clear, and it likely comes down to a combination of factors.
1. Obesity and sedentary lifestyles
Rising rates of obesity almost certainly play a role in declining testosterone levels. Being overweight can push the body's hormone axis out of balance and affect how the body responds to insulin, both of which can lower testosterone levels [11]. One study found that an increase in BMI by four to five points was associated with a testosterone level of someone ten years older [2].
These days, most of us eat too much and don't move enough. Much of this has been sparked by the digital revolution; ecommerce, tech, and entertainment industries have boomed, which makes it easy to prioritise convenience over health. You can now order a Big Mac from your phone to be delivered to your house while you finish binge-watching your favourite Netflix series. It's something Baby Boomers wouldn't have dreamed of and something Gen Zers can't imagine a world without.
The digital age has transformed how we work too. We favour machinery and automation over manual labour, which likely explains the drop in men's grip strength over time. Many jobs are now office-based and some of us don't even need to leave the house to work. Modern-day careers tend to be much less active than our grandfathers', and people who lead sedentary lifestyles tend to have lower testosterone [12].
But even after taking obesity into account, most studies still show a downward trend in testosterone, which means it can't be the only culprit.
2. External toxins
The annual global production of plastics has grown from 50 million to 300 million tons since the 70s [13]. Science is now seeing the connection between this and changes to our hormone health.
Many plastics contain endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs). EDCs, as their name suggests, are chemicals that interfere with the body's hormones and may be natural or man-made. Some EDCs are slow to break down and accumulate which makes them potentially hazardous over time, even in low doses.
EDCs are found in everyday products, including:
Liners of metal food cans
Research has found links between EDC exposure and effects on attention (ADHD), immunity, metabolism, puberty, and reproduction [14]. Several EDCs have been associated with lower semen quality and testosterone levels [15], so there's a possibility they may be partly to blame for this population-level decline.
3. Fewer smokers
This might surprise you, but some data shows that smoking marginally increases testosterone levels [16,17], though not all studies agree with this. Nicotine is metabolised by the body into cotinine; it's possible this may prevent testosterone breakdown [17].
In the 70s, half of men smoked [18], but since then there's been a significant decrease. Now in the UK, only around 15% of men smoke [18]. This may play a part in falling testosterone levels.
But that's not a good reason to light up. Smoking is extremely harmful to many systems in the body and its dangers massively outweigh any potential effect it may have on testosterone. There are safe and natural ways to boost your testosterone — and smoking isn't one of them.
4. Stress and mental health problems
Acute stress may cause testosterone levels to spike. But both physical and psychological long-term stress is likely to lead to reduced testosterone levels [19,20].
Some say that, as a society, we're more stressed than ever before. This one is up for debate. After all, a lot of modern-day problems are nothing new: recessions, political upheavals, and the demands of work and family.
One big difference is that we're now constantly plugged in. We have phones in our pockets that ping with newsflashes and notifications watches that buzz when a friend tries to make contact and headphones that silence the real world around us. Everything is immediate: we just need to press a button and we have access to any information we please. This constant stimulation can make it hard to switch off. And one of the biggest distractors is mobile phones.
Most children are phone owners by the age of seven, a report from Childwise showed [21], and it comes with implications.
Smartphone use has been linked to difficulties regulating emotions, impulsivity, addiction to social networking, shyness, low self-esteem, and FOMO (fear of missing out) [22]. From the physical aspect, it can also lead to sleep problems, reduced physical activity, and migraines [22]. Apps like TikTok and Instagram use algorithms to feed us content we like, which makes it even more difficult to separate ourselves.
There are, of course, upsides to smartphones and social media. Some argue that digital communication can improve friendships and connections [23], or that it may inspire, motivate, and give us new knowledge [24]. Might this just be a new normal that we're adjusting to? Gen Zers could represent the start of a new wave of how we connect with one another. They're the first generation to use smartphones, tablets, and social media from such a young age - and we're still not entirely sure what the lifelong effects of this might be.
5. Other causes
Above are just a few reasons that might explain declining testosterone levels.
Other more off-the-wall theories have been put forward too, like tighter-fitting underwear and warmer temperatures in homes and offices [25]. (There's a reason your crown jewels hang away from your body.)
