President Trump is just a symptom of a party that has lurched too far to the right, a Democratic state senator says.
Sen. Dave Sokola represents areas of Newark, Pike Creek and Hockessin.
When I was first elected in November 1990, split government was a norm in American politics. The senate was held by Democrats, while Republicans held the state house and the governor's mansion.
The story was similar in Washington, where Democrats controlled Congress and Republican George H. W. Bush sat in the Oval Office.
Split-ticket voting was also the norm at that time, and it was reflected in our government. George Bush, Sr. presided over the re-authorization of the Clean Air Act, spurned the rising voice of the far right in his Party (including a prescient reference to supply-side fiscal policy as "voodoo economics"), and signed a budget bill that balanced spending cuts with tax hikes.
Bush's predecessor, President Reagan, signed legislation in California affirming a woman's right to choose, expanded the federal government, raised taxes to preserve safety-net programs, and advocated for gun control both before and after his presidency.
Split-ticket voting was common at that time because compromise was common. It isn't surprising that the reverse is also true.
News Journal columnist Matt Albright recently urged readers not to "vote against" Donald Trump with a straight Democratic ticket, and instead to seek out the best candidates. His thesis is well-intended, but it's wrong on two important levels.
First, blindly splitting your ticket isn't any better than any other kind of "blind" voting. Many people will weigh their options and vote a straight ticket, not because of some deficiency as voters, but because membership in a political party is usually a strong predictor of a candidate's political values.
It's also worth noting that not all candidates are created equal: Democrats have done an excellent job with recruitment this year, including record numbers of women, people of color, and first-time candidates who represent a long-overdue generational shift in our politics. Many are running against entrenched incumbents or extremists – or people I've watched become both over the years.
Second, it's true that Donald Trump inspires outrage (not just among Democrats), but the Republican Party's issues persist with or without him. Trump is only a symptom of a larger problem: in Washington and in Dover, the GOP has lurched to the right. Putting aside Donald Trump for a moment, how would Ronald Reagan or George Bush feel in the Delaware Republican Party?
What would Reagan, who raised taxes to save programs like Medicaid and Social Security, think of Republican brinksmanship that brought us over a budget deadline and threatened a government shutdown in 2017?
What would Reagan, who supported the Brady Bill and the 1994 assault weapons ban, think of Republicans who universally opposed an assault weapons ban this year (not to mention policies as simple as background checks)?
Under any other name, Reagan and Bush wouldn't last long in today's GOP. Don't take it from me: look no further than former candidates like Mike Castle or Gene Truono, or the Party's New Castle County Chairman who recently resigned his position after an extremist ticket won the September primary. The party that once gave us moderates like Mike Castle and scientists like Russ Peterson now seems preoccupied with placating its most extreme supporters.
Even as an unapologetic Democrat, I owe all of my constituents a good faith dialogue and a sincere effort to work with my colleagues despite our differences. Republicans like Liane Sorenson and Bill Oberle made that work easy and rewarding, but I am troubled to find that each year it becomes harder to find willing partners.
The desire to show up to ribbon cuttings and photo opportunities is still bipartisan, but when push comes to shove in Legislative Hall, compromise and nuance have given way to tribalism, off-year obstructionism, and election year stunts. We shouldn't be surprised that voters notice.
I represent a purple district in an area that used to be part of the Republican Party's base in Delaware. Many of my constituents are former or current Republicans who will be voting for Democrats this year because, to paraphrase Reagan, the GOP left them behind – not in Washington, but in their own back yard.
Sen. Dave Sokola represents areas of Newark, Pike Creek, and Hockessin.


