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Elayne Clift
http://www.elayneclift.com
Elayne Clift is a writer, journalist, and adjunct professor in the humanities at several New England colleges. She is also senior correspondent for the India-based news syndicate Women's Feature Service, and a regular columnist for the Keene (NH) Sentinel and the Brattleboro Commons.
Ms. Clift's latest book is ACHAN: A Year of Teaching in Thailand (Bangkok Books, 2007). She has just completed her first novel, Hester's Daughters, a contemporary, feminist retelling of The Scarlet Letter, and she is currently working on a book about doula-supported birth in the US. She lives in Saxtons River, VT.
Books by Elayne Clift
Achan: A Year of Teaching in Thailand
Women, Philanthropy, and Social Change: Visions for a Just Society (Civil Society: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives)
Women's Encounters with the Mental Health Establishment: Escaping the Yellow Wallpaper
A 21st Century Plague: Poetry from a Pandemic
Book Reviews by Elayne Clift
Historical Fiction, Biographical, Literary Fiction
Her Hidden Genius: A Novel
Hidden women abound in all sectors of society, nearly all cultures, and throughout history, threatening powerful, dominant men who fear losing their power and prestige.
Klara Hveberg
Translator(s):
Alison McCullough
Debut, Literary Fiction, World Literature, Norwegian
Lean Your Loneliness Slowly Against Mine: A Novel
Klara Hveberg has written a stunning debut novel about unrequited love, longing, obsession, betrayal, and more.
Louis-Philippe Dalembert
Literary Fiction, International Settings, Women's Fiction
The Mediterranean Wall: A Novel
Louis-Philippe Dalembert's story of immigrants attempting to escape their home countries for better lives shines harrowing light on the experience of multitudes of people fleeing war, famine, droug
Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, World Literature, Turkish
Disquiet: A Novel
Disquiet by Zulfu Livaneli, Turkey's bestselling author as well as noted political advocate, is a short but powerful novel that might well be described as a political treatise wrapped in a
Robert C. Plumb
History, U.S., 19th Century, Women in History
The Better Angels: Five Women Who Changed Civil War America
If one were to draw a Venn diagram to help explain Robert Plumb's well-intentioned but flawed book about five significant women in American Civil War history, its overlapping circles would include
Rosemary J Brown
Biography, Autobiography & Memoir, Travelers & Explorers, Historical
Following Nellie Bly: Her Record-Breaking Race Around the World (Trailblazing Women)
"Reading Rosemary Brown' carefully crafted, charming book, readers can now be armchair companions of two amazing women."
Meng Jin
Literary Fiction, Asian American
Little Gods: A Novel
In this extraordinary debut novel, Meng Jin writes about numerous themes ranging from family relations, platonic and romantic love, the pain and pleasure of memory, and escaping one's past in order
Janice P. Nimura
Biography, Autobiography & Memoir, Medical, Medicine, History, U.S.
The Doctors Blackwell: How Two Pioneering Sisters Brought Medicine to Women and Women to Medicine
The first thing to say about Elizabeth Blackwell and her younger sister Emily is that they were formidable women.
Gender Studies, Women's Studies
The Soul of a Woman
In just 170 pages Isabel Allende manages to write a humorous memoir, an homage to her family, all of whom seem to have walked off the pages of her delicious novels, and a feminist plea for women's
Liz Heinecke
Biography, Autobiography & Memoir, Women in History, Technology, Performing Arts, Scientists & Inventors, Dance
Radiant: The Dancer, The Scientist and a Friendship Forged in Light
"Liz Heinecke has shined a light on two remarkable women whose work and friendship was a gift to each other and to the world."
African American, Women's Fiction, Families, Debut, Social & Family Issues
The Kindest Lie: A Novel
It's 2008, Barack Obama has been elected president. Ruth Tuttle and her husband Xavier are excited about what lies ahead for them.
Diana Giovinazzo
Historical Fiction, Biographical, Genre Fiction, Families
The Woman in Red
"a great swashbuckler and ultimately a good read."
Rosayra Pablo Cruz
Biography, Autobiography & Memoir, Social Activists, Immigration
The Book of Rosy: A Mother's Story of Separation at the Border
"How can those who read this compelling story of courage, commitment, connection, and love not want to share it with others?"
Carlos Manuel Álvarez
Debut, Families, International Locales, Literary Fiction
The Fallen: A Novel
"If Carlos Manuel Alvarez's debut novel The Fallen is any indicator, he is a Cuban writer to watch."
Historical Fiction, Biographical
The Queen's Secret: A Novel of England's World War II Queen
Americans have always been enraptured royal followers.
MD Danielle Ofri
Political & Social Science, Current/Public Affairs & Events, Medical Writing
When We Do Harm: A Doctor Confronts Medical Error
Anyone familiar with Dr.
Literary Fiction, Hispanic, Families
Julia Alvarez is a good storyteller, as anyone who has read her most well-known novels, In the Time of the Butterflies, and How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents, knows.
Vivian Gornick
Unfinished Business: Notes of a Chronic Re-reader
"Unfinished Business: Notes of a Chronic Re-Reader is pure Vivian Gornick—not always easy reading, but sufficiently gripping to make us carry on, page after page,
Monika Zgustova
Nonfiction, Russia and former Soviet Union, Interviews, Women's Studies
Dressed for a Dance in the Snow: Women's Voices from the Gulag
"An estimated 30 million people died under Stalin's regime of terror. These nine women show us how they avoided being among them. Their voices inspire us all . . ."
Historical Fiction, Romance, Twentieth Century, Literary Fiction
A Long Petal of the Sea: A Novel
"Whether sharing a piece of history or capturing the theme of this fictional book through the words of a character, Allende beautifully reveals the mastery of her prose
Historical Fiction, World War II Era, Literary Fiction, World War II, Historical Fiction
Cilka's Journey: A Novel
"Heather Morris reminds us about the human side of the Holocaust and helps us remember with her fine storytelling."
Amy Waldman
Middle Eastern, World Literature, Literary Fiction
A Door in the Earth
Even readers familiar with Afghanistan's years of travail under Soviet occupation and Taliban rule, including the trauma of American military intervention, will discover aspects of those times to p
Essays, Political & Social Science, Women's Studies
Our Women on the Ground: Essays by Arab Women Reporting from the Arab World
"Lebanese-British journalist Zahra Hankir has gifted us with these women's experiences and their voices."
Susie Linfield
History, Middle East, Political Ideologies
The Lions' Den: Zionism and the Left from Hannah Arendt to Noam Chomsky
"an effective attempt to inform and enlighten readers on a topic of immense importance.
Neel Mukherjee
A State of Freedom: A Novel
Calcutta-born Neel Mukherjee, whose prior work has been both shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize and cited as a New York Times 2018 Notable Book listing, is often compared to V. S.
Anthologies, Horror, Literary Fiction, Short Stories, Short Stories
Mary Ventura and The Ninth Kingdom: A Story
The publication of poet Sylvia Plath's newly discovered short story, Mary Ventura and the Ninth Kingdom, follows the highly acclaimed second and final volume of her letters (The Letter
Twentieth Century, Families
All the Lives We Never Lived: A Novel
"The power of this well-written novel grows as the story moves forward both historically and fictionally.
Ariel Burger
Historical, European
Witness: Lessons from Elie Wiesel's Classroom
"'Whatever you learn, remember: the learning must make you more, not less, human.'"
Dorthe Nors
International Settings, Contemporary
Mirror, Shoulder, Signal: A Novel
Readers familiar with Man Booker Prize winners will quickly realize why Dorthe Nors' novel, Mirror, Shoulder, Signal was a 2017 finalist for the international prize.
Maya Dusenbery
Health Care & Medicine, Medical Writing, Political & Social Science
Doing Harm: The Truth About How Bad Medicine and Lazy Science Leave Women Dismissed, Misdiagnosed, and Sick
Maya Dusenbery has added immensely to the literature on women's health in her important book Doing Harm by addressing the two biggest impediments to women getting good care: "The knowledge
Jennifer Natalya Fink
Fiction, Literary Fiction
Bhopal Dance: A Novel
The first thing to say about Jennifer Fink is that she is intelligent, clever, and sometimes funny.
Atia Abawi
General, Religious & Spiritual, Families
Atia Abawi, a journalist and an Afghan refugee who made it to Germany as a child, has written a deeply gripping and affecting novel about the global refugee crisis that continues across Europe toda
Katja Petrowskaja
Family Memoir, World, Interracial/Multicultural, Debut
Maybe Esther: A Family Story
Katja Petrowskaja has indeed, as her publicist claims, written an "inventive and unique literary debut" as she travels to various countries in search of her family's dramatic 20th century history.