Conditions like diabetes have also become much more common. People with diabetes tend to have lower testosterone, though it's not entirely clear which causes which (26).
But one thing we can be sure of — there's no single cause for these downward trends. It likely comes down to a combination of changes in our lifestyles, environment, and behaviours.
Testosterone is a sex hormone produced mainly in the testes. It plays an essential role in developing and maintaining typical male characteristics, including:
Growing body and facial hair
Regulating sperm production
A lack of testosterone can lead to a variety of symptoms from fatigue to reduced sex drive.
Find out more about the role of testosterone.
Are we heading towards an impending Spermageddon?
While there's a downward trend in sperm counts and testosterone levels, averages haven't yet fallen to the point where they're considered low for the overall population. The decline is gradual, so it's not something you need to worry about specifically. But from an evolutionary and ecological perspective, it does raise interesting questions about the future of men's health and reproductivity.
Testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) prescriptions have rocketed in recent years (29). While this is mainly due to changes in our approaches to management and media influences, there has been a genuine increase in the number of men with testosterone deficiency (30).
There's no need to measure your testosterone levels routinely unless you have signs or symptoms of low testosterone. If this is the case, it's best to let a doctor know exactly what you're experiencing so they can interpret your results alongside your symptoms.
Alternatively, you can check your levels from home with our Testosterone Blood Test — it's a simple finger-prick test you can take yourself. You'll receive a report from one of our doctors with your result and you can then see how your testosterone levels compare to other men your age.
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Street Fighter�s Legendary Character Chun-Li Turns 50 Today
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The first female fighter in the series, she is an expert martial artist and Interpol officer who relentlessly seeks revenge for the death of her father at the hands of M. It is properly romanized as Chunli in pinyin and pronounced "Chuen-lee", despite westerners commonly pronouncing it as "Chuhn-lee". The Japanese on'yomi reading of the name is Shunrei. Older official sources from the early 90's indicate Chung was Chun-Li's surname, although it is worth noting this could very well not be the case anymore. Chun-Li's appearance has differed several times in the Street Fighter series, as well as in official art and cameos she has made in other works. She is known for her very muscular thighs. Chun-Li wears a qipao, a Chinese dress imported over from Manchuria that became popular among girls during the early 20th century.
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Click here for more information about Chun-Li's other fighting game appearances. She is the first female playable character to appear in a mainstream fighting game. Introduced in Street Fighter II, Chun-Li was the only female character in the game, and while not as physically powerful as the other characters, she was by far the quickest. Her most famous attack is the Hyakuretsukyaku Hundred Rending Leg, commonly known as the Lightning Kick , where she repeatedly kicks her opponent from a tilted standing position with incredible speed. Chun-Li is one of the earliest female video game protagonists to achieve widespread popularity. Prior to Street Fighter II being released in , most female characters in games existed as objectives to be rescued or cast in the roles of other supporting characters, such as townspeople, girlfriends, the occasional opponent, or simply background decoration; as such, there were very few heroines in action-based video games. Since then, in games with selectable characters, at least one of them will almost always be female; and a number of games released since that have placed a female character in the lead role.
Print Friendly. Chun Li is a world-class martial artist. She uses a mix of Tai Chi and Kempo. Earlier versions of the game erroneously stated her style to be Wu Shu. Many of her acrobatic moves do resemble this, but her actual attacks are based on the aforementioned styles.
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Older official sources from the early 90s indicate Chung was Chun-Li's surname, although it is worth noting this could very well not be the case anymore. Chun-Li was an Interpol investigator who had been searching for clues to the recent death of her father. Getting into a friendly spar with an old teacher and friend of her father's, Gen , he gives her a lead into who may have killed her father: the mysterious crime syndicate Shadaloo.
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I had a bit of history that wasn't in a condition to save but was still far too cool to get rid of, the insulated bottom half of a WWII fighter/bomber suit. Back before pressurized aircraft the pilots and crew had to face, in addition to the perils of war, the elements. Without a pressurized aircraft cabin it was nearly impossible to heat the interior of the planes. Warming the thin air was just to inefficient. Instead they piped oxygen directly to the crew and bundled them up in insulated arctic clothing. That clothing was the genesis of this idea.
