This March I turned 64 -- one year away from Medicare, two years away from Social Security. So there it is: I'm a baby boomer, a Buddhist, and one individual face to face with his own aging. But I'm not alone. Each day and every day for the next twenty years, 10,000 boomers will turn 65. This is a fact with enormous implications for our politics, our society -- and, I believe, our spiritual life.
Forty years ago, when my Buddhist teacher Shunryu Suzuki was in his mid-sixties and the students around him were mostly in their 20s and 30s, someone asked him, "Why do we meditate?" He replied, "So you can enjoy your old age." We all laughed and thought he was joking. Now that I am the age he was then, I realize he wasn't joking at all. Some aspects of growing old can be hard to enjoy, and a spiritual practice can definitely help. This isn't just theory; the Handbook of Religion and Health by Koenig et al. presents research showing that people who have a regular religious attendance or practice live, on average, 7 years longer than those who do not. That research result is even more significant when we remember that for the first time in human history, people will be living in relative good health into their 70s, 80s, and even 90s. What are we all going to do with that extra gift of time?
This is your life right here, right now. There is nowhere else to go.
Our exposure to life brings neither good luck, nor bad luck, just the presentation of experience.
What we make of ourselves in life depends largely on how we respond and work with that experience.
If we do not deal appropriately with what is presented to us, then it will return to seek further attention.
When we deal, in an appropriate way, with what is presented to us then we can move forward.
Experience will always be there for us to use as a learning tool.
The presentation of experience is endless because it is life itself.
All the answers that we seek are buried within us.
Create space in your life for solitude and stillness, then just listen quietly and trust in the inner process.
We are all unique - work out your own path.
Do not allow fear to influence the work you have to undertake - fear is only a projection, not a reality.


