Imagine yourself in a dilemma. You are a freelance writer asked to visit Rajasthan and write an article describing your trip. Apart from being worried about the flesh-burning heat of the place, it happens to be your first travel article and you are absolutely blank, to say the least, on how to get started.
In pursuit of some suggestions, you sought help of two experienced travel writers who add to your perplexity with totally different answers. A certain Ram spends his excursion by collecting piles of information in advance, randomly going to as many places as he can and taking down notes furiously. Shyam, on the other hand, has a more tourist-like approach. He spends his excursion going to pre-planned places and casually taking down notes.
As surprising as it may sound, Shyam's more relaxed approach is a better way to write a travel article, and not without reasons.
For writing a travel piece, one needs to sit back, relax and just breathe the place. You have to listen to the sounds of your surroundings and capture the sights. A well-documented research and scheduling done beforehand lets you absorb yourself in into the environs without worrying too much about having to pen down every little detail of the site. The more you map-out your trip before you reach the destination, the more you are there.
That said however, research forms only a part of THE mission. In case of Rajasthan, for instance, no matter how many pages of information you have gathered about the place, it won't really help if you don't have a proper attire that suits its climate along with perhaps a pair of sunglasses, to make the *viewing* more soothing. A map, camera, cell phone and enough cash are basic requirements for any trip to any place.
You need to know what life on road is like, before you start writing about travel. At the end of the day, what matters is whether you can make the destination come alive in the minds of your readers.


Celebrity baby names meet the scientific method.
Left, By Sean Zanni/PatrickMcMullen.com; right, By Dan MacMedan/WireImage via Getty Images.
The universe can be a real mystery, and so can Neil DeGrasse Tyson. How do quasars work, and also why did Tyson spend much of Tuesday and Wednesday tweeting out "cosmic"-related names for Beyoncé's twins? Science may never know, but we can certainly begin to unpack this development with systematic observation.
Some of the 15 total name pairings that Tyson suggested are quite good. "Quinn" and "Tessence," which together form "the fifth essence after earth, air, water, and fire?" Pure poetry.
"Kuiper" and "Oort," which are the "solar system's two great comet repositories?" The making of an excellent buddy cop duo.
"Terra" and "Luna," latin for "earth" and "moon", respectively? Cute, if not stepping on Chrissy Teigen and John Legend's well-trod territory in the baby-naming department.
Others are outrageous, a real pox on Beyoncé's good name. "Zenith" and "Nadir?" Why would we set up these little ones as opposing forces right off the bat? "Oblate" and "Prolate" are the "distorted spheres, resembling the shapes of a hamburger and a hot-dog." Not even going to dignify that with a response. "Aster" and "Roid?" You're really phoning it in now, Tyson.
Surely Beyoncé appreciates the help brainstorming , but maybe we should check with a horticulturalist's baby-name book to pair well with Blue Ivy, Bey and Jay Z's eldest.


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Roxana Mariana Scarlatová (* 3. ledna 1975 Bukurešť, Rumunsko) je bývalá rumunská sportovní šermířka, která se specializovala na šerm fleretem. Rumunsko reprezentovala v devadesátých letech a v prvním desetiletí jednadvacátého století. Na olympijských hrách startovala v roce 1996 v soutěži jednotlivkyň a družstev a v roce 2004 v soutěži jednotlivkyň. V roce 2001 a 2003 obsadila třetí místo na mistrovství světa v soutěži jednotlivkyň a v roce 1997 obsadila druhé místo na mistrovství Evropy. S rumunským družstvem fleretistek vybojovala na olympijských hrách 1996 stříbrnou olympijskou medaili. V roce 1997, 1998, 2004 a 2005 vybojovala s družstvem druhé místo na mistrovství světa a v roce 2004 titul mistryň Evropy.

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Coast Guard suspends search for 12 missing Marines
The U.S. Coast Guard has suspended its search for 12 Marines who went missing after two helicopters crashed off Hawaii last week.
Rescuers searched for five days for the service members who were taking part in a night training mission when witnesses saw the helicopters and then a fireball.
The decision was difficult, and was made after thorough evaluation of the situation, Capt. Jim Jenkins, U.S. Coast Guard District 14 chief of staff, told ABC News.
"I know I speak for the entire Coast Guard when I say our thoughts and prayers are with Marine Corps helicopter squadron and particularly with families and loved ones of those missing," Jenkins told ABC News.
Earlier Tuesday, before the Coast Guard announcement, sea survival expert Mario Vittone said he was not surprised that the search-and-rescue operation remained in full force for several days.
Vittone said the Coast Guard uses a computer program to determine how long people can survive in the water, based on temperature, apparel, survival gear and other data.
"They don't guess, there isn't a lot of emotion involved, but the system is real generous," Vittone, a retired guardsman, told USA TODAY. "I have been on searches where we found people on the last search of the last day."
2 Marine helicopters collide off Hawaii with 12 people aboard
Three of the four life rafts aboard the CH-53E Super Stallion helicopters have been recovered, but none of the 12 missing crew have been found, the Coast Guard said. The fourth life raft from the CH-53E Super Stallion helicopters has been sighted but not yet recovered.
"There is no indication from the sightings that any survivors have been aboard any of the life rafts," Coast Guard spokesman Lt. Scott Carr said. He said Navy, Coast Guard and Honolulu ships and aircraft were conducting the search.
"Another problem is that over time the target area moves and gets bigger," Vittone said. "In smooth water you might see a paper cup from the air. In rough seas you could miss a helicopter."
Brig. Gen Russell Sanborn, commanding general of the 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force, said the "No. 1 goal" is to aid the loved ones of the missing Marines.
"Our response to this makes me proud to be in the Marine Corps," he said.
The heavy-lift transport helicopters, each carrying six crewmembers, crashed off the Hawaiian island of Oahu during a nighttime training mission from a base at Kaneohe Bay.
In an initial survey of the area, searchers spotted a fire, a debris field and an empty life raft 2 ½ miles off the coast, near the town of Haleiwa. The search initially was hampered by darkness and rough waters with waves in excess of 10 feet, the Coast Guard said.
Crews wear personal flotation devices and receive training in survival swimming, Marines said.
"Our focus is to locate these Marines and know with absolute certainty we've thoroughly canvassed every location we might find them," Carr said.
The transport helicopters were part of the 1st Marine Aircraft Wing at Marine Corps Base Hawaii. The Super Stallions can carry a 26,000-pound Light Armored Vehicle and 16 tons of cargo on a 100-mile roundtrip — enough combat-loaded Marines to lead an assault or humanitarian operation, the Marines website says.
"It's tough, but the Coast Guard isn't wanting for practice on this. They do searches every day," Vittone said. "They know these are the guys that would be looking for them, so they aren't holding back.
A memorial for the 12 Marines is planned for Friday at Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Sanborn said. A board has been formed to review the evidence surrounding the crash.
"The goal now is to switch to the recovery and the salvage operations ... the recovery of any debris, any of the remains that may be discovered so that we can give closure to those families that are still out there that still want that final piece of the puzzle," he said.
Contributing: Jeff Schogol, Marine Corps Times.

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Q: bash while read loop fails with \ as line termination Input file:
$ cat list
dog \
cat \
apple \

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while read line;do echo $line;done < list;

The Problem:
The above script prints nothing. Whereas using 'read -r' in place of read prints all lines.
My Question is..
Shouldn't the while loop run at least once in the above case(without -r) and print the first line of output ? Why the condition check fails on the first line itself ?

A: Since all newlines are escaped, and read reads till an unescaped newline, it reaches end-of-file without getting one. And, as help read says:
Exit Status:
The return code is zero, unless end-of-file is encountered, read times out
(in which case it's greater than 128), a variable assignment error occurs,
or an invalid file descriptor is supplied as the argument to -u.
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Le Bolet d'Amérique, Suillus americanus, est une espèce de champignons basidiomycètes de la famille de Suillaceae.

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UNSW Sydney is working with the University of Eldoret in Kenya to improve training in water resource management.
UNSW Sydney has formed a partnership with the University Eldoret in Kenya to deliver a new short course for leaders in the African water sector working on the challenges of transnational water resource management.
At a ceremonial signing, UNSW Vice-Chancellor and President Professor Ian Jacobs was joined by Kenyan High Commissioner H.E. Mr Isaiya Kabira, University of Eldoret Vice-Chancellor Professor Teresa Akenga and University of Eldoret School of Economics Dean Dr Paul Okelo Odwori. It was a welcome return for Professor Akenga – an alumna of UNSW who completed her PhD in Organic Chemistry in 2000.
The Memorandum of Understanding reflects the commitments of Australia and Kenya to find solutions to regional and global challenges, including the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 6: to ensure availability and sustainable management of water for all by 2030.
Under the agreement, UNSW and University of Eldoret will deliver a new Transnational Water Resource Management short course for professionals across the African region. It is the first of its kind supported by the Australian government as part of the Australia Awards program in Africa.