I had the lower half of a flight suit but it had been badly stored. Both water and critters had taken their toll on my bit of aircraft history. I couldn't bare to get rid of it but due to the poor condition it wasn't a candidate for preservation or display. I had to come up with another use.
I try to build something every year for my son's school teachers, something useful and from our (he helps me) own hands. I knew that storage is always at a premium for a preschool classroom so a toy chest seemed like a great idea. In order to make it friendly for little backsides to sit and to incorporate some of the history of my materials, I covered the top of the chest with leather salvaged from the insulated World War Two coveralls. Accented with the covers of discarded history books and lined with pages from an old western, the chest was a big hit and I know that years later it is still in place serving young minds just like it served young men 70 years before.


The Bible is our all-sufficient rule for faith and practice. This Statement of Faith is intended as a basis of fellowship for Towdah Christian Church (i.e., that we all speak the same thing, 1 Corinthians 1:10; Acts 2:42). This Statement is not inspired nor contended for, but the truth set forth is held to be essential to a complete gospel ministry. We do not claim that it covers all Biblical truth, only that it covers our need as to these fundamental doctrines.
b. Holy Communion - The Lord's Supper, consisting of the elements --bread and the fruit of the vine-- is the symbol expressing our sharing the divine nature of our Lord Jesus Christ (2 Peter 1:4), a memorial of his suffering and death (1 Corinthians 11:26 ), and a prophecy of His second coming (1 Corinthians 11:26 ), and is to be celebrated by all believers until His return.


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Circus in Canton close to sell out
If you don't have a ticket to the Detroit Circus, hurry. The show is almost sold out.
Circus in Canton close to sell out If you don't have a ticket to the Detroit Circus, hurry. The show is almost sold out. Check out this story on HometownLife.com: http://www.hometownlife.com/story/news/local/canton/2015/12/16/detroit-circus-tickets-cherry-hill-theater-canton/77412220/
Joanne Maliszewski, hometownlife.com Published 9:58 a.m. ET Dec. 16, 2015
As of this past Monday, only 60 tickets were still available to the Detroit Circus on New Year's Eve at the Cherry Hill Theater in Canton.
The tickets have been going fast, said Jennifer Tobin, Canton arts coordinator at the theater. "It will be a blast. They were at the Liberty Fest."
The Detroit circus will not feature animals in its performance. In recent years, animal advocates have protested circus events that have used animals.
While the Detroit Circus performance on New Year's Eve is close to being sold out, Tobin has lined up a Vegas Magic show by magician Aaron Radatz. The family friendly show of magic and humor debuts at 5 and 7 p.m., Dec. 26 at the theater. Tickets are $24 for adults; $22 for senior adults and $20 for youths. Go to www.cantonvillagetheater.org for tickets.
The circus has been popular with Canton area audiences. Ticket holders will witness high-flying aerial antics on fabric and the trapeze; fire dancing and eating; stilt walking and stilt acrobatics; plus, feats of mind-bending strength.
In addition to the performance on stage, audience members can enjoy a special pre-show event starting at 6 p.m., featuring on-site face painting artists and strolling circus entertainers.
The Detroit Circus has been dazzling audiences for the past several years with its acrobatic skills and gravity defying acts. Watch as members of the aerial acrobatics troupe tie themselves into ornate poises utilizing silks hung from the rafters and captive audience members with grace, poise and incredible strength.
During this performance, skilled aerialists will dance, weave and flow through the air, while aerial hoop performers display lyrical flexibility and astonishing strength as they contort and spin. Adagio Acrobatic members will also amaze viewers with their challenging body balancing, yoga and flexible maneuvers requiring two partners, who appear to push the limits of physics.
Circus tickets are available for $20 and can be purchased online at www.cantonvillagetheater.org
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TOWNSHIP OF MAHWAH
PUBLIC MEETING MINUTES
The meeting was called to order at 8:00PM by Council President Spiech who read the Open Public Meetings Act Statement as prescribed by law. Notice was advertised in The Record on July 21, 2001 stating this meeting would be held in the Municipal Offices, 300B Route 17 South, Mahwah, New Jersey on Thursday, March 14, 2002 at 8:00PM.
Notice of this meeting is posted on the Municipal Bulletin Board. The minutes of this meeting shall be available in the Municipal Clerk's Office.
