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'Why Ghalib appears so contemporary even today ?' : Interview with Hasan Abdullah
29/01/2018 subhash gatade	4 Comments
Ghalib has fascinated generations of people and they have tried to understand/ interpret his poetry in their own way. For any such individual it is really difficult to recollect when and how Ghalib entered her/ his life and ensconced himself comfortably in one's heart.
This wanderer still faintly remembers how many of Ghalib's shers were part of common parlance even in an area whose lingua franca is not Hindustani. His andaaz-e-bayaan, his hazaron khwahishein, his making fun of the priest etc. could be discerned in people's exchanges – without most of them even knowing that they were quoting the great poet.
To be very frank, to me, it is bewildering that a poet – who died over 150 years back – looks so contemporary or at times even a little ahead of our own times. Is it because, he talks about primacy of human being, at times philosophising about life, and on occasions talking about rebelling against the existing taboos in very many ways? But then have not many other great poets have dealt with the same subjects/ topics?
A continuing anguish of Ghalib which comes up again and again is the feeling of not being understood by people. Is not this feeling 'universal' which recurs again and again and in different time periods and historical settings? The loneliness of an intellectual who is deeply pained and anguished by the various ills plaguing the society, including the hollowness of the established intelligentsia – that is caught in the time warp and is drowned in the glories of the past, or is engrossed in singing paeans to the new rulers –and who is trying to understand the society and its evolution holistically and find the way forward, can be easily discerned in his writings.
'The Evolution of Ghalib' (Rupa, October 2017, http://rupapublications.co.in/books/the-evolution-of-ghalib/), a book by Hasan Abdullah, an addition to the continually expanding corpus on Ghalib – stands apart from the books on Ghalib published hitherto, and has earned critical acclaim in a short period – as here the author tries to look at the evolution of Ghalib's thoughts. Here is a dialogue that I, Subhash Gatade, had with the author of the book :
G. Mr Hasan, Congratulations for the wonderful book. Your bio on the flap of the book tells us that you are an engineer by training and an engineering researcher by profession; question arises as to what prompted you to take up this literary work of a different kind – a venture that has no connection with your training and occupation?
A. Thanks for your appreciation of the book Mr. Subhash. I am overwhelmed and humbled by the reception to the book.
There can be several answers to the question as to why I wrote this book? In the style of Ghalib, in the lighter vein, I would say that:
i'shq par zore naheen, hai yeh who aatish ghaalib
jo lagaaey nah lagey, aur bujhaaey nah baney
(There is no force in matters of love; Ghalib, it is a fire that, even with all-out efforts, can neither be ignited nor put off.)
In other words, it was involuntary. I was drawn towards it – irresistibly! And, I cannot really pin point the reason that why I was drawn towards it because of the complexity of the human mind and the pulls and pressures that the heart and mind of any individual are subjected to. But, perhaps,
aakhir-e kaar giraftaar-e sar-e zulf huaa
dil-e deewaanah keh waarastah-e har mazhab thaa
(Ultimately, was captured by the 'tip of the tresses', because the mad/ frenzied/ uncontrollable heart was disenchanted with, or wary of, every religion.)
In my reading, here, the 'tip of the tresses' signifies matters pertaining to this world – here and now – and are contrasted with the contemplations pertaining to imagined domains such as post-death scenarios of heaven and hell, that are subject matters of religion.
I can perhaps cite the following as the last push that made me write this book: One, because I felt that some of the articles by respected literary personalities on Ghalib and Faiz completely distorted, or even inverted, the intent of the poets, and I therefore wrote rejoinders – that were appreciated by the fellow partisans in private conversations but were greeted by deafening silence in the concerned periodicals! Two, I read the available books on Ghalib, but my thirst to understand Ghalib was not quenched. Three, one of my friends since college days, Mohammad Zubair, now Professor in Computer Science department of Old Dominion University, U.S.A., suggested that I write a book on Ghalib as we shared the thirst – and because I had studied Urdu in school, whereas he had not! In our group, in casual conversations, we also used to discuss and debate Urdu poetry of Ghalib, especially the couplet,
nah thaa kuchh to khudaa thaa, kuchh nah hotaa to khudaa hotaa
duboyaa mujh ko honey ney, neh hotaa main to kyaaa hotaa
(When nothing existed, God was there; had nothing been there, God would have been; my being has been my undoing; (but) had I not been there, (then) what would have happened?)
Last, but perhaps the real clinching reason was that I felt a resonance in the ghazals of Ghalib, and wanted to share that understanding with the fellow partisans!
G. Tell us something about yourself!
A. May I take liberty to tell about my father first, as perhaps that would provide the backdrop that may help one appreciate as to why I, a rank 'outsider' to the literary field, flirted with Ghalib's Urdu poetry to an extent that it resulted in the book, The Evolution of Ghalib.
G. Oh, sure!
A. My parents, who hailed from Budaun, U.P., came to Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi – a bye-product of India's freedom struggle – in mid-1950s, i.e., before my arrival on the scene. My father taught subjects like psychology, philosophy and education to the students of Teachers' Training College (now known as Faculty of Education), wrote articles, published a collection of his articles, delivered talks, and translated a voluminous book from English into Urdu – all, pertaining to his profession. However, alongside, he loved Urdu and breathed Urdu poetry! His personal library included poetry collection of every poet of any significance; he prepared Urdu textbooks for school classes, wrote numerous articles and reviews of Urdu poetry books.
He was actively associated with the organization of literary functions of Progressive Writers Association in Jamia; and, for decades, there used to be a weekly meeting where my father, A.W.B. Qadri and Ghulam Rabbani Taban, a ghazal poet of great repute, were invariably present, and some other friends, mainly faculty members from Jamia Millia Islamia and J.N.U interested in Urdu, joined off and on. Through their lives, my parents inculcated respect for hard work, divergence, human warmth, love and affection, and basic human values. For instance, all his life, my father was a practicing Muslim (regular in offering daily five prayers, observing fast in the month of Ramadan, gave zakawt (religious wealth tax), and performed haj), but most of his close friends were not practicing Muslims, nor he ever asked his children to do this or that!