Dr Sarah Cook, Director of the Institute for Global Development (IGD) and one of the leads on the project, said the agreement reflected the goals of the Institute.
"We have an opportunity to take interdisciplinary research and excellence in a particular area [water resource management] and link with partners to really drive a process that leads to impacts and results that we want to see," said Dr Cook.
The short course, which is expected to commence September 2019, will enable African professionals to share knowledge, evaluate problems and find solutions to the water challenges they face. Multicounty management of water resources is a key focus of the course.
Mr Isaiya Kabira, Kenyan High Commissioner H.E., said this aspect of water management was a challenge.
"In Africa, we think there will be a fight for water resources. This course will empower our country. We are confident it will go a long way to pre-empt the conflict we foresee if we don't manage the resource accordingly," Mr Kabira said.
Professor Greg Leslie, Director of the Global Water Institute and joint lead of the project, spoke of the interdisciplinary nature of the issue and the importance of taking a community approach.
"Water management is inherently multidisciplinary," said Professor Leslie. "Encouraging cooperation to ensure countries have access to water for sanitation and health, the environment, agriculture, and industry are the main issues.


The Kerrie Show: Moscato and Emergen-C ... Healthy Alcohol!
Moscato and Emergen-C ... Healthy Alcohol!
Okay, so I discovered something cool. Maybe it's been done before but I figured it out on my own and dig it! I RARELY drink alcohol. Maybe some moscato in the summer and every now and then I might try it again but I don't like wine or beer or hard liquor of any kind. Still, I like things to be multi-purpose as much as possible. We've been feeling a little yucky around my house lately and the Emergen-C is free-flowing (miracle product, especially for those of us who are older and slower to heal and get better from illness). I figured, why not mix my moscato and Emergen-C?
My friend Jill's son and my own son (besties) getting ready to leave for a movie (Star Wars). They always have time to pose for a picture!
Any flavor will do and probably you can put it in any kind of alcohol. I imagine something like vodka with an Emergen-C packet would make your hangover not so bad, but I haven't had a hangover since probably 1990, so what do I know?


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October, 2013 (Nageen Ahmad) CHAPTER-I INTRODUCTION CHAPTER-I INTRODUCTION
Patriarchy and Indian Social Structure.
THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVE.
Structural Functional Theory.
EMPOWERMENT AMONG MUSLIM WOMEN: A SOCIOLOGICAL STUDY IN LUCKNOW, UP
UNIVERSITY OF LUCKNOW
NAGEEN AHMAD
UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF
SUKANT K CHAUDHURY
(ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR)
This is to certify that the thesis entitled "Empowerment among Muslim Women: A Sociological Study in Lucknow, UP" by Nageen Ahmad has been completed under my supervision and is a bonafide original piece of work.
(Dr. Sukant K. Chaudhury)
This is to certify that the thesis entitled "Empowerment among Muslim Women: A Sociological Study in Lucknow, UP"submitted by me in fulfillment of Degree of Doctorate of Philosophy in Department of Sociology is an original work.
(Nageen Ahmad)
The Area and the People
Empowerment of Muslim Women: A Historical and Textual Perspective
Factors of Empowerment
Response of the People
Women in Muslim communities face considerable challenges as citizens of India and as members of India's largest minority. Their poor socio-economic status reflects a lack of social opportunity which, though not a feature exclusive to Muslim women, is exacerbated by their marginal status within an overall context of social disadvantage for most Indian women. According to government reports, Muslim women are amongst the poorest, educationally backward, economically vulnerable and politically marginalized group in the country.
The lack of information on Muslim women contributes to the reinforcing of the cultural stereotype, while obfuscating the life experiences and obstacles faced by Muslim women in their efforts to create a more equitable and fair socio-economic and cultural environment for themselves. Consequently, the notion that Muslim women's status in India is attributable to certain intrinsic, immutable Islamic features is widely prevalent and unchallenged. Today, Muslim women interact with the fast changing environment around her and hence social mobility and change are bound to occur. This has stirred me to look into the status of Muslim women in Lucknow. Lucknow has a large urban Muslim population that includes wide spectrum of socio-economic groups and therefore provides a rich sample of women for a study of the kind that has been undertaken.
This thesis has six chapters. The first chapter is the introduction which includes women empowerment, theoretical background, review of literature, the Indian scenario, objectives of the study and field methods and experiences. The second chapter is the area and the people which includes geographical, historical, demographical, cultural, economic and linguistic details of the area. The third chapter is empowerment of Muslim women: a historical and textual perspective. This chapter deals with the empowerment of Muslim women in India in a historical perspective and the status of women in Islam. The fourth chapter deals with the factors of empowerment, the information regarding which, was collected through interview schedules. The interview schedule sought information on the educational background of the respondents, their parents, husband and children's educational status, employment status, income, decision making, gender bias etc. The fifth chapter is the response of the people where analysis was done through case studies. In all, 24 case studies were undertaken. The final chapter is the conclusion where observations including findings are given.
For accomplishing this task, I have been greatly helped by many. I am greatly indebted to my supervisor, Dr. Sukant Kumar Chaudhury, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology who has been a constant source of inspiration and encouragement. He took a personal interest in my work and was kind enough to spare his time to help me with his insights and scholarly criticism. I also wish to acknowledge the head of the department, Professor Rajesh Mishra for his help from time to time.
My thanks are also due to the staff of Tagore Library, Uttar Pradesh Secretariat Library, Acharya Narendra Dev Library, Maulana Azad Library for their help in providing me with various books and journals. I am grateful to all my friends, relatives and acquaintances who helped me with my field study in various ways. I wish to record my indebtedness to my parents, Dr. Khwaja Najmuddin Ahmad and Dr. Pervin Ahmad and my appreciation for my husband Javeed and children Faiz and Aamna for ungrudgingly giving me the time and space to complete my work.
October, 2013 (Nageen Ahmad)
CHAPTER-I
The issue of women empowerment became crucial in the latter half of twentieth century and has now become the vital aspect of every society. It begins from gender inequality inculcated in social structure of almost every society. Women are termed as second sex (Simone De Beauvoir fame), are subjugated and suppressed in every aspect in the society. They are physically weak, mentally not organized, and intellectually poor and in some texts there are mentions of controlling the women socially, politically and sexually because women are the root cause of evils. There are positive aspects also mentioned in texts like Gods live where women reside. However, in reality since time immemorial negative aspects have been prioritized by the society with the exception of few women rulers or fighters or some writers like for example Raziya Sultana, Rani Lakshmi Bai etc. (John, 2008).
However, the twentieth century saw enlightenment of women throughout the world starting from the Western societies in general and American and European in particular. The feminist ideologies came in, the first being Liberal Feminism which did not change the structure. Patriarchy continued but women were given some opportunity in education and employment but not much in decision making. Subsequently, Marxist and Socialist Feminism, Radical Feminism or Feminist Essentialism and finally last but not the least Post Modern Feminism came into being. These types of feminism paved way for structural changes in the society. The Western societies claim to have changed their structures but not the traditional and conservative societies like that of India and other Muslim countries. It is significant to mention that achieving women's empowerment indicates a change of structure and qualifies to be an advanced modern society.
The well being of people is unquestionably the ultimate object of all development efforts of a country and the basic quest of human endeavour is always to seek a better quality of life. Social empowerment in general and women empowerment in particular are very fundamental in achieving this goal. The institution of democracy provides a strong foundation for harmonizing social and economic objectives. Thus, within the broad democratic framework there are great opportunities for synergizing women and economic growth programmes to deliver better quality of life in the shortest possible span of time.
In India, the plight of Muslim women is not better than that of women belonging to other social groups. Though Islam accords equal status to both men and women, the reality is far from it. In a patriarchal society like India, there exists the unfounded belief that only man is the bread earner of the family. Consequently, the male child gets the best of the limited facilities and resources within the family. The girl child on the other hand is highly discriminated against starting before her birth. More than six decades of independence the efforts of striving for a better status for women have not yielded satisfactory results in India. There is a great upsurge in consciousness about their rights among all sections and class of society in all regions of the country.
Muslim women in India have been playing a subordinate role though Constitution of India establishes a secular state and eliminates discrimination on grounds of race, religion, sex etc. Muslim women have continued to be victims of traditional social structure of the community. Educational development among Muslim women is very poor and due to this their economic participation is quite low. However, in the recent past empowerment of Muslim women has begun if not at a high speed but definitely in moderation. The attitude of Muslim women is changing and their participation in development process is gradually increasing. It is because of the increased level of education, awareness and government and non-government organization's intervention programmes that have resulted in some type of positive social change. Under this backdrop, I decided to work on issue of empowerment of Muslim women keeping in mind the changes occurring due to the impact of modernization, westernization, democratization and subsequently globalization. The study has been presented in this dissertation in six chapters (Introduction, Area and People, Empowerment of Muslim Women; A Historical and Textual Perspective, Factors of Empowerment, Response of People and Conclusion).