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"Reaching the final is the success of any team, whether or not they win a prize. For the start-up, the most important thing is having the opportunity to talk about their products, especially in front of potential investors".
BIO GENE SOO
Q: Who are you and what do you do?
A: Gene Soo is the cofounder of StartupsGBA, the pioneer startup ecosystem builder of Hong Kong. He started his career as a firmware engineer with SanDisk in Silicon Valley in 2003. In 2005-2007, Gene was a management consultant at Accenture (US) focused on Customer Experience Strategy. Since returning to Hong Kong in 2009, Gene has been fully engaged in startups having cofounded StartupsHK, Hong Kong's pioneer startup community, and also launched startups in the tech and fashion space. Gene has been instrumental in driving the startup and innovation movement in Hong Kong and APAC region as he helped award winning startups such as Citymapper, the Ultimate Transport App, launch into Hong Kong and Australia. In 2018, Gene cofounded Dimsum Ventures, a PropTech Venture Capital fund. Gene is constantly engaged in dialogue involving Smart City, Proptech, Mobility and Retail Tech. Gene received his BS and MS in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University as well as MBA from Columbia University.
Q: Can you say something to encourage The startups?
A: Yes for sure. Having built several startups and also brought startups from overseas to Asia, here's what I would say:
Startup life is not easy, so build products that people love but most importantly build products that you love. Life is too short to be building things you don't love.
Q: Can you share some tips to winning award in a startup competition?
A: At startups, we often think about technology. Technology actually only plays a small part, I'd say perhaps around 10%. Focus on the experience and how people would feel when they use your service. Focus on creating the "Aha" moment and really think hard how to create it. That's all that matters.
StartupsHK was founded in 2009 by Casey Lau, Jon Buford, Gene Soo and Daniel Cheng to help grow the startup community in Hong Kong. The mission of StartupsHK is to drive awareness to startups and entrepreneurs through conferences, networking events and its web platform with the main goal of sharing startup knowledge and connecting different parties in the startup ecosystem.
Gene Soo is a serial entrepreneur and has launched businesses in tech and fashion space. He is a computer engineer by training and has worked in Silicon Valley as an engineer at SanDisk and also at Accenture as a management consultant. Since returning to Hong Kong in 2009, Gene has worked at a family office and also at 6waves as a Business Development Director. Besides having co-founded StartupsHK, Gene also co-founded StyleNearby, a mobile platform for showcasing designs in a city and is also the director of S.Nine by Susanna Soo, a womenswear fashion label. Gene is currently the General Manager of Hong Kong of Citymapper, an award-winning journey planning app.
Gene has been active in pushing for a better startup ecosystem in Hong Kong and has been involved in technology, mobile, gaming and fashion start-ups space. Gene received his BS and MS in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University as well as a MBA from Columbia University.
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Dash Badcock is currently Head of Android Platform Partnerships for Southeast Asia at Google, based in Singapore. His team is responsible for partnerships with Mobile Carriers, OEMs, Retailers, Broadband ISPs and Pay TV Operators with the objective of nurturing and developing the Android ecosystem, as well as the various Google services available on the Android platform. He has been at Google since 2007, and has spent most of his time in Singapore working in various Partnerships roles across Google Advertising, Maps, Chrome & Search. Dash is originally from London, UK and graduated from Oxford University with a Masters degree in Electrical & Civil Engineering.
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The future of the contact centre headset
Filed under - Technology, Future, Headsets, History, Poly
Richard Kenny shares his thoughts on how the humble contact centre headset will change in the future.
Headset evolution
I recently stumbled on a photograph taken of one of the first ever call centres (as they were known then) in the UK – an operation set up by the Birmingham Press and Mall in the 1960s.
This picture first appeared in Call Centre Helper in our The History of the Call Centre article
The first thing to strike me was that, bouffant hairstyles aside, very little has changed in the intervening 50 years. The core characteristics of the contact centre were there in the beginning and are still with us today: the rows of agents sitting by their phone terminals receiving customer calls.
Of course, the typewriters of then have been replaced by the PCs and laptops of today, and the bulky Bakelite receivers by sleek multi-function headsets; but at its core the contact centre has survived relatively unaltered by the passage of time.
This state of affairs is about to change – dramatically – with many of these changes coming from the most unlikely of places: the telephone headsets themselves. As headsets evolve to be lighter than ever, more feature rich and better sounding, they will enable new ways of working and completely alter the face of the contact centre.
It is the headset that will allow contact centre staff to harness the power of remote working and contextual working, thereby making them a better connected, more efficient, healthier and happier workforce.
Size is important
Many of these changes will be brought about by enhancements to the physical properties of headsets, as well as to their technological power. These changes are already happening, but they will gather pace over the next decade and very soon find their way into the contact centre.
When it comes to the size of such headsets, however, little is going to change. If we think back to the first generation of consumer mobile phones – feature phones as opposed to smart phones – the trend was initially to shrink.
As the technology improved, the 'bricks' of the '80s and '90s gave way to ever smaller devices. The shrinking suddenly stopped when we realised that our hands were too big for the buttons. And then smartphones came along and we found that we wanted bigger screens to enjoy all the features they enable.
The same thing is happening with call centre headsets. We have refined the technology to such an extent that we can now pretty much shrink a headset to whatever size we want.
The only physical constraints are the size of the human head.
Human heads aren't changing shape (at least, we hope not), so this will mean slimmer headsets in the future, rather than physically smaller ones.
Google Glass?
In fact, we might see slightly larger headsets as more features are enabled and technology integration takes place. For example, there is no reason that a Google Glass-style screen couldn't be integrated into headsets in the near future.
For such systems to work, however, they need to be light. If headsets are cumbersome or uncomfortable, no matter what the benefits in terms of features, contact centre workers will shy away from them.
Titanium and other new materials
To make headsets lighter we will see an increasing array of materials used over the next decade – everything from glass and copper to titanium; materials that have a solid reliability record.
While the materials will evolve, the basic style of the headset (i.e. worn as a headband) will not change. The comfort of this set-up is proven, as is shown by the popularity of headsets for listening to music – it is a style that people are happy to adopt of their own accord.
We will, however, see different variations become popular for customer service agents who don't work full time on the phones. Who knows, as Generation Y workers take over, we might even start to see the emergence of the headset as a fashion item.
Of course, what contact centre workers and their management really look for in a headset is call quality. This is about more than simply being able to hear clearly what the customer or sales prospect is saying. It is also about health. With workers spending long hours on the phone each day, they need to have peace of mind that their headset will in no way adversely affect their hearing.
Richard Kenny
Over the next decade sound quality will improve exponentially. Voice calls will be absolutely crystal clear and without interference from background noise. Wideband audio will become available to everyone within the contact centre. It will also move well beyond the 7 kHz that is seen as the benchmark standard today.
The evolution of wideband audio will echo that of the broadband evolution in the consumer space last decade. Where once 2Mbps was the most any house could hope for, today many consumers are seeing speeds of 50Mbps and even more. The same will happen with wideband audio and, as a result, sound quality will improve dramatically.
But wideband will not be the only enhancement to sound quality. Headsets in the future will incorporate spatial stereo to enable workers to easily distinguish between multiple callers on the same line, which in turn could be matched to footage of them on HUD-style screens or more traditional computer monitors.
Noise-suppression technology
Such headsets will also see noise-suppression technology that removes sounds near the headset (except your voice) and unwanted background sounds from the person at the other end of the line (to make their voice clearer). This will enhance the working environment for call centre workers by making the call process feel much more like a natural face-to-face conversation.
The major step forward for contact centre workers will lie in integrating the headset with the tasks conducted in the contact centre. In many ways the headset will become a skeleton key for the contact centre worker to access all of the tasks they do throughout the day. It will be their authentication to access the network (and even the building), and will automatically log them in to their system based on a combination of whether the device is on the head, where the worker is in the building, and what their diary schedule and UC presence indicates.
This Contextual Intelligence will automate many of the simple, mundane tasks that need to be carried out today, and bring about efficiency and productivity gains for the business.
Importantly, the headset will act as an enabler in this way, regardless of whether the worker is in a traditional contact centre office or working from home. In the next ten years, the contact centre model that has been with us since the '60s will in many cases disappear. Instead, the contact centre will be virtual, linking together employees from all over the world.
Remote working offers real benefits to contact centre managers. It allows them to recruit the best staff in the business, no matter where they are located, while cutting down on the capital costs associated with setting up and running a large office. By being able to automatically update the worker's presence based on whether the headset is on and whether they are engaged on calls, the headset becomes a remote management tool.
The worker can thereby be freed from the office, while management retains visibility that workloads are being managed effectively.
More agile contact centres
Within ten years, therefore, headset design will have revolutionised the contact centre. Staff will benefit from more intelligent headsets that remove a lot of the mundane repetitive tasks they need to perform now.
The headset will also control the flow of information to the user based on contextual intelligence, making them more efficient by helping them find the right information at the right time.
Managers meanwhile will reap the productivity benefits of a happier workforce while at the same time saving the costs associated with running a contact centre.
With thanks to Richard Kenny, Contact Centre Segment Manager at Plantronics
Published On: 8th Jan 2014 - Last modified: 30th Jun 2017
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Garbiñe Muguruza ha vinto il titolo sconfiggendo in finale Venus Williams con il punteggio di 7-5, 6-0.

Teste di serie

  Angelique Kerber (quarto turno)
  Simona Halep (quarti di finale)
  Karolína Plíšková (secondo turno)
  Elina Svitolina (quarto turno)
  Caroline Wozniacki (quarto turno)
  Johanna Konta (semifinale)
  Svetlana Kuznetsova (quarti di finale)
  Dominika Cibulková (terzo turno)
  Agnieszka Radwańska (quarto turno)
  Venus Williams (finale)
  Petra Kvitová (secondo turno)
  Kristina Mladenovic (secondo turno)
  Jeļena Ostapenko (quarti di finale)
  Garbiñe Muguruza (campionessa)
  Elena Vesnina (secondo turno)
  Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (primo turno)

  Madison Keys (secondo turno)
  Anastasija Sevastova (secondo turno)
  Timea Bacsinszky (terzo turno)
  Daria Gavrilova (primo turno)
  Caroline Garcia (quarto turno)
  Barbora Strýcová (secondo turno)
  Kiki Bertens (primo turno)
  Coco Vandeweghe (quarti di finale)
  Carla Suárez Navarro (secondo turno)
  Mirjana Lučić-Baroni (primo turno)
  Ana Konjuh (quarto turno)
  Lauren Davis (primo turno)
  Daria Kasatkina (secondo turno)
  Zhang Shuai (primo turno)
  Roberta Vinci (primo turno)
  Lucie Šafářová (secondo turno)

