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The Honorary Consul
(Argentinian revolutionaries abduct the wrong political figure by mistake, and one cynical acquaintance is the only one who cares… perhaps not even he does.)
Still from the 1983 John Mackenzie film The Honorary Consul (later changed inscrutably to Beyond the Limit); Bob Hoskins plays the Argentinian Colonel Perez, who is suspicious of Eduardo Plarr (played by Richard Gere) of being too close to the revolutionaries. This image featured on Metro UK when Bob Hoskins died in 2014.
Graham Greene, though a writer of great variety, is known for his "seedy" settings (he popularized the adjective, much to his regret) and the moral dimension of his very human characters. In these respects The Honorary Consul is an enduring and typical example of Greene's style. Early in the book the protagonist Eduardo Plarr criticizes the romantic novelist Saavedra by saying that "life isn't like" the way that author writes. Here Greene crafts a novel according to the alternative strategy; to show what life is like, with real people encountering real difficulties. The characters' frail humanity and the ambivalence of their commitments will encourage us imperfect readers to relate honestly to them. The author refuses to vault skyward into heroism, idealism, wonder, or joy, perhaps as these are short-lived and usually confused in the real world. The good guys are bad enough to prevent us from admiring them, and the bad guys are good enough to prevent us from demonizing them. No character has an entirely appetizing mixture of traits, but no character is thoroughly distasteful either.
Like many readers, my gut draws me towards works whose moral distinctions rise into sharper relief—I enjoy esteeming my protagonists. If we insist on this criterion, Greene will not fare well. After meeting the main characters and following them around for a while, we might question whether they are likable enough company. Such readers must take a step of faith throughout the first 100 pages or so, that Greene is telling us a story that we will really care to read. Embarking on the book was for me like hearing the first few sentences of a party yarn that we fear might not be worth the patience. However, may no reader give up before realizing Greene's purpose! The first impression fades and becomes irrelevant as one reads onward. The grayscale characterization is not due to neglect or apathy on the part of the author. Far from it—the ambiguity represents a strategy conceived for a distinct moral purpose, as paradoxical as this seems. A novel need not be moralizing to be morally interesting.
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(The scientific minds of Holmes and Watson are tested by howls on the moor, the legend of a fiery hell-hound, and a giant pawprint next to a dead nobleman.)
Crop of The Hound of the Baskervilles, an illustration by Matthew Stewart commissioned for the Easton Press edition of Doyle's novel. It is accompanied by the following quote from the book: "Fire burst from its open mouth, its eyes glowed with a smoldering glare, its muzzle and hackles and dewlap were outlined with a flickering flame. Never in the delirious dream of a disordered brain could anything more savage, more appalling, more hellish, be conceived than that dark form and savage face."
A novel-length Sherlock Holmes mystery! The readers of the Strand Magazine must have been delighted. They must have vigorously discussed with each other the prospects of the case between installments. Releasing a detective story by degrees has got to be risky, since the readers have so much time to figure everything out. There are enough threads interwoven in this story, though, and enough minor details that must be incorporated into a solution, that I suspect almost everyone will be surprised at something in the denouement. Besides, we would need a healthy dose of luck to solve the riddle ourselves, for there are crucial elements about which we can only guess during the narration. These are revealed to us only after Holmes has discovered them and solved the case in his mind. In this way, Doyle all but ensures that competition with the sleuth is beyond our grasp.
Although the most haunting aspect of the typical Sherlock Holmes case is nothing more than the dense fog of pipe smoke around the detective's chair, Doyle did have an interest in spiritualism, and wrote a few books on the subject. In The Hound of the Baskervilles he combines these two interests by infusing the tale with a strong atmosphere of macabre otherworldliness. Probably more than the facts of the case or its solution, the damp darkness and chilling moans of the moor are likely to remain with us long after we have finished reading the book.
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The Oregon Trail
Francis Parkman
(Horses, rifles, and knives see a party of adventurers through the land of expansive plains, craggy mountains, buffalo, and the Sioux.)
Crop of Fort Laramie, by Alfred Jacob Miller (1858-1860), painted from memory, as Miller had joined an 1837 expedition along the Oregon Trail. This is the only painting of the fort, as no other artist had trekked there prior to 1840 when it was torn down. Fort Laramie lay at the junction of the east-west Oregon Trail and a north-south Indian trail. The Cheyenne and Sioux would camp outside the fort for trading purposes. This painting can be found at the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore.
"Shaw! Buddy!" Imagine a young, spontaneous Yankee calling out to his friend, both of them just out of college. He proposes that they leave the effeminate comforts of the East, and spend a summer adventuring westward into the untamed lands where life is dangerous and fascinating. Francis Parkman explains (ch.II):
"The restlessness, the love of wilds and hatred of cities, natural perhaps in early years to every unperverted son of Adam, was not our only motive for undertaking the present journey. My companion hoped to shake off the effects of a disorder that had impaired a constitution originally hardy and robust; and I was anxious to pursue some inquiries relative to the character and usages of remote Indian nations, being already familiar with many of the border tribes."
So they did it. In 1846. Francis was 23. And the recollections of that journey, The Oregon Trail: Sketches of Prairie and Rocky-Mountain Life, remain with us as one of the best treatments of the early West that we will ever have. Parkman's prose has the feel of a chronicle—it is obviously nonfiction, a travelogue. But it is not a ponderous journal of trivia and redundancy through which we must wade for hours to find the few interesting episodes; nor is each sunset a springboard for a forced flight of sentimental fancy in poor imitation of Byron's Childe Harold or other Old World sketches. Rather, it is an engaging selection of vignettes, personalities, and anecdotes that admit us to the ranks of the "ragamuffin cavalcade" that was Parkman's expedition. Parkman's writing is like Parkman himself—the stereotypical American at his best, one might say: direct yet perceptive, practical yet romantic, hearty yet insightful.
Tags: adventure, America, American culture, American Indian, Arapaho, Comanche, danger, exploration, explore, explorers, guns, horse, hunters, hunting, Indian, landscape, Laramie, Missouri, mountains, Native American, Old West, Oregon, pioneers, plains, prairies, rifle, sense of place, Sioux, South Dakota, traders, trail, trappers, trapping, travel, walking, West, wilderness, Wyoming
The Song of Roland
(La Chanson de Roland)
anonymous (Turold?)
(The mightiest and noblest of Charlemagne's crusading knights is betrayed, but his companions stand fiercely by him as the Saracens attack.)
Battle of Roncevaux Pass (778). Sir Roland's death. From a fourteenth century illuminated manuscript, that can be found at the Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal (Library of the Arsenal), a department of the National Library of France.
The year is 778. The brave knight Roland and his army, led by eleven of the noblest warriors in Christendom, watch in horror as an army five times larger than their own approaches through the Roncevaux Pass in the Pyrenees. Roland's friend Oliver urges him to call for Charlemagne's aid with his famed olifant horn. Roland will not. He will trust to God, to France, and to his sword Durendal. He shouts a rallying speech to his men– this is their day to shine. They banish fear and meet the Saracens. This is an anthem of a book—a mighty, direct, vibrant punch of a poem. It is simple, stylized, yet well balanced; powerful, but not without subtlety. It is short, as epics go– slim and to the point, forget the historical backgrounds and love stories. This is the earliest surviving and the best of its genre—the "Songs of Deeds", or Chansons de geste, of medieval French literature, of which there were hundreds. In style, in its portrayal of the values of chivalry, in its composition, and in its spirit it is the supreme knightly adventure poem.
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(The Oklahoma land rush of 1889 gives Yancey Cravat an opportunity to rescue his wife from civilized mediocrity, and head west for the untamed life of the pioneer.)
Oklahoma Land Rush 1893, by contemporary Chinese-American painter Xiang Zhang. This painting can be found in his online gallery.
Yancey Cravat is the Cimarron—the wild one, like an aimless river or a jousting bighorn sheep. He may tote legal volumes as easily as a gun, and be as quick with a Shakespeare quote as with a trigger; and yes, he's a lawyer and the editor of a socially active newspaper… but this is no milktoast city boy. This is Buffalo-Head, the tall, gruff, steel-eyed pioneer for whom three years in the same place or a single day without some sort of risk or conflict is evidently his idea of hell. And, no doubt, the wife of such a one is bound to be some kind of woman: Sabra, a sharp, spirited, strong, self-sufficient saber of a woman. In fact, although most assessments of this book will tell you that its permanence lies in its presentation to the world of the unforgettable Yancey Cravat, who is it that ties the book together? Whom does the narrative follow, when Yancey's itchy traveling bone takes him to Alaska or the Spanish-American war? Not him, but the determined, toiling Sabra. Granted, she lacks the explosive flash of her husband–her way is much too pragmatic to put her in much danger or make her many enemies. But she is really the central character of the book, the one who grows, the one who succeeds in adapting herself to the various jolting cultural shifts that get thrown into her path by the errant Yancey, or by her son, or by the discovery of oil. At first entry into the fledgling land rush town of Osage, Oklahoma, fresh from the overprotection of her family the proper Venables of Wichita, she breaks into sobs when kissed by a stranger on the street. But give her eight or nine years, and she's riding in the middle of the night into an Indian reservation during a mescal ceremony and demanding that her unconscious son be thrown onto her cart so she can bring him home. But of course, yes, we do want to hear about Yancey, despite… or maybe partly because of… his refusal to stick around. He's idealistic, imposing, and indomitable. Take one particular tent meeting, for instance: in the course of giving a sermon, he manages to work in a self-defense killing—yes, the actual killing, not the story of a killing. And when warned that his pro-Indian editorials are going to get him killed, his reply is simply the unearthly death-scream of the Cherokee.
