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How to Field Judge Mule Deer
A mature mule deer buck is an icon of western hunting. To stalk one across endless coulees or glass one up from a distant ridgeline is what hunting this species is all about. And if you're able to connect with a truly big buck, then good on ya'. If you have dreams of tagging a high-scoring mule deer, you need to know what to look for when scoring them in the field. We can help.
If we're lucky, some of us will see bucks in the 140-180 range. To know if a buck will score this high, understand that its gross score is the sum total of these measurements: inside spread, length of main beams, length of points and eight mass measurements. For mule deer, there are three main components that make up a trophy-class rack: long tines, inside spread and solid mass. As a general rule, if a buck appears high, wide and heavy at first glance, then have a seat and take some time to look it over.
Keep in mind that mule deer's body size can vary depending on the region you're hunting. A massive-bodied Saskatchewan buck's rack may not look big compared to his body. By contrast, the rack on mule deer in the arid Southwest might look giant on a smaller-bodied buck. Justin Spring, director of Big Game Records for the Boone and Crockett Club says mule deer antlers can vary in different regions of the same state, too. "A buck from eastern Montana might have long tines, but the frame will be spindly and thin," he says. "In the western portion of the state, they're typically narrower but heavier."
Beam and Tine Length
"The key with antlers is tine length because mass won't carry you," says Spring. But be careful, he warns. "Don't let one really good trait fog your judgment." The main beam on a mule deer is the bottom beam from which all other tines sprout. The length of that beam alone accounts for more than 25 percent of the overall score, according to Boone and Crockett records. How can you tell (roughly) how long that main beam is from afar? It's all in the ears.
On most mature mule deer bucks, one ear will measure—from the white spot at the base to the tip—about eight inches (Figure A). If the deer you're glassing has a main beam around 2 ½ - 3 ears long (Figure B), it will likely hit the 24-inch mark. That's a good thing because it means that buck has a solid foundation on which to build more bone. Another trick is to compare the length of that beam to the length of the deer's face, which will typically be about 10 inches long (Figure B).
Once you've determined that the frame is solid, check out the depth of those forks—the deeper, the better. Good fronts are more important than the backs because more measurements come off those front tines. How do you know if the forks are deep? Use the ears as your guide again.
Don't overlook eye guards, drop tines, stickers and kickers. All of those extra points aren't just awesome to look at—they add to the overall score.
Super wide deer are impressive, but the only width measurement that counts for its score is the inside spread, which is the measurement from the widest points of the main beam. Just as you used ears to judge the length of the main beam, use them to judge the spread. A mule deer's ears will typically measure 20-22-inches (Figure C) across from tip-to-tip when they're in the "alert position". If the ears fall inside the beams widest spread, giddy up. You're looking at a really big deer. But again, depending on the region in which you're hunting and the individual deer itself, ear sizes (and the distance between them) will vary.
Mass is tough to judge in the field, but that's okay. It only amounts to roughly 18 percent of the overall score. Just as the ears were used to judge beam length and spread, you can use the eyes to gauge mass. A mule deer's eye will measure around four inches in circumference (Figure D). Heavy bases (six or more inches) will be bigger than its eyes. A buck that has thick beams and carries his mass out into his tines well is what you're looking for.
Aside from the obvious pitfalls of buck fever, judging mule deer in the field has a few traps. Here's how to avoid them. First, try to view the buck from different angles. All mule deer look big from the back because they typically have their ears pinned back if they're walking away. While a side view will give you a great idea of fork depth and tine length, it's tough to judge how wide the buck is. If you can stay hidden, try to get a front and side view.
Be aware of your background. Racks that have snow in the background can make them seem bigger; it's just the nature of contrast. By comparison, a buck in the shadows or with sage as a backdrop might be harder to judge. And remember that the inside spread is the one that counts in the overall score, but that outside spread is the first thing that all hunters notice.
Now that you know the basics of field judging, it's time for some real-world application. This is tough because the only way to know the true score of a buck is to shoot it and then measure it. There is a work around, though. The Boone and Crockett Club maintains a massive database of both trophy photos and field photos. And the best part? They're all scored. Sifting through a few dozen of those photos while trying to guess the score is a solid way to kill a six pack with your hunting buddies and learn something.
Now, it's time for your exam. Here are three typical muley bucks from the Boone and Crockett records. How close can you get to each rack's final score?
Photos courtesy of the Boone and Crockett Club
#1 World's Record Typical
Gross score 236-0/8
Final net score 226-4/8
This is the world's record mule deer killed by Doug Burris, Jr. in Dolores, Colorado, back in 1972. It truly has it all, except maybe eye guards, but with an inside spread of more than 20 inches and main beams that measure 30 and 28 inches, weak eye guards are okay. What it might lack in mass, it more than makes up for in tine length. Look at the depth of those forks—all four are nearly identical! Can you guess the inside spread of those main beams? It's nearly 31 inches.>
#2 180-inch Oregon typical
Gross: 183 1/8
Final: 181 5/8
Back in 2009, Charlene Winkler killed this Oregon buck in Malheur county. If you were field scoring this, it's likely that you'd first notice the frame, which is solid. But those shallow back forks are hard to miss. Don't get me wrong, this is a great deer, and each main beam measures more than two feet. Plus, this deer is incredibly symmetrical with less than two inches difference. While it's tough to see with one ear pinned back, the inside spread is an eighth shy of two feet itself.
#3 200-inch Idaho typical
Gross: 216-5/8
Final: 200-1/8
Scott B. Weeks shot this toad in southeastern Idaho a decade ago. It's got a little junk that comes off the back forks, but don't let that stop you because those eye guards make up for it. Be sure to compare the ears to the inside spread of the main beams. A mule deer's ears will typically measure 20-22-inches across from tip-to-tip when flat like that. When they're alive, that's the "alert position" as they listen to you trying to take off your pack. The inside spread on this buck, the measurement from the widest points of the main beam, measures a tad over 24 inches. Line those up and tell me those ears aren't a good measuring tool.
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Q: How to start/install/access Activiti Explorer on Apache ServiceMix 4.5.3? I'm new to Activiti/Apache ServiceMix and I'm a bit lost on how to access the Activiti Explorer.
I have installed Activiti via Karaf (feature:install activiti) but how could I access the Explorer Web UI?
I have tried using localhost:8181/activiti-explorer URL but it gives me a 404 error.
I can access the karaf web console so I know for sure that Servicemix and Karaf are up and running. Also, Activiti reports to be installed and running.
Thank you

A: Installing Activiti means installing the activiti engine.
The engine has no web component, yo need to install a diferent component called activiti-explorer. Sadly it has no suport by now, see: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SMX4-1623 .

