Enjoy a "novel full of miracles," according to Newsweek, with a delightfully told tale of ordinary people.
When I wasn't sure what topic I could write today, I noticed on my table a book I just finished but hadn't yet reshelved. This gave me an idea; when I am stuck for a topic, I can periodically select a book I enjoy and share what I like about it, hoping you will like it too.
This series of "Books on My Shelf" reviews will introduce you to books for times when you are waiting for the car to be repaired, when you have to wait for your spouse to finish shopping, or when you are procrastinating a chore you dread. There are, of course, other times a book would come in handy.
I have just finished reading, for the second time, Pigs in Heaven, a bestseller by one of my favorite authors, Barbara Kingsolver. Set in the southwest, it is a sequel to The Bean Trees but is great all by itself.
Not only is the story of love, truth and family engaging, but the characters are so well-drawn that I am sure I would know them if they walked through my door.
However, it is the author's talent for describing small events that pleases my heart as I read. Kingsolver's analogies are so spot on that I know exactly what she means.
When several men watch a pot of oil boiling — in preparation for a hog fest to welcome back a member of the Cherokee nation who had gone away for several years — I think almost any reader would recognize the attitude of the men who have assumed their role in getting food on the table.
"Sugar's husband, Roscoe, in the company of all the other old men, is standing watch over Letty's big iron washpot, which is settled like a hen on a white nest of coals. . . . Inside the enormous pot, a thousand thumbsized pieces of what was yesterday a live fat hog swirl upward in the cracking oil. . . .
Sugar and Alice are discussing their husband's lack of conversational skills. Alice says that she left her husband because she just couldn't stand the quiet.
Alice breathes a little deeper. Sympathizing over the behavior of men is the baking soda of women's friendships, it seems, the thing that makes them bubble and rise.
Alice and Cash are in the kitchen of a log cabin.
Cash moves through the kitchen the way a lanky squirrel might, if a squirrel could cook: stepping quickly from sink to stove, pausing, sensing the air. By comparison, Alice feels like the lazy squirrel wife, sitting at the table separating hickory nuts from their crushed shells. . . . For reasons she couldn't explain, the naked, curled little nuts remind her of babies waiting to get born.
NOTE: Since I love metaphors, in this post I have shared a few of the many analogies that made the story so memorable. I also encourage you to send me analogies from other books that I can then share with my readers.


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WYPR Features
Women Provide Courage, Leadership In 2020
WYPR - 88.1 FM Baltimore | By Milton Kent
Published December 28, 2020 at 12:17 PM EST
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It's customary, at the end of a year, for wags and pundits to sum up the previous 12 months in a crude context, by naming those whose reputations have risen and fallen during that time, the winners and losers, If you will.
Goodness knows the year 2020 provided plenty of candidates for each category, most centered around conduct related to either the COVID crisis or the push for social justice or both.
From this vantage point, the best of the best this year includes names like Kara Lawson, Naomi Osaka, Maya Moore, Sue Bird and Megan Rapinoe.
Notice a theme? Yes, these are all women. More so than ever, women showed us how to perform in the sporting arena with style, grace and aplomb.
They fought hard in competition, then demonstrated to their male counterparts how to use their visibility to approach the twin challenges of managing the pandemic and fighting for societal change.
Rapinoe helped the U.S. soccer team qualify for the postponed Summer Olympics with a goal in a February international match. Bird, who is engaged to Rapinoe, added a WNBA title—her fourth—to a Hall of Fame resume that includes two NCAA championships and four Olympic gold medals.
Together, the pair spoke out against systemic racism and police brutality, helping colleagues in both sports to find their voices.
Moore, meanwhile, gave up a second straight basketball season, to fight for the freedom of a Missouri man wrongly convicted on burglary and assault charges.
Beyond the nobility of helping right a wrong, Moore found another salutary effect of getting Jonathan Irons out of prison: namely a life partner, as the pair married in September.
Also, in September, Osaka added a third Grand Slam title to her trophy case when she captured the U.S. Open tennis tournament.
For her on-court achievements, Osaka was named Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year for 2020.
Beyond her game, Osaka, the offspring of Japanese and Haitian parents, distinguished herself during the Open by wearing face masks which invoked the names of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Philando Castile and other victims of police violence.
While all these women and their colleagues displayed a level of bravery, perhaps the biggest show of courage this year came from Lawson, a former basketball player turned TV analyst.
Lawson left her headset before last season to become the first woman to serve as an assistant coach for the hallowed Boston Celtics.
After a year in Boston, Lawson was tapped this season as head coach of the Duke women's team, becoming the first African American woman to lead the Blue Devils.
However, Lawson's distinction is for what she didn't do. Just four games into her career, Lawson moved to call a halt to her team's season, out of alarm for COVID exposure to her players.
While officials all over sports are trying to put athletes at risk, Lawson thought her first duty was to keep her players safe. Go figure!
Duke heard Lawson's concerns and shut the program down last week for the rest of the season.
Seems that if you wanted to find a profile in courage in sports in 2020, all you had to do was look for a woman.
And that's how I see it for this week.
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Milton Kent hosted the weekly commentary Sports at Large from its creation in 2002 to its finale in July 2013. He has written about sports locally and nationally since 1988, covering the Baltimore Orioles, University of Maryland men's basketball, women's basketball and football, the Washington Wizards, the NBA, men's and women's college basketball and sports media for the Baltimore Sun and AOL Fanhouse. He has covered the World Series, the American and National League Championship Series, the NFL playoffs, the NBA Finals and 17 NCAA men's and women's Final Fours. He currently teaches journalism at Morgan State University.
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In 2006, the German auto giant BMW for the use of black hat SEO, had it's ranking sent down to zero. They created hidden text pages so they could search for results, such as "used cars" – BMW did not focus on used cars.
When the user clicks on these pages, they are redirected to the normal BMW landing page.
In 2013, the BBC had a page that gave Google's "manual action notifications" for non-manual links, which are links that are incompatible with the page content for any reason.
Link spam has always been the focus of the last few updates in the search algorithm, and it's a surprise that, like you or me, the news giants BBC turns to Google forums for help.
Relevant pages are removed indefinitely from Google search results.
One of the best ways to improve your Google ranking is to link pages on your site to other pages on your site. These inbound links suggest to your search engine that your site needs and trust.
JC Penney paid for external websites, creating thousands of links to their websites, making the top search results from "dress" to the strange "solo curtains".
Links in Google search results have been downgraded within 90 days.
How Do I Get a Google Penalty Removed?
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Check the webmaster guidelines to see if you are up to date with the latest updates.
Low-quality links, poor keyword selection, and competitor sites can play a role.
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Obviously, the first step is to stop the violation: delete the spam link, delete the hidden text and so on.
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Once you get punished, you will want to climb the rankings.
Google's machine learning AI allows it to use the client rather than the content of the search engine to find the site; the real "natural link" content.
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So here we are, contemplating adopting a little dog. Travis, our boy, lost the battle early this year, leaving Mutley alone, and sad.
Phew, it's a big decision, in more ways than one. The biggest being our long term plan to be swallows, with a house in SA and house in the UK. Hubby says no problem, we were going to take both our boys to the UK anyway, so we would take a new dog with Mutley instead.
The emotions of this are immense. I visited the SPCA a few weekends ago, and as expected shed many tears when we left. Today hubby went alone and came back with a form to fill in. He has seen a couple of doggies that would suit, now I need to go and visit. Making a choice will be heartbreaking, I almost need hubby to decide. I know he will do the right thing, he's good like that with an enourmous heart.
Lots to think about on this bright and beautiful day in Cape Town.
As others have said the right dog will find you. As you may have noticed from my blog, my dog Bertie has changed my life and brightens my every day. I don't have kids so he gets all the attention. Hope you find the perfect companion for Mutley. BTW was Mutley in Wacky Races (is that how you spell it?!)?
Ah Ruth I feel for you! I still miss those of mine who have passed over… The heartache never really goes away. If you can, let the dog decide he/she wants to be with you. Take your time. I always like a pet who looks into your eyes!
There is always room for more love in a home.
I can't go to the SPCA.
I want to bring them ALL home.
Thank heavens for big hearted husbands. Have you joined the old Letterdash crowd who are regrouping on Face Book?