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The Scarlet Pimpernel
Baroness Emmuska Orczy
(A master of disguise rescues French aristocrats from the guillotine and drops them safely into London society—until a sly French inspector tracks him down.)
Ian McKellen as the French inspector Chauvelin in the 1982 London Films production of The Scarlet Pimpernel, which also starred Anthony Andrews and Jane Seymour. This and other stills can be found at the blog Of Trims and Frills and Furbelows.
Don't let the title's reference to a dainty flower and the femininity of the author fool you. This is no Austen or Brontë novel. It is a hearty adventure, more along the lines of the father of adventure stories Sir Walter Scott, or Dumas, or Stevenson. What a treat to have a woman join these illustrious ranks! Rugged oaths and swordfights may be lacking, but stories stocked with those can easily be found elsewhere. Instead Orczy proficiently places a "caped avenger"-style suspense drama (a genre some say she invented) against a backdrop of fashionable London society. The high manners, the social competition, the gossip, the dress, the flamboyant events… Orczy was a baroness herself, and this is undoubtedly part of the reason why she was able to present these ingredients with such freshness and authenticity. But all this is ancillary to the mystery and excitement that lend this tale its permanent appeal.
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Njáls Saga
(Njála)
(A sage in medieval Iceland attempts to restore order in the face of bloody vengeance and warrior's honor)
Detail from Gunnar at Rangá, an illustration of an event in Njáls Saga by Andreas Bloch (1898). This drawing originally appeared in Vore fædres liv: karakterer og skildringer fra sagatiden, or Our Fathers' Life: Characters and Scenes from the Age of Saga, by Nordahl Rolfsen.
The mighty deeds of a free people in struggle are frequently represented in timeless literature—such stories will never go stale. Whether tossed on the stormy Mediterranean, afoot in the forests and scrublands of India, or galloping through prairie grasses among stalwart buttes in the American West, there is something deeply inspiring about a small people forging a life in the face of privation, violence, and treachery. We who live in the comfort of civilization can be tempted to think that a reasonably stable government and the rule of law are guaranteed, automatic, assumed. Or, even if we endure corruption, are wary of the tyranny or selfishness of our leaders, or have suffered at the hands of criminals, we are among millions and are likely to see ourselves as puny actors on an immense stage—what can we possibly do?! How fascinating, then, are the tales of those who managed to defend some fragile order amidst a storm of chaos—those whose survival was assured not by the actions of others, whether their venerated ancestors or soldiers on distant front lines, but by themselves: by the wisdom of their own minds, the words that passed through their own lips, and the swords that hung from their own belts. The Icelandic Sagas—the Íslendingasögur—are epic narratives of this very sort. A man in the Age of Saga, so we are told, could cut his own destiny, no matter what coarse fabric sought to hem him in. And a woman could make the best of things by controlling the men. Anyone who wishes to see how this sort of lifestyle could play out can do no better than to read Njáls Saga (or, in the alternative title that is at once a spoiler, the Saga of Burnt Njál). The professionals tend to consider this the greatest and most well-developed of the 40 or so Icelandic Sagas that were written in the 13th-14th centuries. Whatever the critics say, here we certainly find hefty measures of all the most engaging ingredients in that genre: the bloody swinging of swords and thrusting of spears, the uncompromising defense of honor, the defiant challenge of the sea, the tenuous rise of God over the idols and of Law over bloody feuds, the disastrous fruits of pride and envy, the sly instigations of women, the mystic power of prophecy and fate, the iron duty of loyalty, and the deathgrip of revenge!
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(Vivid tales from the deeply rooted McCaslin family of Mississippi explore the human desire to dominate others.)
Crop of an etching by Boyd Saunders illustrating Faulkner's The Sound and the Fury. Courtesy of HottyToddy.com
Faulkner raises a novel, especially Go Down, Moses, like a mountain range. A small peak here, another one some indefinite distance to the side but nearer to the viewer, another apparently between them but actually much further in the distance. The slopes are irregular in grade, no shape is symmetrical, no sequence predictable. The greatest of the mountains has flanking foothills—here at least is order and intelligibility! One is prepared for the most gigantic landforms. Actually all of them, though apparently haphazardly arranged, are obviously part of a single landscape, each part depending on those around it for its qualities and significance. The suggestion that each mountain be viewed as an isolated individual, despite distinctions of personality and structure, is ridiculous. One best realizes this, perhaps, by receding somewhat from the view. For when close to it, when stumbling over craggy outcrops and struggling to circumvent gorges, the scene seems hopelessly chaotic and fragmented. Such is Go Down, Moses, a challenging and awesome range of tales.
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The Romance of Tristan and Iseult
(Le Roman de Tristan et Iseut)
Joseph Bédier
(A knight and a lady pursue their magical love through bloodshed and sorrow.)
Detail from Tristan and Isolde with the Potion (1916), by John William Waterhouse. The philtre on the high seas cements their love for all time– a draught unto death. This painting is in the private collection of Fred & Sherry Ross. Read about this collection at the Art Renewal Center
When tales pass through centuries of retellings, they tend to become what of audio media we would call "overproduced": too many interpreters have slanted the story their various ways, too many embellishments and new episodes have been inserted, too many accommodations and updates have aimed at suiting the fancies of each audience. In the process the story can lose some of its grip on our imagination and our romantic sensibilities. It can be so cobbled and abused that we are left to distill the heart of it as best we can from a variety of sources. The only way such a beautiful old tale could ever be told today in anything like its original form and spirit, would be for three literary virtues to unite: a single author must be simultaneously an expert scholar, a great poet, and above all, modest. Only a scholar will know the history of the work; will be able to distinguish the wheat from the chaff in elements of theme, characterization, and plot; and will sufficiently understand an ancient teller's perspective so as to effectively reproduce it. And only a great poet will be able to convey this perspective, and the story itself, with convincing unity and supreme skill—for expectations of quality and beauty are very lofty when we pick up a beloved and popular story. And finally, many a great poet and scholar will have great pride as well, in which case there will be too much of the writer and not enough of the legend in the text. Granted, we love our authors' egos when it is them we want to see; but if the aim is to represent something of the original (or at least old) character of a romance, an author must exercise admirable self-control. We can thank Joseph Bédier for being this author for the legend of Tristan & Iseult.
Love/Romance
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Diana Ejaita
Artist Diana Ejaita's Inspired View
In time for Black History Month, the Italo-Nigerian illustrator discusses her practice of African traditions and modern textiles with CR
Diana Ejaita is a global artist—worldly in her creativity, and her quest for inspirational experience. The Italian-born designer has traveled extensively since her youth. She studied fine art in both France and Germany, and she has since based her creative work between Lagos, Berlin, and Milan. Ejaita credits her Italo-Nigerian heritage and an innate wanderlust for helping define her unique aesthetic. "From Mexican textiles, pottery, and jewelry traditions to the beauties of Maghreb or Sub-Saharan and West African countries, every culture has this big gift of the chance to learn from ancient craftsmanship traditions," the multidisciplinary artist tells CR. "There is something more there than just an object in it. There is culture and history, working hands and time."
Certainly, Ejaita has found her stride with her African-imbued ethical fashion label, WearYourMask, named for the transformational role of masks in African ceremonies and rituals. A fusion of traditional pattern and modern styling, the line applies narrative and symbolism for broad cultural connections. The alchemy of Ejaita's style has also garnered acclaim for her illustrations, which have recently graced the covers of a popular political magazine.
Here, CR speaks with the breakout artist about the mix of approaches within her work, how decoration can transcend into spiritualism, and why she relies on history for her modern creative expression.
WearYourMask
Your style has a distinctive mix of patterns and textures. How do elements of West African culture influence your work?
"I was inspired by the West African tradition of using the garment as a way to tell stories. The symbology, ideograms, and patterns represent a story or an idea, a concept. I think this is a very open and democratic way of passing on knowledge. I was inspired by different groups of West African symbolic systems, as a student of fine arts in France and Germany. I worked with and studied a lot of ancient ways of communication and used them in painting, video installations, and finally, in textile printing. WearYourMask has developed its own system of symbology that is very simple, as well as universal."