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I must admit it. I had an outdoor wedding at the end of June. Now, many brides get married outside in Summer, but in my case there was no tent for shelter, not enough to drink, and one of my bridesmaids may or may not have fainted during pictures. (Still sorry, Susanna.) I know what you're thinking: sounds like just the right amount of drama. Please resist the urge to recreate.
I think because my wedding had a few crisis moments that could have been avoided with a little guidance, (and common sense, but COM'ON! I was 22!) I am now very passionate about planning for the worst (though hoping for the best) when it comes to your wedding day-and terrible heat can be just as serious as rain!
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EC Apple tax decision slammed by U.S. authorities
by Michael Carroll |
Aug 31, 2016 6:39am
A European Commission (EC) demand that Apple repay €13 billion ($14.4 billion) in back taxes in Ireland attracted the ire of U.S. authorities.
The U.S. treasury branded the order as unfair and said the ruling challenges European Union (EU) member states' ability to set taxation levels. A White House spokesperson warned that the decision could impact U.S. taxpayers if Apple writes off the repayment against its domestic earnings, BBC News reported.
Democrat senator Charles Schumer also weighed in, telling the BBC that the EC's decision amounts to money grabbing.
The U.S. authorities were reacting to the EC's ruling that Apple's tax arrangements in Ireland breach the EU's state aid rules.
In a statement, competition commissioner Margrethe Vestager explained that investigations of two tax deals between the company and Ireland revealed that the agreements "have artificially reduced Apple's tax burden for over two decades", and that the decision sends a clear message to member states; namely that they "cannot give unfair tax benefits to selected companies" whether they are headquartered in the EU or overseas.
Ireland's government and Apple denied breaching state aid rules and vowed to appeal the decision, Bloomberg reported. However, opposition politicians in Ireland slammed the government's reluctance to accept a back payment that would be more than double the amount the country took in corporate taxes during 2015, the news agency noted.
Apple CEO Tim Cook said the EC's claim that Ireland offered special tax rates to his company "has no basis in fact or in law." In an open letter, the CEO said Apple "never asked for, nor did we receive, any special deals," and that the decision is more about "which government collects" Apple's tax payments, rather than the actual amount it pays.
The U.S. company first invested in Ireland in 1980 and today employs close to 6,000 staff in the country. Cook said the Irish business has since contributed to the creation of "more than 1.5 million jobs across Europe" directly (with Apple) and indirectly in the form of app developers, manufacturers, and other suppliers.
Cook said Apple is "proud of our contributions to local economies across Europe", and that the company has become the "largest taxpayer in Ireland" during its near 40 year presence in the country.
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- read this Bloomberg article
- view the EC's statement
- see Tim Cook's open letter
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T-Mobile says that the integration of the Sprint network will be similar to its integration of MetroPCS and will in some ways be even easier.
Another looming 5G challenge: Getting customers to upgrade
Moving subscribers to 5G networks will help carriers manage network traffic, but they can't do it until customers buy 5G-ready smartphones.
by Martha DeGrasse May 16, 2018 12:00pm
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In this Assignment, you evaluate the financial condition of a hypothetical town by considering trends and what they could mean. Review this week�s Learning Resources. Think about how public organizations can use data from audits and assessments to increase their effectiveness.
Centerville is a hypothetical town that provides the context for this Assignment. What follows is a table that presents five years of data.
Use the five-year-trend data in the table to evaluate whether Centerville's (C) revenue and expenditures are balanced. In summarizing Centerville's financial situation over a five-year period, the table includes five factors: amount of revenue that the city is gaining per household, the percentage of total revenue contributed by sales tax, how much the city is spending per household, and the percentage of the city's households that are exempt from paying sales tax.
What is happening to sales tax as a percentage of revenue? Look at the percentage of the city's households that are exempt from paying sales tax row. What is happening to the percentage of sales-tax-exempt households over the five-year period?
Please do the calculations to complete the Excel templates provided.
THIS IS FOR SHOW AND ANALYSIS DATA,not an essay writing. I need a good mark for this one because it worths 30% of all. And I have the email from the prof which shows the details related to the assignment. The writer needs to see the lecture notes as there are some examples. THANK YOU.
This will under the CBA format.
* Calculate the receivables turnover ratio and average age of receivables for Deckers Outdoor Corporation (DECK) and Skechers U.S.A. Inc. (SKX) for the year ended December 31, 2011 (the most recent income statement period presented for each company). You will need the net accounts receivable amounts for DECK and SKX at December 31, 2010 and December 31, 2011 to calculate an AVERAGE net accounts receivable figure for the most recent annual income statement period for each company! Why do we use average net accounts receivable in the denominator of the ratio?…See below for the explanation.
less allowances" balance sheet line item at December 31, 2010 and December 31, 2011. The amount for the allowance for doubtful accounts at each year-end has already been deducted by each company to arrive at the net number as shown in each year-end balance sheet. Therefore, you use the numbers just as they are presented in the balance sheets!
* Your financial statement analysis must be in memo format.
* You must present the formulas for the ratios.
* Please indicate "dollars in thousands" if you are using the numbers as they are presented in the financial statements for both DECK and SKX … also, make sure to show dollar signs on amounts that are in dollars!!
net accounts receivable for both DECK and SKX.
* Calculate the receivables turnover ratio and average age of receivables to the nearest tenth. The receivable turnover ratio should be stated as "X.X times," since it is a measure of how many times a company's accounts receivable turns over (is collected) during the year. Average age of receivables should be stated as "X.X days," since it is a measure of the number of days of sales that are in accounts receivable, on average (average number of days it takes to collect from a customer on account).
* Why do we use the average net accounts receivable figure in the denominator of the ratio?
denominator, rather than an end-of-period amount (at a "point in time").
your text as another reference/resource. Additionally, please feel free to do a search on the internet.
we'll be analyzing this semester.
(low average age of receivables), or low (high average age of receivables)?
each corporation, for possible discussion and information related to accounts receivable.
Obtain Walmart's latest annual financial reporting documents.
(b) evidence of impression management in the voluntary disclosures (narratives, graphs, pictures).
Refer to relevant regulation and research.
Discuss the factors that are likely to shape accounting development. Select one country from Africa.Identify and discuss with arguments the major factors that have in your view, shaped their financial reporting regime.
1.This is a safe assignment.
inform me the name of the countries before you start.
You are discussing your new role as an audit senior for one of the "big four" accounting firms with an old friend from your student days. Your friend is querying whether your firm can be truly independent given that they are paid a considerable sum of money to perform the audits of their various clients and they may also provide various additional non audit services to the same audit clients. Your friend's comments cause you to reflect and you decide to give these issues some thought!
Explore the query you friend has raised and decide whether the query has any merit.
In formulating a response, be sure to consider IFAC and FRC guidance/standards on this issue and provide real world examples to amplify your discussion.
Write a group report discussing the advantages and disadvantages of using Sage to process three different types of prime documents-Sales Invoices,Cheques and Bank Paying-in Slips- through the first four stages of the accounting system.
Clearly identify the three prime documents that will be discussed in the report.
Any limitations – e.g. limited data provided.
-Summaries the arguments presented in the findings.
-Make a consistent recommendation discussing the advantages and disadvantages of using Sage to process three different types of prime documents through the first four stages of the accounting system.
E.G. This report has argued.
E.G. It could be argued.


