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2019 Holiday Showcase
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April Spotlight Winner!
Thursday, April 12, 2018 12:23 PM | Leslie Merryman (Administrator)
Linda Sherman of CenterPoint Consulting
Back in the 80s, Linda Sherman worked in construction manufacturing and professional industries. She was a decision maker at a time when there were relatively few women in key roles., But it was her willingness to tackle and resolve tough problems through critical thinking that got her to be in such a position at the time. Later she went on to work with several Fortune 500s in finance, contracts, program and project management. In each of these roles, Linda brought in her own tools and systems.
However, many of these larger companies relied on unethical tactics. They held back payments for extended periods of time, demanded additional work without compensation, and they moved up time frames and then penalizing with back charges if the businesses couldn't meet these unrealistic demands.
These are just a few examples of the situations Linda witnessed; their tactics drove small businesses to the brink of disaster – and even closure. This realization broke her heart and drove her to quit a 30-year career and a 6-figure paycheck in order to help small businesses be profitable, competitive, and avoid the pitfall and traps larger corporations use.
Linda now works directly with small businesses where she knows she can make a real difference, teaching people how to implement sustainable, long-term strategies for growth.
Learn more about Linda and her business at the April monthly luncheon.
Meet Our Spotlight Winner Jennifer Siorek!
Monday, March 12, 2018 1:05 PM | Leslie Merryman (Administrator)
Jennifer Siorek has lived in Gainesville since 2009 after moving from Orlando, Florida. She is married to her first childhood friend (they even attended preschool together) and has one daughter who is in middle school. They recently welcomed into their family a beagle puppy adopted from Gainesville Pet Rescue. Jennifer enjoys learning foreign languages, spending time with her family, eating sushi and doing Zumba.
She has a degree in advertising with a minor in Spanish and has been on the sales team at Advantage Publishing, Inc. (API) since 2016. Advantage publishes HOME magazine, Business in Greater Gainesville and Guide to Greater Gainesville and hosts Taste of Greater Gainesville, an annual non-profit event that benefits four local children's charities.
She has been in advertising sales for 18 years and has worked at such companies as BellSouth Advertising & Publishing in Atlanta, the Orlando Sentinel in downtown Orlando and MediaEdge Communications here in Gainesville prior to joining Advantage Publishing.
Jennifer volunteers her time serving on the Advisory Council for Ronald McDonald House Charities of North Central Florida, is a committee member of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation's annual Kickoff for a Cure event, serves as an Ambassador for the Builders Association of North Central Florida (BANCF) and enjoys volunteering every year at Taste of Greater Gainesville.
She looks forward to attending GAWN each month and enjoys the friendly and positive networking atmosphere.
Jennifer may be reached at j.siorek@advantagepublishinginc.com or (352)226-8119.
Meet Gwen Freeman our February Spotlight Winner!
Wednesday, January 31, 2018 11:09 AM | Leslie Merryman (Administrator)
Gwen hails from the Great White North aka Canada eh, where she studied education, travel & tourism marketing. She moved to Ohio & married her husband in 2000. In 2013 she became a US Citizen and moved with her family to Florida. She has 2 sons, a dog, a cat & a gecko. She is a runner & runs the Gate River Run in Jacksonville yearly as a fundraiser for Girls on the Run as a Solemate. Prior to moving to Florida and working for the Hartley Press she worked in the printing industry for Lithographic Services and Western States Envelope Company where she developed a diverse background in print sales, customer service & account management.
At the Hartley Press they harness the POWER of the printed word to deliver results for you. The Hartley Press offers high quality sheet fed, heat set web, and digital press work. Their specialties are magazines, catalogs, directories, books, newsletters, brochures, calendars and other commercial products. They also do direct-mail postcards & custom printed packaging. An ideal referral for Gwen would be Marketing companies or Marketing departments within a large corporation, Publishers, Ad Agencies and Graphic Design firms.
Gwen just joined GAWN & is excited to get to know everyone. She loves the energy and camaraderie she experienced on her first visit here.
Gwen's goal in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion some humor & some style.
To learn more about the Hartley Press and their print capabilities please go to www.thehartleypress.com
Gwen can be reached at gfreeman@thehartleypress.com
Holiday Showcase Vendor and Sponsor Registration Now Open
Thursday, November 09, 2017 7:41 AM | Kristy Moffat (Administrator)
Hundreds of professionals come through the doors of GAWN each year. Would you like to make sure they know who you are, while supporting the work of GAWN at the same time?
We have an annual sponsorship option for our members in 2018. Sponsorship benefits include:
Recognition and signage at all GAWN events
Logo displayed on GAWN website, linking to member company website
Promotion via social media
Recognition in GAWN communications
Sponsor table and associated benefits at 2017 Holiday Showcase
Other benefits to be determined
The cost is $500 for the year, open to paid members only. We have a limit of four sponsorship spots for now, but may consider adding others later depending on interest.
We are also accepting vendor applications for our 2017 Holiday Showcase, which will be on Wednesday, December 13 from 11:30-1:30 at Sweetwater Branch Inn. Vendors will share an 8 foot table with another vendor, and have the opportunity to gain exposure and network with attendees. The cost is $50, and includes admission for one person.
Applications and payments must be submitted by November 30 to be considered. Registration is available on the event page. Please contact board members Trish Bulko or Kristy Moffat with any questions.
2018 Sponsorship Application | Holiday Showcase Vendor Application
Meet Kerry Spears - Our November Spotlight speaker!
Monday, October 30, 2017 1:19 PM | Leslie Merryman (Administrator)
Born and raised in southern New Hampshire, Kerry Spears has always had a love for old homes, beautiful details and classic character. After living in Charleston, SC, she discovered her love only grew fonder for the charm of historical architecture. Kerry decided to pursue a career in interior design and work as a design assistant, where she learned the ins and outs of the business. Through a passion for beautiful homes and an innate skill for aesthetics, Kerry Spears Interiors was brought to life.
Kerry Spears Interiors is a full-scale interior design firm with a fresh aesthetic and a passion for details. She specializes in finish and decor selections, home renovations and new construction. Each aspect of the project is tailored toward the client and their distinctive lifestyle to create a comfortable, personal and functional space. Between the color on the walls and the fabric on the furniture, she will design a space that is uniquely yours. She works from initial ideas all the way through the completion of the project and considers every detail along the way. Kerry's signature style fuses traditional interiors with a fresh, modern flair. Her style is ever evolving as she stays on top of trends to incorporate them into her clients' homes in a timeless way.
Kerry Spears Interiors also offers e-design services. These are projects done solely through communication over the phone, email and Facetime, allowing projects to be completed anywhere.
Kerry has worked on projects all over the United States, including Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, Wisconsin and New Hampshire. She currently lives in Gainesville, FL with her husband, Reid, and Mini Bernedoodle, Louie.
Some of Kerry's completed projects will be featured in Home Magazine Gainesville throughout 2018.
You can find a portfolio of Kerry's work and contact information at www.kerryspearsinteriors.com.
October Spotlight Winner - Ronnie Lovler!
Tuesday, October 03, 2017 11:41 AM | Leslie Merryman (Administrator)
Ronnie spent a lot of time in Latin America but for the last few years, Gainesville has been her home. It's her second time around here. "I like Gainesville, and I like having Gainesville be the place I come home to when I return from a trip (I also really like to travel!)."
Ronnie is about to have a chapter published in an anthology that focuses on women who have spent time in Latin America, Women Travel Alone Together, with a likely publication date in early 2018.
Like so many of us she multi-tasks constantly, but a lot of her focus these days is on her small business as an editor, writer and translator. As a copyeditor, she has particular expertise in editing the works of journalists, scholars and researchers for whom English is a second language. She has also edited two memoirs by Puerto Rican authors, an environmental education book by a group of authors at Cornell University, and is now editing a book on reggaeton.
She is always looking for more editing, translating or writing work, not just for the money, which obviously counts, but also because she really enjoys the work! When she edits, writes or translates, she learns a lot about the subject at hand and that brings her a lot of satisfaction. She is a veteran journalist who was a correspondent and bureau chief for CNN based in Nicaragua and Chile from 1987 through 1996. She got to Nicaragua as a freelancer in 1984. Her work in Latin America included reporting from all the countries in the region.
She was a Knight International Journalism Fellow in Colombia from 2011 to 2012. She was also the recipient of a grant from Transparency International in Colombia in 2013. Her projects focused on digital tracking of corruption in that country. She began my career in journalism at the San Juan Star in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Currently, she also teaches journalism classes at the University of Florida, and is also a writer for Americas Duty Free & Travel Retail.
Ronnie is fluent in Spanish.
Meet our September Spotlight, Dagmar Rittenbacher!
Wednesday, August 30, 2017 5:56 AM | Leslie Merryman (Administrator)
Dagmar Rittenbacher was born and raised near Vienna, Austria. In 2004, she moved with her daughter to Asharoken (Long Island), New York where she was offered and accepted a job to manage a high-end furniture showroom in New York City.
She has been in the furniture design business for over 27 years. In 2011, Dagmar Rittenbacher moved to Vero Beach, Florida and started her own company, Creative Designs LLC. She has 27+ years of experience in the luxury European furniture industry, a wealth of technical knowledge regarding furniture materials, hardware, and production techniques, and is fluently bilingual (German and English).