Qualificate

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  Anna Blinkova (primo turno)
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<li>  Anastasija Potapova (primo turno, ritirata)
<li>  Irina Falconi (primo turno)
<li>  Polona Hercog (terzo turno)
<li>  Bianca Andreescu (primo turno)
<li>  Arina Rodionova (secondo turno)
<li>  Marina Eraković (primo turno)

Wildcard

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OSHA had a busy summer talking about its Injury and Illness Prevention Program with stakeholders around the country. During June, July and August, OSHA held meetings in NJ, TX, CA and Washington DC to solicit feedback that could be used to develop an I2P2 rule.
I2P2 is high on the agency's priority list because it believes such a program could help prevent the dozen fatalities that occur each day and the over 3 million serious work related illnesses and injuries that occur annually.
Reading the minutes, there appeared to be a spirited discussion at each meeting with opinions ranging from those fully supportive of an OSHA standard to others that implore the agency to abandon its course and instead rely on regulations already in the books.
Other disagreements included whether a new law should cover all businesses or exempt smaller employers, the efficacy of mandating management/employee committees, the value and best implementation of a recordkeeping component, and finally what the economic impact of a rule would be.
For those wondering how soon I2P2 could become law, at the last meeting in California, OSHA said that "while an Injury and Illness Prevention Program was a very high priority, the soonest the rule could be produced would be 18 months based upon the regulatory process." If OSHA sticks to that timeline, the earliest a final rule would be published is mid to late 2013.
Even thought OSHA is still in the middle of its program, there is nothing stopping an interested organization from implementing an injury and illness prevention program of its own. In fact there are several systems in existence that provide substantial guidance on creating a safer, more proactive work environment, e.g. VPP, OHSAS 18001, and ANSI.


Older Australians have long complained about age-related discrimination in the workplace. Now, a psychology professor has said they are onto something – and explained why.
In May this year, the Benevolent Society found that age is commonly used to discount people in the workplace, and deny them jobs altogether.
And in a LinkedIn post circulating late last year, one hiring manager outlined the resistance and open hostility they faced after taking on a mature age employee – who turned out to be a perfect fit for the business.
Psychology Professor Mike Nicholls of Flinders University suggests the reason for this pertains to the dating game – that humans have a predisposition to "automatically" prefer the company of others their own age rather than someone older.
"While our response is also affected by 'high-level' social conditioning, we still seem to have an in-built subconscious reaction to even an ambiguous face or figure," Professor Nicholls explained.
"This explains why young people tend to hang around with other young people, while older people associate with old and young.
Professor Nicholls cited the famed image below by cartoonist W.E. Hill, in part of a study in the US, which found that most people tended to identify the woman that more closely resembled their own age.
"The effect of this of this in society is that it makes it more difficult to encourage or even enforce inclusive behaviours, even in the workplace," he said.


