Together with Nykredit, Danske Bank, and Copenhagen FinTech, Accelerace has created a new ambitious accelerator dedicated to fintechs. Copenhagen Fintech Accelerator has already raised funds from the Danish Industry Foundation. The goal is to open up the Nordic markets to foreign companies and attract fresh talents to the Danish fintech ecosystem.
Denmark will soon become the home of a unique fintech accelerator designed specifically to attract global talent to the Nordic fintech ecosystem. Copenhagen FinTech has joined forces with Accelerace to create an inclusive incubation and acceleration environment to support the international focus of the accelerator.
Two large banks, Nykredit and Danske Bank, have partnered in on the Copenhagen Fintech Accelerator, which has also been funded with more than one million Danish kroner over the course of the next 2,5 years from the Danish Industry Foundation as part of a larger global fintech alliance project under the auspices of Copenhagen FinTech.
"Accelerace has ascertained that within the realm of tech, fintech is the sector moving the fastest. There is a recognized need from the end users. A need for innovation in the infrastructure and the services that the banks provide. The banks are aware of this and have been aware of it for years. That means, that they know more about what it takes to collaborate with startups than many other established lines of businesses and that sets the bar high for both the future partnerships and for the work in Copenhagen Fintech Accelerator," says Anders Handlos Grauslund, Business Accelerator and Investment Manager in Accelerace.
Where Copenhagen FinTech has an incubation environment and a deep network into Danish fintech, Accelerace has a proven and successful mentor model and a model to create sustainable corporate startup collaborations.
"One of the most interesting aspects of the project is, that the boundaries between the different sectors are fusing. As soon as a company reaches a certain size it will have to contain both a finance department, insurance, daily banking and so on. I 2018, The Danish Industry Foundation came up with a new strategy that broadens the understanding of the term industrial. We expect that much of the technology that fintechs are early adopters of will be part of the industry as well. It makes more and more sense that fintech and the classical industry blend," says Ole Østrup, Chief of Communication in the Danish Industry Foundation, which supports the acceleration program through the initiative "Global FinTech Alliances for Growth".
Copenhagen Fintech, which proposed the idea to the Danish Industry Foundation, was initially founded to grow the Danish fintech ecosystem. The organization built the incubator Copenhagen Fintech Lab but had more in mind from the beginning; the ambition to create an application-based program targeting both Danish and International startups to attract more foreign talent and growth companies, says Simon Schou, Chief Innovation Officer in Copenhagen FinTech.
"We needed a program with international scale. With the new Copenhagen Fintech Accelerator, we are taking the next step in our vision of creating a strong fintech innovation environment in Denmark. We want to accelerate startups faster, and we hope to be able to supplement the pool of talent in the Danish ecosystem. Denmark can become a gateway to attract foreign talents to all of the Nordics," he says.
Both Nykredit and Danske Bank are partners in Copenhagen Fintech Accelerator. Together the two banks span almost every service that anyone anywhere in Denmark will ever need from a financial institution. And both banks agree that they need new ideas from startups to be on top of their game in a national as well as a Nordic context.
"We want to be part of turning Denmark and the Nordics into a whole as an area that takes the lead in generating new innovative fintech companies. The better the ecosystem is, the better the banks will also be. We see this initiative as an opportunity to support this formation and invest in it so we, too, can integrate the best solutions into our business and deliver the best services to our customers," says Jon Schäffer, Head of Strategic Partnerships in Danske Bank.
Over the course of the latter five years, the banks have come to realize that they cannot develop new solutions fast enough of a high enough caliber without agile partners that comes with new inspiration and perspectives to the established corporates. But It is also of great importance to the banks to provide value to the environment.
"First and foremost, we see this project as a great opportunity to strengthen our network and establish new dialogues with fintech, that think of and see differently on some of the challenges we try to solve in Nykredit. This also means that we want to go actively into the project as a sounding board to the companies and continue working with that or the fintechs that comes up with the strongest solutions to fit our needs," says Morten Møller Madsen, Executive Vice President in Nykredit.
The goal of Copenhagen Fintech Accelerator is to level up the value proposition for fintechs to attract international talent and to unite the Nordic ecosystem by creating a second-to-none fintech ecosystem accelerator with world-class mentoring and corporate partnerships to fuel innovation and create growth.
Copenhagen Fintech Accelerator is built on four pillars; a world-class accelerator, strong Nordic corporate partnerships, a dedicated seed fund, and a unique co-working space.
The accelerator is sprint based and will run from November 2018 until June 2019 and will accelerate six startups in the first batch.


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An unmissable treat in store for dance lovers
Dance Ihayami will be performing at Penfest
Dance Ihayami – Scotland's classical Indian dance company – will present its new work, Silent Space, at Macarts in Galashiels on Thursday, October 27.
In this show renowned choreographer and dancer Priya Shrikumar explores the interaction between the voices and the body of the performers, both responding to music and silence.
Drawing deeply from the tradition of South Asian dance, performers both instigate and respond to sound, and its absence, through movement.
Ihayami means 'I am here'. Because it is what I am doing – Dance, I am here!
It crosses the boundaries which exist between traditional and contemporary Indian dance.
The company's vision is to enrich the Scottish national repertoire of dance, and engage people of all ages and backgrounds in Indian classical and contemporary dance as audience, artists and participants.
Silent Space examines the infinite capacity of the human being to imagine, dream, play and improve on our physical and spiritual conditions.
With an ensemble of exceptional dancers and Scotland-based flautist Marion Kenny, Silent Space is set to be an unforgettable spectacle of evocative rhythms, technical precision and striking geometry of Bharatanatyam, one of the oldest classical Indian dance forms.
It is practiced by both men and women and is often referred to as a "fire dance".
The company performance will be followed by a short classical Indian dance workshop. Anyone is welcome to join in and try Bharatanatyam movements, hand gestures and facial expressions.
Bharantanatyam style is noted for its fixed upper torso, legs bent or knees flexed out combined with spectacular footwork, a sophisticated vocabulary of sign language based on gestures of hands, eyes and face muscles.
Indian dance is a great way to get fit and healthy, so come along and give it a try.
Doors open at 7pm and the performance begins at 7.30pm.
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Here you should select main website logo. It is displayed on pages next to the menu, on preloader screen and on sticky header. Recommended size for logo is 178px x 100px.
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Applauz has a unique way of enabling you to create custom footer pages. You can create a static page, add content to it and set desired global settings overrides. Then you can use it as a template for all pages.
Body text font. Using this setting you can set the main font family that'll be applied throughout the website. Applauz uses Google webfonts.
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Ease of use – when you create a symbol that you can reuse and add to the team's library it speeds up the workflow of the whole team, not just you.
Speed – when it's time to update some visuals on the UI, changing a button's shape or colour will take seconds – and it will update on all instances that you have used in the file.
Organization – naming and organizing everything into a common structure.
