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Julesberg, Elizabeth Rider Montgomery (1902-1985)
By Paula Becker
Elizabeth Rider Montgomery Julesberg (1902-1985), known professionally as Elizabeth Rider Montgomery, was the co-author of many of the "Dick and Jane" reading primers published from the 1930s through 1970 by educational publisher Scott, Foresman and Company. Montgomery, who wrote primarily for juveniles, contributed to many other textbooks and was the author of more than 70 published books and plays. Raised in the Midwest, she was a longtime resident of Seattle and more than a few of her works featured Northwest themes.
Elizabeth Rider was born on July 12, 1902, to Charles Quantrell Rider and Lulla Tralle Rider in Huaras, Peru, where her father was serving as a missionary. When she was 18 months old, the family relocated to Independence, Missouri. Rider's father deserted the family when she was five, according to her later recollection. (U.S. Census data indicates that Rider's father was still living with his family in 1910. By 1920, Rider's mother is enumerated as divorced.) Her mother supported Elizabeth and her three siblings by working as a dressmaker.
Elizabeth's dreams of training as an artist were curtailed by the family's financial situation and, at her mother's urging, she took a teacher-training class that was offered at her Missouri high school. The class qualified her to teach in Missouri once she had received her high-school diploma. At age 18, she taught multiple grades in a two-room school, a daunting experience she later recalled bitterly. For reasons unclear, she moved to Washington the following year and thereafter taught primary grades, a more felicitous experience for her.
Rider trained as a teacher at Washington State Normal School (now Western Washington University) in Bellingham, graduating with a two-year certificate in 1925. She taught school in Foster (now part of Tukwila), Bellingham, and Aberdeen. She then moved to Los Angeles at her mother's urging. After one term at UCLA, she passed the California teacher's examination. In 1928, she began teaching first grade.
First Writing Efforts
In addition to her work as a teacher, Rider started writing children's stories. On August 15, 1930, Elizabeth Rider married Norman A. Montgomery (1900-1990), a telephone technician whose acquaintance she'd made on a public tennis court. Reluctant to devote the time she and her husband spent together at home to honing her writing abilities, Montgomery took to arriving at school an hour early each day and using the office typewriter to compose articles and stories. She decided what she wanted to write during her hour-long walk to work and was able to continue concentrating even as the quiet school began to fill with her fellow teachers and, eventually, their students. She later explained that writing every day, but only for an hour and with the deadline of classes starting always looming, taught her to work efficiently.
After the birth of her daughter, Janet (b. 1934), Montgomery retired from teaching but continued her writing efforts, using the baby's nap times to compose verse for greeting cards, which she was able to sell. A son, Robin (1939-2015), followed five years later.
In the earliest decades of the twentieth century, the four major basal readers that were used to teach most American children to read were The New England Primer, Webster's Speller, the McGuffey Readers, and Scott, Foresman's New Basic Reader. Montgomery found these books lacking.
During her years as a first-grade teacher, Montgomery was unable to find basic reading books she felt were both sufficiently simple and captivating enough to engage beginning readers. Montgomery perceived a need for simple books aimed at children who were just beginning to master reading without an adult by their side -- books with few words that gradually built these fledgling readers' reading vocabulary.
In 1936, Montgomery sent the publishing firm of Scott, Foresman and Company an unsolicited submission of three children's stories. One editor there took saw potential in Montgomery's style and, over the next several years, encouraged her efforts. On May 23, 1938, Montgomery signed a contract with Scott, Foresman to produce reading materials for primary grades upon the publisher's request. The contract guaranteed Montgomery a $75 per month retainer and was not restrictive, permitting Montgomery to publish any other writing she desired. The retainer fee enabled Montgomery to hire a weekly housecleaner, giving her more time to write. In addition to the retainer, Montgomery was paid for her work on each book.
The first pre-primer Montgomery helped produce was We Look and See, her first effort in what would become the preferred series of children's reading primers. Montgomery's editor was Zerna Sharp (1889-1981), who conceived of and oversaw the Dick and Jane series but did not write any of the stories.
Montgomery was a staff writer for Scott, Foresman and Company from 1938 to 1963. In addition to We Look and See, she co-authored the readers We Work and Play (1940), We Come and Go (1940), Good Times with Our Friends (1941), Happy Days with Our Friends (1941), Three Friends (1944), Five in the Family (1946), The Girl Next Door (1946), You (1948), Just Like Me (1957), Being Six (1957), Seven or So (1957), Eight to Nine (1957), Going on Ten (1958), and About Yourself (1959). She also co-authored Scott, Foresman's Health Series textbooks.
We Work and Play Together
Montgomery is frequently incorrectly cited as the creator of the Dick and Jane series. She was actually a member of the team that wrote the books. Montgomery corrected this often-repeated misinformation in a 1977 letter to an editor at PTA [Parent Teacher Association] Today:
"It is true that I concocted the original story plots of the Dick and Jane pre-primers, but others -- especially Miss Zerna Sharp, the Scott-Foresman reading editor at the time, played an important part in their production. The statement that I was the creator of Dick and Jane has caused some hard feelings, which I am anxious to dissipate. Before I began writing for Scott-Foresman, Dick and Jane had already made their debut in the first pre-primers published in the United States, in the early 1930s, Dick and Jane and More Dick and Jane. In the 1940 revision of the Scott-Foresman reading program, I took over those two characters, and I made Baby Sally into the chief and most appealing actor in the books. I wrote most of the basic story plots which were used in the Scott-Foresman books for many years" (Elizabeth Rider Montgomery to Carol Ann Bales).
Montgomery changed the focus of the stories from the older siblings, Dick and Jane, to their little sister, who was unnamed when Montgomery began working on the books and whom she christened Sally. She modeled some of Sally's high jinks on the mild and humorous childhood adventures that she had observed in her own daughter, Janet.
Run, Spot, Run!
During the height of their popularity, some 80 percent of American children learned to read with Dick and Jane. Scott, Foresman also produced the Catholic Basic Reader series, a special edition of the Dick and Jane books intended for use in parochial schools.
The number of words increased gradually as children progressed through the series. Montgomery's first book had only 17 words, used repeatedly. The second book added 21 words to the first 17. Only a few words were introduced in each story, and no more than one new word was introduced on any given page.
The books' white suburban children with their intact family of origin, chipper pets, and perfectly manicured home became first ubiquitous and then questioned. Toni Morrison (b. 1931) opened her 1970 novel The Bluest Eye with a section that explores the irony of these actually-far-from-universal characters from a racial perspective. The Dick and Jane series was also criticized for reinforcing gender-role stereotypes.
Complete Concentration
In 1942, Montgomery published Bonnie's Baby Brother and How He Grew. The book's illustrations were based on photographs of her children. The Montgomery family moved to Seattle in 1946, settling in West Seattle. Montgomery managed to weave together writing and mothering duties. A 1966 Seattle Times article about Two Kinds of Courage, her juvenile novel set at a Snoqualmie Pass ski school, noted that Montgomery "did much of the ground work for the story while waiting for her son's Snoqualmie Pass ski classes to end" ("Snoqualmie Ski Schools ...").
A 1959 article in The Seattle Times described the milieu in which Montgomery lived and worked:
"There is evidence of creativity in every corner of the Montgomerys' charming waterfront home. Mrs. Montgomery's hand-hooked rugs and original water colors add warmth and interest. Since her principal forte is writing (she has published 30 books and seven plays), Mrs. Montgomery's typewriter and stacks of semicompleted manuscripts have a prominent place in the decor. ... Mrs. Montgomery always encourages beginning writers by telling them it took seven years and more rejection slips than she could count before she sold her first manuscript. ... 'Of course,' she added, 'I was trying to break into the most difficult field -- textbook writing'" ("Author and Her Daughter ...").
Montgomery described ways in which her research process dovetailed with parenting in a 1969 Seattle Times article:
"I have learned complete concentration, which enables me to shut out everything but the project on which I am engaged. Also I have learned to skim very rapidly. ... All of my fiction came out of notes in diary form. For instance, on a pack trip to the Olympic Mountains I met a group of ten Girl Scouts. Talking to them was a picnic and I wrote voluminous notes. From there I wrote and sold Three Miles an Hour. A summer as head counselor at a music camp resulted in Second Fiddle Sandra'" ("She Puts the Story ...").
Prolific Author
Montgomery published many works of juvenile nonfiction, including several with Northwest themes. These include Lewis and Clark (1966), Chief Seattle (1966), When a Ton of Gold Reached Seattle (1968), Chief Joseph (1969), and When Pioneers Pushed West to Oregon (1969). Her juvenile biographies included Walt Disney (1971), Duke Ellington (1972), and Dag Hammarskjold (1973),among others. In the early 1960s, Montgomery published several plays with Pacific Northwest themes.
Montgomery told The Seattle Times as far back as 1948 that she found the strictures of the Basic Reading books frustrating: "I don't take the same personal pride in them; it's a matter of constant collaboration and you can't write as you want to" ("Children's Writer").