Salute to the Flag.
Present: Councilmembers Calandrillo, DaPuzzo, Donigian, Omsberg and Spiech.
Absent: Councilmembers DiGiulio and Richter.
Also present were Mayor Richard J. Martel, Business Administrator Brian Campion, Municipal Attorney Menelaos Toskos and Municipal Clerk Kathrine Coletta.
PRESENTATION BY MAHWAH YOUTH SPORTS BOOSTERS
Mr. Craig Arnoldi, President of the Mahwah Youth Sports Boosters, presented the Township with a check in the amount of $45,000. Mr. Arnoldi explained the money is a token of the Mahwah Youth Sports Boosters appreciation to the Township and is intended to be used towards the Route 202 Recreation Facility. Council President Spiech thanked the Mahwah Youth Sports Boosters for the donation. The Mayor and Council made individual comments to the Mahwah Youth Sports Boosters thanking them for the donation.
APPROVAL OF BILLS AND CLAIMS
On a motion by Calandrillo, seconded by DaPuzzo, the Bills and Claims, previously signed, totaling $3,548,158.14, were approved. Roll call vote: Calandrillo, yes; DaPuzzo, yes; DiGiulio, absent; Donigian, yes; Omsberg, yes; Richter, absent; Spiech, yes. A list of Bills and Claims is on file in the Municipal Clerk's Office.
REPORT OF TOWNSHIP COUNCIL AND MUNICIPAL CLERK
Calandrillo reported the Municipal Building is progressing nicely.
DaPuzzo attended the Board of Education Meeting. He distributed to the Council a handout on the preliminary budget figures showing an 8.81% increase to the School Budget. The Board of Education is anticipating reducing the increase to 8.5% on the overall School Budget.
Donigian reported the Recreation Subcommittee Subchairs met with the Township Engineer on the Airmont Avenue Recreation Area. Minor adjustments to accommodate the residents were made. Due to the drought, artificial turf is being considered. The Township Engineer will provide the
Subcommittee with cost estimates.
Omsberg reported she attended the Planning Board Meeting on Monday, March 11, 2002. She updated Council on the various actions taken by the Planning Board.
Calandrillo reported she attended the Housing Meeting this past Tuesday. The seniors are upset over the 6.3% rent increase.
Spiech attended the Senior Citizens Luncheon. The seniors took a trip to the Norwood Inn for their St. Patrick's Day lunch.
Spiech briefly discussed the situation with Potake Lake. He informed Council a resolution will be proposed at the March 21, 2002 Work Session/Public Meeting against the draining of the Lake.
Spiech informed Council Ambulance Co. #4 has received their new ambulance. Photographs will be taken with the new ambulance on June 30, 2002 at 2:00PM. Council will receive additional information closer to the date.
REPORT OF MAYOR AND BUSINESS ADMINISTRATOR
Mayor Martel pointed out that the Municipal Budget will be introduced this evening. The Mayor thanked the Council of their diligent work. The Mayor reported the tax rate in the Township for 12 straight years has been either been decreased or maintained.
Last Friday, the Mayor attended a Mayors' Meeting. The Governor addressed the Mayors and assured everyone there will be no decrease in State Aid this year. The Governor further said he could not commit on what will happen with State Aid next year.
The Mayor attended the New Jersey Transit Meeting with the Business Administrator. The reason for attending the meeting was back in December 2001 New Jersey Transit granted, by request from Ramsey, a 90 day extension on a decision to be made on where the Parking Garage/Train Station will be located whether it be Ramsey or Mahwah. The reason for the 90 day extension was that Ramsey was to meet with Mahwah and reach a decision or comprise as to the location the Train Station/Parking Garage. The Township expressed to the Borough of Ramsey and Representatives of New Jersey Transit how the Township felt about the site being considered in Mahwah. The Township has not said the site belongs in Ramsey nor in Mahwah. It was calculated that the 90 day extension would expire on Wednesday. Once at the meeting of New Jersey Transit, it was noticed the item was not listed on the Agenda. The Mayor addressed the Commissioner and the Board and questioned the item not being listed on the agenda. The explanation given was the Mayor of Ramsey approached New Jersey Transit and asked for another extension because New Jersey Transit was in the process of getting a new Commissioner. Another extension for 30 days was granted. After the Public Session, the Mayor spoke with the Commissioner and offered to meet to discuss the matter further. The Commissioner agreed to meet with the Mayor within the next week to 10 days. Mayor Martel did make it known to the Commissioner that the 30 day extension was granted by request of the Borough of Ramsey with no notification given to the Township of Mahwah by either the Commissioner nor the Board. An apology was given to the Mayor. The Commissioner is anticipating within the next 30 days a decision on this matter will be reached.
