The unusually large drop in existing home sales (down 6.4%) has everyone perplexed. Is it because of a decline in consumer confidence? Demand weakening because of home price gains and rising (yet still historically low) mortgage rates? Potential buyers worried that if they buy now they'll lose their shirts? Concerns about stock market volatility? Negative headlines too worrisome to make a big purchase? Lots of questions; no definitive answers….but the numbers could be taken as fresh evidence that the housing market could be in for a bumpy – if not sluggish – ride in 2019.
What the kale? For the first time in years, this once beloved leafy green has fallen off the top 10 superfoods list, according to an annual survey of over 1300 registered dietitians. It's been replaced by fermented foods (now in the top spot), followed by avocados and seeds, in the second and third.
Good news: the man who impregnated a woman in a vegetative state was arrested a few days ago. The scary part is that this man was the nurse who was responsible for caring for this victim at Hacienda HealthCare, and was someone the victim's family trusted! Anyway, he's in jail now…been charged with one count of sexual assault and one count of vulnerable adult abuse.
Did you hear about the 23-year old who disappeared from a bar near Faneuil Hall? The story caught our attention – and even hit home – because we know the area well, and used to frequent those very same bars when we were around that very same age. Sounds like there was a lot of drinking going on that night, and that this kid, Olivia Ambrose, was basically "snatched" by a predator because she was easy prey. We're just reading between the lines, but long story short is that Ambrose was found – alive! – in the suspect's apartment in Charlestown several days after the incident. She has since reunited with her family. The suspect, who has a lengthy criminal history, has been charged with kidnapping and is undergoing mental health evaluation.


The Copper Creek area is approximately 20 miles SE of Kremmling. It has two areas, one referred to simply as Copper Creek, consists of lots with approximately 10 acres in size. The second area Copper Creek Ranch Estates, has lots with acreage around 40 acres. The smaller parcels are most commonly serviced by household wells with an average depth of 374'. The larger parcels are most commonly serviced by domestic wells with an average depth of 389'.


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Vervoer
 Sociale mobiliteit
 Circulatie (mobiliteit)
 Flexibiliteit (anatomie), anatomische mobiliteit
 Mobiliteit (geochemie), de mate waarin scheikundige deeltjes zich kunnen verplaatsen
 Arbeidsmobiliteit - positieveranderingen werknemers

Zie ook
 Mobiel (doorverwijspagina)
 Minister van mobiliteit (doorverwijspagina)

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Saturday & Sunday: 11:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
HoliMont offers a garbage and recycling service for its residents. Stickers for Refuse and Recycling can be purchased in the Main Office or at the Refuse Site.
Stickers are now: $4 each.
Please do not leave items at the gate if the facility is closed.
Unattended bags of garbage are the perfect target for critters.
This makes a huge mess and defeats the purpose of a dedicated refuse program.