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Chareidim and Their Critics
Tazria 5771
Jewish Blood is Cheap; The Falsification of Purim; Positive Pressure
by Jonathan Rosenblum
Mishpacha Magazine
https://www.jewishmediaresources.com/1435/tazria-5771
A Painful Indifference
To the pain of the collective Jewish heart over the inhuman murders of five members of the Fogel family of Itamar must be added a second stab: the world's indifference. Israeli Jews, especially if they are "settlers," have been so dehumanized that the most brutal murders elicit barely a yawn.
In Gaza, Palestinians ululated and passed out candies in celebration. That's predictable. The world's silence hurt more.
BBC TV did not find time for even one story on the slaughter. Its website mentioned it en passant, in order to criticize Israel's subsequent announcement of renewed settlement building, but did not report the Gazan celebrations. The New York Times, which can be counted on for a front-page photo of any Arab accidentally killed in an Israeli response to missile attacks on its cities, ran no photos of the Fogel family.
Jewish blood is different. Here's how Reuters described last week's bombing at a bus stop in Jerusalem that killed one and wounded dozens of others: "Police said it was a 'terrorist attack' – Israel's term for a Palestinian strike."
The Guardian and Independent report that columnist Melanie Phillips is under investigation by the British Press Council for describing the Fogels' murderers as "savages." And what are those who slit the throats of an eleven and a four-year-old boy and sever the head of their infant sister? Freedom fighters? Did the Press Council also investigate Dave Brown for a cartoon of a grossly obese Ariel Sharon eating Palestinian children, for which he was awarded the British Cartoon Society's annual prize.
But anti-Semitism alone does not explain the scant attention paid to the barbaric murder of the Fogel family. There is also a fear of confronting unpleasant truths. To ask what kind of human being could look at a sleeping baby and cut off her head would force one to confront the frenzy of hatred into which the Palestinians have been whipped by the official Palestinian media and school system. The Fogels' murderers stand a good chance of being declared "glorious martyrs" by the Palestinian Authority, and having a town square named after them. As long as Palestinians are possessed by a death cult that elevates the murder of Jews into the greatest imaginable deed, there will be no peace. And that is unpleasant to contemplate.
A similar impulse lies behind the media's downplaying of the brutal half-hour assault on journalist Lara Logan in Cairo's Tahrir Square last month by assailants shouting, "Jew, Jew." (She isn't.) Her own employer, CBS News, suppressed any mention of the attack for a full five days, lest it destroy the happy picture of the Cairo protesters as freedom-loving democrats – just like us.
Neville Chamberlain did not consider that handing over the Sudetenland to Hitler would only whet his appetite for the conquest of the rest of Europe, and so too European elites today avoid confronting the way their society is being taken over by millions of unassimilated Muslims. They prefer to fret about Islamaphobia. The BBC, for instance, labels Dutch politician Geert Wilders "Europe's most dangerous man," for insisting on talking about that internal threat.
President Obama's refusal to call the shooting on a bus of GIs in Germany, killing two, by a Bosnian Muslim shouting Al-lahu Akbar, a terrorist act is textbook denial. So too Attorney-General Eric Holders refusal to acknowledge that Islamist beliefs might provide a connecting thread between the Ft. Hood massacre, the Times Square bomber, and the x-mas day underwear bomber. The army managed to compile an 80-page report on the Ft. Hood massacre without once mentioning Dr. Nidal Malik Hasan's radical Islamic beliefs. Even the Obama administration's focus on "Al Qaeda and its affiliates" is a form of denial. It is far easier to imagine that the enemy is an identifiable group of bad guys than a pervasive ideology of world conquest.
Jews have a way of forcing the world to think about unpleasant truths. But the failure to do so will only come back to haunt those who ignore Jewish suffering as well.
The Falsification of Purim
Chazal hint to the spiritual heights possible on Purim in their comparison of Purim to Yom Kippur (k'purim). I've experience that exhilaration many times. Many of my most cherished memories are of Purim seudot past. One is of a gathering on a snowy Jerusalem day of young couples, in which the husbands all learned together. The memory of the love of one another and of Torah expressed at that seudah remains vivid today, when we are all grandparents. I'll never forget one friend – today a mashgiach in a major yeshiva – breaking down at our Purim table over the perceived necessity to leave full-time learning and return to America to work.
Wine played the role envisioned for it by Chazal at each of these Purim meals: Nichnas yai'in yotzei sod – wine enters and secrets come out. The sod revealed was deep love of Torah. As a friend once described a visit to Rav Aharon Feldman on Purim, "The rest of the year Rav Feldman asks you how you are and starts speaking divrei Torah; on Purim he forgets to ask how you are." Purim visitors to Rav Moshe Schapiro will find a room filled with talmidim asking him questions from every direction and sharing insights on the Megillah. Fortunate are those whose contributions merit a playful slap/pat from Reb Moshe.
Precisely because of these powerful Purim experiences, I am so saddened by the ziyuf (falsification) of Purim one too frequently witnesses. The drinking at the Purim seudah is supposed to bring out the distinction between the Jew and the gentile. But the street scene too frequently reminds me of the sloshed men, still in their Sunday best, I once witnessed at pub closing time in Ireland. By 11:00 a.m. parents in my neighborhood are afraid to send young children out with mishloach manos, and adults are reluctant to drive to friends lest their cars be assaulted by drunken young men jumping on the hoods.
I found myself locking the door to keep out hordes of drunken collectors (for whom it was not even Purim), by whom I had no wish to be danced around the room. But I'll be more than happy to empty my wallet next year to those bochurim who come loaded instead with divrei Torah.
Positive Pressure
My wife claims that I thrive on pressure. By far my most productive periods are those just prior to trips abroad. When things are really clicking, I can finish two weeks worth of columns and tie up months of loose ends – unpaid bills, forms to be filled out – in the three days before a trip. The same columns would take at least twice as long at home, where I can always find something else to read to push off writing.
From the time I entered college until I graduated law school, I did not manage to finish a single semester without at least one incomplete. Over the last twenty years, however, I've had to learn to deal with two or three deadlines each week: There are no incompletes for journalists, just pink slips. Those deadlines have done wonders for my previous habits of procrastination.
During my more than a decade in kollel, one of the biggest challenges was that time seemed to stretch before me as an unbroken expanse. If I failed to learn well one day, it was too easy to say that I would make it up the next. For each of us there is an ultimate deadline and not everything can be left to the future, but that realization often doesn't hit until our word recall is not what it once was.
In the world of learning, there are few measures of progress or tests. The only demarcation is between yeshiva and kollel, and the difference is not that great. Pressure must be self-imposed. My guess is that those who enjoy the greatest satisfaction in learning, and are the most likely to become maggidei shiurim and authors of seforim, are not necessarily those seen as the most talented in their youth, but those who are best able to set concrete goals. And that is best done in conjunction with an experienced talmid chacham who knows the capabilities of the individual bochur or avreich well and who can guide him to reaching his potential. .
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How To Put A Song On Loop On Spotify?
If you want to listen to a song again and over again using Spotify, you just need to touch the repeat button twice. If you tap the repeat button only once, an album or playlist will be looped instead of being played continuously. For further news, please see the homepage of Business Insider.
Can you loop songs on Spotify mobile?
You will learn how to set a song to play continuously on Spotify by reading this post. This is possible on both mobile and desktop devices. If you want to listen to a song over and over again, all you have to do on Spotify is click or press a button, depending on the kind of device you're using.
To set a song to repeat, you only need to touch the button labeled "repeat" a total of twice in quick succession.
You are able to accomplish this goal by utilizing either the desktop version of Spotify (available for Macs and PCs) or the Spotify mobile app (available for iPhones and Androids).
This is how it should be done for each different kind of device.
See also: How to Share the Playlists on Your Spotify Account.
What do the repeat symbols mean on Spotify?
If they select repeat, the playlist will continue to be played over and over again. If there is a number one in the upper right corner of the arrows, it will keep playing the music that is now being played over and over again.
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Does Jahlil Okafor Have A Place In Today's NBA?
Feb. 13, 2017 , at 10:28 AM
By Kyle Wagner
Jahlil Okafor poses for a portrait during the 2015 NBA rookie photo shoot in 2015.
Photo by Nick Laham / Getty Images
Of all the rumored deals floating around this NBA trade deadline1, the talk surrounding Jahlil Okafor and the Philadelphia 76ers may be the most intriguing. Okafor, the third pick in the 2015 draft, has been linked to potential trades to several teams, including the Bulls, Pelicans, Blazers and Nuggets2, with onlookers speculating about everything from how Philly teammate Joel Embiid's meniscus tear affects trade possibilities to what Okafor's Twitter profile location portends.
What happens to Okafor is an important moment for the Sixers, who are at an inflection point in their so-called Process, and for the development of any team that may decide to throw in with the young center. Teams will have to decide whether Okafor is, or can become, anything more than a one-dimensional player. How Okafor is received by the league may give us a glimpse at how players like him will fare in the NBA.
A man of one talent
This week, our ESPN Insider colleague Kevin Pelton did an analysis of Okafor's potential based on his projections using Real Plus-Minus. Okafor came into the NBA as one of its finest low-post prospects in years. But a season and a half into his career, Okafor grades out poorly by RPM, as he does in the acronym-jumble of other advanced metrics that try to distill a player's impact into one stat. What those composite stats are hinting at, and what's obvious to many onlookers, is that underneath that scoring, there isn't much to Okafor's game.
Ordinarily, the big-bucket stats are more of a guideline than a rule. But in Okafor's case, the concern goes a little deeper. While there are some talented big men who have found success despite those stats not thinking much of them, they have tended to excel at more than one thing. DeAndre Jordan is an elite rim protector and all-around defender, and he's one of the league's best targets for lobs and other feeds inside. Enes Kanter is a good inside scorer, but he's also consistently one of the top defensive rebounders in the league.
And then there's Okafor, who has struggled to find a secondary skill, which in today's NBA makes life hard for a big man. Putting aside the rare passing savant like Marc Gasol, Boris Diaw or Chris Webber, a typical NBA big's path to success tends to come from inside scoring, perimeter shooting, defense and rebounding. Okafor's strength is down low, where he's scoring about 88 points per 100 possessions on post-ups, according to NBA.com,3 which is about the middle of the pack for players using at least one post possession per game. That's not eye-popping, but he has a natural presence around the rim and can occasionally put the ball on the floor and use some fluid post moves to find space for a shot. That said, no one's going to mistake him for Anthony Davis when he tries to catch and drive.
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It gets worse from there. His defensive RPM is second-to-last among 70 qualified centers, ahead of only Karl-Anthony Towns. When Okafor is on the court, Philadelphia gives up 113.8 points per 100 possessions; when he sits, that improves to 106.8, per NBAwowy.com. His defensive inadequacies are especially glaring given the play of Embiid, who's been outstanding on defense far earlier than is typical for a frontcourt player. Okafor is still just 21 years old, so it's possible he'll improve, but he has a very long way to go for that to be the case.
While it may not be fair to judge Okafor's defense just yet, his rebounding is another story. Going back to his days at Duke, Okafor has never rebounded especially well, particularly given his size. His total rebound rate (which is just the percent of available rebounds a player collects while he's on the court) was 12.8 for the Sixers last year, and this year it's fallen even lower to 11.6. Those are anemic numbers for a center, and ones that look even worse when you consider how he's collecting them.
Okafor converts just 44.8 percent of his defensive rebound "chances"4 into rebounds. Among players who have played at least 15 minutes per game and 20 games this season, Okafor ranks 287th out of 294 players5, coming in ahead of just two point guards, three shooting guards and, by professional rebounding standards, a pair of NBA Fatheads someone left on the court.6
So, to recap: Okafor doesn't do a good job of fighting for his boards, which is made worse by the fact that he isn't in position for many in the first place.