The Business Administrator reported the steel for the new Municipal Building has arrived.
GENERAL PUBLIC DISCUSSION
On a motion by Calandrillo, seconded by DaPuzzo, the meeting was opened to the public at 8:27PM. All in favor. Motion carried.
Mr. John Kelly of 238 Miller Road asked a question on the proposed Charter School. Spiech responded this matter is before the Planning Board. Spiech further went onto say if the matter is appealed, it will be brought before the Township Council and it is not advisable for the Council to comment on the matter. Mr. Kelly further went onto question how the property was issued a Certificate of Occupancy if the soil is contaminated. His concern is the children being in the area of the contaminated soil. Spiech answered the Building Department issues the Certificates of Occupancy. Spiech went on further to say whether or not soil is contaminated does not determine whether or not the Certificate of Occupancy is issued. Donigian interjected the DEP requires the property owner supply proper information to the Planning Board for health related issues. Donigian further stated documentation is available in the Clerk's Office for review as it is part of the Developer's Agreement.
Mr. Mike DeLuca questioned the procedure on the Municipal Budget. Spiech explained the Budget will be introduced tonight and the Public Hearing will be on April 25, 2002.
Mr. DeLuca questioned whether the Municipal Building will be completed on time and on budget. The Business Administrator answered yes to both questions.
On a motion by Calandrillo, seconded by Omsberg, the meeting was closed to the public at 8:40PM. All in favor. Motion carried.
ORDINANCE - INTRODUCTION
The title of an Ordinance was read as follows:
RESOLUTION - ORDINANCE NO. 1411
Introduced by DaPuzzo, seconded by Calandrillo.
RESOLVED that the Ordinance be passed and adopted on first reading.
FURTHER RESOLVED that said Ordinance be considered for final passage at a meeting to be held on April 25, 2002 at the Municipal Offices, 300B Route 17 South, Mahwah, New Jersey at 8:00PM.
FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk shall publish said Ordinance with notice of introduction, passage and time and place where said Ordinance will be considered for final passage.
Roll call vote: Calandrillo, yes; DaPuzzo, yes; DiGiulio, absent; Donigian, yes; Omsberg, yes; Richter, absent; Spiech, yes.
Resolutions #069-02 and #074-02 were removed from the Consent Agenda. Both resolutions were carried to the March 21, 2002 Work Session/Public Meeting.
Resolutions #068-02, #070-02 through #073-02, #075-02 through #077-02 were voted on under the Consent Agenda. Resolutions are attached to and made part of these meeting minutes.
Resolution #078-02 was voted on and is attached to and made part of these meeting minutes.
Resolution #079-02 was removed from the Agenda.
On a motion by DaPuzzo, seconded by Calandrillo, the meeting was opened to the public at 8:50PM. All in favor. Motion carried.
Being no comments were made from the public, on a motion by Calandrillo, seconded by Omsberg, the meeting was closed to the public at 8:51PM. All in favor. Motion carried.
COUNCIL COMMENTS/COMMUNICATIONS
Spiech attended the Senior Citizen Advisory Board Meeting. A question was asked about when the pot holes on State Street, Meadow Avenue and First Street will be repaired. The Business Administrator will contact the Director of Public Works.
Calandrillo asked for a Stop sign to be placed on MacArthur Boulevard in the area of the left hand turn into Corporate Drive. The Business Administrator shall contact the Police Department.
On a motion by Calandrillo, seconded by Omsberg, the meeting was adjourned at 8:53PM. All in favor. Motion carried.
Kathrine G. Coletta, RMC/CMC


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Student life is highly enjoyable at KIKI.
While classes at the institute are highly demanding, there is a fully loaded social, cultural and sporting calendar to ensure an all rounded development. Moreover, recreational facilities at institute also allow students to simply wind down after a busy day.