She found more pride and pleasure in a series she wrote without collaborators for a different publisher, McBride, beginning in the 1940s. The books explained the stories behind great inventions, medical discoveries, great books, musical instruments, popular songs, and other topics. "With this McBride series, they are exactly what I wanted to write. One grew out of the other. The first I did was The Story Behind Great Inventions. When I finished, I found in my leftover notes beginnings of several other books" ("Children's Writer").
Montgomery also published juvenile fiction, prompted (she later recounted) by her daughter Janet:
"After I had written texts and nonfiction trade books for years, my daughter begged me to write 'something the kids would like.' She added, 'They only read your books because the teachers tell them to'" ("Answers to Questions Often Asked").
Author Meets Artist
Coincidentally, Eleanor Campbell (1894-1986), who illustrated the Dick and Jane series from 1940 to 1956, also lived in Seattle during portions of her life. (After Campbell left the series, subsequent Dick and Jane artists continued to use her style as a guide.) Born in Philadelphia, Campbell moved with her family to Seattle in 1907. She graduated from Lincoln High School, attended the University of Washington, and later taught there during the early 1920s. Most of her life was spent in Philadelphia, where she worked as a commercial artist. She returned to Seattle in about 1980.
According to Campbell's obituary in The Seattle Times, the two women whose simple words and cherubic illustrations together created the iconic world of Dick and Jane met only once, when both were elderly. Montgomery interviewed Campbell for a planned book on the history of the Dick and Jane series. This book was apparently never published.
Goodbye, Dick! Goodbye, Jane!
In 1970 Scott Foresman replaced the Basic Readers (the name by which the Dick and Jane books were formally known) with a new series, the Scott Foresman Reading Systems. Reporting this change, The New York Times stated:
"For close to half a century, the Basic Readers were the prototype of materials used to teach reading; but in the past decade, Dick and Jane became code words for opposition to methods that relied on recognition and oft-repeated words. ... The new approach ... offers almost unlimited instructional items -- word and picture books, letter-tracing manuals, magnetic boards for letter and sentence cards, word games and bags of cut-out letters, records and cassettes, plus a variety of booklets that children can take home from school" ("Good-by to Dick and Jane ...").
In 1972, the National Organization for Women (NOW) published "Dick and Jane as Victims," a pamphlet criticizing the stereotypes inherent in the reading series. Montgomery addressed these criticisms in a 1976 interview with Tacoma daily The News Tribune: "Maybe by today's standards the books are sexist. But when they were written, women were just not as liberated or active outside the house. If I were writing the books now, I'd have father washing dishes, or mother mowing the lawn. Better yet, both mother and father doing things together -- like fixing the car" ("Hear Elizabeth Talk ...").
Montgomery's first marriage ended in divorce in 1961. She married Arthur Julesberg (1910-2001), a machinist in an ironworks, on May 30, 1963. In 1977, she published The Builder Also Grows, her first book for adults, and also appeared on the popular television program To Tell the Truth.
Montgomery was honored for her work many times over the course of her long career. Her accolades included the Seattle Historical Society's Certificate of Merit, the Pacific Northwest Writer's Conference Henry Broderick Award, the National Federation of Press Women's Honor Award, and the National League of American Pen Women's Award of Honor. (Montgomery received the latter two awards numerous times for various books.) She was included in several editions of Who's Who of American Women.
In filling out an undated questionnaire asking what satisfaction she derived from writing, Elizabeth Montgomery reflected:
"This is difficult to answer. Fame is not the answer, for my name is known only to librarians and teachers. Nor is money the answer, although I have made a good living from writing. Perhaps the chief satisfaction is the joy of feeling that I'm doing what I was meant to do. In addition, there is the knowledge that I've had a part, however small and unrecognized, in the education and inspiration of countless children and young people. As long as my books are read, I'll keep on writing" ("Answers to Questions Often Asked").
Elizabeth Rider Montgomery Julesburg died on February 19, 1985, in Seattle. She was 82 years old. Despite her large body of subsequent work, she is best remembered for her contributions to the Dick and Jane series. In recent years Dick, Jane, Spot, Mitten, and Sally have emerged somewhat from the veil of social criticism in which they were enveloped in the 1970s, reappearing as touchstones of nostalgia. Several publishers offer compilation volumes, and the cherubic Anglo-Saxon characters frolic across refrigerator magnets, tote bags, and yearly calendars.
Elizabeth Rider Montgomery Julesberg (1902-1985)
Courtesy Western Washington University Special Collections, Elizabeth Rider Montgomery Papers (Folder 4, Box 1)
Title page, Happy Days with Our Friends by Elizabeth Montgomery and W. W. Bauer (Scott, Foresman and Company, 1954)
Elizabeth Montgomery and W. W. Bauer, Happy Days with Our Friends (Scott, Foresman and Company, 1954), pp. 22-23
Elizabeth Rider Montgomery
"She Wrote 1st Primer in L.A. in 1940: Author of 'See Spot Run' Book Dies," Los Angeles Times, February 21, 1985 (http://articles.latimes.com/1985-02-21/news/mn-595_1_see-spot-run-reading-books); "Good-by to Dick and Jane and Spot," The New York Times, November 22, 1970, p. E-7; Joseph B. Treaster, "Zerna Sharp, 91, Dies in Indiana; Originated 'Dick and Jane' Texts," Ibid., June 19, 1981, p. B-6; Toni Morrison, The Bluest Eye (New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1970); Phyllis R. Klotman, "Dick-and-Jane and the Shirley Temple Sensibility in the Bluest Eye," Black American Literature Forum, Winter 1979, p. 123; "Walk-a-little Faster," The Seattle Times, September 27, 1942, Society section, p. 4; "Children's Writer," Ibid., January 11, 1948, magazine p. 19; Linda Harris, "Author and Her Daughter Tackle 'The Bard' on Beach," Ibid., August 17, 1959, p. 31; "Book Notes," Ibid., November 24, 1963, magazine p. 23; "Snoqualmie Ski Schools Background for Volume," Ibid., May 15, 1966, magazine p. 19; Margaret Pitcairn Strachen, "She Puts the Story in History," Ibid., November 23, 1969, magazine p. 19; "Elizabeth Julesberg, Longtime Author, Dies," Ibid., February 21, 1985, p. E-7; ; "Hear Elizabeth Talk. Talk, Talk," The News Tribune, December 29, 1976, p. A-4; Boxes 1 and 2, Series I (Biographical Material, circa 1920-1985), Box 10, Series II (Correspondence, circa 1931-1984), and Box 12, Series IV ("Dick and Jane" Material, circa 1965-1983), Elizabeth Rider Montgomery Papers, Special Collections, Western Washington University, Bellingham, Washington; Elizabeth Rider Montgomery to Carol Ann Bales, 1977, and "Answers to Questions Often Asked," undated questionnaire, in Folder 11, Box 1, Series I, Elizabeth Rider Montgomery Papers, Special Collections, Western Washington University.
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Rockport gets license plate surprise
Soon Rockport folks will no longer have to drive to Rockland or other Bureau of Motor Vehicles offices for new auto papers.
By Jack M. FoleyReporter: Camden Herald
Starting soon, Rockport residents will be able to pick up new car plates at the town offices. Photo by Jack M. Foley.
ROCKPORT — Everyone knew it was coming but no one expected Rockport's new Bureau of Motor Vehicles service to be up and running so soon.
Beginning in February, residents in need of new car registrations and license plates can apply for and receive them at the town office on Main Street.
"I didn't think we'd be ready, but after talking with Liz [Lowe], I think we are actually going to be able to offer that service on Feb. 1," Rockport Town Manager Jon Duke told the select board members at their Jan. 9 meeting.
His reference was to Elizabeth 'Liz' Lowe, who took over as town clerk when Linda Greenlaw retired Jan. 5.
Within days of assuming her new role, Lowe was able to set things in motion to upgrade the town's motor vehicle service offerings. It had been a priority on her to-do list even before starting the new job.
Town Clerk Liz Lowe helped speed up Rockport's new motor vehicle service for registrations and plates. Photo courtesy of Elizabeth Lowe
Rockport was one of the towns that had not gotten around yet to offering new registration applications and plates as part of its motor vehicles services, she said, and she wanted to get the "new system" in place as soon as possible, she told the Camden Herald.
Town officials had initially thought the service might be added by spring, even before tax time in March and April. But it will happen a lot sooner now.
"It saves our residents a trip to Rockland, which is great," select board chair Michelle Hannan said.
Duke said, "I think we are going to save a lot of Rockport residents a lot of time, so we're very excited about that. Again, it was a little bit of a surprise, but those are the types of surprises you want. The plates arrived today."
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Between now and February, some modifications will be made to the town offices to accommodate the new service, according to Duke. After that, residents will be able to fill out all the applications at the town offices, receive plates then await mail delivery of their official stickers and documents from the state, he said.
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Democrats from Montgomery County are trying to slow down the governor's plan. One bill introduced Tuesday called for longer environmental studies on the project. Another aimed at concerns the state would seize homes of people near the highways.
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SCRIPT_PATH = "task.py"
CONTAINER_URI = "gcr.io/my_project/my_image:latest"
ARGS = ["--tfds", "tf_flowers:3.*.*"]
REPLICA_COUNT = 1
MACHINE_TYPE = "n1-standard-4"
ACCELERATOR_TYPE = "ACCELERATOR_TYPE_UNSPECIFIED"
ACCELERATOR_COUNT = 0