Okafor creates 11 defensive rebound chances per 36 minutes he's on the floor. The best rebounders in the league create about 15 chances per 36 minutes: Andre Drummond is good for 17.1, Dwight Howard for 15.6, Embiid 14.9, per NBA.com — and each of them converts those chances at a rate far, far above Okafor's. The drop from 15 to 11 may not seem like a lot, but it's the difference from those elite rebounders and stretch bigs, like Channing Frye (11.2) or wing players, such as Okafor's teammate Robert Covington (10.6). Of all the knocks against Okafor, this is the one that seems the most damaging to his prospects as a franchise cornerstone.
And beyond defense, we don't need to discuss his shooting range just yet — he's taken just six 3-pointers in his career (none this season), and has shot 27 percent from outside 16 feet.
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What role does a player like Okafor have in today's NBA?
So we seem to know what Okafor does well, and what he doesn't. And with the trade market for him as thin as it's been, it seems the league is skeptical that a player such as Okafor can succeed in today's NBA. There may be a good reason for that: Successful NBA teams haven't really employed anyone with a game that looks like Okafor's in quite some time.
Below is a table listing every player 6 feet, 10 inches and taller who's played at least 10 minutes per game in the playoffs in the past 10 seasons and had a total rebound rate less than 15:
REBOUND RATE
'15-'16 Jahlil Okafor PHI 30.0 51.1% 0.1 16.7% 12.8%
'15-'16 Serge Ibaka OKC 33.4 57.4 3.8 44.9 10.5
'15-'16 LaMarcus Aldridge SAS 33.7 51.5 0.2 100 14.2
'15-'16 Channing Frye CLE 13.9 65.2 2.7 56.5 10.2
'14-'15 Al Horford ATL 32.6 52.0 0.6 22.2 14.2
'14-'15 Marc Gasol MEM 37.8 39.9 0.2 0 15.0
'13-'14 Chris Bosh MIA 34.3 55.5 3.7 40.5 10.9
'13-'14 Blake Griffin LAC 36.8 51.1 0.5 14.3 11.5
'12-'13 Marc Gasol MEM 40.6 45.4 0 — 12.5
'12-'13 Tyson Chandler NYK 29.2 53.8 0 — 14.9
'11-'12 Serge Ibaka OKC 28.5 53.5 0.2 25 12.1
There aren't many playoff bigs who play like Okafor
Table includes Okafor and every player 6 feet, 10 inches and taller who's played at least 10 minutes per game in the playoffs in the past 5 seasons and had a total rebound rate less than 15%. Okafor has not played on a playoff team.
Source: Basketball-Reference
Some pretty good players are on that list, proving you don't need to be an elite rebounder to contribute to good teams. The catch is, these are also players with obvious talents outside of traditional big-man post-ups. We don't have to go through every name, but broadly, a big man who's playing in the postseason and doesn't rebound had better be providing outside shooting or playmaking. Among the few playoff teams to employ a frontcourt player who wasn't a shooter, rebounder, defender or playmaker were the 2009-10 Suns and their vintage of Amar'e Stoudamire, who at that point was still a singular offensive force, and the 2010-11 Thunder and Nick Collison, who was not exactly a centerpiece of that roster.
So is Okafor consigned to irrelevance? When a leading offer for a recent blue-chip lottery pick seems to center around Alexis Ajinca and a future draft pick, the league may have spoken on how it views a player of Okafor's talents. But if some team swoops in at the deadline and decides Okafor can do something for them, the question likely won't be if Okafor has hidden depths we haven't yet seen, but whether a pure low-post scorer has a role on a contending team.
CORRECTION (Feb. 13, 12:00 p.m.): A previous version of the table in this article gave the incorrect rebound rate for Jahlil Okafor's 2015-16 season. It was 12.8 percent, not 7.0.
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Notebook Column
New Age Anxieties: Kelly Reichardt's "Old Joy"
The second in our continuing series of articles written and films programmed by the feminist film journal cléo.
Julia Cooper
Part of our continuing partnership with the online film journal, cléo. Every month, cléo will be presenting a great film to watch on our video on demand platform. In conjunction, we'll be hosting an exclusive article by one of their contributors. This month the journal's managing editor, Julia Cooper, writes on Kelly Reichardt's Old Joy, which is available to watch starting July 31 in the US and Canada.
Sitting cross-legged in his wind-chiming garden, the sound of a gong signals the beginning of Mark's (Daniel London) meditation practice; inside, his pregnant wife Tanya (Tanya Smith) blends and gulps downs a green smoothie: This is Oregon. Director Kelly Reichardt's Old Joy (2006) opens with this scene of relative domestic calm. Yet, from the mound of ants that threaten to disturb Mark's half lotus, to the camera's quick cut to the noisy blender indoors, there is the sense that anxiety lies not far beyond the oms and juice cleanses. Enter Kurt (Will Oldham), Mark's longtime friend whose voicemail message suggests the two of them grab some weed and escape to the Cascade Mountains for a night. After a tense conversation with Tanya that discloses a strain in their relationship, Mark packs up the Volvo station wagon with supplies and his dog Lucy and heads out. (Viewers may be familiar with Lucy, who reprises her role as companion and canine neurotic alongside Michelle Williams in Reichardt's portrait of female homelessness, Wendy and Lucy [2008].)
Through long shots and ample silence, Reichardt captures the disquiet of slipping back into familiarity with someone who has become unfamiliar over time. As the men drive North into the evening, the banter between the two old friends is somewhat stilted—they exchange limpid life updates, and Mark hurries over the question of how he feels about his imminent entrance into fatherhood, saying blithely of him and Tanya, "we'll find a new rhythm." Mark and Kurt's conversation eventually finds its own cadence when they turn their attention toward the past, recapping jokes, recalling old names, and remembering favourite shared haunts, but change—which they seem to want to drive directly away from—catches up with them. The vinyl store they once loved has been converted—(New Age) horror of horrors—into a smoothie bar called "Rejuicination," and both men seem to pause melancholically for a moment on what Kurt declares "the end of an era." It is, of course, not the end of Sid's Records they jointly mourn, or the overpriced acai berry shots that have replaced it, but the end of their early twenties. Though Mark has the coordinates of success—a career, a new family, a house, a working car—while Kurt has weed and the free time to smoke it, both men find themselves floundering in this next stage of their lives. What exactly is missing remains unspoken, and that's likely because it is not an acute lack of something, but an intangible unease with the question of how a person should be.
Not all who wander are lost, said Tolkien, but Mark and Kurt are. Night begins to fall and Kurt's directions have left them staring pointlessly at a map, quite literally unsure of where to turn next. Backtracking along the tree-lined road, they pull up to a campsite that looks more like a frat house—replete with an old couch and melted beer cans—than a wooded refuge from the city. Kurt speaks to this crossover of the urban and the wild, but with a flippancy that reveals a sense of hopelessness: "there's trees in the city and garbage in the woods, so what's the big difference?" he asks a passively listening Mark. (This quick environmental quip seems a harbinger of Reichardt's latest film Night Moves [2013], which follows three extreme environmentalists as they navigate their radical plans of sabotage and the similarly precarious terrain of their personal relationships.)
The men's brief getaway continues the next day and they hike (with Lucy in tow) to the hot springs they were searching for the previous night. What follows is a deftly crafted scene of "relaxation" that makes clear just how uncomfortable the need to relax can be. In an agethat seems to always be pronouncing the value of a healthy lifestyle, the injunction to be calm, to be present, and to reflect can induce more stress than it relieves. The sound of water on rocks, the a cappella of birds, and the quiet of the men's secluded spot in the mountains is the stuff of meditation CDs, and Mark does manage to reach a state of calm that eluded him in his earlier backyard attempt. But as soon as he comes into contact with Kurt, his attention is lost, and his body becomes rigid. It is here where the unnameable tensions that have ebbed throughout the film (between Mark and Tanya, Mark and Kurt, each man with himself) culminate. The anxious body of Mark—startled by and recoiling from human touch—gestures to the basic challenge of being at peace in the body and of maintaining that ease when bodies come into contact with one another. Old Joy has us ask not only how should a person be? but also how should we be together?
The book that inspired Reichardt's film describes itself as the story of two friends on "a pilgrimage of consciousness," with accompanying photographs depicting bearded men deep in thought, lush landscapes, and "naked visionaries in a wild tableaux." Reichardt's adaptation, however, is (thankfully) less cerebral than a metaphysical pilgrimage, and admittedly less wild than a tableau of naked visionaries. But even though Mark and Kurt bear no resemblance to the soothsayer or the savant, together they arguably present a more interesting quest simply because they do not have any answers. They are more perplexed than prophetic about how to reconnect to their friendship and to themselves, and Old Joy looks directly at the uncomfortable moments of introspection, the clichés of soul-searching, and the real question of whether or not the project of personal transformation is worth it.
In Old Joy, Reichardt gives an insightful accountof what the residual wearing out of fantasies of success and marriage looks like, and how the ease of relationships can dissipate over time. In a hazy, weed smoked moment of insight, Kurt tells Mark that "sorrow is nothing but worn out joy." Through these men Reichardt shows us what it can be like to want to come of age a decade too late, and the difficulty of being present in a moment you can't recognize. But if we are meant to see the men's worn out joy as a kind of sorrow, as Kurt does, it is a sorrow that also brings these two friends side by side; even though relaxation proves stressful, and calm does not come easily, Old Joy suggests that these discomforts may prove more worthwhile than a solitary enlightenment whose feet never touch the ground.
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🏀 Jayhawks Claim 292nd Dillons Sunflower Showdown, 81-60
LAWRENCE, Kan. – Freshman guard Christian Braun's hot shooting and career-high 20 points helped lead the No. 3 Kansas Jayhawks to an 81-60 win over Kansas State in the 292nd Dillons Sunflower Showdown Tuesday night inside Allen Fieldhouse. Braun connected on six 3-pointers, while sophomore Devon Dotson added 18 points and senior Udoka Azubuike turned in his seventh double-double as the Jayhawks won their 14th-straight against their in-state rival in Lawrence.
The victory moved the Jayhawks to 15-3 on the year and 5-1 in Big 12 play. Kansas State fell 8-10 in its 2019-20 campaign and 1-5 in the conference.
MOMENT OF THE GAME
Christian Braun checked into the game for the first time at the 16:37 mark and the Jayhawks trailing 5-4. Over the next six minutes the freshman out of Burlington, Kansas scored 11 points during a 22-4 KU run that saw the Jayhawks build its lead to 26-9 by the 10:30 mark of the first half. Braun hit three 3-pointers and went a perfect 4-of-4 during the stretch. K-State was never able to shrink its deficit to less than 13 points for the rest of the contest.
STAT OF THE GAME
37 – The Kansas bench turned in 37 points and outscored the Wildcat bench by 28, its second-largest margin of the season. It marked the most points the Jayhawk bench has scored in a Big 12 game since KU's reserves scored 43 against Iowa State on March 5, 2016.
The win improved Kansas to 14-0 following a home loss in the Self era.
The victory also gave Kansas its 14th-straight win against Kansas State in Allen Fieldhouse.
Kansas used a 19-2 run to increase its lead to 26-9 with 10:29 remaining in the first half. Christian Braun went 3-of-3 from deep in this span while Devon Dotson and Ochai Agbaji added a pair of buckets.
Kansas scored 18 points off 11 K-State turnovers in the first half.
The Jayhawks bench outscored the Wildcats 18-2 in the opening frame and finished the night outscoring KSU 37-9.
KU's 21-point victory was its largest over Kansas State since KU topped the Wildcats 85-63 on Mar. 10, 2016 and its largest victory in Lawrence since KU defeated KSU 86-60 on Jan. 11, 2014.
Kansas' 17 offensive rebounds were its most this season.
The Jayhawks' seven blocks in the second half were their most in a half since Kansas rejected seven first-half shots against Baylor on Jan. 12, 2019.
Freshman guard Christian Braun' 20-point effort broke his career-high of 11 points that he previously set against Monmouth on Nov. 15, 2019.
Braun's six triples were a career-high, topping his previous high of three that he set against Iowa State Jan. 8, 2020.
It also was the most threes by a KU freshman since Quentin Grimes hit six against Michigan State on Nov. 6, 2019.
QUOTE OF THE GAME
"He was great ... This is his first rivalry game and he comes out and gets 20 and was terrific, by far the best player in the game."
- Bill Self on Christian Braun
The Jayhawks will step out of league play on Saturday, Jan. 25 when they take part in the SEC/Big 12 Challenge to face the Tennessee Volunteers. Tipoff from Allen Fieldhouse is slated for 3 p.m. (CT) on ESPN. KU is 3-1 all-time against Tennessee and 4-2 in the SEC/Big 12 Challenge.
The day will also feature the return of ESPN College GameDay's return to Lawrence. The one-hour show will begin at 10 a.m. (CT). Saturday marks the 20th time the Jayhawks will be featured on GameDay, with 16 regular-season appearances and three at neutral locations. The Jayhawks are 11-5 in their previous regular-season appearances.
BRAUN drops another 3-pointer and leads all scorers with 17.
Largest student crowd since the Baylor game in 2017…
You really do love to see it 😎
Thank you, Jayhawk Nation! pic.twitter.com/yHCRZxKCjE
— Kansas Jayhawks (@KUAthletics) January 22, 2020
Up 33-16 with 3:50 to play before the break and we've got 6 different Jayhawks on the board 💪
Another stat for 💭… 18 of #KUbball's 33 points are from off the bench. pic.twitter.com/kvQkQnu6po
— Kansas Basketball (@KUHoops) January 22, 2020