Dagmar's extensive experience and education allow Creative Designs to specialize in the lifecycle management [concept, design, order placement, import/export (as required), transportation, installation/reinstallation (as required), and service] of luxuryEuropean furniture.
In fall 2016, Dagmar earned her Associate Degree in Interior Design Technology from Indian River State College (IRSC) and is enrolled at the University of Florida to earn a Bachelor's and Master's Degree in Interior Design. Her goals are to take the National Council for Interior Design Qualification (NCIDQ) exam, to become a professional member of the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID), and to become a licensed Interior Designer in the State of Florida and a certified Interior Designer in the State of New York. In July 2017, she moved to Gainesville, FL. Shortly after her move to Gainesville, she became certified as an Associate Kitchen and Bath Designer (AKBD) by the National Kitchen and Bath Association (NKBA). She is currently also working for Jackson Stoneworks LLC in Gainesville, Florida, as a Kitchen and Bath designer and is working toward her certification to become a Certified Kitchen and Bath Designer (CKBD) accredited by the NKBA.
In her free time, she likes to visit her daughter, Jacqueline, in Tallahassee, Florida, and to fly as a passenger in light aircraft when her boyfriend, Patrick, is the pilot in command.
Get to Know Trish Bulko, our August Spotlight Winner!
Wednesday, July 26, 2017 5:29 AM | Leslie Merryman (Administrator)
Patricia Bulko is a native to Alachua County, growing up just West of Gainesville. She studied organizational management and business at Santa Fe College. She proceeded to work in the area, assisting many companies and fostering partnerships within the community.
Passionate about business, working with the Chamber was a natural fit. With encouragement from friends and family, Patricia founded Charitable Gains, a social media management agency, in 2016. She currently serves as President & Founder of Make Change App, a free micro-giving platform that empowers everyone to come together with their spare change and support the causes they believe in.
Grateful for the amazing group of friends and colleagues she has developed, Patricia continues to make sure that everyone feels welcome to the Gainesville region. In her free time, Patricia loves to go kayaking with her son Joel and to travel with her boyfriend Raydel.
Maralyn Cowart, of Devon Self Storage is the July Spotlight winner!
Wednesday, June 28, 2017 11:00 AM | Leslie Merryman (Administrator)
Come to our July meeting to see Marilyn Cowart, General Manager of Devon Self Storage our July spotlight winner.
"Life Just Got Easier". Moving, making extra room, cleaning out that garage, and summer storage for students can be stressful. Maralyn has been a Storage Manager (counselor) for 19 years of her 21 years here in Gainesville. She has always worked in a capacity to offer Customer Service from newspaper advertising to secretary in a real estate office.
Devon Self Storage Gainesville offers computerized gate access, a "free" moving truck for new rentals, they sell packing supplies and various sizes of climate and non-climate controlled units. They are a member of the Gainesville Chamber of Commerce as well as being an old-new member of GAWN.
Maralyn came back to GAWN for comradery and of course the food. It is empowering and uplifting to see women who have the foresight and motivation to go out and "Just Do It!" She realizes to start your own business you must have hope, ambition, motivation and knowledge of your product. Gainesville is a great place for proprietorship/ownership of a business of your own.
Maralyn meets lots of people in her line of work because by nature she is a people person. She is a volunteer usher at the Performing Arts Center and Devon Gainesville has offered sponsorship to a couple of the local high schools in town. They have provided Tee-shirts for Gainesville High School and purchased advertisements for the Buchholtz Basketball Shirt. Donations from the sales go to Peaceful Paths, Alachua County Humane Society and Toys for Tots.
Devon Self Storage can be found at www.DevonSelfStorage.com or Devon Self Storage/Facebook or Google and Yelp.
"Our business at Devon Self Storage - Gainesville is to make your move/life Easier!"
The June Spotlight Winner is Alix Kissinger of Barre Forte!
Saturday, June 10, 2017 10:37 AM | Leslie Merryman (Administrator)
Alix moved to Gainesville five years ago with her husband, daughter and two dogs. She spent the first four and half years managing a women's clothing boutique before becoming the Studio Manager at Barre Forte.
In May 2015, Brinn Strange opened Barre Forte as the first barre studio in town, and Alix was hooked after taking just one class that Fall. A year later, she decided to take the Teacher Training to get certified. She's been teaching Barre classes since October, and dove in full-time as Studio Manager in February, as well.
Barre Forte's focus is empowering women in every aspect of their lives. So while, yes, it is a fitness studio, it is also so much more. It is a supportive community of women, encouraging one another to meet their best - in and out of the studio - which is something we don't see enough of. In addition to our 40+ classes/week, which includes Barre classes as well as other formats, they also hold community wellness events and social outings to get to know one another outside of class. Barre Forte loves being involved and supporting the Gainesville community!
Earlier this year, they partnered with Dance Marathon at UF by hosting a Sorority Challenge to support the Children's Miracle Network, which was aimed at a younger age group than they typically target.
"I love hearing how GAWN has worked with other local organizations to improve the Gainesville area, and seeing women get together to socialize and support one another. This is very similar to the culture embraced by Barre Forte!"
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Unless you have hands-free access, it is illegal to use a mobile phone when driving a vehicle. If you are caught using a mobile phone while driving, you may face severe penalties. Our road traffic defence solicitors can advise and represent you if you wish to defend a charge of using a mobile phone while driving.
At MPR Solicitors, we practice almost exclusively in criminal and road traffic law. Our lawyers have a wealth of specialist experience in UK motoring law and can act quickly to establish a defence. By instructing us, you can be confident of receiving specialist advice and robust representation.
To contact our solicitors who can defend you if have been charged with using a mobile phone while driving, please call our office on 020 3824 8080 to make an appointment at our London office.
Our team provides exceptional client care and quality legal guidance to all clients we act for. We have a dedicated team of motoring solicitors based in London, but we advise and represent clients from all over the UK.
Why is using your mobile phone while driving illegal?
There is solid international research which shows using mobile phones while driving can distract the driver and increase the risk of an accident. A paper published by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents references several studies, dating back to 1969, which show divided attention significantly affects drivers' ability to operate a motor vehicle safely.
What are the penalties if you are caught using a mobile phone while driving?
On 1st March 2017, the penalties for using a mobile phone while driving increased.
If caught using a mobile phone while driving a car or motorbike, you may be fined £200 and receive six penalty points.
Being caught for a second time using a mobile phone while driving can result in having to appear before a Magistrates Court and a fine of up to £1,000 and a six-month driving ban.
Newly qualified drivers who gained their licence in the past two years may lose their licence if caught.
The harsh penalty is deliberately designed to deter drivers using a mobile phone while driving. However, if you already have several penalty points on your licence, a further six could result in you losing your licence.
What happens if I am caught using a mobile phone while driving an HGV?
Being caught using a mobile phone while driving an HGV carries serious consequences. Drivers may face fines of up to £2,500 and a driving ban. In addition, LGV and PCV drivers who are caught using their mobile devices behind the wheel risk a professional conduct hearing before a Traffic Commissioner after their conviction.
We understand the financial and professional consequences professional drivers face when accused of driving while using a mobile phone. We can advise and represent you in court and at a Traffic Commissioners hearing. If a defence is not available, we can put forward strong, well-prepared statements to mitigate the sentence.
Can I use a hands-free device?
However, if you have an accident or the police stop you on the grounds you are driving carelessly, and it can be proven you were using a hands-free mobile phone at the time, you may still be prosecuted for not being in control of your vehicle.
Can I use my mobile phone if I am parked on the side of the road?
If you are safely and legally parked on the side of the road, you may use your mobile phone in the car. However, it is an offence to use a mobile phone when stopped at traffic lights, queuing in traffic, or supervising a learner driver.
There is an exemption from prosecution if you have to make an emergency 999 or 112 call while driving and it is not safe to stop (for example, you are on a motorway).
What defences are available if I am caught using a mobile phone while driving?
At MPR Solicitors, we can provide an initial consultation to ascertain whether you would have a defence available for being caught driving using a mobile phone. If you do not have a defence, we can represent you in court if you plead guilty. We can also write a statement of mitigation and present it to the court. This may lead to the court handing down a more lenient sentence.
If you do have a defence available, we will work swiftly to contact and collect statements from any witnesses who can corroborate your story. If necessary, we can use your phone records to show details of your call history if you are arguing you were not using your phone at the time the police say you were.
A defence may be available if you can prove you were not driving at the time the alleged offence was committed. We will examine all the facts of your case, develop a strong argument and present it to the court. Our solicitors have a wealth of experience in appearing before the court to defend all types of traffic offences. By instructing us, you can have peace of mind you are being represented by an expert Motoring Law team.
If you have been accused of driving while using a mobile phone, please call our traffic offence solicitors immediately on 020 3824 8080 or fill in our contact form to get in touch.