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A new film starring Anthony Hopkins is casting extras and lead characters later this month. The film is directed by Rupert Friend and it is about the life of world famous boxer Mike Tyson. They still need to fill the feature role of Mike Tyson. If you look similar to Mike Tyson, you will have priority over other actors during auditions because they want to find an actor that closely resembles him.
The movie is about the legendary boxing trainer Cus D'Amato and how he trained Mike Tyson to become the youngest boxing heavyweight champion of the world. Cus D'Amato will be played by Anthony Hopkins while the roles for young and old versions of Mike Tyson have yet to be cast. This is a tremendous opportunity to appear in a historically accurate take on one of the greatest legacies of the last generation.
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A new movie called Last Flag Flying is casting actors, models, and talent to work on February 16th in Chicago. Casting directors are looking for people to play soldiers and nurses in an important scene toward the end of the film.
The movie is based on the fantastic novel by Darryl Ponicsan with the same name. It is an emotional tale about a man returning home from prison to make the main characters lives as complicated as ever. Bryan Cranston, Steve Carell and Laurence Fishburne will star in the reboot of Last Flag Flying. It is a spiritual successor to the 1974 Jack Nicholson movie, The Last Detail.
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The casting team for a new feature film is casting various actors for a movie that will be filmed around the Midwest! The crew is looking for all types of actors to play cellmates, police officers, and drug dealers.
The film will star award-winning actor Matthew McConaughey. The Texas native has appeared in dozens of movie including the Oscar-winning movie Dallas Buyer's Club. For his role in that movie, he earned himself an Oscar for Best Actor. Since then, he has appeared in movies like Interstellar,The Wolf of Wall Street and several smaller budget films.
Continue reading "Feature Film "W.B.R." Casting in the Midwest" »
Casting directors need men and women to work on the upcoming feature film, Black '47. Set in Ireland during the Great Famine, the drama follows an Irish soldier fighting for the British Army. During the heat of battle, he abandons his post to reunite with his family to help them overcome the terrible famine. Despite experiencing the horrors of war, he is more shocked by the famine's destruction of his homeland and the brutalization of his people and his family. Filming will take place on January 30th.
This is an emotional tale of overcoming hardship and the importance of family. By leaving his post, the main character felt that he abandoned his brothers in battle. But more importantly, by abandoning his brothers he was able to return home and help his family overcome the Great Famine. It is a film about the importance of family in horrible times.
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Infinity Wars is an upcoming Marvel Avengers movie that will hit theaters on May 4th, 2018. Since the movie is a high budget blockbuster film, the casting team is wasting no time finding good talent to film significant roles. They are always casting for extras, but currently they are in need of two featured actors to play vital characters in a fight scene.
Marvel casting teams are hiring extras to work on the new Marvel feature film, Avengers: Infinity Wars. This casting call is for extras to play people fleeing chaotic scenes, people walking down the street, people in a mall, waiters, waitresses, and a judge in a court room.
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Founded in Spain in 2006 by a group of young, visionary entrepreneurs, the digital and technology company Tuenti was born as a successful social network and quickly attracted 15 million users.
Seduced by Tuenti's success, global telecom giant Telefónica acquired the company and helped it to evolve into a technology-focused mobile phone network.
Our role was to support them in facing this new scenario to become a leading cloud phone company.
Innovating in the telco business isn't easy, that's why so few companies dare to try. You need to be a different breed: small, nimble and with big aspirations. Tuenti is one of these organisations.
For example, they've developed various innovative services to help customers break free from astronomical roaming bills. They're also leading the way in device-agnostic communication. And while low-cost operators battle over price and data in an oversaturated market, Tuenti are developing technological solutions to shape the future of telecommunications.
Tuenti perfectly understands the rules of the game but seeks to challenge or reinvent them. We encapsulated this disruptive approach in the brand idea 'Extreme nonconformism,' to further encourage the company to distance themselves from the stereotypes of the industry.
The logotype has the same challenging attitude. And placing the full stop at the beginning of the word not only demonstrates a disregard for the rules of grammar and typography, but it suggests that the brand goes beyond accepted limits. This device is also used to the same effect in other written communications.
The largely black and white identity is an extreme departure from the normal industry vernacular, but the effect is a breath of fresh air in a marketplace awash with colour. It's a bold convention that is also extended to brand photography.
In the telco industry, icons are an accepted part of consumer communications toolkit. So creating uniqueness here was considered equally important. The quirky illustrations adhere to the same inclined angle used as the basis of the typography.
Despite the identity's overall minimal approach, some communications necessarily feature multiple messages and require another level of design. For these instances, a more structured graphic language was developed, using a grid system, layering and a secondary colour palette to help organise information.
The brand is consistently uncompromising in advertising, on products and on the screen of every conceivable digital device. When such a bold identity is experienced across its many touchpoints, its real power becomes apparent.


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Q: MySQL - group by with 2 keys Suppose you have a MySQL Database Schema with a from_id and a to_id, both representing numeric user ID's. The context are text-based conversations similar to a chat.
How woud you query  the database about selecting a list of all the last messages exchanged between user 1 and all the other users he/she had a conversation with?

A: If you need it for 1 user:
SELECT * FROM TABLENAME
WHERE from_id = USERID1 OR to_id = USERID1
ORDER BY `timestamp` DESC
LIMIT 1

here timestamp - your timestamp field.
and for all users:
select text, id, ts
from (select text, from_id as id,ts from chat union select text, to_id as id,ts from chat) T
group by id
having ts=max(ts)

here ts - timestamp

A: SELECT * FROM TABLENAME WHERE from_id = USERID1 OR to_id = USERID1

You would want to put the columns you need in place of the "*" for better performance.
If you have a datetime field, you can then search by that as well.

