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Inside Remy's Ratatouille Adventure at Epcot
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Chef Remy is cooking up something special at Epcot®, and we have a first look inside to share with you today!
Walt Disney Imagineering is hard at work developing a new attraction for the park's France pavilion, Remy's Ratatouille Adventure, planned to open in summer 2020. Based on Disney and Pixar's hit film, "Ratatouille," this family-friendly attraction will invite you to shrink down to the scale of a rat for a culinary adventure with Chef Remy.
Guests will race across Gusteau's kitchen floor aboard special trackless ride vehicles, which you can see in the image at the top of this post – just released today – as Disney Imagineers work on bringing this attraction to life.
Remy's Ratatouille Adventure is one of several new experiences coming to Epcot as part of the park's historic transformation already underway. Stay tuned for more updates!
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Constitutional Faith, Not Faith in the Constitution: A Reflection and Call to Action
8 Jun 2022, 7:00 am by Guest Blogger
Blake[1] Sanford Levinson's (1988) book Constitutional Faith is a monumental work of constitutional theory. [read post]
Balkinization Symposium on Berman and Friedman, The Jurisprudence of Sport
2 Jun 2022, 10:00 am by JB
We have assembled a terrific group of commentators, including Yuval Abrams (Albright College), Jodi Balsam (Brooklyn), Mark Graber (Maryland), and Sanford Levinson (Texas).At the conclusion, Mitch and Rich will respond to the commentators. [read post]
LevinsonFest on Public Memory and Public Monuments: Collected Posts
26 May 2022, 6:30 am by Guest Blogger
Sanford Levinson, Public Monuments and Shared Meanings Ashley Moran is a Postdoctoral Fellow with the Comparative Constitutions Project and Distinguished Scholar with UT's Robert Strauss Center for International Security and Law. [read post]
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Sanford Levinson This post was prepared for a roundtable on Public Memory and Public Monuments, convened as part of LevinsonFest 2022. [read post]
Levinson and Graber on Justice Accused at 45: Reflections on Robert Cover's Masterwork @TouroLawReview @UTexasLaw @mgraber_ @UMDLaw
22 May 2022, 4:25 pm by Christine Corcos
Sanford Levinson, University of Texas Law School, and Mark Graber, University of Maryland School of Law, have published Justice Accused at 45: Reflections on Robert Cover's Masterwork at 37 Touro Law Review 1851 (2022). [read post]
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Monumental Questions on Art and National Identity
Professor Levinson is a great teacher in the Socratic tradition. [read post]
Krishnamurthi on Supreme Court Term Limits
20 May 2022, 5:45 am by Lawrence Solum
Drawing principally from the work of Professor Jack Balkin and Professor Sanford Levinson, I argue that a political, partisan Supreme Court may still enhance our polity's democratic function. [read post]
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Sanford Levinson This post was prepared for a roundtable on Reforming the Supreme Court of the United States, convened as part of LevinsonFest 2022. [read post]
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Guest Blogger This post was prepared for a roundtable on Reforming the Supreme Court of the United States, convened as part of LevinsonFest 2022—a year-long series gathering scholars from diverse disciplines and viewpoints to reflect on Sandy Levinson's influential work in constitutional law. [read post]
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Sanford Levinson, The Embarrassing Second Amendment, 99 Yale Law Journal 637 (1989). [read post]
LevinsonFest on Reforming the U.S. Supreme Court
Ashley Moran and Richard Albert We are thrilled to share short papers resulting from the first roundtable discussion convened as part of LevinsonFest 2022—a year-long series bringing together scholars from diverse disciplines and viewpoints to reflect on Sanford "Sandy" Levinson's influential work in constitutional law. [read post]
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16 Mar 2022, 6:00 am by JB
This week at Balkinization we are hosting a symposium on Dan Carpenter's new book, Democracy by Petition: Popular Politics in Transformation, 1790–1870 (Harvard University Press, 2021).We have assembled a terrific group of commentators, including Frances Lee (Princeton), Sanford Levinson (Texas), Christopher Parker (U. [read post]
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Estate Planning Lessons from Rain Man The 1988 film Rain Man was directed by Barry Levinson and is cited by many people as a favorite film. [read post]
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Scholars Opine on Impact of Breyer's Replacement
3 Feb 2022, 7:58 pm by Ediberto Roman
Hey fellow loungers, It's been a while, but happy to be back posting hopefully interesting and provocative essays on interesting issues. [read post]
Balkinization Symposium on Linda Colley, The Gun, the Ship, and the Pen: Warfare, Constitutions, and the Making of the Modern World
27 Oct 2021, 7:00 am by JB
This week at Balkinization we are hosting a symposium on Linda Colley's new book, The Gun, the Ship, and the Pen: Warfare, Constitutions, and the Making of the Modern World (Liveright, 2021).We have assembled a terrific group of commentators, including Erin Delany (Northwestern), Mark Graber (Maryland), Madhav Khosla (Columbia), Harshan Kumarasingham (Edinburgh), David Law (Virginia), Sanford Levinson (Texas), and Gerard Magliocca (Indiana).At the conclusion, Linda… [read post]
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28 Sep 2021, 7:00 am by Maya Bergamasco
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Commentators are Laura Edwards (Princeton), Mark Graber (Maryland), Michael Les Bendict (Ohio State), Sanford Levinson (Texas), Gerard Magliocca (Indiana), William Novack (Michigan), Kunal Parker (Miami), and Allison Tirres (DePaul). [read post]
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Scary Movie Season Starts: Actress Keegan Connor Tracy on "Z"
By christine on September 1, 2020 Movie Reviews, Movies, Movies - Indies, Movies - Reviews, Online Streaming
As we get closer and closer to Halloween, the interest grows in scary movies and all things that go bump in the night. September brings us the beginning of the festive decor in stores and a trickle of spooky new flicks and one of those making waves already is Z, directed by Brandon Christensen (Still/Born). The story follows a mother whose son finds an imaginary friend in Z but then becomes unmanageable at school, so she puts him on medication so he can't see Z anymore, but she can – and he wants to be her friend.
Keegan Connor Tracy is no stranger to fans of the horror genre, having starred in Final Destination 2 and appearing in White Noise and "Bates Motel," but fans of the otherworldly shows "Supernatural" and "Once Upon A Time" will be very familiar with the actress, although Z is where she really shines.
Here's more from Tracy:
AMFM Magazine: This is the perfect movie to get us ready for the scary movie season. Since it's already streaming on Shudder, what has the reaction been like so far?
Keegan Connor Tracy: Good! I think overall, everyone has been very responsive to it. That's a good feeling obviously. We put a lot of heart and soul into it. It was a little indie and we're a small team so it's great that people are enjoying it.
AMFM: It looks like it was fun to make!
KCT: I don't know if it was fun because it was a difficult, emotional role. I'm not saying there weren't times when it was fun but a lot of it I had to sequester myself and stay in the work so yeah, it was both.
AMFM: Well, were there at least some fun moments that stood out?
KCT: We certainly laughed at a lot of things in the old house like Z climbing into bed with her – and it was really our AD. Things like that made us chuckle. Brandon said he couldn't get over that he would be watching on the monitor and I would be joking around and making silly comments and then suddenly I was be very serious and in my zone, which I can only do for certain roles or like when I was waiting for him to get in bed with me or waiting to wake up to something and I didn't have to concentrate on the emotional journey at that moment.
AMFM: This seems like a good time for some escapism, don't you think?
KCT: Yes, I do. I used to think the same thing about "Once Upon A Time," where you want to make something where people don't have to think about their mortgage, school, or whatever else. Now more than ever, I think people are going to be into escapism and have time to gobble up all of this content and I'm just glad that people are finding this movie.
AMFM: What are some of your favorite horror films?
KCT: I started watching a bunch of them because I'm signed on to direct a horror film in the film, so I really loved The Conjuring – and I love Vera [Farmiga] anyhow – they were creepy, but I loved Hereditary – it was super creepy, I loved "The Haunting of Hill House" visually – I didn't love the finale, but I loved that whole season beyond that and loved the way it was shot and learned a lot from that. So I've just been trying to make my way through the genre and learn a lot from it.
AMFM: What movie was it that you saw that made you want to do this?
KCT: Oh, gosh. I can't say that I remember but I did want to be an actor as long as I can remember – but some of those motives mixed in a way that I could understand as an adult now. I have always loved stories and I was always a reader and film has more layers to tell a story, which is why I'm really drawn to being a director now. You get to choose visually how you tell the story as well as performance and production design – I find all of that interesting.
AMFM: You've had a really interesting career. What advice would you give to someone looking to get into television or film?
KCT: Oh my goodness. It's such a difficult business and you have to make peace with such a tremendous amount of rejection and uncertainty, which makes it a really hard business. You never know when your schedule is going to be and when you're going to earn your money, which is something you need to prepare people for as much as learning the craft.
AMFM: On Drew Pearson Live we always ask people their Hail Mary Moment, or moment in their life or career where they just had to go for it. What was yours?
KCT: Geez, I don't know if I've even had it yet. I think it's maybe turning to directing and how much I really enjoy that process and shadowing on "The Magicians" and really seeing the nuts and bolts of how an episode of television is made and now making my own feature. I just love the nitty gritty work of building a story out from this kernel and that's what's interesting to me.
AMFM: What can you tell us about the film you're directing?
KCT: It's called Evil Eye and it's about a woman that was in this cult classic first horror film when she was very young and it comes back to haunt her later on in life.
AMFM: That sounds fun. When do you think we'll get to see it?
KCT: Well, that's going to depend on a lot of things, especially COVID, but we hope that we're going to shoot it in October but we'll see. There's a lot of stuff between here and there.
AMFM: Back to Z, did you do anything to break up the tension of working on a horror flick?
KCT: Always. [Laughs] I'm always that actor, anyway. But I remember there was one day on the shoot where we were in the old house because the one they originally wanted to shoot in caught on fire and I can't remember why I was looking for a blanket, but I opened this closet door and something pulled it shut and it scared the hell out of me. I yelped and everyone looked over and I pulled the door open and closed again and realized they were magnetized so they snapped shut. But because we were shooting a horror film and it was the middle of the night, I was crazy by then. We laughed a lot about that.
AMFM: Given your credits in the fan favorite shows and having done a lot of really cool features, you seem like you have the perfect level of fame. Or, at least, it's not so bad, right?
KCT: No, not so bad at all. I'd just like to get to maybe the next level up where you make more money. [Laughs]
Z is available on Shudder now and on Blu-Ray and DVD this month.
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Sussex scientists discover new genetic defect that causes intellectual disability
Reviewed by Alina Shrourou, B.Sc. (Editor)May 1 2019
Researchers at the University of Sussex have discovered a new genetic defect which causes a form of intellectual disability; a finding that will improve screening programmes and help to end a 'diagnostic odyssey' for families across the globe.
'X-linked syndromal intellectual disability' (XLID) affects around 3% of the global population with the underlying genetic mutations being carried and passed on by unaffected females via their X-chromosome (human females possess two copies of the X chromosome, while males only have one).
These 'carrier' mothers have a 50% chance of passing on the mutated genes to their offspring but interestingly, for this form of XLID, symptoms are only observed in males. These can include behavioural issues, stunted growth, and smaller than average brains and testes.
Up until now, researchers had identified 141 genes thought to cause XLID but there are still many cases of unknown genetic cause.
In a paper published in the prestigious American Journal of Human Genetics, Professor Mark O'Driscoll from the Genome Damage and Stability Centre at the University of Sussex and Professor Hilde Van Esch from the Center for Human Genetics, University Hospitals Leuven and Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in Belgium have identified a new gene defect, which will help clinicians around the world accurately diagnose further cases of XLID.
Professor of Human Molecular Genetics, Mark O'Driscoll said: "We worked with teams from England, Scotland, Belgium, Estonia, America and Australia to obtain blood cells from five unrelated families that had a strikingly similar form of syndromal XLID of unknown cause.
"By using a variety of sophisticated and state-of-the art DNA sequencing technologies, together we've been able to identify multiple distinct mutations in a single gene that causes the syndrome in each of these families.
"This is a completely new gene target which can now be incorporated into existing screening programmes worldwide to aid future diagnoses and accurate genetic counselling along with patient management."
The gene identified makes a fundamental component of the machinery our cells use to replicate their DNA during cell division, called "DNA Polymerase a-primase [alpha-primase]".
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This was an unexpected finding as it was assumed that any impairment to this function would be incompatible with life.
Therefore, the researchers faced the challenge of proving that the mutations found in the affected individuals did impair DNA Polymerase a-primase function [alpha-primase] but without destroying it completely.
This was facilitated by analysing cells from the patients' blood using a recently developed complex technique called "DNA Fibre Combing".
Here, individual DNA strands are painstakingly isolated on specially formulated microscope slides, following staining with chemical markers, enabling the researchers to monitor different aspects of the DNA replication process at a minute level.
While they were surprised to find that the rate of cell division was unaffected, the highly sensitive analysis conducted by the Sussex team showed that several replication parameters of the DNA molecules from these cells were highly problematic.
Professor O'Driscoll said: "My colleague and initiator of this project Hilde Van Esch, has treated affected members of one of these families for over 20 years without knowing their precise genomic defect, which illustrates the scale of the 'diagnostic odyssey' families with these conditions often face.
"Our work not only provides this family with clarity, but it also means that other researchers and clinicians around the world can review their cases of genetically undiagnosed XLID and check for the existence of this specific gene defect."
Worldwide, there is an ongoing and significant effort to determine the underlying causes of all forms of genetic disease. In the United Kingdom this effort is spearheaded by NHS and Genomics England through the "100,000 Genomes project".
Thanks to this new discovery, screening programmes for XLID can now be expanded to include this newly discovered mutation helping solve undiagnosed cases.
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PROPHETIC MUSIC AND WORSHIP CONFERENCE
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Pastor D. Jerome Garrett "Creatology"
Pastor D. Jerome Garrett is an author, a speaker, a Christian Counselor, and an International Christian Life Coach.Creativity He flows as a psalmist and a prophet penetrating the hardest of hearts.He believes that creativity is the light and power within you to make invisible things visible.He is the founder of both Covenant Restoration International (CRI) and CRI School of Worship. He has a passion to see leaders and followers reach their full potential in God.
Pastor Jacinto Sims "Worshipology"
Pastor Jacinto M. Sims is one of our nation's sought after Worship Leaders. His love for music and a desire to be in God's presence has afforded him the many opportunities to lead worship across the country.
Pastor Sims is a trained musician who understands both the formal side of music and the anointing power of God's presence in True Worship. His continual love for being in God's presence has repeatedly been used as a vehicle to wet the appetite of people who desire more of the Living God. God has used Pastor Sims' gift and ability to be able to have easy access to lead His people into new realms and dimensions of anointing unrecognizable by everyday worship. Those who have experienced Pastor Sims' leadership have witnessed firsthand a tangible touch of God's presence, which is both refreshing and life changing.
Rather in a conference setting or a worship service, expect your understanding of worship to be elevated, your desire to worship to be unquenchable, and your need for worship to increase. God has anointed Pastor Sims to equip, to encourage and to empower Believers in their right to worship. Energetic, Enthusiastic, Direct, Witty & Real are just a few words that express the life altering Worship Ministry of Pastor Jacinto M. Sims.
Elder Arnett Moore "Capturing The Heart of the Visionary"
Elder Arnett Moore is a gifted and talented musician, songwriter, arranger and producer, and certainly an anointed minister of the gospel. He currently serves as the Chief Musician, Director/Chief Sound Engineer for the Media Ministry at Metropolitan Cathedral of Truth. Elder Moore also ministers as a Worship Leader, with a passion for leading God's people into the presence of the Lord.
Elder Moore currently works at FAMU Developmental Research School as the Director of Bands where he teaches instrumental and electronic music. His passion for music is realized in every aspect of his life. He is currently pursuing a Ph.D. degree in Educational Leadership at Florida A & M University.
Elder Moore is happily married to his wife, Pamela, for over 31 years. Together, they bring an awesome example of marriage and a beautiful expression of musical excellence from the Heart of the Father. His family is very dear to his heart and his heart's desire is to establish a rich musical heritage in order to leave a legacy of music for his children and grandchildren.
John and Sequoya Howard "Running With the Baton" (ages 13 - 25 only)
John and Sequoya Howard are two young people who have a heart and passion for God. Their union has brought a unique partnership of creativity and wisdom that is useful in advancing the Kingdom of God and speaking to their generation. John and Sequoya both faithfully serve in the Music Ministry at Atlanta Metropolitan Church in Atlanta, GA.
John is a gifted and talented percussionist and music producer. John has co-produced music for India Arie, Matthew Johnson, and many others.
Sequoya is a gifted and anointed songwriter, vocalist and spoken word artist. Sequoya's poetic flow has proven to be both captivating and life-changing. Sequoya is currently the Director of the National Personal Training Institute in Johns Creek, Ga and she is the owner of Sequoya Moore Personal Training.
John and Sequoya are very proud of their adorable sons - 3 yr. old John IV ("J4") and 1 yr. old Ethan ("EJ").
Elder Edward Thomas "The Prophetic Minstrel"
Elder Edward Thomas is husband to the wife of his youth Monica, for 29 wonderful years and counting. They are the ecstatic parents of two great and godly sons Jamin, 24 and Marcus, 21. Edward or ET as he is also known, serves as an Elder and worship leader at Fire and Hammer Ministries under the leadership of Pastors Emory and Lessie Collier.
Edward received salvation through the Lord Jesus Christ at the age of 10 but became a spirit-filled disciple of Christ some 10 years later while of the campus of Florida A&M University where he also received a degree in Broadcast Journalism. Music has always been one of his passions and as he grew in his walk of worship he became one of the founding members of Metropolitan Cathedral of Truth's Sanctified Sanctuary Band, SSB.
It was under the anointed mentoring of Pastor Helena Barrington where he learned the essence of hearing music from of God. Since then Elder Thomas began to flourish as a song"hearer/writer" with continuous songs heard, sang and written daily.
Recently he began playing guitar in order tp write and record music to share with the Body of Christ.
Pamela Moore "Knowing Your Role In Capturing the Moment"
Pamela is a gifted songwriter/vocalist and truly desires to share her gift of music with the body of Christ. She is an ordained Deacon at Metropolitan Cathedral of Truth (Metro), where she currently serves in the Worship Arts Ministry as a Lead Worshipper and Production Director for Helena Barrington's MAJESTY!!!
With over 28 years of experience as an Advertising and Marketing Consultant, Pamela brings her expertise in the Media Ministry as the Public Relations Manager where she is responsible for media relations, graphic arts and design, website administration and social media management.
Pamela's passion for fashion inspired her to establish Pam's Purseonal Touch, LLC, an online boutique specializing in unique handbags ad accessories for "women with distinctive taste"! She is also a freelance graphic artist and marketing consultant for small businesses, churches and organizations. Pamela is the author of "Nuggets and Gems", a collection of inspirational writings and poetic nuggets.
Pamela is happily married to Arnett Moore (for 34 years) and they are the proud parents of three beautiful daughters, two sons-in-law and grandparents to six adorable grandchildren. Writing songs and singing with her grandchildren is one of her greatest joys.
L. Michelle Salvant "Increased Visibility through Social Media"
Lakeisha Michelle Salvant is an African American Media Maven...who founded L.MichelleMedia.co and Institute, and recently was awarded the "Media Mogul Award" 2015 during Black Christian Women Rock. Her excitement about her Christian Faith and passion to document it, has caused her to be affectionately known as "Jesus Christ Publicist,' which she says comes with a Life Mission of producing Media that changes lives for the better. A leader in Ministry and the Marketplace, L.Michelle often uses what she has learned in lectures and workshops at local schools and Universities. A Graduate of Florida A & M University, she holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Broadcast Journalism and has received numerous recognitions for her work in New Media and Innovation, among them...being known as part of the first group of Google Glass Explorers. L.Michelle currently serves as Project Lead for all LMichelleMedia.co|Institute clients/partners, and also as a Senior Aide for Dr. Nicky E. Collins, Life In The Now Ministries, where she handles Ministry Media, New Programs, and UX(User Experiences). In her personal time, she's working on her first documentary…
"The Life Film" scheduled to be released in the Summer of 2015. She's also enjoying being a wife and mother to her baby boy, "Peek".
Minister Joyce Barrington "Prophetic Dance"
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As of August 1, Thomas Automation Management inc (TAM), based in the U.S.A., has become a full member of Tembo.
TAM will operate as an independent company within this group of companies, continuing to serve its customers as before as a provider of automation solutions and technical services. Current management of TAM will continue to manage the business in the same location.
"This merge is the natural progression of our eight-year relationship with Tembo", says Ricky Thomas, CEO of TAM. "Our common customers in the tobacco industry will definitely benefit from the combined experience of our two companies. TAM is very excited to be part of a strong and well-respected group, with such a rich history."
TAM was established in 2010 and has become a regional provider of automation integration services in a variety of US industries including tobacco, copper, electrical components, general manufacturing and wood processing. From the beginning, TAM has worked closely with Tembo on multiple projects that have fostered the cooperation and trust of both companies. Through the addition of TAM, Tembo comprises fourteen different companies, with 22 sites and service centres worldwide. The companies each have their own expertise and strengthen each other by combining these capabilities. In total, more than 1200 employees work for the group, of which the head office is located in Kampen.