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Which artists and creative inspirations have made an impression on your work?
"I am fascinated by craftsmanship all over the world. This is what catches my attention before any other artistic way of expression. Art has also influenced me from different directions. I bring with me influences from the Italian Renaissance, as well as the Surrealists from South America and Europe, or Russian Avant-guards, Nigerian and Malian photography of the '60s and so on…I can't just name one or two; I do not have one favorite. Everything is inspiring, especially life and people's stories."
"From Mexican textiles, pottery, and jewelry traditions to the beauties of Maghreb or Sub-Saharan and West African countries, every culture has this big gift of the chance to learn from ancient craftsmanship traditions."–Diana Ejaita
In 2014, you started your own fashion line, WearYourMask. What is the spirit of the project?
"The concept of the project is to bring in a possible dialogue between different cultures. It is a representation of diaspora mixtures. I want to tell stories that go beyond terms such as ethnicity or exoticism. The starting point of the project was initially to bring a dialogue between minimalism and symbolism, black and white, simplicity and the complexity of traditional and ancient ways of craftsmanship."
How do your textiles and garments forge a global sense of connectedness?
"Nowadays, the exchange and connection between cultures and people is easy. We have access to a great variety of told experiences and views, and we are all somehow part of a global diaspora. The connection that I try to show with my garments is simply a translation of my experience as an Italo-Nigerian with the beauty and complexity that this brings."
In what ways do you see fashion as a universal mode of expression?
"I would rather say that the fashion industry and Western aesthetics have been 'imposed' at so many levels that many cultures have abandoned their traditions and the possibility of developing a modern interpretation of traditional fashion. I am so happy to see that nowadays the necessity of real representation of diversity is imposing a divergent way of creating fashion. Fashion has great power—to empower, tell stories, and it can be part of a revolution."
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Startup Weekend Seattle Women
Friday, September 19 - 21, 2014
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Nytec Product Innovation Center
Startup Weekend Seattle Women's Edition 2014
Ever wondered what it takes to be an entrepreneur? The professional and personal challenges, the high and lows, the failures and the success?
Startup Weekend is a global grassroots movement of active and empowered entrepreneurs who are learning the basics of founding startups and launching successful ventures. It is the largest community of passionate entrepreneurs with over 1800 past events in 120 countries around the world in 2014. The non-profit organization is headquartered in Seattle, Washington but Startup Weekend organizers and facilitators can be found in over 200 cities around the world. From Mongolia to South Africa to London to Brazil, people around the globe are coming together for weekend long workshops to pitch ideas, form teams, and start companies.
All Startup Weekend events follow the same basic model: anyone is welcome to pitch their startup idea and receive feedback from their peers. Teams organically form around the top ideas (as determined by popular vote) and then it's a 54 hour frenzy of business model creation, coding, designing, and market validation. The weekends culminate with presentations in front of local entrepreneurial leaders with another opportunity for critical feedback. Whether entrepreneurs found companies, find a cofounder, meet someone new, or learn a skill far outside their usual 9-to-5, everyone is guaranteed to leave the event better prepared to navigate the chaotic but fun world of startups. If you want to put yourself in the shoes of an entrepreneur, register now for the best weekend of your life!
Ready to be part of something big?
Join us: we're assembling 100 of the most talented entrepreneurial-minded women (and men) for a very special edition of Startup Weekend on September 19-21, 2014. We provide the working space, brain fuel, food, mentors, new friends, and inspiring speakers and judges. You supply the energy and innovation to build something big over the weekend.
Bring an idea, a talented friend or potential co-founder, or just yourself! Startup Weekend hosts a series of events in cities around the world and offers a way to test ideas for new startups, contribute to those ideas, and even meet potential co-founders. Ideas are shared on Friday evening and the event culminates in final presentations to an all-star panel of judges on Sunday evening. This particular Startup Weekend will have a unique spin: a focus on connecting and showcasing the talents of women entrepreneurs and aspiring entrepreneurs. Men who wish to attend Women's Startup Weekend can do so…if they find a female participant to bring them along!
Ready to join us? We only have 100 spots available so we expect the event to sell out fast. The weekend will be hosted at Nytec's Product Innovation Center in sunny Kirkland.
Get ready to build something exciting. Sign up now and see you September 19!
Why a women-focused Startup Weekend?
The entrepreneurial talent we see from women in Seattle is inspiring, and we are excited about creating an event that will showcase it. A big goal for the event is also to provide the opportunity for the aspiring women entrepreneurs in our community to (1) get inspired by an idea/product/team… perhaps even enough to explore starting their own venture, or (2) become more connected with other brilliant entrepreneurially-minded individuals in Seattle and thus more engaged within our local entrepreneurial ecosystem.
Are men allowed to attend Women's Startup Weekend?
YES… but there's a catch! If you are a man who wishes to attend Women's Startup Weekend, you can if and only if you find a woman participant to bring you along. Since Seattle Startup Weekend Women's Edition is about connecting entrepreneurial women through the process of building exciting companies, we want to connect them to the best resources and people out there – that includes both men and women. That said, to ensure that we maintain a high percentage of female participants, the number of tickets we issue to men will be limited (there will be a wait list). If you're a man who wants to attend, find a female participant to bring you along, and do so quickly! (Note: Each female participant can only bring one male participant.)
Will the participants be required to pitch or work on "women-focused" startup ideas?
NO, participants can pitch and work on any kind of startup idea they wish!
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Joanna Lord
VP of Marketing at Porch
Joanna Lord has worked 10 years in startups and marketing leadership where she's focused on revenue growth, marketing strategy and managed high performing teams. Founder of social shopping app, ISITaYES. Board advisor at Attendly. Blogger at Entrepreneur.com and JoannaLord.com. Obsessed with social media and the power of online communities. Digital evangelist and keynote, Joanna has spoken around the globe at shows like: SMX Advanced/East, Dublin Web Summit, SearchExchange, EdSocialMedia, Sydney eRetailer, Dreamforce, DomainFest, PubCon Vegas/South, SEMpdx 11/12/13, Affiliate Summit, and many more. Joanna is dedicated to building brilliant brands that leave an impact, connect us in beautiful ways, and do great things.
Rebecca Lovell
Director, Create33
With more than 20 years of management and operating experience, and over a decade running and supporting startups, Rebecca currently serves as Director at Create33, a founder center conceived by Madrona Venture Group. She was previously Director of the City of Seattle's Office of Economic Development, having progressed through leadership roles in the office, including serving as the City's first Startup Advocate. Prior to joining the City, she was GeekWire's first Chief Business Officer, Executive Director of the Northwest Entrepreneur Network, and Program Director of the Alliance of Angels. Having received her MBA from the UW Foster school of business in 2006, she has served on their Employer Advisory Board since 2008, and is currently an instructor in entrepreneurship for their Technology Management MBA Program. She has been a committed Techstars mentor since their Seattle launch in 2010, is the Board Chair for the national Center of American Entrepreneurship, and was recognized by the Puget Sound Business Journal as one of the top 100 women in tech and as "Do Gooder of the Year."
Vince Ball
Creative Director, Nytec
Vince was appointed to architect and lead the expansion into a new business venture for Nytec, he is the driving force behind launching Nytec Studios.
From designing the world class 20,000 sq ft facility to hiring the best talent, he is driving the vision and business strategy rollout. Studios focuses on end-to-end product design and development from Startups to Fortune 100 companies. They deliver world class hardware, software and service integrated product experiences.
As Creative Director, Vince leverages his innate ability to combine business savvy with two decades of design expertise honed while being the design manager for Microsoft Surface. He assures projects deliver to the vision and brand of Nytec's partners while delighting their customers with intuitive products.
Vince manages all aspects of the front-end process defining and realizing the product experience. Through his interdisciplinary team he delivers insightful research, thoughtful design and innovative solutions that drive awards from industry experts and highly praised reviews from the target consumer.
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Founder at MoonTango