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By John KrolikJun 29, 2010, 5:14 PM EDT
According to several sources, the Blazers have announced that they will waive recently acquired forward Ryan Gomes. This is obviously a cost-cutting move for the Blazers, and will put them $1.9 million under the luxury tax. The Blazers acquired Gomes, along with the draft rights to Luke Babbitt, in a draft-day trade that sent Martell Webster to the Minnesota Timberwolves.
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Hey, wait a minute: Special ops veterans wonder why POTUS Trump won't strip HILLARY's security clearance, too
TOPICS:criminalDeep Stateemail investigationHillary Clintonrevocationsecurity clearancespecial opsSpygate
Posted By: usafeaturesmedia July 25, 2018
(National Sentinel) Take them all: On Sunday, Sen. Rand Paul, Kentucky Republican, said he was going to suggest to POTUS Donald Trump that he strip security clearances from Deep State Obama sycophants like John Brennan and James Clapper.
The former CIA chief and Director of National Intelligence are likely "monetizing" their clearances as hired analysts on two of the most Left-wing "news" networks in existence.
Plus, they've been very frequent critics of the president, which led Paul to believe they may be using their access to top-level finished intelligence products in a way that undermines POTUS.
Is John Brennan monetizing his security clearance? Is John Brennan making millions of dollars divulging secrets to the mainstream media with his attacks on @realDonaldTrump ?
— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) July 23, 2018
The perpetually angry Left melted down when the White House later confirmed that POTUS Trump was indeed considering revoking not just the security clearances of Brennan and Clapper, but others including former FBI Director James Comey; former Deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe; former National Security Adviser Susan Rice and former CIA Director Michael Hayden (who also worked under President George W. Bush).
But there's one name missing from that list: Hillary Clinton.
Two former special operations officers are wondering why she hasn't been added to the list.
The Daily Caller reported:
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was not named in the White House's Monday announcement that it was considering revoking six former national security officials' security clearances, a 33-year special forces veteran noticed.
"Frankly, I was shocked that Hillary, the chief culprit, was omitted," retired Col. James Williamson told The Daily Caller News Foundation. Williamson, who was in special operations for 30 years and has held a top-level security since 1982, is president of OPSEC, a nonpartisan organization representing retired special forces and intelligence community officials.
"There is more than ample evidence that Hillary Clinton committed, whether its gross negligence, or, as [former FBI Director James] Comey would like to say, extreme carelessness," Williamson told TheDCNF. "Just from the documented evidence, there was enough to prosecute. If there's evidence to prosecute, then there's certainly grounds to pull somebody's clearance."
OPSEC Vice President retired Col. James Waurishuk agreed.
Clinton "moved classified information from the State Department to a private server," Waurishuk, who served on the National Security Council and on the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told TheDCNF. "Her clearance should have been immediately revoked and proper action taken to have her removed. She still carries that crime."
"She was a risk," he continued. "That is one of the things you look at. Is this person a risk? And yes, she was a risk. From that standpoint, she should have her clearance revoked."
The organization has been largely supportive of Trump's foreign and military policies.
Hillary Clinton trafficked in classified information. She should have been charged and convicted on multiple counts of mishandling classified information.
She should be wearing prison gray right now, not this disgusting garment while still breathing free air.
And she would have been, had James Comey, Loretta Lynch, Barack Obama and the other Deep State thugs not thrown the investigation in the hopes some of them would be working for her as president.
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Virgin Voyages, the cruise line arm of Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Group, gave the world its first look at the first of the company's three ships. The company held a keel laying ceremony for the ship at Fincantieri's shipyard in Genoa, Italy on Tuesday.
The 399 sections of the Virgin cruise ship will be assembled by Fincantieri at the facility.
The ships remain unnamed as of yet, but Virgin's first fleet will be known as the "Lady Ships," a reference to the brand's English heritage and a play on the term "your ladyship."
The ships will feature a sleek gray hull and smoked glass. 93% of its cabins will have an ocean view. In addition, all ships will be adorned with a mermaid guide that the company says embodies "the feminine spirit of the ship."
"This is a very big day for Virgin Voyages, as an exciting new holiday option for travelers starts to get ship shape," Branson said in a statement. "She will be the most recognizable ship sailing the seven seas, delivering an irresistible sailor experience. We're also committed to making sure our crew are the happiest at sea and will be proud to sail with us."
Unlike many of its future competitors, Virgin Voyages will be targeted exclusively at adults when it sets sail in 2020. According to Virgin Voyages CEO Tom McAlpin, this was done on purpose or as the company calls it "adult by design."
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As a result, you must be at least 18 years of age to sail.
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Paco Roca
UK publisher / ISBN: Knockabout - 978-0-86166-237-1
North American Publisher / ISBN: Fantagraphics Books - 978-1-60699-932-5
English language release date: 2015
Original publication language: Spanish
Categories: European, Humour, Slice of Life
Wrinkles has a brilliant opening sequence that immediately introduces the theme of the book. A man and his wife sit opposite another man in a suit at a desk who informs them he can't offer them a mortgage as they have no collateral. On hearing this the man becomes infuriated, saying he doesn't want a loan, and as we turn the page the scene transforms into reality. The couple are sitting by an elderly man in bed suffering from dementia, and the previous page has been his worldview.
This is Emilio, or Ernest if you go for the Knockabout edition, who had been a bank manager, but is now a constant source of frustration to his son. Arrangements are made for Emilio's accommodation in a nursing home shortly thereafter.
Paco Roca is largely unknown to the English speaking world, but has an immense reputation in Europe stretching back to the 1990s. Wrinkles won the award for Best Album at several European festivals, the most prestigious being Lucca, and an animated film has been adapted from it. The gestation of the book began when an advertising illustration Roca produced was rejected due to the elderly people it featured lacking a visual appeal. The comment resonated, and he began gathering stories of the elderly.
Emilio's new surroundings are a depressing depiction of what awaits very many of us, with the happiest being those who've retreated to their own world. Therapists go through the motions, and doctors are blunt. Roca illustrates everything in a matter of fact style high on emotional sensitivity and never lacking in geniality.
The only moments of sentimentality occur when people return to happier memories of their younger days. An elderly man recalling how he captured a cloud and won his wife is very touching, but there's absolutely no sentimentality about the lives led by the nursing home residents in the present day. A two page sequence displays the daily routine for most. The periods between meals are largely spent sitting in silence in a row beneath a clock.
King of this sandcastle is Miguel (or Émile in the Knockabout edition), who routinely cons other folk out of money, and exploits those who have dementia. Far more capable than those around him, Miguel retains a zest for life, and is grateful for Emilio's arrival representing the company of someone still possessing most of their faculties.
Yes, there is some laughter at the expense of those suffering from Alzheimer's disease, but it's of a genial kind, and far outweighed by the depiction of the fears and experiences of sufferers. The threat of the second floor is literally suspended above the heads of those in the early stages, and toward the end there's a brilliant and horrific moment that immediately hammers home in the most intense fashion what it's like to suffer from the condition.
Wrinkles is powerful, affecting and poignant, and you should read it. The Fantagraphics edition is better. Despite a more appealing cover, the Knockabout translation is very stilted and unnatural. It doesn't ruin the emotional beats, but undermines them via distraction.
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You want to be a millionaire • You have no life-lines and are risk neutral. For simplicity assume if you answer wrong you get £ 0. • If your are at £ 500, 000, at what certainty would you guess for the million? • Given your previous answer. Before seeing the question your certainty of answering correctly the £ 500, 000 is either 25% or 75% with equal chance. • At what certainty at £ 250, 000, would you go for it?
Measuring Risk Variance - Average value of squared deviations from mean. A measure of volatility. Standard Deviation – Square-Root of Variance. A measure of volatility.
Risk and Diversification What does this tell you about mutual funds (unit trusts)?
Measuring Market Risk Market Portfolio - Portfolio of all assets in the economy. In practice a broad stock market index, such as the S&P Composite, is used to represent the market. Beta - Sensitivity of a stock's return to the return on the market portfolio.
Measuring Market Risk Example - Turbo Charged Seafood has the following % returns on its stock, relative to the listed changes in the % return on the market portfolio. The beta of Turbo Charged Seafood can be derived from this information.
Measuring Market Risk Example - continued • When the market was up 1%, Turbo average % change was +0. 8% • When the market was down 1%, Turbo average % change was -0. 8% • The average change of 1. 6 % (-0. 8 to 0. 8) divided by the 2% (-1. 0 to 1. 0) change in the market produces a beta of 0. 8. • Beta is a measure of risk with respect to the market (covariance). Can be additional risk! • Betting on Israel vs. Austria WC game.
Measuring Market Risk Premium - Risk premium of market portfolio. Difference between market return and return on risk-free Treasury bills.
Measuring Market Risk CAPM - Theory of the relationship between risk and return which states that the expected risk premium on any security equals its beta times the market risk premium.
Measuring Market Risk Security Market Line - The graphic representation of the CAPM.
Problems with CAPM • Plotting average return vs. Beta, a zero Beta beats Risk-free rate. • Short term doesn't do so well. • Unstable Betas. • Tough to test. Will the real market portfolio stand up? • Beta is not a very good predictor of future returns. However, Jagannathan & Wang do find support with adjustments.
Capital Budgeting & Project Risk • The project cost of capital depends on the use to which the capital is being put. Therefore, it depends on the risk of the project and not the risk of the company.
Capital Budgeting & Project Risk Example - Based on the CAPM, ABC Company has a cost of capital of 17%. (4 + 1. 3(10)). A breakdown of the company's investment projects is listed below. When evaluating a new dog food production investment, which cost of capital should be used? R = 4 + 0. 6 (14 - 4 ) = 10% reflects the opportunity cost of capital on an investment given the unique risk of the project. You should use this value in computing that project's NPV!!
Wait a second! • A project has a NPV=£ 10, 000 when r=. 05 and a NPV=-£ 10, 000 when r=. 1 and the company can borrow at 5%. Why shouldn't the company invest even if the cost of capital is 10% because of a beta? • Shouldn't a project that is risky but has Beta=0 be considered worse than a project that is safe and has Beta=0?