# Model constants
MODEL_RESOURCE_NAME = f"{PARENT}/models/1234"
MODEL_ARTIFACT_URI = "gs://bucket3/output-dir/"
SERVING_CONTAINER_IMAGE_URI = "http://gcr.io/test/test:latest"
SERVING_CONTAINER_IMAGE = "gcr.io/test-serving/container:image"
SERVING_CONTAINER_PREDICT_ROUTE = "predict"
SERVING_CONTAINER_HEALTH_ROUTE = "metadata"
DESCRIPTION = "test description"
SERVING_CONTAINER_COMMAND = ["python3", "run_my_model.py"]
SERVING_CONTAINER_ARGS = ["--test", "arg"]
SERVING_CONTAINER_ENVIRONMENT_VARIABLES = {
    "learning_rate": 0.01,
    "loss_fn": "mse",
}
SERVING_CONTAINER_PORTS = [8888, 10000]
INSTANCE_SCHEMA_URI = "gs://test/schema/instance.yaml"
PARAMETERS_SCHEMA_URI = "gs://test/schema/parameters.yaml"
PREDICTION_SCHEMA_URI = "gs://test/schema/predictions.yaml"

MODEL_DESCRIPTION = "This is a model"
SERVING_CONTAINER_COMMAND = ["python3", "run_my_model.py"]
SERVING_CONTAINER_ARGS = ["--test", "arg"]
SERVING_CONTAINER_ENVIRONMENT_VARIABLES = {
    "learning_rate": 0.01,
    "loss_fn": "mse",
}

SERVING_CONTAINER_PORTS = [8888, 10000]
EXPLANATION_METADATA = aiplatform.explain.ExplanationMetadata(
    inputs={
        "features": {
            "input_tensor_name": "dense_input",
            # Input is tabular data
            "modality": "numeric",
            # Assign feature names to the inputs for explanation
            "encoding": "BAG_OF_FEATURES",
            "index_feature_mapping": [
                "crim",
                "zn",
                "indus",
                "chas",
                "nox",
                "rm",
                "age",
                "dis",
                "rad",
                "tax",
                "ptratio",
                "b",
                "lstat",
            ],
        }
    },
    outputs={"prediction": {"output_tensor_name": "dense_2"}},
)
EXPLANATION_PARAMETERS = aiplatform.explain.ExplanationParameters(
    {"xrai_attribution": {"step_count": 1}}
)