It's been a crazy year in every regard, but especially in awards season. There's really been no consensus on the best movie of the year from the critics' groups or guilds. That's kind of exciting, but makes this guesswork particularly difficult. So here are my best guesses for the feature categories. There could still be a lot of surprises on Tuesday morning.
The skinny: In all the years I've been taking a stab at this stuff, this is the oddest year I've ever encountered. There's no true front-runner at this point. Sure, Lady Bird and The Shape of Water have critical adoration, but none of the precursors have formed anything resembling consensus. The only thing I can go by is recent trends, thus I'm settling on eight movies in the running. There are seven locks in my mind. The Big Sick got a big boost from SAG, so I think it gets that eighth slot. But the momentum among later releases seems to favor I, Tonya. Though if it gets a boost anywhere, it would be in the screenplay category. Many prognosticators still have faith in The Florida Project, despite zero love from any of the guilds (aside from Willem Dafoe's performance). They're basing that off the success of the similarly themed Beasts of the Southern Wild and Room, both of which earned both Best Picture and Best Director nods. I think The Florida Project is an all-or-nothing prospect: it gets neither or it gets both. Sadly, there's still no room for Mudbound, Dee Rees' criminally underseen family drama that's just sitting there on Netflix. A few years ago, it would almost certainly be a frontrunner. And while it's a shoo-in for an Adapted Screenplay nomination (and in play for supporting actress and cinematography), it should be getting showered with accolades.
Total Shock: Darren Aronofsky, mother!
The skinny: As I mentioned above, if The Florida Project gets nominated for Best Picture, Sean Baker will also be nominated for Best Director. So who's out? Probably Jordan Peele, sadly. But if there's a third route, then that most likely leads to Italian director Luca Guadagnino picking up his first nomination. And while I would love to see the visions of past nominees Denis Villeneuve and Darren Aronofsky honored, there's no chance of that happening.
Long Shot: Denzel Washington, Roman J. Israel, Esq.
The skinny: Gary Oldman has this in the bag, so the bigger story is the rest of the nominees. I often thought James Franco would be on the outside looking in for his performance as Tommy Wiseau, and that was before the stories of sexual misconduct. Those may have hit too late to change any voters' minds, but he's still in contention. So it all comes down to which two-time winner will make it in: The Post is excellent but has lagged recently, yet far more people have seen it than Roman J. Israel, Esq., which was pretty bad but featured another great Denzel performance. I'd rather see another young actor get in: Robert Pattinson as the corroded soul of Good Time, and he's magnificent.
The skinny: Once again, it's coming down to which living legend makes that fifth slot: Meryl Streep might undeservedly miss for only the second time in her career – yeah, I'm going to bat for The River Wild here – at the expense of Judi Dench reprising her role as Queen Victoria in Stephen Frears' sequel to Mrs. Brown. Ordinarily, I'd roll my eyes at such a thing, but Dench crushes it as usual. There's been a lot of support in recent weeks for Jessica Chastain in Molly's Game, but it may have come too late. Of course, I'm of the opinion that she should have been nominated at least three more times since she got robbed for Zero Dark Thirty. And while people have been clamoring for Wonder Woman to get something big since the summer, it's not going to happen, though Gal Gadot's star-making turn wouldn't be the worst place to honor it.
The skinny: Well, this shaped up to be quite the race, huh? You could easily have four nominees from just two movies, but it may end up being more complicated than that. Dafoe and Rockwell are locks, and Harrelson probably is too. My hope is that Stuhlbarg and Hammer don't split votes, since both are excellent (even if Hammer is almost certainly co-lead). But it's possible neither gets in, which means that Christopher Plummer could wind up sneaking in. (I love Plummer, and haven't seen the film, so that smacks of statement-making to me.) If anyone should benefit from such a scenario, it should be Tracy Letts, who's almost as good as the two ladies of Lady Bird.
The skinny: Four of these ladies are definitely getting in, but it's a toss-up for the fifth slot between Hong Chau (another strong performance in a reviled flop) and Mary J. Blige (a singer making a major dramatic debut, but in a movie too few people have probably seen). Ask me tomorrow and I'd probably flip it. Sadly, there's no room for Lesley Manville, who's icy perfection in Phantom Thread. And there's definitely no way Tiffany Haddish's star-making, fruit-fondling, crowd-spraying performance in Girls Trip gets nominated at this point either. I actually preferred Jada Pinkett Smith's performance in the movie, but Haddish at the Oscars makes everything much more fun.
The skinny: This category is absolutely brutal this year. You could make a solid slate out of any combination of at least 10 movies. But I think these are the five. I, Tonya and/or The Post could nudge their way in, since it will be close, but I don't know how they'd knock out these five probable Best Picture nominees.
The skinny: Four of these have been decided for some time, but that fifth slot is wide open. I'm still sticking to my guns and picking The Beguiled, despite no awards love thus far. Logan would be the first comic book movie to get nominated, and I will be shocked if that finally happens. Wonder got surprisingly good reviews and robust box office, but it's not really an Oscar movie. That last shot should go to Last Flag Flying, but that movie essentially vanished the second it was released. What a shame.
The skinny: I'm probably going to stop tracking this category in the future, as I realize it's been years since I've seen more than two nominees going into the awards broadcast. So let's just say Coco is walking away with this. But with a change in voting – members of other branches can opt in to vote on this one – I'm expecting more popular films like The Boss Baby and The LEGO Batman Movie to get in at the expense of the more artsy fare this branch likes to stack this category with.
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Q: Can inheritance be used with Codea? Is it possible to use inheritance with Codea? While I am fairly new to Lua, but from some quick Googling, it looks like the methods to do inheritance and polymorphism are a bit "involved". Is there any technique that can be used safely with Codea's Lua-hosting engine?

Here is a simple runnable test I am trying to get working. My superclass:
Superklass = class()

function Superklass:init(x,y)
    self.x = x
    self.y = y
end

function Superklass:debug()
    print(string.format("(%d, %d)", self.x, self.y))
end

A subclass:
Ship = class()

function Ship:init(x, y)
    -- you can accept and set parameters here
    print('ship:init() called')

    self = Superklass(x,y) -- ???
    print('attempting to call self:debug()')
    self:debug() -- works! prints
    print('ok!')
end

function Ship:draw()
    print('ship:draw() called')

    print('attempting to call self:debug()')
    self:debug()
    print('ok')
end

And the program entrypoint:
-- initial setup
function setup()
    ship = Ship(HEIGHT/2, WIDTH/2)
end

-- called once every frame
function draw()
    ship:draw()
end

Here's the output from running that:
ship:init() called
attempting to call self:debug()
(384, 375)
ok!
ship:draw() called
attempting to call self:debug()
error: [string "Ship = class()..."]:16: attempt to call method 'debug' (a nil value)
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I am sure this is incredibly naive -- but I would love a tip in the direction of something that might work in the context of Codea.