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'Invisible Hawkeyes' celebrates UI's African-American alumni
Jeff Charis-Carlson
jcharisc@press-citizen.com
It's been called the University of Iowa's "Pre-Human Rights Era."
During the decades between 1930 and 1960, UI developed a national reputation as a place where black athletes were allowed to compete and graduates of historically black colleges and universities could come to earn advanced degrees in music, theater and other disciplines.
Yet is also was a time in which, according to UI's first black professor, Philip Hubbard, the university adopted a posture of benign neglect to the scores of black students who arrived on campus each year — placing UI's artistic and athletic programs at the front lines of the long struggle for civil rights.
No matter how well those students excelled in classrooms, recital halls or on the football field, they still faced exclusion and discrimination when looking for housing or trying to eat in local restaurants — when trying to find a home away from home in Iowa City.
The stories of the "obstacles and opportunities" faced by many of those students are being told in a new essay collection, "Invisible Hawkeyes," edited by UI professors Lena and Michael Hill. Some of the students themselves are being honored this week through a series of events on the UI campus.
"Campuses across the nation are grappling with the challenge of how to address past wrongs around the issue of race," Lena Hill said Thursday via email. "The publication of 'Invisible Hawkeyes,' together with the events that comprise 'Fields of Opportunity: UI's Black Migration Stories,' address the importance of collectively wrestling with our institutional past."
Lena Hill, who also serves as a senior associate to UI President Bruce Harreld, said the research she conducted for "Invisible Hawkeyes" provided her with a different understanding of UI history and a special sensitivity to the need of creating a welcoming and equitable campus culture.
"I hope our current students draw inspiration from (these stories) and the achievements of other black Hawkeyes who prove that students can and do effect positive change," Lena Hill said. "Their leadership matters."
The book examines how UI — which, until 1964, was known by its legal name, the State University of Iowa — played a dual role in the lives of many of these black undergraduate and graduate students, "both as a site of educational opportunity and a testament to professional accomplishment and as a place embodying the persistence of mid-century racial inequality."
This was a time when 17-year-old black freshman Dora Martin Berry could be elected as Miss SUI in 1955, just a few days after Rosa Parks, a black woman in Alabama, refused to move to the back of a bus when ordered.
But it also was a period in which university officials, who were less forward-thinking than their students, changed the rules for how future Miss SUIs would be elected and rearranged or canceled nearly all the scheduled public appearances for Berry.
Berry, now 78, has said she never received an apology from the university, but she refuses to allow anyone to undermine what she accomplished with the support of her black and white peers.
"It really is a proud moment for me to be able to share the story with students today who are totally unaware of the history," Berry said Wednesday in an interview with Iowa Public Radio.
The book examines the "quieter collisions between Iowa's polite Midwestern progressivism and African-American students determined ambition."
During this period, for example, the Iowa Writers' Workshop was attracting talented black writers and poets like Herbert Nipson and Michael Harper, but the general practice at the time, Michael Hill points out, was to accept those students only one at a time.
The book also discusses the relationship — sometimes strained, sometimes inspiring — between black students and their teachers. Art major Elizabeth Catlett learned from Grant Wood, arguably UI's most famous art professor; Thomas Pawley studied theater under Edward Mabie, as in the E.C. Mabie Theatre; Margaret Walker attended the Writers' Workshop, studying under Paul Engle, namesake of the City of Literature's Paul Engle Prize; and musician and composer Oscar Anderson Fuller studied under Himie Voxman, as in the Voxman Music Building.
UI has taken steps recently to recognize the accomplishments of more of those former students. Officials announced earlier this year that the university's newest residence hall would be named after Catlett, a world-famous artist and sculptor who earned her MFA at UI.
But there are many more stories to be told.
To that end, Michael Hill recently received a grant to build a website with the Digital Scholarship and Publishing Studio. The online version of "Invisible Hawkeyes" will include interviews the Hills conducted for the book as well as photographs, and "a wealth of other material that brings the history of black Hawkeyes to life."
Berry told IPR that reading the new book made her more even more proud of the achievements and accomplishments of UI's black community over the decades.
"I'm in really good company," Berry said.
Reach Jeff Charis-Carlson at jcharisc@press-citizen.com or 319-887-5435. Follow him on Twitter at @JeffCharis.
WHAT: "Fields of Opportunity: Records of African American Excellence," presentations by contributors to "Invisible Hawkeyes"
WHEN: 3 p.m. Friday.
WHERE: Iowa City Public Library, 123 S. Linn St.