# Endpoint constants
DEPLOYED_MODEL_DISPLAY_NAME = "model_name"
TRAFFIC_PERCENTAGE = 80
TRAFFIC_SPLIT = {"a": 99, "b": 1}
MIN_REPLICA_COUNT = 1
MAX_REPLICA_COUNT = 1
ACCELERATOR_TYPE = "NVIDIA_TESLA_P100"
ACCELERATOR_COUNT = 2
ENDPOINT_DEPLOY_METADATA = ()
PREDICTION_TABULAR_INSTANCE = {
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    "latitude": "40.54",
    "housing_median_age": "52.0",
    "total_rooms": "1820.0",
    "total_bedrooms": "300.0",
    "population": "806",
    "households": "270.0",
    "median_income": "3.014700",
}
MODEL_SERVING_CONTAINER_COMMAND = (["/usr/bin/tensorflow_model_server"],)
MODEL_SERVING_CONTAINER_ARGS = (
    [
        f"--model_name={MODEL_NAME}",
        "--model_base_path=$(AIP_STORAGE_URI)",
        "--rest_api_port=8080",
        "--port=8500",
        "--file_system_poll_wait_seconds=31540000",
    ],
)
PYTHON_PACKAGE_GCS_URI = (
    "gs://bucket3/custom-training-python-package/my_app/trainer-0.1.tar.gz"
)
PYTHON_MODULE_NAME = "trainer.task"

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Flexible electronics with sensors, solar cells and radio module adheres securely and imperceptibly to the skin
Urbana (USA)/Singapore - Without any adhesive, a versatile and flexible sensor module adheres to the skin and permanently measures important bodily functions. This adhesive tattoo, which is much thinner than a sheet of paper and only the size of a postage stamp, was developed by an international team of researchers. In addition to flexible electrical conductors, the scientists integrated sensors for heartbeat and brain waves, light-emitting diodes, a radio module and even tiny solar cells to generate electricity. In addition, the module can be supplied with energy via electromagnetic waves - similar to radio tags for expensive products. The researchers present their prototype, which sticks securely to the skin for up to 24 hours, in the journal Science.
"This technology can connect you to the cyber world and the physical world through a very natural way," says Todd Coleman of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Together with colleagues from Singapore and China, he deposited flexible conductive traces in a serpentine pattern on an ultra-thin transparent substrate made of polyester. In addition, the researchers printed the numerous electronic components onto this carrier. Encapsulated in a waterproof manner, the adhesive tattoo could be placed on the skin of test subjects with the help of a water-soluble film made of polyvinyl alcohol. For up to 24 hours, weak adhesion forces (van der Waals forces) ensured a secure hold. And despite the many movements and tensions of the skin, all components remained intact.
Supplied with power from the integrated solar cell and an induction coil, heartbeat and brain waves could be reliably measured depending on the position of the electronic adhesive tattoo. Since this data can be sent directly to a computer by radio, the technology is suitable for convenient continuous monitoring of high-risk patients. Since they do not feel the adhesive tattoo at all and do not have to consider its stability, they do not suffer any restrictions on their activities. "The best way to record neural signals in a natural environment is to use modules like this that are invisible to the user," Coleman says.
But the same sensor that detects heart rate can also be used to electronically sense rhythmic movements of the skin. An adhesive tattoo that the researchers had placed on the neck near the larynx as a test demonstrated this ability impressively. Using the movements alone, the module was able to recognize several spoken words. With a hit rate of over 90 percent, one test subject even controlled the actions in a video game via the motion data sent over the air. With even more sensitive sensors, it's even conceivable that patients with vocal cord problems could audibly participate in conversations again using a small computer and speakers.
"This work is in the very early stages," emphasizes John Rogers, who leads the Urbana-Champaign research group. More sensitive sensors could greatly expand the medical applications of electronic skin. For power supply, Rogers is also thinking about integrating tiny batteries and piezoelectric mini power plants that generate electricity from mechanical movements alone. The development of smart electronic clothing could also drive this technology. It also cannot be ruled out that, in addition to light-emitting diodes, small, flexible monitors, loudspeakers and mobile phone modules could also be integrated into these skin electronics in the future. This would make it conceivable to have a wafer-thin smartphone that users could simply stick on their palm or forearm.