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Q: Insert multiple UIImages into a "container" I'd like to know if it's possible to insert multiple images into a "container" in objective-c.
For example, if i had an image of a front wheel, a back wheel, and the body of a car. Could i position these all in a container so that when i move or tranform (scale, rotate) the container, all the images inside will perform the that action? At the same time i could have one or more of the images inside the container performing an animation.
I hope that's clear and i've properly explained what i'm trying to do.

A: Not sure about container,
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Why don't you make one custom view and put all the images inside that, and can perform all the operation over that view,
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Allen Aldrich
I have been licensed as an owner, since 1978. I reside and run my business, Aldrich Properties, in my hometown of Pleasanton. My wife Karen was a jockey for 25 years and we have two daughters and enjoy two grand children. I have been fortunate to be leading owner at Oak Tree at Pleasanton and Humboldt County Fair, and I have experienced the magic of having an ownership interest in an Eclipse Award winning champion, She's A Tiger.
Having experienced each venue firsthand, I have gained tremendous insight and perspective on issues of concern to owners throughout the state. Whether my horse is entered in the Breeders' Cup or a bottom-level Ferndale claimer I remain sensitive and proactive about issues affecting owners at each venue.
Every surviving racing venue from Del Mar to Humboldt serves to provide statewide access to live racing for existing and potential race fans. Like myself, almost all racing owners start out as racing fans. It is the preservation of live racing venues that plants the seeds of interest from which we can harvest future generations of involved Thoroughbred owners. Throughout my adult life I have been passionately involved in all aspects of the Thoroughbred industry in California. TOC members are the custodians of live racing opportunities for future generations. It is that rich heritage that I will tenaciously strive to preserve.
Born and raised in Southern California, I graduated from Pasadena High School and attended USC for two years. I sold Fords, VWs, and BMWs, eventually opening my own BMW dealership in 1979 and adding Mini Cooper in 2002. My two children, Nick and Elizabeth, now run Nick Alexander Imports since I retired; and I run our horse ranch in Santa Ynez. My wife, Mary, and I have been married 50 years and have four grandchildren.
I have raced Thoroughbreds in California for 40 years. Phil D'Amato and Steve Miyadi are my trainers. In the last few years I have raced only Cal-bred homebreds. On our 280 acre ranch we grow alfalfa, oats, and forage hay to feed our broodmare band of 28 mares and their offspring. We have produced three graded stakes winners, Enola Gray, California champion three-year-old filly in 2016, Pee Wee Reese, and Grazen, now a successful stallion. We were #2 breeder in California by money won in 2017.
I've served on the TOC board for six years, currently as Chairman. The TOC has a wide range of goals being involved in all aspects of California racing, but our two main goals are to maximize purses at California tracks and insure the long-term stability and growth of racing in our state to give California owners the best possible chance to succeed. Bigger purses and a secure future encourage owners to buy and breed better horses. I'm proud to say the TOC board and staff work tirelessly toward those goals.
I was born in Nogales, Arizona, and grew up on my family's cattle ranch. A graduate of the U of A's racetrack industry program, I began training my father's quarter horses before moving my own stable to Los Alamitos in 1982. I switched to training Thoroughbreds in 1991. I am the father of five and reside in La Canada with my wife, Jill.
I have continually been a leading trainer by earnings in the nation, hold multiple Southern California training titles, and am a three-time Eclipse Award winner. I won the Kentucky Derby with Silver Charm, Real Quiet, and War Emblem; the Preakness with Silver Charm, Real Quiet, Point Given, and War Emblem; and the Belmont S. with Point Given. I also have seven Breeders' Cup wins and two Triple Crown wins with American Pharoah and Justify.
My goal is to restore California to its former glory. California offers the best racing in the world, and I want to explore opportunities to recruit new owners and more horses to the state. I hope to use my unique knowledge and experience to help create a positive image of California racing.
Joe Ciaglia
I began my first company when I was 20 years old. With excellent work ethic and determination, I've developed more than 10 successful companies. I'm the CEO of California Landscape & Design and California Skateparks, the world's most recognized skatepark design and build firm. I've completed several projects for celebrities and professional athletes, including Rafael Bejarano and Tony Hawk. My wife, Stephanie, and our children, Ashley and Anthony, are all integral to the family businesses.
In 1999, I claimed my first horse at Del Mar. I began breeding horses in 2004 and started buying from sales in 2009. I've been fortunate enough to win three Grade 1 stakes and campaigned Weemissfrankie, who ran 3rd in the Breeders' Cup, and Dance With Fate, who won the Blue Grass and then ran in the 2014 Kentucky Derby. Our homebred highlight came in 2015 with multiple Grade 2 winner Ashleyluvssugar whose dam, Ashley's Folly, earned California-bred Mare of the Year.
What I enjoy most about this industry is the passion of the owners, trainers, and bloodstock agents that surround me. I consider these horseracing partners to be my family and friends and have the utmost loyalty to them. I would like to advance the sport by using my energy, excitement, open mindedness, and innovative ideas to bring more fans and owners to California horseracing. I will bring the drive that's made me successful in life to the TOC and draw in new owners and fans. Nothing is more enjoyable than sharing those winning moments with family and friends.
Jeff Bloom
I am a thoroughbred industry veteran of more than 35 years. I was a professional jockey in addition to serving as a racing manager, marketing and media relations' consultant, and broadcaster. During my nine-year riding career, I raced at many of the major tracks throughout North America including riding my first race at Del Mar in front of a hometown crowd, having grown up in San Diego.
After retiring as a jockey, I became the main workout rider for leading trainers including Hall of Famer Charlie Whittingham and was privileged to work out countless Grade 1 winners including 1989 Kentucky Derby winner Sunday Silence. Following my riding career, I earned a B.S. degree in Financial Services from San Diego State University, and my business resume includes a successful venture in corporate business development in the software technology industry.
I founded and run Bloom Racing Stable, LLC, a fully integrated horse racing company that has campaigned numerous stake winners. My first acquisition, Majestic City, was a multiple graded stakes winner and is now a commercial stallion standing in New York. I am extremely passionate about racehorses and their overall welfare both on and off the racetrack. In addition to joining the board of the TOC, I am proud to be a board member of the Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance (TAA), a nonprofit organization that provides accreditation and funding for approved racehorse aftercare facilities.
Gary Fenton
I grew up in Beverly Hills, CA and where I caught the horse racing bug at an early age attending races at Hollywood Park, Del Mar and Santa Anita, including the first Breeders' Cup in 1984. I began my career as an entertainment attorney working for the William Morris Agency before moving to media companies such as ATG, Carsey-Werner, and AMC.
In 2005, I transitioned careers to become the Managing Partner of Little Red Feather Racing, now California's largest syndicate with over 50 horses and 400 active partners. Being the head of syndicate is much like representing actors, writers and television production companies. The client is always the boss and it is our job to create the best racing experience possible for them. LRF campaigned Breeders' Cup Mile winner Singletary and most recently multiple graded stakes winners Egg Drop, Midnight Miley and Midnight Storm. Since 2010, only four owners have more starts in California than LRF. In addition, I am very proud to be part of an organization that during this same span has brought in more new owners into California racing than anyone or entity. In 2016, LRF launched the industry's first ever Equity Crowdfunding campaign in an effort to give the avid fan/prospective owner a chance to invest in horse ownership for the first time.
My wife, Katie and I live in Los Angeles with our two amazing sons, Brady and Carter.
I am a semi-retired Silicon Valley entrepreneur and investor. I grew up in a working class family in Pittsburgh as the son of immigrant parents (England and Mexico) and studied at Cornell and Stanford, earning a PhD in electrical engineering. I co-founded four high-tech companies and most recently served as CEO of wireless technology pioneer CalAmp Corp. and as Managing Director of InnoCal Venture Capital.
My wife, Marcia, and I now live in Del Mar where we've been indulging our love of horse racing as fans, horseplayers and owners. We currently co-own more than a dozen Thoroughbreds in California and are partners in several more with Little Red Feather and Bourbon Lane Stable. Our horses have included seven stakes winners, notably millionaire GSW Bourbon Courage and recent G1 winner Fault.
I'm all-in on California horse racing. I serve on the board of the California Thoroughbred Horsemen's Foundation (CTHF) and recently joined the advisory board of the TOC's Political Action Committee. I fully support the TOC's mission to maximize purse revenues and preserve the long-term viability of our sport. We face many threats, but I also believe there are opportunities to grow the game in collaboration with other key industry stakeholders. I have experience thinking out of the box and building consensus in challenging situations. I welcome the opportunity to represent you and work together to ensure our future.
Mike Harrington
Dr. Mike Harrington is a graduate of Washington State University School of Veterinary Medicine. Mike comes from a long line of race trackers following his father, grandfather, and great grandfather into the horse racing business. After retiring from his veterinary practice in 1993, he joined his wife, Patricia, an accomplished trainer in her own right, as a full time trainer. Mike and Patricia reside in Cypress, California.
Mike has a solid reputation as a conditioner of top-notch juveniles. A steady, dedicated, and well-respected horseman, Mike's success with two-year-olds includes Buck Trout, Swiss Yodeler, and Creative Cause. Mike and Patricia are owner/trainers/breeders.
We have many complex issues we have been working on including racing integrity, track safety, lowering expenses, competition for the gambling dollar, and new sources of income. I think it is important to attract new owners to California, but it is even more important to keep the ones we have. I am an advocate for increased participation purses and redistribution of the purse percentage. Anyone that thinks the solutions are simple should run for the board. I have attended every board meeting and our board has worked very hard. I would like the continued opportunity to help move the industry forward.
Bob Liewald