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'Like denying the Holocaust': Ukraine makes post-WWII nationalist fighters as privileged as war vets
Published time: 7 Dec, 2018 18:26 Edited time: 8 Dec, 2018 11:41
FILE PHOTO. Veterans of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA). ©Reuters / Valentyn Ogirenko
Ukrainian parliament has passed a law, which gives Nazi-collaborating nationalist fighters, who fought against the Soviet Union after the end of World War II, the same status as the people who fought against Nazis during the war.
Ukraine's current nation-building effort puts it at odds with other nations because Kiev seeks to glorify different forces that wanted an independent Ukrainian state, regardless of what crimes they may have committed. The most awkward legacy comes with the radical Ukrainian nationalists, who were active in the first half of 20th century.
They started by targeting Polish officials in what is now western Ukraine with a campaign of terrorism. Later they sided with Nazi Germany during World War II hoping that Adolf Hitler would make Ukraine independent, but then turned against him after their expectations proved wrong.
Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) supporters march © RIA Novosti
Both in collaboration with the Nazis and as an independent force the nationalists conducted mass killings of Poles and Jews. After the war they found support from the CIA and waged a guerrilla war against the Soviet authorities until they were quashed in the mid-1950s.
This week the Ukrainian parliament passed a law, which extends the honorable status of a war veteran, to additional members of OUN-UPA – the nationalist organization and its military wing. Previously only those who fought against the Nazis were granted the privilege on par with soldiers and officers of the Red Army. But under the new legislation the anti-Soviet guerillas will be considered war veterans too.
© RIA Novosti
"This law is denial of the Holocaust, a falsification of history, a gesture of contempt to their country, its people and European [values]," Eduard Dolinsky, a prominent Ukrainian Jewish activist said, lashing out at the 236 MPs, who voted for the bill.
Eduard Dolinsky © Facebook/Eduard Dolinsky
Dolinsky, the firebrand critic of Ukraine's glorification of OUN-UPA, leads the Ukrainian Jewish Committee, a Kiev-based Jewish advocacy group with international recognition. He often blasts the latest move by Ukrainian authorities to elevate the mass murderers on his Facebook page.
With laws like this modern Ukraine takes upon itself responsibility for the war crimes, which those units had committed," he pointed out. "Those crimes have no statute of limitations, so the victims of those crimes and their heirs may sue Ukraine in international courts for damage.
Earlier Ukrainian MPs filed a motion to honor Stepan Bandera, the leader of OUN, by bestowing an order of Hero of Ukraine on him. The nationalist leader briefly was given the highest Ukrainian award by President Viktor Yushchenko, but the decision was overturned by a court.
Man with a portrait of Stepan Bandera © RIA Novosti
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Odd for ADW clear to cause this sort of problem.
see if checkdisk will run and hopefully it will find and sort the problem.
will repair windows system files.
Fruit Bat. Thanks for your advice, I ran your first suggestion checkdisk which did not find any problems. On trying your second suggestion there was a message 'There is a system repair pending which requires reboot to complete. Restart windows and run sfc again.' I followed these instructions but on attempting to run sfc again the same message appears. I have tried rebooting twice and also completely shutting down and restarting but the same message appears. Between the 'Windows is starting ' screen and the failed screen a very brief blue screen with white type appears but it is only for a second so I cannot read it. Is there any way of holding this in the screen to see what it says ? Once again thanks for any advice.
then see if the machine will boot normally.
Fruit Bat followed your instructions all successful until last command (fixboot) was followed by a message ' The volume does not contain a recognized file system. Please make sure that all required file system drivers are loaded and that the volume is not corrupted.' Does this point to what is wrong ?
Hi. You should consider clean-installing the OS. Means, reformatting and installing windows again.
ervin maitim. You may be right but I was hoping to get away without that option.
Fruit Bat. Ran the two commands again with same result as before. I am guilty of the usual sin of not backing up regularly so am reluctant to go for a reinstall of windows. If I have to in the end can I remove the HDD first and put it in a caddy, plug it into another laptop and copy files from it to the other laptop or USB drive? Sorry to be a pain.
Means the file system on the drive is corrupt the drive is recoverable by simply formatting the drive and reinstall but you will lose your data.
Not entirely sure what has happened but decided to try solution suggested by rdave13first as this did not need any cables or removal of hard drive. downloaded Macrium Free onto my old XP desktop created rescue disc but did not know how to boot it so simply put it in CD drive as laptop started. Drive started but display simply went through same sequence as before, cannot start windows etc. except this time the ' attempting repair ' box went on for a lot longer, perhaps 15 min's or more and the welcome to windows screen suddenly appeared and the laptop started as normal. Don't know if this is what rescue disk is supposed to do but laptop now seems to be back to normal. Many thanks for all the help offered and now I rely must organise proper backups.