Jessica Yu
Social Activists, Africa, Political & Social Science
Garden of the Lost and Abandoned: The Extraordinary Story of One Ordinary Woman and the Children She Saves
She is a self-taught journalist, a natural detective, a Good Samaritan, and a woman with a mission. Her name is Gladys Kalibbala but the kids she saves call her Mommy or Auntie Gladys.
Joan Marie Johnson
Political & Social Science, Gender Studies, Feminism & FeministTheory
Funding Feminism: Monied Women, Philanthropy, and the Women's Movement, 1870–1967 (Gender and American Culture)
Joan Marie Johnson's new book Funding Feminism offers an important and accessible (if occasionally redundant) contribution to both academic and lay audiences interested in women's history
Betsy Carter
Historical Fiction, Women's Fiction, Contemporary
We Were Strangers Once
"historically accurate, warm, moving and easy to recommend."
Vaddey Ratner
Music of the Ghosts: A Novel
Vaddey Ratner's second novel about the horrors of the Pol Pot regime in Cambodia and the price survivors pay is the story of Teera, a now-American woman who returns to her native country for the fi
Cultural Heritage, Literary Fiction, Mystery
The Woman on the Stairs: A Novel
". . . Schlink's brilliance as a contemplative writer. . ."
Laurie Lico Albanese
Literary Fiction, Biographical, Historical Fiction
Stolen Beauty: A Novel
". . . a gripping historical novel . . ."
Emily Robbins
Debut, Contemporary
A Word for Love: A Novel
Emily Robbins has written a lyrical story about love in nearly all of its manifestations.
Patrick Kingsley
International Affairs, Middle East, Political & Social Science, Middle East
The New Odyssey: The Story of the Twenty-First Century Refugee Crisis
If every journalist wrote like Patrick Kingsley, more people would likely be reading the critical nonfiction books of our time.
Melanie Wallace
Contemporary, War
The Girl in the Garden
In Melanie Wallace's third novel, her first in hardback by a major publisher, Olive Kitteridge meets Dorothy Allison's Bastard Out of Carolina, both interpreted by Alice Munro.
Imbolo Mbue
Literary Fiction, Historical Fiction
Behold the Dreamers: A Novel
With this enticing debut novel Imbolo Mbue demonstrates that she knows her stuff as a storyteller, a native Cameroonian, and a New Yorker.
Moroccan, World Literature
About My Mother: A Novel
Moroccan writer Tahar Ben Jelloun is an award-winning internationally bestselling author who has been regularly shortlisted for the Nobel Prize, among others.
Meredith Tax
Women's Studies, Political Activism, Gender Studies, Middle East
A Road Unforeseen: Women Fight the Islamic State
Meredith Tax is to be commended for her thorough and well-documented book about the history and politics of a region of the world most people know very little about.
Clelie Avit
Contemporary, Literary Fiction
I'm Still Here (Je Suis Là)
French writer Clelie Avit, recipient of the Prix Nouveau Talent, shows promise in her first novel, yet she still has a way to go before realizing her full potential.
Jacqueline Woodson
Historical Fiction, African American
Another Brooklyn: A Novel
"quickly read but not easily forgotten. It's a lovely story . . ."
Lauren Belfer
And After the Fire: A Novel
This highly readable novel based on a fictional masterwork by J. S.
History, World, Women in History, Women's Studies, Political & Social Science
All the Single Ladies: Unmarried Women and the Rise of an Independent Nation
"It is this kind of insight . . . that makes [Traister's] important work a significant addition to the literature of sociology and women's studies."
Even in Paradise
Elizabeth Nunez's latest novel, a retelling of the tragedy King Lear set against a contemporary Caribbean landscape, takes place on the islands of Jamaica, Barbados, and Trinidad, exactly
Elaine Showalter
History, U.S., 19th Century, Biography, Autobiography & Memoir, Historical, Social Activists
The Civil Wars of Julia Ward Howe: A Biography
"[S]he wrote, 'I do not desire ecstatic, disembodied sainthood . . . I would be human, and American, and a woman.'"
Paul Goldberg
Historical Fiction, Jewish, Debut
The Yid: A Novel
The first thing to be said about this intriguing historical novel is that it ranks high among the "must read" list of debut works.
Meredith Maran
Reference Literary, Personal Memoir, Essays
Why We Write About Ourselves: Twenty Memoirists on Why They Expose Themselves (and Others) in the Name of Literature
Editor Meredith Maran's latest book, which follows her previous collection, Why We Write, gathers together the thoughts of Twenty Memoirists on Why They Expose Themselves (and Others)
Politics & Politicians, Civil Rights, U.S.
My Life on the Road
Gloria Steinem is the consummate writer, observer, and political analyst when it comes to exploring issues through the lens of gender.
Chinelo Okparanta
Under the Udala Trees: A Novel
"This story of . . . struggle . . . is both brave and original."
Women's Fiction, Contemporary
Fear of Dying: A Novel
When Erica Jong's groundbreaking novel, Fear of Flying, was published in 1973, it rocked the world.
Parnaz Foroutan
The Girl from the Garden: A Novel
"riveting, finely wrought . . . not . . . easily forgotten . . ."
Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town
"urgent and unforgettable . . ."
Leslie Parry
Church of Marvels: A Novel
"a richly imagined, well-written story full of historical realities and peopled with unique characters . . ."
Odysseus Abroad: A novel
"many readers who reach for this latest offering are likely to be disappointed."
C. W. Gortner
Women's Fiction, General Fiction
Mademoiselle Chanel: A Novel
In this enticing historical novel about the French designer Coco Chanel, Edith Piaf meets Maria Duenas's heroine in the well-received and compelling 2014 novel, The Time In Between.
Lisa J. Shannon
Mama Koko and the Hundred Gunmen
"Beautiful writing . . ."
Nazila Fathi
Personal Memoir
The Lonely War: One Woman's Account of the Struggle for Modern Iran
Nazila Fathi is a woman of courage. She is also a very good writer.
Mary Gordon
The Liar's Wife: Four Novellas
". . . a rare work of deep reflection, imbued with a sense of what is right, even when one struggles for identity and meaning.
Penelope Lively
Biography, Autobiography & Memoir, Biography, Autobiography & Memoir
Dancing Fish and Ammonites: A Memoir
". . . there is something sad rather than enlightening about this 'not-quite-memoir' from a much loved, observant, feisty but fatigued writer."
Rodrigo Rey Rosa
Miss Anne in Harlem: The White Women of the Black Renaissance
". . . Carla Kaplan has given us and history a great gift."
Daniel Bergner
Psychology, Women's Studies, Psychology, Women's Studies, Women's Studies, Psychology
What Do Women Want?: Adventures in the Science of Female Desire
"Even though sex sells, the respectable HarperCollins should have known better than to go with this cash cow."
Cynthia Zarin
An Enlarged Heart: A Personal History
". . . a decidedly New York book . . . well crafted for the most part and worth reading, despite its disappointing passages and missed opportunities."
Madeleine Kunin
Current/Public Affairs & Events, Psychology, Women's Studies, Current/Public Affairs & Events, Psychology, Women's Studies, Women's Studies, Psychology, Current/Public Affairs & Events, Women's Studies, Psychology, Current/Public Affairs & Events
The New Feminist Agenda: Defining the Next Revolution for Women, Work, and Family
". . . offers the makings of a roadmap for a journey we will all be better off for taking."
Fadi Azzam
Adam Talib
Literary Fiction, International Settings, Literary Fiction, International Settings, Literary Fiction, International Settings
Sarmada
International Locales, Genre Fiction, Relationships, Genre Fiction, International Locales, Relationships, Relationships, International Locales, Genre Fiction
Contents May Have Shifted
"Like our protagonist, we hope to soar to new heights, to conquer our fears, to land where we belong.
Victoria Costello
A Lethal Inheritance: A Mother Uncovers the Science Behind Three Generations of Mental Illness
"A Lethal Inheritance: A Mother Uncovers the Science Behind Three Generations of Mental Illness should be read with a healthy dose of caution and not as a single-source reference o
Aharon Appelfeld
Until the Dawn's Light: A Novel
"despite everything, our sympathies remain clearly and profoundly with Blanca, regardless of her culminating acts.
Mary Francois Rockcastle
Psychological Thriller, Families, General
In Caddis Wood: A Novel
"This family is so real, so understandable, so in need of comfort each in their own way, that we want to embrace them in their grief, applaud their reconciliations, and learn from their lov
Yoani Sanchez
M. J. Porter
History, International Affairs, Cuba
Havana Real: One Woman Fights to Tell the Truth about Cuba Today
"Yoani Sanchez is a remarkable woman."
Christina Shea
Smuggled: A Novel
"Smuggled is a good read that reveals how history can impact individual lives."
Ariel Sabar
Heart of the City: Nine Stories of Love and Serendipity on the Streets of New York
What is the place of place in our lives? More specifically, what is the place of place in our romantic lives?
Frances O'Brien
Benevolent Virus, A
Near-death experiences (NDE) are fascinating.