A: Just to give a working solution (class inheritance in Codea) and point out a few of the pitfalls. First, I should note that Codea loads classes in tab order, so the tabs for the superclasses have to be prior to the tabs for the subclasses. I would recommend looking through this thread on the Codea forums. It discusses the technique below, and also gives some insight into the underlying mechanics.
First, we define a superclass AbstractSprite whose constructor takes an (x,y) coordinate. It provides a method debug to echo this coordinate to the console.
AbstractSprite = class()

function AbstractSprite:init(x,y)
    self.position = vec2(x,y)

    print("new AbstractSprite created")
end

function AbstractSprite:debug()
    print(string.format("(%d,%d)", self.position.x, self.position.y))
end

Next, we define an implementing class Ship, which implements a custom debug that calls super, demonstrating how to move up the class hierarchy.
Ship = class(AbstractSprite)

function Ship:init()
    AbstractSprite.init(self)
    print("new Ship created")
end

function Ship:debug()
    print("I am a ship, calling my superclasses' methods!")
    AbstractSprite.debug(self)
end

The program entrypoint. We create both a Ship and a 'raw' AbstractSprite, calling debug on each:
function setup()
    ship = Ship()
    ship:debug()

    asteroid = AbstractSprite(150, 200)
    asteroid:debug()
end

And console output:
new AbstractSprite created
new Ship created
I am a ship, calling my superclasses' methods!
(0,0)
new AbstractSprite created
(150,200)

A: Disclaimer: I'm the author of middleclass, an OO-lib for Lua.
The closure-based you pointed out on the first example is a nice intellectual exercise, but it has little practical value. In Lua, object orientation is better achieved with tables (as the example pointed out by your second example suggests) - it gives equivalent functionality at a faster rate. The only differences are syntactical.
There are lots of libraries that use the standard table-based approach to do OO in Lua. You may find a list here:
http://lua-users.org/wiki/ObjectOrientedProgramming
Using middleclass, your code would become like this:
require 'middleclass'

-- middleclass needs the class name as a parameter
SuperClass = class('SuperClass') -- I don't see the point of using a K here, BTW

function SuperClass:initialize(x,y) -- initialize instead of init
    self.x = x
    self.y = y
end

function SuperClass:debug()
    print(string.format("(%d, %d)", self.x, self.y))
end
--

Ship = class('Ship', SuperClass) -- notice that we put the superclass here

function Ship:initialize(x, y) -- initialize instead of init again
    -- you can accept and set parameters here
    print('ship:initialize() called')

    self = SuperClass.initialize(self,x,y) -- notice the extra self and initialize here
    print('attempting to call self:debug()')
    self:debug() -- works! prints
    print('ok!')
end

function Ship:draw()
    print('ship:draw() called')

    print('attempting to call self:debug()')
    self:debug()
    print('ok')
end


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Articles for the Month of May 2018
Date: May 24, 2018 Author: Shara Bohach
Photo by Sarah Gordon / The Day
New London — Downtown developer Eric Hamburg strides out of the second-floor office of Felix Reyes on Wednesday afternoon with a rolled-up set of blueprints and stack of file folders clutched under one arm.
Hamburg recently closed on 74 State St., the former Mallove's Jewelers, adding a fifth building to his collection in the heart of downtown. He's considering a restaurant for the corner of Bank and State streets, with water-view apartments above. His initial plans for the former Capitol Theater on Bank Street are a mix of apartments, restaurants and an indoor market.
Hamburg said obstacles remain but he cracks a smile when asked about his confidence in getting his projects completed and waves a thumb in Reyes' direction as if to indicate Reyes will be an important player.
Reyes, the city's new director of economic and community development, exudes confidence and optimism. It appears to be contagious.
"I'm very optimistic. There's no use coming to work if I'm not optimistic and encouraged that I can have some success in getting things done," Reyes said. "I truly feel the best days are ahead of us."
Reyes says he has reason to be optimistic. On Thursday, he and Mayor Michael Passero met with some of the major players in the off-shore wind industry. State Pier is attracting attention and Reyes said the city needs to be able to work with whatever industry is looking to set up shop.
Later that night, the Planning and Zoning Commission approved plans for a 98-unit apartment complex on city-owned land at the corner of Bank and Howard streets, the long vacant former Parcel J. He said the same company that has pitched the development, A.R. Building Company, is filling up its most recent residential project at 60 Mansfield Road.
Back in his office, Reyes sits at a table and traces his finger along a color-coded map of downtown buildings. He pops up from his seat and walks to a whiteboard to sketch a diagram and explain how many of the downtown buildings are physically interconnected, an example of why cooperation between property owners will be needed as a flurry of restoration work on the historical structures continues.
Reyes, 36, took on the job of director of development and planning in March and said he has started meeting with downtown property owners to develop relationships during what he sees as a major boom in the development scene.
"I make it a point to build and develop relationships with people that want to invest in New London," he said. "It's critical to have the relationships, to know what are your struggles and what are your needs."
'No political ties'
Reyes, who lives in Trumbull with his wife and two young children, was traveling to Chicago every month at his previous job as a senior project manager with the development and construction management firm LendLease when he read about the departure of his predecessor, Tammy Daugherty.
The position's job duties were expanded to include a focus on policy recommendations, technical advisory services and development of long-term strategies for the city to be able to attract new businesses and development.
The job description was right in his wheelhouse.
"I told my wife, 'I have to apply for that job,'" Reyes said. "It just occurred to me that what I was prepping for (in previous jobs) was this position. I know the people. I know the neighborhoods. I know a lot of the problems. I have no political ties. My method of getting things done is perfect for moving some issues that we need to address."
A 1999 New London High School graduate, Reyes earned a degree in architecture from Wentworth Institute of Technology, kicked off his career at Barun Basu Associates in New London and moved on to several different companies in commercial real estate, planning, architectural design and construction industries.
Among other accomplishments, he managed the build-out of 300 restaurants for Yum Brand, the renovation and development of 50 Citizens Bank branches and served as project manager and architect for capital improvements at the Merit 7 Corporate Office Park in Norwalk.
As Passero would later say after a trip with Reyes to Boston to meet with a group of high-profile developers, "he speaks their language."
Reyes never really disconnected from New London or its sports teams. His parents still live here and he has been visiting several times a month.
"I'm very much attached to the neighborhoods, the culture," he said.
His phone "blew up" when his hiring was announced by the city. Everyone he knew from school contacted him to express their congratulations, he said.
Technology upgrade needed
As for the work ahead, Reyes said he has his hands full.
He has a staff of 12 between the Building and Planning and Zoning departments and is helping to craft a job description for the next economic development director, a position that has remained vacant since the retirement of Ned Hammond.
Part of his work will be to modernize the Building Department, a group he said is composed of experienced professionals using antiquated technology. He intends to change that and computerize most of the paperwork to become more efficient.
As for blight, Reyes said the downtown property owners will have noticed an increase in citations over the past few months as the city ramps up its efforts to get properties into compliance with the property maintenance code and look presentable.
He's aware construction Dumpsters line a portion of Bank Street and several buildings are encapsulated by scaffolding with chutes hanging out of open windows. Most of the work to date has been demolition and owners taking stock of what they have, he said, which is necessary if the buildings are to be renovated.
One developer he has yet to meet with is Bill Cornish, someone who he said is critical to the success of the downtown because of his vast holdings. His office has received complaints, he said, about the state of Cornish's buildings but will reserve judgment, he said, until he understands whether Cornish has an overall plan.
Historical buildings are being scooped up by developers at a dizzying pace and Reyes said his plan is to help guide the work so the projects are completed.
Between Hamburg and Yehuda Amar, another developer who has continued to add to his downtown portfolio, Reyes said, "we have two of the most aggressive developers in the prime of downtown."
"You can't ask for a better scenario," Reyes said. "This is a critical time. I'm encouraged."