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CD Review: New Singer/Songwriters Are Making Some Amazing New Music
Singer/songwriter Cecei is a well-traveled musician, moving from LA to Ft. Worth and before that, living in Hong Kong. They say that singers write their best music after facing a major crossroad in their life. This rings true on Cecei's new three-song EP about her break-up and her return to the U.S. after an 18-month engagement in Hong Kong.
Cecei pours her heart out on the Adele-sounding "Best Of Me" as she has you hanging on her every word. Her acoustic-folk storytelling side comes shining through on "City Boy," before finding her revenge on "The Reaping" as she lets her feelings fly on this beat-fueled tune of redemption.
Cecei's new EP is available now. For more information, please visit www.facebook.com/Cecei.music.
Another fellow singer/songwriter, Scott Barken just released his second album entitled "Flightless Bird." After being a session musician for many of today's big singers and bands, he decided it was time to venture on his own. Last year he release his debut album, "Little Days" and wasn't done saying what he wanted to say, which brings us to his latest release.
His new nine-song album begins with the title song, "Flightless Bird" as you instantly notice how talented a guitarist and singer Barken is. His music is so smooth and free that you feel yourself getting lost in the moment within the songs "Bad Dreams" and "Gone Away." He gets jazzy on the adventures lyrics of "Leaving Here," while making the song so memorable with the repetitive chorus. The Cohen-esqe "Crank Radio" and the gentle album closer "Last First Love" shows us a musician that is one of the best kept secrets to come out of New York.
Scott Barken has a handful of dates scattered throughout the U.S. To find out more about his new album "Flightless Bird," please visit scottbarkanmusic.com.
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const int items_to_produce = 10000000;
const auto settings = CppBenchmark::Settings().Infinite().PC(1, 1);

template <class TReaderWriterQueue>
class ReaderWriterQueueBenchmark : public CppBenchmark::BenchmarkPC
{
public:
    using BenchmarkPC::BenchmarkPC;

protected:
    void Initialize(CppBenchmark::ContextPC& context) override
    {
        _queue = std::make_shared<TReaderWriterQueue>();
        _count = 1;
    }

    void Cleanup(CppBenchmark::ContextPC& context) override
    {
        _queue.reset();
    }

    void RunProducer(CppBenchmark::ContextPC& context) override
    {
        if (_count >= items_to_produce)
        {
            if (_queue->try_enqueue(0))
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            return;
        }

        if (_queue->try_enqueue(_count))
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    void RunConsumer(CppBenchmark::ContextPC& context) override
    {
        int value = -1;
        if (_queue->try_dequeue(value) && (value == 0))
            context.StopConsume();
    }

private:
    std::shared_ptr<TReaderWriterQueue> _queue;
    std::atomic<int> _count;
};

class ProducerConsumerQueueBenchmark : public CppBenchmark::BenchmarkPC
{
public:
    using BenchmarkPC::BenchmarkPC;

protected:
    void Initialize(CppBenchmark::ContextPC& context) override
    {
        _queue = std::make_shared<folly::ProducerConsumerQueue<int>>(queue_bound_size);
        _count = 1;
    }

    void Cleanup(CppBenchmark::ContextPC& context) override
    {
        _queue.reset();
    }

    void RunProducer(CppBenchmark::ContextPC& context) override
    {
        if (_count >= items_to_produce)
        {
            if (_queue->write(0))
                context.StopProduce();
            return;
        }

        if (_queue->write(_count))
            ++_count;
    }

    void RunConsumer(CppBenchmark::ContextPC& context) override
    {
        int value = -1;
        if (_queue->read(value) && (value == 0))
            context.StopConsume();
    }

private:
    std::shared_ptr<folly::ProducerConsumerQueue<int>> _queue;
    std::atomic<int> _count;
};

class SPSCQueueBenchmark : public CppBenchmark::BenchmarkPC
{
public:
    using BenchmarkPC::BenchmarkPC;

protected:
    void Initialize(CppBenchmark::ContextPC& context) override
    {
        _queue = std::make_shared<spsc_queue_t<int>>();
        _count = 1;
    }

    void Cleanup(CppBenchmark::ContextPC& context) override
    {
        _queue.reset();
    }

    void RunProducer(CppBenchmark::ContextPC& context) override
    {
        if (_count >= items_to_produce)
        {
            _queue->enqueue(0);
            context.StopProduce();
            return;
        }