Growing up in Chicago, by the time I was 17 I was sneaking into Sportsmen's Park, and my love for horse racing has been with me ever since. After graduating from Northern Illinois University I spent most of my career working in the sports industry. I started with Footlocker when there were just two stores and helped lead their growth to over 3,000 locations. In 1998 I became one of the four founders of GSI Commerce, which eventually ran over 100 online stores for companies like MLB, NBA, NFL, NHL, and NASCAR. Based on the success we brought to all four sports leagues, we were able to negotiate unprecedented long term licensing deals which are still in existence today. In 2011 We sold GSI to eBay and I moved to California. Shortly after the move I decided to focus and make a commitment to horse racing.
Today, I have several horses with Little Red Feather and Eclipse Thoroughbreds, and in the last two years I also branched out on my own and now have broodmares, weanlings and a Cal bred yearling.
I fully intend to apply the same passion and vision I've had working with the pro sports leagues and NASCAR to California racing and TOC.
Terry Lovingier
I am owner and president of Lovco Construction, Inc., a heavy industrial contractor based in Signal Hill, Calif. I hold a civil and environmental engineering degree from U.C. Irvine. My family roots are in Oklahoma, but I was raised in Lakewood, Calif. and now live in Los Alamitos with my wife, Barbara. I also own and operate Lovacres Ranch in Warner Springs just east of Temecula, encompassing over 500 acres.
I was exposed to horses at a very early age and have always loved them. I began breeding Quarter Horses for the commercial market at a ranch I bought with my father and brother in Waco, Texas. While in Texas, I raised All American Futurity winner Streakin Flyer. After we sold that ranch, we moved our horses to Lovacres, where we now stand several Thoroughbred stallions including Awesome Gambler, Empire Way, Time To Get Even, Grace Upon Grace, Shaman Ghost, Stay Thirsty, Merit Man, and Twice the Appeal. I have raced many of my homebreds in small partnerships and campaigned 2012 Santa Anita Oaks (gr. 1) winner Willa B Awesome. Along with Grade 1 winning Willa B Awesome I have raised and raced MY Fiona (Champion Cal Bred Two year old), Lost Bus (Champion Cal Bred Three year old), and other stakes horses such as Show It and Moe It, Unhitchthetrailer, Time for Angie, Willie B Awesome and many more.
We need to take care of the people who take care of our industry, such as the breeders, the gamblers, and the owners who race the horses. We need to make sure that our fans don't go elsewhere, such as Las Vegas, because we haven't catered to them. We need to look at all the options and put together packages that entice new people, especially youngsters, to participate. We also need to keep our focus on the welfare of the horses.
Ed Moger
I was raised in Washington and live in Richmond, California. Thoroughbred racing is a passion of mine, and I have devoted my life to it. I served on the CTT Board from 1994 to 2009 (President in 2007) as well as the CTHF Board. In 2008, I was honored by the CTBA as Outstanding Trainer for 2007.
I have been training Thoroughbreds for over 36 years. Having much success in the Northwest, I moved to California in 1990 and currently train at both Northern and Southern California tracks. I am an owner (40+ horses), breeder, and farm owner and am very involved with the horses in my care.
I am very concerned with the current state of racing in California. My goals are to increase breeding and horse population, change purse distribution, develop a better racing program, and significantly increase handle. The future of racing in California requires the involvement of trainers, owners, racetrack officials and the general public who enjoy the sport. I would like the opportunity to help improve racing in California.
Jack Owens
My undergraduate and professional education was at Stanford, and I live in Modesto. I have been a lawyer for more than 30 years. I was a partner in a large law firm and was Gallo Winery's general counsel for 30 years. I have also had various periods of government service and law teaching.
I have been an owner and breeder of thoroughbreds for 30 years, racing predominantly in Northern California. I was elected to the TOC Board in its initial election, was reelected in 1997, and served as Chairman of the Board in 2001-03, 2004-05, and 2011.
My goal is the same as the assigned mission of the TOC – to advance and protect the interests of owners at the legislative and regulatory levels and in negotiations with other elements of the industry. We particularly need to identify potential future revenue sources for the industry and to seek to ensure that owners receive their fair share.
Richard Rosenberg
I was raised in New Jersey and moved to California with my family in the same year I started UCLA. Most of my adult life was spent in the Los Angeles area, first practicing law and then in the entertainment business. I currently reside in Solana Beach. My wife Cristina loves horse racing. Her late father was the president of the Jockey Club of Rio De Janeiro and also owned a stud farm.
My first entry into the horse business was by buying an interest in a $4,000 Standardbred claiming mare at Hollywood Park. After getting my feet wet and enjoying the game, I spent about 15 years buying Standardbred yearlings at the Tattersalls sales in Lexington and racing them on both coasts. When Hollywood Park closed night racing for Standardbreds, I moved on to Thoroughbreds. I have raced and bred in California since that time.
From 2009 to 2016 I was a Commissioner on the CHRB, and I served as Vice Chairman the last three years.
Samantha Siegel
I am passionate about horse retirement and serve on the board of CARMA (California Retirement Management Account) and as Treasurer of that organization. I also serve on the board of directors of the Edwin J. Gregson Foundation. I reside in Beverly Hills.
Racing as JayEmEss Stable, I am an active owner and breeder whose family has been involved in California Thoroughbred racing for more than five decades. My late father, Mace, was a founding member of the Thoroughbred Owners of California. JayEmEss has campaigned many graded stakes winners, including multiple Grade I winners Urbane, I Ain't Bluffing, and Include Me Out, Grade I Hollywood Gold Cup winner Rail Trip, 2004 champion juvenile colt Declan's Moon, multiple Grade 2 winner Arson Squad, and homebred Grade I winner By the Moon.
I was honored to be appointed to the board in January of this year, and I am looking forward to working toward the continued improvement of Thoroughbred racing in California.
Bill Strauss
I have owned horses for approximately ten years and have had a lot of success with horses such as The Pamplemousse, Turbulent Descent and Mizdirection in that period of time. I have been a fan and student of the game for decades. I enjoy the mornings as much as I enjoy the afternoons at the racetrack.
I would like to combine my experience as a businessman and passion for horseracing to give back to the game I love. I would like to put programs in place to promote larger field sizes and to attract more owners, gamblers and casual fans to racing. I would promote consensus among owners, trainers, gamblers and track management to work together and have a common voice regarding takeout, medication, etc. – with a healthy dialog on these issues and sound reasoning that is explained to all when decisions are made. I believe in transparency to all constituents, using fact-based data to come to decisions.
I was born in 1958, have been married for 33 years, and have two children. I live in Del Mar. I was co-founder and CEO of Provide Commerce/Proflowers. I took the company public on NASDAQ in 2003 at $15 per share, selling the company two years later for $33.75 per share. Previously, I was a Senior Vice President of Operations for ChipSoft/Intuit. I have been involved in many local business organizations and charitable endeavors including UCSD Connect, Casa De Amparo, Naval Special Warfare Foundation and the MS Society-Pacific South Coast Chapter.
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Kids everywhere have damaging gender stereotyping set by age 10
Health 20 September 2017
By Andy Coghlan
Strength is for everyone
Damaging gender stereotypes are ingrained from the age of 10. That is the conclusion of the first study to draw together data from high, middle and low-income countries across different cultures about how "tweenagers" perceive growing up as a boy or girl.
Researchers interviewed 450 children aged 10 to 14, plus a parent or guardian, from 15 countries, including Nigeria, China, the US and South Africa. They found that across all cultures, early adolescents were fitted with a "gender straitjacket" that has lifelong consequences linked to an increased risk of health problems. These are particularly perilous for girls.
"What we've learned is that there's more commonality than differences in 10-year-olds across the world," says Robert Blum of Johns Hopkins University in Maryland and leader of the study, which is published this week in a special issue of the Journal of Adolescent Health. "We were very surprised to see such universality of the myth that boys are strong, confident and leaders, while girls are weak and incompetent, who should be quiet and follow."
One main finding showed that boys and girls are encouraged to lead separate lives in early adolescence. Parents in many cultures – particularly in low to middle-income countries – intervene at puberty to quash their child's relationships with the opposite sex.
At this age, the world shrinks for girls, while it expands for boys, says Blum. Girls are more likely to stay close to home, while boys are given free rein to explore and experiment unsupervised.
"This is profoundly problematic, but that's what gets played out everywhere, even in most liberal societies," says Blum.
In many places, the pressure of these stereotypes leaves girls at higher risk of leaving school and experiencing early pregnancy and sexual violence, and encourages reckless and risky behaviour in boys.
In some countries, boys faced sanctions for attempting to defy the status quo. For instance, boys in Delhi said that they expected beatings from their parents if they associated with girls. They were taught that they wouldn't be able to control their sexual urges, says Blum. Some boys reported that abuse of girls was "natural" because of these urges.
There were some positive findings. In Shanghai, for example, interviews revealed increasing support for girls to prize traits such as educational achievement and career development.
"Too often, we address gender norms late in adolescence when they are well established and have started to have negative impacts on health," says Sarah Keogh at the Guttmacher Institute in New York. "This study shows that gender socialisation happens much earlier than that."
Blum says it is possible to change stereotypes, citing altered attitudes and laws combating sexism in Europe and North America. But he says it requires the knowledge of how and when these gender myths are ingrained. Exposures to gender stereotypes start in infancy, he says, "but early adolescence may be the ideal time for interventions".
Journal reference: Journal of Adolescent Health
Magazine issue 3144 , published 23 September 2017
Could we store carbon dioxide as liquid lakes under the sea?
The NHS is using a chatbot to do tedious corporate team-building
The polyethylene microplastic pollution commonly found in wastewater can be extracted to create electrodes for lithium-ion batteries
In response to a shortage of liquid ibuprofen, the US Food and Drug Administration is temporarily allowing manufacturers to produce and distribute non-FDA approved drugs for relieving fever and pain