Nested symbols are regular symbols that are made from other symbols that already exist in Sketch. Nested Symbols will open new possibilities to streamline your current workflow. Nested Overrides can override the Nested Symbols to other Symbols of the same size. This will let you create reusable components and stop reinventing the wheel each time when you design.
You can place a Symbol inside another Symbol's Artboard. Each nested symbol is different, in our case we will use an image and the new Data feature in Sketch 52, two text layers and a rating layer.
When creating text layers symbols be sure to name them accordingly to what type of content this is. This way it will be much easier for you to recognize what kind of content needs to be filled in the overrides panel.
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The order in the layer panel will reflect in the Overrides panel. Make sure you organize it the way it represents hierarchy. Best way to do it from top to bottom.
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New School Report Cards: 2018
Economic Pulse, 2019, Issue 3
South Texas Economic Development Center
In August, each public school and school district in Texas received a letter grade from the state for the first time. As part of a new accountability system for evaluating student performance, Texas replaced the old pass/fail rating system with a scale from A to F.
This initiative aligns with the federal government's Every Student Succeeds Act, which replaced the No Child Left Behind Act in 2015. The new federal law was intended to give states more freedom to set goals for school districts.
Under the new state rating system, each school district receives a score for each of three categories: (1) student achievement, which reflects how well students perform on the yearly mandated standardized test called the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR); (2) school progress, which evaluates how much students improve on the STAAR tests; and (3) closing the gaps, which measures how much schools improve the STAAR test scores for the groups of students with special needs and English language learners.
The overall grade is calculated based on the weighted average of the better score of the first two categories with a 70% weight, and the third category that makes up the other 30%.
In a nutshell, the new system for assessing Texas public schools still relies mostly on STAAR test scores as measures of student performance.
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Within the city of Corpus Christi, London and Flour Bluff ISDs earned an A (score 90 or above for Exemplary Performance). The other school districts (Corpus Christi ISD, Tuloso-Midway ISD, and West Oso ISD) received a C (score 70-79 for Acceptable Performance).
Even though Corpus Christi ISD received an overall C rating, it was the first time in 13 years that no school was rated as "Improvement Required" or equivalently an F rating for "Unacceptable Performance." In fact, 10 Corpus Christi ISD schools scored an A.
Overall, schools in Corpus Christi showed some improvement from the past year in the percentage of students passing the STAAR tests at different grades. Those historically high-performing schools continued to do well, but schools that had lagged behind tended to show relatively more improvement.
In addition to 742 traditional school districts, the state has 87 charter districts that operate public schools with more freedom from state regulations. Evidence on the relative performance of these schools is mixed. Over one-third (37%) of charter districts scored an overall A rating, more than doubled the share of 16% for traditional districts. But when As and Bs are combined, the percentages of the two types of school districts were comparable. The percentages of charter districts scoring Ds and Fs were also higher than traditional districts.
Disparity across the charter schools in Corpus Christi is also evident. The Seashore charter schools on North Padre Island received an overall A, while the Corpus Christi Montessori School earned the "Met Standard" rating.
The stated objective of the new school rating system is to identify ways to improve student achievements. The ratings highlight factors that are within a school's control as well as factors that are beyond the school's control. For one, a public school does not choose which families and students to serve.
Socioeconomic Factors
In addition to STAAR test scores, the TEA provides data on the socioeconomic profile of each school's student body. Across the 829 Texas school districts, the influence of family income on student performance is clear. The above chart plots the overall score of each Texas school district against the percentage of Economically Disadvantaged students as a measure of the socioeconomic status. Economically Disadvantaged students are from low-income families and they receive free or reduced-price meals.
Statewide no school district with less than 30% Economically Disadvantaged students received an overall rating of C or below. The majority of Ds and Fs went to districts with relatively high rates of low-income students.
The impact of socioeconomic factors on student performance is also evident in Corpus Christi. The above scatter plot limits the results to schools within the Corpus Christi metro area. The linear trend that best fits the data indicates that socioeconomic profiles of different schools explain 46% of variation in the schools' overall accountability ratings.
Among traditional school districts in the area, London ISD had the lowest percentage (22%) of low-income students, and it had the highest percentage of students passing the standardized tests at all grades. By contrast, nearly 93% of students in West Oso ISD were classified as Economically Disadvantaged, and the district had the fewest students passing the same tests.
Still there are exceptions. The majority of school districts in the Rio Grande Valley of South Texas educate mostly low-income students but they received overall ratings of As and Bs. As explained in a recent Economic Pulse newsletter, widespread broadband access particularly for students at home might have made up for the lack of learning resources among low-income families in that region. But in the Permian Basin region of West Texas, most school districts received no higher than a C, despite relatively fewer low-income students.
In Corpus Christi, Port Aransas ISD achieved the highest score of 94 within the metro area, but nearly 80% of its students belonged to the low-income group, higher than Corpus Christi ISD and Tuloso-Midway ISD.
The overall poverty rate of a school affects student performance perhaps because lower-income families have fewer resources for their children. However, some schools with low-income neighborhoods have succeeded in implementing economic-oriented policy measures to improve their ratings. For instance, Dallas ISD and Fort Worth ISD raised the scores of some struggling schools by giving stipends as much as $12,000 to top performers who chose to teach in those schools. This strategy is now under consideration of state officials for statewide adoption.
The relationship between family income and the children's academic performance reflects a well-documented phenomenon known as intergenerational mobility, which refers to the change in socioeconomic outcomes from parents to their children as adults in the future.
It is also well known that education is a key determinant of income earnings. Therefore, a strong link between the economic status of parents and their children's academic performance is a sign of low intergenerational mobility. This also means that children born to less advantaged families or less educated parents will be less advantaged as students and eventually more likely to have lower educational attainment.
There are, however, different possible explanations for the intergenerational relationship in socioeconomic outcomes and education. First, it is possible that more educated parents, who typically earn more incomes, have more skills and abilities to be transmitted to their children. If this so-called genetic bias is the case, then more able parents will raise more able children, who will be more likely to perform better in school and get more education. Higher-income households may also provide more financial resources for developing their children's skills. They may be more able to move to neighborhoods with better public schools or send their children to private schools.
Parental Time
However, it is also well documented that more educated parents tend to spend more time with their children. This amount of parental time is allocated to the care of children as one of the factors that determine the development of children's skills. In a recent study with U.S. household data of more than 423,000 observations, researchers at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis found strong evidence that time spent with children from each of both parents, especially during the children's early childhood, increased the probability of a child graduating from high school or college.
The effects of parental time with children are statistically significant even after controlling for other parental characteristics, including race, gender, income and educational attainment. Given the extent of disparity in local school performance that is not well understood, it is likely that more parental time investment in children can improve the children's educational outcomes.
Despite the fact that schools or even the state government have no direct control over various socioeconomic factors that play a role in student achievements, there are simple policy measures that may overcome existing educational challenges with a level playing field for our future workforce.