        _queue->enqueue(_count++);
    }

    void RunConsumer(CppBenchmark::ContextPC& context) override
    {
        int value = -1;
        if (_queue->dequeue(value) && (value == 0))
            context.StopConsume();
    }

private:
    std::shared_ptr<spsc_queue_t<int>> _queue;
    std::atomic<int> _count;
};

class SPSCBoundedQueueBenchmark : public CppBenchmark::BenchmarkPC
{
public:
    using BenchmarkPC::BenchmarkPC;

protected:
    void Initialize(CppBenchmark::ContextPC& context) override
    {
        _queue = std::make_shared<spsc_bounded_queue_t<int>>(queue_bound_size);
        _count = 1;
    }

    void Cleanup(CppBenchmark::ContextPC& context) override
    {
        _queue.reset();
    }

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        {
            int value = 0;
            if (_queue->enqueue(value))
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        if (_queue->enqueue(value))
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    }

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        int value = -1;
        if (_queue->dequeue(value) && (value == 0))
            context.StopConsume();
    }

private:
    std::shared_ptr<spsc_bounded_queue_t<int>> _queue;
    std::atomic<int> _count;
};

class LockBoundedQueueBenchmark : public CppBenchmark::BenchmarkPC
{
public:
    using BenchmarkPC::BenchmarkPC;

protected:
    void Initialize(CppBenchmark::ContextPC& context) override
    {
        _queue = std::make_shared<lock_bounded_queue_t<int>>(queue_bound_size);
        _count = 1;
    }

    void Cleanup(CppBenchmark::ContextPC& context) override
    {
        _queue.reset();
    }

    void RunProducer(CppBenchmark::ContextPC& context) override
    {
        if (_count >= items_to_produce)
        {
            int value = 0;
            _queue->enqueue(value);
            context.StopProduce();
            return;
        }

        int value = _count;
        _queue->enqueue(value);
        ++_count;
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        int value = -1;
        _queue->dequeue(value);
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    }

private:
    std::shared_ptr<lock_bounded_queue_t<int>> _queue;
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};

BENCHMARK_CLASS(ReaderWriterQueueBenchmark<moodycamel::BlockingReaderWriterQueue<int>>, "moodycamel::BlockingReaderWriterQueue<int>", settings)
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have children, we understand the saying.
and they absorb the things we do and say and can mimic us at any given moment. The same applies in athletics.
to watch yourself perform the drills yourself.
be on the ball field.
I think that applies to any coach, not just softball. A great coach may not be the best athlete (and a great athlete might make a terrible coach) but you at least have to show your athletes that you are willing to do what you ask of them.