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Q: VueJS inside Laravel, can't pass data using props This is the code (very simple)

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    <custom-button fa-icon="fa-home"></custom-button>
    <custom-button fa-icon="fa-envelope"></custom-button>
    <custom-button fa-icon="fa-info"></custom-button>

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This is returnig fa-star-o and not the desired fa-icon. I really don't see any errors but I'm new to this so I'm hoping its something trivial.
I'm following this tutorial.
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    <custom-button fa-icon="fa-envelope"></custom-button>
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A: The prop name should be faIcon (camelCased).
http://vuejs.org/guide/components.html#camelCase_vs-_kebab-case
https://jsfiddle.net/asccyLus/
Also, it is better to use a default value for the faIcon instead of the inline if like this:
  props: {
    faIcon: {
      type: String,
      default: 'fa-star-o'
    }
  },

https://jsfiddle.net/asccyLus/1/

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Georgia Budget & Policy Institute
Fines and Fees Toolkit
Overview of the Issue
Georgia operates with a network of court systems, including many administered by local or county governments. While this current level of flexibility allows each jurisdiction to address unique needs, it also incentivizes and leaves room for lower-resourced jurisdictions to engage in abusive fines and fees assessment and collection practices that carry heavy human and economic costs.
This toolkit can help you talk to your community, lawmakers, and others about the issues with Georgia's current fines and fees system. We encourage you to share these resources.
For more information, check out GBPI's recent report.
• While the national average among localities' fines and fees revenue as a share of general revenue was 2 percent, Georgia consistently ranked second worst among states with localities with fines and fees shares above 10 percent, and second worst among per capita amounts of fines paid among adult residents in 2018.
• Among the 27 Georgia counties that increased their fines and fees share of general revenue from 2019 to 2020, 12 of them had population shares that were higher than 36 percent Black, significantly higher than the overall state, where 33 percent of Georgians are Black.
• Budget cuts during COVID-19 have stripped nearly $2 million, or 5 percent, of state funding to local criminal legal systems away, leaving cities and counties to find other sources of funding—like fines and fees.
• Recent research found disparate financial harms to Black felony probationers, who ended up owing an average of $87 dollars more in outstanding balances than other racial groups, which may reflect systemic economic barriers tied to race that caused more delayed payments and greater added fees and surcharges.
• Four of nine Georgia counties that had near 10 percent or more of their revenue from fines and fees in 2019 or 2020 have a median household income that falls below the 25th percentile of all counties in the state.
• Georgia's criminal legal system perpetuates or creates racial inequities, and fines and fees in particular have been abused in a way that keeps families in poverty and shifts the administration of the criminal legal system toward Black and Brown Georgians.
• Fines are punitive; fees shift the cost of Georgia's criminal legal system toward those interacting with it and can be required when someone is found not guilty. Given disparate policing practices, mass incarceration and other policies that lead to the overincarceration of Black and Brown Georgians, both fines and fees are inequitable.
• In Georgia, fines and fees revenue practices have allowed cities and counties without many resources to over-rely on fines and fees revenue.
• These practices have also significantly contributed to Georgia having the highest probation rate in the country. Of the more than 430,000 Georgians who were on probation in 2018, nearly 40 percent of them were on probation for misdemeanors or traffic fines.
• Abusive fines and fees practices and lack of protections for Georgians experiencing poverty, have disproportionately harmed Black and Hispanic Georgians long before the pandemic and worsened in many cities and counties during a pandemic that has been most unforgiving to low-income communities and communities of color.
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• While an equitable fines and fees system cannot exist in our current, broken legal system, improvements to the framework and standards under which it operates are possible.
• State budget cuts have unavoidable racial consequences that manifest in several ways. Funding reductions to local courts often spur them to have greater reliance on fines and fees to generate revenue, which worsens inequities because of the divergent impacts along racial and ethnic lines.
• Georgia's fines and fees structure has led to abusive practices across county governments, which are only partially funded by the state, as well as municipal governments, which receive no state funding at all. These practices have led to destructive outcomes for countless vulnerable Georgians who already struggling to manage and afford necessities in a pandemic that has been most unforgiving to families with low incomes.
Other Ways You Can Make a Difference
While the data is stark and no truly equitable fines and fees system can exist in the current criminal legal system, you can help promote policies that would minimize the harms by calling on state lawmakers to:
• Firmly cap local government fines and fee revenue.
• Create racial and ethnic equity guidelines for local ordinance creation, including standards that ensure that localities take formal steps to gather public input from diverse racial and ethnic populations, particularly for localities that do not have political representation that reflects the diverse communities that they govern.
• Require counties and municipalities to provide data on how much uncollected fine and fee debt is owed, to better access the costs and effectiveness of collection efforts.
• Expand the state sales tax to include taxation on a larger range of services, which can incentivize local governments to end the harmful practice of budgeting for fines and fees revenue that often leads to aggressive citation and collection practices that widen racial and ethnic inequities.
• Enable provisions that protect local governments from state mandates that are not accompanied with corresponding funding, which will remove pressures and incentives to heavily rely on fines and fees revenue.
• Prioritize state funding to ensure that local courts have training that allows municipal government branches to function independently and utilize checks and balances that maintain a prioritization of justice over revenue.
• Reduce the number of fines and fees that can be charged, which can reduce hardship for Georgians experiencing poverty, as well as the reliance on this type of revenue to fund courts and public services. • End the requirement of full payment of fines and fees before releasing the suspension of driver's licenses.
To advocate for these policies, share these resources or contact your lawmaker directly. You can find out who your state lawmakers are here and find contact information here.


