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Volume 5, Issue 4, 2008, pp. 3139–3200
DOI: 10.4171/OWR/2008/56
Hyperbolic Conservation Laws
Ido Bright[1], Constantine M. Dafermos[2] and Dietmar Kröner[3]
(1) University of Washington, Seattle, USA
(2) Brown University, Providence, USA
(3) Universität Freiburg, Germany
The workshop \emph{Hyperbolic Conservation Laws}, organized by Constantine M. Dafermos (Providence), Dietmar Kr{\"o}ner (Freiburg) and Randall J. LeVeque (Seattle) was held December 7th -- 13th, 2008. We had 44 participants from eight different countries. The atmosphere in the Oberwolfach Research Institute was very stimulating and has initiated many fruitful discussions and exchange of ideas. The time schedule was organized as follows: We had three 30-min-lectures in the morning and in the afternoon and for each lecture at least 15 min for discussion. This time was actively used for many questions and remarks from people in the audience. As usual, on Wednesday afternoon we walked to a restaurant in Oberwolfach Kirche. In the evening on Wednesday D. Serre (Lyon) chaired a problem session for all participants. Many of them spontaneously described some open problems and initiated discussions about some ideas for solving them. The time between the lectures, in the lunch breaks and in the evenings were intensively used for starting new and to continue old cooperations. The participants of the workshop thank the administration of the institute for the possibility for organizing this meeting and the staff for the perfect service.
For this workshop we invited worldwide leading specialist and younger researcher who work on theoretical or numerical questions for hyperbolic conservation laws.
In the field of theoretical contributions the speakers reported on the following results. Existence of solutions for the linear transport equation, if the transport velocity is in $L^\infty$, was the main subject of Bianchini's contribution. Brenier considered a coupled system consisting of the Monge-Amp\`ere equation and a conservation law that occurs as a ``high field limit'' of the Vlasov-Poisson system or, alternately, as a simplified model for chemotaxis. The objective of the work of Christoforou was to construct an entropy weak solution of bounded variation for the Riemann problem for systems of conservation laws in one-space dimension via a vanishing viscosity method, for which the viscosity coefficient varies with time. Feldman described in his talk recent results on regular shock reflection for potential flow equation in dimension two. Klingenberg presented a relaxation system for ideal MHD system and derived approximate Riemann solvers with three, five or seven waves, that generalize the HLLC solver for gas dynamics. They satisfy discrete entropy inequalities, and preserve positivity of density and internal energy. T.P. Liu discussed different approaches to study the Boltzmann equations: the probability approach and the CFD approach from continuums mechanics. The purpose of Pan's contribution was to prove the existence of unique global smooth solutions for smooth initial and boundary values for the Boussinesq system. Ruggeri considered different models of a mixture of compressible fluids, and in the case of Euler fluids, the local and global well-posedness of the relative Cauchy problem for smooth solutions. In particular he presented a classical approach of mixture of compressible fluids when each constituent has its own temperature. Serre proved that entropy dissipative viscous extensions of nonlinear systems of conservation laws satisfy under some structure condition for the dissipation tensor the main assumption of Kawashima in his fundamental study of the hyperbolic-parabolic Cauchy problem. The objective of the work of Trivisa was to develop a rigorous mathematical framework based on the principles of continuum physics and to analyze the global in time existence, stability and asymptotic behavior of multicomponent reactive flows. Tzavaras studied the mechanism of shear band formation, in particular the development of a quantitative criterion explaining the onset of instabilities. Westdickenberg proposed a time discretization for the isentropic Euler equations that consists of a sequence of minimization problems and analyzed the convergence of the approximations towards a measure-valued solution. Riemann problems for the two dimensional compressible Euler system were considered in the talk of Zheng.
The contributions concerning numerical results are the following: Ancona investigated the rate of convergence of an approximate solution of general nonlinear hyperbolic systems constructed by the Glimm scheme for a suitable choice of an equidistributed sampling sequence. A fast scheme for multi-layer shallow water equations, including elliptic regions and drying was considered by Bochut. Feistauer developed a Discontinuous Galerkin scheme for the solution of the initial boundary value problem for the compressible Euler equations which is unconditionally stable and allows the solution of compressible flows for practically all Mach numbers. Kurganov studied convection dominated diffusion problems by an hyperbolic parabolic operator splitting technique. The parabolic solver is partially based on a dicretization of the convolution with the Green function formula for the exact solution of the heat equation. \def\softd{{\leavevmode\setbox1=\hbox{d} \hbox to 1.05\wd1{d\kern-0.4ex{\char039}\hss}}} \def\bold#1{\mbox{\boldmath $#1$}} \newcommand{\uu}[1]{\bold{#1}} Luk\'a\v{c}ov\'a-Medvi\softd ov\'a proved entropy-stability for a scheme, based on a Roe-type linearization coupled with the multidimensional Finite Volume evolution Galerkin method. Actually this problem was mentioned by Tadmor during the Oberwolfach conference on hyperbolic conservation laws in 2004. A framework within which existing well-balanced schemes may be rederived and reinterpreted, and new ones may be developed more easily was presented in the talk of Noelle. In particular this framework refers to Finite Volume and Discontinuous Galerkin schemes. Makridakis highlighted the main structure of an algorithm for solving the incompressible Navier Stokes equations which permits mesh redistribution with time and the nontrivial characteristics associated with it. Munz introduced a framework based on Riemann problems for diffusion equations to define suitable numerical diffusion fluxes at grid cell interfaces and developed on this basis Discontinuous Galerkin methods. A completely new problem is treated by Ohlberger. He has developed a reduced basis method for parameterized non-linear conservation laws, discretized by finite volume schemes. Numerical schemes for the BGK model, as a simplified model for the Boltzmann equation, were studied by Puppo.
The contribution by Klein was concerned with the mathematical modeling of atmospheric flows. Most models are characterized by low Mach numbers and Strouhal numbers of order one and lead to zero Mach number incompressible flow models. However, due to the strong pressure and density variations in the vertical direction the incompressible flow models are not sufficient to describe all important features of the flow. The details of this problem were discussed in his contribution.
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Justin Bieber is in Manchester today
With the pop superstar in Manchester for three shows we look back at his previous visits to our city
Justin Bieber is in Manchester today for the first of three shows at the arena.
As the city prepares to revel in 'Bieber-mania' the Canadian pop superstar was spotted leaving Liverpool's Parr Street Studios last night following an eight hour recording session.
The Sorry and What Do You Mean? hitmaker, who brings his Purpose World Tour shows to Manchester, was mobbed by fans as he left the studios, which has also had Rihanna and Drake through its doors, and he was spotted carrying his own bags before taking off in a car.
Video was captured of him in the city by Liverpool celebrity blogger and socialite Ryan Mira.
When Justin , 22, brought his previous world tour to Manchester three years ago he stayed at the Radisson Blu Edwardian Hotel on Peter Street, which foxed fans who had been camping outside The Lowry Hotel, where he stayed last time in the city.
And he was said to have turned up at the Eivissa night at the Sakura bar in Deansgate Locks – accompanied by security guards and 25 dancers - where he was seen singing along as a DJ spun a few Bieber tunes.
When he was previously here in 2011 - when he was just 17-years-old - he packed day of high-octane activities into his stay, heading to the indoor ski slope at Chill Factore next to the Trafford Centre, before heading down the road for a pitstop at the Daytona go-karting track in Trafford Park.
We heard that Justin's management shelled out hundreds of pounds to book out the entire giant venue for the day so that the pop star could go-kart race against pals and his crew without disruption.
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On Monday night the controversial pop star stopped his Birmingham show to complain about the crowd and asked them to stop screaming.
Justin at Chill Factore back in 2011
The star was performing at the Barclaycard Arena in the city for the first of two Purpose World Tour shows, and told a frenzied crowd the screaming was "obnoxious."
Justin Bieber launches his tour merchandise on the high street
In between songs, he said: "If, when I'm speaking, you guys could not scream at the top of your lungs. Is that cool with you guys?
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The Trafford Centre
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The problem for policy planners in Washington is that "China has become the largest trading partner with most of the countries in the region, undercutting American economic influence." And so the United States will beef up its presence in the Pacific to prove that "it intends to remain a crucial military and economic power" in Asia.
In simple language this means that China has secured export and investment opportunities in its own backyard and that US corporations, banks and investors want them for themselves. So Washington will use its military to take them away from the Chinese.
For obvious reasons, China thinks this smacks of old-fashioned gun-boat imperialism.
Imagine China setting up military bases in Venezuela and sending aircraft carriers to the Gulf of Mexico in order to "assert itself in the region." How strange would seem a newspaper headline that read: "As China looks to the Gulf of Mexico, it sees the United States everywhere," as if this were an unexpected discovery.
The New York Times' headline could have been more aptly written this way: As China looks around its neighborhood, it sees the US military everywhere. But then this would have made US imperialism uncomfortably obvious.
An article by Johnson and Calmes' New York Times' colleagues Nada Bakri and Rick Gladstone, also in today's edition of the newspaper ("Syria faces new threats as opposition seeks allies") is equally worthy of comment. Their article used "one human rights group, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights" as a source for the number of people killed in recent clashes with Syrian government forces.
One might get the impression that the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights is a neutral human rights monitor without a political agenda. After all, Bakri and Gladstone refer to it as "one human rights group", and nothing more.
Were it an opposition group seeking to overthrow the Syrian government we might think twice about trusting it as a source of unbiased information.
Meanwhile, the Gulf Cooperation Council, the group of US-allied oil autocracies that had been acting as arms and propaganda suppliers to Libyan rebels, played a key role in pushing through the recent Arab League suspension of Syria.
The Council has also become a key to Washington's plans to continue to dominate the Persian Gulf, even as—or rather, precisely because–US troops are being withdrawn from Iraq.
It's not only China that is hemmed in by the US military. As Iran looks around its neighborhood, it too sees the US everywhere.