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Sanibel, SCCF oppose offshore fish farms: 'Wrong spot to do this'
2:08 PM EDT, Thu July 09, 2020
MATLACHA, Fla. – On a boat ride from Matlacha to the Gulf of Mexico, commercial fisherman Casey Streeter showed the NBC2 Investigators visible signs of our water's recovery.
Dolphins splashed through the boat's wake. Baitfish sprang up to unsettle the surface of the water. Pelicans swooped down for their breakfast.
For Streeter, it's encouraging to see.
"We're in a state of recovery right now," he explained. "The fishery is bouncing back, the water is bouncing back."
The pass wasn't this active just two years ago. In 2018, red tide ravaged our water, our marine life and our shoreline.
James Evans, the director of natural resources for the City of Sanibel, will never forget what it looked like.
"We picked up more than 850,000 pounds of dead marine life from our beaches," Evans explained. "It had an impact of about $47 million on our local economy."
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Evans and others working to make sure that doesn't happen again now have a new concern: offshore fish farms.
SCCF: 'WRONG SPOT TO DO THIS'
Last month, President Trump signed an executive order the White House said will 'remove unnecessary regulatory burdens' and improve America's seafood industry.
But Dr. Ryan Orgera, CEO of the Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation, said the order will fast-track approval for fish farms, which he said don't belong in our waters.
"This would be a way to do things quickly without proper environmental checks," Orgera said. "I think in 10 years when we're having fisheries emergencies and the collapse of several stocks, I think we would turn back and say, 'Why would we do that for a short-term gain?'"
One Hawaii fish farm company, Ocean Era (formerly Kampachi Farms), has already applied to put a small, test fish pen in the gulf 40 miles offshore Sarasota. The company is still waiting on permit approvals.
Both the City of Sanibel and SCCF wrote letters to the Environmental Protection Agency objecting to the project. They say additional nutrients in the water from the fish pen could make a red tide bloom even worse.
"It could provide additional fish for people in the U.S. to eat, but it comes at a cost here locally," Evans explained.
"We would willingly be adding lots of nutrients that feed red tide," Orgera said. "The point really is geographic here. This is the wrong spot to do this."
HAWAII FISH FARMER: 'NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT' TO WATER QUALITY
The NBC2 Investigators spoke with the CEO of Ocean Era, Neil Sims, via Zoom. He reiterated this would be a small test pen raising 20,000 almaco jack fish, not a full-sized commercial farm.
"We want to be able to show to the local community what offshore aquaculture really is," Sims explained.
He likened the previous U.S. regulations to a 'Gordian knot' and said it's been impossible for fish farms to obtain approval in federal waters. He fully supports the president's executive order.
Sims also insists the test pen near Sarasota would be far enough offshore to avoid a negative impact.
"You have to look at the science," Sims explained. "So long as a farm is appropriately set in deep enough water, far enough offshore, it will have no significant impact."
Sims said fish farms are needed to improve American seafood supply and to cut down on the large amount of imports. He also said the farms could benefit local communities by adding certain jobs.
"We would view this as an opportunity for resurgence of the seafood industry in southwest Florida," Sims said.
COMMERCIAL FISHERMAN: FARMS 'COULD BE CATASTROPHIC'
Streeter, who also owns his own fish shop, doesn't see it the same way.
He worries fish farms could impact the wild stock and drive down prices of what they catch.
"Here in southwest Florida, I don't think anyone's going to economically benefit unless they're directly connected to these pens," Streeter explained. "The negative side of these could be catastrophic to us."
It's unclear exactly when the EPA will make a decision on the proposed test pen near Sarasota. Sims said he expects a final decision in the coming few months.
Tags: Captivaenvironmentfish farmSanibelSCCF


TEDxMilpitasHighSchool hosted the first conference on May 24, 2015 from 12:30pm-4:00pm at the Milpitas High School Auditorium. With the theme Breakthrough, we highlighted ideas about breaking through conventions or barriers that hold us back from realizing our true potential.
look through these moments of our conference in 2015!
Check out the TEDx Talks from the 2015 conference!
Cara is currently a junior at Milpitas High School and is the Area 6 Director on the Interact District Council Team, which serves Interact District 5170 in Northern California. She coordinates volunteers from six different schools in the Bay Area to plan service events that support communities locally and abroad. Cara is a seventeen year old with a desire to mold the world into a better shape than when she first set foot on it. She has a passion for creating change in her community, whether it be through performing acts of service or cultivating kindness wherever and whenever possible. She's grateful for opportunities to share her message of living a life geared towards making a positive impact.
Morgan Richardson has spent over a decade in the themed entertainment industry. He is currently an Imagineer with Walt Disney Imagineering and has formerly worked with companies like Nickelodeon, Paramount Parks, and Cedar Fair Entertainment. He has designed and worked on attractions and experiences for over a dozen theme parks, museums, zoos, cruise ships, hotels and interactive experiences around the world. Richardson is an accomplished artist - his paintings have been exhibited in galleries and shows on three continents. His work has graced the covers of magazines, rock albums, books, billboards and merchandise. Richardson holds a BA in Photography from San Jose Sate University, and an MFA in Themed Entertainment Design from Savannah College of Art and Design. He has a deep passion for innovation in American education and spent several years as a Bay Area art teacher. He currently holds a position on the Galileo Learning SoCal Board of Advisors.
Dr. Lorraine Haataia is a lifelong learner, specializing in personal and professional development. She attributes her love of learning to a handful of teachers who got her excited about speed-reading, writing and perseverance. In both high school and college, she noticed that there were some instructors whose classes filled up fast. "Why were some more captivating than others?" she wondered. They knew how to mentor and inspire students. What if all graduates had confidence in their gifts, passions, and growing lists of accomplishments? True commencement, after all, doesn't happen until students tap into their deepest desires. Lorraine proposes a simple metric which has the power to improve every school in the world. Lorraine earned six college degrees by the age of 35, including a doctorate in curriculum and instruction from the University of Florida. She has earned a Distinguished Toastmasters Award. She's an award-winning corporate trainer and blogger at DrLorraine.net.
Paral is currently a junior at Milpitas High School pursuing the immense passions that fulfill her: writing, performing, poetry. There is nothing she loves more than spending time being creative and making good connections with others through art and communication. If the opportunity was given, she would perform to inspire whenever and wherever possible. Academically, she has a great interest in math and science, while being interested in possibly pursuing a career in the medical field. In addition, she enjoys calm, evening walks; hot tea, and blogging. In the future, she hopes to perform nationally and publish books. She is currently working on her manuscript for her first poetry book.