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Jackie Robinson's Daughter Says Black MLB Players Reluctant to Speak Out
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Jackie Robinson's daughter thinks black baseball players are more reluctant to speak publicly about racial issues than their NFL and NBA colleagues because they constitute a lower percentage of rosters.
She spoke at Citi Field on Sunday to mark Jackie Robinson Day, the 71st anniversary of her father breaking Major League Baseball's color barrier with the Brooklyn Dodgers.
While more than 200 NFL players protested racial inequality last season by kneeling or sitting during "The Star-Spangled Banner," Oakland Athletics catcher Bruce Maxwell was the only baseball player to take a knee.
"I don't think they have much choice," Sharon Robinson said. "They are in the minority and where in football and basketball you have a group and therefor you can take a group action. So players if they speak out individually, they could be the only African-American player on their team and it could be a difficult spot for them to be in."
The percentage of black players from the United States and Canada on opening-day active rosters rose to 8.4 percent, up from 7.7 last year and its highest level since at least 2012.
The percentage peaked at 19 in 1986, MLBsaid last week, citing Mark Armour of the Society of American Baseball Research.
Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig retired Jackie Robinson's No. 42 throughout the major leagues in 1997, made Jackie Robinson Day an annual event in 2004 and five years later started asking all players to wear No. 42 each April 15.
An educational consultant to Major League Baseball, Sharon Robinson attended the first-pitch ceremony before the Mets-Milwaukee game with her mom, 95-year-old Rachel Robinson. On a chilly afternoon, the game time temperature was 42.
Sharon Robinson said action among African-American players is more an individual undertaking.
"They do it around their involvement in community themselves, and talk about why that's important," she said.
"Part of the protest with the NFL or the NBA is how do we funnel some of these proceeds from the games, where we're helping to bring these proceeds, and funnel them into the African-American community? So some of the baseball players do that through their own charities or their own work within communities that they're playing (in)."
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Should i Outsource My Staffs?
Outsource staffing is an effort made by outsourcing companies to provide you and your company with just the perfect employee capable of doing your work to help you run your business smoothly and perfectly. To run any organization successfully and efficiently it is very important to choose the right people who can do the required work. Well it is correctly said that a company or an organization is as good as its people. So choosing the man power who will work for a company is as crucial as selecting any other major component of a business. Business owners must make an extra effort to select the best people to work for them.
On the whole staffing process, that is selecting the right staff and training them to do the work for a business is a time consuming and exhaustive process. Outsource staffing is a simple means for you to be free from all staffing worries. It requires a lot of effort, time, planning and other resources for an organization to go about hiring the best staffing services. Outsourcing staff is the best and the most viable option for any firm to select and hire the services of the best people to work for them.
One of the main benefits of outsource staffing is that you can save lots of money, time and other resources. Most businesses and companies have many time consuming and complicated jobs to take care of for running their business successfully. So in such a scenario outsourcing staff becomes the best option. You can also save huge amounts of money if you outsource staff from outsourcing companies. The cost of labor in developing countries is very low and when professionals do the outsourcing work from developing countries, the work can actually be done at a much lower rate.
Once you have outsourced the staff of your business you can also have lots of time at your disposal. This becomes possible as outsourcing lets you free up your valuable time. The professionals who have freed up from the workload can deal with other important business deals. Also all the other important sectors of your business can be dealt with as the internal staff can be freed up.
One thing that has been noticed in most businesses is the fact that professionals switch jobs very frequently. This has a very negative effect on any business. After a professional has been hired and trained to do particular types of work, they leave the organization. This means the loss of time money and all the other resources that was used for training the professional to work according to company standards. So the next time you want to hire new professionals think about all these aspects and you can find outsourcing staff to be a better option for your business.
Whether to outsource staff or not is entirely your decision and no one can force you to decide on anything. So before you actually go about outsource staffing you must find out if this will benefit your business or not. After you have undertaken the process for your business, at anytime you find that you are not satisfied with the work done, you can simply take back the work and let someone else do the thing for you. There are plenty of outsourcing companies form which you can hire the outsourcing services.
if u feel is the best thing to do.