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Wireless charging has become a reality but long-range wireless charging is still challenging, because of a breakneck decrease in the power available to devices as they get away from the charger. However, the new technology allows the users to set up the charge transfers in a particular order of priority. In this method, there will be a power adapter linked to multiple electronic devices in the same communication network.
This patent is also hinting towards Apple's efforts to explore ways to prioritize the different devices within the wireless charging system's range. If this technology would become a reality then the user can tell the system to charge the iPad before the iPhone, or iPhone before the iWatch, or any priority order based on their usage patterns.
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Today sees the glorious return of Queen Kwong with news of a brand new album, 'Love Me To Death' and the premiere of the first track. The brainchild of uber-talented multi-instrumentalist Carré Callaway, 'Love Me To Death' is the first release from the brilliant forthcoming album of the same title set for a February 23rd release on Edison Sound.
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Planet surface simulation for testing vision-based autonomous planetary landers
S. Parkes, M. Dunstan, I. Martin, P. Mendham, S. Mancuso
ESA is planning a series of robotic missions to Mars, the safe delivery of which will be greatly assisted by landing systems capable of autonomous navigation and hazard detection and avoidance. Vision-based navigation is a promising technique which is currently being developed by ESA. The testing of vision-based navigation systems can benefit from computer-based planet surface simulations representative of the target planetary body. PANGU (Planet and Asteroid Natural Scene Generation Utility) is a software tool for simulating and visualising the surface of various planetary bodies. PANGU builds a planet surface model starting with a predefined surface or a fractal surface generated by PANGU. Craters are placed on the terrain according to user defined parameters, combining idealised mathematical models with fractal techniques to produce a realistic appearance. Boulders, sand dunes and other small scale features may then be added. Given the position and orientation of a camera, PANGU generates the corresponding image accounting for illumination conditions. PANGU has been designed to give a high degree of realism while operating at near real-time speeds. As well as cameras, scanning LIDAR and radar altimeters may also be simulated, allowing a comprehensive evaluation of various navigation sensor combinations and redundancy schemes for planetary landers.
57th International Astronautical Congress, IAC 2006
https://doi.org/10.2514/MIAF06
57th International Astronautical Congress 2006, IAC 2006 - Valencia, Spain
Duration: 2 Oct 2006 → 6 Oct 2006
57th International Astronautical Congress 2006, IAC 2006
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Planetary landers Engineering & Materials Science
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Radio altimeters Engineering & Materials Science
Cameras Engineering & Materials Science
Parkes, S., Dunstan, M., Martin, I., Mendham, P. & Mancuso, S., 2006.
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Parkes, S., Dunstan, M., Martin, I., Mendham, P., & Mancuso, S. (2006). Planet surface simulation for testing vision-based autonomous planetary landers. In 57th International Astronautical Congress, IAC 2006 (Vol. 3, pp. 1512-1520). American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. https://doi.org/10.2514/MIAF06
Parkes, S. ; Dunstan, M. ; Martin, I. ; Mendham, P. ; Mancuso, S. / Planet surface simulation for testing vision-based autonomous planetary landers. 57th International Astronautical Congress, IAC 2006. Vol. 3 American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2006. pp. 1512-1520
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The researchers combined satellite imagery with on-the-ground weather observations from 1979 to 2012 in order to pinpoint what was triggering melting in specific places. Satellites are used to map melting in real time because their imagery can distinguish snow from liquid water. About 20 automated weather stations spread across the ice offer concurrent data on temperature, wind and precipitation. Combining the two sets of data, the researchers zeroed in on more than 300 events in which they found the initial trigger for melting was weather that brought rain. "That was a surprise to see," said the study's lead author, Marilena Oltmanns of Germany's GEOMAR Centre for Ocean Research. She said that over the study period, melting associated with rain and its subsequent effects doubled during summer, and tripled in winter. Total precipitation over the ice sheet did not change; what did change was the form of precipitation. All told, the researchers estimate that nearly a third of total runoff they observed was initiated by rainfall.
The study was coauthored by Fiammetta Straneo of Scripps Institution of Oceanography.
The paper, "Increased Greenland melt triggered by large-scale, year-round cyclonic moisture intrusions," is available from the authors or the Earth Institute press office.


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"In the Studios of Paris: William Bouguereau and his American Students," Frick Art & Historical Center through Oct. 7. Originally curated by the Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, Sept. 17-Dec. 31, 2006. Also installed at the Appleton Museum of Art, Ocala, Florida, Feb. 9-Apr. 29, 2007. Artists include: Cecilia Beaux (1855-1942), Minerva Chapman (1858-1947), Eanger Irving Couse (1866-1936), Elizabeth Gardner (1837-1922), Robert Henri (1865-1929), and Anna Klumpke (1856-1942).
Mark Roth reports in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette that Bouguereau's fame was cut short by the arrival of Impressionism: "More than 100 years after his death, Bouguereau can still provoke diametrically opposed views. Either he was the one of the finest oil painters of all time, or he was an unimaginative, sentimental portrayer of hackneyed themes….The Impressionists and other modern artists took center stage, leaving academic lions such as Bouguereau and Englishman Sir Lawrence Alda-Tadema in the wings. The denigration of Bouguereau's reputation began not long after his death in 1905. In a history of modern painting two years later, German critic Richard Muther wrote: 'William Bouguereau, who industriously learnt all that can be assimilated by a man destitute of artistic feeling but possessing a cultured taste, reveals even more clearly in his feeble mawkishness, the fatal decline of the old schools of convention …'"Read more.
Kurt Shaw in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review focuses on the perfectionism in Bouguereau's work: "A prolific perfectionist, Bouguereau created more than 800 paintings in his lifetime, all nearly as perfect as the next. 'He is so technically skilled on every level,' Frick curator Sarah Hall says. 'When you look at his work you can see the underpinnings of academic drawing, this great line quality. He's known as a master of hands and feet, and he shows (this skill) off….But as visitors will see, Bouguereau's influence can be seen in all his students. With an eye on beauty and a hand trained to perfection, he guided them to an ideal in which exquisite drawing, refined forms and the perfection of human anatomy come into focus as a stunning achievement.'" Read more.


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> This solution isn't really helpful for anyone, it is slower than just writing down the constant values and pretty unclear at first glance. Looking back at it, it is not even too elegant. But this was a fun little piece of code that I wrote in about 2-3 hours, and wanted to share it, since I couldnt find anything like this on the Internet. - [Catonif](https://catonif.github.io/cube/)

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Marco Ferrari, "The water vapor and aerosols [airborne particles of dust, soot, mold, and bacteria] of Earth's third atmosphere-ocean environment," 2021. Courtesy the artist
This project evolves current understandings of planetary-scale ecosystems governance and imaginaries through transdisciplinary research methods utilized in architecture and landscape architecture to investigate, assemble, and disseminate multiple histories of the atmosphere. Through research, public presentations, and a print publication, the research examines how the earth's atmosphere plays a critical role in the construction, regulation, and meditation of the climate—and how climate modification and disaster management might be understood, regulated, and reimagined. This project investigates two sites, one in China and one in Iceland, to understand their mediation of our understanding of the earth's atmosphere as a means by which to develop alternative cartographies and models of knowledge. In an era where the unpredictability of the climate is shaping geopolitics, the fields of architecture and landscape architecture can play a fundamental role in the intervention of climate disaster management. Ultimately, this work aims to create new tools and imaginaries, intimately tied to unfolding climate changes, for shaping global and local politics.
Marco Ferrari is the cofounder of Studio Folder, an interdisciplinary design practice working on commissions in the fields of culture and the arts, and independent research projects that examine the politics and visualization of spatial data. Since 2012, Studio Folder has been developing visual identities, digital platforms, exhibitions, and art direction consultancy for international clients, while acquiring a comprehensive experience in the creation of information, statistical, and cartographic visualizations for physical spaces, digital, and printed media. The work of the studio has been published widely and exhibited internationally. Ferrari is the coauthor of A Moving Border. Alpine Cartographies of Climate Change, a book based on Studio Folder's long-term project Italian Limes, published by Columbia Books on Architecture and the City in 2019. He is an adjunct assistant professor at Columbia University's Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, and a visiting tutor at the Royal College of Art in London.
Elise Misao Hunchuck is a transdisciplinary researcher, editor, writer, and educator. Based in Berlin and Milan, Hunchuck's practice brings together architecture, landscape architecture, and media studies to research sites in Canada, Japan, China, and Ukraine. Employing text, images, and cartographies, she documents, studies, and archives the co-constitutive relationships between plants, animals, and minerals—in all of their forms. She is the almanac and journal editor for transmediale and one of the curatorial directors of the yearly digital and media art festival. She is an editorial board member for the journal SCAPEGOAT: Architecture, Landscape, Political Economy, an adjunct assistant professor at the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation at Columbia University, and alongside Marco Ferrari and Jingru (Cyan) Cheng, she coleads the architectural design studio ADS7 at the Royal College of Art in London. Her writing and editorial works have been published in The Funambulist, Flash Art, MIT Press, Onassis Foundation, Spector Books, and Sternberg Press. Most recently, she coedited Electric Brine (Archive Books, 2021), Photography Off the Scale (Edinburgh University Press, 2021), and the forthcoming Operational Images (University of Minnesota Press, 2023). Forthcoming written contributions are with Bloomsbury and the Minnesota University Press series Art after Nature on the work and legacy of Robert Smithson.