In this chapter I have dealt with the issue of Women Empowerment, Theoretical Perspectives, The Indian Scenario, A Comprehensive Review of Literature, and Objectives of my study and Field Methods.
WOMEN EMPOWERMENT.
The term 'empowerment' today is one of those appealing but slippery terms that lend themselves to multiple, sometimes contradictory meanings. The term gained international currency when the World Summit for Social Development held in Copenhagen on March 6-12, 1995 made its generous use as an objective of social and economic development. The Declaration and the Programme of action linked up empowerment with the entire gamut of social and economic development policies and programmes. Empowering people particularly the weaker section of society is the main objective of development and its principal resource. Empowerment requires the full participation of people in the formulation, implementation and evaluation of decisions determining the functioning and the well being of society (Srivastava, S. P. , 2005).
The development discourse witnessed a paradigm shift in 1990's and post 1990's when the focus on welfare turned to development and development turned into empowerment.
Empowerment refers to a process of consolidating, maintaining or changing the nature and distribution of power in a particular cultural context. As a collective process, it challenges the basic power, pelf and progress in terms of sexes (gender inequality) classes (class disparity) and castes (social differention). Thus viewed the term 'empowerment' means giving power to certain unprivileged and oppressed sections of society.
When used in the context of women's welfare and development, empowerment is a process that leads to the achievement of gender equality in social, educational, economic and political walks of life. Empowerment in its simplest form is the manifestation of redistribution of power that challenges patriarchal ideology and the male dominance. It is a transformation of the structures or institutions that reinforces and perpetuates gender discrimination. It is a process through which women increase their ability to shape their own lives and environment and that which results in an increase in women's self awareness, status and efficiency in social interactions. In the context of women, being empowered, in essence means able to help themselves and breaking down of social, economic, educational, cultural and psychological barriers to upgrade their status from being passive recipients of government programmes to active participants and managers of their own affairs.
The agenda of women's empowerment calls for action to protection and promotion of equal rights and inherent dignity of women, eradication of persistent discrimination and injustice to women, removal of obstacles to women's full participation in public life and decision making at all levels, including family, elimination of all forms of violence against women, ensuring equal access to women in their struggle for self actualization and promotion of autonomy to ensure their access to productive resources. In short, empowerment of women means full realization of all human rights and fundamental freedom of all women, their full and equal participation in political, civil, economic social and cultural life and eradication of all forms of discrimination on grounds of gender (Mohanty, 2008).
The road to progress on women's empowerment has not been easy notwithstanding a wide variety of national and global commitment on the subject. The problematic issue of women's empowerment is rooted in the very idea of empowerment. The concept of empowerment puts excessive emphasis on formal institutional arrangements and their means and modalities implying that external agencies will bring about their empowerment and deliver benefits at the women's door front. The problematic issue of women's empowerment lies in and arises out of the patriarchal value system, the prevailing power structure and the mighty mind set of men rooted in the traditionalist notions of inherent inequality between men and women. Women's inequality is an entangled issue, intertwined with number of social, economic, cultural and attitudinal barriers that powerfully block the road to women's empowerment. The problems regarding women's empowerment revolves round the societal conditions which permit gender discrimination, perpetuate practices derogatory to dignity of women, deny them free and equal access to available opportunity structures for self growth and development and finally creating obstacles for women to effectively avail of the benefits and welfarist measures of equality, dignity and development contained in the constitution, built into body of laws or included in the planned and programmed packages of the governmental policy on women's empowerment (Menon, 2008).
There have emerged new perspectives that differ drastically from the old perspectives demanding demonstrable action rooted in realism. Amongst the changed perspective on women's empowerment the most popular is the 'radical gender perspective' which asserts that it is the gender which defines and determines the disadvantageous position of women vis-a-vis men. This perspective looks at women's empowerment from the ideological standpoint of radical feminism which asserts that women suffer because they are women (Srivastava, S. P. , 2005). The feminity is a factor that adversely impacts.
The other perspective is the "enablement perspective" often called the capability perspective (Srivastava. S. P. , 2005). This perspective has three critical components namely the educational, economic and political empowerment of women. The pivotal presupposition is that once women are educationally, economically and politically empowered many of their problems would automatically disappear. The national policies for women empowerment throughout the developing countries aver that this is the most powerful propeller of women equality and thereby for their empowerment. The educational empowerment of women holds the key to their economic and political empowerment. Educational attainment is without doubt the most fundamental prerequisite for empowering women in all spheres of society, for without education of comparable quality and content to that given to boys and men and relevant to existing knowledge and real needs, women are unable to access well paid, formal sector jobs, participate in and be represented in government. Moreover, the risk increases for society as a whole that the next generation of children will be similarly ill-prepared. It is thus the first step towards equality and justice to women. The societies that firmly believe and approvingly practice women's equality have endeavoured hard to ensure that women and girls get adequate and equal opportunities of education and are willing and capable of making effective women in their diverse roles whether in the family or in the larger society. Gender ridden beliefs and practices put women at a distinct disadvantage and nullify the constitutional notion of equality. Nominal progress of women in educational, political and economic fields does not place women on an equal footing with men. The recent advances on the varied fronts of women's empowerment have helped in creating an illusion of progress, the truth, however, is that male mind set has not yet changed much. The radical thinking on women's empowerment calls for adoption of a gender based perspective where women have to be viewed not as women in the stereotyped sense but as human beings worthy of self respect and dignity consistent to and in conformity with the constitutional and legal provisions of equality, nondiscrimination and self fulfilling development in respect of education, employment and other indicators of human development. Use of the instrumentalities of education is central to their empowerment. Educational empowerment of women is itself sufficient to make them fully cognizant of their constitutional and legal rights of opportunities of self expression and growth, of welfare/ development programmes for their economically productive and autonomous existence and above all a self fulfilling life in the family as well as in the community. Educational attainment is without doubt the most fundamental prerequisite for empowering women considering that women still constitute two third of the world's illiterate population (Hill, 1995).
Economic empowerment is a necessary condition for enabling women to seek justice and equality, for without economic strength women cannot be made able to exercise their guaranteed rights. It is therefore necessary to ensure the participation of women as equal partners with men in all fields of work. Economic empowerment necessitates supporting their existing livelihoods, widening their choices and building their capacity to take advantage of the new economic opportunities available to women. The economic participation of women is important not only for lowering the disproportionate levels of poverty among women but also as an important step towards raising household income and encouraging economic development in countries as a whole. Amartya Sen 1999 makes a compelling case for the notion that that societies need to see women less as passive recipients of help, and more as dynamic promoters of social transformation. There are evidences suggesting that the education employment and ownership rights of women have a powerful influence on their ability to control their environment and contribute to economic development. Economic participation concerns not only the actual numbers of women participating in the labour force but also their remuneration on an equal basis. Worldwide outside the agricultural sector in both developed and developing countries women are still averaging slightly less than 78% of the wages given to men for the same work, a gap which refuses to close in even the most developed countries (UNIFEM, 2000).
Economic opportunity concerns the quality of women's involvement beyond their mere presence as workers. This is a serious problem in developed countries where women may gain employment easily but where their employment is either concentrated in poorly paid or unskilled jobs "ghettos" characterized by the absence of upward mobility & opportunity (World Economic Forum 2005).
Political empowerment refers to the equitable representation of women in decision making structures, both formal and informal and their voice in the formulation of policies affecting their societies. Political empowerment of women is necessary in a democratic polity that claims economic, social and political equality for all its citizens – men and women. Women's equal participation in the political life of the country plays a pivotal role in the general process of their advancement. Their equal participation in the political arena is a necessary condition for increasing the ability of women to effectively voice their use in the corridors of political decision making (Banerjee, 2008). The absence of women from structures of governance inevitably means that national, regional and local priorities i. e. how resources are allocated - are typically defined without meaningful input from women whose life experiences give them a different awareness of the community's needs, concerns and interests from that of men. Without political space, gender discrimination and other allied practices derogatory to women's dignity cannot be recast. Women's placement in political decision making processes in government and in the legislative bodies is necessary for redefining the political agenda of gender justice.
The "legal entitlement perspective" on women's empowerment relies heavily on the constitutional measures and other specific provisions that prohibit inequality and forms of discrimination against them. The existing statutory provisions concerning women's empowerment have no doubt bridged the inequality gap between men and women, they have, however, not yet resulted in improving the overall quality of women's life in general. The de-jure equality firmly ingrained in the law is yet to translate itself into de-facto equality. The legal entitlements of women's empowerment are only the minor means to achieve the desired results unless there is a spirited action on implementation front, legal reforms only camouflage the reality.
The fourth and the final armour in the women's empowerment strategy is the "social change perspective" calling for attitudinal and institutional changes that are gender neutral and pro women. Norms, values, attitudes and beliefs regarding women are at the root of their disimprovement. Various problems confronting women which inevitably impact upon their status and position in society are embedded in the wide variety of existing institutional arrangements. Attitudinal and institutional change is the need of the hour.