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Q: Can't connect Hibernate to JavaFx application.Caused by: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: java/sql/SQLException @FXML
protected void onHelloButtonClick() {
sessionFactory = new Configuration()
.configure("configuration/hibernate.cfg.xml")
.addAnnotatedClass(Movie.class)
.addAnnotatedClass(User.class)
.buildSessionFactory();
 ...

This is my code.I have this error message, when try to create SessionFactory:
Caused by: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: java/sql/SQLException
at java.base/java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method)
at java.base/java.lang.Class.forName(Class.java:467)
at org.jboss.logging.Logger$1.run(Logger.java:2554)
at java.base/java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(AccessController.java:318)
at org.jboss.logging.Logger.getMessageLogger(Logger.java:2529)
at org.jboss.logging.Logger.getMessageLogger(Logger.java:2516)
at org.hibernate.orm.core@5.4.11.Final/org.hibernate.internal.CoreLogging.messageLogger(CoreLogging.java:28)
at org.hibernate.orm.core@5.4.11.Final/org.hibernate.internal.CoreLogging.messageLogger(CoreLogging.java:24)
at org.hibernate.orm.core@5.4.11.Final/org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration.<clinit>(Configuration.java:85)
at com.example.rating/com.example.rating.Main.onHelloButtonClick(Main.java:21)
... 58 more
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: java.sql.SQLException
at java.base/jdk.internal.loader.BuiltinClassLoader.loadClass(BuiltinClassLoader.java:641)
at java.base/jdk.internal.loader.ClassLoaders$AppClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoaders.java:188)
at java.base/java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:520)
... 68 more

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Historically, land ownership has always been critical to the health, wellness, and stability of families.
This is especially important to the African American families that survived slavery. Many of these families amassed significant amounts of farm land in the U.S. and often portions of their property were used to grow food and raise livestock. Even families with a small parcel of land grew vegetables and fruit gardens.
During summer, families celebrated God's blessings and proudly shared the fresh, rich, ripe strawberries, melons, corn, peas, greens, beans, tomatoes, onions, potatoes, and peppers grown by their own hands, on their own land. Families would grow different foods to swap and barter among themselves.
Some farmers operated roadside fruit and vegetable stands where anyone could purchase wholesome freshness at fair prices. It was not uncommon for families to share recipes and tips for cooking. People would wisely preserve their bountiful produce through canning, freezing, and drying procedures; and there would be healthy foods to last through the fall, winter, and spring.
Sadly, many African American families have lost their precious land.
In the 50 years following the Emancipation Proclamation, African Americans held over 15 million acres of land. Today, African Americans own less than 7 million acres of land. In 1920, African Americans owned 14% of all farms. Today, African Americans own less than 1% of all farms.
There are many reasons for the rapid decline of African American land ownership including issues related to complex property ownership among heirs including lack of estate planning, tax sales, court-ordered partition sales, inaccessibility to legal counsel, as well as unjust, violent, and legally exploitive land takings.
Many African American families continue to live in the same rural communities where they once owned farms and grew their own food. Ironically, some of these same communities are now large food deserts—geographic areas where residents' access to affordable, healthy foods such as fresh fruits and vegetables is restricted or nonexistent due to the absence of grocery stores within convenient traveling distance.
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Gary Grant, National President of the Black Farmers and Agriculturalist Association, a nonprofit organization created to respond to the issues and concerns of African American farmers in the U.S. and abroad, works diligently to address the continued loss of African American farms.
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Masters 2014: Bubba Watson wins second Green Jacket in three years
• Closing 69 secures three-shot victory for American
• Jonas Blixt and Jordan Spieth tie for second place
• In pictures: the best images from the final day
Ewan Murray at Augusta
@mrewanmurray
Mon 14 Apr 2014 03.15 EDT First published on Mon 14 Apr 2014 03.15 EDT
Bubba Watson, right, in the Green Jacket presented to him by 2013 champion Adam Scott after winning the 2014 Masters. Photograph: Rob Carr/Getty Images
Nobody can claim Gerry Lester "Bubba" Watson won his second Masters in three years the easy way. Not with a straight face, at least.
Watson let a three-shot lead fritter away on Saturday. As Jordan Spieth brilliantly holed out from the bunker at the front of the 4th green during round four, Watson trailed the 20-year-old by the same margin. Watson matched Spieth's birdie two, moments later; the battle between eccentric major winner and fresh-faced pretender had commenced.
This slugging match continued until the crucial period of this, the 78th Masters. Spieth stumbled from eight to five under from the 8th tee to the 12th green. As Spieth left his tee shot at the 12th short and in Rae's Creek, Watson had claimed a level of initiative that he didn't look of a mind to throw away.
Watson sat at seven under by the end of the same stretch, with his score and advantage improved further with a birdie on a 13th hole which a combination of power and technology allows the left-hander to butcher.
At nine minutes to seven local time, Watson confirmed his aggregate total of 280, eight under par and three better than both Spieth and Sweden's Jonas Blixt. A three-stroke lead on the 72nd tee was comfortable enough, even for this jittery and emotional character. Watson still took three-wood, just to be safe.
He has been re-acquainted with the Green Jacket. Augusta National has been witness once again to Watson's victory tears. Starting with Mike Weir, there have now been six left-handed winners of the Masters since 2003.
So Watson joins an illustrious list. The stellar names who have won this famous tournament more than once include Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, Tiger Woods, Tom Watson, Sam Snead, Gary Player, Ben Hogan and Seve Ballesteros. Just like Horton Smith, the very first Masters victor, Watson's three-year run here reads: win, loss, win. And all this, for a man who has never had a single golf lesson, let alone a coach.
For all the intensity and drama of day four, and there was plenty, a glance back to Friday is necessary in the context of Watson's success. Then, he embarked on a run of five back-nine birdies in a row which kick-started not only the champion in waiting but the event itself. At the time, Watson's spell looked ominous for the remainder of the field; it ultimately proved precisely that.
Even in defeat, Spieth emerges with immense credit. He was seeking to become the youngest ever winner of the Masters. Only three players in history had claimed the first major of the year on their debut.
Instead, the Texan fell narrowly short but displayed a spirit and maturity in defeat which many of his professional elders should take note of. He simply refused to give up, as a superb chip from the right of the 17th green which almost dropped into the cup illustrated.
Spieth won the hearts of the golfing public in Georgia and identified himself as this sport's brightest young star. More importantly, he proved both to himself and others that he can go toe-to-toe with the best without feeling in any way inadequate. "It still stings, as any close call in a major would do," Spieth admitted.
Given Spieth's showing, there would be an argument for experience being overrated, but for the exploits of Miguel Ángel Jiménez.
The 50-year-old pot-bellied, chain smoking Spaniard recorded his best ever Masters finish of fourth. Never mind thoughts of a vice-captaincy role at the Ryder Cup in September, Jiménez has every chance of playing in it.
"Yes, technology helps me," Jiménez said. "Of course. But if you don't know how to hit the ball then technology doesn't do anything."
Blixt, too, is worthy of immense praise. The 29-year-old Swede carded four sub-par rounds on his maiden Augusta appearance. He'll be a force, here and elsewhere, in the near future.
As ever on the Sunday of a major championship, there were early charges. Rory McIlroy made one, with the Northern Irishman clawing back to level par from a starting point of plus three by the time he reached the 13th tee. However, McIlroy's second shot to that hole, a generous par five, fell agonisingly into the water hazard and that was that.
McIlroy can file this tournament firmly in the category of what might have been. Still, there was a first ever place inside the top 10 as a consolation.
"I played the par fives in even par this week, which you just can't do out here," McIlroy admitted. "I'm even par for the tournament and even par for the par fives. You are looking to play the par fives somewhere around 10 to 12 under par. Obviously if I had done that it would have been a different story."
Matt Kuchar held more legitimate aspirations of glory. Kuchar chipped in for a dramatic birdie from the back of the 3rd green and tied for the lead but then four-putted the next hole and was never a threat thereafter.
Lee Westwood, who finished seventh, used the putter three times from 10ft on the 4th to trigger a double bogey. He was only ever going to make up the numbers after that. "I had a chance and didn't put any pressure on," admitted the Englishman. It is an all-too familiar major story, as Westwood knows all too well.
Watson's narrative, specifically in relation to Augusta National, is one of stunning success. If you are going to be a horse for a particular course, where better to choose?