I read most of the Urdu poetry books available in my father's library, and many times listened to the discussions of my father and others on Urdu poetry and societal issues. I have breathed the air of Jamia of 1960s and 70s – and that is why, in addition to my parents and the readers, this book is dedicated to the Jamia of 1960s and 70s. I was schooled in Urdu medium Jamia Higher Secondary School, graduated from Delhi College of Engineering and did post-graduation from Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. Besides consulting, researching and publishing as a professional engineering researcher, I have published articles – on society and literature, including the poetry of Ghalib and Faiz – in Urdu and English periodicals. For last few years, occasionally, I discuss Urdu poetry of Ghalib at https:// ghalibkaarvaan.wordpress.com.
G. How would you differentiate between earlier works on Ghalib and your own work?
A. First of all, I would like to salute Kalidas Gupta Reza, who compiled the complete Urdu poetry of Ghalib in chronological order, upon which my work is based. But Kalidas Gupta Reza could not carry that work forward. In its introductory chapter, however, he exposes the imagined nature of the works of respected biographers, including Hali, a disciple of Ghalib, and concludes: '…until Ghalib's complete poetry is studied in chronological order, we would often keep drawing wrong conclusions…From chronological order alone, the biographical and intellectual evolution can be correctly analyzed…'
Surprisingly, however, no litterateur tried to take advantage of Kalidas Gupta Reza's goldmine; and, I, a rank outsider to the field of literature, did a bit of pruning (that is selected ghazal couplets), placed those in chronological order and interpreted – and the evolution of Ghalib revealed itself! I have also tried to highlight the evolution through Contours of Evolution, where on a given topic – such as poetry, earthly matters, and philosophical issues etc. – I have presented couplets from different stages.
G. What sort of problems you encountered during the preparation of the book?
A. I think that in a love affair or flirtation, problems, if any, encountered during the process, do not get registered! I am unable to recall any! Moreover, to quote Ghalib
safeenah jab keh kinaarey peh aa lagaa, ghaalib
khudaa sey kyaa sitam-o jaur-e naa-khudaa kahiyey
(When ship has reached the shore, Ghalib, why complain to God about the captain's oppression?)
G. Why Ghalib appears so contemporary even one and a half century after his death?
A. The plausible reasons appear to be that his couplets, which are expressed in most exquisite language using devices such as wordplay, hyperbole, irony and paradox, reflect diverse situations, depict a range of human emotions and provide deep insights into human's life and her/ his relationship with Nature. And that is why his Urdu ghazals attract a highly diverse set of people – rich and poor, literary and scientific, uneducated and erudite, layperson and polymath, lover and beloved, men and women, young and old, even the oppressor and the oppressed, those sunk into the past and reactionary, as well as those who are forward looking and progressive.
One can perhaps also say that in terms of exploitation and justice, the society has not fundamentally changed during this one and a half century; and, so, the progressive mankind finds the revolutionary Ghalib, who understood motion and continual evolution and had a holistic understanding of society, very relevant for the present times as well!
G. There is an ongoing debate which talks of Ghalib's works in Persian that are much larger in volume than his works in Urdu, and says that he cannot be understood simply on the basis of his Urdu works?
A. Everyone is free to have an opinion, and we must respect that! I agree that the more, the better! In that respect, what I have presented in The Evolution of Ghalib is the starting point, or the first draft, so to say. Let knowledgeable people take due cognizance of more and more works, on way to all works, in Urdu and Persian, in poetry and prose, and have more realistic appraisal of Ghalib's evolution. Even if taking cognizance of just Urdu ghazal couplets – as I have done – someone discovers a different trajectory of Ghalib's evolution, I would wholeheartedly welcome that! However, my conjecture is that one cannot divide a person, especially one like Ghalib, who says, and I entirely agree:
saadiq hoon apney qaul men, ghaalib khudaa gawaah
kehtaa hooon sach keh jhoot kee a'adat naheen mujhey
(I am truthful in my averments, Ghalib; and God would certify that. I always speak the truth as I am not accustomed to telling lies)
If one accepts ghazal as the genre where he could pour his heart (and mind) out, that is write without any extraneous considerations, then I doubt that the chronological reading of Persian ghazals would yield a different trajectory of Ghalib's evolution. In any case, the only point I wish to place forward for the consideration of one and all is that we need to study everyone – be that a poet, a writer, a painter, a musician, or anyone else – in evolution, because motion is an undeniable fact of life!
G. Ghalib lived in Delhi during the tumultuous period of the 1857 war when British were shaken up by rebellion in their army – variously described as 'war of independence' or 'sepoy mutiny. The suppression of the rebellion was followed by massacre of large masses of people in Delhi also. Would it be possible to explain how Ghalib viewed the whole episode and how he reacted to it.
A. I would prefer not to respond to that because I am concerned with intellectual evolution of Ghalib, culled through the chronological reading of his Urdu ghazal verses. Moreover, Ghalib was an exceptionally shrewd person; and first and foremost, in those times, survival was the fundamental issue for anyone. Ghalib needed to keep the powers-that-be in good humour; and during those tumultuous times, there were several power centres! In general terms, Ghalib was unhappy, because many British officials were his friends, and the Indians, who bore the brunt of war, of course included his near and dear ones.
G. Any parting comment, you would like to make.
A. huei muddat keh ghaalib mar gayaa, par yaad aataa hai
(Ghalib died ages ago, but is nostalgically remembered)
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With lynchings and murders of muslims, dalits and other weaker sections, one might hum Ghalib's words in agony :
" …aakhir is dard ki davaa kya hai ….?'
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Q: What could cause Java to keep running after return I have this problem when I do some special GUI interaction.
Here is my situation: I use one dialog. I don't call
System.exit() but leave the application later with a return.
Normally the JVM then exists when it sees that no more
non-deaemon threads are running. But after using this dialog,
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I am 100% shure that a dispose() is called on the dialog
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I get this both in an IDE and when running from
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IDE, or with Ctrl-C from the command line.
But it would of course be better if the JVM correctly terminates
itself before delivering the application.
Any clues, is this a known problem? I am using JDK 1.7, but the
problem show already up in JDK 1.6.
Best Regards
P.S.: Just reading:
http://download.oracle.com/javase/1.4.2/docs/api/java/awt/doc-files/AWTThreadIssues.html
There have been similar issues in the past. Maybe this is a new issue.
The issues in the past were:
Other packages can create displayable components for internal needs and never make them undisplayable. See 4515058, 4671025, and 4465537.
I will try some along an explicit setVisible(false) of the pop up menu.