Social structure of any society constitutes an important factor for analysis of status of women. Indian society has a patriarchal structure. Though India is not a monolithic society but it consists of many societies. There are many societies having all types of patridominance. They are patriarchal, patrilineal, patronymic and patrilocal. Patriarchy in the sense authority lies with the father and is transferred to the son, patriliny indicates the descent system i. e. all six major traits (both movable and immovable properties residence, authority, culture, rituals and name) pass through the main line. Patrilocality means after marriage son with his wife lives with his father in his house. Finally patriliny means father's name is given to son and daughters after marriage get their husband's name.
The joint family system is supposed to have extreme patriarchal conditions. The status of women is lowest because women face tedious tasks, many restriction including restriction on mobility. The rituals also are most patriarchal in nature women cannot participate in major rituals. Modernizing elements have only given them some choices. But the structure has not changed. It will be more clear from the discussion on structure and organization.
Every piece of research requires a thorough theoretical understanding as well as interpretation. In light of this, I have tried to use the structural functional theory and theory of social organization. Further I have also taken different feminist theories into consideration.
The basic postulates of structural functional theory (Chaudhury, 2004) are:
Society has a social structure consisting of many interrelated and interconnected parts.
Change in one part will lead to change in other parts.
For the members of the society social structure is ideal in nature. They do not want any change in structure.
Radcliffe–Brown (1952) had made a distinction between structure and structural form. Structure is the reality which is found in the society, whereas, structural form is the construction of the reality by the researcher. While structure may change a little bit structural form does not change. Radcliffe –Brown almost gave a equilibrium model of the society. Edmond Leach (1954) and Levi-Strauss (1963) gave a dynamic view of structure. For Levi-Strauss, structure is a model and has nothing to do with reality because the reality consists of social relationships. The researcher uses the reality as raw materials to construct the model. The model has four characteristics:
It should exhibit like a system i. e. it consists of many interrelated and inter dependent parts, change in one part will lead to change in other parts.
The model should be constructed in such a manner that it can be easily transformed.
The model should be constructed in such a manner that it should be intelligible.
The model should be constructed in such a manner that it should be predictable, it means by looking at the nature of one pair of relationships one can predict the nature of other pairs of relationships.
Levi-Strauss spoke of four different kinds of models – Conscious, Unconscious, Mechanical and Statistical Model.
Social Organization.
Raymond Firth (1963) spoke about theory of social organization. He was a student of Radcliffe Brown and was much influenced by him. He said that structure is truly ideal in nature and people do not want any change in it. However, ideal elements are not always found in reality. Therefore, people use choices and alternatives. Firth said this in the context of maintenance of critical relationships. For Firth theory of social organization is not a distinct theory. It is a concept found within concept of social structure. This is to say social organization consists of the critical relationship found within social structure. Critical relationships are those relationships which are of utmost importance. Any change in such relationships would change the structure which people do not wish e. g. father-son relationship in a patrilineal society or mother's brother and sister's son in a matrilineal society.
Thus, people use choices to maintain the ideal structure. Firth gave the example of importance of mother's brother in sister's son's life in African tribes. In a family where there is no mother's brother mother's brother's son performs the role of mother's brother. Thus, it is not the ideal element. It is a choice. Social organization has two elements (1) element of responsibility. It means the person using choice should be responsible enough so that by using the choice he is not changing the structure (2) element of representation. The person using the choice should be representing the whole community i. e. the community's nod is required for use of choice. In this manner the theoretical perspectives of structure function and social organization are very useful to understand empowerment among Muslim women.
Social Change.
Here the theory of social change has also been use. Social change is an essential component of every society. Leach said that every society is a process in time and every society is found in a flux. Change is a succession of difference in time in a persistent identity. Unless one is struck by differences of condition or appearances one cannot speak of change. Therefore, observation of differences is the beginning of all awareness of change. Change is inseparable from dimension of time. There must be a particular place for change. Change should be distinguished from interaction, motion and variety (Dube, 1992). There are many dimensions of social change:-
Unit of change,
Specification of determinate relationships,
Magnitude and intensity of change,
Time span of change,
Sources of change (exterior or indigenous),
Direction of change (positive or negative, and
Nature of change. It is of 2 types:
Change in structure. It means some change is within the structure where structure remains intact. It is also called continuity and change where continuity is emphasized upon.
Change of structure. It means the whole structure is changed. In traditional societies like India the former takes place. In this manner the present study will be carried out using the above concepts.
Feminist Ideologies.
Feminist theory¹ is distinct from other theoretical perspectives in that it is women centered and interdisciplinary and it actively promotes ways to achieve social justice. Three core questions inform feminist theory (1) "What about the women?" (2) "Why is the social world as it is?" and (3) "How can we change and improve the social world so as to make it a more just place for women and highlighting the various ways women have contributed to society.
Historically feminist activity has paralleled liberation events including the American and French Revolutions, the abolitionist movement in the 1930s, the mobilization for suffrage in early 1900s and the civil rights movement in the 1960s and 1970s. Although, the idea of gender equality originated in the west and the west provided many ideologies in this regard these ideologies are now influencing India as well. Principally there are four such ideologies (see Kachuk 1995).
Feminist Liberalism.
This is the most prominent feminist strand in the U. S. and also most prevalent in India. This is the most widely diffused approach within the contemporary women's movement in America. Feminist liberals argue that women evolved equally with men and participate in the Cartesian ontological dualism in at least its normative form. They view human beings as especially valuable for their mental capacity for rationality (Jaggar 1983, cf. Kachuk 1995). They argue that women's minds are formed in nature like men's – free to find truth.
Liberal feminism's explanation of gender inequality begins with an identification of the sexual division of labour, existence of separate public and private spheres of social activity, men's primary location in the former and women's in the latter and the systematic socialization of children. Liberal feminists see nothing of particular value about the private sphere except that it permits emotional openness. Instead the private sphere consists of endless round of demanding mindless unpaid and undervalued tasks associated with housework, child care and the emotional, practical and sexual servicing of adult men. The true rewards of social life - money, power status, opportunities for growth and self work are to be found in the public sphere. The system that restricts women's access to that sphere, burdens them with private sphere responsibilities isolates them in individual households and excuses their mates from any sharing of private sphere drudgeries is the system that produces gender inequality. Liberal feminists point to sexism as key force in this system. Because of sexism, females are from childhood on limited and maimed so that they can move into their adult roles and in those roles "dwindle" from full humanness into the mindless dependent, subconsciously depressed beings created by the constraints and requirements of their gender specified roles.
In India feminists claim women's rights as individuals to e. g. education (Chanana 1988, cf. Kachuk 1995) pay equity (Gandhi and Shah 1991, cf. Kachuk 1995) and land control (Agarwal 1994, cf. Kachuk 1995). But the legitimacy of personal authority goes against the conception of individuals within family and kinship networks where they have to consider other's expectations and meet responsibilities to them (Karlekar 1988, cf. Kachuk 1995). Within those networks rights have been understood in association with status positions generally privileging men over women. Some men over other men and some women over other women.
The Liberal feminists solution is to improve women's access to the public realm. They demand state protection of women's right as individuals to determine their lives thereby becoming the equals of men. Liberal feminists demand equality for men and women in all phases of society, equal economic opportunities, education, child care centres and sharing of income production and housework in marriage.
Feminist Essentialism.
Another school of feminist thought rejects the liberal's claim that women possess the same epistemological resource, the transcendent mind. Instead this school of thought locates an aspect of females which makes them essentially different from males. They project her to show that her rational mind is embodied, has feelings and is engaged with, not in opposition to, other persons and things. These feminists celebrate aspects of the human being which have been deprecated and ascribed to women. The theme of essential womanhood emerges in various forms prominent among those being few that originate in the U. S. , one in France and one in India. Gilligan (1982, cf. Kachuk 1995) in the U. S. valorizes women's morality. She targets Freud, Praget, Kohlberg for claiming that women do not attain men's level of moral reasoning. Kohlberg had identified women's deficiencies after establishing norms based on interviews with males Gilligan reversed the procedure by developing norms by studying women and investigating females and males moral reasoning. According to her women's moral development is not deficient but different from men's. Women possess an ethic of care which peaks when they consider their own needs as well as other's.
Ruddick (1989, cf. Kachuk 1995) attributes women's caring to their maternal experience which generates maternal thinking. Anyone who does what mothers do, care for young ones, is involved in their socialization develops maternal thinking and in that sense everyone is a potential maternal thinker. She feels that men can become maternal thinkers by showing child care with women leading to world peace.
Chodorow (1989, cf. Kachuk 1995) recommends shared parenting. This would free women to experience the external world, lessen dependency on relationships, teach men to appreciate intimacy and make everyone in society value caring.