60x30 Goal
A skilled workforce is the primary driver behind regional economic development. To better position Texas for the increasingly competitive workplace, the state has adopted the 60X30TX initiative, which aims to ensure at least 60 percent of Texans ages 25 to 34 hold some type of postsecondary credential by the year 2030.
The city of Corpus Christi has followed suit through a partnership with community stakeholders, including the Workforce Solutions of the Coastal Bend, Citizens for Educational Excellence, the United Corpus Christi Chamber of Commerce, local school districts, and postsecondary education institutions.
In the past year, this consortium of workforce development stakeholders has taken numerous actions toward the 60x30 goal. The Lumina Foundation has recognized Corpus Christi as one of the nation's 24 Talent Hubs with a grant to assist those with some college training but without a degree. In the first year, this program has helped 22 local residents return to school.
Meanwhile, Corpus Christi ISD has initiated the Footsteps2Brilliance plan that aims to improve children's educational readiness before they enter elementary school.
On the other end of the educational pipeline, the city has received a grant from the Trellis Foundation to develop 10 career pathways for students. The group is also developing a website that informs the public with data and resources on fast growing industries and high-demand jobs in the Coastal Bend.
Above all, local experiences in line with the state-level educational goal highlight that it is in fact possible to fill existing educational gaps. Yet to the extent that human capital is an investment, most successful programs typically involve external financial resources if not from the state.
George-Levi Gayle, Limor Golan, and Mehmet A. Soytas, "Intergenerational Mobility and the Effects of Parental Education, Time Investment, and Income on Children's Educational Attainment," Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Review, third quarter 2018, volume 100, number 3, pp. 281-295.
The author is a member of the City of Corpus Christi Mayor's Education/Workforce Policy Board. This article is adapted from the Corpus Christi Education Report: August 2018 Update. The author acknowledges support and assistance from Dr. Janet Cunningham of Citizens for Educational Excellence, and Dr. Gilda Ramirez of United Corpus Christi Chamber of Chamber.
3/17/2019: Interesting reading
Joshua Roberson, "Adding It Up: Texas Home Values and School Quality," TAMU Real Estate Center Tierra Grande, March 11, 2019.


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Founder of SkillSoft Ltd., SkillSoft Corp. (New Hampshire) and Skillsoft Ireland Ltd., Charles E. Moran is an entrepreneur and businessperson who has been at the helm of 7 different companies and presently is President & Chief Executive Officer at SkillSoft U.K. Ltd. He is also on the board of 6 other companies.
Mr. Moran previously held the position of Vice President-Sales & Marketing for Insite Peripherals, Inc., Chairman, President & CEO at SkillSoft Ltd., Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer of SkillSoft Corp. (New Hampshire), Chief Executive, Operating & Financial Officer at Softdesk, Inc., President & Chief Executive Officer of NETg, Inc., President & Chief Executive Officer for Skillsoft Ireland Ltd., President of Sytron Corp and Member of The Economic Club of Chicago (Illinois).
Mr. Moran received an MBA from Suffolk University and an undergraduate degree from Boston College.
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New digital tool measures sustainability
All businesses should have access to tools that follow up and measure the result of their efforts. Technical consultants at ÅF have developed an IT tool that not only collects sustainability data in one place, but also measures the true sustainability performance of a business or a project.
The tool, Sustainable Business Performance Indicators, SBPI, is a measurement model that provides a factual answer to the question of how sustainable a company actually is. With over 20 financial parameters and 2,500 social and environmental aspects, every business/segment must start by performing a materiality analysis of which parameters are important for their business and thereby for the business's sustainability performance.
SBPI - a correct way to measure sustainability
The demands for more sustainable business performance are becoming increasingly tough, which means that new needs arise to systematically measure and follow up on sustainability work. More and more stakeholders are asking for sustainability data, but many businesses do not have the tools to track this. SBPI is a digital instrument that provides a simple means of tracking data and measuring sustainability performance in a scientific way.
Sustainability is a complex entity that with its three dimensions – social, economic and environmental – is difficult to measure. The concept includes both quantitative variables, such as carbon dioxide emissions and gender distribution, and qualitative values, such as customer satisfaction and perceived working environment. To be able to aim towards defined goals and to monitor results over time, it is important to measure.
Fully digital measurement method
SBPI is based on soft metrology and traditional measurement technology core values, making the measurement values comparable over time. By measuring sustainability performance using objective, comparable and repeatable measurement methods, sustainability work can be targeted towards defined goals. SBPI has been developed by ÅF's specialists in the fields of compliance, sustainability, product development and digitisation, in close collaboration with the measurement technology department at RISE, the Research Institutes of Sweden. The result is a web-based platform with a digital measurement model that collects data, performs calculations, analyses and visualises the measurement results in a user-friendly way for customers, employees and the general public to study.
Applicable to different sectors and businesses
SBPI makes it possible to follow up on sustainability performance at both a general level and a detailed level. The model also visualises the correlation between different activities and how they contribute to sustainability performance. SBPI contributes to securing the link between sustainability work and business strategy. The model can be used to good effect to follow up on suppliers' sustainability performance and or to measure the impact of individual projects on the environment.
ÅF's sustainability work is defined in SBPI on the basis of ÅF's three focus areas: to conduct responsible business, to be an attractive employer and always to offer sustainable solutions. The analysis produces a value that indicates total sustainability performance on a scale of 0 to 100, with the value of 100 representing a utopia. The first measurement of ÅF's sustainability performance using SBPI was performed for the business year 2016 and produced a value of 59 out of 100.
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Call Family Dentistry is committed to providing the highest level of professional dental care. For every commitment there is an obligation to provide quality care and service. Conversely, it is the patient/guardian's responsibility to meet their financial obligation. Please understand that payment of your bill is considered a part of your treatment. The following is a statement of our Financial Policy which we require you to read and sign. All patients must complete all of our forms prior to seeing the doctor. It is important that you bring proof of insurance each time you visit Call Family Dentistry. Failure to do so may result in you not being seen or being required to make full payment at the time services are rendered.
Since our office accepts many different insurance plans, it is impossible for us to know all covered benefits, co-pays and deductibles for each plan. Our treatment plans estimate the patient balance based on what the insurance has indicated it will pay. We have no control over what the insurance does pay. Please be aware that some, and possibly all of the services provided may be non-covered services and not considered reasonable, usual, and customary under the terms of your dental and/or medical policy. Your insurance policy is a contract between you and your insurance company. We are not a party to that contract. While it is our intention to assist you, it is still your responsibility to insure that all services rendered by Call Family Dentistry on your behalf are paid in full.
For patients whose insurance is provided by a plan with whom we contract, we will submit the insurance claim, but our office expects same day payment of all co-payments, deductibles and non-covered services.