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NHCC Art Museum and Visual Arts Program Awarded Ford Foundation Grant for Creation of a Paño Study Center
ALBUQUERQUE – The National Hispanic Cultural Center (NHCC) Art Museum and Visual Art Program has received a two-year grant in the amount of $160,000 from the Ford Foundation. This generous award will be used to support the creation of a paño study center, a space that will be dedicated to the visual symbolism, cultural significance, and historical relevance of Chicano, Latino, and American art.
Paños (drawings on handkerchiefs, or pañuelos) are sometimes labeled outsider art in the art world, and the names of the artists can be often forgotten. Last year, the NHCC acquired Rudy Padilla's private collection of paños and other artworks made by incarcerated individuals, the majority of whom are Chicano and Latino. Padilla, a formerly incarcerated person, was the founder of the Hour Glass Museum in Albuquerque.
Padilla's collection is significant because, in addition to the artworks themselves, they are accompanied by an archive of more than 400 pieces of correspondence and documentation. His collection is also considered to be one of the largest and best documented.
"We are so pleased to be able to preserve this historically and visually significant collection and continue Rudy Padilla's vision for serious interpretation and scholarship of the artistic legacy of paños and the artists who make them," said Tey Marianna Nunn, Director of the Art Museum and Visual Arts Program at the NHCC. "In a national context of racialized criminalization, mass incarceration, and the impact this has on communities of color, paños are a mode of story-telling, forging connection between their creators and their families, partners, and communities."
This grant will directly support the NHCC Art Museum and Visual Arts Program's mission to collect, interpret, research, and exhibit the works of the entire Hispanic and Latino diaspora. The Art Museum and Visual Arts Program is committed to showcasing the artworks of diverse Latinx artists and supports narrative change in the interest of a more equitable and socially just world. It holds space for untold stories, centering meaningful community representation, and challenges exclusionary discourse about the role of artists of color in American art.
Although no specific timeline has been announced, future plans for this grant include creating an advisory group of paño artists, community members, and scholars to guide the development of a paño study center; hiring a professional art photographer to digitally photograph Padilla's collection and all accompanying archival materials, about 1,000 objects in total; conducting interviews, archival research, and curatorial travel to other institutions and collections to strengthen the research channels as well as connect interested institutions together for greatest impact in highlighting significance of paño artists and their art; and the publication of a color catalog with essays from artists and scholars.
"The Ford Foundation recognizes the important role the NHCC plays in today's social discourse," said NHCC Executive Director Josefa González Mariscal. "Establishing a paño study center creates a space for dialogue on the imbalance of incarcerated people of color. Preserving and exhibiting the artworks of incarcerated individuals helps restore their artistic voice."
About the National Hispanic Cultural Center
The National Hispanic Cultural Center is dedicated to the preservation, promotion and advancement of Hispanic culture, arts and humanities. The Center presents mission related events throughout the year, some produced by its history, literary, performing and visual arts programs, and others by partnering with external organizations. Events take place at its 20-plus-acre campus, which includes a plaza, an art museum, a historic designated building, a library, and genealogy center. The Center is a division of the New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs and is further supported by the National Hispanic Cultural Center Foundation.
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SLEC lands largest vehicle lift contract in its history
June 19, 2019 • by MET Staff
SLEC recently completed its biggest contract to date with the supply of 20 x 44,000 lb. capacity columns for a major East Coast transit company. While the company has supplied rail jacks in the past, this was by far its biggest contract. The columns were lined up and ready for final testing in February, then went through operator training before being put into action.
SLEC Inc. was formed in 2015 as it ceased to be a distributor for a European manufacturer and started manufacturing its own brand of lifts in Baltimore. All SLEC columns are synchronized to within three-eighth inches and are backed up by SLEC service technicians strategically placed throughout the U.S.
RELATED: When it comes to lift designs, simpler is better
The company recently announced that its lifts are now American-made, retaining many of the features of the former SEFAC lift, in addition to a number of new and improved features that are guaranteed to enhance your experience.
Read more about delivery lifts purchase SLEC


Coming this Friday – Friends from Afar, a short film by W.D. Stevens.
Starring Alan Claridge with a massive ensemble cast consisting of David Jackson (son of Chris Jackson, who also makes a small appearance) Bhaskar Cherukuri, Jim Cairns, Judi Clark and Jill Damerow.