A: Are you sure the pop up is destroyed and not just hidden? I believe the default action is to hide, and setting the default close operation to JFRAME.EXIT_ON_CLOSE might solve it.
Another way of diagnosing the problem could be to use a profiler, such as the one shipped with Netbeans. Use live view and a debug point just before application should terminate, and you can inspect the live objects.

A: The default action when you close a frame is to just hide it. The UI thread is still alive.
If you want the JVM to exit when you close the frame you make (possibly your "popup"?), you have to explicitly say so, e.g. by doing frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE); , more docs here. Possibly you only need the DISPOSE_ON_CLOSE as the defaultCloseOperation.
An other alternative is to add a windowListener to the frame, and decide the proper action yourself when the frame is closed.

A: Sounds like at least one thread is blocking and can't respond to an interrupt.  Perhaps using .getState() on the thread in question may shed some light on the problem.
http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Thread.html#getState%28%29

A: I had the same problem, calling dispose() in a EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {...} resolved it for me

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Q: Lowest-dimensional faithful representations of compact Lie groups Consider a compact Lie group $G$ of dimension strictly greater than 0. There is a theorem saying that $G$ admits a finite-dimensional faithful representation. Therefore, we can pick one of lowest dimension. Question:
is a lowest-dimension faithful representation of $G$ always irreducible?
If not, what is a counterexample and are there some conditions we can add (like $G$ to be simple for instance) that can make the statement become true?
At page 20, Section 3.6 of the file you can find at
https://ir.canterbury.ac.nz/bitstream/handle/10092/5943/joyce_thesis.pdf?sequence=1
the author says:
"For simple and semi-simple groups the primitive (i.e. lowest-dimension faithful) representations are irreducible"
but he doesn't explain nor give any reference.
On the other side, at
https://mathoverflow.net/questions/328138/non-faithful-irreducible-representations-of-simple-lie-groups?rq=1
they speak about irreducible representations of Lie algebras that induce non-faithful ones at the group level, and at a certain point they claim that the Lie groups $D_{2l}$ ($l\geq 2$) have the property that all irreducible representations are non-faithful, the center of these groups being non-cyclic. If so, is then the first source I have mentioned in the first link wrong or am I missing something about what these guys are doing in this last link?

A: You definitely want some sort of simplicity condition: Consider $G =S^1 \times S^1$. It is abelian so any irreducible representation is one dimensional, but none of the one dimensional representations are faithful.