However, whereas the above feminists assume women's attachment to men, Mary Daly's (1978, cf. Kachuk 1995) vision of emancipation involves an escape from being domesticated cosmetized caged birds to realizing their inherent creative energy.
In India, Shiva (1988, cf. Kachuk 1995) develops an ecofeminist account of women's caring, associating their tendency to preserve life with their use of natural products. More commonly Indian feminists deplore assumptions of women's inherent caring function as an ideology that impedes their full human development. The ideas of female self-denial assumed to create boundaries for women in both traditional and modern sectors in India are shown to be harmful and changeable norms.
This variety of feminism has, however, been criticized for universalizing women assuming that all experience gender alike and confusing natural phenomena and women's strategies for coping with patriarchal demands.
Feminist Socialism.
Feminist socialists accept and use the basic principles of Marxism but have tried to enrich and extend it by working on areas like gender which they believe were neglected by conventional Marxist theory. They are of the opinion that any analysis of society should include sexuality and gender relations. Both socialist and Marxist feminists agree that humans are defined by their production of the means of their existences. Work is considered the essence of humanness changing in form as people perceive new needs, devise ways to satisfy them and develop appropriate social relations.
Feminists socialists bring together two broadest and most valuable feminist traditions. Marxian and radical feminist thought. Out of this synthesis have flowed two sub varieties of socialist feminism. The first focuses exclusively on women's oppression and on understanding it in a way that brings together knowledge (from Marxism) of class oppression and from radical feminism of gender oppression. The term used for this system is capitalist patriarchy.
The second variant of socialist feminism explains all forms of social oppression centering not only on class and gender but also on race, ethnicity, age, location within the global hierarchy of nations. This system is termed as domination. Women remain central to this theoretical approach in two ways. First the oppression of women remains a primary topic for analysis. Second women's location and experience of the world serve as the essential vantage point on domination in all its forms. These theorists are concerned with all experiences of oppression either by women or by men. They even explore how some women themselves oppressed may actively participate in the oppression of other women.
Both the focus on capitalist patriarchy and that on domination are linked to a commitment, to historical materialism. The historical materialism that is a hallmark of socialist feminism shows clearly its indebtedness to Marxian thought but socialist feminists move beyond the Marxians in three ways – First they broaden the meaning of material conditions of human life. Whereas Marxians locate the roots of class inequality and class conflict Socialist feminists includes economic dynamics and other conditions that create and sustain human life in their analysis – like the human body, ets sexuality, involvement in procreation and child bearing, home maintenance with its unpaid drudgery of domestic work. In all these life sustaining activities exploitative arrangements profit some and impoverish others. The second point where socialist feminist part ways with Marxian thought is their re-evaluation of significance of ideology Socialist feminists feel that factors like consciousness motivation, ideas, social definitions of the situation, knowledge, will to act in one's interest deeply affect human personality, action and the structures of domination that realized through the action. These aspects of human subjectivity are produced by social structures as elaborate and powerful as those that produce economic goods. Within all these structures too exploitative arrangements exist. The third difference between Socialist feminists and Marxians is that the object of analysis for Socialist feminists is not primarily class inequality but a wide range of social inequalities. Socialist feminists develop a portrait of social organization in which the public structures of economy, polity and ideology interact with private processes of human reproduction, domesticity, sexuality and subjectivity to sustain a multifaceted system of domination.
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"""
providers.py
~~~~~~~~~~~~
<Add description of the module here>.

:copyright: (c) 2015-2020 by Jochen Gerhaeusser.
:license: BSD, see LICENSE for details
"""

import abc
from pathlib import Path

class Provider:
    """ A `Provider` class provides access for the :class:`Pointer` class to
    **read** and **write** byte streams from and back to a data *source*.
    The `Provider` class servers as a meta class. A derived class must
    implement the two methods :meth:`read` and :meth:`write` for reading
    and writing byte streams from and back to the data *source*.
    """

    @abc.abstractmethod
    def read(self, address=0, count=0):
        """ Returns a *number* of bytes read from a data `source` beginning at
        the start *address*.

        :param int address: start address.
        :param int count: number of bytes to read from a data `source`.

        .. note:: This abstract method must be implemented by a derived class.
        """
        return bytes()

    @abc.abstractmethod
    def write(self, buffer=bytes(), address=0, count=0):
        """ Writes the content of the *buffer* to a data `source` beginning
        at the start *address*.

        :param bytes buffer: content to write.
        :param int address: start address.
        :param int count: number of bytes to write to a data `source`.

        .. note:: This abstract method must be implemented by a derived class.
        """
        pass

class FileProvider(Provider):
    """ A `FileProvider` is a byte stream :class:`Provider` for binary files.
    The *file* content is internal stored in a :attr:`~Provider.cache`. The
    :meth:`read` and :meth:`write` methods only operate on the internal
    :attr:`~Provider.cache`.

    Call :meth:`flush` to store the updated file content to the same or a new file.

    :param file: name and location of the file to read.
    :type file: :class:`~pathlib.Path`, :class:`str`
    """

    def __init__(self, file):
        #: File path.
        self.path = Path(file).absolute()
        # File cache.
        self._cache = bytearray(self.path.read_bytes())

    def __str__(self):
        return (f"{self.__class__.__name__}"
                f"({self.path!s}, {len(self._cache)!s})")

    def __repr__(self):
        return (f"{self.__class__.__name__}"
                f"(file={self.path!r}, size={len(self._cache)!r})")

    @property
    def cache(self):
        """ Returns the internal byte stream cache of the `Provider`
        (read-only)."""
        return self._cache

    def read(self, address=0, count=0):
        """ Returns a *number* of bytes read from the :attr:`cache` beginning
        at the start *address*.

        :param int address: start address.
        :param int count: number of bytes to read from the cache.
        """
        return self._cache[address:]

    def write(self, buffer=bytes(), address=0, count=0):
        """ Writes the content of the *buffer* to the :attr:`cache` beginning
        at the start *address*.

        :param bytes buffer: content to write.
        :param int address: start address.
        :param int count: number of bytes to write to the cache.
        """
        view = memoryview(self._cache)
        view[address:address + count] = buffer

    def flush(self, file=str()):
        """ Flushes the updated file content to the given *file*.

        .. note::  Overwrites an existing file.

        :param str file: name and location of the file.
            Default is the original file.
        """
        if file:
            Path(file).write_bytes(self._cache)
        else:
            self.path.write_bytes(self._cache)

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Biografia
Nasce in una famiglia di agricoltori e inizia a recitare da bambino, grazie al padre Romano, capocomico che scrive e allestisce commedie nel teatrino parrocchiale. Durante una rappresentazione della Norma al teatro Valli di Reggio nell'Emilia decide di dedicarsi alla recitazione.

Negli anni universitari partecipa a vari gruppi teatrali studenteschi e, conseguita la laurea in ingegneria gestionale all'Università di Bologna, si trasferisce a Roma, grazie a una borsa di studio all'Accademia nazionale d'arte drammatica. Si diploma alla Scuola di recitazione Accademia Beatrice Bracco Acting Training di Roma e viene selezionato per partecipare al Cinecittà Campus, diretto da Maurizio Costanzo. Per finanziarsi la formazione, per tre anni insegna matematica nelle scuole superiori. Si perfeziona grazie a vari seminari, corsi e stages sul cinema con Vincent Schiavelli e con Gianfrancesco Lazotti, in canto con Elisa Turlà e danza presso lo Sferisterio di Macerata.

Esordisce a teatro nel 2002 in C'era 'na vota dell'attore e regista italo-americano Vincent Schiavelli.

Nel 2006 recita per la prima volta in televisione nella serie La freccia nera, con Riccardo Scamarcio.

Il debutto al cinema è nel 2009, per la regia di Riccardo Donna, nel film Questo piccolo grande amore, ispirato all'omonimo concept album di Claudio Baglioni del 1972, in cui interpreta il sergente Lubrano.

Sempre con il regista Riccardo Donna gira varie serie televisive, tra cui Nebbie e delitti, Raccontami, Un passo dal cielo e Nero Wolfe, mentre per la regia di Andrea Porporati recita in tre film per la televisione.

Nel 2014, in Qualunque cosa succeda, è il finanziere Silvio Novembre, stretto collaboratore di Giorgio Ambrosoli (Pierfrancesco Favino).

Nel 2020 è Andrea Mozzali, amico del pittore Antonio Ligabue, interpretato da Elio Germano, nel film Volevo nascondermi di Giorgio Diritti. Per questa interpretazione è stato inserito nelle prime liste di candidature al premio David di Donatello come attore non protagonista.

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Nel 2022 è nuovamente sul grande schermo, nell'atteso film di Dario Argento, Occhiali neri (film).

Vita privata
Con la compagna Elena Luce Fiaccadori, biologa, ha una figlia, Noa Celeste, nata nel 2021. Al di fuori delle scene, si dedica alla coltivazione di grani antichi.