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WoodN sunshades and external cladding take center stage even in Australia, at the Cranbrook Residences Bella Vista in Sydney
Featuring the shades Lagorai and Cuba, WoodN sunshades enhance the design of the exclusive retirement residences in Sydney's Hills District.
Sophisticated, modern, luxurious and with every creature comfort. The housing units at Cranbrook Residences Bella Vista in Sydney offer the highest standard of retirement living you could ever hope for. And part of the credit for this excellence can be attributed to the design of the houses, enhanced by WoodN sunshades and external cladding.
Cranbrook Residences Bella Vista is located in the Norwest suburb of the Hills District and ensures what its staff euphemistically dub "a less ordinary life". Winners of the Property Council of Australia Innovation & Excellence Award 2019, the retirement facility offers an unparalleled luxury experience. In this corner of Australia, surrounded by the green hills of the Castle Hill Country Club Golf Course, every need is catered for. In fact, the spaces designed for guests include a wellness center with swimming pool, a fitness center with various personal trainers, a library, a cinema, rooms for art and reflection and much more.
But what is truly striking is the high-quality standards of the housing units. Each residence features a modern look and the freedom to customize rooms in keeping with personal taste. Every space, from the kitchen, to the living rooms, the bedroom and bathrooms exudes an air of prestige, enhanced by incomparable finishes. And some of the most remarkable are the WoodN engineered wood external claddings and the WoodN sunshades in the shades Cuba and Lagorai.
In particular, WoodN sunshades allow tenants to regulate outside light, while meeting their need for privacy. And, in addition to guaranteeing superior performance, WoodN sunshades ensure the highest standards in terms of aesthetics and eco-sustainability. The same properties characterize WoodN brushed-finish external claddings, also selected on account of their decorative properties and as well as certified properties in terms of safety (resistant to fire and to the strongest gusts of wind, above all).
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Wallabies wife Arnika Kefu reveals her breast cancer battle
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Six months after receiving a devastating stage 1 breast cancer diagnosis, Arnika Kefu is winning her fight against the disease – thanks to treatment at Mater and the love of her family.
The 41-year-old mum of three is married to Wallabies and Queensland Reds great Steve Kefu and is sharing her courageous story with other women for Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
Mrs Kefu was given the devasting news by doctors she had breast cancer in March, with a biopsy confirming a 2.5cm lump in her breast contained cancerous cells.
Following months of continuous – and successful – chemotherapy treatment at Mater's Cancer Care Centre at South Brisbane, a soft-spoken Mrs Kefu, has for the first time revealed how she "pulled herself together" for her young family including Laila, 14, Chloe, 12 and Jacob, 8.
"Last year I started getting an inverted nipple but didn't give it the time of day. Then I started to get some sharp pain and thought 'this isn't right'," Mrs Kefu said.
"I knew if I let my mum and sister know, they would tell me to see my GP – and that's exactly what happened."
Mrs Kefu said her GP had found a lump in her breast and referred her for an immediate mammogram and ultrasound.
"Before I knew it, I was in having a biopsy," she said.
"If I went to the doctor early, it would have been picked up early."
Mater Cancer Care Centre Senior Medical Oncologist Dr Catherine Shannon said Mrs Kefu's treatment involved neoadjuvant therapy, which has shrunk the tumour to just 1cm.
"This is often done so when the tumour is smaller, the surgery is smaller," Dr Shannon said.
She said Mrs Kefu had responded well to chemotherapy and advised other women who had any abnormalities in their breasts to see a doctor immediately.
"We know a lot of women have put off of their screenings due to COVID-19 and telehealth is not the best way of assessing a breast lump," Dr Shannon said.
Just weeks ago (29 September), Mrs Kefu had a lumpectomy at Mater Hospital Brisbane to remove the tumour.
Mrs Kefu said when her doctor told her she had breast cancer, she "broke down crying" in the car with her husband by her side.
"I was thinking about how we were going to tell our children I had breast cancer, and how they would tackle it," she said.
"The first 12 weeks were pretty tough. I was faced with having a mastectomy but thanks to treatment, that's not the case anymore," she said.
Mrs Kefu explained her diagnosis to her eldest daughter Laila first, and then showed Chloe and Jacob part of a cancer-themed movie, Miss You Already, starring Toni Collette and Drew Barrymore. She hoped it would provide them with a realistic depiction of a woman facing breast cancer.
"I got it ready on the part that explained what cancer was and how chemotherapy would work. I explained how mum would lose her hair and would need a wig. It really helped the kids."
While parts of her cancer treatment had been extremely challenging, Mrs Kefu said there was nothing her family couldn't deal with.
"It's really solidified us as a family unit, we can get through anything," she said.
"Steve has been a pillar of strength and the kids are just so resilient."
Mater is a leading centre for breast cancer treatment and research, with one in every four Queensland breast cancer patients treated at Mater facilities across South-East Queensland and in Townsville, Mackay, Rockhampton and Bundaberg.
Last year Steve's brother, Wallaby great Toutai Kefu, was left fighting for his life and his family the victims of a violent home invasion which "rocked the family", Mrs Kefu said.
"My sister-in-law Rachel suffered serious cuts to her arm during the home invasion and often we sit and look at each other thinking 'what's happened'," she said.
"We are very close, all of us, and our families have banded together to get through everything, including the cancer diagnosis.
"I just want to look back at this time knowing I have minimised the impact my diagnosis has had on my family."
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If cancer is limited to the breast, the five-year survival rate rises to 96%
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Names of Pittsburgh synagogue shooting victims released
A view of the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pa. (Google Street View)
(JTA) – The chief medical examiner of Pittsburgh's Allegheny County released the names of the 11 victims of the synagogue shooting in Pittsburgh Saturday.
The victims include two brothers, as well as a husband and wife. The youngest victim was 59 and the oldest was 97. The shooting took place Saturday morning at Tree of Life Congregation, qhich houses three separate prayer services. In addition to the 11 victims, two congregants and four police officers were injured.
Federal officials said in a press conference Sunday that said they were treating the shooting, allegedly by Robert Bowers, as a hate crime. Before entering the synagogue, Bowers posted a message on his website condemning the Jewish refugee aid group HIAS shortly before entering the synagogue.
Bowers entered the synagogue at about 9:45 am and began firing. He was stopped 20 minutes later by police as he was exiting the building. He had an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle, as well as three handguns. Officials said he appears to have used all of them.
At a press conference Sunday, federal officials as well as the mayor of Pittsburgh, Bill Peduto, expressed sympathy for the victims' families and solidarity with the Jewish community of Squirrel Hill, the historically Jewish neighborhood where the shooting took place.
"The Jewish community is the backbone," Peduto said of the Squirrel Hill neighborhood. "It is part of the fabric of Pittsburgh and we will be there in all communities to help our friends in the Jewish community. We've been knocked down before but we've always been able to stand up because we work together."
"We know that we as a society are better than this," he added. "We know that hate will never win out."
Below are the names of the 11 victims of the shooting as announced by Karl Williams, the chief medical examiner of Allegheny County.
Joyce Feinberg, 75
Richard Gottfried, 65
Rose Mallinger, 97
Jerry Rabinowitz, 66
Cecil Rosenthal, 59
David Rosenthal, 54
Bernice Simon, 84
Sylvan Simon, 86
Daniel Stein, 71
Melvin Wax, 88
Irving Younger, 69
David and Cecil Rosenthal were brothers. Bernice and Sylvan Simon were husband and wife.