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Clemson's first study abroad trip to Cuba demonstrates importance of tourism to economy, culture
Shawna Cass, College of Behavioral, Social and Health Sciences
The study abroad cohort in front of the Monument to the Slaves' Rebellion at the Triunvirato Sugar Mill in the province of Matanzas, where they learned about the nation's history of slavery and how it continues to shape Cuban heritage and tourism.
Image Credit: College of Behavioral, Social and Health Sciences
Last month, a group of students led by Clemson faculty took part in the University's first study abroad program in Cuba. The program studied the intersections of tourism and society from the historic to the modern. It also applied a critical lens to how the travel and tourism industry interfaced with social structures and norms such as race gender, class and sexual orientation influence daily life for many Cubans.
The student group was led by Lauren Duffy, associate professor in Clemson's parks, recreation and tourism management department, and Kendra Stewart-Tillman, director of diversity and inclusion at the Harvey and Lucinda Gantt Multicultural Center. Duffy says this study abroad program was particularly timely, as it allowed students to see first-hand the impact tourism can have on a society.
"In Cuba, tourism is an important industry sector, and the country is largely dependent on revenue from inbound travelers," Duffy says.
The visit came during a period of instability between Cuba and the U.S. Political issues including increased travel restrictions combined with political unrest in allying countries has resulted in an economic downturn in Cuba, with food shortages in key household items, such as meat, eggs and flour.
Students learn about Cuba's economy and Afro-Cuban heritage from a guest speaker at the Center for José Martí Studies in Havana.
"Being in Cuba during these events gave students valuable insight into both the impact tourism can have on a country's economy, infrastructure, quality of life and culture as well as how intertwined Cuba-U.S. relations have been historically," Duffy says. "It also allowed students to critically challenge popular narratives regarding this relationship."
Before they left for the trip, students studied the history of travel and tourism in Cuba and socio-political considerations. This ensured students had the background they needed to be able to assess the current state of tourism while also considering how it has been shaped by a history of colonialism, slavery, racism and gender ideology.
Students learned how key tourism topics such as conservation, preservation, and economic impacts cannot be addressed with one-size-fits-all solutions.
"Understanding a country's past and how it impacts its present and future state helps students apply a different lens to their travel experience," Duffy says. "When you understand a country's history and heritage, you are better equipped to understand how key tourism topics such as conservation, preservation and economic impact cannot be addressed with one-size-fits-all solutions."
While in Cuba, the students experienced the country's rich Afro-Cuban heritage through visits to colonial, pre-Revolution and post-Revolution interpretative sites. Discussions with guest speakers through the Center for José Martí Studies helped students unpack the complexities of living in a socialist country with an evolving mixed-economy that is largely spurred by growth of private sector enterprises within tourism – a change that has allowed for a classist society to re-emerge within Havana.
The program was developed through a partnership between the Gantt Multicultural Center and the parks, recreation and tourism management department, with scholarship support provided by the Gantt Center to increase underrepresented student participation in study abroad programs. Stewart-Tillman says she was happy to be able to support several students in the inaugural cohort of the Gantt Study Abroad Fellows.
"The fellowship program provided funding assistance for underrepresented students populations that do not typically study abroad at high rates," Stewart-Tillman says. "This was the first time Clemson sponsored a trip to Cuba and we hope this becomes a regular opportunity for our students in the future."
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