Psychology major Ali Shahidy '17 is the first student from Afghanistan to attend Norwich University. His summer research project, under the mentorship of Criminal Justice Professor Travis Morris, was titled "How is Jihad Marketed in Kabul, Afghanistan?" Shahidy was able to develop six typologies through which Jihadi information is disseminated, and concluded that Jihadi information circulates in Kabul on a regular basis, in multiple manners, and on a large scale. However, the study could not conclude that all texts are propaganda with a specific purpose to influence and encourage people to join a Jihadi movement; some texts or speeches on Jihad are ideological concepts that are taught as part of the religious studies, and therefore they can't be defined as propaganda. Shahidy said, "I valued the opportunity to conduct one-on-one in-depth academic works with a faculty mentor who is an expert on the subject matter. The research project is a process through which I have learned tremendously about academic research from my mentor." Shahidy will be staffing the Undergraduate Research information table as one of its new Ambassadors.
International studies major Jake Freeman '17 was mentored by Dean Andrea Talentino. His summer research project, "From Destruction to Stability," examined the methods and circumstances that led to the successful rebuilding of Japan after WWII through the national investment of social and economic resources by the United States for the purpose of developing a mutually beneficial relationship of security and economic interests.
Norwich students have a wealth of options when it comes to learning. One of the most exciting developments in this area is the Undergraduate Research Program, which provides funding to students for summer research projects, original research, or creative work projects done during the academic year, as well as opportunities to present papers at professional meetings.
Each October, a Faculty Scholarship Celebration is held on campus featuring displays of faculty/student joint summer research fellowship projects. In December, an Undergraduate Research Symposium generates conversation about research methods across disciplines and gets students thinking about independent research. The symposium provides a collaborative forum for students to develop their research ideas and introduces them to a range of funding opportunities. In May, a Student Scholarship Celebration allows students the opportunity to display their research abstracts from the previous summer or academic year, and recipients of upcoming summer grants are acknowledged.
A recently created Ambassadors Program enlists Undergraduate Research fellows from the previous year to promote the program by visiting classes, attending department meetings, displaying their research posters in the Wise Campus Center, and providing information to future student researchers.
English Professor Amy Woodbury Tease and Criminal Justice Professor Travis Morris are the COLA representatives to the Undergraduate Research Committee.
Read more about Norwich Undergraduate Research.
Fanning out from California to Ghana, students interned in a host of settings, from traditional architecture firms to fabrication, construction, design-build, museum and university venues.
Studying architecture while nestled in the Green Mountains of Vermont has many benefits. Students may more readily focus on their work without the numerous distractions inevitably present in any urban environment. Cold winter months may further nourish the sense of common cause and solidarity that the studio setting seeks to manifest. And the palpable presence of nature in its seasons and textures may inculcate an awareness of how the real poetry of architecture remains rooted in the material richness of the earth.
But these sources of concentration, community and consciousness may also become instruments of isolation. After all, architecture is a complicated endeavor. Responsible conception and creation of the built environment involves comprehension of its global, interdependent and ever-changing nature. And an architectural education entirely limited to the academic studio culture is insufficient. This is why Norwich architecture students are encouraged to pursue study abroad opportunities, field trips are routine and a great portion of curricular activity is oriented toward providing the broader perspective that a fully formed architect needs. This is also one reason why incoming graduate students are required to spend a summer working in a firm within—or closely related to—the architecture profession.
The summer internship is more than mere work experience. For concurrent with their work in a firm, students take a six-credit course that ensures they are not only receiving practical experience but also reflecting upon it in critical, productive ways. And this all happens through NUoodle, in an online course largely designed by Michael Hoffman, associate professor and director of graduate architecture. The aim is, as Hoffman puts it, "to develop a bridge between their academic experience and professional practice." The course brings students together in small groups for online discussion, guided by faculty prompts yet open to topics of interest as they may arise. The course requires substantial weekly written responses to readings that range across the historical, theoretical, economic, political and cultural aspects of architectural practice.
I had the privilege of teaching the course with 15 students this summer, and the educational benefits were evident. The weekly readings and writing assignments fostered a culture of research and critical reflection as complimentary to the daily routines of professional practice. Students approached all aspects of the work environment in their writing, including project delivery, financial management, legal and managerial organization, marketing and more, in light of assigned readings and their own research, in order to take fuller ownership of their own education. And they frequently addressed the relation between their academic studies and the work they were doing—or hope and plan to do in the future. Katherine Anderson saw familiar elements included in the workflow while interning at New World Design Builders in Clifton, New Jersey. "It [was] reassuring to see that academic-related activities have seeped into the work environment, or vice versa," she said.
Beyond these valuable lessons, however, the students mirrored in microcosm the rich diversity of architecture-related professional practice. Students interned at different kinds of offices and were scattered broadly. Several remained in the northeast. But others worked in California, Texas, the District of Columbia, and as far away as West Africa—Accra, Ghana, to be precise. Many employers were more-or-less traditional architectural firms. But students also served internships at fabrication, construction, design-build, museum, university and drafting-service venues. Their size and complexity varied greatly, from sole proprietorships to multi-office, multi-industry corporations.
Students experienced certain common threads during their internships, including some surprise as how much responsibility they were given from day one. The sheer amount and variety of projects under active development concurrently, day after day, was also an eye-opener. The varying kinds of organization and the variety of management approaches in practice across employers, however, meant that each student was also presented with unique challenges and opportunities to make the most of the internship.
And for my part, I am now able to work with all of these students again as they pursue their own research topics and, this semester, develop and complete the written portion of their year-long thesis projects. I am encouraged by their maturity in tackling complex problems, seemingly incommensurable discourses or otherwise advance their own critical thinking about their project, their field and their future profession. I am eager to see where they go from here.
Upcoming speakers include Michael Gericke, partner at global design powerhouse Pentagram, and Kill Shakespeare graphic artist Andy Belanger.
Over homecoming weekend, the School of Architecture + Art kicked off its annual lecture series, supported in part by the Jack & Dorothy Byrne Foundation, with a Norwich focus. Two students who received the prestigious Summer Research Fellowship, Shaili Patel and Taylor Davidson, each presented their research. They were followed by a lecture from Norwich architecture alumnus Jason Iacobucci, principal of Solus 4, an architecture, interior, and planning design and research firm which operates as a core group collaborative on a global platform.
Co-sponsored by the Norwich University Writers Series, Andy Belanger (Andy B.), the graphic artist for the comic book series Kill Shakespeare will talk about creating art and life as a comic artist at the Chaplin Hall Gallery on Friday, Nov. 7 at 4 p.m. Kill Shakespeare is a 12-issue comic book that deals with William Shakespeare's characters and Shakespeare himself. These famous characters are brought to life and they either long to kill Shakespeare or to protect him. The first 12 issues of Kill Shakespeare were adapted into a live staged reading format in 2011, which the Norwich Pegasus Players will perform on Friday and Saturday, November 7-8, at 7:30 p.m. in Dole Auditorium.
Later on November 14, Whitney Sander of the international-award-winning Sander Architects joins us from Los Angeles. Sander's work includes a Hybrid House that "uses components of prefab technology to create homes that are custom designed for each client. Homes that are not only green but also very high design." This focus on prefab and green design choreographs well with Norwich's recent completion of the Delta T-90 Solar Decathlon house.
In February, we are thrilled to host Michael Cotton, a senior architect with Snøhetta, New York, who will discuss a newly completed project. Snøhetta's designs are cutting edge, internationally recognized as among the best in the world. Their work varies in scope from architecture to landscape to branding.
On March 27, the School of Architecture + Art co-sponsors a symposium with the Vermont Arts Council on modern identity in architectural history, theory and practice. Prof. Vladimir Kulić, Prof. Monica Penick and Norwich Assistant Professor of History and Theory of Architecture and Art Prof. Timothy Parker are co-editors of Sanctioning Modernism: Architecture and the Making of Postwar Identities. The trio will convene and join a panel of practicing architects in a Sanctioning Modernism symposium that seeks to reflect on how modern identity touches present-day clients, architects' own design principles and related contexts.
Norwich architecture alumnus Gavin L. Engler, an associate with Carol A. Wilson Architect in Falmouth, Me., whose work has been published and widely recognized for its excellence in design, will give the final lecture of the school year on April 10. Engler was named one of Maine's "Forty Under 40" in recognition of his commitment to leadership, professional excellence and community involvement.
The School of Architecture + Art heartily invites you to join us for any or all of these events, which are all held in Chaplin Hall Gallery.
The micro-campus set in a city renowned for its experimental architecture and design offers students an outstanding study abroad experience.
Contemporary Berlin is experienced as a dynamic superposition of disrupted layers of history, unfolding on it's way back as a global capital and intellectual and artistic center. Berlin is one of the few UNESCO cities of design and a prototype of radical urban and architectural transformations. It's urban form is a collage of contradictory urban typologies reflecting it's volatile urban history: from Baroque, Classicist, 19th-century Historism, 20th-century Modernism and Avant-garde to Post-war Capitalist developments of West Berlin, communist housing blocks of East Berlin and late 20th and early 21st-century reconstructions, when Berlin became the capital of a unified Germany.
City Lab: Berlin, an international campus of Norwich University, provides an overview of the urban spaces, buildings, architects and theories that have shaped Berlin's identity. Classes are organized with coordinated site visits that familiarize students with the historical background of the city and help them develop a critical and personal approach to looking at architecture. The buildings and urban spaces we visit have been selected for their architectural significance, as well as their reflection of the different periods of Berlin's complex history.
As a laboratory for design experimentation, Berlin acquaints students with the production of a wide range of contemporary and iconic modern architectures within the process of rebuilding in a key European city. In the city's inspiring and fascinating context, students combine site analysis with their talent and intuition to experience and design. Berlin offers students a wide variety of spatial, visual and cultural encounters, from the collections of images housed in its numerous museums and galleries to its breadth of architecture that has shaped Berlin's controversial identity. As the site of a number of movements in arts and architecture, from Expressionism to Dada, Modernism to Rationalism and photomontage to film propaganda, it is a perfect place to explore the role of architecture as a form of visual production in cultural understanding.
City Lab: Berlin provides an outstanding study abroad experience, balancing a well-structured curriculum with individual independence and comprehensive experience. In its first year of operation, it has attracted students from Carnegie Mellon University and Hobart William Smith College as well as Norwich. The program demands concentration and dedication, as students learn to negotiate between the experience of living in a foreign environment (as avid consumers of knowledge) and the time they spend in studio (as diligent producers of architectural design). Students must show an open attitude towards learning in a new environment and a special commitment to producing rigorous academic work. Students will also have extensive independent time to explore Berlin, Germany and Europe on their own.
For those unfamiliar with Berlin, the encounter with a rather green city often comes as a surprise. The city's green public spaces are found everywhere, both as large planned parks and informal public spaces scattered across the urban fabric. Not all of Berlin's green spaces, however, are the product of innovative city planning, but rather the result of war, destruction and division. In a short period of time, the city became the focal point for migration and a melting pot for hundreds of thousands of different peoples, lives and cultures. Berlin faced the ecological problems of industrialization and damage caused by the city's uncontrolled growth, resulting in the extreme density of its urban architecture and the apparent complexity of modern everyday life.
The superposition and layering of contrasting sounds, aesthetics, solids and voids, smells and different speeds of the city soon became the myth of Berlin and one of the most powerful symbols of Modernity itself. The complexities and damages of the city's uncontrolled growth necessitated professional planning to develop new urban concepts and strategies. New housing forms, known as Mietkasernen, or "rental barracks," came to define the urban context. But it was the appearance of a new industrial architecture inaugurated by Peter Behrens's AEG Turbine Hall in the Berlin district of Moabit in 1909 that opened the door for Modernism. During the unstable Weimar Republic, Berlin experienced an architectural renaissance fueled by the collective talent of such vanguard architects as Eric Mendelsohn, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Hans Poelzig and Bruno and Max Taut, who gradually steered design away from Expressionism towards a "new objectivity," or Neue Sachlichkeit.
The Bauhaus, founded in 1919 and given an iconic home in Dessau by Walter Gropius in 1926, spawned a generation of architects and designers eager to advance new forms, materials and methods. Adolf Hitler's ascent to power in 1933 forced the avant-garde underground or into exile, and the Nazis established their own reactionary design agenda. Albert Speer's plans for a new capital called "Germania," built within Berlin, were only partially realized before WWII began. Allied bombing raids and Soviet invasion left Berlin in ruins, and capitulation brought about a Stunde Null, a "year zero," in the city's—and the nation's—political and cultural life.
With the establishment of two German states after WWII, reconstruction assumed different guises on either side of the Wall. The erection of the Berlin Wall in 1961 transformed vast areas of what had been part of a dense urban fabric into devastated border zones. In Communist East Berlin, Soviet-sanctioned historicism was eventually replaced by the functional modernism of the prefabricated Plattenbau, while in West Berlin international building exhibitions attempted to address the physical and infrastructural deficiencies facing a city made an island by the Cold War.
The fall of the Wall in 1989 was the beginning of a new and exciting era of economic, cultural and social change. Physically, it revealed the scars left by a gruesome object brutally planted in the midst of the cityscape. Though most of these open lots have since been filled with office and apartment buildings, the future of many remains uncertain. After reunification and the German Parliament's vote, in 1991, to move the capital from Bonn to Berlin, the world watched with fascination as the city began forging yet another identity. The (re)installation of government institutions in the heart of Berlin, along with the huge commercial complex grouped mainly around the Potsdamerplatz have given the city a new image. Daniel Libeskind's Jewish Museum, Norman Foster's renovated Reichstag and Frank Gehry's DG Bank are among the most high-profile projects, but many other less publicized works have emerged by talented local designers.
The shift of modernistic and hierarchic planning of cities and buildings towards the development of sustainable strategies of heterogeneity and complexity is a great challenge and commitment for future designers and architects. Art critic and early German historian of modern art Karl Scheffler said, in 1910, that "Berlin is condemned to always continue to be and never to be," giving us a chance to reflect on how the many changes have affected the character of Berlin as a laboratory and to what extent the city is a model for urban development in the 21st century.


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Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott is one of six players and coaches featured on USA Today Sports' NFL Forecast section on newsstands. now.
It's never too early for football season.
USA Today Sports' NFL Forecast Special Edition with Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott on the cover hit newsstands across the region and several states Monday.
The section, which has six regional covers including New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, Los Angeles Rams head coach Sean McVay, Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers, Philadelphia Eagles head coach Doug Pederson and Baker Mayfield, the No. 1 overall pick in April's NFL Draft, features team-by-team breakdowns.
USA Today columnist Mike Jones examines the top storylines of the 2018 season, and the section includes projected standings and examines the NFL Draft and which rookies will have the best chance to make an impact.
The section suggests the Cowboys are still in position to contend in the NFC East despite the release of wide receiver Dez Bryant and retirement of tight end Jason Witten.
All 32 teams have a full-page breakdown with a recap of their selections in the draft, looks back at 2017 and forward to the 2018 schedule and offers a projected depth chart.
NFL Forecast is available on newsstands until June 4.