La sua attività agricola è stata descritta dal programma televisivo Geo di Rai 3 e dalla rubrica Paesi paesaggi... di Striscia la notizia.

Teatro

Attore

 C'era 'na vota, regia di Vincent Schiavelli (2002)
 Mauser, regia Eugenio Sideri (2003)
 Cry Baby, regia di Riccardo de Torrebruna (2005)
 Edipo re, regia di Marco Maltauro (2005)
 Kaisar-Verità negate, regia di Raffaele Curi (2005)
 I viaggi di Gulliver, regia di Marco Solari (2005)
 Timone d'Atene, regia di Jurij Ferrini (2006)
 Miracolo a Milano, regia di Daniele Abbado (2007)
 Gay Panic, regia di Riccardo de Torrebruna (2008)
 Pippi Calze Lunghe, regia di Fabrizio Angelini (2009)
 Kontakthof, regia Pina Bausch, voce fuori campo (2010)
 Cyrano de Bergerac, regia di Daniele Abbado (2010)
 Caligola e la luna, regia di Otello Cenci (2010)
 Come tu mi vuoi, regia di Francesco Zecca (2013)
 Blowin' in the wind, regia di Roberta Lena (2013)
 Deus ex-machina, regia di Piero Zucchetti
 Cuori, regia di Riccardo Donna

Filmografia

Cinema
 Questo piccolo grande amore, regia di Riccardo Donna (2009)
 Amalfi: megami no hōshū, regia di Hiroshi Nishitani (2009)
 Volevo nascondermi, regia di Giorgio Diritti (2020)
 Si muore solo da vivi, regia di Alberto Rizzi (2020)
 Occhiali neri, regia di Dario Argento (2022)
 Io sono l'abisso, regia di Donato Carrisi (2022)

Televisione
Film e Fiction
 La freccia nera, regia di Fabrizio Costa (2006)
 Nebbie e delitti, regia di Riccardo Donna
 Il commissario De Luca, regia di Antonio Frazzi, episodio  Indagine non autorizzata (2008)
 Le ali, regia di Andrea Porporati (2008)
 Raccontami, regia di Tiziana Aristarco e Riccardo Donna, episodi III, V, VII, X (2008)
 Violetta, regia di Antonio Frazzi (2011)
 Storia di Laura, regia di Andrea Porporati (2011)
  Faccia d'angelo, regia di Andrea Porporati (2012)
 Un passo dal cielo, regia di Riccardo Donna, episodio Facili prede (2012)
 Nero Wolfe, regia di Riccardo Donna, episodio Parassiti (2012)
 Provaci ancora prof!, regia di Tiziana Aristarco, episodio Doppio bersaglio (2012)
 Rodolfo Valentino - La leggenda, regia di Alessio Inturri (2014)
 Qualunque cosa succeda, regia di Alberto Negrin (2014)
 Squadra antimafia 7, regia di Kristoph Tassin e Samad Zarmandili, episodio Affare internazionale (2015)
 Il mistero sottile, regia di Nicola Martini (2017)
 Don Matteo, regia di Alexis Sweet, episodio Salvazione (2018)
 Che Dio ci aiuti, regia di Francesco Vicario, episodio Istruzioni per crescere (2019)
 L'Alligatore, regia di Daniele Vicari ed Emanuele Scaringi (2020)
 Il silenzio dell'acqua - seconda stagione, regia di Pier Belloni (2020)
Cuori, regia di Riccardo Donna (2021)
Programmi TV
Wild Teens - Contadini in erba, docu-reality (2021)

Note

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

Attori cinematografici italiani
Attori televisivi italiani
Attori teatrali italiani


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Q: Desktop.setOpenFileHandler doesn't work when program isn't running I'm making a program for mac that has it's own file extension .edul. I got it working so that when the program has already opened and you open the file it's load it, but when I try this when the program is yet running I don't get the event and it's not in the args.
I tried to change to com.apple.eawt.Application but unfortunately java.desktop doesn't export this class so this didn't work.
Desktop desktop = Desktop.getDesktop();
desktop.setOpenFileHandler(e -> {
    try {
        FileWriter fileWriter = new FileWriter(System.getProperty("user.home") + "/Desktop/test.txt");
        fileWriter.write(e.getFiles().toString());
        fileWriter.close();
    } catch (IOException ignored) {
    }
});

So I expect a file on my desktop that has the location of the file I opened before the program was running and when it's running and I open another file it's also shows on my desktop.
So after first file open:
[file/path/test.edul]
And on seconds file open:
[file/path/test2.edul]
I'm currently only getting:
[file/path/test2.edul]

A: So, the problem is that when you define a FileOpenHandler in the class which starts your fx application the FileOpenEvent is only thrown when the program is already running. So you should make a other main class that doesn't extends Application and the FileOpenEvent will be correctly thrown even when the application is still starting up.


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"What do you think about me applying for a job in Hawaii?" Keith Wilson asked his wife, Ada, out of the blue. It was 1979, and Keith was finishing up his master's degree in library science at BYU in Provo when the director from BYU–Hawaii's library visited Utah to do some recruiting.
Retired but Not Done
"It's not the end of our relationship with BYU-Hawaii or her students. It's just a different way of supporting them."
Leaving a Legacy in Mongolia
The first mission president in Mongolia learned that "BYU–Hawaii had something that our members in Mongolia needed," so he included the university in his estate plan to ensure that Mongolian students could receive those blessings.


What do you remember about how you were cast?
I knew Michael got a pilot and was thrilled for him, but really did not know too much about it until they had cast another actress in the role of Kimberly, and apparently were not happy with her after the read-through. I got a call to go in and read and was immediately cast.
I had done a few sitcoms but my résumé was mostly drama shows. I played a lot of prostitutes. This was a bit of departure for me, but Michael and I knew each other so it felt comfortable and did not take long to "find the character." Playing stupid is harder than you think. I have done it on camera only three times; most of the time it comes naturally in real life.
Chris Hebert (s1, 2): I first was hired for the 1982 (?) Christmas show. I remember it being a typical audition experience, with an initial audition and maybe a callback. I hadn't heard of the show as it was still brand new. For the follow-up Christmas show the next year, I didn't have to audition; they just hired me directly through my agent. It was great to return as young Alex P. Keaton as everyone remembered me, and that made me feel very welcome as a young actor.
Lisa Lucas (s1): I was quite successful at that point. Two of the movies I was in came out the same year, when I was 17. In 1977, I was voted Newcomer of the Year by the distributors, called "the Star of Tomorrow." I was sent to Kansas City to accept my award, my first black tie event. The Star of the Year was R2D2. They actually had him there and brought him on stage.
I remember going to the Family Ties audition and there being a question about size. I'm small, 5'3". I could hear them speaking that they wanted somebody small for Michael. They had a big thing about my hair and they finally decided to curl it. My hair was straight and thin and long. It gave me too much height [compared to Michael J. Fox] so they had to comb down my curls.
Terry Wills (s1, 2, 5, 6, 7): Not specifically. After I was cast I learned that Gary had been a fan of the Berkeley Repertory Theater when I was a company member there. I initially auditioned to play the part of their next-door neighbor, an architect. I did one episode as that character and he was never seen again.
Kate Vernon (s2): It was probably my first or second audition. I read for Gary David Goldberg and was so green. I really didn't understand the auditioning process.
Eileen Seeley (s2): It was my very first audition and subsequently the job I earned my SAG card with. I had just been brought out to L.A. by Bob Lemond, who had seen me perform in a Shakespeare class in the village in NYC.
I was staying at Joey Travolta's house ([brother of] John Travolta, who was a client of Bob's) till I found a place to live. The morning of the audition, I was taking a walk around the neighborhood and was stopped by the police. Seems walking in Beverly Hills was very suspicious behavior! The audition was at Paramount and was very comfortable and casual.
Debbie Gilbert (now Webb) (s2): It was my first audition ever. I picked up the sides [lines you must learn prior to an audition] ahead of time. I was given the chance to read only because Crispin Glover and I had the same agent. I was clueless about the show, and only knew that it was a sitcom so I had to be funny.
Susan Isaacs (s2): I had participated in South Coast Repertory's Young People's Conservatory when I was in junior high school. Lee Shallat headed up the YPC at SCR. She was good friends with my high school drama teacher, Barbara Van Holt, who was the best teacher I ever had. They kept in touch, and Lee saw most of my shows in high school. Barbara and Lee were champions of me. I went on to study film at UCLA, but I kept getting cast in other students' projects. I visited Barbara over the Christmas break. She told me Lee was going to start directing TV and in fact was lined up to direct an episode of Family Ties sometime soon. I told Barbara I had just taken headshots. A few hours later, Barbara called my parents to tell me that Lee was directing Family Ties that coming week—could I come to [auditions at] Paramount the next day with a headshot and résumé? I drove up to L.A. and camped out at the photo lab to get a rush copy of my headshot, then went to Paramount. It must have been a producers' call, because everyone was in the room. Lee being there made me feel relaxed and confident. And maybe I was just so green that I didn't realize how big a deal it all was. My friend Paul Germain was in the graduate film program at UCLA when I was in the undergrad. He'd started to work for Jim Brooks, so I stopped by Brooks's office to say hello to Paul. Paul looked a little sad, thinking I was so naïve and about to get my heart broken. He was only half right. I did book the job. But acting is a heartbreaking business. This is my very first headshot—the one that I took with me to the audition.