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Having sent two satellites into space within 100 days after its establishment, a young Chinese commercial space firm is preparing for a new launch in December.
Supported by the local government, the Chengdu GuoXing Aerospace Technology Co. Ltd. was set up in the capital of southwest China's Sichuan Province in May. It has developed two experimental satellites integrated with AI technology.
"The AI technology could give the satellite a stronger capability of automatic data analysis," said Zhao Hongjie, vice president of the startup firm.
For instance, the remote sensing satellite with AI technology could autonomously identify clouds and fog, and select the useful images to send back to earth, thus greatly improving its working efficiency, Zhao said.
One such kind of AI satellite developed by the company for commercial use was sent into the sun-synchronous orbit on Oct. 29.
The company, employing more than 40 staff, most of whom are under 30, is only one example of China's emerging commercial space industry.
Companies like SpaceX, Blue Origin and Virgin Galactic are developing cost-effective carrier vehicles with the aim to make space travel possible for ordinary people. They have also inspired Chinese entrepreneurs.
Launching rockets and satellites has long been the goal of China's state-owned aerospace companies, but private space firms are now popping up hoping to make a name for themselves in this burgeoning industry.
According to a report by Beijing-based investment institution FutureAerospace, more than 60 private Chinese firms have entered the commercial space industry over the past three years, focusing on the production and launch of satellites and rockets.
This follows a government policy issued in 2015 to encourage private enterprises in space industry.
Analysts say commercial space activity could help lower costs and increase the efficiency of space activities, and accelerate technology development.
The value of the global space market is estimated to reach 485 billion U.S. dollars in 2020 when the value of China's space market is projected to be 800 billion yuan (125.78 billion dollars). About two-thirds of global satellite orders will come from commercial customers in the next decade.
Lured by the promising market, Chinese space companies recently unveiled a series of programs to produce and launch small and micro satellites.