Alerts are tasks that continually monitor active queries to look for and report on specific events or conditions. When the conditions of the alert are met, an alert notification is triggered.
Alerts can be delivered to servers, groups, or individuals either in real-time or at set intervals. For example, you may define an alert to notify you every time a specific status code appears in a web server event. Or, you might set an alert to be triggered if a server's average response time over a 30-minute period exceeds a set threshold.
We start you off with a library of preconfigured alerts that are designed to work with queries built upon common networking data tables. You can activate these alerts to monitor conditions related to web servers, potential threats, Devo platform components, and much more. Read about these alerts here.
Alerts are created based upon active queries. Therefore, to create an alert, go to Data Search, open the relevant data table, and query the data. Once your query allows you to describe the conditions for triggering the alert, select New Alert Definition from the toolbar. For complete instructions, see Create a new alert.
Once you've created an alert, it will be automatically associated with your domain's default sending policy. This policy is partly defined by the delivery methods and the anti-flooding policy it is associated with.
A sending policy dictates how to send an alert, to whom, when, and how often. When the domain is created, there is a default sending policy that uses the e-mail address of the domain's creator as the recipient. This policy will distribute the alert by e-mail, to the domain owner, at any hour while respecting the default anti-flooding policy.
You will want to set up new delivery methods and sending policies to accommodate your organization's needs. But there must always be a sending policy marked as the default policy. This will be automatically assigned to newly-created alerts.
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The delivery method dictates how an alert is sent and to whom. For example, a delivery method might be created to send an email to itsystems@yourcompany.com, or to distribute the alert message via Pushover to mobile device users.
Read more about delivery methods here.
The anti-flooding policy limits the number of alerts to distribute in the event that the alert is triggered frequently over a short period of time. In this way, the anti-flooding policy associated with a sending policy determines how often the alert message will be distributed.
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Once your alerts are activated, they will monitor the queries and trigger when the alert conditions are detected.
The Alerts Dashboard is available to all users of alerts to manage the steps taken in response to triggered alerts and to analyze the history of alerts.
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These are simple messages generated by Devo when certain events have occurred in the domain. They can be reviewed in the Notifications area of the web app.


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Q: IEEEtran table formatting doesn't work I'm totally new to this so any insight would be greatly appreciated. I want to create a document using IEEEtran and despite trying on multiple operating systems and editors I can't seem to get tables to format correctly. For the following code
\documentclass[10pt,journal,compsoc]{IEEEtran}

\begin{document}

\title{Some title}

\maketitle

\IEEEPARstart{S}{ome} text

\begin{table}[!t]
\renewcommand{\arraystretch}{1.3}
\caption{A Simple Example Table}
\label{table_example}
\centering
\begin{tabular}{c||c}
\hline
\bfseries First & \bfseries Next\\
\hline\hline
1.0 & 2.0\\
\hline
\end{tabular}
\end{table}

\end{document}

I get this:

I know the table title should contain Roman numerals and the caption should be in small caps. Does anyone have any idea what I'm doing wrong? Thanks!

A: Just do not use compsoc option.
\documentclass[10pt,journal]{IEEEtran}

\begin{document}

\title{Some title}

\maketitle

\IEEEPARstart{S}{ome} text

\begin{table}[!t]
\renewcommand{\arraystretch}{1.3}
\caption{A Simple Example Table}
\label{table_example}
\centering
\begin{tabular}{c||c}
\hline
\bfseries First & \bfseries Next\\
\hline\hline
1.0 & 2.0\\
\hline
\end{tabular}
\end{table}

\end{document}


Think about what the receiving person will think. Both of them recently decided to become a married couple. He released a statement to the public afterward, through his agency. His wish came true as his music and acting career became a success. His management agency C-JeS Entertainment confirmed the news a few hours later, stating that the star is indeed engaged.
Park Yoochun will continue his duty diligently until this August. Yoochun likes a woman with a kind looking face who gives an aura of sunshine. She also denied being in a relationship with Yoochun. Soon afterwards, are katy perry john mayer dating Yoochun was declared completely innocent and cleared from all charges.
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The two supposedly met this fall through a common friend. However, once the reports were investigated, it was revealed the first woman had lied and she was sentenced to jailtime.
There is a serious problem with reporters. Last March, Kahi got married to an entrepreneur and is now expecting their first baby. They only decided to tie the knot recently. This is for everyone in the world. Ill introduce his lover and lovelife.
Park Yoochun will use this incident as a chance to reflect back on his life and repent for his actions. In an Instagram post, she addressed the dating rumours and exclaimed that she has never dated anyone in the past year. Fans are in disbelief, as there were no dating rumours or details of his romantic relationships prior to this.
And the most important, someone who can be pleasant to his mother. Think about how the other person will think. They will be having a closed wedding ceremony with only close friends and family.
Some hours later the press release, Hwang Ha Na wrote an instagram post begging people to leave her alone, since she is a civilian. Despite being in relationship of almost two years, they still broke up. In regards to the third and fourth lawsuits, the whereabouts of the plaintiffs were unknown, and therefore investigations for their false accusations could not go forward.
For two years now he has been thinking of adopting a girl with his mother, however he is a very busy person, so it has not happened yet. However, the group only lasted until because they filed a lawsuit for unfair contract terms and other concerns in their agency. Once you say something, you can never take it back. It is possible that she deleted her instagram account as well. Both sides agreed to retiring every judicial accusation against each other and not interfering in each other's actions.
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She also contradicted the claim that she owns a shopping mall. If ever he has a girlfriend, they would go on dates publicly.