Revive version of Qubeley model kit (taken from Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam TV series) with improved proportions and joints.
This is a snap-fit model, therefore it doesn't require glue to be assembled. We suggest to use a hobby nipper to properly separate the components from the runners.
This updated version of Haman Karn's Qubeley in 1/144 scale is improved in all aspects (especially proportions and articulations, which allow for greater mobility), just as all gunpla models which have undergone this makeover to mark the 35th anniversary.
The assembled model is beautiful and well detailed. There are visible funnels under the tail, too!
It is very easy and fun to build, and also to position.
The kit features a small sticker sheet to add some details (tweezers could come handy to apply them), 2 Beam Sabers and 2 pairs of different hands: closed, to hold weapons, and open, with partially foldable fingers!
All components are pre-colored. If you want to paint them, it's recommended to use acrylic paints or Gundam Markers.
The Action Base shown in some images is sold separately.
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It sounds cliched but if you want your students to thrive, create a safe space for them – somewhere they can be free of their 'inner critic'. If an actor doesn't have that permission to make errors, then they'll never feel safe enough to take a risk or create something extraordinary. A dancer learns more from falling out of a triple pirouette as he or she does from nailing an easy single. It's the same for actors. An actor with safety to go out and fail spectacularly is liberated from the paralysing fear of getting it wrong. I truly believe talent comes from fearlessness.
We are the centre of our own world. We with see our own eyes and experience the world through our own bodies only. So, inevitably, we unconsciously believe that the world revolves round us. As trainers it's our job to help our students to see beyond themselves. Actors are often so concerned with their own perceptions, objectives and actions that they forget the simple act of listening to the other person in the space with them. Sanford Meisner's repetition exercise, when taught correctly, is a fantastic tool for getting actors to deflect attention from themselves and focus it on their scene partner or partners.
Acting shouldn't be complicated. Living truthfully, under any given circumstances, in any given moment should come from a place of instinct. Often there is a risk of over intellectualising the process, or making it too academic so that it prevents actors from being 'present'. As a student actor, I thought I had to break a text down microscopically, which actually only buried me in my head even more when I actually got up and tried to work. Actors (especially students) should always be keen and curious, so there is always room for research, but the audience shouldn't have to see the homework. Eventually, actors have to leave themselves alone to just be present in the space and in the moment. There can be real profundity in simplicity.
A huge part of actor training is about trying to give an actor the emotional freedom to deal with the requirements of a role. This is a very delicate subject and needs treating with real care. I have seen actors absolutely destroyed from emotional memory exercises. When the class ends, the student is left shaking and often in need of therapy, having brought up something they might actually be unable to deal with. Whether you're in a drama school offering excellent pastoral care, or an individual teacher guiding students safely through exercises, tread carefully.
Your job is to teach an actor to be truthful so lead by example. First, don't always tell your students they're fabulous. Part of nurturing their development is challenging them and giving them the tools to improve. You'll only add to their insecurities if you never pull them up on their bad habits because they'll start to question themselves.
Second, if you don't really know it, don't teach it. We all know you can't learn to act from reading a book. There are some techniques that, unless you've experienced them first-hand as a student, from beginning to end, you can't possibly understand enough to teach others. You could risk health and safety, emotional well-being or actually just teaching the subject badly, which can have a huge ripple effect.
So, invest in self-training and put new work into your teaching practice only when you're finally ready. Be open about this. I have found students more open and willing when I have been truthful and honest with them. Everything is an experiment and we are all learning together.