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Golfer-in-chiefJanuary 17, 2017
How Good is Donald Trump the Golfer?
In our two rounds together, he showed flaws but did the most important things right
Jaime Diaz
PA Wire/Press Association Images __A round at Aberdeen in Scotland in 2014.__
My main memory of playing golf with Donald Trump—preserved with more care now that he's the president—is that he really went after the ball hard. But the interesting thing is that though Trump's action might have looked a little reckless, it soon became clear that it was quite under control.
Hmmm. Perhaps more support for the quote, "How you do anything is how you do everything."
Trump was 67 when I played with him in 2013 at his course outside Charlotte and in early 2014 at Doral, but he still possessed a significant remnant of big-man athleticism. He was not particularly long off the tee—averaging about 230 yards—but a big reason was a steep downswing that produced a low fade and was better suited to good iron play. Trump had clearly made a calculation that being exceedingly straight—he was rarely in the rough and never in chip-out or penalty trouble—works better than long and (too often) wrong.
When I asked Trump about this, he said he hadn't given it a lot of thought. He's basically self-taught, never consistently working with an instructor. "I think of golf as a very natural game," he said. "I never really wanted to know a lot about my technique. I really trust instinct a lot, in golf and a lot of things."
RELATED: More on Donald Trump in Golf Digest
Another impression of Trump the golfer is that he genuinely likes playing the game. On the course, playing quickly, he projects the contentment of a man in his element. Settling into a sound and relaxed address position that identifies him as a good player, he appears very much a confident golfer relishing the opportunity to flush another one.
Trump's swing is imperfect but grooved, and it soon engenders a certainty that nothing really bad is going to happen to his golf ball. He has a flat takeaway well to the inside and loads hard onto his right side. Before starting down, his shoulder plane raises into what at first looks like a duffer's over-the-top move. But Trump simultaneously unleashes the kind of aggressive opening of the left hip that is rarely seen in older amateurs, clearing the way for the club to release from an inside path.
"For me, it's all about the hips," Trump said while walking down the fairway. "Just get them out of the way as fast and as hard as I can and let the arms really swing through. I read about the hips a long time ago in Ben Hogan's book, and it became my simple key, and I've stayed with it. It might look a little crazy, but the more I clear, the straighter I hit it."
Check video or photos of Trump's swing (see photos below), which reveal a very sound impact position, validated by an almost exaggerated extension past the ball that evokes Lee Trevino, and sometimes a walk-through finish reminiscent of Gary Player. In essence, Trump's swing contains some flaws, but he does the most important things right.
Photos by J.D. Cuban
Competing at Pebble Beach in 2005.
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Playing the pro-am at the 2008 Deutsche Bank Championship.
To my eye, the best part of Trump's game is his ball-striking. His play around the green is serviceable but without much variety— more chip-and-run than high and soft—although his aggressive lower-body move helps create some spin out of the sand.
Trump considers his putting the best part of his game. He boasted more than once, "I'm a great putter." Clearly that self-belief has helped him be a good putter, but judging by his stroke, which features a wristy release, I found his long game more reliable.
'I never really wanted to know a lot about my technique. I really trust instinct a lot, in golf and a lot of things.' – Donald Trump
Both our rounds came during openings of redesigns to his courses and were played casually, with plenty of putts inside five feet over-generously slapped away. But I certainly didn't get the feeling that Trump shoots in the 70s only because he doesn't putt the short ones. His ball-striking, from medium-length tees, made him a legitimate 4-handicap at the time. Today he's officially a 2.8 in the United States Golf Association's GHIN system (see chart below), though he has posted only scores going back to 2009.
As a golfer, the 45th president is the real deal.
WHAT YOU CAN LEARN FROM TRUMP'S SCORES
Seven of Trump's 10 "counting" scores have occurred in tournament play. That's a high tournament-to-casual-rounds ratio and indicates a gutsy player and good member-guest invitee. It means something else: There were lots of witnesses to his performance.
Trump's scoring history dates to 2009. Forgive the arched eyebrow, but has he really played only 20 rounds in the past seven years? Perhaps he finds himself rushing to board his helicopter, but to make the handicap system meaningful, all scores should be entered.
Check out Trump's "anti-handicap"—the range of his throw-out scores. Not too many hideous numbers in there, which indicates he's more a Steady Eddie than a Wild Willie.
Trump's home courses all are stout. Course and Slope Ratings notwithstanding, experienced players are wary when a good player journeys from a hard course to an easy one. They frequently shoot lights-out on the easier layout.
The vast majority of his scores were shot in May, June and July. The weather is better, the courses are in prime scoring condition and our games are in great shape. If more scores from early spring were included, it's rational to believe they would be higher.
Always watch out for anomalies—scores inordinately higher or lower than the player shoots normally.
In Trump's case, the tournament round of 70 he shot in August 2013 is four shots lower than his next-lowest score. It shows he's capable of going low.
When Trump comes back from a seemingly long layoff, invariably he shoots a "counting" score. This is a sign of pure talent. Or perhaps clandestine hours spent whacking balls into a net in his office at Trump Tower. — Guy Yocom
TRUMP'S 19 CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS
Trump International West Palm Beach men's club champion
Trump National Westchester men's club champion
Trump National Westchester senior club champion
2010Trump National Westchester senior club champion
Trump National Bedminster senior club champion
Trump International West Palm Beach senior club champion
RELATED: Learn more about Golf Digest's special issue "Donald Trump: Golfer-In-Chief"
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[Koizumi Jun'ichirō], (Yokosuka, 8 de janeiro de 1942) é um político moderado japonês. Foi o 87º primeiro-ministro do Japão, sucedido por Shinzo Abe. Aposentou-se da política quando seu mandato no parlamento terminou.