Jakes was the normal word for lavatory or privy from the sixteenth century to the eighteenth. In King Lear II ii 74--6 Shakespeare wrote "I will tread this unbolted villain into mortar, and daub the wall of the jakes with him." The origin is obscure, but may be from Jaques' or Jack's house; see Harington.
'Japanese-style' lavatories, designed for squatting rather than sitting, look rather like bidets sunk into the floor, and have been called 'bombsites' by occidental travellers. However, the world's most advanced 'western-style' lavatories are also made in Japan.
The Territorial Army unit on the Channel Island of Jersey was looking for a useful community exercise in 1992; so at the request of the Customs and Excise Department they built a new water-tank and lavatory alongside the customs hut on the Ecrehous, a chain of rocky islets between the north-east coast of Jersey and France. It was the first flushing lavatory on the Ecrehous, and it raised a mighty stink among those with holiday retreats there. Brigadier Raoul Lempriere-Robin is quoted as saying "Why can't they make do with an Elsan? ... The toilet is now the grandest structure on the Ecrehous... To put it bluntly, it has been a bugger's muddle all along."


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Rooney Anand
Chair WorldSkills UK
Rooney is the former CEO of the national pub retailer and brewer Greene King. Having led Greene King plc for 13 years, Rooney is credited with turning the organisation into a brand-led restaurant and hotel operator, and a FTSE-250 company. He was named Business Leader of the Year at the 2016 Lloyds Bank National Business Awards.
In 2018, Rooney was announced as Chairman of the Casual Dining Group and he also sits on the board of Morrisons.
Rooney is Chair of WorldSkills UK and also chairs the Governance and Nominations Committee.
Marion Plant, OBE FCGI
North Warwickshire & South Leicestershire College, and Deputy Chair, WorldSkills UK
Marion Plant is Principal and Chief Executive of a large FE College; North Warwickshire and South Leicestershire College in Leicestershire and Warwickshire. She is also Chief Executive of the Midland Academies Trust which sponsors four secondary schools. Marion also served a 3 year term as a non-executive director at the Department for Education and in March 2018 was awarded the 'Business Woman of the Year Award' by the East Midlands Chamber of Commerce.
She serves on several national/ regional bodies including:
Deputy-Chair and Trustee of WorldSkills UK
Board member of Coventry University and co-chair of the Academic Affairs committee
Board member (Director) for the Coventry and Warwickshire Local Enterprise Partnership (CWLEP) and skills lead
Member of Coventry and Warwickshire Skills Advisory Panel
Member of the Leicester and Leicestershire Local Enterprise Partnership's Programme Board
Trustee of the National Society Council (Church of England)
Member of the Education & Skills Funding Agency Advisory Group
Vice Chair of the FE and Skills Productivity Group, West Midlands
Barry Liles
Coleg Sir Gar and Coleg Ceredigion
Barry Liles, Skills Champion for Wales and Pro-Vice-Chancellor at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David (UWTSD) was recognised in the Queen's Honours in 2018 for his Services to Skills and Young People in Wales.
He is the former principal and CEO of Coleg Sir Gar and Coleg Ceredigon and is a member of the WSUK board of trustees.
Paul G K Little
City of Glasgow College
Paul Little is the founding Principal and CEO of Scotland's leading college ranked No.1 in the UK for the standard of its technical and professional skills.
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DuckTales 2
European cover art
Tokuro Fujiwara
Designer(s)
Ichirou Mihara
Keiji Inafune
Minae Fujii
Platform(s)
NES, Game Boy
Release date(s)
JP: April 23, 1993
NA: June 1993
EU: 1993
JP: December 3, 1993
NA: November 1993
Mode(s)
DuckTales 2 (ダックテイルズ2, Dakku Teiruzu 2) is a platform video game developed and published by Capcom and is a sequel to the original DuckTales based on the Disney animated series of the same name. Originally released on the Nintendo Entertainment System in early 1993, the title was later ported to the Game Boy handheld system in Japan and North America at the end of the year. Due to its relatively late console release, the NES version is considered a rarity among retrogaming enthusiasts.
See also: Gameplay in DuckTales
Like its predecessor, DuckTales 2 is non-linear and allows the player to choose and complete all levels in any particular order. The controls are the same as the previous game, albeit the cane jump is easier to perform. Scrooge can now use his cane to interact with various objects, such as pulling levers, firing cannons and using springy flowers to cross large gaps. Other new mechanics include hooks that Scrooge can hang from and rafts that can move Scrooge across water.
Unlike the first game, the player can return to a level that has already been completed to collect more money and items. In addition, upgrades for Scrooge's cane can be obtained from Gyro Gearloose to grant the player access to new and hidden areas in each level. When a level is completed, the player can visit a store to buy recovery items, extra lives, and other such items using any money the player has collected.
In addition to the unique treasures, each stage has a piece of the map that is hidden in a treasure chest. Locating all of the map pieces is not required to complete the game, but collecting all of them opens up an optional sixth stage in which the lost treasure of McDuck can be found.
As the game opens, Huey runs to his uncle Scrooge McDuck with a torn piece of paper, which is actually a piece of a treasure map drawn by Fergus McDuck. Inspired to discover the hidden treasure left by Fergus, Scrooge starts an expedition to find the missing pieces, unaware that his rival Flintheart Glomgold is also after the lost treasure of McDuck.
Scrooge travels to Niagara Falls, a pirate ship in the Bermuda Triangle, Mu, Egypt and Scotland. Each area has its own unique treasure that is guarded by a boss. After all five main stages are cleared, Webby is kidnapped by Glomgold and held for ransom on the pirate ship in the Bermuda Triangle. Scrooge arrives and gives Glomgold the treasures, only to discover that this "Glomgold" is actually a shapeshifting robot called the D-1000 programmed to destroy him. After the D-1000 is defeated, Glomgold sinks the ship and tries to take Scrooge and the treasures with it.
Scrooge and Webby escape the ship, but the treasures go down with the vessel. Despite the apparent loss, Scrooge admits that at least he and his family are safe and that their friendship is what truly matters. The treasures are then recovered by Launchpad, cheering everybody up. If the lost treasure of McDuck was found, Scrooge also reveals that he hid it from Glomgold by putting it under his hat. However, if the player has no money left at all, a bad ending plays in which Glomgold finds the lost treasure and is named the greatest adventurer in the world, which infuriates Scrooge.
EGM 5.8 / 10[1] (GB)
GamePro 4 / 5[2] (NES)
4.5 / 5[3] (GB)
Nintendo Power 3.575 / 5[4] (NES)
DuckTales 2's limited production run and relatively late release in June 1993, or near the end of the Nintendo Entertainment System's life cycle, led to lower sales than its predecessor, and has become a rarity amongst collectors.[5][6] The console version was generally well-received, with Nintendo Power praising the title's "great play control and graphics", but remarked that it was "more of the same" when compared to the original.[4] GamePro similarly felt that "if it's more of the same you want, DuckTales 2 delivers", adding that the game "is fun while it lasts, but it's too short", nonetheless recommending it to new players.[2]
The Game Boy version was panned by editors of Electronic Gaming Monthly, remarking that it only had "so-so" graphics and "OK" control, and didn't live up to Capcom's previous handheld titles such as the Mega Man games.[1] GamePro, however, felt that the game was a faithful port of the console version, applauding its "sharp, clean graphics, innovative gameplay and engrossing storyline."[3]
List of Disney video games
1 2 Ed, Dano, Al, Sushi-X, Mike (January 1994). "Major Mike's Game Roundup: DuckTales 2". Electronic Gaming Monthly. Ziff Davis Media (54): 52. CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
1 2 Slasher Quan (April 1993). "Nintendo ProReview: DuckTales 2". GamePro. IDG (45): 28–29.
1 2 N. Somniac (October 1993). "Nintendo ProReview: DuckTales 2". GamePro. IDG (51): 134.
1 2 "Now Playing: DuckTales 2". Nintendo Power. Nintendo of America (47): 107. April 1993.
↑ Racketboy (2008-03-16). "The Rarest and Most Valuable NES Games". Racketboy. Retrieved 2013-03-30.
↑ Retromaniac (February 2009). "Nintendo Rarities". Retro Junk. Retrieved 2013-03-30.
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Ludwig Von Drake
Phantom Blot
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Sport Goofy in Soccermania
DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp
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DuckTales: Treasure of the Golden Suns
DuckTales: Time is Money
Super DuckTales
The Quest for Gold
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List of Duck universe characters
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List of DuckTales episodes
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Quack Pack
List of DuckTales merchandise
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As the notion of a single-payer healthcare system has returned to center stage in American politics, proponents have pointedly eschewed any element of cost-sharing in their legislative proposals. Cost-sharing provisions require the insured to pay some portion of the cost of services received, often in the form of a fee or copay. Without it, healthcare would be provided at no cost to all patients, regardless of income.
Senator Bernie Sanders' Medicare For All Act of 2017 is explicit, directing the Secretary of Health and Human Services to "ensure that no cost-sharing, including deductibles, coinsurance, copayments, or similar charges, be imposed on an individual for any benefits provided under this Act" (although the bill does allow for fees of up to $200 per year for certain prescription drugs).
Even California's recent proposal for a state-level single-payer system, the Healthy California Act, explicitly prohibited any cost-sharing despite the significant fiscal cost of such a system for a state famous for its recurring budget nightmares.
Cost-sharing mainly works to reduce consumption by forcing consumers to think twice before accessing care, and evidence suggests this response works for even minor fees on care. The high underlying cost of health care makes it essentially impossible for consumers to pay a significant portion of the cost themselves. This means that cost-sharing can be effective for reducing consumption, but it makes little sense to use cost-sharing as a major source of revenue for the program.
Critics of single-payer often claim such a system could lead to "rationing" of health care, but rationing is already present in our health care system. Perhaps the greatest potential benefit of a single-payer universal national health insurance system is reducing the cost of health care, particularly for those with lower incomes or high medical costs (or both). The high cost of health care, even for those who have health insurance, is a major deterrent for accessing care, and a wealth of research has demonstrated how this deterrent effect harms the health outcomes of those unable to pay or unwilling to risk an unexpected financial disaster. The high cost of health care, therefore, is a form of price-based rationing that enables more affluent people to consume health care more easily relative to others who are less able or willing to pay. It also incentivizes health care providers and insurers to allocate more resources to those most able to pay for them. Even relatively affluent people are not exempt from this rationing, as health care's high costs can suddenly overshoot other expenses and create significant hardship for all but the wealthiest households. By providing health care at zero cost to the consumer, a single-payer system envisioned by the Medicare For All advocates who exclude cost-sharing would eliminate this form of rationing, seemingly guaranteeing equal access for all.
By removing the deterrent effect of price-based rationing, it seems inevitable that a universally free health care system would incentivize greater consumption of health care among all people. After all, if making health care free failed to increase its consumption, that would suggest little underlying unmet demand for healthcare in the status quo (quite obviously not the case). It is far from obvious, however, that the American health care system can accommodate a significant increase in utilization of health care. Indeed, the American health care system currently suffers from a host of shortages – from qualified nursing personnel to quality hospitals in disadvantaged communities to primary care physicians. These shortages are particularly acute in lower-income communities due to the limited incentive to serve people unable to pay higher costs for services.
However, reducing price-based barriers to accessing these services is not likely to increase the supply of actual resources, making care affordable but still practically inaccessible to many. In a prime example of price-based rationing in American health care, specialist care is particularly inaccessible for people with lower incomes or who live in disadvantaged communities, despite general availability of these services to individuals able to pay for them. Because there is little market incentive to provide specialist care to people with few resources at present, the supply of specialized care remains restricted. To the extent that removal of price-based barriers increases utilization of specialist health care by people currently unwilling or unable to pay those costs, it seems likely that the existing supply of specialist care could be insufficient to meet new demand, especially if people currently able to access specialist care use it at a higher rate following the removal of any cost barriers. Insufficient existing supply combined with increased demand are the standard conditions for a shortage, which leads to long wait times or other administrative barriers to care (also known as rationing). Just like in the current system, individuals with higher incomes are likely to have greater ease in navigating the system, making it likely that shortage-induced rationing will disproportionately harm lower-income people even without an explicit price-based rationing system.
A single-payer system would have advantages in overcoming these challenges compared with the status quo, but a limited cost-sharing system targeted only at relatively affluent households consuming unnecessary care could be an effective tool in managing the transition to a more just health care system. As the primary buyer of health care, the government would have greater flexibility in managing the provision of care using tactics like paying higher rates to providers serving lower-income populations while cutting rates in affluent communities, and the federal government could increase existing efforts to expand the supply of health care by providing subsidies for medical training and education.
Inevitably these actions will require time to take effect, as training new nurses and physicians or constructing new facilities will take years to implement effectively. Unfortunately, the greatest potential for shortages is in the immediate term as people react to newly-free health care by consuming more of it, and the sheer administrative effort required to remake the American healthcare system is almost certain to create unexpected disruptions in supply as the government works out the kinks.
Aside from a pure nationalization of the health care supply (such as the United Kingdom's National Health Service, something contemplated not even in the most ambitious current American proposals), the only way to manage the risk of this immediate-term shortfall is to control demand, and a modest price signal is the best existing option. Controlling demand requires either explicit rationing, which would be highly controversial and could lead to unappealing outcomes as people are barred from care, or some other mechanism for disincentivizing some individuals from consuming certain forms of care. Targeting the cost-sharing to ensure that only affluent households are subject and pay only modest fees would avoid recreating cost-based inequities in the existing system. Indeed, this kind of price-based rationing targeting only the affluent appears to be the most effective way to prevent existing inequities from simply reproducing themselves in the context of shortages resulting from newly-free care.
Opponents of cost-sharing in single-payer raise some important arguments. Fees, even in much smaller amounts than are currently typical, can create substantial financial hardship on lower-income people, especially those who have significant and/or ongoing health care needs. While policymakers can avoid this outcome by simply exempting households below a certain income from cost-sharing, opponents argue this would imperil the central premise of Medicare For All – its universality. Drawing on the example of Social Security, which has largely withstood attempts to cut its benefits or curtail its universality, some argue that creating a universal benefit owed to all as a "right" (e.g. Rep. Jayapal's language) gives the benefit greater political appeal by recruiting affluent people into its coalition of beneficiaries. On the other hand, means-tested programs that exclude more-affluent people with greater political power may make easy targets for cuts.
This logic is intuitive, but there is little empirical evidence for it. During the recent debate over repealing the Affordable Care Act, opponents emphasized the proposed cuts to Medicaid in their successful effort to prevent repeal. Medicaid, a means-tested program with strict eligibility criteria that differ from state to state, seems like exactly the type of program that should have been vulnerable to cuts, yet polling has consistently shown strong public support for Medicaid. Research suggests Medicaid's resilience is not unusual globally, as countries with more universal benefits tend to cut benefits just as much and as often as countries with more targeted benefits. Regardless, even a single-payer system with targeted cost-sharing would leave large numbers of Americans significantly better off, potentially generating a much larger constituency than existing welfare programs, which tend to target only small shares of the population.
Another argument against cost-sharing is that it causes people to reduce their consumption of healthcare regardless of value, resulting in untreated health problems and lower overall quality of life. Evidence suggests this is somewhat true, as most consumers lack the expertise to distinguish necessary from unnecessary care and thus simply cut their consumption across the board to minimize costs. This response may be unavoidable to a certain extent, as cost-sharing is intended to disincentivize consumption and consumers seem unlikely to become savvy medical experts anytime soon, but thoughtful policy design can mitigate it.
For instance, exempting emergency procedures and high value preventive care from cost-sharing altogether could encourage utilization of these services while discouraging unnecessary consumption. Fees could be set low enough to create only a trivial cost, making it unlikely that people will forego important care for long. Even without cost-sharing, people will continue to face barriers to health care (particularly time and expertise in navigating the system) that will have the same effect of forcing inefficient self-rationing. In fact, these non-price barriers to care seem likely to increase without cost-sharing, as utilization should increase waiting times and other forms of non-price rationing.
As single-payer proponents debate the details of the system they will push should a Democrat win the presidency in 2020, it is essential that advocates engage meaningfully with the inherent tradeoffs in designing a universal health care system. Rather than retreating into slogans and theoretical arguments, proponents should consider following the examples of many successful single-payer systems by designing a limited cost-sharing mechanism. If properly designed, such a mechanism can enhance, rather than inhibit, the promise of providing health care to all who need it – especially those most harmed by the current system.
Ben Menzies is a Master of Public Policy candidate at the Goldman School of Public Policy and Editor in Chief of the Berkeley Public Policy Journal.