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David K. Leff is an award-winning essayist; Pushcart Prize-nominated poet and Poet Laureate of Canton, Connecticut. He is the former deputy commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection. By appointment of the National Park Service, he served as poet-in-residence for the New England National Scenic Trail (NET) for 2016-17. The author of six nonfiction books, three volumes of poetry, and two novels in verse and serves a trustee of Great Mountain Forest in Norfolk, Connecticut, a non-profit working forest. David is a deputy town historian and town meeting moderator of his hometown, where he also served 26 years as a volunteer firefighter. His papers are part of the Special Collections and University Archives, UMass/Amherst. View his work at www.davidkleff.com
Amy Nawrocki is the author of six poetry collections, including most recently Mouthbrooders, released by Homebound Publications in 2019. Her work has appeared in many prints and online publications, including The Connecticut River Review, Woven Tail Press, Sixfold, The Loft Poetry Anthology, Reckless Writing Anthology, and Wildness: Voices of the Sacred Landscape. She is the recipient of numerous awards, including honors from The Hamden Arts Commission, The Connecticut Poetry Society, New Millennium Writings, and Phi Kappa Phi. Her nonfiction book, The Comet's Tail: A Memoir of No Memory, was a 2018 Foreword Review INDIES finalist for best memoir and has been awarded a Gold Medal for the Living Now Mind-Body-Spirit Awards. She teaches poetry, literature, and composition at the University of Bridgeport, where she is the chair of the English department. She lives Hamden, CT, with her husband and their two cats. Visit her at http://amynawrocki.org.
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Jamie Perry teaches English at Avon Old Farms (AOF) School. Originally from New York, he graduated from Hamilton College in 1991 before earning a Master's from the Bread Loaf School of English at Middlebury College in 2003. Before AOF, Jamie had 25 years of boarding school experience, both at another all-boys school, The Gow School, and Miss Porter's School. In addition to teaching English, Jamie also coaches soccer. His first love, he began his coaching career immediately after college and has coached both boys and girls from his son's youth and travel teams to the junior varsity team at Elmira College. The Perry Family are residents at Avon Old Farms—Jamie and his wife Katy, Avon's Sustainability Director. The two live in 'The Coop' along with son Jacob AOF Class of 2021, daughter Devin, Renbrook School Class of 2020, and their adored hound mix Ella.
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Stella Georgian – East Lyme High School
Autumn Munsell – Granby Memorial High School
Camden Robertson – Granby Memorial High School
Ava Varano – Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts
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Rachel Justice – Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts
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Ellis McGinley – Arts at the Capitol Magnet School
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Alex Nordlund – Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts
Joyce Hida, Rockville High School
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Death toll from Bangladesh plastics factory fire rises to 11
The death toll from a fire that gutted a plastics factory in Keraniganj, Bangladesh, has risen to 11, bdnews24.com reported, citing the country's police.
Another 23 people are taking treatment for injuries at the burns unit of the Dhaka Medical College Hospital.
The Fire Service and Civil Defence brought the blaze at the Prime Pet and Plastic Industries Limited factory in Chunkutia area under control around 5:45pm on Wednesday after it originated around 4:30pm, the agency's Director General Sazzad Hussain told the media.
The authorities could not immediately determine the cause of the fire.
Keraniganj Fire Station's Senior Officer Md Saiful Islam said the fire crews had pulled one body from the factory.
A total of 32 people were admitted to the DMCH's National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery, Bachchu Mia, an inspector at the police camp there, told bdnews24.com.
The company, owned by Nazrul Islam, used the tin-roofed factory to produce one-time plates and cups.
The factory had been operating without the proper regulatory approval, Nasrul Hamid, state minister for power, energy and mineral resources, told reporters after visiting the site on Wednesday night.
The fire service has formed a three-strong probe committee to look into the cause of the fire and its extent of damages.
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There is no color at all in Armenia's villages and many towns, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said in a post on Facebook....
Cold front to bring snow to Armenia
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Armenian Church honors St. Vahan of Goghtn
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UN calls for probe into claims Saudi crown prince hacked Amazon CEO's phone
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Green Bay kicked off its 89th season in franchise history Sunday with a 16-13 victory over the Philadelphia Eagles in historic Lambeau Field. Mason Crosby connected on a 42-yard field goal with :06 seconds remaining in regulation to give the Packers the win. - Packers-Eagles Game Center LIVE Video: Mike McCarthy Post-Game Press Conference
PACKERS FACE EAGLES IN 2007 OPENER
-Green Bay kicks off its 89th season in franchise history Sunday - its 87th as a member of the National Football League - by welcoming the Philadelphia Eagles to historic Lambeau Field.
-The Packers are 47-36-3 (.564) all-time in season openers but have lost three of their last four.
-Sunday marks the beginning of a year-long celebration honoring the 50th anniversary of the opening of Lambeau Field. The NFL's longest-tenured facility, only Boston's Fenway Park (1912) and Chicago's Wrigley Field (1914) have hosted their respective teams for a longer uninterrupted period.
-The Packers and Eagles have met five times over the past four seasons, including an NFC Divisional Playoff game in 2003, with Philadelphia earning the win in each of the five contests.
-By virtue of Green Bay's four-game winning streak to close the season, only defending Super Bowl champion Indianapolis (now winners of six straight) has a longer winning streak than the Packers.
YOUTH WILL BE SERVED
-Following roster moves made this week, the Green Bay Packers open a
second-straight season as the youngest team in the NFL.
-Since taking over general manager duties in 2005, Ted Thompson has vowed to build the team's foundation through the draft. Of the 53 active roster players, 21 have been drafted by Thompson.
-A look at the five youngest teams in the NFL:
Green Bay - 26 years, 89 days
Indianapolis - 26 years, 91 days
NY Giants - 26 years, 190 days
Dallas - 26 years, 197 days
Carolina - 26 years, 252 days
- Statistics provided by Elias Sports Bureau
HONORING THOSE WHO SERVE
-65 of the 109 living Medal of Honor recipients will be honored in a ceremony prior to kickoff.
-The award is the highest military decoration awarded by the United States.
-Award-winners have been in town for their annual conference since Monday and have participated in a host of activities around the Fox Valley.
-As part of the 'Operation Fan Mail' program - in which the Packers and Festival Foods recognize a military family at each home game - Sgt. Kelly Bourgeois will be honored at today's game. Sgt. Bourgeois (boar-JWAH) has been a member of the Wisconsin Army National Guard 1157th Transportation Company for 11 years and previously served in the Minnesota Army National Guard for 6 years. She served a tour of duty in Afghanistan and recently returned home from Iraq, where she spent 11 months in Camp Taji. Joining Sgt. Bourgeois at today's game are her husband Mike, son Chris and daughter Josie.
WEARING THE STRIPES
-Today's officiating crew includes referee Mike Carey (94), umpire Dan Ferrell (64), head linesman Kent Payne (79), line judge Mark Perlman (9), field judge Buddy Horton (82), side judge Tom Fincken (47) and back judge Bill Schmitz (122).
-The Packers head east to take on the New York Giants on Sept. 16, at 12 noon CDT. The Eagles return home to host the Redskins on Monday Night Football.
WHAT TO LOOK FOR IN 2007 -
4 BRETT FAVRE
-Has played in 239 straight games (257 including playoffs) and started 237 in a row (257 including playoffs), the NFL's record among quarterbacks. By starting the first four games of 2007, would surpass Mick Tinglehoff's stretch of 240 straight starts (1962-78), the second-longest recorded streak in NFL history. Only Jim Marshall (270, 1961-79) has been documented to have more consecutive starts.
-Needs six TD passes to match Dan Marino's NFL record, 420. Favre enters with 414.
-Needs one win to tie No. 1 John Elway (148-82-1, .643). Favre enters tied with No. 2 Dan Marino (147-93-0, .613) on the all-time quarterback wins list.
-Needs 136 passing attempts to break Dan Marino's career record, 8,358. Favre enters with 8,223.
-Needs 3,862 passing yards - or less than his totals in each of the past three seasons - to break Marino's record (61,361) for career passing yards. Favre enters 2007 with 57,500.
80 DONALD DRIVER
-Has a reception in 80 consecutive games, the franchise's second-longest streak behind Sterling Sharpe's 103 (1988-94).
-Could tie a franchise record with 1,000 yards in a fifth overall season. Only James Lofton and Sharpe have five 1,000-yard campaigns.
88 BUBBA FRANKS
-Needs one TD reception to reach 30 career. In team history, only 11 previous players have reached the milestone, including Driver in '06.
76 CHAD CLIFTON
-Needs five starts for 100 career. Clifton enters with 95.
65 MARK TAUSCHER
-Needs seven games played and nine starts for 100. He enters with 93 games and 91 starts.
74 AARON KAMPMAN
-Needs one sack to become just the eighth player to record 30 in a Packers uniform. Kampman, who had five sacks over his last three games, enters with 29.
94 KABEER GBAJA-BIAMILA
-On Green Bay's all-time sacks list, needs four to match Reggie White's career record, 681/2. Gbaja-Biamila enters with 641/2.
56 NICK BARNETT
-Bids for a fifth consecutive 100-tackle season.
21 CHARLES WOODSON
-Carries into 2007 a streak of three games with an interception. With an INT in the season opener, would extend the stretch to four games, longest since John Symank in 1961. Irv Comp holds the team record, with five in 1943.