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Housing update, March 2018
CSTC In Action
By: Mayor Walter Sendzik
Category: CSTC In Action
Monday, March 19 was was a productive Council meeting. We received updates on new funding for public transit, approved the water and wastewater budget and got a positive economic update. We are making progress on our strategic plan. More importantly, on Monday night, Council approved new funding for affordable housing.
City Council agreed to eliminate property taxes on Niagara Regional Housing buildings. The idea is that instead of paying property taxes, more dollars can go directly towards creating more affordable housing. At current value, that is almost $1 million more per year for affordable housing in St. Catharines. This is a big step and a big investment. This funding will help NRH build more units like the new building under construction on Carlton St. This project is on target for tenants to move into 85 new apartments at the end of the year. See the construction progress in the photos below.
Housing is one of the most pressing issues facing our city. With more than 5,000 families and 10,000 people on the waitlist for housing, the need couldn't be more urgent. It is critical that Council take a leadership role to tackle this challenge – and I'm very pleased that we are doing so.
This investment is the latest way that St. Catharines City Council is investing in affordable housing. In June Council approved the Housing Action Plan with new tools and incentives for affordable housing. The City is also supporting a public-private partnership which is building a new apartment building on Church St. downtown.
There is much more work to be done. If you are a landlord, a property owner or developer interested in building decent, quality, affordable housing for residents in our community, please reach out. There are tools, incentives and opportunities to work together as we continue to build our city and our future.
Read more about this in the St. Catharines Standard
Construction of the new affordable housing apartment building on Carlton St. is on target for tenants to move in at the end of the year.
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Meet our Artists: Ken Browar and Deborah Ory
Ken Browar and Deborah Ory's The NYC Dance Project comes out of a tradition of dance photography established by George Hoyningen-Huene, Horst. P Horst, Irving Penn, and Barbara Morgan, among others. Traditionally, dance pictures were taken for publicity or commercial purposes. The photographs were taken in a studio where it was easier to control lighting, placement, composition, and costumes than it would have been in live performances. The NYC Dance Project follows this rich tradition within art history, modernizing the subject to fit today's needs for cultural innovation.
"When dancers perform, it's the moment, and then it's gone."
Spotlight: NYC Dance Project
Go behind the scenes in the photo studio thanks to this insightful video by Adorama that presents husband and wife duo Ken Browar and Deborah Ory's transformative NYC Dance Project. The "Spotlight: NYC Dance Project," an Adorama original, shows the couple's creative process and practical grounds for producing a series that has become an important cultural contribution for the contemporary world of dance. Through captivating and compelling photographs depicting elegance and movement, the project aims to record and archive elite performers in the NYC dance circuit.
The project's origin came about with an exciting realization. After searching for modern dance pictures to gift their ballet-loving daughter, the couple noticed the scarcity of available photographs of contemporary dancers. Seeing that the only available images were those of an older generation of classic dancers, like Baryshnikov and Martha Graham, the photographer, and retired dancer duo, merged their combined skills in fashion and editorial photography and embarked on a journey to showcase the wonderful world of present day's dance and dancers, centered in New York City.
"For us, it's really about capturing the emotion the dancers express through their body. We don't want to show tricks necessarily. Sometimes the movements are really simple and really subtle; it could just be a beautiful arm gesture or a beautiful breadth that their doing. But really we want to capture emotion through motion. I think that's the message. It's that they have to have some passion and power in the images."
Ken Browar
Ken Browar grew up in Los Angeles and moved to Paris with a plan to become a photographer at the age of 19. Staying in Paris 20 years later, his love for photographing movement began by capturing dancers at the Paris Opera Ballet. Browar went on to become a renowned fashion photographer. His work for many European magazines, including Vogue, Elle, and Marie Claire, continued to highlight his excellent eye for grace and motion.
Deborah Ory
Deborah Ory, a dancer since the age of 7, maintains a passion for the art of movement, which is evident in her photography. She began photographing the rehearsals she was supposed to be in using a camera her father had brought home, foreshadowing an early connection between photography and dance. Her work includes editorial assignments for House & Garden, Mirabella, Self, Health, Martha Stewart Living, and Real Simple. Ken and Deborah together both form the collaborative partnership that is the NYC Dance Project.
In the video, the photographic sessions of Browar and Ory unfold naturally. As organic collaborations between the photographers and the dancers, the footage sheds light on how the duo is capable of capturing such sensuous and captivating images.
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A South African duo have become the first people to row from Africa to the U.S. across the Atlantic Ocean, and all without a support team. Riaan Manser, a professional adventurer, and his partner Vasti Geldenhuys arrived in Miami around midday. The pair's epic journey began in Agadir, Morocco, last December.
More than 5,000 miles and many aches and pains later, they've spent upwards of 100 days on board their 23-foot-long rowboat, named The Spirit of Mandiba in honor of former South African president Nelson Mandela. Along the way, they used Twitter to keep people around the world informed of their progress and problems.
The massive wave threw Manser into the ocean but he managed to cling onto a rope hanging off the side of the boat and haul himself back up. Geldenhuys was unable to help because her feet were trapped under equipment.
Before arriving in Miami on Wednesday they had trouble on a much smaller scale — a near run-in with the U.S. Coast Guard, who thought they might be Cuban refugees.
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★★☆Student Launches Hospital for iPhones
2012年12月20日 ★★☆, 2013年6月以前の記事, Internet, News Articles, VOA.
customize /ˈkəstəˌmīz/ (vb.) modify something to suit a particular individual or task
compelling /kəmˈpeliNG/ (adj.) very interesting; able to capture and hold your attention
rally /ˈralē/ (vb.) come together in order to support a person or cause or for concerted action
word of mouth (idiom) a reference to the passing of information from person to person
amazing /əˈmāziNG/ (adj.) causing great surprise or wonder; very impressive
Student Launches Hospital for iPhones
(1) The iPhone has become one of the most popular mobile phones in the United States. An 18-year-old student in California has used his knowledge of the device to create his own business. And he has gained national recognition for his work.
(2) Vincent Quigg is the chief executive officer of TechWorld. His company is kind of like a hospital for iPhones.
(3) "I'm 18 years old. I'm a college student. And I'm the CEO and founder of TechWorld, where we specialize in customizing and repairing iPhones."
(4) Vincent Quigg launched TechWorld while in high school.
(5) "My mom became single a couple of years ago and I had to grow up. And in order to keep my lifestyle, I had to find different ways to stay financially ahead of the game [to] keep my phone, keep a car, transportation and all that stuff. So I had to find ways to be entrepreneurial."
(6) An organization called the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship, or NFTE, helped the young man get started. Both he and his mother, Carla Quigg, admit that he had a hard time developing a business plan.
(7) "He quit the class, which I was very disappointed."
(8) "It was extremely hard for myself to find a business to start and run with it. But once I had that 'aha moment' or what I knew I wanted to go with, it was really easy and extremely fun."
(9) At the time, Vincent worked for the electronics store BestBuy. He says people always came into the store with broken electronic devices. He decided that repairing those devices was what he wanted to do. He not only re-registered for the NFTE class, but he also won the organization's national competition for best young entrepreneur.
(10) Estelle Reyes is executive director for NFTE in Los Angeles.
(11) "He has an incredible gift for presenting himself and his dreams in a very compelling way that engages everyone to rally around him."
(12) His business has grown through word-of-mouth. Vincent says he now fixes up to 10 phones per week. He earns about $1,500 each month in sales. Brisa Munoz is one of his satisfied customers.
(13) "I actually looked him up on the Internet because I had heard so much about this kid, how he won entrepreneur of the year. So I looked him up, and I was like, whoo, I want him to fix my phone.'"
(14) TechWorld has two other employees. Kacee Wheeler is one of them.
(15) "He's such an amazing kid, and you always see his wheels turning with ideas every day. And it's really inspiring for him to be so young and pushing and have the drive. It's amazing to me."
(16) Kacee Wheeler works on the technical side of the business. Vincent Quigg now deals with finances and planning. He says he wants to continue to grow his business. His biggest goal, he says, has always been to work for himself.
What mobile phone is popular in Japan? What makes it better compared to other mobile phones?
Do you think having your own business will be easy? Why or why not?
If you were to open your own company, what would it be and why? Do you think that business will make you rich? Please support your answer.
English Compositions
*Let's make English compositions using the words from the article.
(1) customize
EX) I'm the CEO and founder of TechWorld, where we specialize in customizing and repairing iPhones.
(2) word of mouth
EX) His business has grown through word-of-mouth.
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Cinnamon Pecan Sticky Rolls
It's below zero again in Minnesota (that is below zero on the Fahrenheit scale for readers who don't live in the U.S.) I figured that the intrepid band of coffee-breakers who were willing to trudge over to our house this morning deserved something special for their trouble, so I made fresh-from-the-oven caramel rolls.
While I was considering how to make these rolls without getting up at 3:00 a.m., I remembered Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day, which I haven't used for a while. I am going to go out on a limb here, and say that these rolls are probably worth the cost of the book. They will give you a (possibly undeserved) reputation as a baker. I heard, "Where did you get these rolls? You made them? That's amazing!" so often that my store of modesty was quite used up. Granted, these people have an interest in encouraging me to keep providing them with food, but this was genuine enthusiasm.
The 5-Minute-a-Day method requires you to make the dough ahead of time and keep it in the refrigerator until you want to use it. The authors, Zoe Francois and Jeff Hertzberg, say you can keep most of the doughs in the refrigerator for up to 14 days. The brioche dough, which I wanted to use for the pecan rolls, could be kept for only five days, so I mixed it up Wednesday night, let it rise for a few hours, and stuck it back in the refrigerator. That part was easy.
You really can't make these rolls in five minutes, however. No step is really hard, but it is time consuming. I still had to get up a 6:30 (a.m.!) (on a Saturday!) to make sure these rolls were ready on time.
This is the dough as it's dumped out of its plastic container. It doesn't look that promising, does it?
But it rolls out nicely.
As I roll out the dough, I realize that I'm a sucker for any recipe that asks you to roll out the dough, strew good things on top of it, and roll it back up, jelly roll fashion, although I've never made a jelly roll. I don't think I've ever even seen a jelly roll in the flesh, but without it, how would we know what cookbook authors were talking about when they instruct, "jelly roll fashion." I guess if they didn't exist, someone would have to invent them.
In this case, the aforementioned good things are butter, sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, and pecans. Usually this kind of roll just has you sprinkle cinnamon and sugar over the dough, but in the 5-Minute method, you cream the sugar and spices with the butter. This makes it harder to spread, and there's already so much butter in this recipe that I'm not sure that more is needed, but I have to say that nobody complained that there was too much butter.
Now you roll it up, you know how.
You cut slices off the roll and put them in a pan that's already been prepared with butter and brown sugar, creamed together, and then covered with pecan halves. More pecans than would be on anything that you might buy.
At this point, I had to punt. The recipe uses 1 1/2 pounds from 4 pounds of brioche dough. But I cut the brioche recipe in half, and I decided I might as well just turn all the dough into rolls. This gave me two pounds of dough for a recipe based on 1 1/2 pounds, so I increased all the ingredients in the pecan roll recipe by about 25%. This process overtaxed my math skills, so I'm going to give you the proportions in the original recipe, not as I fiddled around with them. The recipe says to put the rolls in a round cake pan, so I used an bigger oblong pan, figuring it would be about right. I was left with a lot of leftover dough, so I had to quickly grab a smaller cake pan, cream so more butter and sugar for the caramel part, and cut smaller rolls. I didn't tell anyone that these were makeshift, inferior rolls.
Then they had to sit for about an hour. I was so happy that I'd read the recipe the night before and allowed for this period of resting time. Otherwise, I might have had to lock the front door and hide when people started to arrive. As it was, I pulled the big pan of rolls out of the oven seven minutes before Robert, our first guest, arrived.
They looked nice and brown and fluffy in the pan, but inverting something like this is always an iffy proposition. There was so much butter that they could hardly stick. The worst that happened is that some buttery caramel sauce puddled out on the counter before I could completely get the rolls out of the pan.
Joe, our neighbor from across the street, told me they were the best sticky rolls he'd ever had, and he's had many. (Joe's wife Lela is the one who flattered my scones last week. I love Joe and Lela).
One more week of doughnut open houses, so I have to think of one more breakfast treat to make. I should have saved either this recipe or the chocolate babka as the final piece de resistance, because I'm not sure what I can bake next week that will be up to snuff. Any ideas?
BRIOCHE DOUGH (full recipe, makes about 4 1-poundloaves)
1 1/2 cups lukewarm water
1 1/2 tablespoons instant yeast
1 1/2 tablespoons kosher salt
8 large eggs, lightly beaten
1 1/2 cups (3 sticks) unsalted butter, melted
Mix the yeast, salt, eggs honey and melted butter with the water in a 5-quart bowl, or lidded (not airtight) food container.
Mix in the flour, using the dough hook on a mixer, or just use a spoon, until all of the flour is incorporated.
Cover (not airtight), and allow to sit at room temperature for about two hours
STICKY PECAN CARAMEL ROLLS
Makes 8 rolls.
1 1/2 lb. premixed brioche dough
Caramel topping:
6 tbsp. unsalted butter, at room temperature
30 pecan halves For filling:
Flour for rolling dough
4 tbsp. salted butter, at room temperature
1/4 tsp. freshly grated nutmeg
1/2 c. chopped and toasted pecans
Pinch of ground black pepper
To make caramel topping: In a large bowl using an electric mixer on medium-high speed, cream together butter, salt and brown sugar. Spread evenly over bottom of a 9-inch round cake pan. Scatter pecan halves over butter-sugar mixture and set aside.
To make rolls: Dust surface of refrigerated dough with flour and cut off 1 1/2-pound piece. Dust piece with more flour and quickly shape into a ball by stretching surface of dough around to bottom on all four sides, rotating ball a quarter-turn as you go. Using a rolling pin, roll out dough to 1/8-inch thick rectangle.
To make filling: In a large bowl using an electric mixer on medium-high speed, cream together butter, sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg. Spread mixture evenly over rolled dough and sprinkle with chopped pecans. Starting with long end, roll dough into a log, jelly-roll fashion. Using a serrated knife, cut log into 8 equal pieces and arrange rolls over pecans in cake pan. Cover loosely with plastic wrap and let rest and rise 1 hour at room temperature. Twenty minutes before baking, preheat oven to 350 degrees. Bake about 40 minutes, or until golden brown and set well in center. Remove to a wire rack. While still hot, run a knife around inside of pan to release rolls and invert rolls immediately to a serving dish.
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Whole Wheat Bread with Pecans and Golden Raisins--a Lazy Bakers Project
It was my turn this month to choose the project for the Lazy Bakers. Even though we have no rules, we do sort of try to take turns. I guess that's okay--it's not the Anarchists' Baking Club, after all. Naturally, I chose bread. I wanted something from one of the new cookbooks I got for Christmas, and something that wasn't so long and complicated that it wouldn't be fun. I was looking for something at least moderately healthy. And finally, of course, I wanted something that tasted good. I had high hopes for this bread from the beginning. It's half whole-wheat flour, which satisfies my "healthy" criterion, with enough white flour to balance out the heavyness and the slightly bitter taste you get with all whole wheat and with raisins for sweetness and nuts for crunch, protein, and antioxidants. It's from Jeffrey Hamelman's Bread cookbook. (Hamelman is the Director of the Baking Education Center for King Arthur Flour, and he does seem to know a thing or two about bread).
The dough--half and half whole wheat and bread flour, yeast, salt, and water--was thick enough to to make the KitchenAid groan, but not so thick that I couldn't handle it (like the Norwegian bread, which resisted all efforts to shape it).
Even though it didn't sound completely, the mixer made it just fine through the final step, mixing in the pecans and golden raisins. I think it will live to make bread again.
I don't think we had golden raisins when I was growing up. I think that whoever named them "golden" was a clever marketer. I believe they're just dried green grapes, but "green raisins" doesn't sound nearly as pretty as "golden." Even "yellow raisins" doesn't work. And have you noticed that those same marketers are trying to turn prunes into "dried plums"? Maybe they should just try making "golden prunes" and see how that works out.
But back to the bread.
This recipe makes two loaves of bread, which I was very happy about because I finally got another 8 1/2 x 4-inch loaf pan, so I could make two loaves of bread that were the same size. I was unreasonably excited about this.