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London Drugs releases more inclusive Valentine's Day cards
The drug store chain addresses "gaps in the card aisle" with designs for LGBTQ people and different relationship styles.
Relationships don't always look like the ones seen on typical greeting cards, so Western Canadian drugstore chain London Drugs has released its own line of Valentine's Day cards that is more representive of the communities it serves.
The "Cards for All" collection features 31 different designs that speak directly to people who have typically seen less representation in the card aisle, especially gay, lesbian, trans and asexual people. It also recognizes different relationship styles that aren't always reflected in Valentine's Day cards, such as long-distance relationships, online relationships, open relationships and those just getting started. The collection has also been made more accessible with designs in Chinese, Farsi, Punjabi and Tagalog – the most common languages in Canada outside of English and French – as well as Braille.
Clint Mahlman, president and COO of London Drugs, says Valentine's Day cards don't always reflect the diversity of relationships that its customers may want to celebrate, and the campaign is "filling in some of the gaps that exist in the card aisle today." All proceeds from the cards are also being donated to the United Way to help fund initiatives in Western Canada, which Mahlman says will help the communities it already serves. The designs are available at 20 London Drugs locations in British Columbia, Alberta and Saskatchewan, and Mahlman says the retailer is planning to expand to more stores next year.
Rethink's Vancouver office helped London Drugs create the cards by tapping designers and illustrators that represent the same communities the collection is looking to speak to. Morgan Tierney, creative director and managing partner at Rethink Vancouver, says this was vital to ensure the cards were both authentic and sensitive.
"It was important to us to curate a diverse collection of illustration styles, reflecting the diversity of modern relationships," Tierney adds. "By providing basic text guidelines and a shared colour palette, we were able to create a collection of cards that are all unique, but still feel like part of a cohesive whole."
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PinkCherry has fun with the joy of sex
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Kalanchoe velutina és una espècie de planta suculenta del gènere Kalanchoe, de la família de les Crassulaceae.

Descripció
Planta perenne, d'1 m d'alçada, completament revestida de pèls blancs o ferruginosos pubescents fins a 0,5 mm de llargada, rarament glabra.

Les tiges són erectes, teretes a subquadrangulars i de color marró fosc a baix, subteretes i de color marró vermellós a ferruginós a dalt.

Les fulles són peciolades, gruixudes, carnoses, erectes fins a estendre's; pecíol d'1 a 3 cm; forma variable de la làmina, lineals, lanceolades, oblongues, espatulades a suborbiculars, de 1,5 a 11 cm de llarg i de 0,7 a 3,5 cm d'ample, punta obtusa a arrodonida, base atenuada, marges sencers o irregularment crenats-serrats.

Inflorescència amb cimes corimbiformes de 8,5 a 10 cm d'ample i de 6 a 15 cm d'alt, pedicels de 4,5 a 10 mm.

Les flors són erectes, de color groc, groc ataronjat a marró vermellós, densament híspides; calze carnós; tub de 1,7 a 3 mm; sèpals triangulars, cuspidats aguts, d'1 a 2,5 mm de llarg i d'uns 1,5 mm d'ample; corol·la arrodonida a la base, després 4 -angulada i atenuada; tub de 11 a 20 mm; pètals ovats a obovats o arrodonits, obtusament cuspidats, de 3 a 7,5 mm de llarg i de 1,8 a 5,5 mm d'ample, estams inserits a la part superior del tub de la corol·la, estams superiors sobresortints.

Distribució
Planta endèmica d'Angola i Zimbàbue.

Taxonomia
Kalanchoe velutina va ser descrita per Friedrich Martin Welwitsch i publicada per James Britten a Flora of Tropical Africa 2: 396. 1871.

Etimologia
Kalanchoe: nom genèric que deriva de la paraula cantonesa "Kalan Chauhuy", 伽藍菜 que significa 'allò que cau i creix'.

velutina: epítet llatí que vol dir 'vellutat'.

Sinonímia
 Kalanchoe angolensis N.E. Br.
 Kalanchoe coccinea var. subsessilis Britten
 Kalanchoe cuisini Durand & Wild.
 Kalanchoe kirkii N.E. Br.
 Kalanchoe lateritia Engl.

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Cinema
Il grido del lupo (Cry Wolf) – film del 1947 diretto da Peter Godfrey
Nickname: Enigmista (Cry_Wolf) – film del 2005 diretto da Jeff Wadlow

Letteratura
Dove finisce l'arcobaleno (Cry Wolf) – romanzo di Wilbur Smith del 1976

Musica
Cry Wolf  – gruppo musicale hair metal statunitense
 Cry Wolf  – traccia dell'album At War with Satan dei Venom del 1983
Cry Wolf  – singolo degli a-ha del 1986, dall'album Scoundrel Days
Cry Wolf  – album dei Cry Wolf del 1989
 Cry Wolf  – traccia dell'album Geek the Girl di Lisa Germano del 1994

Televisione
Cry Wolf  – serie televisiva britannica


Windows users are aware of a handy shortcut – WinKey+M that readily minimizes all your open windows, including Office documents to the Windows 10 Taskbar. But has it happpened to you that the moment you click the Microsoft Word icon to open another Word file the previously minimized Word file switches to full view i.e., maximized. If you face this issue, here is a way to stop a minimized Office Word documents from maximizing automatically.
The problem mainly appears in Windows 10. If you have a minimized document in Microsoft Word and try to open a new document in the same both the new and the minimized document are opened/maximized. The same could happen in Microsoft Excel as well.
I happened to stumble upon a thread accidentally which proposes to make changes in the Registry Editor to solve the problem. If you do not mind making changes to your Registry Editor, back up your Registry and then proceed further.
Type, 'regedit' in Seach boxand hit Enter to open the Registry Editor.
Double-click on Default and add the "/q" switch to (Default) at the end.
"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\WINWORD.EXE" /n "%1"
"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\WINWORD.EXE" /q /n "%1"
Exit the Registry Editor and restart your computer.
Once done, you'll notice that the startup screen doesn't show up anymore. Plus, when you open a document, minimize, then open other windows and minimize, each time the new window doesn't bring the others back up.


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require File.expand_path('../../rails_helper', __FILE__)

RSpec.describe MeetingsController, type: :controller do
  let(:group) { create(:group) }
  let(:creator)  { create(:user) }
  let(:another_member) { create(:user) }

  before do
    login(creator.id)
    group.members << creator
    group.members << another_member
  end

  describe "POST create" do
    let(:meeting_params) { { name: "Test" } }
    it "notifies the group's members" do
      expect {
        post :create, group_id: group.id, meeting: meeting_params
      }.to notify(another_member).about(:new_meeting_announced)
    end

    it "does not notify the meetings creator" do
      expect {
        post :create, group_id: group.id, meeting: meeting_params
      }.not_to notify(creator).about(:new_meeting_announced)
    end
  end

  describe "PUT update" do
    let(:meeting) { create(:meeting, group: group) }
    let(:participant) { create(:participant, meeting: meeting) }

    it "notifies meeting participants" do
      expect {
        put(
          :update,
          group_id: group.id,
          id: meeting.id,
          meeting: { starts_at: Time.now })
      }.to notify(participant).about(:meeting_was_updated)
    end

    context "when skipped attribute has been changed" do
      it "does not notify anyone" do
        expect {
          put(
            :update,
            group_id: group.id,
            id: meeting.id,
            meeting: { description: "new description" })
        }.not_to notify(participant).about(:meeting_was_updated)
      end
    end
  end
end