We make sure that the students overall growth is taken care of. Lots of activities are weaved into their daily life around to enhance their mental and physical fitness.
Accommodation is available in the nearby housing area of IMT Manesar. To make sure that the students have a good time not just inside the institute but even when they are out of it.
Kiki, being located in Gurgaon, India's Millenium City, offers the student plenty to do on their day off.


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SANTA ROSA, Calif. (AP) -- An onslaught of wildfires across a wide swath of Northern California broke out almost simultaneously then grew exponentially, swallowing up properties from wineries to trailer parks and tearing through both tiny rural towns and urban subdivisions.
It's possible that many or most of the missing are safe but simply can't be reached because of the widespread loss of cell service and other communications.
"Sonoma and Napa counties have been hit very hard," Alexander said.
Firefighters rushed to a state home for the severely disabled when flames reached one side of the center's sprawling campus in the historic Sonoma County town of Glen Ellen.
Gov. Jerry Brown declared a state of emergency for the fire areas, and asked the federal government to do the same. Vice President Mike Pence, who is visiting California, said at an event near Sacramento that the federal government stands with California as it takes on the blazes, but he made no specific promises.


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Home Technology Warzone Pacific: Avoid Development Error 896
Warzone Pacific: Avoid Development Error 896
Call of Duty: Warzone Dev 896, where the camo issue, is probably the weirdest game crash bug of all. Fortunately, while you can't necessarily fix it, there is a very easy way to avoid it altogether.
Compared to the notorious Warzone 6039 dev error, the 896 dev error is a bit more ridiculous. While the former may require you to completely remove and reinstall the battle royale, the latter doesn't even make you exit the app.
However, if you're on edge about crashes (which have become particularly problematic on console), it's worth knowing about the dev 896 error and its causes.
Basically, the crash appears to be the result of an attempt to modify the missile launchers. Especially those from Vanguard in the loadout selection screen. Here's what to do when it happens and how to avoid it.
Modifying the missile launchers is done at your own risk.
Development error 896 in Warzone: The missile launcher camouflage issue
There are four missile launchers in total in Vanguard: the M1 Bazooka, the Panzerschreck, the Panzerfaust, and the MK11.
Development error 896 appears when you try to modify any of them in your gunsmith. After clicking on the button to modify them, the game freezes briefly, returns you to the main menu and displays a "dev error 896" on your screen.
There are plenty of errors in Warzone right now.
How to fix Warzone Developer Error 896
In short, it seems that this problem can only be fixed by the developers themselves. Nonetheless, it's incredibly easy to avoid it – just don't try to modify your missile launchers.
Although you won't be able to equip your weapons with camouflage. Or stickers or charms, at least you can play the game without a problem.
The developer error is not currently listed on Raven Softwar's Trello board. Therefore, a correction is unlikely to be at the top of their priority list.
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Peaches, Tomatoes, Blueberries, Corn and Garden Fresh Herbs….
What to do with all your fresh local produce you ask?
I've got you covered with some healthy, delicious and simple to prepare recipes!
Click here to watch my CTV Morning Live Ottawa segment.
This foolproof salad is a perfect pair to any grilled meat or fish off the bbq.
Toss together all ingredients. Drizzle salad with oil. Garnish with cheese if using. Serve immediately. Makes 4 servings.
For summer salsa (omit cheese): finely dice tomatoes, peaches, olives and toss with chopped fresh herbs. Toss and serve on grilled chicken, salmon or beef, or serve with nacho chips for dipping.
No backyard party is complete without a go-to layered dip!
Stir together smooth plain cottage cheese, ½ cup (125 mL) chopped mixed herbs, garlic, hot sauce, lime zest, juice and cumin. Place on bottom of glass pie plate or trifle dish. Layer with salsa and grated cheddar. Garnish top evenly with remaining ½ cup (125 mL) chopped fresh herbs. Cover and chill for at least 30 minutes or up to one day. Serve with pita wedges or nacho chips.
Stir together plain cottage cheese, maple syrup, vanilla bean (or extract) and chopped fresh rosemary. Divide chopped peaches and berries evenly between 4 glass dessert bowls. Garnish evenly with vanilla rosemary 'cream' and garnish evenly with maple flakes or chocolate.