The lumps in the bread dough aren't big air holes, by the way; they're the pecans and raisins, of which this bread is chock-full. (After I wrote this sentence, I realized I didn't know where the expression "chock-full" came from, so I had to look it up. Chock is a variant of "choke," so it means full to the point of choking. This information makes the phrase "chock-full" seem not as homey and comfortable as it did before, but I'm glad to report that no one has choked on this bread--so far at least).
Really, fellow Lazy Bakers, there are no pitfalls in this recipe that I'm aware of. It turned out just as I hoped--a lovely, slightly sweet and nutty bread filled with nutrients. You have to find an excuse for eating scones, but you can eat this bread with a clear conscience.
WHOLE WHEAT BREAD WITH PECANS AND GOLDEN RAISINS
--from Bread, by Jeffrey Hamelman
Makes two loaves
1 pound (3 5/8 cups) whole wheat flour
1 pound (3 5/8 cups) bread flour
1 pound, 5.8 ounces (2 3/4 cups) water
.6 ounces (1 T) salt
.16 oz. (1 1/2 tsp) instant dry yeast
4.8 oz. (1 cup) golden rains, soaked and drained
4.8 oz. (1 3/8 cups) pecans
1. About 30 minutes before starting, pour warm water over the golden raisins and let them sit for up to 30 minutes to soften. Drain the rains well.
2. MIXING: Add all the ingredients except the rains and pecans to mixing bowl. Mix on low speed for 3 minutes (using dough hook if you have a KitchenAid) to incorporate the ingredients thoroughly. The dough consistency should be moderately loose. Turn the mixer to the second speed and mix for about 3 minutes more. Add the drained raisins and pecans (the recipe doesn't say whether they should be chopped, so do whatever you want). Mix on low speed, just until the rains and nuts are thoroughly incorporated.
3. BULK FERMENTATION: Put in large bowl and cover with plastic wrap. Let rise for about two hours. If it's more convenient, you can put the dough in the refrigerator and let it rise overnight.
4. FOLDING: After the dough has been rising for about an hour, take it out of the bowl and put it on a lightly floured work surface, pat it out it into a rectangle, and fold it, as if you're folding a business letter, in thirds, and put back into the bowl.
5. DIVIDING AND SHAPING: The dough can be put into loaf pans or you can make it free-form into a round or oblong shape. Divide the dough into half, and place the dough pieces on a lightly floured work surface. Cover the rounds with plastic and let rest 10 to 20 minutes, until relaxed. Shape into a blunt cylinder just slightly smaller than the loaf pans if you're using the pans. Otherwise, shape into round or oblong shape.
6. SECOND RISING: Cover loaves with oiled plastic wrap or with cotton or linen towel and let rise for another 1 to 1 1/2 hour.
7. BAKING: Preheat oven to 450. If you have a baking stone, put that in the oven and preheat it too. Put the loaf pans on the preheated stone, or on the oven rack if you're not using the stone. Lower the temperature to 425 after 20 minutes. Bread baked in the loaf pans will take 30 to 35 minutes to bake. Loaves baked freeform will take about 40 minutes.
Note on steam: The bread will develop a better crust if you inject some steam into the process. The easiest ways to do this are 1) Preheat a cookie sheet or cast-iron pan on the lowest shelf of the oven. Put about 1/2 cup of ice cubes on the heated sheet or pan when you put the bread in the oven; 2) pour about 1/2 cup of boiling water into a cookie sheet or cast iron pan when you put the bread in the oven; or 3) mist the bread and oven with water from a spray mister when you put it in the oven. Or if you don't want to bother with a steam contraption, you can forget about it and the bread should still be perfectly fine.
Cranberry-Orange Scones
Week 3 of our annual January morning coffee hours brought scones--my own personal favorite breakfast treat. I was quite anxious the first time I made scones, which was just a few years ago. They seemed so foreign. Not exotic foreign, just not something I grew up with and not in my repertoire. And also because scones can be very good, but they can also be quite bad. I didn't know how to tell whether mine would turn out to be one of the good ones.
This recipe is from America's Test Kitchen Cookbook via Smitten Kitchen
Even before they were baked, I could see they were going to be good because the dough was crumbly and buttery, with the butter worked in well throughout. I guess the only real secrets to scones are not to be stingy with the butter and cream and not to work the dough too much. I'm sure that there are people who can successfully work the butter into the flour with their fingers, but I'm not one of them. It's the food processor for me, baby!
The original recipe calls for currants, but SmittenKitchen changed that to dried cranberries, chopped up a bit, and I used cranberries too. I added the grated rind of one large orange because orange is such a natural partner of cranberries. I also sprinkled some Demerara sugar on top.
The nicest compliment came from Lela, our neighbor across the street. She took a bite and said, "Oh, I didn't know I liked scones, but I guess I do. I've had them at Starbucks, and I just thought they were dry and tasteless. But these are good." Once you've had real scones, you can never go back.
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In January, Jim and I always host Saturday morning open houses for our neighbors. We keep it very simple: coffee, tea, juice for the kids, doughnuts, and something that I make. (Last week I made espresso muffins, which I didn't bother to post about because they weren't very exciting). This week I made chocolate babka. That was exciting.
Apparently a lot of people who grew up somewhere other than northern Indiana have fond memories of their neighborhood bakery's babka. There was a bakery in our little town, but it sure never made babka. Neither did anyone else I knew. Like a lot of midwestern people, I first heard of babka in the babka Seinfeld episode. I first tasted Breadsmith's version. In fact, that was the only version I had ever tasted until I made this one. This babka, a recipe from epicurious.com, is softer, richer, and substantially more buttery and chocolatey than Breadsmith's. In fact, it bears about the same relation to "bread" as champagne bears to water. It is obscenely delicious but it wouldn't do on a long-term basis to sate your hunger.
The dough is very soft and sticky, with a lot of butter and eggs. It's so unlike a regular bread dough that you don't even make it with the bread hook attachment.
Although there are three teaspoons of yeast in the dough, it was a reluctant riser. It may have been the chilly January kitchen or the dough may just be so heavy that it doesn't like much activity, but it took longer to rise than the 90 minutes claimed by the recipe. That meant that I had to stay up past my bed time to get it shaped.
This was fun. For such a rich, buttery dough, it handled beautifully and rolled out into a 10 x 18-inch rectangle with no trouble at all. The dough rectangle is brushed with butter and sprinkled with chopped bittersweet chocolate (I think I might try grating it next time) and a few tablespoons of sugar.
After the dough is rolled up, you make it into a circle and then twist it a few times. It's supposed to look like a double 8. I couldn't really envision this, but I just twisted a few times, which is a little risky because the rolled-out dough is fairly thin and the chopped chocolate has sharp edges, so you could easily rip the dough, resulting in leaking butter and melted chocolate. Unless you're a master babka maker, there's no way to avoid a certain amount of leakage, but you'd rather not invite it. I believe this is why the recipe instructs you to prepare each loaf pan by lining it with two sheets of parchment paper. I didn't really like this idea--I thought that the weight of the bread would straighten out the paper, but it didn't work all that well, so you end up with a misshapen loaf.
At this point, I put the shaped loaves in the refrigerator, with instructions to Jim to take them out immediately when he got up. I was sure he'd forget, even though he left a giant note to himself to TAKE BREAD OUT OF REFRIGERATOR!!!. I was so sure he'd forget that I got up earlier than I wanted to so I could do it myself and chastise him for forgetting. He had remembered, however, so I was all at sixes and sevens because I was still sleepy and I couldn't berate him. Not a good way to start a weekend.
On the plus side, though, all I had to do was wait for the loaves to come to room temperature and pop them in the oven. Then came the only part that did not quite work out as planned. The recipe says to bake until the bottom sounds hollow when tapped. Do you see the problem with this method? You can't be doing any bread-bottom-tapping until you've already taken the bread out of the pan. And if it turns out that you've misjudged, the bread collapses. At this point, you can tap it and find out that it doesn't sound hollow, but a fat lot of good that does.
If I had made only one loaf, I would have been quite despondent at this point, but there was, fortunately, a second loaf, which stayed in the oven for another five or ten minutes. It got quite a bit browner on top, but it emerged in one piece when I took it from the pan.
There was only about ten minutes for the intact loaf to cool before guests started arriving, and, of course, the smell of bread and chocolate drew people into the kitchen. When they spotted the babka, they wanted some. This week, the doughnuts played second fiddle to the babka.
Desserts to Ring in the New Year
As some of you may recall from last year, some people in our neighborhood have a tradition of doing a progressive dinner on New Year's Eve, with each couple being assigned one of five courses, except for the lucky sixth couple; they are dubbed "the assistants."
In fact, last year Jim took pictures of all the courses, but this year he balked at the idea of taking his camera out in the cold and snow, so we only have pictures of our course. We drew dessert this year. I couldn't settle on a single dessert, but I had a brainstorm: why not present a dessert tray? I could bake all day, and end up with, say, four desserts. I liked the idea. I spent a lot of time browsing through cookbooks and on the internet--I wanted something chocolate, of course, and something fruity; a pie, a cake, and a something else. After a lot of different combinations and permutations, I finally decided on a white chocolate cheesecake, a lemon tart, a cranberry upside-down cake, and a layered chocolate-vanilla pudding served with World Peace cookies.
I will tell you at the outset that disaster never struck and I finished everything with enough time left to take a shower. So if you're hoping for a little schadenfreude, you'll have to look somewhere else.
I started with the cheesecake, a white chocolate variation on Rose's Cordon Bleu cheesecake. I had heard high praise of Rose's cheesecakes, and, indeed, this was probably the richest, creamiest cheesecake I've ever eaten. Her cheesecake recipe is for a cake that is served au naturel, without a crumb crust. I don't know about other parts of the country, but I know that in Minnesota, a cheesecake without a graham cracker crust would just not pass muster. (Did anyone else think the phrase was "pass mustard"? As a teenager, I remember spending a fair amount of time wondering how one passed mustard and what it signified. Now that I'm a lawyer, I know how to use the phrase, "passed constitutional muster," which would be even odder as mustard).
However, back to the cheesecake. So I made a graham cracker crust.
And then I used a 9-inch springform pan instead of an 8-inch, because the crust took up enough space that I was afraid it would overflow. The 9-inch was perfect. Do you notice anything about the top of this cheesecake? It does not have a giant crack in the center, as other of my efforts have done. In fact, I don't think I will ever be disloyal to this cheesecake recipe because I don't see how it could be done better. Now I just want to try the original, pure version. I did the white chocolate version, which just requires less sugar, less lemon juice, and the addition of white chocolate. I learned that you should steer clear of most things that claim to be white chocolate and peruse the label carefully to make sure the supposed chocolate actually has cocoa butter in it. Naturally, this is the most expensive kind.
I served it with a raspberry coulis and a few fresh raspberries. The coulis is not very artful, but I like the effect of the two raspberries plunked on top.
I was feeling pretty confident when the cheesecake came out of the water bath intact, so I went on to the lemon tart, a Dorie Greenspan recipe which she got from Pierre Herme. This was the thing I feared most because it had two possibilities for going amiss: the crust and the lemon cream. An all-butter pastry crust can go wrong in so many ways and the lemon cream could not thicken or could scramble. As it happened, the crust turned out to be delicate and flavorful and the lemon cream was a perfect, unscrambled consistency. This is not just any lemon tart; it's "the most amazing" lemon tart, according to Dorie. I don't know if it's the "most amazing," but it's pretty darned good.
It looks innocuous, but that pale yellow packs a huge lemony punch, and a melt-in-your-mouth creaminess. I had what I thought was an artistic presentation idea. I would serve a wedge of tart with a dollop of whipped cream into which I would place a smaller dollop of Trader Joe's lemon curd. I was quite pleased with the effect until my so-called friends pointed out that it looked like a fried egg and started calling it the sunny-side-up dessert.
Next up was the pudding course--again, a recipe from Baking From My Home to Yours. This is a recipe that Dorie calls Split Level Pudding, and I called Black and White pudding. It's extremely easy, but relies heavily on the quality of the chocolate and the quality of the vanilla, so you don't want to scrimp on either. The first layer is a chocolate ganache made with just cream and chocolate. I upped the quantity of both because it didn't seem like 1/3 cup of cream would make enough ganache for six ramekins, and I was glad I did because it was still a pretty thin layer. The chocolate layer is topped with a layer of standard vanilla pudding and decorated prettily with chocolate shavings. What really made this pudding special was serving it with Dorie's famous World Peace cookies, which I also baked.
About those chocolate shavings. I have heard that you can make chocolate shavings with a vegetable peeler, but whenever I've tried it, I've ended up with chocolate sawdust. Inspiration struck--I checked "chocolate shavings" in the index of The Cake Bible. Who else but Rose would tell you that you can't shave chocolate unless it's just the right temperature, which happens to be 80 degrees, which also happens not to be the temperature of my kitchen in January. Rose says just warm the chocolate in the microwave in 3-second bursts. After about five bursts, the chocolate actually peeled right into shavings.
It was 3:00, and I had only one recipe left--a cranberry upside-down cake that took about five minutes to put together. I didn't like the way the top looked when I took it out of the oven--to plain and white--but then I remembered that I was supposed to top it off with a red currant glaze. That was just the ticket.
I tried to think of a clever presentation, but couldn't, so I settled for whipped cream.
Jim's considered opinion: the lemon tart was the best. (He has to phrase this very carefully, or I accuse him of not liking the other desserts). I think I may agree, although the cheesecake was so creamy, and the pudding was so chocolatey, and the upside down cake was so homey....
Split Level Pudding
Chocolate Layer:
2 oz. bittersweet chocolate, finely chopped
Vanilla Layer:
2-1/4 cups whole milk
3 Tbsp cornstarch
2 Tbsp unsalted butter, cut into 4 pieces, at room temperature
2-1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract
Chocolate shavings for decoration (optional)
Put the chocolate in a 1 or 2 cup glass measuring cup. Bring the heavy cream to a boil. Pour the cream over the chocolate and let it sit for 30 seconds, then gently stir to blend. Divide the chocolate ganache among six ramekins or custard cups and set aside.
Bring 2 cups of the milk and 3 Tbsp of the sugar to a boil in a medium heavy-bottomed saucepan.
While the milk is heating, put the cornstarch and salt into a food processor and whir to blend. Turn them out onto a piece of wax paper, put the remaining 3 Tbsp sugar and the egg yolks into the processor and blend for 1 minute. Scrape down the sides of the bowl, add the remaining 1/4 cup milk and pulse just to mix, then add the dry ingredients and pulse a few times to blend.
With the machine running, very slowly pour in the hot milk mixture. Process for a few seconds, then pour everything back into the saucepan. Whisk without stopping over medium heat- making sure to get into the edges of the pan - until the pudding thickens and a couple of bubbles burble up to the surface and pop (about 2 minutes). You don't want the pudding to boil, but you do want it to thicken, so lower the heat, if necessary.
Scrape the puddding back into the processor (if there's a scorched spot, avoid it as you scrape) and pulse a couple of times. Add the butter and vanilla and pulse until everything is evenly blended.
Pour the pudding into the cups over the chocolate. Press a piece of plastic wrap against the surface of each pudding to create and airtight seal and prevent a skin from forming. Refrigerate the puddings for at least 4 hours. You can serve it chilled or at room temperature so the ganache was soft and blended with the pudding.
Cranberry Upside-Downer
14 tbsp butter (at room temperature)
1 cup minus 2 tbsp sugar
2 cups cranberries, fresh or frozen
1/4 cup red currant jelly (for glaze)
Whisk together the flour, baking powder, cinnamon and salt.
Melt 6 tablespoons of the butter in a small saucepan; sprinkle in 6 tablespoons of the sugar and cook until it comes to a boil.
Pour the butter/sugar over the bottom of an 8 inch round pan, then scattter the nuts and berries over the top, making a smooth layer. Set aside.
Beat the remaining butter until smooth. Cream in the remaining sugar, beating for about 3 minutes.
Add the eggs and the vanilla.
On low speed, stir in half the dry ingredients, then all the milk, then the last half of the flour mixture.
Spoon the batter over the berries, smoothing the top with a spatula.
Bake for 40-45 minutes at 350ºF, or until the top of the cake is golden.
Once the pan is cool enough to handle, turn the cake out onto a serving platter, rearranging any cranberries that fall out of place.
While cake is still warm, melt the red currant jelly and brush on top.
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The high water storage capacity of minerals in Earth's mantle transition zone (410- to 660-kilometer depth) implies the possibility of a deep H2O reservoir, which could cause dehydration melting of vertically flowing mantle.
In recent work, CDAC Partner Steve Jacobsen (Northwestern), Carnegie-CDAC Research Scientist Zhenxian Liu (NSLS) and colleagues from the University of New Mexico, University of Southern California, and University of Wyoming have used a unique combination of synchrotron infrared spectroscopy, TEM, numerical modeling, and seismic P-to-S conversions recorded by a dense seismic array in North America to examined the effects of downwelling from the transition zone into the lower mantle. In experiments, the transition of hydrous ringwoodite to perovskite and (Mg,Fe)O produces intergranular melt. Detections of abrupt decreases in seismic velocity where downwelling mantle is inferred are consistent with partial melt below 660 kilometers. These results suggest hydration of a large region of the transition zone and that dehydration melting may act to trap H2O in the transition zone [Schmandt et al., Science 344, 1265-1268 (2014)].
Their research was also featured in an article in USA Today.