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A Netflix First: 'Knives Out' Sequel Will Run In 3 Major Theater Chains Before Streaming
by Karlene Lukovitz @KLmarketdaily, October 10, 2022
In a first for Netflix, the "Knives Out" sequel will have a 'sneak-peek" run in all three major theater chains before debuting on the streaming service.
Netflix announced that AMC, Regal Cinemas and Cinemark will have an exclusive, one-week run of "Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery" starting Nov. 23, before the movie starts streaming a month later, on Dec. 23.
The movie, directed by Rian Johnson, will also play in "select" U.S. theaters, bringing the total of domestic locations to about 600. In addition, it will be shown internationally in theaters in Canada, the U.K., Ireland, Italy, Germany, Spain, Israel, Australia and New Zealand.
While that is less extensive than a traditional wide release, which typically includes 3,000 or more North American theaters, the deal represents a potentially important compromise between Netflix and exhibitors, and AMC in particular.
Netflix has run some movies — including "The Irishman" and "Roma" — in some chain theaters prior to their streaming premiers. But up to now, AMC had refused to run Netflix titles because Netflix did not want to build in what AMC considered sufficient time between a title's theatrical and streaming releases.
The "Onion Glass" deal "sufficiently respects the sanctity of our current theatrical window policy," AMC Chairman and CEO Adam Aron said in a statement. "We are hopeful that a successful screening in our theaters this Thanksgiving will lead to more cooperation between Netflix and AMC in the months and years ahead."
"As we have often said, we believe that both theatrical exhibitors and streamers can continue to co-exist successfully," Aron elaborated. "Beyond that, though, it has been our desire that we find a way to crack the code and synergistically work together. By doing so, theaters will make more money by having more titles to show, and thanks to the larger cultural resonance those movies can gain from a theatrical release, they will wind up playing to a wider audience when they also are viewed on streaming platforms."
The cooperation on the "Knives Out" sequel — which again stars Daniel Craig (above) — was driven in no small part by the movie's potential for strong box-office sales.
The original movie grossed more than $311 million worldwide, making it one of 2019's biggest movies, and the sequel was well-received when it debuted last month at the Toronto International Film Festival.
"Given the excitement surrounding the premiere" at the festival, "we hope fans will enjoy this special theatrical event in celebration of the film's global debut on Netflix in December," stated Scott Stuber, head of Global Film at Netflix.
Although moviegoers have returned to theaters for a relatively few titles — especially the continuing string of super-hero franchise flicks — exhibitors still need a big holiday season to help them recover from the pandemic.
And September brought bad news: Estimated box office receipts, per Comscore data, were the lowest for that month since 1996, at $328.7 million.
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Aggregate Settlements and the Ethics Rules
It continues to amaze me how much confusion exists over the ethical obligations of lawyers when handling non-class aggregate settlements. The ABA's partly to blame. The model rule (RPC 1.8(g)) is sound as far as it goes, but there's a lot that it doesn't explain. And the most recent ABA ethics opinion expounding on the rule (ABA Formal Op. 06-438) obscures as much as it explains.
I returned today from the ABA National Conference on Professional Responsibility in Chicago, where I chaired a panel on the ethics of aggregate settlements. The other panelists were New York mass torts lawyer Paul Rheingold and Los Angeles ethics lawyer Diane Karpman. We addressed four issues: (1) the definition of "aggregate settlement" for purposes of the aggregate settlement rule (RPC 1.8(g), DR 5-106, Cal. 3-310, etc.); (2) the extent of disclosure required for informed consent; (3) whether advance consent should be permitted; and (4) restrictions on future practice in connection with settlement. Every one of the issues engendered significant debate among the panelists and serious questions from the audience. The one thing the panelists could all agree on, however, was dissatisfaction with Op. 06-438.
But mostly, I was struck by the extent to which even the most basic questions (like the definition of "aggregate settlement" or the appropriate disclosure) remain topics of debate and uncertainty. No wonder mass tort lawyers worry so much about aggregate settlements. Even when they take careful steps to obtain each client's informed consent to the deal, they have to worry about whether their steps will fail to satisfy someone else's interpretation of the rule.
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When setting out on their solo journey, some people undertake strategic business planning, while others set off blindly, with no clear direction. Many soloists take the more haphazard approach, and this results in what I call business misery.
Business misery is where your work takes over your life; where the returns from your business – the success, the money, the fulfilment – are minimal compared with what you are putting into it; where it negatively affects your health and your relationships, and where your life becomes totally out of balance.
So how do we undertake strategic business planning for our business? The answer is simple. All it requires is that we create for ourselves a clear Vision, Mission and set of Values.
This is the fun part! It's where you ask yourself: Where am I going? What am I going to do there? See yourself in five years : how does your business and your life look?
Allow yourself to dream, don't censor it and don't be embarrassed. And as you allow yourself to form a vision of your future you should feel a tangible surge of energy and excitement as you start to get the clarity you desire about your direction. It's the same thrill you would have felt as a child before a fun day out, a trip to the beach or an exciting holiday.
The answer, interestingly, has nothing to do with us and what we want for ourselves. It has to do with a sense of purpose – our personal mission – to be of service to others, of giving, or of making other people's lives better, easier and more enjoyable. You may be here to inspire or guide others, or help them be their best.
Whatever your life purpose is, when you find it you will know it, unmistakeably, by how you feel inside. You may even be moved to tears – tears of joy, or tears of sadness for the years passed without knowing your mission.
This is the GPS navigation system for our journey! Our values are what guide us every day in our business decisions. Whether that is our willingness to listen to our clients, our integrity or sense of fun, values are what are most important to us and what ultimately distinguish our business from the one down the road.
A big clue in identifying our values is to look at what we find most annoying when they are lacking in what we receive from others.
For example, poor customer service and lack of communication are what irritate me most. As a result, excellent customer service and clear communication are the most important values in my work.
Remembering that enables me to clearly define the actions I need to take to stay on track, which may be as simple as a quick phone call to a client to check they are happy with the way the work is progressing. This is ultimately where we find our fulfilment, giving of ourselves in a way that we truly value.
So, take a bit of time out for strategic business planning, it's never too late to start, and easy enough to get back on track. Then at least you'll know where you're going, why you are going there and how to get there and you'll have a lot more fun along the way!
Peter Morgan is a Personal and Business Coach, Group Facilitator and Trainer who is dedicated to creating a life he loves and inspiring others to do so too!


The Kyiv Pecherska Lavra church complex is a historic Orthodox Christian monastery situated atop the right bank of the mighty Dnipro River. The monastery was founded in 1051, today is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and was voted one of the Seven Wonders of Ukraine recently. There are truly few places in the world that are as strikingly beautiful and supremely tranquil. The complex includes 20 hectares of territory with 16 churches, two underground cave systems that contain the mummified remains of Orthodox saints and their relics, a central cathedral, seminary, and a (recently reopened after reconstruction) 96.5 meter tall bell tower. This is a deep cultural experience.
Enjoy a 2-hour tour around the church complex with an English speaking guide.
Visit ancient caves with relics from Kyivan Rus saints.
Light a candle in the beautiful Dormition Cathedral and Refectory Church.


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Михаил Петрович Мирошник (1913—1996) — красноармеец Рабоче-крестьянской Красной Армии, участник Великой Отечественной войны, Герой Советского Союза (1943).

Биография

Михаил Мирошник родился 13 ноября 1913 года в селе Великая Писаревка (ныне — посёлок в Сумской области Украины). Окончил четыре класса школы, после чего работал сначала в родительском хозяйстве, затем в колхозе. В начале Великой Отечественной войны оказался в оккупации, после освобождения в августе 1943 года Мирошник был призван на службу в Рабоче-крестьянскую Красную Армию. С сентября того же года — на фронтах Великой Отечественной войны, в боях два раза был ранен и контужен.

К сентябрю 1943 года красноармеец Михаил Мирошник был стрелком 955-го стрелкового полка 309-й стрелковой дивизии 40-й армии Воронежского фронта. Отличился во время битвы за Днепр. В ночь с 21 на 22 сентября 1943 года Мирошник в составе штурмовой группы переправился через Днепр в районе хутора Монастырёк (ныне — в черте посёлка Ржищев Кагарлыкского района Киевской области Украины) и принял активное участие в боях за захват и удержание плацдарма. Во время захвата плацдарма Мирошник лично уничтожил около 20 вражеских солдат и офицеров, а затем отразил три немецких контратаки.

Указом Президиума Верховного Совета СССР от 23 октября 1943 года за «мужество и отвагу, проявленные при форсировании Днепра и удержании плацдарма на правом берегу реки» красноармеец Михаил Мирошник был удостоен высокого звания Героя Советского Союза с вручением ордена Ленина и медали «Золотая Звезда» за номером 3995.

В 1944 году Мирошник был демобилизован по инвалидности. Проживал на родине, работал в колхозе. Скончался 14 июля 1996 года, похоронен в Великой Писаревке.

Был также награждён орденом Отечественной войны 1-й степени и рядом медалей.

Примечания

Литература

 Герои-освободители Черкасщины. — Днепропетровск: Промінь, 1980.
 Гриченко И. Т., Головин Н. М. Подвиг. — Харьков: Прапор, 1983.
 Днепр — река героев. Киев, 1983.
 История городов и сёл Украинской ССР. Сумская область. Киев, 1980.

Участники битвы за Днепр
Похороненные в Великой Писаревке


Starting Friday, August 17, the Festival of Fantasy Parade will take place at 2 p.m. daily at the Magic Kingdom Park. This new showtime will continue through the hard-ticket event season. It is likely that the parade will return to its regular showtime (3 p.m.) on January 1, 2019.