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Emlékezetes Operettek
Following the success of Chefs-d'oeuvres de l'opéra lyrique (1941) and Hősszerelmesek (1943), Emlékezetes Operettek (Memorable Operettas) was a natural sequel. Operetta was immensely popular in interwar Budapest, having thrown off the oppressive traditionalism and seriousness of the Habsburg period. After becoming independent from Vienna, the Hungarian capital was able to become an autonomous centre of international entertainment as important as Berlin and New York. The range of operetta theatres was expanded by the establishment of the Revue Theater (Revü Színház), which also had a summer theatre (Scala Theater), and later as the Blaha Lujza. In 1922 the Capital Operetta Theater (Fővárosi Operettszínház) was established, which also had a secondary theatre under the name Summer Operetta Theater (Nyári Operettszínház).
The range of operettas which were regularly performed included imports from Vienna, Berlin and London, but the most popular were the Hungarian classics – Bob herceg (Prince Bob) by Jenő Huszka, first performed at the the Budapest Folk Theatre in 1902, and János vitéz (John the Valiant) by Pongrác Kacsóh, first performed in the Budapest Király Theatre in 1904.
Székely would have been very familiar with the popular productions of the period, and produced this very typically Székely portfolio of in-your-face sexualised versions of all the standard operettas.
The operettas depicted are:
Bál a Savoyban (Ball at the Savoy, 1932, music by Paul Abraham, libretto by Alfred Grünwald and Fritz Löhner-Beda)
Bob herceg (Prince Bob, 1902, music by Jenő Huszka, libretto by Ferenc Martos and Károly Bakonyi)
Cigánybáró (The Gypsy Baron, 1885, music by Johann Strauss II, libretto by Ignaz Schnitzer after a play by Mór Jókai)
Csárdáskirálynő (The Czardas Princess, 1915, music and libretto by Emmerich Kálmán; the csardas is a Hungarian folkdance)
Denevér (Die Fledermaus, 1874, music by Johann Strauss II, libretto by Karl Haffner and Richard Genée)
Drótos tót (The Tinsmith, 1904, music and libretto by Ferenc Lehár)
Gül Baba (1905, music and libretto by Jenő Huszka)
János vitéz (John the Valiant, 1904, music and libretto by Pongrác Kacsóh, after an epic 1845 poem by Sándor Petőfi)
Két Hipolit (should be A Két Hippolit) (The Two Hippolites, 1907, music by Iván Hűvös, libretto by Imre Földes)
Leányvásár (The Marriage Market, 1911, music and libretto by Viktor Jacobi)
Lili (Baroness Lili, 1919, music by Jenő Huszka, libretto by Ferenc Martos)
Madame Dubarry (1879, music by Carl Millöcker, libretto by F. Zell and Richard Genée)
Mosoly országa (Land of Smiles, 1929, music and libretto by Ferenc Lehár)
Rip van Winkle (1882, music and libretto by Robert Planquette)
Tiszturak a zárdában (Officers in the Convent, 1897, music and libretto by Louis Varney)
Victoria (Victoria and her Hussar, 1930, music by Paul Abraham, libretto by Alfred Grünwald and Fritz Löhner-Beda, after a play by Imre Földes)


In the months of November and December, Forresters Car Club were asked by HERO (Historic Endurance Rallying Organisation) to look after the Caerwent parts of their two long distance events. Firstly we had the RAC Rally of the Tests in the beginning of November, followed by the LEJOG on the 2nd weekend of December. Interestingly both events were to tackle this tough venue in the dark.
First up on Saturday 10th November was the RAC Rally of the Tests running from Harrogate to Bristol- over 75o miles over 4 days. Caerwent made up 1/3 of day three's competitive results so we had a fair task. A small "army" of people helped with the setup of the venue, then we had around 65 volunteers signed on to marshal. There were 83 cars that had the fun of tackling Caerwent in the dark, and all got out eventually.
Next up was the LEJOG which sees the cars travel a 1,500 mile route from Lands End to John O'Groats again over 4 days. With 3 big tests in Caerwent, it actually made up a quarter of the whole events 'tests' mileage. Again another small "army" from the club helped in the setup of the venue. We had over 50 marshals signed on to help run the venue as smoothly as possible. 64 cars had looked to take on the challenge of the MOD venue, and only 1 gave up completely, but many still got lost inside – we think they're all out by now!
The oldest car on both events was from 1936, but LEJOG did have a further 3 more pre-WW2 cars. We doff our hats to them and all the crews involved. Thank you to all the volunteers who helped us run the Caerwent leg safely:- we hope you all enjoyed the BBQ we put on for the marshals at signing on.
Start of the Caerwent test from the RAC Rally of the Tests.
Start of the Caerwent tests from the LEJOG.


Unveiling a new range of multi-touch controllers, Zytronic is aiming to raise the bar for design, speed, accuracy and performance of large-format touchscreens.
In response to a growing demand for all-glass fronted touchscreens with ultra-narrow borders, the new touch controller that Zytronic is launching at ISE allows touch sensors to be designed with reduced non-active borders – less than 10mm on a 55in screen.
The new ZXY500 is a controller based around a unique and proprietary ASIC. It features a higher noise immunity, allowing other technologies such as RFID, NGC and Qi wireless battery charging to be placed adjacent to, or even implemented within, the active area without impairing the touchscreen's clarity and performance.
These technologies emit signals that can often interfere with the operation of conventional projected capacitive touchscreens; however, the controller has been designed to reduce this susceptibility.
Mark Perry, sales manager for Zytronic explained the company's history: "Starting in 2000, Zytronic was originally a glass processing and machining company.
"Since then, we have evolved the company by taking our expertise, combining it with touch technology and developing our own electronics.


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School Voices – From Knovva's Global School Community
by Blog User | Jun 19, 2020 | Partner School
By Neeraj Kumar Bedhotiya
Principal of Daly College
Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India
This week's voice belongs to Neeraj Kumar Bedhotiya, Principal of Daly College in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India.
Those Who Can Accept Change
Daly College is one of the oldest schools in India, founded in 1870 under British rule to educate the sons of chiefs. The school is public and coed today, but we are very old. Suddenly, our teachers were thrown into a situation where they had to teach online, and they covered about 10 years in two weeks! That is the kind of flexibility the human mind has.
Change is something I think all humans resist, but those who can accept change and turn this crisis into an opportunity will move forward. Now we have a flipped classroom where we post videos, presentations, and other learning materials online for the students. Now they learn first, and then they question. Their teachers worked hard before now, but perhaps the students were spoon-fed.
If our children can become independent learners, this crisis will have given them the greatest benefit I can imagine. When you take responsibility for your learning, then learning becomes very different. It becomes permanent.
Marks Matter, But Rigor is Not Enough
In India, we have tiger moms, tiger dads, and tiger grandparents. We also produce tiger teachers. We don't know any other way. Marks matter.
At Daly, academic rigor is not enough. We want to produce well-rounded, confident, independent thinkers who have leadership and communication skills befitting the 21st century. They must be socially, emotionally, and spiritually balanced global citizens with strong values.
We want Dalians to stand out in a crowd, be innovative, and communicate well. But above all that, we want good human beings.
Sustainability and Service
We teach our students to live harmoniously with the environment. For example, our students have dug up a number of recharge pits to harvest rainwater. We receive 32 inches of rainfall (almost a meter) each year. If we can use even one-fifth of that, then we can replenish what we use over the year and have enough water to sustain ourselves.
We are also planning to grow our own food and teach the children agriculture. We will buy a piece of farmland on the outskirts of the city of Indore, where we will grow our own organic vegetables and raise 100 cows to give us organic milk.
Our students volunteer to work on such projects. For example, we make two or three girls' washrooms every year, which is a very important issue in India for girls attending government schools. We also have an eye health initiative: To date, we have done 53,000 eye exams, distributed 75,000 sets of spectacles, and connected people to more than 2,000 cataract operations working in partnership with an eye hospital that provides this free service.
Connecting World Youth
Our young people must have a common agenda around peace, diversity, acceptance of democratic values, and acceptance that all human beings are equal. And it cannot happen in islands that we create: it cannot happen only at Harvard, or only at Hotchkiss, or Eton, or Daly College. It has to happen in small communities, in schools that are not well-to-do. It has to happen in communities that are poor.
So it's very, very important for students like ours to learn and practice democratic values. They have to connect very differently. That will happen when you provide them the opportunity to meet and exchange ideas with the youth around the world. Therefore, we need international linkages through organizations like RoundSquare, G30, Knovva Academy, and AFS intercultural exchanges.
Imagine No Boundaries
It's like that John Lennon song, Imagine. I've thought of this song a lot during the pandemic. Imagine no boundaries, no countries, no race, no religion. In India, we say, "The world is a family." Despite our undercurrents, you will see that we accept diversity from Hinduism to Buddhism to Sikhism to Islam. People have been dividing over religion forever, but somehow we continue to march forward, because we know in our hearts that everyone is part of our family. It's in our DNA.