We understand that insurance coverage is very confusing to many people, and we are committed to helping you with any questions you may have. Please feel free to call our office. In cases where patients are required to pay cash for an appointment (due to complications with insurance cards etc.), a close approximation of the cost must be paid on the day services are rendered. Should the actual cost of the treatment amount to a different amount, the difference will be either billed or refunded to the patient.
Concerning minor patients, the adult accompanying a minor and/or the parents (guardians) are responsible for full payment at the time of service. For unaccompanied minors, non-emergency treatment will be denied unless charges have been pre-authorized to an approved credit plan, credit card, or payment by cash or check at the time of service has been verified.
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A finance charge of 1.5% per month (18%) APR will be applied to any balance 90 days past due.
We value our time, and we hope that you value ours. Give Call Family Dentistry 24 hour notice if you are unable to make your scheduled appointment. Please help us serve you better by keeping your scheduled appointments. If you do miss an appointment with no notice, be aware that we reserve the right to charge you a $50 no show fee. In addition, if you have excessive cancellations and no show appointments, we reserve the right to dismiss you as a patient.
If you are unable to pay at the time of service, be sure to point this out prior to your appointment. Payment arrangements may be made through our financing lending partners, Care Credit and/or Lending Club. Both offer extended payment plans of 12, 18, or 24 months at 0% interest (OAC). You can apply by calling, going online or at the Call Family Dentistry's office.
Any account that has not received payment in 90 days will be handed over to a collection agency that will pursue the responsible party for reimbursement. This will negatively impact your credit report.
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Bentley Bentayga Speed: an SUV as luxurious as it is powerful
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Bentley Bentayga Speed
On Thursday Bentley unveiled the Bentayga Speed, an SUV with a top speed of 190 mph and 0- 62mph acceleration time of 3.9 seconds.
Bentley celebrated its Valentine's Day by announcing what it calls the "world's fastest, most luxurious SUV:" the Bentayga Speed.
Naturally, the 6.0-liter twin-turbo W12 engine is the star of this Speed-styled Bentayga; this model brings the top speed up to 190 mph from the standard Bentayga's 187 mph -- now just barely faster than the Lamborghini Urus by 0.5 mph -- while producing 626 hp and 662 lb.-ft of torque to all four wheels. It can sprint from 0 mph to 62 mph in 3.9 seconds while the Continental GT coupé makes the same run in 3.7 seconds.
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Naturally with that speed and power came a new set of lightweight but heavy-duty carbon ceramic brakes which are "the largest and most powerful ever fitted to a Bentley." It's controlled by an eight-speed transmission and four driving modes including a Sport mode to enhance engine, transmission, and suspension response for a "more dynamic and engaging drive." A 48V electric roll control system counteracts lateral rolling forces to ensure that the tires stay on the ground, and handling is top-notch.
The model, which already had a sporty aesthetic thanks to the Bentayga designation, received a handful of Speed-specific cosmetic upgrades that make its stance appear even more athletic. In addition to the body-colored lower bodywork and tailgate spoiler to streamline the model, the radiator and bumper grilles have been darkened and owners can choose to select one of three finishes for the 22-inch wheels.
The Bentayga Speed will debut at the Geneva Motor Show next month and go on sale later this year. While pricing hasn't been announced yet, the standard Bentayga starts around $200,000, so the Speed version can only go up from there.
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November 29, 2000 11:20PM (UTC)
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ARIES (March 21-April 19): For some seekers, spiritual enlightenment is the ultimate commodity. They believe that through diligent meditation and self-improvement, there will come a day when they will finally acquire it, free and clear. It will be theirs forever. Their struggles will be over. But here's what I have to say about that: Arrrgggghh! I believe that even if you're lucky and wise enough to score a sliver of "enlightenment," it's not a static treasure that becomes your permanent possession. Rather, it always remains a mercurial prize that must be continually reearned. Having issued this warning, Aries, I feel fine about informing you that your mind may soon become so open and your vision so vast that you could snag yourself a tasty, concentrated dose of that enlightenment stuff.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): It doesn't matter if you've chanted a million Hail Marys, or made a pilgrimage to the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem, or done all 12 steps five times over. You will simply not be released from a history that has repeated and repeated and repeated itself -- until you completely forgive yourself. Neither does it make a bit of difference if you've discharged your debt to society and paid your dues to those who've made it possible for you to have gotten as far as you have -- unless you also reimburse yourself for all the grief you've caused yourself.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): "Dear Dr. Brezsny: Can you tell me why my trivial prayers are often answered (Please don't let the light turn red, please let there be enough milk for one cup of coffee, etc.), but never my big life-changing prayers (Please send me a soul mate, please help me make money at what I love to do)? Are God's priorities screwed up, or is it me? -- Dumb Luck Collector."
Dear DLC: You remind me of an old fairy tale in which two old folks are given three wishes by a magic dwarf, then impulsively waste them on the first silly whims that pop into their heads. I'll tell you what I would have told them: Proceed on the assumption that only a few of your fervent prayers will be granted. Don't use them up on pleas for convenience when you're tired, cranky or desperate.
CANCER (June 21-July 22): Readers often ask how I come up with my oracles. There's not enough room to give a full account here. (For further insight, check out the story on my Web site.) I will say that while I rely heavily on an analysis of planetary configurations, I do try other divinatory techniques to supplement my investigations, from reading the cards of my homemade "Baseball Tarot" deck to inducing a trance by inhaling hot ammonia water wafting from my mop bucket. This week, I experimented with a new approach: standing on my head at the bottom of an unheated swimming pool. A few minutes into the ordeal, I had a vision that you were a turtle on its back. Naturally, I immediately followed that up with a vision that I turned you right side up.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): According to ancient myth, the half-feral Greek god Pan used to scare people who were walking in the woods when he darted out suddenly from behind trees. The English word "panic" originated with him. It should be noted, however, that Pan never threatened violence; no one had to fear for his or her physical safety in his presence. He was the god of lusty abandon, of wild dancing, of the orgiastic spirit of growing nature. If passersby were at any risk, it was only because they might contract his contagious erotic obsession. I'm telling you this, Leo, so as to alert you to an imminent encounter with an archetype that is for all intents and purposes Pan.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): You'll have a great opportunity to embarrass your family in the coming weeks, Virgo. I'm being only a little bit facetious. A breakthrough invitation will arrive, and in order to take full advantage of it you'll have to rebel against all the expectations your relatives have of you -- your parents, siblings, grandparents, children and probably even your ancestors! Quite a dicey challenge, my friend. It won't be the first time you've had to choose between sparing your family's feelings and pushing onto the frontiers of being yourself, but this dare will require the most ingenuity and courage.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): If I had more room, I'd tutor you in a tasty slew of outlaw language lessons. We'd cover forbidden techniques like talking back to big shots, divesting yourself of your five most overused buzzwords, mastering the crafty art of Swahili obscenities and adding authority to your speech by projecting your voice from your diaphragm. Oh, and of course we'd teach you how to pack your utterances full of subliminal messages capable of changing the minds of even the most incorrigible ideologues. In lieu of my crash course, Libra, maybe you could design a do-it-yourself program. The planets are aligned in such a way as to help you boost your persuasive powers.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): So far this year I estimate my advice has saved my 9 million readers more than $2.7 billion in unnecessary expenditures. Scorpio devotees of "Free Will Astrology" have alone been inspired to avoid wasting almost $235 million. But now I'm going to suggest that you exploit some of those extra funds you've been able to hold onto. It's time for you to treat yourself to the kinds of rich, expansive experiences that only money can buy. Whether it's the professional tool that'll allow you to leap to the next level of expertise or an educational jaunt to a South Pacific island, spend your way to happiness, please.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): The renowned Japanese artist known as Hokusai (1760-1849) was a restless maverick. Throughout his career, he was driven to experiment with ever-new methods and mediums -- a habit that early on alienated him from his conservative mentor, Shunsho. So passionate was the man in his commitment to reinvent himself that he celebrated 60 births, each time giving himself a new name. ("Hokusai" was just one of many.) I'd like to recommend his ebullient approach to you in the coming months, Sagittarius. To get started, why not pick a new alias and throw yourself a resurrection party?