Vida

Koizumi foi educado na Escola de Yokosuka e na Universidade Keio, onde estudou economia. Passou um breve período estudando no College University de Londres antes de retornar ao Japão em dezembro de 1969. Casou-se em 1978. Seu casamento acabou em divórcio em 1982 e ele não mais casou desde então. Junichiro tem três filhos, dois vivem com ele (Shinjiro Koizumi e Kotaro Koizumi) e nunca mais viram sua mãe desde o divórcio. O mais novo, estudante da Universidade Keio, nunca conheceu seu pai. Kotaro Koizumi é ator e participou de diversos seriados japoneses. O avô de Koizumi era Matajiro Koizumi. Koizumi é fã de Richard Wagner e também da banda japonesa de heavy metal X Japan.

Vida política

Antes de uma iniciativa fracassada de ser eleito, Koizumi se tornou membro da 11ª Prefeitura de Kanagawa em dezembro de 1972. Era membro do Partido Liberal Democrata (PLD), e se juntou à facção Fukuda. Desde então já foi eleito dez vezes. Em 1992, tornou-se Ministro de Telecomunicações no governo de Kiichi Miyazawa. Foi três vezes Ministro da Saúde nos governos de Noboru Takeshita, Sosuke Uno e Ryutaro Hashimoto. Em 1994 com o PLD na oposição, ele se tornou membro de uma outra facção, a Shinseiki, constituída por parlamentares jovens e mais motivados.
Concorreu à presidência do PLD em setembro de 1995 e em julho de 1999, mas obteve pouco apoio perdendo para Ryutaro Hashimoto e Keizo Obuchi, respectivamente. Em abril de 2000 Obuchi foi substituído por Yoshiro Mori. Koizumi se tornou líder do seu partido na sua terceira tentativa em 24 de abril de 2001. Ele teve 298 votos, enquanto o outro candidato, Ryutaro Hashimoto, 155. Tornou-se Primeiro-ministro em 26 de abril de 2001. Sua coalizão assegurou 78 das 121 vagas na Câmara dos Conselheiros.

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Peter directed that admonition to his brethren scattered among Gentile nations. It was important that they set the proper example before the Gentiles. He had instructed them to "[put] aside all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander" (verse 1), and to seek growth in Christ by desiring the milk of the word (verse 2). They (both Jews and Gentiles) were a chosen generation and were to keep their manner of life honest before the Gentiles.
Among the good, correct attitudes to be displayed, Peter said, are respect and honor to various government authorities and their brethren, and a fear of God. By doing this, the Christians of the first century would "put to silence the ignorance of foolish men." After those instructions, Peter then wrote the words at the beginning of this article.
Persecution takes many forms. Many of the first Christians faced death or other physical hardships. We seldom face such things today, but we do face dealing with good and bad actions by others. The boss may be unreasonable; fellow employees often ridicule or seek unfair advantage; friends become enemies; and brethren do not follow the instructions to lay aside guile, hypocrisies and evil speaking. With little thought, this list could increase. Christians often struggle with how to deal with this type of persecution. We do not necessarily face it because we are Christians, but our reactions to it show what kind of stones we are.
The point made by both Jesus and Peter is that suffering for your own fault brings no reward from God. Sin always has consequences. Suffering for our lack of love or wrong actions are simply the consequences of sin and deserve no reward. We should expect it and take it patiently, even if the one causing the suffering is a perverse, unreasonable master or enemy.
However, suffering for doing what is right and good does bring reward from God. We may not see the reward immediately, but God will reward our suffering for good. Peter even had the nerve to say that we should be happy about this type of suffering (I Pet. 3:14, 17; 4:15-17). And Paul added in one of his letters to Timothy: "It is a trustworthy statement: 'For if we died with Him, we will also live with Him; if we endure, we will also reign with Him; if we deny Him, He also will deny us" (II Tim. 2:11-12).
A certain amount of suffering or persecution will come to all Christians, some more than others (II Tim. 3:12). How we deal with that persecution, and with those who are responsible for it, is vital to our salvation.
Christians do not have the privilege of revenge (Rom. 12:19-20). There are times that we simply have to endure the suffering, ridicule, unjust treatment, lies, gossip and lack of love by brethren and the world. We should expect these things from those who do not love God or subscribe to His principles, but it hurts much more when it comes from those in the church, who are supposed to know better. Nevertheless, it will come, as it always has (I Tim. 4:10; Philip. 1:29-30).
Developing the ability to endure suffering does not come easy. For most of us it will be a lifelong struggle. But remember that God is on our side and that spiritual endurance has its eternal reward. "Therefore, those also who suffer according to the will of God shall entrust their souls to a faithful Creator in doing what is right" (I Pet. 4:19).
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Javier Colon performs at Achieve Hartford!
Winner of NBC's "The Voice," Javier Colon, is a rare combination of talent, star-power, and humility. His extraordinary tenor voice and "acoustic soul" style bring spiritual integrity and musical sophistication to his pop song chart.
The growing collection of original work Colon has developed over the last several years often showcases personal stories about relationships and his family life.
While Colon's career is over a decade long, it was in 2011 that he captured the hearts of over 13 million NBC viewers who selected him as "The Voice."
"I try to write about stuff that pertains to me," Colon said. "I write a lot about my family, and a lot about things that affect all of us. And by writing these songs, it affects me too. It can be a very emotional experience, a very draining experience, because I write stuff that's very close to home."
Today, Colon's career takes him on concert tours from coast to coast and occasionally overseas. His musical collaborations and recording sessions include regular visits to Los Angeles, New York, and Nashville. Yet despite all the travel, and more so because of it, Connecticut remains his home. It's his constant; the place that provides a healthy support system for his family, including wife Maureen and their three young children. Colon said, "Connecticut's always been home. It just feels like where I'm supposed to be."
In a recent interview in the CPTV studios, Colon shared an update on life since "The Voice," including some insight into his early music training at the University of Hartford's Hartt School, a glimpse at his involvement in the community with Achieve Hartford!, and his passion for developing young voices. Our television crew had a chance to capture Javier leading a master class with some amazing teen vocalists at ACES: the Educational Center for the Arts in New Haven.
Colon's efforts with young people reflect some of his own musical experiences that were motivated by his middle school teachers. "I didn't really think I was anything special when I was in seventh and eighth grade," he said, "but my teachers pushed me. They saw some talent there. They saw more talent than I saw."
In this Spotlight on the Arts video, meet the Connecticut side of Javier Colon—America's "voice" and our next door neighbor.