On Sunday 14th August, 2016 the Youth Arm of the United National Congress in collaboration with the Member of Parliament for Princes Town Hon. Barry Padarath held a Youth Forum in Commemoration of International Youth Day 2016. This year's theme was "Youth Leading Sustainability".
The forum was well attended by youths from as far as St. Anns despite the inclement weather conditions which persisted throughout the morning and afternoon.
A young, dynamic panel of speakers spoke on various national issues which affect the youths of Trinidad and Tobago which included crime, healthcare, Youth in politics, the economy and education to name a few.
Speakers at the event included Councillor Vandana Mohit, Youth Arm representative Inool Nabbie, Attorney at Law Saddam Hosein, former Miss T&T World Kimberly Farah Singh, Women's Arm representative Dr. Cathrine Ali, Deputy Political Leader Senator Khadijah Ameen, MP Barry Padarath and UNC Youth Officer and Chairman of the Youth Arm Chris Arshad Hosein.
Some of the youth arms of the southern constituencies were sworn in at the event by UNC Youth Officer Chris Hosein who also used the forum to address the issue of GATE. Hosein told young supporters of the UNC that the Government's stance on GATE was draconian and rejected the amendments made to the Programme calling out the government on their lack of interest in the development of young Trinbagonian citizens.
Both MP Barry Padarath and UNC Youth Officer Chris Hosein told attendees at the forum that this event was but the first of many as the youth arm plans to reach out to the young people of all constituencies across the country.


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Frederick Ferdinand Wolff, CBE, TD (13 October 1910 – 26 January 1988) was a British athlete, winner of gold medal in 4 × 400 m relay at the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Early life
On 13 October 1910, Wolff was born in British Hong Kong, the eldest son of a family of four children.
Wolff was a member of the Kowloon Cricket Club, where he won his first race in 1919.

Wolff and his family returned to England. Wolff attended Shirley House Preparatory School and Beaumont College in Windsor, England.

Career
Frederick Wolff won the British AAA in  in 1933.

At the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games, Wolff ran the opening leg in the British 4 × 400 m relay team, which won the gold medal with a new European record of 3.09.0.

In 1929, Wolff joined the family firm Rudolf Wolff & Co. In the Second World War, Wolff served in the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and was promoted to the rank of captain. Wolff rejoined Rudolf Wolff & Co. in 1946, and became a partner in 1951.

From 1970 to 1977 Wolff became the Committee Chairman of the London Metal Exchange helping establishing the LME's international reputation. He was made a CBE in 1975.

Wolff was the chairman of the Handicapped Children's Pilgrimage Trust.

Personal life
Wolff married Natalie Winefred Virginia Byrne, the daughter of Ferdinand and Mary (née Keith) Byrne. Wolff had five children: Jennifer, John, Carolyn, Richard (twin) and Christine (twin).

On 26 January 1988, Wolff died in Marylebone, London, United Kingdom. He was 77. The British Olympic Association held a reception at the Buckingham Palace for all surviving British Olympic medalists on the day he died.

In 2015, Wolff's great-grandson Daniel Wolff competed in the 2015 Special Olympics World Summer Games in Los Angeles. His disability was autism.

References

External links

 Freddy Wolff obituary, American Metal Market 27 January 1988, Managing Director and Chairman of Rudolf Wolff & Co. and Chairman of the LME

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1910 births
1988 deaths
Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
Athletes (track and field) at the 1936 Summer Olympics
Olympic athletes of Great Britain
English Olympic medallists
Olympic gold medallists for Great Britain
English male sprinters
Hong Kong emigrants to England
Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics
Olympic gold medalists in athletics (track and field)
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You must have heard a lot of people who say or think they are Very Important Persons but I think they still have a problem. I do not have a problem with anybody who thinks he is important because we all need some self-esteem to get anything done in life. You are going to appear miserable if you do not have self-esteem and you are probably going to have your world up side down.
Come to think of it. Is it really the amount of money you have in your bank acount that makes you a VIP? Is it the kind of car you ride in that makes you a VIP? Is it the house you live in that makes you a VIP? Is it the position you occupy that makes you a VIP? Is it the kind of friends you keep that makes you a VIP? Whatever your impression or opinion of a VIP is should not be a problem right now but I must say that the definition is changing.
The revolution around the world right now is taking us to the era where you are not going to be a VIP simply because you were born to wealthy parents. You are going to work out your address yourself. It is going to be a time when you would only be called a VIP because of your relevance to the society. We have add enough about the illusion of celebrity. You cannot just wake up with ill gotten wealth and you expect the entire world to reckon with you as a VIP. Yop hope they will give you some titles and present some awards to you so that your profile will be boosted. No! If it used to be that way we are no longer going to have it that way.
You are simply going to be a VIP because of three things and they are Value, Impact, Productivity. If you have no value added to yourself in this time that we are talking about you will not get the attention of people. only the value that you have added to yourself can allow you make impact in your time. This is going to be a time when you will only be permitted to brag becuase of your impact. Every other thing you say will not be regarded. Your impact on the people is what will help us measure your productivity and, like I said, you will never be regarded as a Very Important Person until we have seen your Value Impact Productivity.
Lay aside every material thing that does easily deceive you to pursue the acquisition of Value and the transfer of impact for a life on productivity. Because of my writing, speaking, consultancy services and innovation I am a VIP. Are you one?


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There are now fewer than 20 stands left for this year's BULKEX as there has been extremely strong interest early on. Exhibition stands are £495.00 for members and £595.00 for non-members and those interested in taking a stand at the two-day event in October are advised to contact the MHEA early to ensure they obtain their preferred location.
Businesses interested in taking a sponsorship package at this year's BULKEX should speak urgently with the MHEA's secretariat. There are still excellent opportunities to get your business name in front of influential decision-makers for the duration of the event and beyond. You can contact the MHEA by calling 01787 226995 or by emailing secretary@mhea.co.uk.


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Earlier today, the U.S. Department of Education announced that three Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of Baltimore are among a select group of schools nationwide to receive the National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence Award. Saint Joseph School, Cockeysville, St. Margaret School, Bel Air and St. Mary's School, Annapolis bring the total number of Catholic schools in the Archdiocese to receive this honor to eighteen. The designation is the highest academic honor bestowed upon a school by the U.S. government. The schools will be honored at a ceremony in Washington, DC, November 18-19.
The Blue Ribbon program honors public and private elementary, middle and high schools that are either academically superior or that demonstrate dramatic gains in student achievement to high levels. In 2012, there were 10 schools in Maryland to receive the honor, four of which were Catholic schools from the Archdiocese of Baltimore and the Archdiocese of Washington.
99% of students graduate high school; 98% attend college.
To learn more about an Archdiocese of Baltimore Catholic school, call 1-800-5-CATHOLIC or visit www.archbalt.org/schools.