Hi, my name's Jacinta Calabro and I'm a registered music therapist.
I'm passionate about sharing the benefits of music with your child and supporting you in your parenting journey.
I've always been drawn to working with young children and helping parents build strong bonds of attachment with their children. Using our voices, positive touch, movement and singing are wonderful ways to connect parents with their babies & children.
Music is also a great way to support children to reach their early developmental milestones, stimulating gross motor, fine motor, cognitive, vestibular, language, emotional and social skills development. My groups at TLC Music are strongly informed by infant/child mental health and attachment theory, and how these (along with music) can support the development stages of childhood.
I've been a music therapist for over 20 years and have worked with infants, children and their families my whole career. I have a background in paediatric and neonatal music therapy, as well as community music therapy and music therapy higher education. I have both undergraduate and post graduate qualifications in music therapy and am an active member of the Australian music therapy community.
Happy healthy parents = happy healthy kids.
At TLC Music my focus is to promote strong positive relationships between parent and child, as this is the strongest indicator for your childs lifelong heath and happiness. Children who feel safe, loved and understood by their parents are easy to parent, happy, curious, confident and creative.
The TLC Music groups are welcoming for all families and we work hard to provide a supportive and non-judgmental space where parents and children are encouraged to express themselves creatively.
It is important for children to feel calm, safe and secure within the group so the groups are limited to 10-12 families. This allows the children to build trust in others and develop friendships. Children are free to participate as much or as little as they like, and we support their emotional development by not forcing their participation. Babies and children still benefit enormously from passively engaging in music. While we encourage lots of creativity and exploration in the groups, babies and children are sensitive to new experiences. Allow your child at least 3-6 weeks to settle in and become familiar with the rhythm of the group.
While we include a large repertoire of songs and activities at TLC Music, each session has an underlying structure & purpose designed to maximise safe participation & engagement for your child. This structure supports a whole range of musical and non-musical strategies such as scaffolded activities to build confidence and competence, musical transitions between high and low activity states, turn-taking, sharing and eye-contact to develop social skills, and time to interact with your child and connect more fully with each other.
Providing resources and supporting parents is an important focus at TLC Music. This includes the morning tea which follows each group. An allergy friendly morning tea of tea/coffee, fruit and snacks is provided and this allows time for the children to play and develop their social relationships, while also giving parents a chance to relax and chat with each other. This is a safe & non-judgemental space where parents can share stories, get support and advice, and socialise with other parents. I also host a Facebook page filled with relevant blog articles, video's, songs, parenting tips, child development information and local community events.
What is music therapy and how is it different to other early childhood music groups?
In music therapy sessions the focus is usually on non-musical goals which enhance a persons functioning or wellbeing. In music education sessions the focus is on acquiring music skills.
In my TLC Music sessions I have very clear goals to enhance your childs cognitive, physical, social and emotional development and to strengthen the parent/child bond. As well as develop their music skills.
Because research shows that engaging in early childhood music helps children brains, bodies and relationships, setting them up for a happy healthy life. TLC Music kids are connected, curious, confident, competent and creative.
Early childhood music research has shown that the best way to nurture music skills is to get children having fun with music and actively participating. By singing, listening, moving and playing instruments your child is learning through doing.
Both an early childhood music education session and a TLC Music session may look very similar as we both use the same types of activities and songs to achieve our aims. So your child will still develop music skills whichever type of session you choose.
If you're not sure what type of group would suit you then I encourage you to go and check out a few different sessions in the local area and see which one best fits you, your child, and your budget. We're all different so it's worth taking the time to look around and choose which one feels right for your family.
You're very welcome to come for a free trial at TLC Music to see what you think. Just enter your details in the 'Free Trial' section on this website.
If you've never heard of Music Therapy then here's the official definition….
'Music therapy is a research-based allied health profession in which music is used to actively support people as they strive to improve their health, functioning and wellbeing. Music therapists are trained musicians and therapists who are interested in achieving non-musical goals through both active and passive participation in musical activities'.
What is TLC Birth & Beyond all about?
TLC Birth and Beyond aims to educate, support, nurture and empower women and families through conception, pregnancy, birth and early parenting. TLC Birth & Beyond was established in 2008 by Melanie Cane and is now run by Dr's James & Jenna Evans. The center provides a variety of services provided by practitioners who are all passionate about the journey of parenthood.
TLC offers a full range of services to support parents and families. Currently TLC offers Calmbirth classes, parenting support programs, pre and post-natal yoga classes, baby & child inclusive exercise classes, infant massage classes, naturopathy, reiki, kinesiology, physiotherapy, pre and post-natal massage, certified lactation consultants, baby/child chiropractors, TLC Music, psychology services, home birth midwives and newborn photography services.
TLC reception is a warm and welcoming space where you can sit quietly and breastfeed or catch up on your pregnancy, birth or parenting reading. TLC offers a free lending library to our families. Books and journals are available on a wide variety of pre and postnatal topics including nutrition, natural birth, baby led weaning, co-sleeping, and baby care. TLC has rooms dedicated to massage, psychology and other natural health services. There is also a large room used for yoga, TLC Music, exercise groups and workshops. TLC also provides a kitchen, change table and toilets for families use.