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): In order to achieve his radical transmutation from a mere wise man and saint into a world teacher, Buddha had to outwit -- not engage in pitched battle with -- several demons. Like a martial artist trained in anger management, he carried on his fight with poised calm and good humor, not embattled rancor. May this be an inspiration to you as you come face to face with some of the ghosts of your past, Capricorn.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): It's a richly complicated time, Aquarius. So many threads of your fate are weaving themselves together that I could not possibly tell your story in fewer than 30,000 words. Here's my attempt to give you a collaged impression of what to expect. Your ruling symbol is the cornucopia. Your motto is: "When your work speaks for itself, don't interrupt." Your official music is the trumpet call of the archangel; your official vegetable is the hot chili pepper; and your official toy is a cross-dressing Ken doll wearing a bridal gown and wizard's hat. Finally, the heroic deed from legend that most resembles the feat you're about to pull off is the capture of a monster without touching it.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Tigers never take baths or brush their teeth, right? With that as his rationale, Chinese leader Mao Tse-tung vowed early in his life that he would become like a tiger by copying its approach to hygiene. Personally, I think there are better ways to infuse oneself with the spirit of the big cat -- and that's exactly what I encourage you to explore in the coming weeks. You could, for instance, sharpen up your listening and looking skills, practice moving your body with sinewy suppleness and hunt for your dreams with raw, relentless precision.
Time for you to start channeling your inner Nostradamus. Send your earth-shaking do-it-yourself prophecies to Box 150247, San Rafael, CA 94915 or freewillastrology.com.
Rob Brezsny's weekly astrology column appears on Salon as well as on his own Web site and in print publications worldwide. Brezsny's novel, "The Televisionary Oracle," was released earlier this year. He lives near San Francisco.
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The Catholic Church's decades-long sex abuse scandal inched closer to the Vatican on Thursday, when Australian officials charged Pope Francis' chief financial adviser with sexual offenses.
The case of Cardinal George Pell sheds more light on the ongoing crisis involving thousands of allegations, accused priests and millions if not billions in legal settlements.
The cases at the center of the Oscar-winning film Spotlight are only one part of the story. Here's what we know about the Catholic sex abuses in the U.S.
6,528 clerics accused
BishopAccountability.org, a Massachusetts-based website dedicated to documenting Catholic sex abuse cases, calculated 6,528 clerics have been accused of sexually abusing minors from 1950 to 2015.
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A quarter of them were pastors and nearly half of them were associate pastors at the time of the abuse, according to the study, "Context for the Sexual Abuse of Minors by Catholic Priests."
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Life Story: Mamie Till-Mobley (1921-2003)
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The story of a grieving mother who insisted on informing the world about the horrifying lynching of her son, Emmett Till.
Content Warning: This resource addresses lynching and extreme and graphic violence.
Life Story: Mamie Till-Mobley
Emmett Till and his mother Mamie Till
Photograph. Emmett Till and his mother Mamie Till, 1950, Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Visual Materials from the Rosa Parks Papers.
Emmett Till's Funeral
Dave Mann (photographer), Till boy's funeral, 1955. Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Lauren and Michael Lee.
Mamie Carthan was born in 1921 in Mississippi. When she was two years old, her family moved to the outskirts of Chicago, Illinois. The Great Migration shaped Mamie's life. In the summer, she visited family back in Mississippi. The rest of the year, her mother's house was full of newly-arrived family members from the South seeking advice and a better life.
Shortly after graduating near the top of her high-school class, Mamie married Louis Till. Mamie and Louis had one son named Emmett. Louis turned out to be a violent man. When Emmett was just a few months old, Mamie filed a court order against her abusive husband. The judge made Louis choose between jail and the army. Louis chose the army.
In July 1945, Louis died. The army sent Mamie his only personal item: a ring with his initials. Mamie eventually learned that Louis was executed for rape and murder. From then on, she almost never spoke of him. But she saved the ring because she believed Louis would have wanted Emmett to have it.
By 1954, Emmett was growing into a responsible teenager. Mamie worked long hours as a secretary, so Emmett cooked and cleaned for his family. That Christmas, Mamie gave Emmett a new suit, and the two posed for a family portrait.
The following summer, Mamie's Uncle Moses invited Emmett to visit his Mississippi farm for two weeks. Mamie agreed but only after a serious talk. Mississippi was not Chicago. Even though racism existed in both places, the rules for Black people were stricter in the South. Mamie recommended Emmett avoid white people. Fourteen-year-old Emmett understood. He packed his father's ring so he could show it to his cousins. At the train station, they hugged for such a long time that Emmett almost missed his train.
One week later, Mamie woke up to the phone ringing. It was her cousin. White men with guns had kidnapped Emmett in the middle of the night.
A few days earlier, Emmett and his cousins had visited a store to buy candy. The store was run by a white woman named Carolyn Bryant. While sitting on the porch, Emmett whistled. The whistle was not directed at anyone, but the boys fled before Carolyn could think otherwise. They were too afraid to tell any adults Emmett whistled. By now, Carolyn was claiming young Emmett did more than whistle. According to her, he asked her for a date and grabbed her waist. Emmett's cousins insisted none of that happened.
Mamie and her family did everything they could to find Emmett. They contacted local newspapers, the NAACP, and even the White House via telegram. On Wednesday, another call came—Emmett's body was found in a nearby river. He had been shot and beaten almost beyond recognition. His body was weighed down with a large fan and barbed wire. Uncle Moses identified the body. It was difficult to make out any facial features, but he recognized Emmett's ring.