"What about it don't you understand?" I asked.
"That's weird," he said again. He was still staring at the magnet as though some alternate meaning might reveal itself if he looked hard enough. I waited, sensing a familiar need for processing time.
"I have Asperger's," he said finally. "And I .. well .. " his voice trailed off as he pointed again toward the magnet. "I …. no." He continued after a breath, saying, "I heard once about Asperger's pride." He said it as though the very idea of such a thing should clearly strike me as preposterous.
"I can't see that," he said.
"I'm so sorry," I responded, wishing that somehow I could, right then and there, introduce him to one or two or twenty-seven of my friends.
He shook his head as if to reset it, then walked away.
In his absence, I evened out my purchase, then returned the nozzle to the pump and closed my gas cap. The man from whom I'd bought a Homeless Voice Street News on the way in gave me a toothy grin and waved enthusiastically from across the parking lot. I returned his smile and waved back, then turned to look for the attendant before getting back into my car.
I wanted to tell him that I liked talking to him. That he hadn't rubbed me the wrong way. That there's a lot to be proud of – even in disability, especially when many of that disability's most disabling aspects are caused or exacerbated by your surroundings, not you. That I hope he can someday find a job that interests, challenges and satisfies him.
But it was too late. He had already disappeared into his one-man office and closed the door behind him. I reluctantly got into my car and drove away.
We're headed in the right direction.
But the pace of progress is glacial.
And for the homeless man selling Street news to survive and the gas station attendant with the master's degree who isn't even a manager, it's not nearly enough.
Ed note: I in no way, shape, nor form mean to demean the gentleman's work as a gas station attendant, nor to devalue the job itself. Rather, I relayed and then quoted his feelings about his own job as it relates to his education.
I feel sad for him. I'm not sure I have the words to explain, but my girls and I wear our aspieness with pride. We are special, we are us. It's tough at times (sometimes a lot of the time) but we are still prouder of our skill sets than we are disappointed in our deficits.
Where we live there is a lot of acceptance, maybe not enough knowledge in the schools, but they are certainly doing their best and willing to listen and try.
My bet is his discussion with you will be mulled over and make a difference to that mans life.
Your thoughts and comments are right on. The world needs to accept and appreciate and value everyone. We parents and caregivers are the start in bridging society with people who are different.
I was in Boston yesterday testifying at the State House on a proposed bill to help disabled parents and how they are treated during custody issues both through DCF and the family court system. There were quite a few members of the autistic community there and through my terror at the thought of speaking in public, I was thinking that you should have been there.
I am glad your magnet started the dialog. Each positive seed put out there may grow, out of our sight. This post reminded me about sharing the Gospel, the good news….is that each person is unique, worthwhile, should be celebrated and loved because God loves us.
I haven't cried over my sons Aspergers DX in a long time but this has me balling at my desk at work. This is my greatest fear for my son. I fear he will not accept himself. He spends a lot of time saying he is sorry after those "teachable moments" that we still have daily at the age of 10. I don't want him to be sorry but I do need him to learn how not to "rub people the wrong way" so that doors are not shut for him in the future.
There's learning to "not rub people the wrong way" and then there's hiding who he is. It is imperative that he not do the latter.
I wonder if you might be able to go back to that gas station and give him some links to some blogs written by autistic people. Maybe some links to their Facebook pages. It is never too late. You can still tell him you enjoyed talking to him and that he did not rub you the wrong way. I have a feeling if you reach out your hand with some ways to make some connections that he will take hold. He might not but as your father says, "It does not cost a thing to be nice". Just a thought.
I have every intention of going back. Some things have to happen in pieces.
Indeed, very small steps. You planted a beautiful seed yesterday and I have every confidence it will grow. A gift you gave to this man.
I don't know if this is helpful, but this organization is growing in the Northeast. Autistic-specific employer (dad of young man on spectrum started a company). It might not be close enough, but it may give him some hope or direction.
What an eye opener! I never thought about it the way he did.
To think, it all started with that magnet. So much can come from one proud magnet we display on our car. I know you planted a seed in that young man's mind. I didn't feel that you were belittling the job he has. I just think that it's a shame that this young man with the level of education he has worked hard for and achieved, can't be working in his field of expertise. We need more people like you in this world, Jess. I believe this young man's life has been/will be changed all because that's where you happened to stop for gas and he happened to notice your magnet. It all started with that magnet.
I wish I could talk to him. I have a graduate education, too, and I live in my mini-van while I write and work toward the day my writing supports me instead of living on SSI. I get it. But there's so much more to Autistic me than not being able to keep mainstream employment. So much more. I have lots of challenges and struggles but also lots of beauty in my life, both the result of having an autistic brain.
please know how humbled i am by your words and how grateful i am for, well, all of it.
you're so blessed to have one another and i have no doubt that with the obvious love and respect you have for him, you will find your way together.
much love — and strength — to you both.
There's also a "contact us" page, so you can ask questions, and they have a Facebook page as well. Take care!
I met you this past April in Presquile Isle, ME and was deeply impressed with your spirit, enthusiasm, and devotion.
Although he went into his cubicle and closed the door. I do not believe that the door was completely closed. If you look closely, you may find a space that your big toe will fit into, thus preventing him from excluding you from his life.
Once you see that, it becomes your responsibility to continue to go to this particular gas station repeatedly until he opens the door and allows you into his life.
This is the gift from God that you have been blessed with! Help Him!!! It is not too late. Go Back. So many times in our lives, we ask what if?
I know that I am asking a great deal of you, but I know from experience that if we go back after an encounter like this, we can sometimes save a life.
God bless you for all you do to help our rainbow children!
Hopefully we will get there eventually!
Add to the mix pathology-driven diagnosis criteria maligning the person's behavior and – without distinction – personality traits, and technical websites explaining with authority how wrong and deficient people "with autism" are. Perhaps add also some dehumanization from therapists or school aides forgetting neutrality and instead reinforcing the person's sole accountability for the stigma they endure. Chances are that self-loathing will come along… and the logic of this negative message can be strong when it's coupled with a life-long feeling of inadequacy.
I wholeheartedly agree with the seed metaphor: placing the simple idea that perhaps the fault is not entirely within, that responsibility for acceptance is a shared endeavor. I have seen this seed grow in our own adult community here. I have tried to plant it myself a few times, gently and tentatively. There is so much beauty in seeing marginalized people start to understand that neurodivergence is one thing, and self-worth quite another. That they can be appreciated and valued for who they are, and not *despite* what they are not.
Friendship is a wondrous thing. And sometimes a few simple, kind words and positive ideas from a new acquaintance is in itself an act of benevolent friendship that can change everything in a person's life. Kudos, Jess.
What a pity. Hopefully you can see him again and tell him those things.
I understand his frustration, from a slightly different angle. I've had 6 jobs in 7 years, all entry level positions that never satisfied me or offered much in the way of upward movement, even when I asked about it. But even the highest levels in these jobs would never be my cup of tea, nor match my particular set of intellectual abilities and interests. I try to find solace in my hobbies and in reading, where I can indulge my interests without worrying if they'll help me pay the bills.
Progress is progress, but I do hope it speeds up. Thanks for the excellent post.
Jess-I got this magnet years ago,but can no longer find the organization that created and sold it.Mines so faded I want to replace it. Can you remember which group made these?


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Fiona Elliot, verh. Mommessin, (* um 1967) ist eine englische Tischtennis-Nationalspielerin. Sie gehörte in den 1980er und 1990 Jahren zu den besten Spielerinnen Englands, nahm an mehreren Europa- und Weltmeisterschaften teil und wurde 58-mal in die englische Nationalmannschaft berufen.

Werdegang
Fiona Elliot gewann bei den Nationalen Englischen Meisterschaften insgesamt 15 Titel, nämlich zwei im Einzel (1987, 1990), sechs im Doppel (1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994 jeweils mit Lisa Lomas) und sieben im Mixed (1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994  jeweils mit Sky Andrew). Sie nahm an den Europameisterschaften 1986 und 1994 sowie an den Weltmeisterschaften 1987, 1989, 1991 und 1993 teil, kam dabei jedoch nie in die Nähe von Medaillenrängen.

Anfang der 1990er Jahre verbrachte Fiona Elliot einige Zeit in Frankreich. 1992 heiratete sie den französischen Tischtennisnationalspieler Didier Mommessin und schloss sich einem Verein in Le Kremlin-Bicêtre bei Paris an.