Recently I became aware of the global Ban Bossy campaign that's been going on. It seems to be spreading like wildfire over all social media platforms, (Twitter, Facebook, Youtube, there's even a website dedicated to the cause) and so I thought that I might as well throw in my two cents.
Facebook chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg and her celebrity cronies are kicking up a fuss about the term 'bossy' which they say prevents schoolgirls from seeing themselves as future leaders. 'The B-word', as they're calling it, demeans women and destroys their confidence. Therefore they think that parents and in particular, teachers, should avoid using the word because it puts girls down… How bossy of them!
Now, personally I've had the 'bossy' label attached to me since my toddler days. And I agree that I do have some bossy tendencies that like to make an appearance every now and then, but I've never lost sleep over it. At the end of the day that's me and people can either accept that or take a hike! Being 'bossy' lets people know that they'd be crazy to mess with me because I'll always give as good as I get. And so I view it as an empowering term that's given me thick skin, rather than something that holds me back in any way. Furthermore you can't escape being labelled, that's life; we're all stronger people because of it and banning one word will not by any means change that.
Additionally, I don't believe that 'bossy' is a gender-specific term; my dad and 18 month old nephew are two of the bossiest people I know! So why Beyonce is trying to convince the world that 'bossy' is a soul-crushingly negative term reserved just for women, is beyond me. Oh Mrs Carter I had faith in you, why did you jump onto this ridiculous feminist bandwagon?!
The truth is that young girls these days suffer from much bigger issues than being called 'bossy'. If Sandberg's main priority and concern is to boost girls' self-esteem, the place to begin is by altering their body-image perceptions. Because honestly that's much more of a prominent issue.
So Sandberg and Beyonce, if you really want to help young girls then consider banning labels like 'fat' or 'ugly', not 'bossy' because it's unnecessary and pointless. Forget this ridiculousness, people need to be paying attention to the real issues and epidemics going on in the world. Stop wasting our time and let us crack open a newspaper, skip ahead to the global current affairs section and remind ourselves of what real problems look like.
And if Beyonce really campaigned for building self-esteem, she'd put clothes on to let them know one doesn't have to be half-naked to be successful in Hollywood.
Very true, I'm a big fan of her music but she needs to start practicing what she preaches or she'll risk being viewed as a big phoney! Thanks for your comment.
I think we should ban well off famous women from speaking about "problems" as if they have any idea about what those really are. I mean sheesh, talk about bossy, trying to control what words we can use..
"Additionally, I don't believe that 'bossy' is a gender-specific term." Good point. I think genderizing a gender neutral term encourages sexism rather than decreasing it.
Thanks for your comment Dave, I agree with you and I think that the entire campaign will essentially do more harm than good for kids!
I love this! People wear tons of labels, and if bossy is one of them, then that is not so bad! And we may call girls bossy and boys aggressive, but "bossy" girls likely don't care.
If topics like this are making headlines these days it's probably best to stay out of the loop lol! Thanks for your comment Janna, I'm glad I could get you up to speed with the ridiculousness of the media!
I think this is the best argument/counter point to the whole "Bossy Campaign" I've seen. Btw, thanks for the follow.
I don't see a rational reason to regard the word "bossy" as inherently evil.
On another note, the word "bossy" is related to the Dutch word "baas" (which means "master").
I really just enjoyed this post. People don't realise that these viral campaigns are geared at improving the image of these people and are simply marketing strategies and nothing more. If you could pay hundreds of thousands in retainers to a PR firm, you would get your own viral campaign. Too often we swallow these things without reading the label.


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For a Modern 'Brady Bunch,' a Modernist Family Home in Seattle
When Brandon Ebel and Sarah Jio began planning a life together, they couldn't miss the parallels between their own families and a certain television show.
"We have a 'Brady Bunch' situation going on," said Mr. Ebel, 51, who has two daughters and a son from his previous marriage, while Ms. Jio, 43, has three sons from her previous marriage.
"We had actually met each other in the '90s, when she was dating the lead singer of one of my punk rock bands," said Mr. Ebel, the founder of Tooth & Nail Records and Solid State Records, and an owner of the coffee company Caffe Vita. "Then we both ended up getting divorced and met each other online again, 20 years later."
Mr. Ebel owned a house in Seattle, as did Ms. Jio, a journalist and author whose latest novel, "With Love from London," is out this week. But after getting engaged in December 2017, they realized that neither home was large enough to hold their combined entourage, including six children who now range in age from 10 to 17.
Fortunately, Mr. Ebel had a plan. "I had had a vision to build a modern house for almost 20 years," he said. "And when Sarah and I fell in love, I was in the process of finding the perfect lot."
In 2015, he had spotted a potential tear-down house on a prime hilltop lot in Seattle's Magnolia neighborhood, and approached the owners about selling. It turned out that they were nearing retirement and receptive to the idea, and after two years of negotiations, Mr. Ebel bought the property for $1.2 million.
Ms. Jio immediately understood why he liked it. "It has this beautiful view of the Seattle skyline, the Space Needle, the ferries coming in from Bainbridge Island and Mount Rainier," she said. "It really just takes your breath away."
She was less certain about Mr. Ebel's intention to create a modernist compound. "I was sort of a latecomer to modern design, and I was a little worried the house he had envisioned would be cold, and not a warm place for a family," she said. "I write a lot of historical fiction and often return to the 1940s, 1930s in my storytelling, so I love a traditional home."
The couple's architects, Jon Gentry and Aimée O'Carroll, of GO'C, put Ms. Jio's concerns to rest when they presented their design for the 5,500-square-foot house. "I loved it immediately, and I didn't expect that — it actually shocked me," Ms. Jio said. "It was a modern home of such warmth."
The couple had given Mr. Gentry and Ms. O'Carroll a detailed wish list for their new home, and the architects had seemingly ticked every box. "Brandon said he didn't want to give all the kids huge bedrooms where they would just go and hide out," Ms. O'Carroll said. "So we created a communal space for the kids to hang out in and smaller bedrooms that encourage people to be together."
The result is a series of six compact bedrooms of roughly 80 square feet apiece, clustered around a dedicated children's living room with communal desks, on the top level of the three-story home. "I call them ship's cabins," Ms. Jio said. "They have their privacy and autonomy, but then they can come out and be brothers and sisters."
A bridge-like walkway leads from the children's area to the primary suite, which has a bedroom that cantilevers out from the rest of the house, to take maximum advantage of the view. "It just explodes open with glass and steel to frame that view," Mr. Gentry said.
One level down, the main floor has more space for gathering. An expansive double-height living room is open to a large kitchen with walnut cabinets, an eight-burner Lacanche range and an island that seats six.
"That kitchen is so well used and so well loved," Ms. Jio said. "I'm a big gardener and a huge cook."
In the summer, she harvests vegetables, fruits and herbs from the rooftop garden, which is accessible via a perforated-metal staircase. "We have a kiwi vine, grapevines and, this year, we had a big fig harvest," she said. "The kids love it and go up to pick golden raspberries and blueberries, or I'll ask them to grab me some basil or rosemary for dinner."
The kitchen flows seamlessly into an indoor dining area terminating in sliding-glass doors that open to an outdoor kitchen and a large terrace with a firepit. There is also a library with a steel-clad fireplace and walls lined with books and records that reflect the couple's passions. The lower level has more hangout spaces, including a home theater and a game room, and provides access to the pool.
After their contractor, Thomas Fragnoli Construction, broke ground in April 2018, Mr. Ebel and Ms. Jio married in July 2019 while their dream home was under construction. "We kept delaying our marriage, just because this house was taking a long time," Mr. Ebel said.
Even after their wedding, they continued splitting their time between their two individual homes, and didn't fully move in together until their new house was completed in November 2020, at a cost of about $1,000 a square foot.
They are now finally settled, and marvel at how the house supports the whole family spending time together, while providing enough separate areas for each person to find some private space.
"It has become our family home," Ms. Jio said, "and a place of joy."
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