The local authorities wanted to bury Emmett right away. Mamie called a Black funeral home in Chicago to help. After negotiations that involved a Chicago Congressman, plans were finally made to bring Emmett home. At the funeral home, Mamie insisted she see Emmett's horribly mangled face and body. The funeral director hesitated. The Mississippi authorities had agreed to send the body only if the casket stayed sealed. Mamie did not care. As she looked at her son, Mamie had one thought: "Let the people see what they did to my boy." She ordered an open-casket viewing.
Nearly 100,000 people viewed Emmett's body over four days. It felt like most of Black Chicago paid their respects. So many people could relate to Mamie. They too had come north. They too worried about the safety of their families in the South. They too felt powerless to protect their children.
Mamie granted a photographer from the national Black magazine Jet permission to photograph Emmett's body and publish the pictures. Although every major newspaper in the country covered Emmett's funeral, only Jet and a few other Black publications printed photographs of his body. Black Americans came to know those images well. The vast majority of white Americans did not.
Two men were arrested for Emmett's murder: Carolyn's husband, Roy Bryant, and his half-brother, J.W. Milan. The fan tied to Emmett's body came from J.W.'s property. Uncle Moses identified them as the men who came to his house looking for Emmett. But all of this evidence was unlikely to matter to an all-white jury in Mississippi.
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The public funeral brought extra attention to the trial. Reporters and civil rights activists from across the country descended on the tiny town. At the trial during her testimony, Mamie tried her best to impress the jury. For fear the jury might think she was aggressive, Mamie did not make eye contact with the defendants. She also did not cry because she did not want the jury to perceive her as weak. The defense attorney tried to poke holes in her statements. He suggested she incorrectly identified her son's body. He criticized her for warning Emmett about Mississippi and suggested Emmett must have been a troublemaker. Mamie stayed calm during the questioning.
On Friday, September 23, 1955, the jury returned a verdict of "not guilty" after just over an hour of deliberations. Mamie was not present for the verdict, which she fully expected to be unjust. She was already on her way out of town and away from any possible retaliation.
Two days later, Mamie was on a stage before 10,000 people in Harlem. Civil rights leader A. Phillip Randolph organized the protest and spoke passionately about the injustice of the verdict. But Mamie's moving speech was the highlight.
Mamie agreed to go on tour with the NAACP, which organized a series of events around Emmett's story. In October, Mamie visited 33 cities in 19 states. She told the crowds she was no longer sad. She was "just plain angry." Emmett's death was going to wake up Black America to fight for change.
By the end of the month-long tour, Mamie was exhausted. The NAACP arranged for a second tour. Mamie asked if her father could join for moral support and if she could be paid more since she could not work and travel at the same time. The Executive Director of the NAACP was furious. He accused her of taking advantage of the situation. Mamie later sent a letter apologizing for any offense. She was not an activist but a mother wanting to help the cause. She said she would handle her own financial concerns. Mamie was ready to go. But, still, the NAACP said no.
Even though her speaking tour was cancelled, Mamie's actions had already contributed to the growing civil rights movement. People of all races were outraged. Government officials across the country received angry letters demanding justice. In the years to come, people like Rosa Parks, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and John Lewis pointed to Emmett Till's funeral as a turning point in the fight for racial justice in America.
Telling Emmett's story helped Mamie process the tragedy. In 1956, she enrolled at Chicago Teachers College. The following year, she married her boyfriend, Gene Mobley. She graduated in 1960 and worked as a teacher until her retirement in 1983.
In the late 1980s, Emmett's story was part of a major PBS documentary. For the first time, white America saw the images of Emmett's battered body that Black America saw decades earlier. The public wanted to hear from Mamie. She contributed as much as she could. Mamie still believed her mission was to tell Emmett's story.
Mamie Till-Mobley died of cancer in 2003. Her memoir was published the same year. In it, she admitted that she thought about Emmett every moment of every day.
casket: A coffin or box containing a dead person's body.
testify: To answer questions or give evidence in a court case.
defendant: A person accused of something in a court case.
lynching: The illegal execution of a person by a mob or group.
migration: Movement from one place to another.
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP): A civil rights organization that was founded in 1909 to oppose discrimination and still exists today.
How did the Great Migration and family play a role in Mamie's life?
Why was Mamie concerned about Emmett traveling to Mississippi?
What actions did Mamie take from the moment she learned about Emmett's disappearance through the court case? What do these actions tell you about Mamie's character?
What do you learn about Emmett's murder trial from this life story? What does this tell you about the legal system in Mississippi at the time of his death?
How did Emmett's death shape Black and white Americans' lives differently? How did people learn about his story and when? Why is this significant? What does it tell you about history and memory in society?


The exterior (things) are understood by the external (organs): the eye sees the exterior (things), and Nous the interior. The exterior (things) would not exist, if there were not the interior (ones). Where(ever) Nous (is), there is light; for Nous is light and light is Nous. Who(ever) has Nous is enlightened, and who(ever) has not Nous is deprived of light.
Okay, so not all of the final definitions are long, and in fact this one is pretty straightforward. Let's jump in, shall we? First, recall that there's a crucial difference between that which is sensible and intelligible: the intelligible cannot be sensed unless it is has a sensible nature. It might be known or understood, but it cannot be sensed. All sensible things are intelligible, but not all intelligible things are sensible. That which makes the intelligible sensible is the presence of a body: all things with bodies are sensible.
We witness and observe the sensible things by the sensations they give us by means of our sensory organs. Thus, we see visible things with our eyes; we hear audible things with our ears; we smell odiferous things with our nose; we feel motion with our sense of balance. Some things are triggered by more than one sense, such as luminescent food that triggers both sight and taste. Some things trigger only one, some things trigger all of them at once. If something is registered as existing by at least one sense organ, it is sensible; moreover, it is external to the essential Man. The act of sense only makes logical sense if we have the sensor and sensee; if there is nothing external to someone, then nothing can be sensed. That's why God has no senses and cannot sense anything, for God has all sensations within itself (VIII.2). Humans, however, are not everything like how God is, and so there are things that are not-humans, and so can be sensed by humans, including other humans.
Thus, "exterior things are understood by external organs": things that are sensible are registered by the senses. As an example, the definition gives that of the eye: "the eye sees the exterior things". However, the definition also gives a comparison, where the "Nous [sees] the interior [things]" just as "the eye sees the exterior things". This accords with V.1, where "Nous sees everything, and eyes all corporeal things". And about that bit about Nous seeing everything, where this definition says that Nous sees all internal things? This is about the things that cannot be sensed but still exist, i.e. the intelligible. Remember that "all of that [which is] visible cannot possibly be constituted without the invisible". Nous sees "every move of soul" (II.6), and has all sensations and understanding within himself (VII.2); this is confirmed as the definition says "the exterior things would not exist, if there were not the interior ones".