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Bullet sign to Nuclear Blast Records
A new chapter will be added to the success story of Swedish up-and-comers Bullet, whose boundless love to 80s Heavy Metal led to the band's founding a decade ago. The passionate metal quartet around vocalist Hell Hofer and guitarist Hampus Klang will be part of the big Nuclear Blast family from now on! With three successful albums – of which two could even get rank 3 in Swedish charts – and numerous tours, for example together with their fellow countrymen of HammerFall and Sabaton in 2009, the gunslingers were able to achieve a wide and solid fanbase. And as for the future, Bullet still got quite a few hot bullets in the bull barrel!
Full of euphoria, the band comments their signing with Nuclear Blast as follows: "Finally we have signed a deal with Nuclear Blast! We've always been a band with a lot of ideas and now it's time to let them all loose. We think Nuclear Blast is the right label to help us out to make better records, cooler shows and more of everything that you've come to know as Bullet. We are really looking forward to releasing a new album on Nuclear Blast, because it is a great chance for us to reach new crowds and countries. Bullet will always be Bullet, hate it or love it. Now is the time to make it more powerful. STAY WILD!"
On the part of Nuclear Blast, the pleasure is great as well. "We're highly delighted to welcome Bullet at the Nuclear Blast family. The boys of Bullet aren't only downright likeable and honest guys, they also live their music and embody the original spirit of Rock'n'Roll. Bullet are superb on their albums as well as live on stage and we're noticing a constant development. Now we want to vault the ´Highway Pirates´ into a higher division", states Andy Siry, head of A&R.
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These Are Kris Wu's Best iHeartRadio MMVAs Moments
Brianne JamesAugust 27, 2018
International superstar, Kris Wu (吴亦凡), stunted at the 2018 iHeartRadio MMVAs, proving that he's well on his way to becoming a mega North American celebrity. From comments all the way from Asia on the live FORA Fashion Feed to a sea of screams from adorning fans upon sight, Wu certainly met our expectations and more.
Check out Wu's best iHeartRadio MMVAs moments, below.
When he arrived on the red carpet in Givenchy
Sporting a tinted red mullet and three gold chains around his neck, Wu fans were certain that the Chinese-Canadian rapper would win the award for Best Dressed. Though Wu ended up losing the golden hanger to 5 Seconds of Summer, he still stole the show decked out in a sheeny Givenchy black suit, matching black turtleneck, and assortment of jewellery pieces.
"It's the accessories that I always have…just the blings and the ice," Wu said, looking down at his outfit.
When he won iHeartRadio MMVA for Fan Fave New Artist
Wu's international fan base is one to rival the backing behind the likes of Meghan Trainor, Alessia Cara, or Shawn Mendes, which is why it is no surprise that Wu won the iHeartRadio MMVA for Fan Fave New Artist. Decided by you, the rapper accepted his first North American award on last night's red carpet.
"I've got a lot to say," said Wu. "First of all, I do it for my fans. It's a honour. This is actually my first award in North America, so I feel blessed and thankful every day. This one for sure goes out to all my fans. Without them I would never be able to be here. Shout out to my fans in Canada!"
When he delivered a smoky, blinged-out performance
Kris Wu brought the heat for his first North American award show performance. Rapping a medley of "Deserve," "Like That," and "18," Wu arrived on the iHeartRadio MMVAs stage decked out in ice while sporting a pair of red sunglasses.
Beginning on stage alone, surrounded by the iHeartRadio MMVAs crowd and a backdrop of blue and red lights, Wu was later joined by his drummer and DJ. Transitioning into his 2018 single, "Like That," Wu and his on stage team hyped-up the crowd with smoke and lights to finish off the performance with his Billboard hit, "Deserve."
We swooned every time our camera operator gifted us with a close up shot of Wu in his black tee and we know that you did, too.
The 2018 iHeartRadio MMVAs, hosted by Awkwafina, features performances from Shawn Mendes, Alessia Cara, Meghan Trainor, Kris Wu (吴亦凡), Marshmello featuring Anne-Marie, Brett Kissel, bülow, The Beaches, Bebe Rexha, 98 Degrees, 5 Seconds of Summer and Halsey. Watch the full show here.
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Chartis Australia has gone back to being called AIG Australia Limited name as part of a global rebrand sparked by their strong economic recovery in the past four years.
Internationally, AIG has completed the repayment to the US Government of US$182b, as well as bringing US government ownership in the company to just under 16% (September 2012). At current valuation, the remaining government ownership is worth approximately US$8b.
The rebrand follows research conducted with global customers and partners that revealed the AIG brand to be a stronger representation of the company's objectives.
AIG CEO Noel Condon says, "AIG has over 50 years of history in Australia and we take pride in the fact that the AIG brand is widely recognised in the country. The return to our former name truly exhibits a new and exciting phase of our organisation."


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Julianna Photopoulos is a freelance science journalist, who writes for various outlets including New Scientist, Nature, SciDev.Net, and Horizon magazine, among others. She has also produced and presented the award-winning radio programme Vértice in Mexico and has been involved in numerous film productions for the BBC Natural History Unit and The Royal Institution of Great Britain. In 2018, she was the first science journalist from the Balkans (Greece) to have been awarded the EurekAlert! Fellowships for International Science Reporters and was a nominee for the European Writer of the Year Award. Julianna holds a BSc in Biology from the University of Crete, an MRes in Molecular Genetics from the University of Barcelona and an MSc in Science Communication from the University of the West of England. In 2019, she completed the Summer Investigative Reporting Course under the prestigious Stavros Niarchos Foundation fellowship at Columbia University, USA.
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These stressful and unprecedented circumstances we are living in due to the current pandemic have a deep internal effect on us, which is altering who we are as individuals, our relationships with others, and how we perceive our place in society. Even our brain's hippocampus may have shrunk — but are these changes in our brains and behaviour short-term effects or could they change us and society more profoundly?
A scientist's opinion: Interview with Professor Arie Kruglanski about our need for cognitive closure during COVID-19
Interview with Arie Kruglanski, Distinguished Professor of Psychology at the University of Maryland, and co-founder and senior investigator at the National Center for the Study of Terrorism and the Response to Terrorism (START). How do our personal impressions, experiences and attitudes, related to the coronavirus pandemic, affect who we are as individuals, our relations with ...
A scientist's opinion: Interview with Professor Barbara Sahakian about brain changes during COVID-19
Interview with Professor Barbara Sahakian, Professor of Clinical Neuropsychology at the University of Cambridge, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural and Clinical Neuroscience Institute, UK. How is the pandemic changing our brains, in situations when we haven't contracted the virus itself? How is it impacting it both physically and psychologically, and are these long-term changes? Barbara ...
A scientist's opinion: Interview with Professor John Drury about changes in social identity during COVID-19
Interview with John Drury, Professor of Social Psychology and Director of Research and Knowledge Exchange in the School of Psychology at the University of Sussex, UK. How does our social identity change during mass emergencies and disasters, and in times of a pandemic such as this one? John Drury: Social identity is a very useful ...
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Interview with Professor Susan Michie, Professor of Health Psychology and Director of the Centre for Behaviour Change at University College London (UCL), and a member of the UK Scientific Pandemic Influenza Group on Behavioural Science (SPI-B): 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). How does people's behaviour affect the spread and containment of an infectious disease, such as COVID-19? ...