How would you like to be the chief engineer for an important NASA mission? In this activity, you get to design the latest and greatest satellite. Your satellite could help study things happening on Earth, take pictures of planets in our solar system, keep an eye on our sun, or even find planets elsewhere in the universe!
Click on the image to see what a real satellite looks like!
This is the GOES-N satellite. It keeps watch over weather on Earth.
Container: Your satellite needs some sort of container to hold all of the gizmos together and keep its instruments safe.
Power Source: You will need something to give your satellite electricity so that it can run all of its high-tech gizmos. Solar panels or fancy batteries are two options.
Scientific Instruments: This is the why you launched your satellite in the first place! Instruments can take pictures of far away galaxies or planets right here in our Solar System, measure chemicals in Earth's atmosphere, or keep a close eye on our Sun's activity. It's your decision!
Communication Device: You will need some way to communicate with Earth. Antennas (shaped like dishes or poles and rods) are a good way to do this.
Orientation Finder: Make sure you have something that lets your satellite know where it's pointed and which way is 'up.' Something that looks at the stars (a star tracker) or the sun (a sun tracker) would work.
Power source: battery made from a yellow sponge.
Instruments: small plastic dish attached with a pick-up stick.
Communication: Radio dish made with half a styrofoam ball, black construction paper, and a part of a pick-up stick.
Orientation finder: star tracker made from a screw.
Held together with: Scotch tape.
Power source: solar panels made from shiny book cover with straws and skewers.
Instruments: Dixie cup bowls (under the box).
Communication: antenna made from the other end of the straws.
Orientation finder: star tracker made with a washer.
Held together with: Scotch tape and Elmer's glue.
Power source: solar panel made from shiny book cover, construction paper, and a skewer.
Communication: antenna made from a screw.
Orientation finder:star tracker made from a washer.
Held together with: Elmer's glue.
Container: sponges held together with toothpicks.
Power source: solar panel made from CDs or DVDs attached to chop sticks.
Orientation finder: star tracker made from a washer.
Held together with: tape and toothpicks.
Container: juice box covered with construction paper.
Power source: solar panels made from sponges with pipe cleaners through them.
Communication: large dish antenna made from half a styrofoam ball, black construction paper, and a part of a pick-up stick.
Orientation finder: sun tracker made with nuts and washers.
Held together with: Scotch tape and glue.
Power Source:solar panel made from a sugar wafer.
Instruments: gummy candies and part of an ice cream cone.
Communication: antenna made from a yogurt-covered pretzel.
Orientation finder: star tracker made from tiny piece of licorice twist.
Held together with: toothpicks and frosting.
Power source: solar panel made from licorice twist sticks held together by toothpicks.
Communication: antenna made from a tiny bit of licorice stick.
Orientation finder: Sun tracker made from part of a gummy worm.
Power source: solar panel made with a graham cracker.
Instruments: gummy candy and pretzels.
Communication: antenna made from a pretzel.
Orientation finder: star tracker made with gummy candy.
Power source: solar panel made with a sugar wafer with blue frosting.
Instruments: part of a sugar wafer.
Communication: antenna made from gummy candy.
Orientation finder: star tracker made with a pretzel.
Power source: solar panel made from a graham cracker.
Instruments: tiny pieces of licorice stick.
Communication: antennas made from a toothpick.
Orientation finder: Sun tracker made from part of ice cream cone.
These are just suggestions. Be creative and find new ways to build your satellite!
Make a Stained Glass Earth!