In January-February 2019 Georgia exported 12.2 million bottles (0.75 l) of wine, up 13% year on year.
Total value of the exports constituted 30 million USD, up 21% year on year. The information was released by National Wine Agency.
According to the Agency, Georgian wine exports has increased to the USA, Asia, Europe and traditional markets. It is worth noting that Poland has moved to the 3rd place from the 5th place in the list of exporter countries.
Exports have grown on the strategic markets: Poland – 42% (628022), China – 7% (600783) and the USA – 1032% (128145); European countries: Lithuania – 75% (104616), France – 24% (17406), Sweden – 313% (9000), Bulgaria – 6% (4500); Traditional markets and Asia: Russia – 17% (8688854), Belarus – 1389% (80394), Azerbaijan – 8% (8814), Mongolia – 189% (66012) and other countries.
Top exporter countries: Russia (8688854), Ukraine (976482), Poland (628022), China (600783) and Kazakhstan (346152).
At the beginning of 2019, wine exports was carried out by 115 companies.
Companies exported 4.2 million bottles of brandy to 13 countries, up 89% year on year. Companies have also exported 85.4 thousand bottles of Chacha to 10 countries, up 188% year on year.
Total incomes from exports of wines, brandy and Chacha and brandy spirits exceeded 43.6 million USD, up 13% year on year.