Bob Crimmins is a lifelong technologist and serial entrepreneur. Bob is passionate about supporting startups and their founders around the principle that there is a huge chasm between good ideas and good businesses and distinguishing the later is job one for founders. Bob has founded five investor-backed companies. His current venture, MoonTango, aims to revolutionize the way women shop for personal care products. In addition to his commitment to women consumers, as a father of twin 11-year-old girls and founding board member of Seattle Women in Tech, Bob is devoted to fostering a women/girl-friendly tech startup environment. Bob is also the chief instigator of the popular founder networking events, Founder to Founder and Startup Poker 2.0. While Bob talks a lot about business models, customer acquisition and team building these days, he is a geek at heart. He wrote his first computer program in BASIC on punch cards in 1978 when it was neither cool nor lucrative to do so... and has written hundreds of thousands of lines of code since. Bob teaches, coaches and mentors dozens of entrepreneurs and startups through his work with TechStars, Startup Weekend, TiE Young Entrepreneur Program, Seattle Angle Conference and as a formal advisor to a number of Northwest companies.
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Technology Executive, Venture Capitalist, Funding Consultant
Susan is an engaged leader in Puget Sound's technology sector. Most recently she served as the President and CEO of the Washington Technology Industry Association (WTIA), leading the state's privately funded, non-profit technology industry trade association. Prior to the WTIA, Susan was the co-founder and a General Partner of SeaPoint Ventures, a Seattle based venture capital firm. As part of SeaPoint's start-up company launch initiatives, Susan also served as the Interim Chief Financial Officer of SNAPin Software (acquired by Nuance Communications), Zumobi, Inc. and Ground Truth, Inc. (merged with Zettics). Susan is on the Boards of BYNDL and of Ivy Corp. and she serves as an Advisor to the Women's Venture Capital Fund. She has served as a Board Director to the Technology Alliance, the Puget Sound Regional Council, and been an Executive Board Director to the Technology Councils of North America. In her leadership role at WTIA she founded Executive Women in Technology (EWIT) as a platform to address operational issues for women executives in key roles in technology companies. She was a past President of the Evergreen Venture Capital Association, and a Board Director of Northwest Entrepreneur Network. Susan has been a mentor in the University of Washington's MBA Mentor Program as well as a UW visiting MBA faculty member, and an Advisory Board member of Seattle University's Entrepreneurship Center. Susan holds a BA and MBA from the University of Washington.
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Karen Mooney
VP of Finance, UP Global
Karen Mooney is VP Finance at UP Global, the company behind Startup Weekend, Startup Next, Startup Week and Startup Digest. Karen brings 30+ years of experience as an entrepreneur, manager and consultant. Her areas of expertise include finance, marketing, strategic thinking, systems and people management. At UP Global,she is having the time of her life scaling a rapidly growing organization with operations in 123 countries! Karen is a proud UW Husky, a CPA (inactive) and has an MBA from Seattle University.
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Heather Moore is a software developer and Co-Founder of Citizen Code (www.citizencode.io), a product consultancy and incubator. Throughout her career, she's worked with several startups to help them deliver value to customers faster and with less risk. She's passionate about extreme programming, entrepreneurship and maintaining balanced teams (http://www.balancedteam.org/).
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Technical Program Manager at Google
Kathy is a Technical Program Manager for the Google Cloud Platform. She has extensive experience in API design and teaches API design within Google. She has extensive experience with both web and client technologies. Before Google, she worked on strategies to help developer better monetize on the Windows platform. She has a passion for startup and has coached many startup weekends. She is also an investor with the Seattle Angel Conference.
Marcy Sutton
Developer at Substantial
Developer at Substantial. Chapter co-leader and instructor at Girl Develop It Seattle. Accessibility advocate. Speaker on JavaScript, Accessibility and what it's like to be a developer. I specialize in responsive & accessible front-end development (HTML/CSS/Javascript). I'm pushing myself to learn new languages and processes, while still making use of my background and expertise. I'm passionate about equal access and mobile and I'm excited to see what the future of technology will bring. My education includes a Bachelor of Arts in Visual Journalism from Brooks Institute of Photography in California and an Associate of Applied Arts in Web Design & Interactive Media from the Art Institute of Seattle. My approach to the Web is both creative & technical. Artistically, I am inspired by subcultures, street art, music and the outdoors.
Bridget Frey
Vice President, Seattle Engineering at Redfin
Bridget is Vice President of Seattle Engineering, which builds major components of the Redfin website — including Agent Tools and Listing Updates — and manages the flow of data in the Redfin architecture. Prior to joining Redfin, Bridget was Director of Analytics & Business Applications for Lithium Technologies, where she was responsible for applications and tools used to manage, moderate, measure, explore, and grow online communities using Lithium's flagship Social CRM product. While at IntrinsiQ, she founded the analytics team, which processed data from 300 source databases into a single data warehouse, and then displayed that data in a dashboard of insights. In addition, she has held management positions at two other start-ups: IMlogic and Plumtree Software. Bridget holds a bachelor's degree in computer science from Harvard University, where she graduated magna cum laude.
Joey Aquino
Business Development Manager at Amazon.com
Joey Aquino is currently a Business Development Manager at Amazon.com working specifically on the Amazon Appstore. His main role is working with app developers and startups all around the world to help them get integrated into their platform and scale their business through the Amazon ecosystem. Prior to Amazon he has been involved in the startup space for a few years where he founded 2 non-profits (an incubator for student entrepreneurs and micro-financing program that funded student startups), Business Development Manger @ TeachStreet.com (acquired by Amazon.com) and then was a PM at UP Global running their innovation program. His current SW count is over 60 events in 10 countries and has hung out with one cheetah.
Martina Welke
Cofounder & CEO of Zealyst
Martina Welke is the cofounder & CEO of Zealyst, an enterprise platform that utilizes data analysis and games to build stronger corporate communities. Martina believes that strong human relationships form the basis for a full, happy life, and this belief fuels her drive to create better opportunities for people to connect through Zealyst. Martina has worked in a variety of startup environments, from helping to launch a new publication to developing a new program within a large nonprofit. Martina is on the board of Women in Technology and is a World Econimic Forum Global Shaper. Martina earned a BA in English Literature with a minor in Chemistry at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine.
Britta Jacobs
Cofounder & COO of Zealyst
Britta Jacobs is the cofounder & COO of Zealyst. Britta's studies in social cognition- how people think about their social interactions- have equipped her with a scientific lens to understand human behavior. Her extensive experience working with groups includes developing educational programming, managing project teams, and facilitating professional networking. Britta earned a BA in Psychology and Spanish at Western Washington University in Bellingham, Washington.
H.B. Siegel
CTO at IMDb.com
H.B. Siegel is currently CTO for IMDb.com, an Amazon.com company. IMDb is the world's most popular and authoritative source for movie, TV and celebrity content. H.B. started his career as an early Pixar employee as a graphic software developer and manager for next generation RenderMan. After that he joined Wavefront as Director of Animation & Rendering in Santa Barbara, which generated the foundational technologies for Maya, and was eventually acquired by SGI. After Wavefront served as Director of Rendering for SGI producing software for high-speed graphics for a wide variety of domains. He then joined Lucasfilm as Chief Technology Officer for ILM and Skywalker Sound working on dozens of films incorporating visual and special effects. Just prior to IMDb, H.B. moved to Seattle from Marin to start Amazon's digital initiatives launching Amazon's SearchInside, digital library, streamable video, and download music experiences. He has approximately 40 patents issued.
Stephan Prockow
UX Web Developer at Avalara
Stephen is a UX Developer at Avalara, a local company doing sales tax automation. He has over 6 years of experience creating web applications for both startups and large companies. He's currently using pure Javascript frameworks, but also has worked with the traditional stacks using .NET MVC. He's passionate about code craftsmanship, agile iterative development, and coffee. Stephen is a veteran Startup Weekend organizer and attendee. He can share advice on both technical issues and how to get through the weekend successfully.
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Managing Attorney, Sophos Law Firm
Tolis Dimopoulos founded Sophos Law in 2009 to create a modern law firm that reinvents the attorney-client relationship with the client experience at its core. Tolis serves as outside general counsel to technology startups and emerging growth companies.
Tolis' practice focuses on providing strategic legal and business advice to his clients, including entity selection and formation; founder, employee, and investor equity; angel and venture capital financing and compliance; commercial transactions; intellectual property protection; and mergers and acquisitions. Tolis represents clients backed by Andreessen Horowitz, Bessemer Venture Partners, Thrive Capital, RRE Ventures, Red Swan, Formation 8, Box Group, and Fuel Capital, among others.
Tolis is also the organizer of the Seattle League of Extraordinary Entrepreneurs where he runs events focused on providing early stage financing information to startups and entrepreneurs. He frequently serves as a mentor and judge for Startup Weekend, Social Venture Partner's Fast Pitch Seattle, Fledge, 9Mile Labs, Microsoft Accelerator by Techstars, WTIA's First Look Forum, and Seattle Angel Conference, and the UW, Seattle U. and SPU business plan competitions.
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Nanostray is a vertically scrolling shooter for the Nintendo DS. The user takes control of a futuristic spacecraft against a horde of enemies. A sequel, Nanostray 2, was released in 2008.