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2018 New Mexico Election
Lessons governor candidates can take from education reform
By Sylvia Ulloa, New Mexico In Depth | May 25, 2018
When Gov. Susana Martinez was sworn into office nearly eight years ago, she had this to say about educating children in New Mexico: "Nothing we do is more indispensable to our future well-being or will receive more attention from my administration than guaranteeing our children a quality education." New Mexico had received an "F" for K-12 achievement on a national education grading report. Fast forward eight years. As she winds down the final year of her second term, New Mexico earned a "D-" for K-12 achievement from Education Week's Quality Counts report — and our overall grade actually sunk from a C to a D, dropping from 32nd to 50th out of the 50 states and the District of Columbia. There's more to learn about that progress — or lack thereof — in trying to improve education in New Mexico, other than "it's hard." Turning around a system as large as public education is like turning an aircraft carrier.
Pearce: Fix education before expanding pre-K
New Mexico In Depth is speaking with the candidates for New Mexico governor on the issues of early childhood, child wellbeing and education. Steve Pearce of Hobbs represents southern New Mexico in Congress and is the sole Republican nominee. This Q&A has been edited for length and clarity. Sylvia Ulloa: What would early childhood education look like in a Pearce administration. And, if you are supportive of those programs, how would you expand them to smaller communities?
Q&A: Lujan Grisham says early childhood ed will be 'hallmark'
New Mexico In Depth is speaking with the candidates for New Mexico governor on the issues of early childhood, child wellbeing and education. Michelle Lujan Grisham is the congresswoman from Albuquerque, and is one of three candidates seeking the Democratic nomination. This Q&A has been edited for length and clarity. Sylvia Ulloa: Can you lay out what early childhood education would look like in New Mexico under your administration, and how you would get early childhood to rural New Mexico? Michelle Lujan Grisham: Early childhood education would be a hallmark of the administration.
Q&A: Apodaca says investing in NM will improve education, kids' lives
New Mexico In Depth is speaking with the candidates for New Mexico governor on the issues of early childhood, child wellbeing and education in New Mexico. Jeff Apodaca of Albuquerque is a former media executive and is one of three candidates seeking the Democratic nomination. This Q&A has been edited for length and clarity. Sylvia Ulloa: What would early childhood education in New Mexico look like in an Apodaca administration? And what is your plan for offering early childhood care and education in rural New Mexico, where they often lack infrastructure and access to skilled early childhood educators?
Q&A: Cervantes touts relationships, understanding of state to improve kids lives in NM
New Mexico In Depth is speaking with the candidates for New Mexico governor on the issues of early childhood, child wellbeing and education in New Mexico. State Sen. Joseph Cervantes of Las Cruces is one of three candidates seeking the Democratic nomination. He is a lawyer and small business owner in southern New Mexico. This Q&A has been edited for length and clarity. Sylvia Ulloa: What would early childhood education in New Mexico look like in a Cervantes administration?
Democratic candidates say they'd nominate the anti-Skandera if elected governor
By Sylvia Ulloa, New Mexico In Depth | May 4, 2018
The three Democratic candidates for governor met in a forum in Las Cruces this week to showcase their plans to change the direction of New Mexico, which has suffered what some economists have called a lost decade after the Great Recession — a period when New Mexico lost more than 50,000 jobs, wages stagnated and more families ended up on public assistance. The evening at the Rio Grande Theatre before a nearly full house was at times testy, with former media executive Jeff Apodaca taking a potshot at frontrunner Congresswoman Michelle Lujan Grisham for skipping previous forums with her opponents in his opener, and lawyer and state Sen. Joe Cervantes calling out Apodaca on his lack of understanding about New Mexico's water woes in the face of Texas vs. New Mexico and Colorado. But on the whole, the format kept crosstalk at a minimum, with no rebuttals allowed and candidates unable to directly question one another. The three Democratic hopefuls took on a wide array of topics, from legalizing marijuana (Apodaca: legalize, Lujan Grisham: legalize with safeguards, Cervantes: decriminalize), the behavioral health meltdown in the state, the state's messy tax code, renewable energy plans, and education.
Albuquerque birth to 3 project chosen for national network
By Sylvia Ulloa, New Mexico In Depth | April 24, 2018
An Albuquerque organization just got awarded scientific research help and an instant brain trust in cities like Boston, Austin and Salt Lake City to determine whether the services they offer young Bernalillo County parents are helping them develop emotional bonds with their children. The hope is that this connection will set their children up to become good learners. Birth to age 3 is the fastest developing period in a person's life and policymakers and child advocates in New Mexico are trying to find the best way to make that time count and to change the trajectory of poor educational outcomes, an underprepared workforce, and a new generation that will repeat the pattern. Cue Mission: Graduate. The 5-year-old organization was just chosen as one of 29 communities to join the StriveTogether Prenatal – Three Impact and Improvement Network by the National Institute for Children's Health Quality and StriveTogether.
State, advocacy groups make their final cases in PED lawsuit
By Sylvia Ulloa, New Mexico In Depth | January 12, 2018
Students in New Mexico are nowhere near prepared to go to college, join the workforce or engage in our democracy, according to closing arguments filed this week by the New Mexico Center on Law and Poverty and MALDEF, in a lawsuit against the state. The groups, representing families and school districts, say the state Public Education Department isn't providing the resources needed to properly educate its students, in violation of the state Constitution. "The problem is that for years the state has starved our public schools and denied our children the educational supports and programs and services they need so that they can learn and thrive," said Gail Evans, legal director for the Center, who said she expects a decision from District Court Judge Sarah Singleton by the spring. Lawyers for the state PED agree that New Mexico schools need to improve and concede the job of the schools is to make students college and career ready. But that's about all they agree on.
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Talking early education with southern NM lawmakers
By Sylvia Ulloa, New Mexico In Depth | January 8, 2018
At its most idealistic, New Mexico's citizen legislature system draws people with expertise and passion for their fields who serve so that they can make a difference for the state and for their constituents. That's why I'm excited to talk with state Sen. Bill Soules, D-Las Cruces, and Rep. Rebecca Dow, R-Truth or Consequences, about early childhood education in New Mexico. It's the kick-off of New Mexico in Depth's Coffee Chats series in 2018 that will explore important issues with informal talks at venues across the state. The event will be at 5 p.m. Tuesday at Beck's Coffee House in Las Cruces. And we'll be broadcasting the talk live on our Facebook page.
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Child care 'cliff effect' jeopardizes working parents as incomes rise
By Sylvia Ulloa, New Mexico In Depth | December 21, 2017
A couple of years ago a mother came to Ray Jaramillo, director of a childcare center in Las Cruces. She worked for minimum wage at Burger King, but was offered a supervisory position with better hours and a wage bump to over $9 an hour. She worried the extra money could cause her to lose childcare assistance for her two little girls. Between her and her spouse's salary, their new earning power would push her family over the line for government-subsidized child-care. She had to figure out whether to take the promotion and risk paying thousands of dollars more each year for childcare, or forgo the extra family income.


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The new way to SNA
The delegate for the BYU College of Nursing has typically been pretty lonely at the annual National Student Nurse's Association (NSNA) convention, but thanks to some creative thinking by the college SNA board, that's about to change.
Instead of paying semester dues for SNA, students can now buy a package deal that includes two years membership to SNA, USNA [Utah] and NSNA. As new students buy the package, the college's NSNA membership and voting power will increase.
"The main reason we made the change was to increase our voice at the national convention," says Jim Kohl, an associate teaching professor and the SNA faculty advisor. "For however many students are registered with the NSNA, we get a vote at the national convention. It helps us with more votes so we can influence policy change."
The new wave of students coming in has already increased the College of Nursing's membership from 10 to around 50. With all the new members, the college will get around two or three delegates at the next conference. As membership grows, more delegates will be able to make the College of Nursing's voice heard at the NSNA conferences.
"Taking the principles that we stand for as members of the LDS church to the national conference will make a huge impact," says Chalese Adams, SNA president. "We'll be able to help people gain a different perspective on nursing when they're voting on policies. Advocating for the healer's art at the national level is something no other school besides BYU can do."
Chalese Adams explains the benefits of SNA and NSNA to College of Nursing students. Students can sign up with SNA board members or at SNA events.
In addition to SNA, USNA and NSNA membership, students who buy the $200 package will also get their BLS certification.
"Students would already be paying more than $100 for their BLS certification alone," Kohl says. "With the package they get that and membership in SNA, USNA and NSNA."
David Adams, SNA first vice president, recently got into George Washington University's graduate program, his number one choice. He feels that his SNA and NSNA membership were a major contribution to him getting in.
"Graduate schools eat that stuff up, so do people who are looking to hire recent graduates," he says. "They love seeing that you're willing to do something outside of yourself and not just focus 100 percent on school. They want people who can multi-task and they can see that when SNA and NSNA are on your resume."
The SNA board members hope that through SNA, USNA and NSNA membership, no student will reach their senior year and realize they have nothing that sets them apart from other recent graduates.
"With nursing you could get a job out there pretty easily," Kohl says. "But if you want THE job, your prime job, having leadership roles in school are going to make you stand out far above other people."
Students interested in signing up for the package deal can talk to Chalese or any of the other faculty involved with SNA. They will also have the opportunity to sign up at any SNA activity, including this weeks's SNA Twister activity on Saturday, January 30 at 10am in the WILK west ballroom.
By Nate Brown—BYU College of Nursing public relations assistant
This entry was posted in College of Nursing News and tagged BYU College of Nursing, NSNA, SNA on January 28, 2016 by BYU Nursing.
An upgrade in delivery
Not many mothers have given birth 21 times in four months. However, Lucina, BYU College of Nursing's newest birthing manikin has been laboring since she arrived. From the sound of her voice to the touch of her skin, Lucina delivers the most life-like delivery experience for the College of Nursing students.
The manikin is one of the latest, high-fidelity birth simulation models from CAE Fidelis and will greatly elevate the caliber of education and hands-on practice for students now and in the future of the program.
With 10 pre-configured birthing scenarios, Lucina can give birth in multiple birthing positions, has two abdomens (one for use without a baby), realistic breathing with two separate heart beats—one for her and the baby, as well as flexible limbs and joints.
"I'm really excited about Lucina," says Laura Thorpe a registered nurse and college lab instructor. "She is more high-tech and much more true-to-life. Her legs are more realistic; they bend at the knees, and they can fit in the stirrups of the bed—even the feel of her skin is more real."
All fourth-semester nursing students enroll in a simulation lab to practice caring for women and experience child labor and delivery. Students experience three types of simulations including childbirth, post-partum hemorrhage and pregnancy-induced hypertension and seizures.
Shelly Reed, associate teaching professor along with other nursing professors, are expanding Lucina's use in the nursing curriculum. Beginning next fall, the college will have a simulation lab at a set time for students to practice with the manikin. The goal is to help students understand their role of being a nurse during a delivery, learn how to care for a post-partum hemorrhage, the leading cause of death worldwide to childbearing women, and care for pregnancy-induced hypertension, the second leading cause of death in childbearing women.
"[The lab] allows them to take the active role of the nurse," says Reed. "They get the full experience like in a hospital. It helps reinforce what they are learning in class."
The old manikin, Noelle, had many problems as she didn't always work. There was trouble placing her legs to the side in the stirrups of the bed, and she couldn't hemorrhage. The nurses would have to simulate post delivery bleeding by wearing special scrubs with a blood reservoir placed inside to get the bleeding right.
"With Noelle, there were a lot of little problems," says Thorpe. "Sometimes she worked great and on some occasions, she didn't."
Stacie Hunsaker, assistant teaching professor who oversees the labs and lab instructors, shared how much more she was able to experience with Lucina being in the college.
"I have been a nurse for 27 years, but have never worked on a labor and delivery unit," Hunsaker says. "Until Lucina came, I have never had the opportunity to check for cervical dilation in the progression of labor. I'm excited about [Lucina] and the more in-depth training our students will receive."
By Brooke Tait—BYU College of Nursing public relations assistant
This entry was posted in College of Nursing News, College of Nursing Students, Current Issues and tagged birth, birthingsimulator, BYU College of Nursing, Lucina CAE Fidelis, Manikin on January 19, 2016 by BYU Nursing.
New nursing students take the cake at orientation night
Excitement fills the room as 62 of the newest nursing students start off the winter semester at the orientation banquet, Wednesday, January 6. The average 32% acceptance rate into the College of Nursing shows the talent of the newly accepted 60 women and 2 men in the program. An average 3.86 GPA, countless hours of service and letters of recommendation set apart these high achieving nursing students into a new life and career.
The event consisted of introducing the faculty, vision, mission and values of the program, and sharing of a broad overview of labs, clinical work, portfolio and capstone projects. The mission of the program is to help students learn the Healer's art and develop caring professional nurses.
"The beauty of nursing is it is both a science and an art" says Dr. Kent Blad, associate dean of undergraduate studies for the College of Nursing.
The vision of the nursing program is to help students gain more than just a degree. The faculty expressed their passion and purpose to help students promote health and care for the suffering. Like the ultimate healer, Jesus Christ, inviting the spirit into health and healing is the program's biggest inspiration.
Angela Nikerl (left) meets fellow nursing students at orientation dinner. Photo credit: Brooke Tait
"I love the feeling here," says Angela Nikerl from Spokane, Wash. "Being a transfer student, I find myself tearing up every time there is an opening prayer said in class."
As a mother of five kids, Nikerl says that is one of the reasons she loves being a nurse.
"The most profound thing you will do is invite the spirit into your profession," says Dr. Mary Williams, associate dean of graduate studies of the College of Nursing. "We are here to help you educate your heart, mind and hands; all those parts of you must be excellent. You have a responsibility to make nursing better."
Megan Blazzard, a sophomore from Boise, Idaho says, "Tonight I took away how incredible it is that [nursing] is a Healer's art. Every day we are touching someone's life and truly being like the Savior in our work."
Megan Blazzard (third from left) dishes up dinner with her classmates at orientation dinner. Photo credit: Brooke Tait
Inspired by her aunt who is also a nurse, Blazzard decided to study nursing. "I've always looked up to her," she says," I want to be that nurse that is always happy and is a friend to the patients—someone they can trust and have confidence in."
One of the two men in the program, Doug Harvey, a 21-year old from Brighton, Mich. says, "I love science, the human body and helping people, this is something with all those intersected," he says. "What I am most excited for in the program is to learn, and with every class I take I love it more and more."
"We are so glad you are here," Dr. Patricia Ravert, Dean of the College, says in her closing remarks. She spoke of her confidence in the new students. "We expect a lot from you and want you to be successful. Nursing is something you can do so much with if you keep working at it."
It will be exciting to see where the program will take these students in their future semesters here at BYU and in the nursing profession.
This entry was posted in College of Nursing Students and tagged Angela Nikerl, BYU College of Nursing, Doug Harvey, Healer's art, Megan Blazzard, New Students, orientation dinner, Winter 2016 on January 8, 2016 by BYU Nursing.
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Q: Can skew lines be perpendicular? In a math textbook for primary school, there's a picture like the one below. They explain which of the line segments are perpendicular and which are parallel to AD.