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Probe stalls slain LASU student's burial
The planned burial of the Lagos State University (LASU) student, Favour Daley-Oladele, murdered by her boyfriend for money-making rituals, did not hold Tuesday due to the sate government's investigation into the matter.
Ooni: Nigerian heroes should be celebrated
The Ooni of Ife Oba Enitan Adeyeye Ogunwusi has stressed the need for the nation to cultivate the habit of celebrating those who have and are making the country proud by offering exemplary leadership and making sacrifices for growth and development.
Former President Obasanjo knocks ex-Lagos governor for abandoning light rail project
Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo has criticised former Lagos State governor Akinwunmi Ambode for abandoning the Lagos light rail project while he was the governor of the state between 2015 and 2019.
EFCC arraigns man for impersonating, defrauding minister
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Monday arraigned one Malik Wakili for allegedly impersonating the Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, and defrauding the minister to the tune of N3,106, 216.
Senator Lawan: National Assembly to give accelerated hearing to NDIC Act
The National Assembly will give an 'accelerated hearing' to the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) amendment act, Senate President Ahmed Lawan has said.
PDP condemns protest against ex-Governor Ambode at Lagos Assembly
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos State has condemned the recent protest at the state House of Assembly, calling for the probe of former Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode.
PDP condemns protest against former Lagos governor at state assembly
PDP urges Lagos assembly probe state allocations from 1999 to date
The People's Democratic Party (PDP), Lagos State chapter, has demanded a probe of all administrations in the State from 1999 to 2018.
Second Niger Bridge workers, host communities protest against contractor
The workers and host communities of the ongoing Second Niger Bridge project in Anambra and Delta states have shut down the Julius Berger yard office at bridgehead, Onitsha, the Anambra state capital.
Senator Tinubu begs Tunde Fashola for employment slots when made minister
Senator Oluremi Tinubu representing Lagos Central Senatorial district on Monday, urged a ministerial nominee, Babatunde Raji Fashola, to accommodate Senators' plea for employment slots to their constituents.
Senate suspends ministerial screening
Today makes it the fouth day of the exercise, which started with the minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Raji Fashola
Governor Sanwo-Olu: Plant a tree to celebrate memorable events
Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State on Sunday urged residents to plant trees to celebrate memorarable events to ensure safer, greener environments and to save the planet from further destruction.
Presidency orders clearance of congestion in Apapa Port within two weeks
A Presidential directive has been issued for the immediate clearing up of the Apapa gridlock and the restoration of law and order to Apapa and its environs within 2 weeks.
Federal government commits to completion of second Niger Bridge
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Friday inspected the onging construction work on the second Niger Bridge in Onitsha and affirmed government's commitment to early completion of the work.
Lawmaker: Governor-elect Sanwo-Olu must fulfil his promises to Badagry division
A member of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mr Victor Akande, has urged the state Governor-elect, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, to fulfil promises made to the Badagry division during electioneering.
Governor Ambode brought changes to Lagos – analyst
A Professor of Political Science, Prof. Femi Otubanjo, on Friday said that Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode brought changes to the development of Lagos State.
Lagos speaker hails Asiwaju Tinubu's leadership qualities
Mudashiru Obasa, the speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, has hailed the leadership qualities of the national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, describing him as the greatest politician of the present generation.
Governor Ambode's aide urges workers to vote APC candidates for continuity
The Chief of Staff stated this when he met all the staff in the Office of the Chief of Staff in Alausa, Ikeja to draw support for Sanwoolu and his deputy, Dr Obafemi Hamzat, as well as all APC House of Assembly candidates in the next Saturday's elections.


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and    cs.ContactType = 'Account Manager'

But I am getting an error:

A: You are using the result of your subquery as a value in your final select statement. Since the query returns more than one value, you get the error. If you expect more than one value out of the subquery you should design your query differently

A: Your subquery in the Select statement is returning more than one record.
WHERE ps.GoLiveDate <= CURRENT_TIMESTAMP AND ps.CustomerID = c.CustomerID

is matching more than one row. You either need to SELECT TOP 1 or SELECT MIN/MAX etc.

A: Expected results would have helped, you can make use of exists and get the value in that way. I am assuming you are looking for customers who have at least one row (if there are multiple rows with multiple go live dates for the same customers) with go live date less than current time stamp.
I think this may also help you to get your expected output.
select c.customerID,  c.CustomerName,  cs.ContactName, e.ComponentName, e.ComponentVersion,
  ps.GoLiveDate as CurrentGoLiveDate
 from projects p
 join customers c on c.CustomerID = p.CustomerID
 join contacts cs on cs.ProjectID = p.ProjectID
 join Environments e on e.ProjectID = p.ProjectID
  where e.ComponentName like 'RP%' and cs.ContactType= 'Account Manager'
  and exists (select 1 from Projects ps where  ps.GoLiveDate <= CURRENT_TIMESTAMP and ps.CustomerID = c.CustomerID)

A: Seeing that in the image that you posted, there is a TOP 1. I am just guessing that you wanted the max GoLiveDate.
select c.customerID,
       c.CustomerName,
       cs.ContactName,
       e.ComponentName,
       e.ComponentVersion,
       (
           select MAX(ps.GoLiveDate)   -- Added MAX() here
           from   Projects ps
           where  ps.GoLiveDate <= CURRENT_TIMESTAMP
           and    ps.CustomerID = c.CustomerID
       ) as CurrentGoLiveDate
from   projects p
       join customers c    on c.CustomerID = p.CustomerID
       join contacts cs    on cs.ProjectID = p.ProjectID
       join Environments e on e.ProjectID  = p.ProjectID
where  e.ComponentName like 'RP%'
and    cs.ContactType = 'Account Manager'