Alan Blumenfeld (s2, 3, 4, 5, 6): I remember everything because that's the kind of Jew I am! Gary had his office at the Lucy bungalow at Paramount, where Lucille Ball was when she was there. I was 31 and there with a number of older actors. It was to audition for the episode when Elyse sings in a club ("Lady Sings the Blues"). A lot of people had more experience. I'd been in L.A. for only a year and a half. I'd done only one or two shows. I knew Family Ties, of course. I was waiting in a beautiful little park in the quad and preparing the material. The script said "Lou laughs." I did that. Gary laughed hysterically. And I got the job. Gary's laugh was very genuine, very big, very broad—he would laugh that way at every reading, every run-through. It was his way of punctuating where the laughs were and [supporting] the actors. From that first laugh, I felt a real kinship for him for all the years after. I'm convinced it was that laugh that got me the job.
Robert Costanzo (s3, 4, 5, 6): As I recall, Gary just offered it to me. I did The Last Resort for Gary in 1979—I used to joke with him that it was one of the few shows he did that didn't make it. Gary and I had been friends from that. Later I did Brooklyn Bridge.
There are some producers who won't bring you back but Gary did with me. I was on NCIS in 2005 or '06 and kept hearing I couldn't go back on because I already did one. On The Honeymooners, an actor named George Petrie appeared multiple times in different roles. I became the George Petrie of Family Ties.
Norman Parker (s3, 5, 6): I recall reading for—or maybe even with—Gary as he sat behind his desk in his office at Paramount. I had not seen the show and knew nothing about it really as my focus had been on theater and film in New York and I was in L.A. at my agent's urging to put in some time prospecting here. It never occurred to me that the role of Robert Keaton [Steven's brother] would be anything more than a one-shot guest appearance, or, indeed, that becoming a Keaton was any kind of a big deal. Thankfully, Gary had much more foresight and, despite my easy-to-discern uncertainty about even wanting to do a sitcom, let my agent know they wanted me for the role. I had liked Gary so much and we had both been so delighted to discover we had played basketball for rival high schools in Brooklyn that I told my agent I felt I should probably take the job. She laughed hysterically and said something like "Oh, you think so?!" Clearly, everyone else had a great deal more perspective as to what becoming a Keaton might mean, for which I have been ever grateful.
Peter Scolari (s4): I was at Newhart at the time and we had new writers/producers there. I had an acquaintance named Michael Weithorn, a writer/producer on Family Ties. He wrote the episode I appeared in. I think he had written the role for me. Michael called me at home [to ask if I would do it], so we must've known each other through mutual friends. He was so gracious. I loved the script and was happy to do it.Family Ties was at NBC, Newhart at CBS. They were quite insular and protective in those days. For example, if you were an actor on a CBS show, it was tricky to get a booking on The Tonight Show [on NBC]. [I did Family Ties on a week off from Newhart, but even still], the producers on Newhart were not thrilled with this.
Margaret Nagle (s5): There was an episode of Family Ties in the fall of 1986 called "Starting Over." Alex is heartbroken because Ellen has left and his sisters try to find him a new girlfriend. I read several times to play Alex's new girlfriend. I was brand new to L.A. and had never been on a TV show before. Allison Jones, the casting director of Family Ties, who [went on to be] the casting director of many shows like Curb Your Enthusiasm and big movies, had brought me in and seemed to really like my work. The final audition went really well and I even brought these glasses and put them on in the middle of the audition. I will never forget how hard I made Gary David Goldberg laugh. He was so shocked and burst out laughing. He hugged me when I left the room. I knew it had gone well. My agent called and said I had the part and the show would make a formal offer tomorrow. I waited the next day for the call that said the part was officially mine. The phone didn't ring. At the last minute, the actress Haviland Morris, who had been in Sixteen Candles, became available. They thought she was hotter. I was so upset. But that's showbiz and you move on. A few months later my agent called and said "Can you get over to Paramount right now? Family Ties just called and they're giving you a small part. No audition. You're cast. Gary David Goldberg asked for you."
Brian McNamara (s5): Unfortunately my memory of certain details will not be great. I do remember being very excited about the audition as Family Ties was already a very popular show! One that I personally loved!
Sonia Curtis (s5, 6): I had auditioned to play Michael J. Fox's girlfriend and did not get that role, but I really, really wanted to work on that show. It was my fave show at the time. I remember thinking that Skippy wasn't the kind of guy I usually dated, so I went shopping and tried to find some quirky clothes to create the Amy Sussman character and find out who the girl who fell head over heels for Skippy was. I found the clear glasses I wore on the show and wore a Leave It to Beaver T-shirt, a big gingham plaid skirt, and a ponytail. I also worked on my voice and realized she was probably very socially awkward, so I let my own nerves free and just experimented with a more nasal voice and shy, slightly spastic movements. I worked on the lines all night long and was very tired for my audition. I remember walking in fully dressed in character. Allison Jones, the casting director, was on the phone when I arrived. As soon as she saw me, she enthusiastically waved me in the room. It seemed she saw something she had been looking for. She asked me to come back later that afternoon for the producers and I did. When I was finished, I thanked them and started to walk out, but the producers stopped me short to continue talking to me. Gary David Goldberg and Alan Uger were very nice and asked where I grew up, etc. I got the call later that day or the next that I booked the role and it was quite exciting.
Stuart Pankin (s5): It was a fun audition. I remember trying to be loud and obnoxious and funny, as the character required. They laughed a lot, thank God, and I got the job.
Dana Andersen Schreiner (s5): I had auditioned for Allison Jones, the casting director, numerous times on different projects, so she liked me. She brought me in directly for the producers of Family Ties many times for different roles before I got cast. The producers brought me in four times alone to read for the role of Ellen, whom Tracy Pollan eventually played, and seemed close to casting me, so I was pretty devastated when I didn't get it.
Amy Lynne (s5): I was born in 1970 so I was about 16. I was doing quite a bit of TV at the time. Of course it was the show, the biggest hit, because of Michael J. Fox. The part that I was auditioning for actually wasn't named Chrissy, just another friend. Gary David Goldberg had a big presence. When I did the funny lines, he had this distinct laugh. It made me want to laugh, too, but I was trying to keep my composure. I remember getting into the car with my mom after and she always asked how I did. I remember the first thing I said was "At least I made him laugh." I remember being in the frozen food aisle at the Vons market in Glendale when I found out I got the part. I'm wondering how my mom found out when we were in the market. I might've borrowed a dime and called home to check the message machine. I was so ecstatic, I was almost crying.
At the first read-through, they liked me so much they changed my name to Chrissy, the friend Jennifer always talked about. Of course Michael and Meredith were the stars of the show; Justine got quite a few shows, too, because she was pretty in puberty. I think they wanted to highlight Jennifer more so they made my part bigger.
Alyson Croft (s5): I remember the callback, the room being packed with executives and a ton of laughter. I was reading for the "leader of the cool girls" (can't remember the character name). They ended up booking me to be "one of the pack" (can't remember my character name). I remember feeling so excited after the callback. I had never made a whole room erupt with laughter, and up until that point I had no idea that I could. This was a big audition for me. I was only 11 or so and they were looking for older girls for the part. There was so much laughter after every one of my lines; I was inexperienced and didn't know I should hold for the laugh. This show taught me that skill for sure. I remember praying that I would get the part and we would hear something that night. In those days we had no cell phone or beepers so we had to wait through traffic to get home.
I remember driving over Laurel Canyon that night and at the Franklyn Canyon intersection a cat had been hit and was dying in the middle of the road. I was hysterical and crying the whole ride home. I remember not getting the call that I had booked the job and I was devastated. Two days later my agent called and said that I had booked a different role on Family Ties. I was elated! Originally it was supposed to be one episode and it turned out being more. I remember these details because I was so young, I was huge fan of the show, and it was the first big show I had booked.
Jason Naylor (s6, 7): Quite unusually for her, then or now, my mother—without whose indefatigable support I would never have had the opportunity to make a career in the industry nor to enjoy the many fruits which that opportunity bore—had erred in noting down the time of the audition and we arrived some two hours late to the casting office on the Paramount lot. The office was abandoned but for the receptionist, who gave us a withering look when mom made bold to announce us, with due civility and apologies for our unconscionable tardiness, and to ask whether there was anyone there who would see me at all. She excused herself to go check and, returning, announced that Mr. Goldberg would see me in a moment. That the producer of the show should have taken time to see an actor under those circumstances seems to me, in retrospect, quite incredible—that the ensuing audition could have gone so well as to land me the part, more so yet. After a time, Mr. Goldberg returned me to my mother and, in the most generous and courteous way imaginable, thanked us both for coming in.