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Tischtennisspieler (England)
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French DGA completes A400M's in-flight refuelling trials with Rafale
lroy 11 June 2018
The Directorate General of Armament's (DGA) In-Flight Trials unit and the French Air Force's Military Air Expertise Center (CEAM) have successfully completed in-flight refuelling trials on the A400M military transport aircraft with the Rafale multirole fighter jet.
The conclusive flight test campaign demonstrated the A400M Atlas aircraft's ability to refuel Rafale using its underwing nacelles.
A future upgraded version of the underwing nacelle is expected to allow for refuelling of helicopters.
During the tests, the Rafale jet was refuelled by the A400M throughout its flight envelope at different altitudes and speeds, as well as in degraded aircraft modes.
"The aircraft offers a basic fuel capacity of 63,500l, which can be further increased in the future with additional cargo hold tanks."
Carried out at day and night, including with night vision goggles, the in-flight refuelling tests were performed on multiple configurations of the Rafale aircraft.
The trials would allow DGA, which operates as the technical authority for state-owned aircraft, to authorise the Rafale to be refuelled on A400M soon.
The French Air Force is responsible for identifying and determining the conditions to roll out the new A400M capacity into service in an operational context. This would enable the aircraft to provide a theatre refuelling capacity.
Additional flight refuelling campaigns are planned to be carried out next year.
Built by Airbus, A400M is a tactical airlifter with strategic range and is capable of refuelling several types of aircraft, including fighter jets.
The A400M has the capability to carry strategic loads, deliver to tactical locations with small and unprepared airstrips, and operate as a frontline-tanker for other aircraft.
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Determining indoor location based on Wi-Fi signal strength is easy enough if you know precisely where the access points are located, but gathering that information across a wide area is time-consuming.
What, though, if you could offer an indoor location service while crowdsourcing the information needed to provide it? Two companies exhibiting at Mobile World Congress, InLocoMedia and Sensewhere, are doing just that -- but with quite different business models.
InLocoMedia, from Recife, Brazil, provides a proximity-based messaging service to local app developers and advertisers in return for expanding its mapping database, while Edinburgh-based Sensewhere provides its indoor location service royalty-free to its first client and major investor, Chinese Internet portal Tencent.
They offer their services through SDKs that app developers can integrate into their apps, and take a similar technical approach to the process of determining location.
It's easy enough for apps to determine a phone's location outdoors using GPS signals, but those signals are lost the moment a phone enters a building.
At that point, an app built with an SDK from InLocoMedia or Sensewhere can start using the phone's gyroscope and accelerometer to calculate its position based on how far and in which direction the phone has moved since the last known GPS fix, a navigation process known as dead reckoning. As it does so, it also notes the identity and signal strength of nearby Wi-Fi access points, and transmits that information, along with its calculated position, to a server for logging in a database.
InLocoMedia's SDK "fingerprints" the Wi-Fi signals and also the magnetic field strength registered by the phone's compass sensor with every step the accelerometers detect, said COO Alan Gomes.
Dead reckoning only works for a few minutes at a time, said Sensewhere's vice-president of business development J. Blake Bullock: The real and calculated positions gradually diverge as the output of the cheap sensors used in phones drifts.
If an area has already been surveyed at least once, though, an app using one of the SDKs doesn't need to rely on dead reckoning alone: It can compare the strength of the Wi-Fi signals it detects with those previously observed, and refine the calculation of the phone's position by a process similar to triangulation.
Calculating location from Wi-Fi signals is nothing new: Mobile operating systems can already determine their location to within tens of meters using databases of Wi-Fi access points maintained by Google and Skyhook.
More precise location services based on Wi-Fi triangulation have been around for years, too. One such was Stanford-based startup WiFiSlam, which demonstrated its system in 2011 and was then acquired by Apple in 2013.
The limitation of earlier approaches, though, is that they required someone to map all the Wi-Fi access points with some precision before they can be used. Those using Bluetooth beacons have a similar drawback, with the added disadvantage that people need to activate Bluetooth on their phones in order to use them, while they probably already have Wi-Fi on to reduce cellular data costs whenever possible.
Sensewhere and InLocoMedia get around the initial mapping problem by crowdsourcing the survey information. They use GPS fixes at the entrances of buildings as the starting points for their dead-reckoning calculations, gradually refining the accuracy and coverage of their databases using observed Wi-Fi signals from hundreds of visits, until the locations of nearby access points are determined sufficiently accurately that they too can be used as jumping-off points for further indoor exploration.
There's little impact on battery life, the companies say.
Gomes reckons InLocoMedia's system consumes an extra 0.5 to 1 percent of a phone's battery capacity per day, as the operating system is already gathering most of the sensor data on which it relies. "If you activate the GPS for five minutes, it's going to drain more than that," he said.
As for Sensewhere, its SDK uses 50 percent less power than Android's own location service, and is more accurate, according to Bullock. To reduce power consumption and data costs, a phone running Sensewhere's SDK doesn't contact the server on each step. "We send down a small snapshot of the database so it knows the location of Wi-Fi access points in the vicinity. If you walk 10 minutes, it might not need an update," Bullock said.
But what about the privacy implications of tracking a phone's position all day?
Sensewhere only stores the Wi-Fi signal measurements and associated locations on its servers, and does not record identifying information from the phone, Bullock said. The company's business model is simply to provide app developers with the location SDK and service, and any further association between the phone's location and its owner's identity is up to them. Its first customer, Tencent invested millions in the company in return for a royalty-free license to use Sensewhere's SDK in its mapping service.
InLocoMedia's business model of delivering location-based advertising might raise doubts about privacy, but app developers don't get to track users, Gomes said. The mapping database associates no identifying information with the location fingerprints, he said. As for the apps that share in the revenue from InLocoMedia's location-based advertising, they only know that a messaging event has been triggered, he said.
Advertisers may be able to infer a little more: "They might want to target ads at people who have recently been in a particular aisle in a grocery store," Gomes said. That's something InLocoMedia can help with but, he said, the company won't let advertisers target clusters of fewer than 5,000 users, to avoid the risk that messaging becomes too personal.
In addition, phone users can opt out of ad tracking altogether using their mobile operating system's existing settings, he said.


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For many couples, this means a trip to the beach. Simply jumping on a plane and relaxing at a seaside resort for a week or two. But for couples seeking a more active start to their new life, exploring an exotic country is the dream honeymoon!
Myanmar is a marvelous mix of natural wonders, intriguing cultures and indulgent hotels- but many couples are worried that traveling around is complicated and confusing. That's where we come in! Our team of travel experts at Myanmar Diaries will take care of everything, start to finish. Once you step off the plane, you are in good hands- all you need to do is enjoy!
Sound like the ideal place to start your new life as a couple? Here are just a few experiences we recommend for honeymooners.
U Bein Bridge is one of Mandalay's most iconic sites so it is no wonder that this long teak bridge is a popular place for sunset. Every night, local couples and families as well as tourists gather on the edges of Taung Tha Man Lake to watch the sky change color as the sun casts its last rays of light.
For honeymooners, an evening visit to U Bein bridge is the perfect way to cap off a day of exploring Mandalay. Mingle with the locals while wandering across the bridge, likely being stopped to join in a family photo along the way! Then climb into a private boat and be rowed out to a quiet section of the lake for the end of the day. Enjoy a cold drink as the sun sets, capturing photos of the bridge and its pedestrian traffic.
Even the worldliest of travelers cannot help but be impressed with Bagan. The incredible ancient pagodas, sleepy farming villages and river scenery is an enchanting combination that we think is perfect for honeymooners. And while Bagan is busy, there are great ways to have memorable moments with just the two of you.
Using electric bikes, like scooters, or regular push bikes is the easiest way to get away from the tourist crowds. Follow narrow dirt and sand trails, used by farmers and villagers, instead of the asphalt roads and you will instantly capture a different feeling of Bagan. Quiet and calm, the lanes take you to lesser known temples and through villages where time seems to stand still. Stop as often as you like to snap photos or to enjoy soaking in the atmosphere with no one around.
A more indulgent, but worth every penny, option is a sunrise hot air balloon flight. Although you share the basket with other guests, it is an unforgettable experience best shared with the person you love! Soar above the temple plains in the peaceful early morning hours, capturing a birds-eye view of the monuments and villages below. The sunrise balloon flight is so romantic that many couples have become engaged as they soar over Bagan!
Exploring a new place is fun for any intrepid traveler, but doing so with a loved one is even more fun! Yangon is a treasure trove of wonders to discover and a guided walking tour is the perfect way to get to know the city. Mingle with Yangon residents at vibrant street markets, hear the tales behind some of the city's historic buildings and sample exotic flavors at a popular local restaurant. Spend the afternoon at sacred monuments, admiring the incredible reclining Buddha image at Kyautatgyi Pagoda and making offerings for a blessed future at the resplendent Shwedagon Pagoda at sunset. This day is full of 'wow' moments that will create a lifetime of memories!
After a cultural journey through Myanmar, a few days relaxing on the beach is a great way to unwind. Thankfully you don't have to go far to find beautiful coastline! On the country's west coast lies Ngapali, a picture-perfect tropical beach. Palm-tree lined white sandy beaches greet the clear blue waters of the Bay of Bengal. There are great hotels and quaint family-run restaurants to be found but little else in the way of infrastructure, meaning your days can be spent soaking up the beauty without distractions from the modern world. What better way to enjoy quality time with your loved one than at a quiet seaside beach!
Myanmar is the ultimate, undiscovered honeymoon destination and these are just a few of the incredible experiences along the way. We will make sure you stay at the best hotels, enjoy seamless transfers between locations, have the finest local guides to show you around, and organize private tours according to your interests with a completely bespoke itinerary. For a luxury honeymoon full of adventure and intrigue, give our expert Myanmar travel designers a call to create your perfect, personalized honeymoon.