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Q: runas: I can't invoke system commands This works:
$ C:\Users\Guest> runas /user:Administrator cmd

Executes a new cmd.exe process/window as Administrator
However using commands like type, cd, echo, dir, etc won't work:
$ C:\Users\Guest> runas /user:Administrator type
$ C:\Users\Guest> runas /user:Administrator cd
$ C:\Users\Guest>
$ C:\Users\Guest> echo "hello" > test
$ C:\Users\Guest> runas /user:Administrator "type C:\Users\Guest\test"

all of the above give the same error:
RUNAS ERROR: Unable to run - type C:\Users\Guest\test
2: The system can not find the file specified

A: That is because type and cd are internal commands of the command interpreter, cmd.exe.
Use
$ C:\Users\Guest> runas /user:Administrator "cmd /c type \"C:\Users\Guest\test\""

You could call the cd command the same way, but there is no point calling cd in a process that will terminate immediately.


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?As you age, you need more light to see as well as you did in years past. Brighter lights in your work area or next to your reading chair will help make reading and other near tasks easier.
?Printed materials are not as clear as before, in part because the lens in your eye becomes less flexible with time. This makes it harder for your eyes to focus near objects with the same ability you had when you were younger.
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Telkom Consumer Service Director, Siti Choiriana, through a written statement in Jakarta, Thursday (08/08/2018) said that TelkomGroup provides a special package in the form of 50 minutes free calls and free 200 SMS to all operators for seven days for all Telkomsel prepaid customers in Lombok.
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Siti had the opportunity to visit refugee shelter camps directly, including meeting children of earthquake victims at the Main Command Post of the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) in the city of Tanjung, North Lombok Regency.
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Q: Java Properties - can't find existing properties file I'm using the following references, since this is the first time I've used Java Properties.

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*http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/essential/environment/properties.html

*http://www.mkyong.com/java/java-properties-file-examples/
I'm attempting to run the following at the beginning of my program start, so the user only has to select the database file path once. After selecting it once, every subsequent program run should automatically use the config.properties file and get the database path.
Unfortunately, input == null is continually firing on every program run, even after selecting the correct database path in the previous program run and confirming the properties file contains the database path information.
Am I doing something wrong below?
    Properties prop = new Properties();
    InputStream input = null;

    String filename = "config.properties";
    input = this.getClass().getClassLoader().getResourceAsStream(filename);
    if (input == null)
    {
        fileChooser.setDialogTitle("Choose the database file");
        fileChooser.setAcceptAllFileFilterUsed(false);
        FileFilter filter = new FileNameExtensionFilter("S3DB Files", "S3DB");
        fileChooser.addChoosableFileFilter(filter);

        int ret = fileChooser.showDialog(null, "Select File");
        File file = null;

        if (ret == JFileChooser.APPROVE_OPTION) {
            file = fileChooser.getSelectedFile();
            dbc = new DBConnect(file.getAbsolutePath());
        }

        OutputStream output = null;

        try
        {
            output = new FileOutputStream("config.properties");

            // set the properties value
            prop.setProperty("database", file.getAbsolutePath());

            // save properties to project root folder
            prop.store(output, null);

        }
        catch (IOException io)
        {
            io.printStackTrace();
        }
        finally
        {
            if (output != null)
            {
                try
                {
                    output.close();
                }
                catch (IOException e)
                {
                    e.printStackTrace();
                }
            }
        }
    }
    else
    {
        try
        {
            prop.load(input);
            dbc = new DBConnect(prop.getProperty("database"));
        }
        catch(Exception e)
        {
            JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, e.toString(), "Properties Read/Write Exception Occured (PRGRYADDView())", JOptionPane.ERROR_MESSAGE);
        }
    }

A: Check your the properties file path.
Create a 'config.properties' file, and put it in your project classpath.

A: Replace this line:
input = this.getClass().getClassLoader().getResourceAsStream(filename);

with this:
try
{
    input = new FileInputStream(filename);
}
catch(Exception e){}

I was attempting to load from the classpath rather than from the properties file itself relative to the executable JAR. The above solved my problem.
Be sure to add in your own exception handling as well.