This morning started with an unexpected snow. By that I mean: it was unexpected to me. The meteorologists may have known it was coming but I did not! And, before you could say "school drop off" there were several inches of cold white stuff on the ground. The roads were slippery, and honestly, it was just not a morning to go out. So, I didn't.
The only problem was that I had invited two girl friends for lunch and to try a recipe…a recipe that I did not have all the ingredients for. To make matters worse, I got sucked into a project this morning and totally lost track of time. By the time I surfaced, I had 15 minutes before the girls arrived-and I desperately needed a shower. Food…shower…food…shower-I flipped a mental coin; the shower won.
So, as I showered, I searched for Plan B in the kitchen. It had to be something I could make with the material I had in my pantry and fridge; it needed to fill the comfort quotient required on a snowy Thursday; and, it needed to be fast. I ended up doing my take on Nigella Lawson's Spaghettini with Shrimp and Chile while I gabbed with two fab girls and solved all the world's big problems. It does not get better than that!
Two recipe notes: 1. The Italians are pretty strict about mixing seafood and parmesan…it is a big no-no. I am not Italian however-so I say, if you want a little good parmesan on your pasta with shrimp-by all means go for it! 2. This recipe calls for Moonblush Tomatoes, which are super easy to make and fabulous to have on hand. Once you make them, you will see that they are kitchen gold!
Boil a large pot of salted water. Add the pasta and cook until al dente.
Meanwhile, in a large pan, heat the garlic oil and sauté the scallions, pepper flakes and garlic for a few minutes. Add the tomatoes in their oil and the shrimp.
Stir regularly until shrimp are pink. Add the wine or vermouth and let it simmer for a moment.
Add arugula and stir until it is wilted. Take sauce off heat.
Drain the pasta-reserving ½ cup of cooking water.
Combine the pasta with the shrimp/tomato sauce-mixing well. If pasta seems dry add some of the reserved cooking water to moisten. Season with salt and pepper. Serve immediately.
2. Place tomato halves cut side up in a baking dish. Sprinkle with olive oil, salt, thyme and sugar.
3. Place the dish in the oven and immediately turn the oven off. Leave the tomatoes in the oven overnight or all day without opening it.
Use immediately or store in fridge until needed.
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Can you say YUMMY?!?! Who "whips up" spaghettini (i had to check to make sure i spelled that one correctly) with shrimp in no time flat as her back-up recipe…and make it look easy? I will certainly be trying this one at home.
I made the moonblush tomatoes last night and have been "snacking" on them all day….soooo good!