Nous is capable of understanding and "sensing" (in its own way) everything, while the corporeal body can only sense that which is sensible. However, all of that sensible stuff is fed as data to the Nous: "the eyes [become an observer] for Nous" (V.1). But Nous sees everything to begin with; Nous is both the means of sensing, the source of it, and the result of it. Without Nous, nothing would be known; with Nous, we can know things. There's another word for this, introduced way back in II.6: light. Recall that light "makes appear all of the visible things", and "light appears just as it is by itself". The connections between Nous and light back there are made more clear here: "wherever Nous is, there is light; for Nous is light and light is Nous". Think about that: we recognized light as a "good", just as Nous is the Good (II.1); we assumed a connection between the two there, and now it's confirmed here. Nous is what makes everything appear "as it is by itself". Nous is what helps us to understand the intelligible things that we may come to know them. Light is what helps us to see the sensible things that we may come to know them. Nous is light, light is Nous.
This parallel can be seen earlier in VIII.5. Recall that "nature is the mirror of truth", where truth is the form and essence of the intelligible things, and that we come to know truth by means of looking at nature. However, how do mirrors work? If we can't see anything, the mirror doesn't reflect anything. Mirrors work by reflecting light. Light is the means by which mirrors can reflect images. Light is what helps us see truth from nature, and which helps us see nature from truth. By coming to understand even part of the world, we come to understand God by the illumination of sense, observation, and understanding. What exists in the intelligible world is reflected down into the sensible world, and what exists in the sensible world is reflected up into the intelligible world. Light is what makes either of these things known to us by means of the other. And, since light is Nous and vice versa, Nous is what helps us understand everything.
When we come to a state of complete understanding, we often refer to this as "enlightenment". We use it to translate the nirvana/nibbana of the Buddhists, the moksha of the Hindus, and for other states of awareness and at-one-ness in other paths. Note the root of that word: "en-light-enment". One who is enlightened has the quality of being made or put into light. A similar term is "illumination", coming from the Latin word lux, also meaning light. When we have Nous, we then have light; as our souls are joined with Nous, we are joined with light. We are literally made into light; we are enlightened. Thus, "whoever has Nous is enlightened".
Similarly, the converse is true: "whoever has not Nous is deprived of light". If one does not have Nous, one does not have light. Without Nous, we cannot reach enlightenment, since we cannot understand things as they are. That's the whole point of Hermeticism, to perfect the soul through knowledge of the beings and of God. Without light, we cannot see, and without Nous, we cannot understand. If Nous sees by means of the eyes, and we have no Nous, then our sight is basically wasted, like having functional eyes for someone who is otherwise blind. That sight information, spiritually speaking, goes nowhere except the body itself; this is an animal condition, if we see for ourselves and not for Nous. Further, if we go back to the "nature is the mirror of truth" image, if we have no light, then we cannot see into the mirror. Without sight, we cannot understand the natures of sensible things and so cannot understand the corresponding intelligible things. Without Nous, we cannot understand the truth of intelligible things and so cannot see the corresponding sensible things.
The connection between eyesight and soulsight is important. Remember that Man is the only one among the living beings with capacity for Nous; although Nous exists within all souls, it's our special capacity for divine Nous that allows us to become closer to and as God once we're spiritually mature enough for it. This involves, again, a process of experience of the state, condition, and situation we're in as human beings with a mortal body and immortal soul. We alone among the living beings belong to and experience all the parts of the sensible world, and since the sensible reflects the intelligible and vice versa, we can come to know all the things by means of that which we see and understand down here. Mankind is a very sight-based animal, and we've evolved to have fairly good eyesight as our primary sense. By using imagery associated with sight, Hermes does us a solid and makes things a little easier to understand.


Here's a look at what I wore to work today. Chambray is always a great fabric for looking great during the summer heat.
Today has been a CRAZY busy day. I have not had time to much of ANYTHING. I hit the ground running the moment I stepped in. Even my morning iced coffee was room temperature by the time I got around to being able to drink it!
Happy Thursday, everyone! No, you didn't miss anything from me yesterday (in case any of you were wondering). It was a snow day. 🙂 .. It's nice to have a day off in the middle of the week to break things up a little bit, wouldn't you agree?


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TV Viewers Not Quite Ready to Cut the Cord
In much the same way Netflix and Redbox sent traditional video rental companies like Blockbuster into oblivion, in recent years, some experts have predicted that over the top (OTT) providers like Hulu would eventually be the demise of cable television. But in fact, cable seems quite healthy, evidenced by the record 17.2 hours per week viewers watched in 2013. Based on the numbers, it appears television fans aren't yet ready to leave the medium behind.
"With the growth in on-demand viewing, Hulu and Netflix, you'd think there'd be less viewing of cable TV as a whole," says Turner Broadcasting research chief Jack Wakshlag. "But it's at the highest it's ever been."
Re-runs of popular network shows like "The Big Bang Theory" and "Modern Family" helped drive TBS and USA, while originals like "The Walking Dead" and "Duck Dynasty" scored big ratings for AMC and A&E respectively. "The Walking Dead," in particular, has established itself as a major player in prime time. Theories about why the show has become such a smashing success vary, but the numbers make a clear point; the zombie-chronicling show is number one in the all-important 18-49 demographic, even outpacing traditional network juggernauts like "Sunday Night Football."
Despite their current stability, providers are not simply standing around waiting to be put out of business. Cable companies are developing their own Pay TV OTT models in an effort to create new revenue streams and keep up with competitors. Last year Time Warner became the first provider to strike a deal allowing the company to stream content through a dedicated Apple TV application—and it is highly unlikely it will be the last. So while some experts believe cable remains between a rock and a hard place, for now, the industry's future is far from set in stone.


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By Molly McElwee 15 April 2021 • 7:30am
Katie Boulter has an impressive 7-1 record in the Billie Jean King Cup Credit: GETTY IMAGES
When the Covid-19 pandemic hit last March, Katie Boulter had already been locked out of tennis for nine of the preceding 12 months. Her breakthrough 2019 season had been curtailed by a spinal stress fracture, and after months of rehab, 2020 looked mainly off limits.
The 24-year-old could well have wallowed in her misfortune, but she had friend Laura Robson — who knows better than most about injury setbacks — at hand to offer some perspective. "Laura was doing renovations to her house right before the first lockdown, so she ended up moving into mine," Boulter says. "We were there for a few months together, we've always been pretty close."
Wimbledon girls' champion at just 14, Robson had more promise than any other female British player in recent memory. But now 27, her career is threatening to be all but over after barely starting because injuries have kept her from competing consistently since 2013 — the latest a serious hip operation in January. "She's a fantastic girl, and has been through a lot," Boulter says of her impromptu housemate. "It's horrible to see a competitor go through a lot of injuries and not be able to fulfil everything she is capable of. Because really, she's an unbelievable player. I really hope she'll be able to pick it all up again injury-free."