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Loin d'un service 5 * .
Un tel endroit charmant !!!
Peut-être bien pour les vacances mais pas pour les personnes en voyage d'affaires.
Does the hotel have it's own beach umbrellas and loungers.
We visited in Spring, during Easter Holiday, but we heard discussions about the summer period, as far as we understand the umbrellas beach and loungers exist but it extra charge, probably because the hotel already offer pool access, the management hotel adopt a different policy for breach access... Anyway you can check anytime by contacting the hotel directly (by phone number on their own website).
I'm going here in 3 weeks and worried about all the negative reviews Is it really that bad ?
Hi, Helen We stayed for few days and maybe it was not much time to observe entertainment program in the restaurant or outside. Stil, your son can enjoy the pool area, there were plenty kids with their parents and they seemed very happy.
Hi Kayleigh There is a small row of shops almost opposite the hotel - just across the road. Beer is about 50p a tin and a bottle of wine just a few pounds. There are shops all along the main street to a pretty plaza, which is best enjoyed at night. There are plenty of bars and restaurants there. The bus station is a very short walk from the hotel and we used the buses several times to get around. They are quick, efficient and incredibly cheap. We did also use taxis, but always paid well over what we should have done as the drivers don't switch the meters on! We really loved this hotel and would recommend it for a relaxing break - just make sure you go B and B. Do let me know if there is anything else that I can help you with.
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There are times when no amount of planning can prepare you for the completely unexpected.
For the PM, the timing couldn't have been worse. For Scheer, it was merely perfect.
The Liberals returned Monday for the fall sitting of Parliament with a plan to highlight what they see as their success over the past three years in making life better for the middle class, to focus attention on their efforts to diversify Canada's trading partnerships, and to remind voters that they have more money in their pockets today than they did under the Conservatives.
It took a single member of the government's backbench mere minutes to unravel those plans.
Leona Alleslev crossed the floor to join Andrew Scheer's opposition Conservatives, denouncing the prime minister's handling of the economy and his failure, as she put it, to defend Canada's interests at a time of unprecedented instability.
"This is not a strong economy. And our country needs strong leadership."
A defection from the government benches to the opposition is unusual no matter when it happens.
But the timing of Alleslev's defection, and her explicit criticism of Trudeau's leadership in her message, gave Scheer two things he desperately needed this week: a reprieve from answering even more questions about Maxime Bernier's defection from the Conservatives, and a human Exhibit A in his role as lead prosecutor making the case that the Liberals are killing this country's reputation and economic foundation.
"If, like Leona, you supported and trusted Justin Trudeau and the Liberals in the last election and you are frustrated, or even angry, with the ineffective leadership, know this," Scheer said directly into the cameras as Alleslev stood by his side. "You are both welcome and needed in the Conservative Party of Canada."
It's not clear how much damage Alleslev's surprise defection will cause the Liberals, but it certainly made for an awkward start to the fall sitting.
The government had selected, as its first item of business, continuing debate on the bill to ratify the Pacific rim trade deal known as the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership.
The choice was calculated. Conservatives support the deal. It also serves to showcase the government's efforts to diversify this country's trade ties with Asian and European nations as NAFTA negotiations drag on — and while U.S. President Donald Trump tries to ratchet up pressure on Canada to sign a deal on his terms by threatening to add tariffs on Canadian-made autos to the ones he's already imposed on steel and aluminum.
The government also had prepared for questions on the future of the Trans Mountain Pipeline, having planned an announcement for the near future on how it will formally respond to a court ruling that killed the project's permits by ruling that First Nations hadn't been adequately consulted.
These are the major challenges the Liberals face. It's where they wanted the focus to be on day one. It's what they planned for as the Commons resumed.
Instead, the PM found himself responding to Scheer's allegation that he had presided over a "summer of failure" and that he "just isn't up to the job" of guiding Canada through difficult times.
That last bit was a core theme of the unsuccessful Conservative re-election campaign of three years back. It didn't work then, even though Stephen Harper had a long track record in office. Conservatives seem to think it will work now, under an untested Scheer — a bold move.
What the argument doesn't do, as Liberals pointed out Monday, is tell Canadians what Scheer might do differently.
How, for example, would Scheer have approached dealing with Donald Trump during these tense NAFTA negotiations? How would Conservatives have succeeded in getting the Trans Mountain expansion built after failing to get the project going while in power for nearly a decade? And where, oh where, is the Conservatives' alternative plan to reduce carbon emissions without putting a price on emissions?
Liberals insist they have a good news story to tell on the economy during their three years in office. And Trudeau repeated the lines again on Monday during question period: the lowest unemployment rate in nearly four decades, the creation of 500,000 full-time jobs and the fastest economic growth among G7 nations last year.
But none of this seems very forward-looking for a government that will be asking voters for another mandate a year from now. Some Liberals admit privately that none of it is the sort of stuff to excite the party's base in a critical period when party nominations are underway and when fundraising is becoming more and more important.
Some even worry that the government is inadvertently providing an opening — slim as it might be — for the New Democrats.
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh told reporters on Monday that his party will continue to confront the government with the stories they heard from ordinary Canadians over the summer about their troubles finding affordable housing, or paying for medication.
"While Liberals keep making empty promises that they won't keep … New Democrats are standing up for what matters most to Canadians."
The Liberals expected to be attacked from both sides, of course. What they didn't anticipate was an attack from within. And that requires a new plan for the days ahead.


Scientists at the Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) in California have reported a major breakthrough in their efforts to develop a safe and effective vaccine to treat heroin addiction and and also prevent fatal overdoses. They have developed a new formulation that is safe in animal models and remains stable at room temperature for at least 30 days, making it almost ready for testing in humans.
"The heroin vaccine is one step closer to clinical evaluation," said Candy S. Hwang, first author of the study and a research associate at TSRI.
The first formulation of the heroin vaccine was developed in 2013 by a team led byKim D. Janda, PhD, the Ely R. Callaway Jr. Professor of Chemistry and member of the Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology at TSRI. It has been shown to be effective and safe in both mouse and non-human primate models.
The scientists say the new vaccine conditions immune system antibodies to recognize and bind to heroin molecules, blocking the drug from reaching the brain to cause a "high." Blocking the high normally produced by taking heroin makes it much less likely that recovering addicts will relapse, according to the researchers, whose research was published in the journal Molecular Pharmaceutics.
Because the heroin molecule does not naturally prompt an antibody response, researchers attached it to a carrier protein that prompts the immune system to start making antibodies. The team also added an adjuvant to the vaccine, which heightens the immune response and makes the vaccine more effective.
To improve the vaccine, the scientists systematically evaluated 20 vaccine formulations with varying combinations of carrier proteins and adjuvants.
Their experiments in rodent models showed that the best vaccine formulation contained a carrier protein called tetanus toxoid (TT) and adjuvants called alum and CpG ODN. The discovery that alum worked best as an adjuvant was advantageous, the scientists said, since alum is one of the few adjuvants used in vaccines already approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
Their best vaccine formula provided protection even against normally lethal does of heroin, which is extremely important, considering the number of heroin addicts who have suffered fatal overdoses in relapsing while trying to quit using. "We believe that a heroin vaccine would be tremendously beneficial for people who have a heroin substance use disorder but have found difficulty in trying to quit," Hwang said.
The researchers will also need to select a drug manufacturer to produce the vaccine on a large scale.
The research at Scripps dates back about 15 years, beginning with chemistry professor Dr. Kim Janda's efforts to create a vaccine that can help the body combat heroin molecules in the same way vaccines help ward off a virus. The current study has been partially funded by the National Institutes of Health.


In a royal blue and red the Imperial Waratah print recalls the delicacy of Australia's otherworldly flora. An illustrative design the pattern is as charming as it is versatile embodying not only the dignity of its flower but also the understated elegance of Australia's bush land. Its horizontal repeat is perfect for all manners of soft furnishing.