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No backyard party is complete without a go-to dip!
Stir together smooth plain cottage cheese, ½ cup (125 mL) chopped mixed herbs, lime juice and cumin. Place on bottom of glass pie plate or trifle dish. Layer with salsa, corn and grated cheddar. Garnish top evenly with remaining ½ cup (125 mL) chopped fresh herbs. Cover and chill for at least 30 minutes or up to one day. Serve with pita wedges or nacho chips.
This foolproof salad is a perfect pair to any grilled meat or fish off the bbq. It's also a healthy and delicious way to use up all those garden fresh herbs.
Toss together all ingredients and garnish with Feta or Goat cheese if using. Serve immediately. Makes 4 servings.
For summer salsa: finely dice tomatoes, peaches and olives and toss with chopped fresh herbs, oil, salt and pepper. Toss and serve on grilled chicken, salmon or beef, or serve with nacho chips for dipping.
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Stir together plain cottage cheese, maple syrup, vanilla bean and chopped fresh rosemary and thyme. Divide chopped peaches and berries evenly between 4 mason jars or martini glasses. Garnish evenly with vanilla herb cream and sprinkle evenly with maple flakes (or chopped dark chocolate).


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Ranch Gives Carbondale Something to Yak About
By Scott Condon
Aspen Times, September 21, 2004
http://www.aspentimes.com/article/20040921/NEWS/109210012&parentprofile=search
Brook LeVan couldn't believe it Sept. 14 when a gal he was caring for gave birth. He didn't even know Thelma was pregnant.
Such is life when you're trying to start a yak herd.
Thelma and the heifer she hangs with, named Louise, naturally, came to LeVan's Sustainable Settings Ranch six miles south of Carbondale with a bull named Jefe in March. The nonprofit organization purchased the three yaks from a rancher in Crested Butte.
But Thelma had already done the deed by the time she was shipped over McClure Pass. Gestation for yaks is nine months. So Sustainable Settings got a bargain – buy three, get a fourth for free.
"We think it's the first yak calf born in the Roaring Fork," said LeVan, executive director of Sustainable Settings.
And why not? The shaggy beasts that look like a cross between a buffalo and cow are native to the Himalayas, not Colorado's Elk Mountains. A recent article by The New York Times estimated there were only 2,000 yaks in North America.
And now there are four in the Crystal River Valley. LeVan couldn't see that Thelma was pregnant due to her shaggy coat of black wool. She's the size of a small heifer, and still growing.
After the birth, he and his family recalled that something excited other animals on the night of Sept. 13, including the giant white Pyrenees dogs that help guard the ranch's livestock from predators.
"The dog's went off," LeVan said. "The coyotes were crazy, more than normal."
He figures the placenta and fluids released by Thelma during birth created the frenzy.
Because yaks haven't been extensively crossbred, they can give birth without human intervention, LeVan said. His attention was first drawn to the little black fur-ball calf by a photographer and reporter from the Glenwood Post Independent who visited the ranch Sept. 14. When the photographer commented on the calf, LeVan said they didn't have a calf. When she insisted, he spotted it laying beside Thelma in the tall grass.
The doting mother gets a little anxious whenever visitors wander too close. Thelma scrambled to her feet one recent day when visitors circled behind her using the safety of a fence. Eventually the calf got out of the tall grass and started nursing.
LeVan hasn't checked the calf's sex yet. By all appearances, it's healthy. Yaks thrive above 6,000 feet. Ideally it will be a cow that will help start the ranch's efforts to build a herd. If it's a bull, it will either be castrated or used for breeding, depending on whether it was sired by a top bull at the Crested Butte ranch, according to LeVan.
The yaks were purchased to be the large ruminants in the grazing scheme at Sustainable Setting's ranch. The organization is running an agricultural operation patterned after lessons taught by nature. Mountain buffalo were the large ruminants that grazed and cultivated the meadows and natural parks before man took control.
Sustainable Settings wants to mimic that activity by using yaks as the large ruminants. Sheep and a variety of fowl will also graze in fields for a short duration on a rotating basis. The practice is meant to allow grazing in a way that nourishes rather than depletes the grass.
LeVan hopes the yak herd will eventually yield milk, wool and meat. Yak meat, he said, has a flavor somewhere between beef and buffalo.