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Faculty Fellow Ed Lindsay teaches a gamification workshop for interested NC State faculty.
August 13, 2016 | Sherry Stallings
Whether leading workshops on NC State's campus, sharing best practices via articles or presenting at conferences, the DELTA Faculty Fellows are building a stellar reputation.
Included in the DELTA Grants for the first time in the 2015-2016 cycle, the Faculty Fellows earn funding for around 40 hours of partnership activities. And according to Director of Instructional Support Services Stacy Gant, the Fellows' enthusiasm for what they are doing leads them to contribute many more hours.
The inaugural cohort group selected as Faculty Fellows were from across three colleges: Dr. Kimberly Allen, Agricultural and Life Sciences; Dr. Ed Lindsay, Natural Resources; and Dr. Maria Gallardo-Williams, Sciences.
These three pioneers have traveled near and far to promote their research, discuss their teaching innovations and make interdisciplinary connections.
An unexpected benefit has been the sense of community that bonds the Fellows, explained Gant. The Fellows, who will be continuing for another year, expressed a desire to provide more opportunities for shared scholarship.
"This program recognizes faculty excellence in teaching effectively with technology, with the Faculty Fellows sharing their expertise via workshops, seminars and consultations, and encouraging and inspiring other faculty to explore the possibilities of leveraging technology to support their teaching," said Associate Vice Provost for DELTA's Instructional Technology Support Division Dr. Donna Petherbridge.
Historically, many NC State faculty and staff members have been invited to share their expertise in DELTA's Teaching and Learning with Technology workshops. For some time, our senior management team has been interested in establishing a program to both showcase our outstanding faculty and to assist with peer outreach, said Gant.
"We've asked for favors over the years and so many faculty have graciously donated their time to teach for us, share their experiences from the trenches. Now we have this grant available to compensate recipients for their service," she added.
Getting different perspectives from a select set of excellent teachers has proved especially helpful to the training team at DELTA. The reciprocal relationship includes sharing expertise both ways.
The Fellows act as a mini focus group of advisors for the training staff. In fact, their input resulted in a different scheduling paradigm for the Fall 2016 workshops. The series is divided into three block schedules. The first block is for beginners, the second block is for more advanced learners and the third block will comprise special topics.
The Inaugural Cohort
Let's meet the first cohort group!
Dr. Kimberly Allen, Associate Professor and Extension Specialist and Director of Graduate Program
Youth, Family and Community Sciences
One reason Allen was drawn to the Faculty Fellows opportunity was to connect with faculty who were doing similar things in the classroom. Allen has a student-centered approach and was sure other faculty members outside her department did, too. So she applied to make more diverse connections.
"Some people aren't aware of how much online and distance education NC State does," said Allen. "It is so much more than on-campus students having access to flexibility. It is affecting our whole state." She wants to measure the impact of online and distance education in North Carolina.
Faculty Fellow Kim Allen
Allen, who teaches fully online, described how very important community is to her. "I do everything I can to intentionally build a community in my classes and my goal with the Fellows is to foster a strong community among the faculty whose interests lie in online education," she added.
Building connections with other faculty, she said, has been a rewarding part of her experience as a Faculty Fellow this year.
She doesn't consider herself a technology person, yet she teamed with Fellow Gallardo-Williams for a lunchtime best practices workshop about integrating video into courses.
One evaluation stated about the duo's co-teaching, "This was a fantastic workshop. It provided great ideas for getting students to create videos for our classes and great ideas for evaluating the effectiveness of the videos that we use."
"I like to use the tools that are best for student outcomes and I firmly believe that you have to reach your audience where they are with the tools that are best for them," explained Allen. She laughed, it may take her a while to feel completely comfortable with the technology.
According to Allen, "Faculty members have a voice and a piece of the DELTA work. DELTA has the expertise in terms of technology and distance ed and faculty are the content people. Now we are integrated and it has the greatest potential for truly making change for how students are taught here at NC State."
She described the experience as a Venn diagram with faculty and DELTA as separate circles. "The Faculty Fellows program is that piece in the middle where we are partnering to help students have a better learning experience," added Allen.
"As usual, DELTA has made this easy and pleasurable. It has been a wonderful opportunity."
When the second cohort of Faculty Fellows comes, Allen will be focusing her second year on building community among the Fellows.
Dr. Maria Gallardo-Williams, Teaching Associate Professor and Director of Undergraduate Organic Chemistry Laboratories
Department of Chemistry, College of Sciences
Dr. Maria Gallardo-Williams is the epitome of a satisfied DELTA partner! "The large course redesign grant experience literally changed the direction of my scholarship," she said.
Her gratitude and desire to share outcomes of her successes sparked her interest in serving as a DELTA Faculty Fellow. Still invigorated from her collaboration with DELTA, she eagerly applied for a Faculty Fellow grant and became one of three in the cohort.
She was excited to use the stipend to travel to conferences and to present about the work she has been doing to incorporate videos in the organic chemistry labs at NC State.
Faculty Fellow Maria Gallardo-Williams
"Attending the Biennial Conference for Chemical Education has always been a dream of mine. As teaching faculty, I do not receive travel money so I was looking forward to speaking at the conference about what I have been doing," she said.
Teaching the workshops with other Fellows was a lot of fun for Gallardo-Williams. The camaraderie with other faculty and being connected through the DELTA workshops was a happy side effect.
"We all use video and technology in our classes, but it is so fun to see different perspectives," she added. The interdisciplinary composition of workshop attendees triggers ideas to try new approaches in her own teaching.
The biggest surprise for Gallardo-Williams is how much all the faculty care about their students. She recalled most questions in workshops she has presented were about student outcomes. "This is great for me to hear because I feel the same way! They ask, how can I use this to benefit my students. It is heartwarming that faculty at NC State care so much!"
After workshops, colleagues from all across campus ask questions and we share information. Discussing teaching techniques helps faculty foster interdisciplinary connections, which may not have happened without the workshops. "The technology is very rarely discipline-specific," added Gallardo-Williams.
She enjoyed writing for DELTA News sharing her experiences in a non-academic environment. She hopes her words and shared knowledge will help other faculty members.
Gallardo-Williams mentioned another byproduct of becoming a Faculty Fellow; she reworked her Twitter account to be more academic. She finds it to be a really great tool for reaching a younger audience.
"It's been a great learning experience for me and it has made me feel a lot more comfortable talking about teaching with technology. It is a two-way street, so whatever I have shared; I have learned more. It has been fun," she said.
Dr. Edwin Lindsay, Assistant Professor
Department of Parks, Recreation, Tourism and Sport Management
Coming into his role as a Faculty Fellow, Lindsay said he had "no idea the impact would be as big as it has been. It is having a positive impact for faculty."
Lindsay discussed how using technology has been a great experience for him. Previously he was awarded a DELTA Grant to apply gamification to an online course.
After that experience, he believes people relate him with working on creative teaching. He has given numerous talks and has been published in EdTech and Campus Technology magazines in relation to the earlier project.
Faculty Fellow Ed Lindsay
Lindsay explained the potential is there for more cross-disciplinary efforts to formalize efforts across campus. "Gamification has so many opportunities for that. The tools we are utilizing and the activities we are doing can be applied to engineering and others as well. Unless we have built-in opportunities, the collaboration may not happen," he said.
In describing what excited Lindsay about the DELTA Faculty Fellows, he credits the program with allowing each Fellow to have their own experience. Most similar programs expect everyone to follow the same path.
"This program gives you the ability to construct your own experiences while promoting what DELTA is doing. It's a unique opportunity to create relationships with faculty outside of your department. That's what I have been most excited about," said Lindsay.
Cultivating connections with other Fellows and finding out what they are doing and how they engage students is important to Lindsay.
"I am finding out so much about what is going on with other disciplines that I wouldn't know about if I weren't a Faculty Fellow," he said.
In addition to enjoying the opportunity to get in front of his peers, Lindsay described adding his designation as a DELTA Faculty Fellow to his email signature. He indicated he fields inquiries from other faculty about what it means.
"Honestly, I don't know how someone who teaches with technology on this campus doesn't know about the faculty services offered through DELTA," he said.
At this point in his career, Lindsay said "It is all coming together as a Faculty Fellow where I can be reflective. The campus is fertile for more collaboration at this point. Together we have greater impact and DELTA may be the place for people to reconnect and partner with others."
At the urging of the Fellows, Gant said the workshop scheduling process was redesigned to include a block schedule beginning Fall 2016.
Gant explained, "The training program now has a built-in group of advisors. Our goal is to offer workshops faculty need and want. This extra layer of input helps the training team make informed choices."
The Faculty Fellows have received a positive response. In fact, sessions led by Fellows marked some of the highest participation of the 2015-16 offerings.
The first cohort of grant recipients will continue for another academic year. Three new Fellows were added to the mix this fall.
"We hope this trend will continue with the addition of three more fellows this cycle," said Gant.
The new cohort of Faculty Fellows includes Dr. Michael Kanters, Natural Resources; Dr. Amanda Edwards, Humanities and Social Sciences and Carolyn Quarterman, Humanities and Social Sciences.
"I love that we are doing this program — it is recognizing faculty who have devoted a lot of time and energy in leveraging new and emerging technologies to support their teaching practices — and it is so important to recognize people for their good work," Petherbridge said.
Petherbridge added that the program is creating "wonderful interdisciplinary collaborations for leveraging innovative technologies across disciplines."
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The suspect, whose name has been given as Kojo Arthur AKA Capo, is said to have committed the crime with his friend, Buabeng.
Confirming the incident to the host of Connect FM's Omanbapa morning show, Nhyiraba Paa Kwesi Simpson, the Assembly member of Edwinase Electoral area, George Arthur, indicated that the suspect has three children with the ex-wife, Edufuwa.
"They were married but because of some personal reasons, they divorced. The lady moved on and met another man in the next community but it seems her ex-husband was still in love with her and decided to fight for her. She has no children with the new husband but they have been living happily until the sad incident happened," he indicated.
According to him, the suspect in the late hours of Thursday, October 13, out of jealousy, went to the house of his ex-wife with his friend and committed the crime.
"They went there with a machete and other weapons. Immediately they got to the house of his ex-wife, they attacked her new husband and slashed his throat. Since there was no one to help, he died out of excessive bleeding. All efforts to transport him to the nearest hospital proved unsuccessful due to the bad nature of our roads," he added.
The body of the deceased, Robert Osei, has since been deposited at the Jukwa Hospital whilst the suspect and his friend have been handed over to police for investigation.
"They decided to sneak out from the community after committing the crime but they were apprehended by some youth. They tied them up until the police arrived and handed them over. They are currently in the custody of the Atobiase Police Station in the same district" the Assmebly member indicated.
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"We've got more bandwidth on this ship than all the other ships on the ocean put together," said the ship's Technology Ambassador Jason Bradbury. It's wired with Quantum's new satellite-enabled internet service fast enough to download movies and support XBox Live gaming with players on other ships or back at home.
The 2,090 cabin Quantum of the Seas -- the third-largest cruise ship in the industry -- aims to be the most futuristic cruise ship on water. It has the first ever bar featuring robotic arms that mix drinks for customers who order alcohol from iPads on bar tables. Guests pay for their drinks and can track other on board purchases by swiping a wireless-enbabled wristband that also serves as their door key.
Royal Caribbean launched new apps for passengers to track their luggage, reserve off-shore excursions ahead of ports of call and book activities like sky diving; Quantum of the Seas has the first skydiving simulator on any cruise ship.
"Obviously, it is to attract the millennials," said Royal Caribbean Chairman and CEO Richard Fain of the ship's high-tech offerings. "Our family business is growing very quickly. We want to be able to attract everybody. I use technology to make everything easier. Simple, easy, no hassles."
Simplicity doesn't come cheap. High speed internet, beamed via satellite by service provider O3b Networks, reportedly costs around $100 per day, a fee that Fain said passengers find as a good value.
But not all of Qunatum's innovations come at a price. The ship offers 15-minute rides in a glass pod powered by a massive hydraulic arm on the ship's upper deck. The pod, which holds up to 14 guests at a time, has stunning 360-degree views while suspended up to 300 feet over the ocean.
Inside the ship, nighttime entertainment includes an acrobatic-themed show, with a dramatic backdrop of six massive video screens and a three-story-high video wall.
The technology onboard also ensures passengers staying in less expensive cabins don't miss out on the view. In windowless rooms, Royal Caribbean installed 80-inch wall monitors that show live video streams of balcony views.
Royal Caribbean's CEO said he isn't afraid that passengers will forgo time on the sun decks to stay online in their rooms. "Because the connectivity is so good, people can [log on] quickly and move on. I think it will mean people will spend less time on their computers," Fain told CBS News. The cruise industry magnate said the launch of this technology-savvy ship shows the company is moving on from difficult times. In January, nearly 700 people on a Royal Caribbean cruise got sick from a virus.
Fain averred that customer satisfaction is growing: "Ships like [Quantum of the Seas] bring guests on board. Once you've been on this ship, you tell your friends about it -- and [then] we own you and your friends."
Quantum of the Seas will next cruise from southern England to America. The 167,800-ton ship sets on its maiden voyage from the New York City area in mid-November.