Gameplay
Basic gameplay consists of first defeating waves of many small enemies and then greater, stronger enemies. When all enemies in a wave are destroyed, a blue powerup that restores the power weapon bar is released. Enemies can also release coins when destroyed, worth some points. At the end of each level there is a boss that represents the theme of the level.

The game has three difficulty settings; Normal, Advanced, and Expert. Each progressive level diminishes the lives, energy, continues, and smart bombs replenished after the player loses a life. The Nintendo DS touch screen is used for boss scanning, radar, and weapon management.

Weapons
There are four different types of weapons. The weapons range in projectile type from a basic forward-shooting laser, to a weapon that only shoots to the side, to a forcefield generator. Additionally, each weapon has a limited-use special attack, which, in essence, is a mightier version of the weapon's attack.

Modes
There are four game modes to play: Adventure, Arcade, Challenge, and Multiplayer.
Adventure: To unlock other features, the player must first play through adventure mode. Each level cleared in the Adventure mode is made available in the Arcade mode, and one or more challenges are added to the Challenge mode. The game allows the player to play the first three stages (Mitsurin Jungle, Mokuzu Depths, and Sunahara Desert) in any order. After these three stages are cleared, the player can do the same with the following three stages (Hibashira Plains, Sekihi Belt, and Sekai Outpost). Then the player must clear Chuuroh City to reach the final stage, Zenshoh Station.
Arcade: The objective is to score as many points as possible in advanced difficulty. When a stage is cleared, a passcode is generated, which can be entered in the official site to create an account and be ranked.
Challenge: A total of 22 challenges are presented. Challenges force the player to end the stages with different conditions, in example, a minimum score, without smart bombs, without using the sub weapon, with only one life, etc. Each beaten challenge adds a new "extra". Extras include background music, concept art, etc.
Multiplayer: Two players can compete in four different modes: 120s (play during 120 seconds, at the end of the time the player with the highest score wins), 60s (idem 60), 25k (the first player to reach 25,000 points wins) and Bonus Race (all destroyed enemies release coins, the player who gets the most after 120 seconds wins). Since Nanostray supports wireless single card download, only one cartridge is needed to play.

Reception

The game received above-average reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. Most reviews focused on the impressive quality of the graphics. In Japan, where the game was ported and published by Taito under the name  on January 26, 2006, Famitsu gave it a score of three sevens and one six, while Famitsu Cube + Advance gave it a score of two eights and two sevens.

References

External links
Official site
Shin'en's Nanostray website

2005 video games
Majesco Entertainment games
Nintendo DS games
Nintendo DS-only games
Taito games
THQ games
Vertically scrolling shooters
Video games developed in Germany