A: if you dont worry about duplicate customer you can use this :
select c.customerID,
       c.CustomerName,
       cs.ContactName,
       e.ComponentName,
       e.ComponentVersion,
       x.CurrentGoLiveDate
from   projects p
       join customers c    on c.CustomerID = p.CustomerID
       join contacts cs    on cs.ProjectID = p.ProjectID
       join Environments e on e.ProjectID  = p.ProjectID
       join (select ps.GoLiveDate  CurrentGoLiveDate, CustomerID
             from   Projects ps
             where  ps.GoLiveDate <= CURRENT_TIMESTAMP ) as X on X.CustomerID = c.CustomerID
where  e.ComponentName like 'RP%'
and    cs.ContactType = 'Account Manager'

in other cases you should use TOP 1 or MAX/MIN


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Boys Soccer – 16th-Seeded Toms River North Stuns Jackson Mem., Reaches SJ 4 Final
JACKSON TWP. - The Toms River North boys soccer team qualified for the NJSIAA Tournament on a technicality. After a third straight eye-opening performance on the road, the Mariners are one win away from turning that opportunity into an improbable championship run.
Junior Ali Baish scored the game-winning goal with 1:38 left on the scoreboard clock and the Mariners - the No. 16 and last seed in the NJSIAA South Jersey Group IV bracket - knocked off No. 4 Jackson Memorial Tuesday, 2-1, to reach the South Jersey IV title game for the first time in five years.
"We just want to keep playing," Baish said. "We love each other. We love hanging out. We loving playing together. We just wanted it more and we want the whole thing."
Toms River North junior Ali Baish (12) and Jackson Memorial senior Tyler Howlett. (Photo by Matt Manley)
Toms River North will play for its first sectional championship since 2009 when it travels Friday to play No. 2 Egg Harbor - playing in its first final since 1996 after beating five-time defending champion Washington Township.
The last time Toms River North was the South Group IV final, Washington Township beat the Mariners, 2-1, for its first of five straight sectional titles.
The Mariners will try to be the first team to capitalize on Washington Township's downfall by completing a run that nearly died before it ever started. Toms River North ranked 17th in power points in the South Jersey Group IV standings but because the Mariners held a .500 winning percentage after 13 games (6-6-1), they had priority over sub-.500 Vineland.
"We had trouble playing a full 80 minutes during the year," Toms River North coach Joe Mahon said. "We would play a good half or a good 15 minutes and then we'd have a letdown.
We had a couple games right before the tournament against Jackson and Pinelands where I thought we played well for close to 80 minutes and I think they started to see what that looked like. Once the tournament started, we gave them a game plan, the bought into it and they have been getting after it for the full 80 minutes. And now, they are believing."
Since securing the spot in the tournament, Toms River North has more than shown it belongs. The Mariners opened the tournament by stunning top-seeded Clearview, 2-0, then defeated No. 8 Cherry Hill East, 2-0 - both on the road.
That set the stage for Tuesday against Shore Conference Class A South rival Jackson Memorial, which beat Toms River North, 3-2, on Oct. 21 in divisional play in Toms River.
With the game deadlocked at 1-1 and the clock winding inside of the final two minutes of regulation, Toms River North made its move on a counter-attack. Sophomore Mattia Assante blasted a ball up the field and Baish flicked it in the direction of the left corner before turning and making his run to the goal.
Meanwhile, junior Parker Nickelsen ran down the ball and beat one more defender to the edge of the 18-yard box on the left side. Nickelsen slid the ball across the mouth of the goal and it avoided the reach of sophomore goalkeeper Charlie Harrison. Once the ball made it to the front of the goal, Baish was there, sliding in for a point-blank, one-timed finish that proved to be the winner.
"I knew exactly what I wanted to do when I saw the ball coming to me," Baish said. "I wanted to flick it toward the corner, then turn and make that run. I knew Parker was going to beat his man and I just wanted to get there in time to get a cross and that's what I did."
From left: Jake Baurerband, Nick Gonzalez, Ryan Maguire and Chris Byrd celebrate Toms River North's win. (Photo by Matt Manley)
The goal was Baish's first of the tournament and the assist Nickelsen's first. Baish assisted Toms River North's second goal on Friday against Cherry Hill East and Nickelsen scored a goal in each of the first two rounds of the tournament. Senior Jake Baurerband also had a goal in each of Toms River North's first two matches, the second of which came off Baish's assist.
"Back in 2009, when Toms River South went on that great run (in Group IV), they had one or two guys just get red-hot for them during the tournament," said Mahon, referencing the 2009 Toms River South team that won South Jersey Group IV, beat Toms River North in overtime in the Group IV semifinals, and then won the Group IV title by beating Clifton. "Dan Chrashewsky didn't have that many goals going into the tournament but he scored every game and was unstoppable for them. That's kind of what those three (Nickelsen, Baurerband and Baish) have going right now. They are all getting hot at the right time."
After an evenly-played, defensive first half, Jackson Memorial struck first. Junior Zack Rogacki unleashed a missile of a throw-in to the top of the six-yard box and senior Ben Schnaak flicked a header that skimmed off the head of a Toms River North defender and into the goal in the 47th minute.
Schnaak's goal was his fourth during an injury-shortened season and third between the Shore Conference and NJSIAA Tournaments.