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The Co-operators Selects IP Business Communications Solution from Interactive Intelligence
Canadian insurance co-operative selects Interactive Intelligence all-in-one IP communications software suite to consolidate systems across several locations
INDIANAPOLIS AND GUELPH, ON, May 10 /CNW/ - Several member companies of The Co-operators Group Ltd., a Canadian-owned, multi-product insurance company, have selected the Interactive Intelligence (Nasdaq: ININ) all-in-one IP communications software suite, Customer Interaction Center® (CIC).
The Co-operators Life Insurance Company, HB Group Insurance Management Ltd., L'Union Canadienne, TIC Travel Insurance Coordinators, and Co-operators General Insurance Company selected CIC to consolidate their multiple communications technology systems across several of their coast-to-coast locations, which are staffed by nearly 2,500 employees.
"Many of our existing systems were nearing their end of life," said The Co-operators Executive VP and CIO, Hugh Cumming. "In addition, these multi-vendor systems made it challenging for our physically disparate member companies to effectively communicate with one another and with clients across multiple lines of business."
The Co-operators selected CIC over competitive products after it scored the highest overall based on an extensive set of evaluation criteria.
"CIC's unique open, single-platform software architecture with a broad range of multichannel applications best met our requirements, particularly our need to simplify administration, reduce costs and enhance customer experiences" Cumming said. "Having a common dialing plan and being able to do things like route, queue, and report on multichannel interactions across locations will also enable us to increase productivity and better integrate service channels for our clients."
In addition to CIC, The Co-operators purchased add-on applications for multichannel recording and scoring, outbound dialing, and customer feedback surveys.
As a result of its CIC deployment, The Co-operators anticipate the following benefits:
Reduced costs by eliminating long distance charges, simplifying system management, and consolidating technology redundancies across locations.
Increased efficiencies by improving member-to-member communications.
Improved service with the ability to better monitor interactions, engage in proactive customer contact, and obtain real-time customer feedback.
About The Co-operators
The Co-operators Group Limited is a Canadian-owned co-operative with more than $40 billion in assets under administration. Through its group of companies it offers home, auto, life, group, travel, commercial and farm insurance, as well as investment products. The Co-operators is well known for its community involvement and its commitment to sustainability. The Co-operators is ranked #2 among the 50 Best Corporate Citizens in Canada and listed among the 50 Best Employers in Canada. For more information, visit www.cooperators.ca.
About Interactive Intelligence
Interactive Intelligence Inc. (Nasdaq: ININ) is a global provider of unified business communications solutions for contact center automation, enterprise IP telephony, and business process automation. The company's solutions, which can be deployed via an on-premise or hosted model, include vertical-specific applications for insurance and collections. Interactive Intelligence was founded in 1994 and has more than 4,000 customers worldwide. The company is among Software Magazine's 2010 Top 500 Global Software and Services Suppliers, and Forbes Magazine's 2010 Best Small Companies in America. Interactive Intelligence is also positioned in the leaders' quadrant of the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Contact Center Infrastructure, Worldwide report (Feb. 22, 2010). The company employs more than 800 people and is headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. It has 19 offices throughout North America, Latin America, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific. Interactive Intelligence can be reached at +1 317.872.3000 or info@inin.com; on the Net: www.inin.com.
This release may contain certain forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially are described in the company's SEC filings.
Interactive Intelligence Inc. is the owner of the marks INTERACTIVE INTELLIGENCE, its associated LOGO and numerous other marks. All other trademarks mentioned in this document are the property of their respective owners.
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That's my current situation. Life has been temporarily been put on hold again. Although the doctors unanimously agreed to my husband's recovery being fine and OKing us to fly cross country this past Tuesday, his newly-installed mitral valve developed a major problem–a hole–(my layperson's term) and a procedure to plug the hole took place on Thursday and was followed by another unexpected health event. He's now in the high level intensive care unit.
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Q: How to fix Curl error: Failed to connect to for proxies I'm trying to make a post request for an account creator website and I need to have a different IP each time so the captcha doesn't show up. So I tried setting a proxy by doing using curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_PROXY, "https://188.166.213.255:3128");. When I don't use the proxy setting it connects just fine but after refreshing the page 3-4 times, I get hit by a captcha. I wanted to bypass it by using the proxy but I keep getting a Failed to connect to [IP] port [port].
If it matters, my website is being hosted by namecheap.
Not sure if namecheap is blocking the connections.
I have tried over 1000+ proxies, I tried ones that I know work with a python program that I've used that does the same thing my site is going to do.
The full code I use:

$ch = curl_init($url);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_PROXY, "https://188.166.213.255:3128");
//curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_PROXYTYPE, 'SOCK5');
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT, 12);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, 12);
//curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_PROXYTYPE, CURLPROXY_SOCKS5);;
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $postString);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, 1);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, $additional_headers);

$server_output = curl_exec($ch);

if (curl_errno($ch)) {
    // this would be your first hint that something went wrong
    //echo $resultStatus."
";
    die('Curl error: ' . curl_error($ch));
}

else {
    $resultStatus = curl_getinfo($ch, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE);
    if ($resultStatus == 403 or $resultStatus == 200) {
        if (strpos($server_output, 'Captcha') !== false) {
            echo 'Failed to create account due to the Captcha.';
        } else {
            $date = date("Y-m-d H:i:s");
            $conn = new mysqli(host, username, password, database);
            $sql  = "INSERT INTO Accounts (Name, Password, Date, Result) VALUES ('" . $username . "', '" . $password . "', '" . $date . "', '" . $server_output . "')";
            if (mysqli_query($conn, $sql)) {
                echo "Account Created!";
                echo "
";
  echo "Username: " . $username . "";
  echo "
";
  echo "Password: " . $password . "";
  echo "
";
  echo "Response: " . $server_output . "";
  echo "
New Server";
            }

            else {
                echo "Rip: " . $sql . "
" . $conn->error;
            }
            mysqli_close($conn);
        }
        $worked = True;
    }

    else {
        die('Request failed: HTTP status code: ' . $resultStatus);
    }
}

curl_close($ch);

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It said that the research should be a warning to cities bidding to be the home of Channel 4.
Centre for Cities showed that the move had led to 4600 new jobs between 2011 and 2016 at MediaCityUK (a 46% increase in employment), but many of these were as a result of the "displacement of businesses from other parts of Greater Manchester" rather than new firms setting up in the region.
It added that the BBC's move brought around 4,420 jobs to the wider city region, or 0.3% of total Greater Manchester employment.
"The impact of the BBC's relocation shows that the Government and city leaders should not overestimate the economic benefits of moving public sector jobs from London to other parts of the country. While the BBC's move has been positive for Greater Manchester in other ways, it has done little to create new jobs across the city region, or to encourage new businesses to set up in the area," explained Paul Swinney, principal economist of Centre for Cities.
However, these numbers, which are based on analysis of Office for National Statistics' Business Structure Database, are disputed by both politicians in Greater Manchester and the BBC.
Mike Blackburn, the chair of the Greater Manchester LEP commented: "quite frankly a report that says the BBC has not had a positive impact on Greater Manchester is ridiculous.
"The BBC move to Manchester has been extraordinary, transformational and was the catalyst for a media and creative boom, creating the second largest cluster of digital and creative business in Europe.
Meanwhile the BBC pointed to a 2015 KPMG report that said that the BBC's move to Salford was having a similar impact to financiers in the city of London; the scientific hubs in Cambridge; and F1 teams on the M4 corridor.
"We are surprised by this report as all other independent assessments of the BBC's move to Salford have recognised the considerable benefit of the move, not just to the immediate MediaCityUK area, but to the wider economy of Greater Manchester and the North West," said a BBC spokesperson.
"The BBC was crucial to the development of MediaCityUK, bringing thousands of jobs, millions of pounds of investment and supporting the wider creative industries. To suggest our investment only benefits Salford, and not the rest of the region, seems very strange given the scale and size of our operation today.
"We have seen phenomenal growth in our creative and digital sectors in Greater Manchester, making a compelling case for industrial clusters of excellence. The sector is worth £3.1bn to Greater Manchester's economy – that's double what it was in 2010. There are 55,000 thousand people employed in the sector. We are producing some of the most highly skilled graduates in the sector and are now in the top 20 European digital cities.
"This is a British success story, and the BBC's move here has been a central part of that. It's a cause for real celebration, and critical for the rebalancing of the nation's economy to ensure that all of the nations and regions – and not just the capital – benefit from our amazing creative and digital talent.
"It is precisely because the BBC and ITV have a strong presence in our city region that we are such an attractive proposition for others, from Channel 4 to the 1,600 start-ups formed in Greater Manchester in the past year."
"The BBC's move north has been a significant catalyst for the continued development and regeneration of Salford and Greater Manchester. With Greater Manchester boasting significant industrial strengths in creative industries and tech, increasingly characterising our skilled workforce it's clear that global brands such as the BBC and ITV have been instrumental in Salford's and Greater Manchester's industrial renaissance.
"The BBC's relocation to Salford has resulted in the clustering of 250 digital companies, providing 7,000 jobs at MediaCityUK, with the BBC's spend in the north more than doubling between 2010/11 – 2015/16 to almost £420m and production spend tripling over the same period.