Hilary Shepard (s7): I was doing a play in L.A., Out in America, and we were getting a lot of attention. The playwright [Katie Ford] got hired at 21 years old to be a writer on Family Ties. She thought of me for the part which was quite a leap—I went from playing a 7-year-old idiot savant (in the play) to a Eurotrash supermodel. When I went to audition, the producers couldn't believe I was the same girl.
Did you think/hope you would come back to play your Family Ties role again?
Peter Scolari (s4): Sure. It would've been a difficult arrangement given my status at Newhart.
Jason Naylor (s6, 7): I was not initially cast as a recurring character, so far as I recall, though the idea was mentioned a time or two during the production. I didn't give it too much weight at the time, already being well aware that an industry deal isn't done until it is (and sometimes not even then), but was delighted and gratified to be brought back. I don't have many memories of the cast members or production crew, but I have always had great fortune in my work experiences, which have almost exclusively involved eminently talented, respectful and professional actors and crew members, and my two appearances on Family Ties were no exception. I fondly recall the warm welcome I received upon returning to the set for the second time.


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CES Roundup: 25 Cool Gadgets (and Cars!) from Monday at the Vegas Tech Show
By Doug Aamoth Jan. 07, 2014
Here's a look at some of the things spotted at the big tech show in Vegas on Monday.
CES Roundup: 16 Cool Gadgets from Sunday at the Vegas Tech Show
Here's a look at some of the things spotted at the big tech show in Vegas on Sunday.
CES: 10 Things to Look Forward to at the Vegas Gadget Show
I can't take another Justin Bieber sighting. I ain't been quite right since the last one.
5 Tech Products That Will Be Dead in 5 Years
By Techlicious / Micah Singleton Jan. 02, 2014
With the speed of innovation in the tech industry, we can't know every piece of technology that will fill our everyday lives in five years, but we can predict what won't last.
The 2014 Consumer Electronics Show: 8 Trends to Watch
By Tim Bajarin Dec. 30, 2013
Connected cars, high-resolution TVs, wearables and more.
For Sale on eBay: A Golf Cart Converted to the Batman Tumbler
By Doug Aamoth Dec. 03, 2013
I was saving up for a black-market liver, but $17,500 seems like it'd be much better spent on this Batman Tumbler made from a run-of-the-mill golf cart.
And the Rich Get Richer: Flying Car Can Be Ordered from a Catalog
It's "ideal for day trips from The Hamptons to Martha's Vineyard," which is a nice way of telling me I can't afford this.
I'll Take Two: Street-Legal 1966 Batmobile Costs $200K
By Doug Aamoth Nov. 25, 2013
We shall mark the year 2013 as the most important year in the history of civilization, as 2013 is the year that we're able to purchase the Batmobile from the Hammacher Schlemmer catalog.
Today's Best Cars: Gas, Hybrid, Diesel and Electric
By FindTheBest / Ben Taylor Oct. 31, 2013
Full grades for SUVs, midsize sedans and midsize luxury sedans.


I like the old drawing better, but great job!!!
Hola nasuki como estas ¿?
Are you planning on making a redraw of Alice madness returns?
Did you do a speedpaint of this one too?
Yeah, she did it here.
love the new redraw! its amazing!!
Se ven super cool las sombras y todo. Me encanta!
When I saw the original one, I was inspired to pick up my art, and eventually led to me making my account. Seeing this redraw brings back memories. Thank you Senora Valiente for inspiring me to create. Hope you have a great Christmas!
Rainbow Blitz: *backs up in fear* N-NO! Please! Spare me! SPARE ME!
wow, this one looks a lot cooler than the old one! i love it!
I'm in love with this! Beautiful, this is!
A little more than a year ago I first learned to draw using a tablet and computer software, mainly by obsessively watching and rewatching your original speed paint.
Thank you for giving me and the rest of us a whole new level of amazing to aspire to.
Wow, I adore how you've developed your art style.
Ya quería ver un Re-draw de este dibujo, y solo que comenzado a pensar en eso hace unos 4 días, así que ha llegado en buen momento, ahí una GRAN notable diferencia, ahora se bastante realista, me gusta, me encanta.
Nasuki ¿cuanto dinero pides por un dibujo asi de ese tamaño?
tengo curiosidad... por cuanto... seria reunir el dinero.... por uno de tus dibujos..


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There's a lot of history at the corner of Banff Avenue and Caribou Street. And as preparations ramp up for the reopening of the Mount Royal Hotel on July 1, this history remains ever-present. After all, the landmark hotel has stood at the heart of Banff since 1906.
For a building that occupies a large portion of one of the principal blocks on such an iconic main street, the bar has been set high. The design team leading the Mount Royal Hotel's re-imagining for 2018 has known from the beginning that history would play a big role. They sent researchers to the venerable Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies in Banff to search through the archives and they combed through historic video footage at Calgary's Glenbow Museum. They spoke with locals and historians. In the process, a story came to life.
"The more we delved into the research and the beautiful imagery, the more it became much more than just about the hotel," James Carless, art director for Evans Hunt, the creative agency overseeing the historical displays.
For decades, the hotel served as a community hub for public events, visiting artists and important gatherings. Through the rich history of Banff, the Mount Royal Hotel's own past is highlighted over and over again. And that has influenced everything from branding to guest experience.
Photo: The original blueprints from the Mount Royal Hotel as it was built in 1908 were discovered in a suitcase recently donated to the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies.
"We have this huge wealth of history that we're drawing on," Carless says.
The question then became how to bring this history to life. A centrepiece will be the historic display that will live in the lobby museum. It will include archival maps, old hotel brochures, video footage dating to the 1920s and even a Mount Royal Hotel guest book from the 1960s. Guests may be struck by what drew travellers and residents to Banff in the 1920s, for example, is really the same things that draws them today, Carless says.
"There's a timeless quality to the community of Banff and I think this display really helps capture that," Carless says.
Elizabeth Kundert Cameron, head of archives at the Whyte Museum, describes the Mount Royal as a 'fixture' in the Rocky Mountain town. It's located right in the middle of the action at the corner of Caribou Street and Banff Avenue. "It's always been at the very hub of Banff," she says. "It's one of our anchors."
She recognizes the efforts the Mount Royal Hotel is making to honour and celebrate the history of both the hotel and the town, and considers it a responsibility that has been embraced.
It was a real collaboration between the Mount Royal Hotel's researchers and the Whyte's team of archivists, who are true experts on Banff history and were patient and eager to share their knowledge and identify key artifacts and historic images.
Photo: Reviewing the original Mount Royal Hotel guest registry that dates to the 1960s.
"We're thrilled about it," she says. "They're building on the history, and I think what the architects and interior designers have done is take the Mount Royal Hotel and give a modern twist to an on-going story."
In the end, guests to the new Mount Royal Hotel will get an authentic opportunity to connect with the stories of Banff.
The goal is that guests feel like they've arrived at a place that's deeply authentic and true to place. And while the hotel has a contemporary feel that appeals to the most modern of travellers, it's balanced with historic details in a very deliberate way. That means history is brought into many details, from the library display to decor and from the guest room directories to the way the hallways transition between decades.
"We really want guests to feel that they're stepping into history and that they're getting these little narrative hooks as the move throughout the hotel," Cardless says. "So, more than just simply saying, 'We're an historic hotel', we want to showcase the history of the hotel and also a sense of Banff's history."
Historically, people are drawn to Banff for adventure, exploration and the transformative power of the mountains. It's something that hasn't changed since 1908 when the Mount Royal Hotel was first built.


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Cathedral Again Freezes Tuition
Monday, November 18th 2019, 11:33 AM EST
Monday, November 18th 2019, 1:13 PM EST
(photo courtesy Cathedral High School)
INDIANAPOLIS - INDIANAPOLIS -- Cathedral High School in Indianapolis says its tuition next school year will stay at 2018-19. President Rob Bridges says the school is committed to keeping tuition "as affordable as possible by either continuing the tuition freeze over multiple years or by keeping any increases as low as possible."
Cathedral's Board of Directors approved the 2020/21 tuition freeze at its November meeting, keeping Cathedral's tuition at $15,765.
"Thanks to the generosity of our Cathedral community, families can rest assured students will receive the same exceptional, faith-based education next year that they've always received and not have to worry about an increase in tuition," says Bridges. "Cathedral is blessed to be able to provide families with this peace of mind."


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Over the Hill (1931), een film van James Leo Meehan
Over the Hill (1992), een film van George T. Miller
Over the Hill (2018), Amerikaanse film