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By Celia Wren
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Painted stars splay across the ceiling of an old Greek church. A flower blooms in slow motion. Tree roots twine serenely round the rocks of an ancient ruin. The images in the nonfiction film Journey of the Universe are luminously beautiful—and so well meshed that their flow feels almost effortless. But a great deal of effort has gone into this hour-long work, which aims to knit modern scientific knowledge and religious and humanistic perspectives into a seamless, eye-opening chronicle of cosmic and earthly evolution.
Indeed, the genesis of Journey—airing on PBS stations beginning December 3 (check local listings)—stretches back more than three decades, to the publication in 1978 of an article titled "The New Story," by Thomas Berry, the influential thinker who taught at Fordham University and directed the Riverdale Center of Religious Research. "The New Story" argued that humans were positioned between important narratives—namely, the scientific narrative about the unfolding of the universe and the creation stories offered by religious traditions. Might a new narrative be possible—one that integrates these worldviews?
Mary Evelyn Tucker and Brian Thomas Swimme, scholars who worked closely with Berry (he died in 2009), have responded to the challenge. The two have coauthored both the film Journey of the Universe and the companion book, published by Yale University Press. Tucker, who codirects the Forum on Religion and Ecology at Yale University, has also done yeoman's work on Journey's educational DVD, hosting twenty half-hour conversations with scientists, educators, and environmentalists, including Sr. Marya Grathwohl, OSF, of Earth Hope in Wyoming, and Sr. Paula Gonzalez, SC, of EarthConnection in Cincinnati.
It's the affable Swimme—professor at the California Institute of Integral Studies—who hosts the film, speaking with enthusiasm about matters like the Big Bang (he prefers the term "The Great Flaring Forth"); the arrangement of the solar system (he illustrates it with vegetables, using a cabbage for the sun); the significance of plate tectonics; the advent of life on earth; the nature of photosynthesis; and the development of art and language among humans. The film even addresses the phenomenon of compassion, suggesting that it is a natural, if rather marvelous, part of human evolution—perhaps an extension of the maternal instinct (a shot of a koala and her baby helps illustrate this theory).
As a viewer whose forays into physics and biology have, since college, been limited to glancing at theNew York Times "Science" section, I found the most remarkable strand in Journey to be the vision of humans and the cosmos as aspects of an organic whole: rather than creatures who happen to live inside a mechanistic reality, the show suggests, we are an expression of a continually creative universe. The Milky Way is best understood "not as a thing, but as...an ongoing activity." At one point, Swimme relates that "some biologists are beginning to speculate that awareness has its foundation in the very self-organizing dynamic of the universe."
This is heady stuff—had the film been shot inside a classroom, or even an observatory, you might doze off in five minutes. But Journey has been shot on the Greek island of Samos—the birthplace of the mathematician and philosopher Pythagoras. Swimme talks science while standing on a beach, exploring a ruined fortress, sitting in a tavern, examining beets at a produce stand. These scenes—which bookend more standard documentary-style footage of the galaxy, leaping antelopes, microscopic cells, and more—enhance the film's accessibility. Rather than contemplating intimidating truths about the cosmos, you often feel that you are engaging in some enjoyable conversation with Swimme as you both wander around a sunny, scenic island—perhaps with a nice stop for a salad-and-moussaka lunch.
With lush photography and a rather ostentatiously stirring soundtrack—strings, harps, and soprano-heavy choral music—Journey (directed by Patsy Northcutt and David Kennard) sometimes exudes an irritatingly breathless vibe. Not every moment is upbeat and starry-eyed, of course. The film acknowledges the human-wrought environmental crises that loom ahead. But, as you might expect from a work that sees humanity and earth as essentially one continuum—a continuum that is able to learn—Journey asserts that we can adjust our habits and attitudes in such a way as to avert disaster.
"The energies coursing through us may indeed renew the face of the earth," Swimme declares optimistically as he roams around Samos. Let's hope he's right—for the sake of those gorgeous Greek island vistas, if not for ourselves.
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AN INTERVIEW WITH MARY EVELYN TUCKER
Echoes of a long-ago geometry class may waft through the minds of viewers who catch Journey of the Universe, the science-themed film airing on PBS stations starting December 3. The film was shot on the island of Samos, birthplace of the ancient Greek philosopher and mathematician Pythagoras, who famously came up with the theorem, pertaining to right-angled triangles. Samos boasts a lot more than its Pythagorean legacy: In Journey, the island's bucolic scenery sometimes steals the show. In an interview, I asked Journey co-writer and executive producer Mary Evelyn Tucker about the selection of Samos and other matters related to the film. Tucker is a senior lecturer and research scholar at Yale, where she has been appointed to the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, the Divinity School, the Department of Religious Studies, and the Center for Bioethics. She directs the Forum on Religion and Ecology at Yale with her husband, John Grim, and teaches in the joint MA program in religion and ecology.
Celia Wren: Your academic specialty is Asian religions. How did your interest in religion and ecology come about?
Mary Evelyn Tucker: The origin of my interest in religion and ecology, one could say, was in going to Asia over the past forty years and traveling extensively through East Asia and South Asia—and especially through India and China, and realizing that these two great civilizations, each over a billion people, are going to change the face of the planet as they modernize.
We need to pay attention to this dialectic of environment and development, especially as it's emerging on the Asian continent. I've been concerned about what kind of environmental ethics would be culturally based and sensitive to the religious dynamics of these ancient civilizations. It is certainly the case that, in principal, the traditions of Confucianism and Taoism and Buddhism and Hinduism have a very robust sensibility of human/earth relations, of living within a sense of the sacred community of life. Bringing those traditions forward was of great concern to me and many other scholars, whom we convened at Harvard for the three-year series on world religions and ecology. [Tucker and Grim organized the Conferences on World Religions and Ecology at the Center for the Study of World Religions at Harvard. These ran from 1995 to 1998, with a culminating conference at the United Nations in 1998.]
Wren: When did it become clear that the island of Samos was the right place to shoot Journey?
Tucker: We did give a great deal of thought to where to film. The decision came pretty early on in our writing process. We wanted to situate the film within a crossroads of civilization. Samos was a great center of the ancient world. The temple to Hera on the island was one of the largest temples in the ancient world, according to Herodotus. And of course the philosopher and mathematician Pythagoras lived there: His work joining together the humanities and sciences was a great inspiration. And it's a beautiful island.
Wren: All the images in the film are quite gorgeous.
Tucker: It was a huge, huge effort to find the visuals—the right ones. And, of course, pay for them. And get the music!
Wren: Is our society making any progress in moving past the perception that science and religion are inherently at loggerheads?
Tucker: I think the conversation in the United States between religion and science has become very polarized, especially through the media, which doesn't allow for nuances and more of a dialogue—it becomes almost a shouting match between extremes. But in many parts of the rest of the world—across Asia for example, where almost two thirds of the people live—this kind of tension is not so prominent and exacerbated. This is a U.S. phenomenon.
I think we need—and hopefully a film like this may illustrate this—for this tension to be overcome in a way that's going to be productive for the future of the planet. Science has given us an enormous amount of knowledge and information on our environmental crises, ranging from climate change to pollution, to loss of ecosystems, to diminishment of water resources, and so on. At the same time, the world's religions are beginning to come on board for a more robust and diversified environmental ethics based on the principals of each of the world's religions; these ethics are going to look different from a Hindu perspective or a Buddhist, Christian, Jewish or Islamic perspective. I think we need to come to common ground: A flourishing future depends on a shared future, and that means we've got to overcome the differences between science and religion, and even the differences among the religions themselves. Our greatest efforts need to go for the continuity of life and the planet.
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