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Big cities breed partners in crime
New model shows it is easier to find partners in high population
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EVANSTON, Ill. -- Your intuition is correct. You are more likely to become a victim of a crime if you live in a big city.
Researchers have long known that bigger cities disproportionately generate more crime. Now a new study from Northwestern University and the Santa Fe Institute explains why: It's easier for criminals to find collaborators.
"In a big city, you have the potential to meet more distinct people each day," said Northwestern's Daniel Abrams, senior author of the study. "You're more likely to find an appropriate partner to start a business or invent something. But perhaps you're also more likely to find the partner you need to commit a burglary."
The study was published this week (Sept. 17) in the journal Physical Review E.
Abrams is an associate professor of engineering sciences and applied mathematics in Northwestern's McCormick School of Engineering. Vicky Chuqiao Yang, a postdoctoral fellow at the Santa Fe Institute and a former Ph.D. student in Abrams' lab, is the paper's first author.
As cities grow, crime grows even faster. And certain types of crime -- such as robbery, car theft and murder -- exponentially outpace the population.
"If you double the size of a city, you don't just double the amount of crime," Abrams said. "You actually more than double it."
To learn why, Abrams and Yang collaborated with Northwestern sociology professor Andrew Papachristos, who studies social networks in urban neighborhoods. The researchers developed a new mathematical model that predicted the number of crimes as a function of social interactions.
To do this, they used data from the FBI, Chicago Police Department and the National Incident-Based Reporting System. The team was specifically interested in co-arrest records -- or records in which multiple people were arrested for the same crime -- across seven categories: robbery, motor vehicle theft, murder, aggravated assault, burglary, larceny-theft and rape. Of these categories, only rape grew linearly, at roughly the same pace as a city's population. The other crimes are more "social" in nature and often require a team effort.
Although this project focuses on crime data, the researchers stress that their model also applies to positive outcomes. For example, big cities also produce more patents, more small businesses and more income per resident.
"The world is becoming very quickly urbanized," Abrams said. "There is a huge mass migration to cities from rural areas. It's important to understand what good and bad effects come with that. In order to promote the good side and reduce crime, we have to understand why it occurs."
The study, "Modeling the origin of urban-output scaling laws," was partially supported by the James S. McDonnell Foundation (award number 22002030).
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Quilts in jewelled colours, stained glass sailing boats, a bronze Rambeaux with attitude, calligraphy inspired ceramics, and quirky foliage sculptures, are just a few of the highlights of this year's University of Bristol Botanic Garden Sculpture Festival and Quilting Exhibition.
The Sculpture Festival and Quilting Exhibition, which has become a regular event for families, as well as art and garden lovers, will take place from Good Friday [April 14] to Easter Monday [April 17] from 10 am to 5 pm.
This year the Botanic Garden will feature the internationally renowned sculptor, Lucianne Lassalle, who was born in Paris but now lives in Bristol. The human form has always been Lassalle's passion and her work is hugely influenced by contemporary dance and physical theatre.
Professor Jane Memmott, Director of the Botanic Garden, said: "Amazing plants, springtime, inspirational sculpture and tea on the terrace – what's not to like? I am delighted that the Botanic Garden has once again provided the opportunity for local artists to display their work. Some of the artwork will be made during the exhibition, which, with the garden bursting into life, will create the perfect environment for visitors to enjoy."
Nicholas Wray, Curator of the Botanic Garden, added: "The natural world has inspired artists to make the varied and innovative pieces of work that will be displayed at the Festival. For the visitor there will be the opportunity to be inspired, perhaps be the next generation of art student or simply enjoy the work on display in the Garden at this uplifting time of year."
Every year the Festival features guest appearances of different artistic media. This year it is the turn of, award-winning design and craft tutor at the Garden, Lynne Quinn and her students to exhibit their jewelled patchwork and quilting creations in the Linnaeus Study Room.
Visitors will see plenty of new ceramicists this year including Jeremy Baines, who lives in Bristol but the source of his work is essentially rural and is to be found in the West Country and Wales.
Philippa Macarthur, a Wiltshire-based sculptor, draws much of her inspiration from walks in the countryside or beachcombing and her work focuses on the minute repetitions and patterns found in nature.
Mosaic artist, Frankie Hudson has recently created some tile designs after seeing Roman and Mexican ceramics and Adrian Bates makes a range of high-fired stoneware ceramics for home and garden that are all robust, frost-resistant and waterproof ceramics.
Well-established sculptor and artist Christine Baxter, a classically trained sculptor, has worked for many years as a model maker in the film and gift industry as well as creating designs for both the Wade and Wedgwood factories.
Lucian stained glass, started by Jude Goss, was joined by Jude's husband, Nigel, this year and using his woodworking skills they have created garden sculptures using reclaimed wood and glass.
Daren Greenhow, metal sculptor, has always enjoyed the challenge of taking everyday objects and reinterpreting them in new and unexpected contexts.
Joining the Festival again this year will be the ceramic garden sculptures of Karen Edwards, as well as the stone and ceramic sculptures of Jitka Palmer inspired by stories and themes. Also in the Garden will be the glass sculptor Aurora Pozniakow and the metalwork sculptor Willa Ashworth will be bringing some of her new designs including her Fire Pods and poppy sculptures.
Other attractions include demonstrations by potter, Tez Roberts, stained glass by Jude Goss, willow weaving with Maya Woolfe (Easter Sunday and Bank Holiday Monday) and a performance of martial arts by Wing Chun Kung Fu (Easter Sunday only). Also for daffodil lovers there will be a unique trail featuring all 13 classes of daffodils and the opportunity for visitors to spot the Bristol crocodile lurking within the Garden.
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The Sculpture Festival and Quilting Exhibition at the University of Bristol Botanic Garden will take place from Good Friday, 14 April until Easter Monday, 17 April from 10 am to 5 pm. Refreshments, tours of the garden and demonstrations will be available.
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Volume 266 Issue 25 06/24/2019
Edwidge Danticat Returns to Haiti In New Stories
Edwidge Danticat's collection Everything Inside explores the ethereal and urgent influence of Haiti on its stories' characters
By Gabrielle Bellot |
"Sometimes people know our most vulnerable places," Edwidge Danticat says. "Because of that, we do things we know we shouldn't do—things that have tragic outcomes. This is the kind of conflict that I'm drawn to: people asking very hard questions."