There's also a note stating that A1B1, D1C1, BB1 and CC1 are neither parallel nor perpendicular to AD.
I was wondering about that statement, because I learned that those four are perpendicular to AD. So I wrote to the book publisher asking about that. They replied that actually there are two conventions for this situation and they choose "not perpendicular" which, according to them, is more popular.
Is there really no consensus on that?
Edit:
I found another question here, related to a mathematical consensus: Is $0$ a natural number? and I'd accept an answer referring to some resources and clarifying whether the consensus exists or not.

A: According to Wikipedia, "skew lines are two lines that do not intersect and are not parallel."
Two sentences later it wrote "Two lines that both lie in the same plane must either cross each other or be parallel, so skew lines can exist only in three or more dimensions."
Therefore, skew lines (at least if you trust the Wikipedia definition) cannot be perpendicular.

A: I think, Since, A1B1 and AD are not on the same plane, we can't say they are parallel or perpendicular. But your title asks whether skew lines can be perpendicular or not? - I say, Yes, but if two lines are originally perpendicular and you skew them horizontally or vertically (or both) they are will not remain perpendicular.

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NO SURPRISES – WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET.
Ballah sits above the Paradise Centre shopping complex which opens out onto Cavill Mall, the central hub of Surfers Paradise. This is the perfect location for your next stay on the Gold Coast, situated beside the Surfers Paradise Surf Life Saving Club directly across the road from the main beach.
- Bathroom with shower and bath combined and separate laundry.
-Additional guests will be accommodated on a rollaway bed.
The apartment comes fully equipped with all bedding and towels supplied.
Ballah has just undergone a major refurbishment of the entrance and lobby areas giving it an ultra modern look.
- All set in 2 acres of tropical gardens on level 6 of the complex.


Following on from the initial launch of its political ad archive last October, Facebook has this week announced that it will now catalog all ads run by all Pages, not just those with political affiliations.
"We launched the Ad Library - previously called the Ad Archive in the US - to help people learn more about ads related to politics or issues that have run on Facebook or Instagram. The Ad Library offers information about who saw the ad, as well as its spend and impressions, and houses ads for seven years. Today, we're updating the Ad Library to make it easier to learn about all ads and the Pages that run them."
As you can see, the updated Ad Library provides a searchable collection of all of the ads which are running, or have been run, on Facebook and/or Instagram. Enter a name, topic of organization into the search bar and Facebook will provide a list of relevant matches which it can show data for - you then select from the matches and go through to that brand/individual/topic listing. You can also choose a region filter from the top right, and Facebook will use this to highlight regional variants.
"Starting in mid-May, we'll update the Ad Library Report for ads related to politics or issues daily, rather than weekly. We'll also offer weekly, monthly and quarterly reports that are downloadable for anyone."
And as an additional transparency measure, Facebook's also adding a 'Page Transparency' section to every Page, which will include the same insight available within the Ad Library.
The primary focus of this initiative is political transparency, and ensuring that Facebook is doing all it can to keep its platform free of misuse by politically motivated groups, but the broader applications will also be of significant value for digital marketers. Now, you can get a heap more insight into how your competitors are conducting their Facebook marketing efforts, and learn from their campaigns and strategic direction, in order to better inform your own approach.
You might, for example, see that competitor is making a big push in a new region, that their ads are all video, or all very short text. There's a heap of insight you can glean from this - the tool will be a valuable research accompaniment for serious Facebook ads users.
But again, the primary focus is political transparency, and ridding the platform of manipulation. One key benefit of this, for everyday users, is that you can check the source of highly shared memes or posts which share misinformation. If, for example, your uncle is sharing questionable content, you can look up the Page info and share that with him, which could make him re-think using that Page as a resource in future. Or maybe not - but either way, it's another tool to use to improve digital literacy and dispell false reportage.
Definitely worth checking it out - you can access the updated Facebook Ad Library here.


Brussels Saul Alinsky would have wanted to be seen as a realist, so I can easily imagine him just shrugging and saying the equivalent of a "whatever" from more than 45 years ago. The right seems to read him more closely than the left, both in the US and abroad, but at least some are reading him. He'd be happy with that. In the same way that Facebook is seen as the same as the internet in many countries around the world, in Europe at least, and perhaps everywhere, Saul Alinsky is seen as the same as community organizing. Saul would be ecstatic to hear that undoubtedly.
I thought about this a number of times while in Brussels. During the debate and question and answer sessions after the showing of the "The Organizer," there were some questions about Alinsky. During our training one or two of the people in the session asked about something they had read, often apocryphal, in Rules or Reveille. Frequently, they want to know if the actions Saul discussed in the book every happened. Usually not, but the threat is often more powerful than the action itself, so what's the harm. Do all actions have to be "fun," one asked citing Alinsky? No, many are more necessary than "fun." Then in the debate at the union hall the advertisement bringing people to the meeting suggested not only that my colleague, Adrien Roux and I would be there to talk about ACORN, but that we would also talk about the principles of Saul Alinsky and how they might suggest "new methods" for organized labor in Belgium. That would have been hard to do. In some cases, we were asked to describe how the ACORN methodology was the same or different from Alinsky's precepts. On those questions, we had to put sugar in peoples' coffee often times.
We all owe a huge debt to Alinsky and his work. He was the great evangelist for community organizing. In some ways, as evidenced by the interest expressed on the union flyer, he still is. Our head organizers in France and Italy have both written books about Alinsky. In that sense, Saul is still bringing people into the work.
At the same time, I think Saul would have adapted to the changes over the last almost five decades since his death. Organizational and institutional ties have weakened hugely in that period. To build an "organization of organizations" would leave out more people than it would involve these days. Alinsky could not have anticipated these declines, but I like to think he might have evolved a model closer to what ACORN has done. Before his death he was already experimenting with organizations like the Chicago-based Citizens Against Pollution and trumpeting the need to organize the middle-class rather than the poor. I'm not saying that I agree with his direction, but he was smart enough to know that organizing had to continually adapt and experiment. The latter day Alinsky followers still stress building from the base of institutions, especially the church, and particularly the Catholic Church. There is a rationale there, but it also creates something less than an autonomous organization, and one that rises and falls with those institutions as well.
The legacy of Alinsky is alive and kicking. In Europe particularly perhaps, it is best to simply protect the legend, because the actual organizing methodology would likely not bring as many people into community organizations.
This entry was posted in ACORN, ACORN International, Community Organizing, Labor Organizing, Organizer Training and tagged Belgium, Brussels, Europe, Saul Alinsky by Wade. Bookmark the permalink.