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In this age, where our self-worth seems increasingly defined by how busy we are, I find that one of my greatest challenges as a mother is quieting the "to do" list in my head when I am around my children. I'm not talking about simply spending time with them. I'm talking about being in the moment with them. I might be on the floor playing Candy Land, but I'm secretly fretting over when I should start dinner. I might be throwing a ball in the backyard, but I'm all the while thinking about the mountain of weeding that needs to get done.
My children know I love them. But how often do they feel the gift of my time?
This winter, I fell in love with a picture book by the lovely Scottish author-illustrator, Debi Gliori, titled Dragon's Extraordinary Egg (Ages 4-8). It's about dragons, yes, but it's also about penguins and a landscape of ice and snow, so by all accounts, I should have shared it with you in the height of snow days and sub-zero temperatures. Except that it's also one of the most beautiful portraits of motherhood that I've ever come across in a children's book (it's right up there with this one). So, I've been saving telling you about it until Mother's Day, a time for celebrating those who are trying so hard every day to do right by the little ones we love.
Dragon's Extraordinary Egg is, if we're being literal, a multi-generational adoption story. But get it out of your head right now that just because my or your child wasn't adopted, that this story won't resonate through every inch of their being. More than anything, Dragon's Extraordinary Egg is about the power of maternal love to transcend differences, to transcend convention, to transcend the occasional ugliness of life.
When the egg hatches to reveal "Little One," a black, fuzzy, round baby who looks nothing like the other dragon children, we as readers immediately recognize her as a penguin chick (although, in perfect keeping with the story's message, she is never labeled as such). For each way that Little One is different from the other children, her dragon mother makes sure that she has exactly what she needs.
All the other eggs grew big and strong.
and hard scales all over.
clattering things that made a noise.
love and time, the greatest gifts of all.
As Little One grows up with the dragons, who live "on top of a mountain with a fire in its heart," she is often picked on by the others for her inferior size, her inability to breathe fire, her failure to fly. Her feathers may keep her warm, she quickly learns, but "they can't keep cold words out." However, a real dragon's skin is "too scaly to feel the heat," and it's Little One who perceives the volcano roaring to life beneath her and sounds the warning for the other dragons to fly away and save themselves.
In possession of courage and the will to survive, which her dragon mommy has so lovingly bestowed on her, Little One discovers that she can fly on her own to escape the flames—that is, on her belly down the snowy mountain.
At the bottom of the mountain, Little One—like her mother before her—finds an egg that's in need of someone to love it.
Beyond the soft, warmhearted illustrations; beyond the beautiful blending of two species to create an enduring familial bond; beyond the impressive aerodynamics of the dragons and the grounded sweetness of the roly poly penguins—is something even better: a narrative twist that's hinted at in the story's beginning, but gets a big, surprising reveal at the end. As it turns out, the story I've just told you is a story within a story, a story that happened three generations ago. In the present, Little One is now grown up, her egg now a rambunctious young penguin named Pip. Pip is requesting his favorite bedtime story, the story about his grandmother—a dragon—who took a chance on an abandoned egg and gave it all the love and time she could. In the warm, secure embrace of his mother, a son is reminded of what matters most.
I recently took a yoga class where the teacher ended by sharing a personal story about attending an outdoor concert with her husband and children. She admitted that, even with the electrifying music, even with the beautiful sky above them, her thoughts kept returning to the work waiting for her back home. Then, one of her children needed to go to the bathroom—and afterwards, on the way back to their seats, she and the child discovered that they were locked out of the concert. For the next hour, the two sat together on a fence, listening to the distant music and laughing about the unexpected turn of events. Throughout that hour, she felt completely grounded in the present and acutely aware of the palpable love between her and her son.
As I listened to that story, it hit me that this is precisely why I choose to read aloud to my children so often. When I read to my kids, my heart and my mind are equally focused on what's directly in front of me. Thanks to how picky I am about what we read and to how exceptional today's offerings are, I'm usually just as enthralled in the story or pictures as my children are. I can ignore my beeping phone; I can forgo the distraction of Facebook; I can quiet the "to do"s.
When I'm reading to my children, every one of my senses is engaged. I feel their soft limbs pressing against me. I inhale the musty smell of a library book or the inky crispness of newly-purchased pages. I discover things I might otherwise miss, when little fingers point something out on a page. I'm astonished and proud and moved by what they say or ask when we finish a final chapter. Reading to my children is one of the few times (I'd have to add impromptu dance parties and family bike rides) when I can shut out everything else and just be with them.
When I can give my children, not only my love, but also my time.
Happy Mother's Day to all the mommies out there—getting up each day to do what we do—and may we all clear more mental space for ourselves and for our loved ones in the days and years ahead.
It's Lyn Pizor, Kristen's mom. Kristen introduced me to your blog and I've been following it for quite awhile and enjoying it immensely.
I do a monthly family literacy program for kids ages 2-6. Most of the kids come from the school district preschool for kids from low income homes. Our goal is to get parents reading to their kids and interacting with them through craft projects, outdoor games, etc. Each month we hand out information for parents as well as free books for kids. I would like to include your post in this month's parent packet. Your final paragraphs explain in a gentle and loving way what my program is trying to convey to parents.
Thanks for sharing your love of reading to your kids.
Just ordered copies for all my sisters! What a great Mother's Day gift, thanks!
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John Danner
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John is an angel investor and advisor to education companies. He was previously CEO of Zeal Learning, which provided daily on-demand tutoring to 50,000 k-12 students in hundreds of schools. John sold Zeal in 2018 to The Academy Group. Previously, John was co-Founder and CEO of Rocketship Education, the United States' first blended charter school system. In 1995, John co-founded and was CEO of NetGravity, the first Internet AdServer company. In between, he served as the Chairman of the Charter School Resource Center of Tennessee, was founding director of KIPP Academy Nashville, taught in the Nashville public school system for 3 years, and co-founded Sacred Heart Nativity School in San Jose. John holds a Bachelor's and Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University and a Master's Degree in Education Policy from Vanderbilt University. John is an Ashoka Fellow, a 1999 Henry Crown Fellow of the Aspen Institute, a member of the Aspen Global Leadership Network, and the 2010 winner of the Aspen Institute's McNulty Prize for social entrepreneurship.


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Q: cannot remove registry key based on data value search Working on a PowerShell script to remove registry key based on value search.
The goal of my script is to search from the root level for the data "values" then remove this key.
How can I search for value2 In the attached image ?
Get-ChildItem -Recurse -Force -Path hkcr:\

A: There are only two registry drives available which you can query using the Get-PSDrive cmdlet:
Get-PSDrive -PSProvider Registry

Result:
Name Used (GB) Free (GB) Provider Root               CurrentLocation
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HKCU                     Registry HKEY_CURRENT_USER
HKLM                     Registry HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE

However, you can create a registry drive for HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT using the New-PSDrive cmdlet:
New-PSDrive -PSProvider registry -Root HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT -Name HKCR

Now you are be able to search in there using the Get-ChildItem cmdlet:
Get-ChildItem -Recurse -Force -Path hkcr:/*/OpenWithList

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Title: Affect Transmission Through Seemingly Functional Mechanical Sculptures
Author: Manganis, Stelios
Awarding Body: Oxford Brookes University
Current Institution: Oxford Brookes University
The scope of this practice-based research is to understand how seemingly functional mechanical sculptures can generate and transmit notions of affect and how preventing their activation by gallery visitors might enhance the effect of affect transmission and their overall understanding of the work. In practice, this research undertakes a novel methodological approach informed and guided by affective notions, as it attempts to shed light on an affective dynamic between the artist, the artwork and the spectator. Consequently, this study examines the gap in research between affects, mechanical symbolism and the use of mechanical artworks in contemporary gallery settings. The starting point of this research has been the diagrammatic, mechanistic drawings of Francis Picabia and the Dada movement. Parallel research was conducted on specific mechanical works of other artists known for their portrayal of emotional conditions or personal characteristics, such as Louise Bourgeois, Marcel Duchamp and Man Ray. The theory of affect has mainly been informed by the writings of Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari on affects and the encountered sign and the ideas of Carl Jung and Aniela Jaffé on symbolism. Additionally, works by Brian Massumi and Jean-François Lyotard have been examined. Particular attention is paid to Jaffé's comments on abstraction versus the figurative whilst I attempt to establish how the use of a handle in a mechanical artwork might succeed in closing the gap in what Jaffé describes as the 'bridge to the unknown'. Emphasis is also given on recent writings by Jill Bennett in relation to affect, trauma and contemporary art and those of Simon O'Sullivan on rhizomatic connectivity. At the same time, writings by other authors and artists have been employed in creating a solid understanding of mechanical symbolism in art and the use of mechanical artworks in gallery settings. During the period of this research, a number of mechanical artworks have been developed and exhibited in galleries throughout the UK in an attempt to establish and record the presence of any affective transfer between the works and the viewers. Case studies emerging from these exhibitions based on PANAS-X questionnaires, CCTV footage and participant observation reveal practical and conceptual issues surrounding the use of mechanical sculptures in affect transmission, whilst it is concluded that their sense of functionality combined with a lack of physical interactivity, rather enhances than restrains their intended purpose.