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Chinese Toddler's Crotchless Pants So Shocking in America That Woman Calls Police
Posted: 11/6/2014 9:05 am
A kid wearing open-seat pants on the street in China
Yes, a pair of crotchless pants, also known as 'open-seat pants' that have a split in the crotch for toddlers, has become a contentious issue in the United States.
The sight of a toddler wearing them in Monterey Park, California was so shocking to some American onlookers that one American woman reported the run-in to the local police.
When police arrived and learned that the onesie is mainly to used to enable kids to answer nature's calls easier and faster, the newspaper wrote that "the police couldn't just believe what they hear." However, when reached by a Chinese media outlet, the local police authority said they have yet to confirm the authenticity of the report.
The pants, which are ubiquitous in China, remain contentious even here, Nanfang Net reported. The anti open-crotch pants camp argues that the exposure is unhygienic and makes the child vulnerable to accidents such as boiling water and sharp knives.
One commentator named Daniel wrote, "wearing open-seat pants will indulge the kids to do their business anytime and anywhere they want." Others argued that this outfit might draw pedophiles. Another commenter said, "there are so many perverts out there. Once the kids get hurt, you won't even have time to cry."
Those who are defensive about the look link it to Chinese culture (though our own research can't find any particular cultural connection) and threw barbs at "narrow-minded" Americans. A user called Eternal commented, "For those who run naked for some holidays, what grounds you have to criticise us? Open-seat pants are a part of Chinese culture. What the heck do you know?"
Others even argued from an environmental point of view. 知雨 wrote, "wearing open-seat pants spared the use of so many pampers. (Do you know) how much waste we managed to save? Support tradition."
Photos: Chaos taipei, Zhihuimami
Tagged: ChinaCultureToddlerTraditionU.S.
Abusive teacher jailed for six and a half years for dropping Yaoyao on her head
Xu being escorted into the courtroom.
A female teacher was sentenced to six and a half years in jail yesterday after she punished a 4 year-old student by turning her upside down and dropping her on her head, according to Southern Metropolis Daily.
After we told you in October of the horrific injuries that the four year-old Yaoyao had sustained, outcry spread across the country over this and several other high-profile cases of child abuse.
Last month an op-ed in Shenzhen Daily called for reforms to China's pathetic child protection laws that enabled a 20 year-old kindergarten teacher to escape jail time after abusing students in creative and horrific ways.
The sentencing of the teacher, surnamed Xu, at Panyu District Court sends out a message to other teachers who attempt corporal punishment.
The incident took place on the morning of Feb. 7 this year when, after repeated disobedience, Xu committed the act of abuse and Yaoyao was left lying unconscious on the floor.
On Oct. 10, Xu admitted to inappropriately lifting the student but insisted that dropping her was an accident.
Judges at the court explained that the sentence was so long because Xu was in a position of particular trust at Guangzhou Panyu Zihui Children's Rehabilitation Centre and the child, who was not responsible for her own actions, sustained such serious injuries.
Tagged: child abuseKindergartenPanyuspecial needsToddleryaoyao
Hero of dangling Guangzhou girl identified
The search for the man who rescued a girl last week, found dangling from a fourth floor balcony in Guangzhou has ended in success, according to Southern Metropolis Daily. Identified as "yellow T-shirt man", he climbed up to save the girl who was struggling to breathe after falling through a gap in the balcony. He then discreetly left the scene.
Zhou Chong, 23, comes from Xiao Gan, Hubei Province. With the help of Zhou's friend, reporter Yang Cheng found him in Dong Pu Zhu Town, Tian He District. When the reporter interviewed him, he was wearing the same yellow T-shirt for which he had become known.
"When I passed by Zhongshan Avenue, I saw a crowd gathered in front of an apartment building. I went to have a look, and I saw the toddler hanging between the gap of welded mesh screen on the balcony! Then I ran to her." said Zhou, " I did not hesitate, but in hindsight, I don't know why I wasn't more scared. I had to climb up from the balcony on the third floor because the baby was hanging from the fourth floor balcony, we did not know whether the welded mesh screen was firm or not."
Zhou has four years experience as an electric welder in his hometown. He has also worked as a construction worker, and is accustomed to working at heights. He came to Guangzhou to look for work last month and is currently living with his cousin, who runs a supermarket where he spends his free time helping out.
As the rescue gained media attention, the demand for Zhou's identity grew.
"Though we do not live in the same city, I recognized him when I saw reports on the Internet. He is a straightforward, bold man who sticks to his principles," said Liu Hui hu, one of Zhou's friends. "I am glad he did the right thing, and hope he will do similar deeds in the future. But I also hope he doesn't endanger his own safety too much," said Zhou's girlfriend.
According to Xin Kuai Daily, the leaders of Tian He District received Zhou, and rewarded him with a certificate and 50,000 RMB. Shi Qizhu, Secretary of Tian He District Committee, also promised that he would help Zhou get a job.
Tagged: BalconyGuangzhouHubeiRewardShi QizhuToddler
Even 99 iPhones Not Enough to Win One Woman's Heart
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Fri May 30 2014
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Fri Sep 5 2014
Yunlin Dog Sellers Openly Taunt Dog Lovers: "Buy The Dog Or It Dies!" [UPDATED]
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Looking to long at this level for at least a 1R move late in the day.
QM Level - small risk, lets see what unfolds.
Was aggressive - small risk didn't work - was not the right time to get into this. Need to not rush into a trade.