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Nigerians Need to Know More About NYSC – Gen Ibrahim
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The Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps, Brigadier General Shuaibu Ibrahim has advocated for more engagement with Nigerians on the invaluable contributions of the Scheme to the progress and development of the country.
Speaking during an interview with Voice of America (VOA) in his office today, he said he discovered that there had been a gap in the level of appreciation of the strategic relevance of the NYSC in sustaining the Nigerian project. This according to him essentially informed the constitution of a team of scholars who conducted extensive research and published nine (9) books on the contributions of Corps Members in the critical sectors of the national economy.
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He said the books focused more on the contributions of Corps Members in the spheres of education, health, elections, community development service, skill acquisition and entrepreneurship development, national integration and development among others.
The Director-General also revealed that other advocacy interventions by the Scheme in recent times include; weekly media documentary of the contributions of serving and ex- Corps Members to national development. He expressed delight that the feedback from Nigerians in this regard has been encouraging and commendable.
Ibrahim further expressed optimism that documentation of activities and interventions of the Scheme would continue to attract goodwill and public support by the active involvement of Corps Members in nation building.
The NYSC helmsman said that democracy provides avenues for Nigerians of all shades of opinion to express their views on the success, or otherwise of the Scheme. But, he insisted that the NYSC Scheme is more relevant in addressing contemporary developmental challenges today than it was in the past. He cited the rural posting policy of the Scheme which ensures even distribution of quality manpower in the fields earlier listed.
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The DG also described the roles of Corps Members in the fight against COVID-19 as strategic, noting that they facilitated the production and distribution of facemasks, liquid soaps, hand sanitisers, disinfection chambers and procured food items and many other palliatives which were distributed to indigent members of their host communities across the country, free of charge.
He applauded the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for considering Corps Members as adhoc staff in the conduct general elections in Nigeria, stressing that Corps Members are highly educated, neutral, trustworthy and can be held accountable in the process.
General Ibrahim stressed further that the Skill Acquisition and Entrepreneurship Development (SAED) programme of the Scheme is unique as Corps Members acquire chosen skills, access credit facilities to establish their businesses, thus employing others and enhancing national unity, integration and development.
He said Corps Members are positive change agents and role models that encourage the entrenchment of the culture of patriotism and selfless service among Nigerians.
He recalled that it was a Corps Member who taught him History in Secondary School that inspired him to study History and today, he is an Associate Professor of History. He added that majority of the lawmakers are Ex-Corps Members who had positive service year experiences. He expressed gratitude and optimism for their continued support of the Scheme.
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Q: Wifi Adapter, Bluetooth Adapter and Sound is not working after Nvidia Software Update I am using Ubuntu 20.04 (as second OS with Windows) and today when I switch to Ubuntu my second screen was not working. I used the solution from this thread External monitor not detected on Ubuntu 18.04 and it worked. After that something odd happened.
I am using TPlink Wifi Adapter and it is not working. When I type lsusb in terminal I can see the device (same thing for Bluetooth Stick) but I cannot connect to internet. In network options I cannot see Wifi option. USB port is working (I tried with External HDD) and everything works in Windows. I tried to connect my phone via USB and it worked but I could not share internet. I tried this USB ports have completely stopped working but it did not work.
Also sound is not working and only output there is "Dummy".
I am completely stuck. I cannot connect to internet so I cannot update anything (ethernet is not an option in this case and sharing mobile internet did not work).
I have no idea to solve this problem. If anyone can give me a hint I would be so grateful.
Output of:
sudo dpkg -s linux-modules-extra-$(uname -r) | grep Status

dpkg-query: package 'linux-modules-extra-5.13.0-27-generic' is not installed and no information is available
Use dpkg --info (= dpkg-deb --info) to examine archive files.

Thank you in advance.


I started this post way back last summer, time to get it out there.
I spent some days in June 2011 in Essaouira, Morocco. Alone. (I had to as I had to leave the place where I'd been working but my flight wasn't until three days later) I am a, let's say, young, not that unattractive girl – but even if I wasn't, pretty sure I'd have made the same experiences.
When I walked through the medina (city), on both sides little shops and people advertising their products, guys shouted after me, or came closer and started chatting, asking for my name etc. I felt very uncomfortable – it may be a culture where people just talk to people, which is rarely the case in Western societies, but when you're a girl surrounded by strangers it might not be the best idea to go for it. I may be naive, but not that naive, and in that situation it's probably best not to risk it. So I just tried to ignore them, walked past them quickly, out of the medina to the beach, and then I just kept on walking until there were hardly any people so I could have a swim, tan and read in peace.
On my way back, a guy suddenly joined me. He asked whether it was okay if he walked with me, I didn't mind, he seemed alright and I should maybe be less paranoid, in the end he was just a person too. We had a good conversation actually. He told me he was from Casablanca, had a wife and kids there. He overwhelmed me with compliments. I enjoyed making up a story about myself, and when he wanted my fb or email address I said he should give me his email address instead. He asked whether I would write before I left so we could meet again, I just smiled. And he emphasised how much prettier Casablanca was and if I came to go there sometime I should definitely get in touch with him. mhm.
Next day, same procedure. On my way to the beach I was followed by a guy for at least five minutes, which was a little scary. Luckily I managed to outpace him.
This time on my way home two guys on horses chatted me up, offered me a free ride with them. I said no though it was very tempting seeing that they charged everyone else haha (but I wonder what they would've wanted in return instead…). As I continued walking back to the medina another guy joined me. Apparently, he was from Casablanca, too. He was camping with friends next to the sea. He seemed quite straightforward, asking me to join them at their camp to smoke something, drink tea… I declined with thanks.
In conclusion, don't go to Morocco alone if you're a girl, and maybe also not in a group of girls – have a guy with you. Unless you want to be chatted up by someone every other minute. Which is nevertheless quite flattering ;). And might even finance your stay if they ended up paying for your meals and if you stayed at their places – an option, not for me though.
Some guys can be rather cheeky, maybe don't believe everything they tell you – even if they seem honest it's hard to figure out whether they're telling the truth (for example both 'Casablancians' said Casablanca was much nicer and less touristy while I was told differently by friends…)… I know it's wrong to judge by stereotypes and so on, but in some cases they do apply and then it's better to play safe.
This entry was posted on 27/04/2012 by G in Cultures, Places and tagged Casablanca, casanova, caution, Essaouira, men, Morocco, naivity.


I guess that whole massive-data-hack thing doesn't matter to these ladies.
The ladies I speak of, of course, are the 87,596 women who joined cheating website Ashley Madison just last week alone. In that same week, female users swapped more than 2.8 million messages with potential flings, suggesting information security isn't as important to these ladies as getting laid is.
Ashley Madison's representatives, naturally, are gloating over the successful week they had, boasting gleeful I-told-you-sos to doubters at every turn.
Not everything is sunshine and rainbows, though. After the hack, which made public the private information of some 32 million users, CEO Noel Biderman resigned. Several recent suicides were linked to the hack. And, it's going to take Ashley Madison a long time to rebuild its entire user base.
Still, Ashley Madison is doing much better than expected. Cheaters, it seems, will always find a way.


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Abstract oil painting with bright yellow, pink, blue orange, teal swirl.
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"Blue Bikini Bottom" 48"x72". Acrylic on canvas. SOLD.
"Thinking tree" Dripping Painting, abstract oil on canvas painting. "
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... Figurative abstract painting of a woman floating underwater, blue, orange, and white colors. "
"Summer Highlights" 36" x 36" acrylic on canvas. "


PRAYER OF THE DAY: Incarnate God, your presence is everywhere in the world you so lovingly created. Meet us in the simple and the complex, in the great and small, and inspire us to reach out to others as we have been encountered by you. Amen.


ABSTRACT: We examined the predator–prey interaction between an apex seabird predator, the common murre Uria aalge, and capelin Mallotus villosus, the primary forage fish in the Northwest Atlantic. Sampling of parental deliveries to murre chicks was carried out during the breeding season on Funk Island, located off northeast Newfoundland, Canada. Concurrent vessel surveys were conducted throughout the murre's diving and foraging range around the colony to characterize the prey field. Results indicated that in years when capelin was abundant in the size range consumed by murres (suitable capelin), murres delivered large and small fish in similar proportions, whereas they delivered more large fish when suitable capelin abundance was low. Considering the relative abundances of small and large suitable capelin, these observations suggest negative prey switching by the predator. Using foraging theory, we derived a model which estimates the probability of delivering a specific prey type (large or small capelin or other prey) to the chick based on prey availabilities. This quantitative model was capable of reproducing the general patterns in the observations. It also allowed estimating the shape of the common murre's multispecies functional response (MSFR) which indicated that this would conform to the definition of prey switching, and could then be classified as a Type 3. From an applied perspective, our results support the use of predator diets as indicators of their food base, but also highlight the need for understanding the shape of the predator's MSFR for quantitative development of these types of applications.