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THE CLIMATE GURU
FIGHTING TO BUILD GLOBAL AWARENESS ON THE CLIMATE CRISIS
Since 1970 North America Has Lost Three Billion Birds Or 29 Percent From Climate Change, Loss Of Habitat, Pesticides And Insect Declines
October 15, 2019 Brent Probinsky The Climate Guru
By Brent Probinsky
The journal, Science, just published an alarming study that there has been a decline of 29 percent, or 3 billion birds in the United States and Canada since 1970.
Experts who have studied bird populations for years were astounded by the new study. David Yarnold, president of the National Audubon Society, said the findings are a "full-blown crisis." More than 500 species of North American birds, many commonly seen in the skies such as Sparrows and Robins are rapidly shrinking in number.
The principal cause is loss of habitat, particularly forests, grasslands and wetlands. Agriculture converts much of the natural acreage where birds thrive. The World Wildlife Fund reported that 2.5 million acres of wild grasslands in the Great Plains were converted to crop production during just one year between 2015 and 2016. Natural habitat where birds and insects thrive are also lost to development including homes, offices buildings and shopping centers.
More pesticides and reduced natural habitat also mean less insects that birds feed on. That affects a bird's ability to gain body mass, necessary for long-distance migration. Europe has seen a similar broad and sharp decline in insect species across that continent. A German study found an 82 percent loss in insect biomass over a 27- year period.
The researchers relied upon data gathered since 1970 from amateur bird watchers who count bird populations and species and regularly submit data – to more recent weather radar detection systems – that can count migrating bird populations even at night.
It was not just endangered species, but the more common and abundant birds such as Warblers that saw a decline of 617 million and Blackbirds that lost 440 million. Eastern and Western Meadowlarks lost 139 million, Dark-eyed Juncos declined by 168 million and the sweet-singing White-throated Sparrows were down by 93 million.
In an opinion article in The New York Times about the crises, John W. Fitzpatrick, ornithologist at Cornell and Peter P. Marra from the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center, wrote, "birds are indicator species, serving as acutely sensitive barometers of environmental heath, and their mass declines signal that the Earth's biological systems are in trouble. Unfortunately, the study is just the latest in a long line of such mounting evidence…the magnitude of losses among 300 bird species was much larger than we had expected and alarmingly widespread across the continent."
The National Audubon Society also released a report this week that showed that climate change, especially rising temperatures, threatens drastic changes in the ranges of many North American birds. Increased heat will shrink traditional habitat of these familiar bird species or force them to migrate to cooler regions. The Audubon scientists studied 604 bird species across the North American continent and then considered how varying predictions of temperature rise by the end of the century could affect their habitat and migratory patterns.
They looked at three temperature rise scenarios by 2100 that would depend on the amount of greenhouse gases, in particular, carbon dioxide, are emitted over the following decades into the atmosphere. As recent climate change studies have predicted, including the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and the United States Fourth National Climate Assessment, temperatures could rise above pre-industrial levels by 1.5 C, 2.0 C or 3 C by 2100. At 3 C , that's a staggering 5.4 F increase in average global temperature. Since temperatures do not rise at a uniform rate throughout the globe, many regions could even be hotter.
Of the 604 bird species studied by the Audubon Society, 389 would be "vulnerable" to 3 C of warming. Questions remain whether a species will be able to migrate or adapt at all or whether they will simply face extinction. Climate change not only affects temperatures that birds are accustomed to in a particular region, but it also affects the amount of rainfall, the number of insects that are available for food, the threat of wildfires and the survival of forests, wetland and grassland habitat.
Benjamin Zuckerberg, an associate professor at the University of Wisconsin in the Department of Forests and Wildlife Ecology, was quoted in The New York Times. He said, "we might see bird species shifting their nesting times or changing their diet."
"But there is a real concern that the rate of climate change is going beyond the ability of species to adapt," Zuckerberg added.
Some familiar birds, that could disappear from regions where they have always been known include the New Jersey Goldfinch, the Georgia's songster, the Brown Thrasher and the Minnesota's state bird, the common Loon whose mournful sound is heard across the state's northern lakes every summer.
As birds declined across North America, human population has increased. There were an estimated 10 billion birds in 1970 and today, 7.1 billion, a 29 percent decline. The combined human population of Canada and the US was 222,585 million in 1970 and is 359,284,000 today, a 61 percent increase.
As Fitzpatrick and Marra wrote in The New York Times op-ed, "what we need most is a societal shift in the values we place on living side-by-side with healthy and functioning natural systems. Natural habitat must not be viewed as an expendable luxury but as a crucial system that fosters human health and supports all life on the planet."
Canaries in coal mines have long been used as early warning signals of toxic gases, especially carbon monoxide. They got sick before the miners who would have time to escape the toxic fumes. If the life sustaining atmosphere on planet Earth becomes toxic or heats to levels that are uninhabitable, to where will birds and humans escape?
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|By Devon Halliday
Acclaimed musician Jessamyn Violet's SECRET RULES TO BEING A ROCKSTAR, a gritty, glittery, queer YA debut about a teenage musician who jumps at a chance to play in her favorite rock band on their upcoming world tour, only to realize her heroes have their own agenda and might be leading her down a dark path, to Peter Carlaftes and Kat Georges at Three Rooms Press, for publication in April 2023, by Devon Halliday at Transatlantic Agency.
Jessamyn Violet is a writer and musician based in Venice Beach. Born and raised in Massachusetts, she stayed local to receive a BFA in Writing, Literature and Publishing from Emerson College. A year later, she moved Los Angeles to write and edit for entertainment magazines for the last of the good old magazine days, interviewing writers like John Green and Matt Groening. Jessamyn then moved to San Francisco to bask in the last of the great bookstore days, earning her MFA in Creative Writing from California College of the Arts. Her book of poetry, Organ Thieves, was published by Gauss PDF. Her screenplay "Exit Strategies" was a quarterfinalist in Scriptapalooza. Short stories have been published in 805 Art + Lit Magazine, Adelaide and Little Break and are forthcoming in Three Elements. Jessamyn also plays drums for the band Movie Club.
Jessamyn is represented by Devon Halliday.
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Frequent trips to the movie theater can get expensive. Nowadays, more and more people are deciding to set up their own media room at home instead. A media room not only provides a theater-like experience when watching movies, but it can also enhance your time spent binge-watching TV shows or listening to music. Designing a home theater doesn't have to be very difficult, but there are some considerations you'll want to keep in mind. Use this quick guide to set up a media room you'll love.
It takes more than a good set of speakers to achieve optimal sound. Hardwood and tile surfaces tend to cause sound to bounce, and will therefore diminish the overall viewing experience. Carpeted floors are best because they are good at absorbing noise. Plus, it's cozier!
Windows are another factor you'll want to consider. Natural light may be energizing, but it's not good for watching movies. Install window treatments, such as thick curtains or blinds that allow you to block light when needed.
The television you choose will largely depend on your own personal preferences. Plasma flat-screen TVs are light and thin, making them easy to attach to the wall. Others opt for projector screens, as they tend to be larger and more similar in size and shape to a real theater's screen. Do your research on the various types of screens you can choose from to find the right one for you and your space.
If you want high-quality sound, two speakers are often not enough. A good surround sound system will help create that theater experience you crave. It's also a great solution for playing music while hosting company or enhancing the fun when playing video games.
The A/V receiver is a necessity for any home theater. It not only allows you to connect all of your audio and video sources to one device, but it can also help amplify sound even more. Before choosing a receiver for your home theater, take note of all media devices to ensure your new receiver has the right inputs.
It doesn't matter how great your sound system is if your sofa isn't very comfortable. Furnish your media room with plush recliners and couches so you can lounge for hours on end without feeling stiff or sore.