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Posted by: Jason Howe, Communications Director, Equality California
Bear a Torch - As the nation's largest statewide lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender civil rights organization dedicated to creating a fair and just society, Equality California (EQCA) is working within California, at the federal level, and directly with other states to win and protect full equality for LGBT people. The group is on the front lines against current threats to same-sex civil marriage and economic justice and healthcare equity, both of which our community holds consensus positions supporting. ACT NOW to help EQCA build a state of equality in California and beyond.
Torchbearer: Equality California
Despite the rapid civil rights advances of the past two decades, the LGBT community still suffers in almost every benchmark of overall health and wellbeing when compared to the general population. LGBT people still face staggering rates of poverty, depression, suicide, substance abuse and homelessness. They still experience harassment and abuse at the hands of law enforcement and an often-hostile penal system. Bullying by classmates and a lack of resources for teachers to help LGBT students leads to lowered school success and high rates of depression among LGBT youth. And many LGBT people lack access to basic, affordable healthcare. For LGBT people of color, women, the transgender community and LGBT undocumented immigrants, these problems are compounded. The stunning U.S. Supreme Court ruling of 2015 changed none of this. Equality California is committed to reducing these inequalities through legislative and administrative advocacy programs, community mobilization and by educating the LGBT community, public officials and healthcare providers.
Founded in 1999, Equality California is the nation's largest and most effective statewide LGBT civil rights organization. As of 2016, it had sponsored and won passage of 118 pieces of legislation expanding LGBT civil rights and social justice in California, including laws banning so-called conversion therapy, requiring the inclusion of contributions by LGBT people in California school curricula, protecting the right of transgender students to use school facilities corresponding to their gender identities, and banning the gay or transgender "panic defense" in criminal trials. Following the tragic shootings in Orlando, Equality California became one of the first LGBT organizations in the nation to include ending gun violence as part of its mission, supporting the passage of six gun safety measures in the California Legislature.
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Monday – Friday, 9:30 am – 5:30 pm (by appointment)
Address & Contact Information
7703 Floyd Curl Dr.
Briscoe Library, 5th Floor
specialcollections@uthscsa.edu
The Special Collections of the P.I. Nixon Medical Historical Library
The P.I. Nixon Medical Historical Library at the UT Health Science Center at San Antonio houses approximately 6,000 rare and classic texts in the history of medicine, nursing, dentistry, and other health care disciplines, dating from the 15th to early 20th centuries. The Nixon Library also houses the University Archives and a small collection of local historical documents.
The Nixon Library is located on the 5th floor of the Briscoe Library and is open by appointment Monday through Friday from 9:30 A.M. to 5:30 P.M. Tours of the Nixon Library, including viewings of the rare books, can also be arranged by making an appointment. For more information contact Andrea N. Schorr, Head of Collection Resources at (210) 567-2403 or specialcollections@uthscsa.edu.
Please review the Special Collections Policy prior to your visit.
San Antonio physician and historian Dr. Pat Ireland Nixon was the founder of the Bexar County Medical Library Association in 1919. Dr. Nixon was an avid collector of rare books, and his efforts helped the Bexar County Medical Library accumulate a large collection of historical medical books. This collection of books was donated to the University of Texas Medical School in San Antonio, Texas in 1970. The collection was named after Dr. Nixon in honor of his tireless efforts to build it, and is housed in the Briscoe Library. Strengths of the Nixon collection are in the areas of ophthalmology, surgery, and anatomy. To learn more about Dr. Pat Ireland Nixon, visit the P.I. Nixon information page.
Originally donated to the Health Science Center in the early 1970s by the Bexar County Medical Society, the superb core collection of over 6,000 volumes includes original works by Andreas Vesalius (De Humani Corporis Fabrica – 1543), Bernhard Siegfried Albinus (Tables of the Skeleton and Muscles of the Human Body – 1749), Aulus Cornelius Celsus (De Medicina – 1481), Avicenna (Ibn Sina) (The Canon of Medicine – 1486), Robert Burton (Anatomy of Melancholy – 1632), and Robert Hooke (The Micrographia – 1667).
The library regularly features a historical book of the month on the Treasures of the P.I. Nixon Historical Blog
The University Archives serves as a repository for the preservation of historically significant university records and contains over 531 linear feet of publications, papers, and other records that document the history of the UT Health Science Center at San Antonio. Items in this collection include university publications, correspondence from key officials, meeting minutes, yearbooks, videos, photographs, oral histories, and more.
Local Historical Documents
The Nixon Library also houses several manuscript collections that are related to the history of medicine and health care in Bexar County and South Texas. The manuscripts range in years from 1800-1930, and many include photographs, letters, and journals. Visit the Archives Projects page to view a list of archival collections that have been digitized.
Finding aids for many of our archival collections can be found on the Texas Archival Resources Online Repository.
Archives Request Form: Request photos or documents from the Library Archives
For more information about the Archives visit the Archives Policies page. To make an appointment to view archival materials contact Mellisa DeThorne, Special Collections Assistant, at 210-567-2470 or dethorne@uthscsa.edu.
Select materials from the Nixon Library have been digitized and added to the library's Digital Archive. The Digital Archive consists of four main collections: History of Medicine, University History, Electronic Theses, Dissertations, and DNP projects, and University Records. Each of these collections promotes and preserves historically significant resources and facilitates learning and creativity. To learn more about these collections visit the Digital Archive page.
For questions about the library's Digital Archive contact the digital archive team at DigitalArchive@uthscsa.edu.
The Friends of the P.I. Nixon Medical Historical Library
Interested in learning more about the history of medicine? Join the Friends of the P.I. Nixon Medical Historical Library group. The Nixon Library has an active Friends group that meets regularly to view presentations and discuss a variety of topics about the history of medicine. Membership is open to all. For more information, visit the Friends page.
The Friends group has also purchased a collection of popular books about the history of medicine which are available for check-out. The books highlight significant periods and events in medical history and are located in the library's general collection. To view a complete list of titles and locations click here.
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Q: Python Apache Beam: date value out of range Applying this or this example to build my program, each time I try to insert to Big Query, I have this error:
OverflowError: date value out of range [while running 'Format']
My Beam Pipeline is this:
Bigquery = (transformation
            | 'Format' >> beam.ParDo(FormatBigQueryoFn())
            | 'Write to BigQuery' >> beam.io.Write(beam.io.BigQuerySink(
            'XXXX',
            schema=TABLE_SCHEMA,
            create_disposition=beam.io.BigQueryDisposition.CREATE_IF_NEEDED,
            write_disposition=beam.io.BigQueryDisposition.WRITE_APPEND
        )))

In class FormatBigQueryoFn is where it should be the logic of the window data time
The code of exmple 1:
def timestamp2str(t, fmt='%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S.000'):
  """Converts a unix timestamp into a formatted string."""
    return datetime.fromtimestamp(t).strftime(fmt)

    class TeamScoresDict(beam.DoFn):
  """Formats the data into a dictionary of BigQuery columns with their values
  Receives a (team, score) pair, extracts the window start timestamp, and
  formats everything together into a dictionary. The dictionary is in the format
  {'bigquery_column': value}
  """

def process(self, team_score, window=beam.DoFn.WindowParam):
    team, score = team_score
    start = timestamp2str(int(window.start))
    yield {
        'team': team,
        'total_score': score,
        'window_start': start,
        'processing_time': timestamp2str(int(time.time()))
}

The code of example 2:
class FormatDoFn(beam.DoFn):
  def process(self, element, window=beam.DoFn.WindowParam):
    ts_format = '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S.%f UTC'
    window_start = window.start.to_utc_datetime().strftime(ts_format)
    window_end = window.end.to_utc_datetime().strftime(ts_format)
    return [{'word': element[0],
             'count': element[1],
             'window_start':window_start,
'window_end':window_end}]

What could be wrong in my pipeline?
EDIT:
If I print, for example, the window.start i get:
Timestamp(-9223372036860)

A: The problem was I was reading the data from a file before to test it with Google Pub/Sub.
While I was reading the data from a file the elements doesnt have timestamp.
Is a must to have a timestamp in your element.
Pub/Sub attach this timestamp automatically.
From documentation:
The simplest form of windowing is using fixed time windows: given a timestamped PCollection which might be continuously updating, each window might capture (for example) all elements with timestamps that fall into a five minute interval.