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Die Cadizier sind eine 1992 gegründete Schweizer Punkband aus Zug.

Geschichte
Bekannt wurden die Cadizier bereits 1992, als sie in Bremgarten einen Auftritt auf dem Dach der besetzten Kleiderfabrik vor 10'000 Zuschauern hatten. Seither veröffentlichten die Cadizier eine Mini-CD (Halt's Maul Blocher) und ein Album (Alles klar?) in Eigenvertrieb bzw. unter ihrem eigenen Label Rat Cave Records. Der Name Die Cadizier ist an Cádiz in Spanien angelehnt.

Musikalisch sind die Cadizier als Deutschpunkband mit einem für Punkrock gemäßigten Tempo, ausgeklügelten Melodien, Ska-Einmischungen und wütenden Texten anzusehen. Viele Texte der Cadizier sind gegen Christoph Blocher und die SVP gerichtet. Ausserdem haben Die Cadizier in ihren Bühnenshows verschiedene ausgefallene Kostüme verwendet.

Die Band erlangte in der Punkszene grössere Bekanntheit und schaffte es auf die bekanntesten Deutschpunk-Sampler dieser Zeit wie Partisanen und Schlachtrufe BRD zusammen mit Bands wie Die Toten Hosen u. a.

Eine offizielle Auflösung gab es nie, obwohl die Band seit ca. 2000 nicht mehr öffentlich in Erscheinung trat.

Im Frühjahr 2014 gehen die Cadizier, nach 13 Jahren Abstinenz wieder auf Tour. Am 17. Januar des gleichen Jahres spielten sie unter dem Pseudonym "Ueli's Rache" ein erstes Konzert.

Sänger Hanke verlässt Anfang 2017 die Cadizier.

Diskografie

Alben
 1994: Halt's Maul Blocher (Mini-CD mit 7 Titeln, Moonrecords)
 1998: Alles klar? (Album mit 21 Titeln, Rat Cave Records)

Samplerbeiträge
 1995: Skampler No. 2
 1997: Partisanen 4
 1997: Punk-Rock makes the world go round
 1997: Plastic Bomb #19
 1999: Skampler No. 4
 1999: Vorwärts und nicht vergessen 2
 2000: Partisanen 5
 2000: Schlachtrufe BRD VI
 2004: swiss Punk sampler!
 2007: Things could be worse

Weblinks
 Offizielle Website

Deutschpunk-Band
Schweizerische Band
Kultur (Kanton Zug)

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This paper highlights the need for developing appropriate new open innovation institutions, to help bridge this gap from open science to open innovation.
On 14 november 2014, Science|Business organised a summit on the EU energy Challenge, gathering 170 experts from across europe and beyond in academia, industry and policy to debate the answers to those questions and develop insights and recommendations for the european Commission. The summit capped a series of eight high-level academic policy symposia focused on the eu energy R&D challenge, supported by BP.
Europe is determined to lead the world in the shift to green energy. A key policy goal in the European Commission's 2050 Energy Roadmap is an electricity system based nearly entirely on renewable energy sources. From fields of windmills in Scotland to solar panel installations across Spain, billions of euros in public and private investment over the past 15 years have kick-started the transition to a low-carbon economy.
Can innovation bring the answers—can it lay the foundation for energy security, affordability and sustainability?
The articles contained in Energy Transitions summarise a series of eight high-level policy symposia on Europe's energy future organized between 2011 and 2014 by Science|Business and supported by BP.
With Europe's biggest-ever research programme, Horizon 2020, now underway, Science|Business gathered several leaders in European research, industry and policy to debate the ethical questions that may arise. Their reflections, gathered here, are part of a Science|Business effort to spotlight the ethical dimensions of this vital new EU initiative.
Dynamic small companies are a key to driving economic growth; that much we all know. But what helps those companies grow? For a technologybased company, one answer is obvious: The ideas on which they found the company. In short, their intellectual property.
Gas: Too much of a good thing?
Over the past five years, the US shale gas boom has brought about dramatic changes in the North American energy landscape, prompting economic and environmental debate in Europe and other parts of the world. In the US, energy prices have fallen dramatically, helping drive economic recovery from the global recession. But the spread of hydraulic fracturing or "fracking" – the technology used to drill for shale gas – has raised the ire of environmentalists.


The highly anticipated "Macao 2018 – 35th Asian International Stamp Exhibition" will be held at The Venetian Macao Cotai Expo Hall A from 21st to 24th September, 2018, symbolises a great leap in Macao's philatelic history. The exhibition also promotes Macao's connection and exchange with the world in the publicity and inheritance of the philatelic culture, showing Macao as an ideal platform for convention and business tourism.
To commemorate the grand Asian international philatelic event, Macao Post and Telecommunications Bureau launched three sets of stamp issues featuring this exhibition. The first set was issued on 1st March, 2018, depicting the streets and alleys of Macao as well as its famous gourmet to display the local attractions and traditions.
The second set is the label stamp and will be issued on 21st September, 2018, the opening day of the Exhibition. The printing quantity is 1,500,000 label stamps. The design of this label stamp pictures the CTT Macao Headquarters' Building with masterful strokes and gives it a new look by using bold colors that lends a special touch.
In recent years, label stamps have been particularly popular with philatelists. Whenever label stamps are issued, they can always attract enthusiasts queuing up in front of the automatic stamp vending machines, eager to enrich their collection. This new issue of label stamp will surely start a new craze among collectors, especially attracting the members of the automatic label stamp associations from different regions of the Mainland.
The stamp designer of this label stamp is Mr. Lio Man Cheong, and the text of the information brochure is written by Macao Post and Telecommunications Bureau.
The third set will be issued on 23rd September, 2018, the eve of the Mid-Autumn Festival. This issue includes a set of four stamps and one souvenir sheet, the stamps are highlight the joyfulness and liveliness of the festival by depicting its celebrations and locations.
This set of stamps, through the delicate brushwork, vividly portrays the festivity of firecrackers burning in Macao during the Lunar New Year, the exuberance of drunken dragon dancing on the Buddha's Birthday, the dedication in dragon boat racing during the Dragon Boat Festival, the solemnity of the Christmas Mass in Sé Cathedral, and the blissfulness of family gatherings and moon watching during the Mid-Autumn Festival in Lou Lim Ioc Garden. Philatelists and exhibit-goers from around the world can experience Macao's festive events and cultural charm from these little squares of stamps, feeling the affability of the small city in Macao.
This is the eighth theme in 2018. The previous issued stamps are "Lunar Year of the Dog" on 05/01/2018, the label stamp "Lunar Year of the Dog" on 31/01/2018, "Macao 2018 – 35th Asian International Stamp Exhibition (I)" on 01/03/2018, "Mainland Scenery VII" on 12/04/2018, "Classic Fables and Tales" on 30/05/2018, "Joy" on 26/06/2018, "Chapas Sínicas (Chinese Documents)" on 06/07/2018, "Masters of Chinese Literature – Tang Xianzu" on 27/07/2018, and "60th Anniversary of the Publication of Macao Daily News" on 15/08/2018.
- General Post Office, from 9:00a.m. to 5:30p.m.
- Communications Museum, from 9:00a.m. to 5:30p.m.
- The Venetian Macao Cotai Expo Hall A, from 10:00a.m. to 7:00p.m.
- Rua do Campo Post Office, from 9:00a.m. to 7:00p.m.
- Maritime Ferry Terminal Post Office, from 11:00a.m. to 6:00p.m.
- Airport Post Office, from 10:00a.m. to 7:00p.m.
On the issue date, the maximum sales quota per queuing customer is 20 sets of label stamps, 5 first day covers with label stamps, 5 information brochures with label stamps and 3 maximum cards.
- The Venetian Macao Cotai Expo Hall A, from 10:00a.m. to 6:00p.m.


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