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Daniel Edward Reeves (Rome, Georgia; 19 de enero de 1944-Atlanta, Georgia; 1 de enero de 2022) fue un corredor y entrenador de fútbol americano en la National Football League

Biografía
Durante sus 38 años en la NFL, Reeves participó en nueve Super Bowls, la tercera mayor cantidad para un individuo. Se desempeñó como entrenador en jefe durante veintitrés temporadas desde 1981 hasta 2003, principalmente con los Denver Broncos y los Atlanta Falcons. Como jugador, pasó la totalidad de su carrera de ocho temporadas con los Dallas Cowboys, quienes lo contrataron como agente libre no reclutado en el draft en 1965.

Fue incluido en el Anillo de la Fama de los Broncos en 2014.

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Fallecidos en Atlanta
Jugadores de Dallas Cowboys
Entrenadores de fútbol americano de Estados Unidos

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Eyelid speculums have been used traditionally but there is a growing subset of ophthalmologists achieving good outcomes without them. For example, one series of 10,164 consecutive injections performed without lid speculums reported an endophthalmitis rate of 0.03%.8 The use of face masks is logical but there are no validated clinical series reporting a reduction in endophthalmitis rates associated with their use. The use of topical antibiotics may seem intuitive, but there is very little evidence in support of their use. Most series (including CATT) that have compared antibiotic-treated and non-antibiotic-treated eyes have reported no significant differences in endophthalmitis rates.9,10 In fact, there is evidence suggesting that antibiotics may increase the endophthalmitis rates, perhaps by unfavorably altering conjunctival flora.
The approaches to prophylaxis with respect to endophthalmitis associated with intravitreal injections continue to evolve. Topical antibiotics and eyelid speculums are used less commonly, but the use of povidone iodine is important. It appears unlikely that RCTs will be conducted in the future to answer all questions related to potential endophthalmitis risk factors. Continued clinical experience with intravitreal injections may lead to further consensus.
1. Fileta JB, Scott IU, Flynn HW Jr. Meta-analysis of infectious endophthalmitis after intravitreal injection of anti-vascular endothelial growth factor agents. Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging Retina. 2014;45(2):143-149.
2. Vaziri K, Schwartz SG, Kishor K, Flynn HW Jr. Endophthalmitis: state of the art. Clin Ophthalmol. 2015;9:95-108.
3. Meredith TA, McCannel CA, Barr C, et al. Postinjection endophthalmitis in the Comparison of Age-Related Macular Degeneration Treatments Trials (CATT). Ophthalmology. 2015;122(4):817-821.
4. Schachat AP, Rosenfeld PJ, Liesegang TJ, Stewart MW. Endophthalmitis is not a "never event." Ophthalmology. 2012;119(8):1507-1508.
5. Aiello LP, Brucker AJ, Chang S, et al. Evolving guidelines for intravitreous injections. Retina. 2004;24(5 Suppl):S3-S19.
6. Avery RL, Bakri SJ, Blumenkranz MS, et al. Intravitreal injection technique and monitoring: updated guidelines of an expert panel. Retina. 2014;34(Suppl 12):S1-S18.
7. Schwartz SG, Grzybowski A, Flynn HW Jr. Antibiotic prophylaxis: different practice patterns within and outside the United States. Clin Ophthalmol. 2016;10:251-256.
8. Fineman MS, Hsu J, Spirn MJ, Kaiser RS. Bimanual assisted eyelid retraction technique for intravitreal injections. Retina. 2013;33(9):1968-1970.
9. Schwartz SG, Flynn HW, Grzybowski A. Controversies in topical antibiotics use with intravitreal injections. Curr Pharm Des. 2015;21(32):4703-4706.
10. Gregori NZ, Flynn HW Jr, Schwartz SG, et al. Current infectious endophthalmitis rates after intravitreal injections of anti-vascular endothelial growth factor agents and outcomes of treatment. Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging Retina. 2015;46(6):643-648.


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Q: Tomcat9 does not respond We have a strange issue since upgrading from tomcat8 to tomcat9.

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*From time to time tomcat9 does not respond anymore.

*All deployed war applications are not reachable anymore.

*That being said the apache proxy server seems to be ok.

*Only restarting the tomcat9 service helps.

There are no helpful log entries in catalina.out or other app log files.
Our very only suspicion is that it occurs mainly when hot deploying war files (moving war files to the apps folder without stopping/starting tomcat9). In contrast - hot deploying was never a problem on tomcat8.
Maybe this is an ajp issue?
Here is our connector config:
<Connector
        port="8009"
        protocol="org.apache.coyote.ajp.AjpNio2Protocol"
        acceptCount="200"
        acceptorThreadCount="2"
        address="0.0.0.0"
        connectionTimeout="1800000"
        maxThreads="400"
        minSpareThreads="20"
        secretRequired="false"
        redirectPort="8443" />

I found some (maybe) related issue here: tomcat hangs when deploying war file and restarting server
The folks over there state that they stop the tomcat, deploy the war, then start the tomcat again.
Anyone with the same issue since upgrading to tomcat9?

A: So it seems that the hot deployment on tomcat9 is somehow causing the freeze. The last three deployments were done like the following:

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*stop tomcat9 service

*move war files

*delete the extracted folder

*adjust file settings (tomcat user)

*start tomcat9 service

Up to now we faced no more freezes.
So i suggest that hot deployment on tomcat9 (maybe in conjunction with java11 being also updated) causes freezes.
This solution is working for us.

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7 Deadly Sins of Title IX Investigations
Addresses the seven most common and problematic mistakes that service providers encounter when investigating sexual misconduct allegations. The report provides context and guidance for avoiding these mistakes, and offers strategies for improving policies and procedures to reflect best practices.
Confronting Campus Sexual Assault: An Examination of Higher Education Claims
Examines 305 claims from 104 colleges and universities that involved an alleged sexual assault and a student victim. The findings can be used to inform efforts to prevent sexual assaults and improve the institution's response when a sexual assault is reported.
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Examining the Status of Men of Color in California Community Colleges: Recommendations for State Policymakers
Documents specific policy interventions that can be implemented in the state of California to improve outcomes for men of color in community colleges. Suggests that state policy makers examine new ways of disaggregating data, creating a new early warning system, institute a statewide educational initiative for men of color, and create programs to reclaim "near completers."
Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education Back to School Issue
Features articles on how to support undocumented students and how to shift from advising to mentoring first year students as they become acclimated to university and college life. The issue also includes other articles exploring diversity on college campuses.
Next Big Things Toolkit
Serves as a customizable template which aims to help communicate with local and regional media outlets about the next steps and innovative programs that community colleges can implement to promote student success in the years to come.The toolkit includes: a sample press release, sample letters to the editor, sample social media posts, sample blog posts, and a PowerPoint template.
Safe Place: Trauma-Sensitive Practices for Health Centers Serving Students
Encompasses a broad range of material introducing and endorsing trauma-sensitive practice with an emphasis on sexual assault trauma. It is designed specifically for health center staff who serve as primary care providers to students in higher education. These tools are designed to supplement higher education efforts to develop campus-wide plans addressing sexual assault at their institutions.
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Supporting First-Generation Students with the Right Communication and Engagement Strategy
Compared with students whose parents have completed college, those that are the first in their families face additional barriers and statistically worse outcomes. They are less familiar with the "hidden language" of college jargon, come from families with lower median incomes, work more hours while in school, and are less likely to use institutional resources like academic support, health services, and academic advising. Can't make it live?
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Colleges face more pressure to keep students with mental-health conditions enrolled
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