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package com.twosigma.beaker.jvm.object;

import com.google.inject.Inject;
import com.google.inject.Provider;
import com.twosigma.beaker.BeakerProgressUpdate;
import com.twosigma.beaker.jvm.serialization.BeakerObjectConverter;
import com.twosigma.beaker.jvm.serialization.ObjectDeserializer;
import com.twosigma.beaker.jvm.threads.BeakerOutputHandler;
import com.twosigma.beaker.jvm.threads.BeakerStdOutErrHandler;
import com.twosigma.beaker.jvm.updater.UpdateManager;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Observable;
import java.util.logging.Level;
import java.util.logging.Logger;

import org.codehaus.jackson.JsonGenerator;
import org.codehaus.jackson.JsonNode;
import org.codehaus.jackson.JsonProcessingException;
import org.codehaus.jackson.annotate.JsonProperty;
import org.codehaus.jackson.map.JsonSerializer;
import org.codehaus.jackson.map.ObjectMapper;
import org.codehaus.jackson.map.SerializerProvider;

/**
 * Abstraction around an evaluation, for communication of the state over REST to the plugin.
 */
public class SimpleEvaluationObject extends Observable {
  private final static Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(SimpleEvaluationObject.class.getName());
  private static final int OUTPUT_QUEUE_SIZE = 20;
  private static final int MAX_LINE_LENGTH = 240;

  public class EvaluationStdOutput {
    public String payload;
    public EvaluationStdOutput(String s) { payload = s; }
  }

  public class EvaluationStdError {
    public String payload;
    public EvaluationStdError(String s) { payload = s; }
  }

  private EvaluationStatus status;
  private List<Object> outputdata;
  private int outputdataCount;
  private final String expression;
  private EvaluationResult payload;
  private boolean payload_changed;
  private String jsonres;
  private String message;
  private int progressBar;
  private BeakerOutputHandler stdout;
  private BeakerOutputHandler stderr;
  private String buildingout;
  private String buildingerr;

  public SimpleEvaluationObject(String e) {
    expression = e;
    status = EvaluationStatus.QUEUED;
    outputdata = new ArrayList<Object>();
    outputdataCount = 0;
    payload_changed = true;
    buildingout = "";
    buildingerr = "";
  }

  public synchronized void started() {
    setOutputHandler();
    this.status = EvaluationStatus.RUNNING;
    setChanged();
    notifyObservers();
  }

  public synchronized void finished(Object r) {
    doFlush();
    clrOutputHandler();
    this.status = EvaluationStatus.FINISHED;
    payload = new EvaluationResult(r);
    payload_changed = true;
    setChanged();
    notifyObservers();
  }

  public synchronized void finished(Object r, String json) {
    doFlush();
    clrOutputHandler();
    this.jsonres = json;
    this.status = EvaluationStatus.FINISHED;
    payload = new EvaluationResult(r);
    payload_changed = true;
    setChanged();
    notifyObservers();
  }

  public synchronized void error(Object r) {
    doFlush();
    clrOutputHandler();
    this.status = EvaluationStatus.ERROR;
    payload = new EvaluationResult(r);
    payload_changed = true;
    setChanged();
    notifyObservers();
  }

  public synchronized void update(Object r) {
    this.status = EvaluationStatus.RUNNING;
    payload = new EvaluationResult(r);
    payload_changed = true;
    setChanged();
    notifyObservers();
  }

  public synchronized void structuredUpdate(BeakerProgressUpdate upd) {
    this.status = EvaluationStatus.RUNNING;
    this.message = upd.message;
    this.progressBar = upd.progressBar;
    if (upd.payload != null) {
      payload = new EvaluationResult(upd.payload);
      payload_changed = true;
    }
    setChanged();
    notifyObservers();
  }

  @JsonProperty("expression")
  public String getExpression() {
    return expression;
  }

  @JsonProperty("status")
  public synchronized EvaluationStatus getStatus() {
    return status;
  }

  @JsonProperty("jsonres")
  public synchronized String getJsonRes() {
    return jsonres;
  }

  @JsonProperty("payload")
  public synchronized EvaluationResult getPayload() {
    payload_changed = false;
    return payload;
  }

  public synchronized boolean getPayloadChanged() {
    return payload_changed;
  }

  @JsonProperty("outputdata")
  public synchronized List<Object> getOutputdata() {
    List<Object> o = new ArrayList<Object>(outputdata);
    outputdata.clear();
    outputdataCount = 0;
    return o;
  }

  @JsonProperty("message")
  public synchronized String getMessage() {
    return message;
  }

  @JsonProperty("progressBar")
  public synchronized int getProgressBar() {
    return progressBar;
  }

  public static enum EvaluationStatus {
    QUEUED, RUNNING, FINISHED, ERROR
  }

  public static class Serializer extends JsonSerializer<SimpleEvaluationObject> {

    private final Provider<UpdateManager> updateManagerProvider;
    private final Provider<BeakerObjectConverter> objectSerializerProvider;

    @Inject
    private Serializer(Provider<UpdateManager> ump, Provider<BeakerObjectConverter> osp) {
      updateManagerProvider    = ump;
      objectSerializerProvider = osp;
    }

    private UpdateManager getUpdateManager() {
      return this.updateManagerProvider.get();
    }

    private BeakerObjectConverter getObjectSerializer() {
      return objectSerializerProvider.get();
    }

    @Override
    public void serialize(SimpleEvaluationObject value,  JsonGenerator jgen,  SerializerProvider provider)
        throws IOException, JsonProcessingException {

      synchronized (value) {
        String id = getUpdateManager().register(value);
        jgen.writeStartObject();
        jgen.writeObjectField("type", "SimpleEvaluationObject");
        jgen.writeStringField("update_id", id);
        jgen.writeStringField("expression", value.getExpression());
        jgen.writeObjectField("status", value.getStatus());
        if (value.getMessage() != null)
          jgen.writeStringField("message", value.getMessage());
        if ( value.getProgressBar() > 0 )
          jgen.writeNumberField("progressBar", value.getProgressBar());
        if (value.getPayloadChanged()) {
          EvaluationResult o = value.getPayload();
          if (o != null && o.getValue() !=null ) {
            jgen.writeFieldName("payload");
            if (!getObjectSerializer().writeObject(o, jgen, true))
              jgen.writeObject(o.toString());
          } else if(value.getJsonRes() != null) {
            jgen.writeFieldName("payload");
            jgen.writeRawValue(value.getJsonRes());
          }
        }
        if (value.getJsonRes() != null && value.getPayload() != null && value.getPayload().getValue() != null) {
          logger.finest("adding raw json data: '"+value.getJsonRes()+"'");
          jgen.writeFieldName("jsonres");
          jgen.writeRawValue(value.getJsonRes());
        }
        jgen.writeArrayFieldStart("outputdata");
        for (Object o : value.getOutputdata()) {
          if (o instanceof EvaluationStdOutput) {
            jgen.writeStartObject();
            jgen.writeStringField("type", "out");
            jgen.writeStringField("value", ((EvaluationStdOutput)o).payload );
            jgen.writeEndObject();
          }
          else if (o instanceof EvaluationStdError) {
            jgen.writeStartObject();
            jgen.writeStringField("type", "err");
            jgen.writeStringField("value", ((EvaluationStdError)o).payload );
            jgen.writeEndObject();
          }
        }
        jgen.writeEndArray();
        jgen.writeEndObject();
      }
    }
  }

  public static class DeSerializer implements ObjectDeserializer {

    private final BeakerObjectConverter parent;

    public DeSerializer(BeakerObjectConverter p) {
      parent = p;
      parent.addKnownBeakerType("SimpleEvaluationObject");
    }