Boulter meanwhile has been back on the Tour since late last year, and is on the comeback trail. This week she makes her return to Great Britain's Billie Jean King Cup (formerly Fed Cup) team for a play-off against Mexico, along with Heather Watson, Katie Swan, Harriet Dart and debutant Jodie Burrage. Boulter has been in good form of late, with a closely fought three-set loss to Naomi Osaka in Melbourne in January, and wins over top 100 players Coco Gauff and Kristyna Pliskova that belie her world ranking of 291.
They are promising signs for a player who finally broke through to 82nd in the world ahead of her back injury, which was aggravated during her last appearance in the BJK Cup in April 2019 — during her remarkable six consecutive wins to lift Britain into the World Group for the first time in 26 years. "I have a lot of flashbacks to those days, a lot of them that actually give me goosebumps when I think about it now," Boulter says of the dramatic scenes at the Copper Box Arena during that win over Kazakhstan. "I can still picture myself in the moment, and there are only certain moments like that in your career. I'll definitely cherish it."
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The memories are bittersweet though. Her heroics were unnecessary as, regardless of her win, Britain were gifted the equivalent World Group status in the new tournament format. For all the pride she feels looking back, Boulter acknowledges now how catastrophic playing that final match with an injury was, as it ruined her season and blew the top 100 ranking she had worked years to create. "There are moments to push through and moments not to, and unfortunately I made a mistake," Boulter says. "I 100 per cent pushed too far. I'm a competitor, a fighter, and sometimes those things get in the way. I do wish that I'd looked after my body more and, when I feel pain, maybe believe myself. It's a tough lesson for me because it counted out my 2019 when I was at my peak. I found it pretty hard to deal with."
Nor is it the only setback she has experienced in her short career, as in 2015 Boulter missed most of the season due to chronic fatigue. "She's certainly used to the adversity," Jeremy Bates, LTA Women's National Coach who has been working full-time with Boulter since 2018, but been on hand since she was a teenager, says. He adds: "I think, frankly, she really deserves a bit of a run at it and a full year on the tour."
And Bates thinks the BJK Cup could be the perfect springboard, saying: "There's no ranking points, but there's a huge and unique pressure playing for your country. It has massive benefits to your day job."
Boulter agrees, and though she is not placing too many constraints on her aims this season, does see herself as potentially better for her experience.
She said: "I feel like I'm back in a good place and I'm almost glad I went through it, because I'm only stronger for it. It's important to have consistency now and get my rankings back where I want it to be — that is my ultimate goal now. I want to be pushing on next year without a doubt and getting to a career high."
Boulter is one of four members of the squad who are supported by the LTA's Pro Scholarship Programme, which provides world-class coaching, medical and financial support to Britain's elite young players with the potential to reach the top 100 within five years. Watch the action live on lta.org.uk or the LTA's YouTube Channel
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The Beijing National Stadium
Area: 254,600 square meters
Track Provider: Mondo Spa
Height: 69,2 meters
Start date of construction: December 24, 2003
Cost of project: $423 million
Structural engineering: Arup
Number of workers: 17,000
Steel used: 44,000 tons
Capacity: 80,000/91,000 (2008 Olympic games)
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There are many reasons to remember the 2008 Olympic Games, and one of these is undoubtedly the impressive events broadcasted to audiences around the world from the Olympic Stadium in Beijing, a building universally dubbed with the nickname "the Bird's Nest".
An architectural miracle
The reason for the name immediately strikes the eye : an intricate system of ties and a complex steel structure makes the building look like a huge nest, that can hold up to 91,000 spectators and has one of the world's fastest athletic tracks.
The history of this architectural miracle began with an annoucement issued on December 19, 2002. On March 26, 2003 a team of international experts examined the proposals coming from all over the world. In April, the winner was announced: the swiss Herzog & De Meuron firm, which along with Arup Sport and the China Architecture Design & Research Group would deliver the full project in December 2007.
Everything was perfect, up to the last details. On June 28, 2008 a grand opening ceremony drew the curtain on this colossal stage that would for about a month put the Chinese dragon under the worlds' astonished eyes.
The myth
Creating a building of this magnitude was not an easy task. In China everything is a symbol and a reference to the past and the National Stadium in Beijing was no different. The circular shape of the building represents Heaven, and the intricate pattern was inspired by traditional Chinese "crazed" pottery, which tourists can buy in the Beijing markets. From a distance this building looks like a colossal ship, but also like an immense nest and in which our minds can imagine China as a large bird that has just taken flight.
The architecture
At the beginning the stadium was designed to accommodate 80,000 spectators. Then the capacity was increased to 91,000 seatsout of which 11,000 were temporary placed on theterrace of the top floor in front of the restaurants. To build the stadium, it took 17,000 workers and 44,000 tons of steel for the structure that rises six floors above the ground. Because of Beijing's geological characteristics, the stadium was also conceived to withstand major earthquakes and has become structurally even more secure since it was decided not to proceed with a roof because of its cost.
"Our goal was to create an architectural building that could be utilized after the 2008 Olympics," said the Herzog & De Meuron architect. To further celebrate the work a film was produced that narrates all the stages of the stadium construction.
If the architectural study was important, we have to keep in mind that the Bird's Nest is first and foremost a stadium and that forathletes competing in the race what matters more than anything is their performance result.
The track which runs rapidly under the athletes' feet was designed by Mondo. Mondotrack FTX, is a highly innovative material, resulting from applied research and decades of knowledge gained in working with the eight previous Olympic Games..
This time to make things more complicated, there were two fundamental characteristics that the management of the Games had imposed. The final building had to be: Hi-Tech with a strong propensity for ecology, since the Beijing Olympics were the first in which there was talk of "green" Olympics.
The final track met those requirements in full. The track is "hi-tech" because it was engineered according to the biomechanics principles and applied engineering. It is also "green" because it was made with environmentally friendly materials and a production cycle that respects the environment at every stage of production.
The athletes' performances excited the whole world. On August 24th the Olympics came to an end, but the hearts were still warm. Lamine Diack, President of the IAAF (International Association of Athletics Federations) excitedly stated: "The Beijing Olympic Games proved again why the IAAF has partnered with Mondo since 1987 and will continue to do so until 2019. Mondo stands for excellence in track surfaces, and we all marvelled at the achievements of the athletes. In addition to the last nine Olympics, Mondo has provided tracks for numerous IAAF World Championships where more than 230 world records have been set, which is an amazing achievement. "
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Questions, questions, questions. So much interesting stuff to learn!
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import android.graphics.PorterDuff;
import android.graphics.PorterDuffXfermode;
import android.graphics.Rect;
import android.graphics.drawable.Drawable;
import android.os.Build;
import android.support.annotation.RequiresApi;
import android.util.AttributeSet;
import android.widget.ImageView;

import agency.tango.android.avatarview.AvatarPlaceholder;
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import timber.log.Timber;

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    public int textSizePercentage() {
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    private void init(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
        setDefaultBorderValues();

        if (attrs != null) {
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        borderPaint.setAntiAlias(true);
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        }

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