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The Rev. Robert O. Shepherd
The Rev. Robert O. (Pastor Bob) Shepherd, 79, Clarksville, formerly of Corydon, died Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2017.
Born June 4, 1937, in Laconia, he was the son of the late Owen M. Shepherd and Frances Rice Shepherd.
He attended Asbury University, the University of Louisville and Olivet Nazarene University and graduated from Liberty University. He worked for Granger Co. for 22 years, for Anaconda Aluminum for 13 years and for Eckart Supply Co. for six years. His ministry spanned 40-plus years, serving as senior pastor of Parkwood Church of the Nazarene for 22 years, senior pastor in both Nazarene and United Methodist churches throughout Indiana, including Wesley Chapel UMC at Valley City, Marengo Christian's Missionary Church, Milltown Church of the Nazarene, Georgetown Church of the Nazarene and Silver Street UMC.
Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by his first wife of 55 years, the former Marilyn Kay Albin; two sons-in-law, David Pierce and Roger Kintner; and a step-daughter, Lisa Keys.
Survivors include his wife, the former Sharon R. Irick; four daughters, Malinda J. Lee (Larry), Samone D. Kintner, Lesa M. Cunningham (Jeff) and Stephanie D. Smith (John); two sons, Greg Taylor (Sharon) and Bret Taylor (Theresa); 10 grandchildren, Denise Olsen (Larry), Shawn Lee (Hope), Brandy Jo Green, Roberta Dixon (Jesse), Shawn Taylor (Nicole), Daniel Taylor, Crystal Warth, Travis Taylor, Travis Keys and Molly Keys; a sister, Elaine Snyder (Carl); a brother-in-law, Ed Irick; seven great-grandchildren, Jacob Kintner, Abigail Woertz, Gunner Lee, Alice Mae Lee, Ava Poole, Mia Taylor and Logan Warth; and many nieces and nephews.
Visitation: Friday, Jan. 27, from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Saturday, Jan. 28, after 9 a.m. at Garr Funeral Home in Sellersburg.
Funeral: Saturday, Jan. 28, at 11 a.m. at the funeral home with entombment in Graceland Memorial Park in New Albany.


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Street food vendors can be found all across Thailand, often in town centres and areas which are heavily populated by the hungry and hard working community. The carts are usually set up outside stores after they are closed for business; once the protective shutters come down; the carts arrive and set up shop.
Any popular town or market centre is bound to have food carts arrive day and night, to deliver an array of snacks and extremely different tasting dishes to anyone who wishes to enjoy the ultimate taste of Thailand.
Surprisingly, it is very rare that even tourists not used to the diverse flavours and ingredients get ill from eating food bought from food vendors. This is because the freshest of foods are bought by the vendor from the market every day to prepare the food they sell. Less can be said for larger 'chain restaurants' that have large walk-in fridges; as they often try to make stock last longer and so will wrap up unused products for use the next day. Street vendors do not have this luxury; a fresh batch of meat, fruit and vegetables are used each day to create delicious (and hygienic) dishes.
There are enough food carts around for you to be able to browse their stock and find a meal that is sure to tantalise your taste buds. Both hot and cold foods are available, and most vendors will supply you with a plate as well as utensils with which to enjoy your meal.
You can find all types of sweet and savoury dishes to satisfy any cravings; from the dessert carts offering delicious treats for those desiring sugary treats, to barbequed squid and poultry dishes for the ravenous meat eaters! Most dishes are amazingly priced; you can expect to pick up large portions of culinary delights from the majority of stalls for between five and ten baht (around twenty British pence). You can certainly enjoy the most amazing three course meal for less than a pound!
For a true Thai dish, look to the stalls that have large bowls and vats of curries and soups; foreigners don't normally take away the large portions available here, but if you are staying in an apartment or with a friend and have the convenience of a cooker for warming, taking away a bag of curry will feed a group of four easily. Be warned however, Thai dishes can be extremely spicy, so try a small taster before you jump whole heartedly into your dish!
The variety of authentic cuisine to be found when shopping around Thailand's street food vendors can enhance any experience to Thailand. As a large part of their culture it would be rude not to try some of what they have to offer, and we are pretty sure that you will be delighted with any of your choices!
Further reading: If you're interested in discovering the best of the best dining experiences in Bangkok then read our top 10 restaurants in Bangkok.
Article written by Steph Staszko.


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Solar Corona Revealed in Super-High-Definition
ScienceDaily (July 20, 2012) — Astronomers have just released the highest-resolution images ever taken of the Sun's corona, or million-degree outer atmosphere, in an extreme-ultraviolet wavelength of light. The 16-megapixel images were captured by NASA's High Resolution Coronal Imager, or Hi-C, which was launched on a sounding rocket on July 11th. The Hi-C telescope provides five times more detail than the next-best observations by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory.
These photos of the solar corona, or million-degree outer atmosphere, show the improvement in resolution offered by NASA's High Resolution Coronal Imager, or Hi-C (bottom), versus the Atmospheric Imaging Assembly on NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (top). Both images show a portion of the sun's surface roughly 85,000 by 50,000 miles in size. Hi-C launched on a sounding rocket on July 11, 2012 in a flight that lasted about 10 minutes. The representative-color images were made from observations of ultraviolet light at a wavelength of 19.3 nanometers (25 times shorter than the wavelength of visible light). (Credit: NASA)
"Even though this mission was only a few minutes long, it marks a big breakthrough in coronal studies," said Smithsonian astronomer Leon Golub (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics), one of the lead investigators on the mission.
Understanding the Sun's activity and its effects on Earth's environment was the critical scientific objective of Hi-C, which provided unprecedented views of the dynamic activity and structure in the solar atmosphere.
Read more: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/07/120720195519.htm
Categories: Science/Astronomy Tags: astronomy, corona, nasa, physics, science, sdo, sun, Technology, telescope
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The weather has turned colder, and we're spending more time indoors and, if you celebrate Christmas, you've brought a formerly live tree (full of last year's pollen) into the home, or you've broken out the dusty plastic tree from the attic.
This is usually compounded with a massive amount of dietary indiscretions, everything from Christmas cookies to pies and candies. For the adults with asthma, you add all the stress, we are experiencing from kid's excitement over impending presents, their break from school, and the late night holiday parties and you've got a perfect recipe for an asthma flare.
I found it interesting that I received this question last night right after I'd seen, and noted, several "is your asthma controlled commercials." It makes sense, with approximately 300 million people worldwide suffering from asthma-like symptoms, that asthmatics would push for more awareness this time of year. This is the time of year that everything labeled as "triggers" by the medical world is pulled out and asthmatics are exposed to more than their used to the rest of the year.
Let's dive in a little on what asthma is. Asthma is described as a chronic inflammatory disease of the respiratory system. It's hallmarked by intermittent, variable but recurring symptoms that involve a reversible obstruction of the airway, or, bronchospasms.
In short, symptoms include wheezing, coughing, tightness in the chest or shortness of breath. The keyword to note about the whole disease is inflammatory. Inflammation in the body is very much a double-edged sword. Your body needs some inflammation to help the body heal, and your immune system uses it to fight off infections and keep things that are out to harm us at arm's length.
The problem comes when inflammation runs rampant in our bodies. If you've lost your anti-inflammatory reserves (think essential fats), or, you're eating a very inflammatory diet (think high sugar/starch/carbohydrates and grain-based foods) the result will be that when your immune system is exposed to one of your "triggers", as in dust or pollen from your Christmas tree, then your bronchi will get inflamed and form mucous potentially causing the spasms or asthma attack.
All of this inflammation is mediated by your adrenal glands, your stress receptors. When we become overstressed for an extended period, our adrenal glands become tired and can no longer keep the inflammation in check. Once the adrenals start to stress out the inflammation starts to run rampant allowing the mucous and spasms associated with asthma to begin. Now, I suppose you could just skip the Christmas tree, the shopping, the holiday parties, or wear a mask all winter long to make sure you don't come in contact with a "trigger," but I would suggest a different path that might keep your social life intact!
Step 1. Change your diet. Yeah, I know, but it's the holidays, right? Trust me you'll want to add in a lot more fats. These are your natural anti-inflammatories. Eat fish, grass-fed beef, and healthy saturated fats (yes, they are good for you. I'll talk about that in a later post). Now that you have increased those great anti-inflammatory foods you have to cut out the processed foods, and that includes grains. If it has stuff you can't spell or pronounce as ingredients its going to increase inflammation. Cut it out!
Step 2. Increase your low-intensity exercise. This will work two-fold, it will get your heart working, and it will carry all those great anti-inflammatory things to the places they are needed. If you're still suffering, get into your local AK doc and make sure your body is properly balanced structurally, chemically and emotionally. That is by far the best way to fight off asthma and for that matter the dreaded cold and flu season that happens to be in full swing at the same time!