    @Override
    public Object deserialize(JsonNode n, ObjectMapper mapper) {
      SimpleEvaluationObject o = null;
      try {
        String expression=null, message=null;
        Object status=null,payload=null;
        Integer progressBar=null;

        if (n.has("expression"))
          expression = n.get("expression").asText();
        if (n.has("message"))
          message = n.get("message").asText();
        if (n.has("progressBar"))
          progressBar = n.get("progressBar").asInt();
        if (n.has("payload"))
          payload = parent.deserialize(n.get("payload"), mapper);

        o = new SimpleEvaluationObject(expression);
        o.message = message;
        o.status = (EvaluationStatus) status;
        o.progressBar = progressBar;
        o.payload = (EvaluationResult) payload;

        if (n.has("outputdata")) {
          JsonNode ne = n.get("outputdata");
          for (JsonNode d : ne) {
            if (!d.has("type") || !d.has("value"))
              continue;
            if (d.get("type").asText().equals("out")) {
              EvaluationStdOutput e = o.new EvaluationStdOutput(d.get("value").asText());
              o.outputdata.add(e);
            } else  {
              EvaluationStdError e = o.new EvaluationStdError(d.get("value").asText());
              o.outputdata.add(e);
            }
          }
        }

      } catch (Exception e) {
        logger.log(Level.SEVERE, "exception deserializing SimpleEvaluationObject ", e);
      }
      return o;
    }

    @Override
    public boolean canBeUsed(JsonNode n) {
      return n.has("type") && n.get("type").asText().equals("SimpleEvaluationObject");
    }
  }

  public class SimpleOutputHandler implements BeakerOutputHandler {

    @Override
    public void write(int b) {
      byte [] ba = new byte[1];
      ba[0] = (byte) b;
      appendOutput(new String(ba));
    }

    @Override
    public void write(byte[] b) {
      appendOutput(new String(b));
    }

    @Override
    public void write(byte[] b, int off, int len) {
      appendOutput(new String(b,off,len));
    }
  }

  public class SimpleErrorHandler implements BeakerOutputHandler {

    @Override
    public void write(int b) {
      byte [] ba = new byte[1];
      ba[0] = (byte) b;
      appendError(new String(ba));
    }

    @Override
    public void write(byte[] b) {
      appendError(new String(b));
    }

    @Override
    public void write(byte[] b, int off, int len) {
      appendError(new String(b,off,len));
    }

  }

  public synchronized BeakerOutputHandler getStdOutputHandler() {
    if (stdout == null)
      stdout = new SimpleOutputHandler();
    return stdout;
  }

  public synchronized BeakerOutputHandler getStdErrorHandler() {
    if (stderr == null)
      stderr = new SimpleErrorHandler();
    return stderr;
  }

  public void appendOutput(String s) {
    if (getSize() > OUTPUT_QUEUE_SIZE) {
      try { Thread.sleep(500); } catch (InterruptedException e) { }
    }
    if (getSize() > OUTPUT_QUEUE_SIZE) {
      try { Thread.sleep(500); } catch (InterruptedException e) { }
    }
    doAppendOutput(s);
  }

  private synchronized int getSize() {
    return outputdataCount;
  }

  private synchronized void doAppendOutput(String s) {
    buildingout += s;
    String add = null;
    if (s.contains("\n")) {
      if (s.endsWith("\n")) {
        add = buildingout;
        buildingout = "";
      } else {
        add = buildingout.substring(0, buildingout.lastIndexOf('\n')+1);
        buildingout = buildingout.substring(buildingout.lastIndexOf('\n')+1);
      }
    } if ( buildingout.length() > MAX_LINE_LENGTH) {
      add = buildingout;
      buildingout = "";
    }
    if (add != null) {
      String [] v = add.split("\n");
      for (String sv : v) {
        while (sv.length()>MAX_LINE_LENGTH) {
          String t = sv.substring(0, MAX_LINE_LENGTH);
          sv = sv.substring(MAX_LINE_LENGTH);
          if (outputdata.size() == 0 || !(outputdata.get(outputdata.size()-1) instanceof EvaluationStdOutput)) {
            outputdata.add(new EvaluationStdOutput(t+"\n"));
          } else {
            EvaluationStdOutput st = (EvaluationStdOutput) outputdata.get(outputdata.size()-1);
            st.payload += t+"\n";
          }
          outputdataCount ++;
        }
        if (outputdata.size() == 0 || !(outputdata.get(outputdata.size()-1) instanceof EvaluationStdOutput)) {
          outputdata.add(new EvaluationStdOutput(sv+"\n"));
        } else {
          EvaluationStdOutput st = (EvaluationStdOutput) outputdata.get(outputdata.size()-1);
          st.payload += sv+"\n";
        }
        outputdataCount ++;
      }
      setChanged();
      notifyObservers();
    }
  }

  public void appendError(String s) {
    if (getSize() > OUTPUT_QUEUE_SIZE) {
      try { Thread.sleep(500); } catch (InterruptedException e) { }
    }
    if (getSize() > OUTPUT_QUEUE_SIZE) {
      try { Thread.sleep(500); } catch (InterruptedException e) { }
    }
    doAppendError(s);
  }

  private synchronized void doAppendError(String s) {
    buildingerr += s;
    String add = null;
    if (s.contains("\n")) {
      if (s.endsWith("\n")) {
        add = buildingerr;
        buildingerr = "";
      } else {
        add = buildingerr.substring(0, buildingerr.lastIndexOf('\n')+1);
        buildingerr = buildingerr.substring(buildingerr.lastIndexOf('\n')+1);
      }
    } else if ( buildingerr.length() > MAX_LINE_LENGTH) {
      add = buildingerr;
      buildingerr = "";
    }
    if (add != null) {
      /*
      * HACK to remove annoying stderr messages from third party libraries
      */
      if ((add.contains("org.antlr.v4.runtime.misc.NullUsageProcessor") && add.contains("'RELEASE_6'")) ||
          (add.contains("JavaSourceCompilerImpl compile"))) {
        String [] v = add.split("\n");
        add = "";
        for(String s2 : v) {
          if (!s2.contains("org.antlr.v4.runtime.misc.NullUsageProcessor") && !s2.contains("JavaSourceCompilerImpl compile"))
            add += s2 + "\n";
        }
      }
      String [] v = add.split("\n");
      for (String sv : v) {
        while (sv.length()>MAX_LINE_LENGTH) {
          String t = sv.substring(0, MAX_LINE_LENGTH);
          sv = sv.substring(MAX_LINE_LENGTH);
          if (outputdata.size() == 0 || !(outputdata.get(outputdata.size()-1) instanceof EvaluationStdError)) {
            outputdata.add(new EvaluationStdError(t+"\n"));
          } else {
            EvaluationStdError st = (EvaluationStdError) outputdata.get(outputdata.size()-1);
            st.payload += t+"\n";
          }
          outputdataCount ++;
        }
        if (outputdata.size() == 0 || !(outputdata.get(outputdata.size()-1) instanceof EvaluationStdError)) {
          outputdata.add(new EvaluationStdError(sv+"\n"));
        } else {
          EvaluationStdError st = (EvaluationStdError) outputdata.get(outputdata.size()-1);
          st.payload += sv+"\n";
        }
        outputdataCount ++;
      }
      setChanged();
      notifyObservers();
    }
  }

  private synchronized void doFlush() {
    if (! buildingout.isEmpty()) {
      if (outputdata.size() == 0 || !(outputdata.get(outputdata.size()-1) instanceof EvaluationStdOutput)) {
        outputdata.add(new EvaluationStdOutput(buildingout+"\n"));
      } else {
        EvaluationStdOutput st = (EvaluationStdOutput) outputdata.get(outputdata.size()-1);
        st.payload += buildingout+"\n";
      }
      buildingout = "";
      outputdataCount ++;
    }
    if (! buildingerr.isEmpty()) {
      if (outputdata.size() == 0 || !(outputdata.get(outputdata.size()-1) instanceof EvaluationStdError)) {
        outputdata.add(new EvaluationStdError(buildingerr+"\n"));
      } else {
        EvaluationStdError st = (EvaluationStdError) outputdata.get(outputdata.size()-1);
        st.payload += buildingerr+"\n";
      }
      buildingerr = "";
      outputdataCount ++;
    }
  }

  public void setOutputHandler() {
    BeakerStdOutErrHandler.setOutputHandler(getStdOutputHandler(), getStdErrorHandler());
  }

  public void clrOutputHandler() {
    BeakerStdOutErrHandler.clrOutputHandler();
  }

}

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