"Some people say 'Yak? Yuk!' said LeVan. "I've had it. I love it."
Scott Condon's e-mail address is scondon@aspentimes.com


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Vol. 35, No. 6, 2014, pp. 510-527 Bioline Code: zr14061
Zoological Research, Vol. 35, No. 6, 2014, pp. 510-527
en Morphological analysis of the Chinese Cipangopaludina species (Gastropoda; Caenogastropoda: Viviparidae)
LU, Hong-Fa; DU, Li-Na; LI, Zhi-Qiang; CHEN, Xiao-Yong & YANG, Jun-Xing
Viviparidae are widely distributed around the globe, but there are considerable gaps in the taxonomic record. To date, 18 species of the viviparid genus Cipangopaludina have been recorded in China, but there is substantial disagreement on the validity of this taxonomy. In this study, we described the shell and internal traits of these species to better discuss the validity of related species. We found that C. ampulliformis is synonym of C. lecythis , and C. wingatei is synonym of C. chinensis , while C. ampullacea and C. fluminalis are subspecies of C. lecythis and C. chinensis, respectively. C. dianchiensis should be paled in the genus Margarya , while C. menglaensis and C. yunnanensis belong to genus Mekongia . Totally, this leaves 11 species and 2 subspecies recorded in China. Based on whether these specimens' spiral whorl depth was longer than aperture depth, these species or subspecies can be further divided into two groups, viz. chinensis group and cathayensis group, which can be determined from one another via the ratio of spiral depth and aperture depth, vas deferens and number of secondary branches of vas deferens. Additionally, Principal Component Analysis indicated that body whorl depth, shell width, aperture width and aperture length were main variables during species of Cipangopaludina. A key to all valid Chinese Cipangopaludina species were given.
Cipangopaludina; Gastropoda; Bellamyinae; Anatomy; Taxonomy; Chinese


The very next moment he could not feel his body as his heart got overwhelmed with a nefarious joy of exploitation, his eyes were shrouded by intense list and his ears deafened by a strange tyranny.
Then some realizations – his eyes would bleed, ears would disagree to withstand the blame and his soul would be scared to face the guilt filled inside his body.
He had taken drugs for the first time.
With an aching head he would hallucinate a strange light, then a face, a familiar face with teary eyes, probably his conscience, running away from him.


'Cat flu' or 'snuffles' as it is sometimes called is a very common illness in cats. Symptoms can vary greatly depending on the severity of the infection and also the type of virus causing the infection.
How will you know if your cat has 'flu'?
Kittens, young cats and cats whose immune systems are compromised such as very old cats or those suffering from FIV, FeLV or other illnesses, are more likely to develop serious complications due to secondary bacterial infections which can lead to death.
• if you have been in contact with an infected cat the virus can be carried home to your cat on your clothes and other objects such as food bowls.
If you your cat is showing any of the above signs a trip to your vet is first priority.
Do not be tempted to treat your cat with your own flu remedies! Many of these contain aspirin or acetaminophen, which are toxic in cats!
Although viruses are the cause of feline upper respiratory disease, bacterial infections will take advantage of your cats challenged immune system and can be detrimental to your cat's recovery. Depending on the severity of the symptoms, your vet will probably prescribe symptomatic treatments such as antibiotics, eye ointments, nebulization to help relieve blocked nasal passages and fluid therapy.
Good nursing care is essential for these patients. Cats with 'cat flu' become depressed easily, are very reluctant to eat as they have blocked noses or ulcerated mouths. Encouraging them to eat by feeding soft, slightly warmed, aromatic food is extremely important as poor nutrition hinders the healing process. It is important to keep the eyes and nose free of discharges and to keeping the cat warm and comfortable.
Many cats that have recovered from feline upper respiratory disease become carriers of the virus. These cats often show no symptoms of the illness but continue to shed the virus in saliva, tears and nasal discharge and are therefore a source of infection to other cats. Some will show signs of being carriers when put in a stressful environment such as a cattery. However, most cats will eventually eliminate the virus from their systems.
Vaccinating your cat is the most effective way of controlling this disease.
Although vaccination cannot always prevent mild infections from occurring it is essential in preventing the development of severe disease.


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