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"They're experimenting and trying new things," says Michael Piwowar, referring to Dubai starting VARA, Virtual Asset Regulatory Authority. "They want to be a leader not only in the Middle East, but also as a starting point for Africa and other places in the region," says Piwowar. The UAE has set up zones that have common law jurisdiction, he adds, and "both Abu Dhabi and Dubai have been very successful in attracting businesses in financial services in general, and fintech in particular, and now they are moving towards virtual assets."
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Adial Pharmaceuticals Announces Partnership with Catalent to Package and Distribute Adial's AD04 for its Phase 3 Trial
Adial Pharmaceuticals, Inc www.adialpharma.com, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of medicines for addiction, today announced a partnership with Catalent Pharma Solutions, a leading global provider of advanced delivery technologies and development solutions for drugs, biologics and consumer health products, to advance clinical activities related to AD04, Adial's genetically targeted, lead investigational new drug product for the treatment of alcohol use disorder ("AUD"). This partnership brings together critical capabilities to allow the commencement of Adial's planned initial Phase 3 trial, with Catalent providing packaging and distribution.
Based on the clinical experience to date and publicly available databases, Adial believes the genetic prevalence of genotype-positive AUD patients in the United States is about 33%, or about 11 million people, and that the prevalence in Scandinavia and in certain areas of Eastern Europe may be even higher, with possibly more than 50% being genetically positive for treatment with AD04. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has agreed that the Phase 3 trials of AD04 can proceed with enrolling patients that are genotype positive for this Phase 3 trial.
"The FDA's agreement to allow Adial to structure our Phase 3 trial of AD04 by inclusion of only genotype-positive patients significantly reduces the cost, time and risk as compared with having to enroll patients in the study that are genotype-negative for potential treatment with AD04," commented William Stilley, CEO of Adial Pharmaceuticals.
Adial plans to commence the initial Phase 3 trial of AD04 in Scandinavia and Eastern Europe during the first half of 2019. Adial selected these geographic areas premised on the expected higher prevalence of genotype positive patients, which will help to reduce the cost, time and risk to achieve Phase 3 results.
Catalent has a robust, global network, with the presence in Europe and the U.S. to provide flexible, integrated clinical supply services for investigational medicinal products. Catalent will be responsible for packaging and distributing AD04 to clinical sites. With additional facilities in the Asia/Pacific region and in Latin America, Catalent provides capabilities that should also be important in the future development of AD04, and for the eventual commercial launch of the product, once approved.
"We look forward to continuing our long-term relationship with Catalent, which will provide critical distribution and logistics support for AD04 in our upcoming Phase 3 trial," added Mr. Stilley. "With facilities and personnel servicing Scandinavia and Eastern Europe, Catalent is an ideal partner; we believe that its packaging and logistics expertise and GMP facilities are well equipped to support our planned clinical sites. In addition, Catalent brings broad capabilities in the U.S. and globally, which should be important as we seek to expand our clinical development activities and initiate commercialization promptly upon approval."
"Catalent is pleased to enter this partnership and we look forward to working with Adial as it drives to bring this new drug product to patients for the treatment of alcohol use disorder," said Paul Hegwood, Catalent's President of Clinical Supply Services.


June Webber joined StFX University September 1st, 2015. With primary oversight of two Institutes: Coady International Institute and the StFX Extension Department, June leads a dynamic team of faculty and staff focused on on-campus and off-campus education and community development programs offered in Canada and around the world to achieve citizen-led, asset-based, community leadership for transformative social and economic change.
As a recognized leader in global health policy and development, June has provided national and global leadership in health policy, health systems, community-based health, and professional development in collaborative partners around the world. She has worked extensively globally within sub-Saharan Africa, as well as Asia, Latin America and Eastern Europe.
Prior to joining the Coady Institute, June worked in various leadership capacities with national and multilateral organizations, including the World Bank, on strategies designed to advance Universal Health Coverage. She was the inaugural director of the Department of International Policy and Development at the Canadian Nurses Association, where she expanded the depth and reach of CNA's global health program while building a strong policy and programmatic base grounded in the principles of global health and equity.
Working as a health and development professional in Southern Africa from 1988 to 1999, Dr. Webber led community development strategies focused on HIV and AIDS in Zimbabwe and the Southern African region, then was in South Africa where she supported the efforts of professionals and activists in the early post-apartheid years to form the first racially-unified health professional association. Dr. Webber completed her PhD (Sociology) while at the University of Kwa-Zulu Natal in Durban.


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Film a tutorial of how to do tasks on your computer to explain to others or just for future reference.
You can save video clips and other important information that you cannot capture in a screen shot.
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Movavi lets you control the specifics of your screen capture as well. So you can make a very professional looking video if you choose to do so. Generally, a video recorder does not provide audio support, but Movavi does. This is one of the biggest benefits, because without native audio support the process becomes quite difficult. You have to set up independent software's and mics to capture the audio and then merge the video and audio file. Even after merging this file there is often an issue sync. In the end after working three times as hard you still end up with an amateur quality video.
Movavi not only saves the audio that comes in through your computer, but the input that you give as well. This is a boon for recording skype, facetime, and video chats. You can have the video, incoming audio, and outgoing audio all in one file and in perfect sync. You can also quickly edit and touch up the video before saving the final format. This adds even more convenience and saves you from having to find another software to edit the recording after you are done.
Movavi in essence is a one stop shop. You can use it as video recorder for your screen, and simultaneously capture audio inputs/outputs as well. Then you can edit the screen capture once you are done as well. There may be other software's out there, but none that are as well rounded as Movavi.


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Faith in Play #6: True Religion
This is Faith in Play #6: True Religion, for May 2018.
In the earliest versions of Dungeons & Dragons™, the original role playing game from which all others (including those electronic games that call themselves "RPGs") are descended, there was a rules section known as alignment. Many players did not understand it; many gamers did not use it; it was often badly abused. However, I think it was one of the best and most important parts of the game, and I often defended and explained it.
I am going to make the perhaps rather absurd claim that I am a recognized authority on the subject of alignment in original Advanced Dungeons & Dragons™. I know, that's ridiculous. However, I am also going to prove it. When Gary Gygax was promoting his Lejendary Journeys role playing game, he placed on his web site exactly two links to pages related to Dungeons & Dragons™ One was to my Alignment Quiz, which had already been coded into an automated version by a Cal Tech computer student and translated into German. The other was my page on choosing character alignment in my Dungeons & Dragons™ character creation web site. He apparently believed I had a solid understanding of the issues.
So big deal. I'm an expert in a game mechanic concept that isn't even used by most of the few people who still play that game. However, even if you don't use it, don't play that game, I think alignment is important to understand, because ultimately the character alignment was the real religious beliefs of the characters in the game world. Read more


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