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require "#{File.dirname(__FILE__)}/../spec_helper"

describe Erberizer do

  describe "initialization" do

    it "should initialize with no fields" do
      Erberizer.new
    end

    it "should initialize with some fields" do
      Erberizer.new(:fish => :biscuits, :bob => :fred)
    end

    it "should should set instance variables" do
      e = Erberizer.new(:fish => :biscuits, :bob => :fred)

      e.instance_variable_get('@fish').should == :biscuits
      e.instance_variable_get('@bob').should == :fred
    end

  end

  describe "#file" do

    before do
      erb_compiled = '[@fish, @biscuits]'
      File.stub!(:read => erb_compiled)

      @erb_mock = mock
      @erb_mock.stub!(:src => erb_compiled)

      ERB.stub!(:new => @erb_mock)
    end

    it "should read the file" do
      File.should_receive(:read).with('test').and_return('')

      Erberizer.file('test')
    end

    it "should construct an ERB based on what's read" do
      ERB.should_receive(:new).with(File.read).and_return(@erb_mock)

      Erberizer.file('test')
    end

    it "should pass the fields to the erberizer" do
      Erberizer.should_receive(:new).with(:fish => :biscuits, :bob => :fred)

      Erberizer.file('test', :fish => :biscuits, :bob => :fred)
    end

  end

end


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生命多样化
臭氧层和原核生物在元古宙时期的出现
探寻陆地上第一缕生命
显生宙时期物种多样性的繁荣
人类进化概述
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寒武纪物种大爆发和显生宙生物多样性. 由 Sal Khan 创建
the earth is now starting to get closer to being hospitable to people like us or animals like us in the last video we saw during the proterozoic eon oxygen began to accumulate in the atmosphere this actually caused this first snowball earth and this masked extinction of all the anaerobic species but it made conditions suitable for eukaryotic cells and maybe even more important these eukaryotic cells were able to form multicellular organisms and we see where that starts right here on this chart on this time Clark multicellular life starts right over here and I want to be clear all of these things are a bit moving targets as we discover more things in the geological record and we get more tools at our disposal these numbers get tweaked but they do give you a good sense based on our current understanding of when these things start to appear and coinciding with multicellular life and this is interesting in its own right because it has its own meta-level effect on evolution you actually start also having sexual reproduction sexual reproduction and what's interesting about this why this has such a big impact on evolution we talk about it a lot in the biology playlist is before evolution variation in DNA had to be completely dependent really on mutations and just random movement around within DNA or maybe some viruses now it's sexual reproduction you had kind of a a systematic mixing of DNA so that you got more variation in the gene pool which allowed more selection for or I guess you had more very more variants to select for and so you kind of had an acceleration in the actual case of evolution so that's what we're talking you know I've looked at a bunch of sources from they say 1.2 billion 1.5 billion a little bit over a billion if you scroll a little bit several hundred million years ago you start having these multicellular life forms and sexual reproduction the other thing that we talked about in the Proterozoic Eon is the accumulation of oxygen allowed the ozone layer to build up ozone is just three oxygen atoms it is o3 and by the end of the proterozoic eon so we're talking I don't know maybe 550 million years ago give or take tens of or hundred or maybe even a hundred million years these are all moving targets the ozone layer was dense enough to protect the land from UV rays we talked about that in the last video there's that the land that the earth is being bombarded with UV rays and the ozone layer is what the only thing that really keeps us from being seriously irradiated by the Sun and allows land animals to actually live and so coinciding with that that time period around five hundred fifty million years ago you start to have life colonizing especially significant life colonizing land so life colonizes land colonize is the land and this was kind of an interesting when I first learned it it was kind of an aha moment you always assumed that that kind of trees and grasses are kind of part of the background they come they come part and parcel with land but it turns out that animals colonize land before plants did plants didn't come into the picture until about 450 million years ago give or take a few tens of millions of years and so we're now entering the end of the Proterozoic Eon life is started to colonize land we now have an ozone layer and what happens and actually there's another snowball glaciation or snowball earth near the end of the Proterra Proterozoic Eon I should say and there's a bunch of theories about why it came about and then why it disappeared maybe they were volcanoes greenhouse gases who knows but as we enter the end of that we start seeing life begin to flourish and it starts to really flourish as we enter the funner I have all I always have trouble saying this the phanerozoic eon and this right it's not even labeled here the phanerozoic eon is this is this chunk of time right over here and let me write it out so this right over here is the venero Panero zoic the phanerozoic eon and so this chart they kind of these divisions right here are eons and then jump into instead of doing eons here they didn't break into eras errors are subsets of eons they're hundreds of millions of years so this is the Paleozoic era the Mesozoic era and the Cenozoic era and that's actually our current era but perhaps the most interesting well I don't want to pick favorites here but it's one of the most interesting times in the geologic era is the first period in the Palio's in the peleas Paleozoic era era which is the first which is the first era in the phanerozoic eon and that's the Cambrian period you might have heard of it before the Cambrian period that's about this this period of time right over here Cambrian and during this period of time the earth experiences what what we call the Cambrian explosion and that's because there's just this explosion in the number of of species and and genera that existed the biodiversity on the planet it might just be that we had the ozone layer protecting us things were colonizing land it was an oxygen-rich environment we start seeing complex multicellular organisms it's about that time if you fast forward maybe a few tens of millions of years you start seeing the first fish the first kind of pre amphibians or proto amphibians you fast forward a little bit as we get out of the Cambrian period we start seeing we start seeing plants so they actually draw it right over here on this land plants or at this point right over here and of course these are moving targets depending on what we discover in the fossil record and for me the big aha moment here is so many of these things that you consider fundamental to what earth is a relatively recent phenomenon plants weren't on land until about 450 million years ago insects weren't on land or did not even exist until about 400 million years ago reptiles didn't exist until about 300 million years ago so we are about we're about right over here now mammals didn't exist until about 200 million years ago birds didn't exist until about 150 million years ago the whole dinosaur age which we kind of consider you know in our distant past that's essentially the Mesozoic era right here so this is the age of the dinosaurs right over here when you look at your time clock you can see it's a relatively recent time period and it actually ends with and are we currently believe a huge rock a six mile in diameter Rock colliding with what is now the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico right off the coast of the Yucatan Peninsula it destroyed all of the large land life-forms especially the dinosaurs and to put all of this in in in perspective and actually the thing that really was an aha moment for me you know it's okay plants are 450 million years ago grass I kind of used this fundamental thing in nature but grass has only been around for about I've seen multiple estimates 40 to 70 million years grass is a relatively new thing on the planet flowers have only been around for a hundred and thirty million years so there was a time where you had dinosaurs but you did not have flowers and you did not have grass and so you fast forward all the way and so when you look at this scale it's kind of funny to look at they say okay this is where this is the time period where the dinosaurs showed up this Brown this whole brown line is where the man will showed up so the dinosaur started to show up along with the mammals and then of course the dinosaurs died out here our ancestors when the asteroid when the when the giant rock hit the earth must have been burrowed in holes and were able to staff some food away or who knows what and and didn't get fully affected I'm sure some of many of most of the large mammals were destroyed but it's almost it's humbling or almost humorous or almost ridiculous when you look at this chart is they put a little dot you can't even see it here a little bar they say two million years ago the first humans and even this is being pretty generous when they say first humans these are really the first pre humans the first humans that are the same as us if you took one of those babies and you brought them up in the suburbs and gave them haircuts the stuff they would be the same thing as we are those didn't exist until 200,000 years ago give or take me at 200,000 to thousand years ago I've seen estimates so this is actually a very generous a period of time to say first humans it's actually two hundred thousand years ago and just to give you an idea of of how new we are and and how new our evolution is it was only five million years ago and I mentioned this in a previous video it was only five million ago so this is just a good sense this is zero years Homo sapiens sapiens only around for two hundred thousand years the Neanderthals they were cousin species they weren't our ancestors many people think they were there were cousin species we come from the same route although there are now theories that they might have remixed in with the with with Homo sapiens so maybe some of us have some Neanderthal DNA and it shouldn't be viewed as an insult you know they had big brains well there didn't actually have big brains they had big heads but that seems to imply a big brain but who knows we always tend to portray them as as somehow inferior but well I don't to get into the political correctness of how to portray a Neanderthals but anyway this is a very small small period of time towards that if you go to million years then you get to kind of the pre-human the pre-human ancestors and our our our family tree only diverged from the chimpanzees five million years ago if you put if you draw that on this clock right here it would barely make it would be like two pixels or maybe not even two pixels is when we diverged from the chimpanzees so hopefully that gives you a sense of things at least at least for me it really puts things in perspective


Placed in Southern Arizona, Jesse Hendrix's house is located on the migration path of hummingbirds in their way to the North. Every spring, about 9.000 of these birds make a stop in his home during their annual 2,600-mile migration from southern Mexico to Southcentral Alaska. For Jesse Hendrix, it all started when he and his daughter saw a hummingbird in his yard almost 20 years ago. Soon he had to buy more feeders, which drew in more birds. Now, he goes through 1,500 pounds of sugar a year to keep up with the demand of these hungry little birds.
"The more hummingbirds came by, the more feeders I put out," Hendrix says. "The more feeders I put out, the more hummingbirds came by." In the busy season, the 81-year-old retired schoolteacher has at least 150 feeders around his house every day.
Hendrix has opened his home to the scientific community, as well as to anyone interested in birding. The path to his house is well-known to People Magazine, PBS, the Smithsonian, the British Broadcasting Co. and several universities. "Ornithologists come out and band hummingbirds," Hendrix said. "It helps scientists answer questions such as how do the birds know to come here, the general condition of the birds, their patterns and so on."
In the United States, many people like to put hummingbird feeders in their houses. Hummingbirds take synthetic nectar from these artificial feeders, which allow people to observe and enjoy their flight up-close. After watching Youtube videos uploaded by hummingbird lovers, it is easier to apreciate this spectacle between reality and dreams.


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