In Danticat's new collection, Everything Inside (Knopf, Aug.), these questions may explore romantic infidelity, broken pacts, or the identity of a long-lost parent; sometimes, they involve the labyrinthine question of whether to return to Haiti—the country—from Little Haiti in Miami, where many of the stories take place. Danticat says that above all, she wished to "show all the layers" of the women in her new stories when they make their decisions—good, bad, and everything in between. And it is this core idea—women faced with choices at once mundane and magnitudinous—that perhaps best characterizes Everything Inside.
Danticat's earliest fiction was dense with blood and violence, steeped in Haiti's past: the history of Papa Doc and Baby Doc Duvalier's tyrannical regimes and the horrific presence of the Tonton Macoutes, the Duvaliers' legendarily brutal, murderous paramilitary force. In "Children of the Sea," one of the stories from Krik? Krak!, the Macoutes' excesses are described in excruciating detail: they make family members rape each other in front them, then murder them, acting with the impunity of their belief that vodou protects them. These earlier works subtly nod to Haiti's other historic moments of violence, from the brutalities of the French during the slave trade to the bloodshed during the former slaves' epochal takeover of Haiti in 1791, which made it, in 1804, the first free black republic in the Americas.
But Haiti's history is also one of astonishing rebellion and of ordinary people just trying to get by—facts often ignored by American media, which insists on painting Haiti as an epicenter of suffering. This is what Danticat's fiction has sought to capture, too, through the tenderness and resilience of its characters. Rather than focusing solely on the ravages, she also shows Haiti's beauty, geographically and culturally. Her work has always been quietly revolutionary in both its explicit depiction of tragedy and its examination of deep interpersonal relationships.
Danticat's newest collection takes this idea further, presenting Haitians, Americans, and Haitian-Americans who have varying degrees of distance from the Caribbean nation. Some of the characters have never experienced the horrors that Danticat's earlier characters fled; many live in America. In these stories, Haiti's enduring presence feels more ethereal—urgent in a different way for this new generation.
Everything Inside, Danticat says, is "a personal milestone"—the result of trying something new. She wanted to create a story collection that was, inarguably, a collection of stories, rather than, as with The Dew Breaker or Claire of the Sea Light, a text that can be interpreted as a novel in fragments. The narratives in Everything Inside contain "echoes" of each other, she notes, and she points out that the tales, though nonlinear, span a year. Danticat says that she composed Krik? Krak! and Breath, Eyes, Memory in her 20s; this latest book comes as she turns 50, and so, she adds, it signals a turning point for her.
Danticat says that these new characters may be thought of as the grandchildren of the characters in Krik? Krak!, Breath, Eyes, Memory, and The Dew Breaker. In those works, she notes, the protagonists were "brand-new, face-to-face with exile": they cohabited with horror, unable to escape, for long, the terrors of Haiti's dictatorial regimes. In Everything Inside, however, the characters include people born in America—they're from a generation that knows of Haiti's blood-drenched past but does not feel its weight to such an oceanic degree as the protagonists in her earliest books. These new characters "have a different relationship to Haiti," she argues. "Most of the characters have been in America for a while. They're sort of safer than their parents and grandparents were."
Rather than facing Haiti's gunmen and ghosts, this post–Krik? Krak! generation is navigating more quotidian concerns such as romantic breakups and sending kids to college. Danticat says that at the same time, they are "dealing with interpersonal exile"—separated from each other by heartbreak and painful secrets. These lacunae permeate Everything Inside.
Exile, to be sure, has always defined Danticat's work, in all of its protean, poignant forms—be it political, geographic, cultural, or existential. And though Everything Inside focuses perhaps most on interpersonal distances, Danticat's American characters are still connected to Haiti, and so, she observes, they must face "the flip side of exile: whether or not to return." When these characters do travel to Haiti, she notes, they don't wish solely to see monuments to loss; they want to see "the pretty places," too—"the multiplicity of Haiti and of their ancestry."
Of course, political exile still appears; in one story, a xenophobic Caribbean minister expresses Trump-like anti-immigrant rhetoric. But generally, these are tales of a different exile, tales of emotional severance and reconnection. Some of Danticat's protagonists are women who have been wronged, deceived, or dismissed, often by men—though sometimes, it is other women who wrong them. (The latter cases, she says, were "important" to show; her women are not blameless but are morally complex.)
In one narrative, a woman encounters a married man whom she fell in love with before the 2010 Haitian earthquake, when he lost his family and disappeared from her life; their feelings are complicated, as she realizes that he both is and isn't the man she once pined for. In another, a girl who doesn't know her father learns that he is dying and must decide whether to ignore him or go see him. With powerful grace, Danticat captures the moment when the woman sees her father's dead body; they are worlds apart yet linked by a quiet intimacy. And this remarkable, moving tenderness is perhaps the collection's most persistent theme. Women find moments of special nearness to other women and to men.
In one scene, a woman touches her tattoo to that of her roommate, both tattoos signifying their emotional growth. In an extraordinary moment from another story, a woman, her friend, and her husband lie together in bed in the shadows, holding each other, touching, kissing, losing, at some sense, the knowledge of whose body is whose—a moment of unabashed love, irrespective of gender or body, all the more salient because the protagonist's husband leaves her afterward for the friend. These stories contain layers of betrayal and secrecy, but their characters find ways to commiserate, forgive, or at least attempt to understand the ones who have hurt them.
It's important, Danticat says, that Everything Inside not be read purely as a text of a particular cultural moment—partly because she considers books to be "always behind the cultural moment"—but rather as something as much of the present as the past and future. She decries what she identifies as the day-to-day grotesquerie of the American political present. Obliquely, her book, with its focus on transnational figures who have family in Haiti and America, critiques both the closed-border sentiments of the Trump administration and governmental corruption in Haiti. Her characters "are in the middle" of all this, she says, just "trying to keep it together" in a volatile world.
But in the end, Danticat says, this is a collection about people and the complex interactions and decisions they share. Its tenderness feels striking in a hectic 2019. In the end, we are left with these characters' brutal, banal, and beautiful moments, like a wide night luminous, every so often, with firefly stars.
Gabrielle Bellot is a staff writer at Literary Hub. Her work has appeared in the Atlantic, the Guardian, the New Yorker, the New York Review of Books, the New York Times, and elsewhere.
A version of this article appeared in the 06/24/2019 issue of Publishers Weekly under the headline: Degrees of Distance


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Richard Hartshorne, né le  à Kittanning et mort le  à Madison, est un géographe américain, professeur à l'université du Wisconsin à Madison, spécialisé en géographie économique, politique et en philosophie de la géographie. Il est particulièrement connu pour son ouvrage méthodologique The Nature of Geography, publié en 1939.

Formation et carrière académique
Né à Kittanning en Pennsylvanie de Francis Cope Hartshorne, pasteur, et de Marguerite Haughton Hartshorne, il est le frère de Charles Hartshorne. Il étudie à l'université de Princeton puis réalise un doctorat à l'université de Chicago, soutenant sa thèse en 1924.

Hartshorne enseigne à l'université du Minnesota de 1924 à 1940 et à l'université du Wisconsin à Madison de 1945 à 1970. Durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, entre 1941 et 1945, il établit et dirige la "Division Géographie" au sein de la branche Research and Analysis de l'Office of Strategic Services (OSS).

Hartshorne est élu président de l'Association of American Geographers en 1949. L'association lui donne sa médaille en 1960. Il est également décoré d'un doctorat en droit honoris causa de Clark University en 1971 et de la Victoria medal par la Royal Geographical Society en 1984.

Il décède des suites d'un cancer chez lui à Madison, Wisconsin.

Recherches
The Nature of Geography: A Critical Survey of Current Thought in the Light of the Past, son livre paru en 1939, est une étude de la démarche géographique à travers l'histoire des idées, de Kant jusqu'à l'époque contemporaine. Pour lui, la géographie est la science de la différenciation spatiale, la géographie régionale est son outil privilégié, mettant en avant les caractéristiques particulières des régions plutôt que les éléments généraux. Le livre devint un classique de la littérature épistémologique en géographie et a été réédité à de nombreuses reprises pendant des décennies, la septième édition étant publiée en 2000.

Dans les années 1950, Hartshorne est ainsi un personnage clé dans le débat sur la discipline géographique (il publie en 1959 Perspective on the Nature of Geography pour critiquer la nouvelle géographie). Fred K. Schaefer prônant l'adoption de la « méthode scientifique » et l'étude des lois spatiales, critiquait la « vieille méthode » promue par Hartshorne, qu'il nommait « l'orthodoxie hartshornienne ».

En 1970, alors que le monde universitaire est en pleine ébullition, son livre The Academic Citizen: Selected Statements by Richard Hartshorne contient diverses déclarations sur les questions et problèmes universitaires.

Publications

Ouvrages
 1939. The Nature of Geography: A Critical Survey of Current Thought in the Light of the Past
 1959. Perspective on the Nature of Geography
 1970. The Academic Citizen: Selected Statements by Richard Hartshorne. University of Wisconsin

Articles
 1927. "Location as a Factor in Geography", Annals of the Association of American Geographers, Vol. 17, No. 2 (Jun., 1927),
 1933. "Geographic and Political Boundaries in Upper Silesia", Annals of the Association of American Geographers, Vol. 23, No. 4 (Dec., 1933), .
 1935. (and Samuel N. Dicken) "A Classification of the Agricultural Regions of Europe and North America on a Uniform Statistical Basis", Annals of the Association of American Geographers, Vol. 25, No. 2 (Jun., 1935), .
 1935. "Recent Developments in Political Geography, I", The American Political Science Review, Vol. 29, No. 5 (Oct., 1935), .
 1935. "Recent Developments in Political Geography, II", The American Political Science Review, Vol. 29, No. 6 (Dec., 1935), .
 1938. "Six Standard Seasons of the Year", Annals of the Association of American Geographers, Vol. 28, No. 3 (Sep., 1938), .
 1940. "The Concepts of 'Raison d'Être' and 'Maturity' of States; Illustrated from the Mid-Danube Area", Annals of the Association of American Geographers, vol. 30, ; 1940.
 1941. "The Politico-Geographic Pattern of the World", Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Vol. 218, Public Policy in a World at War (Nov., 1941), .
 1958. "The Concept of Geography as a Science of Space, from Kant and Humboldt to Hettner", Annals of the Association of American Geographers, Vol. 48, No. 2 (Jun., 1958), .
 1960. "Political Geography in the Modern World", The Journal of Conflict Resolution, Vol. 4, No. 1, The Geography of Conflict (Mar., 1960), .

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Naissance en décembre 1899
Naissance dans le comté d'Armstrong (Pennsylvanie)
Décès en novembre 1992
Décès à Madison (Wisconsin)
Décès à 92 ans
Géographe américain du XXe siècle
Étudiant de l'université de Princeton
Étudiant de l'université de Chicago
Professeur à l'université du Wisconsin à Madison
Professeur à l'université du Minnesota
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