Toms River North made defending Jackson Memorial's throw-ins a point of emphasis and were otherwise sharp in doing so despite facing a wave of long throws from Rogacki. Sophomore goalkeeper Dawson Kaniuk saved a back-heeled shot by Jackson Memorial senior Ron Bantang early in the second half and Assante stopped a header from reaching the goal until Kaniuk to corral it midway through the half.
"We were definitely worried about their throw-ins," Baish said. "We just had to be strong in the box, make sure we stayed with our man and kept enough guys back."
Still, the Mariners conceded on a throw-in and faced their first deficit of the tournament. That deficit lasted a mere 58 seconds thanks to a handball against Jackson Memorial inside the 18-yard box, which set up a penalty kick in the 48th. Senior Logan Mack took the kick and slotted it into the right corner of the goal for the equalizer.
"We keep grinding," Baish said. "That's been our motto all season and all tournament. If we score, we keep going. If they score, we keep going."
While Jackson Memorial nearly took the lead on a throw-in, Baish almost gave his team the lead in the 70th when he beat his man along the end-line on the left side. Without much of an angle to hit his target, he ripped a shot that Harrison saved by knocking out of bounds for a corner kick.
Toms River North opened its season with a wild, 5-4, overtime win over eventual Shore Conference Tournament champion Freehold Township and went on to endure an up-and-down season leading up to the NJSIAA Tournament. The Mariners start only three seniors and went through the usual growing pains typically associated with a team short on age, size and experience.
All-the-while, however, the Toms River North players wanted to keep playing and keep building toward a finished, championship product with so many players due back next season.
As it turns out, the Mariners won't have to wait until next year.
"They love coming to practice every day," Mahon said. "They love being coached and the handful of seniors we have, they don't want this to end and the younger guys don't want it to end for them. They are just loving this, especially those bus rides home after a win. Hopefully we can get won more of those."
Toms River North 2, Jackson Memorial 1
1 2 F
TR North (11-7-1) 0 2 2
Jackson Mem. (15-3-2) 0 1 1
Goals (Assists): (TRN) Logan Mack (PK) 48', Ali Baish (Parker Nickelsen) 79'; (JM) Ben Schnaak (Zack Rogacki) 47'
Shots: Toms River North, 7-6
Saves: (TRN) Dawson Kaniuk 3; (JM) Charlie Harrison 3
Filed Under: Ali Baish, Ben Schnaak, boys soccer, Jackson Memorial, Logan Mack, NJSIAA Tournament, Parker Nickelsen, soccer game story, Toms River North
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Android Power and Battery Management: A Look Underneath The Hood
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When it comes to mobility, battery life is a paramount concern and a key selling feature for mobile phone manufacturers. Tech giants such as Google and Apple spend a significant amount of time to fully optimize and improve battery life and performance characteristics of their mobile devices. Recent concerns about iOS11's hunger for power consumption indicates a 60% higher battery decay rate causing many to hold off updating to the latest iOS version which could potentially cause significant business and brand damage to a Apple. While batteries are getting better, demand for power is also increasing with the proliferation and ubiquity of services available on smartphones.
Storytelling in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
In artificial intelligence, startups
Excerpts from this post appeared on this Huffington Post piece.
Software was eating the world. Then came AI.
Can you remember the last time you sat in on a panel discussion about technology without hearing the words "artificial intelligence" or "machine learning"? Reminiscent of big data in 2007, the ubiquity of AI in 2017 is profoundly impacting the world. Unlike big data, which predominantly focused on the enterprise sector, rapid advances in AI and machine learning are directly affecting end consumers in a much more tangible fashion. In only a few years, we went from smart phones and smart TVs to AI-powered shoes, strollers, luggage and bags, doors, trucks, burger flipping robots, and even more recently, Microsoft's audacious attempt to push AI into single board computing devices the size of a red-pepper flake.
State of LA Startups
Starting a high tech startup 5 years ago in Los Angeles would be nothing like how it is in 2013. Los Angeles is finally earning the credit it deserves in being one of the world's fastest growing startup communities. Events like LA Tech Summit with almost 1000 attendees are testaments to this movement. I feel lucky to have co-founded Tilofy in LA this year where we are surrounded by a vibrant community to help us succeed. Team Tilofy was featured along with thought leaders like Michael Abbott from Kleiner Perkins in a short video about the role of startups in creating a vibrant economy in Los Angeles.
Tech Startups & the LA Economy from USC Viterbi on Vimeo.
Starting a New Chapter
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Tilofy – Peek Into The Future
Around 10 years ago I came to the states to pursue my dreams. I spent the first two years as a masters student in George Washington University and the next five getting my PhD at University of Southern California. To me, it wasn't about buying a nice car, living in a nice house or eating at the most expensive restaurants. In a world that has given us Bill Gates, Warren Buffett and Steve Jobs there are many more satisfying dreams to live for and get inspired by. Throughout these years, I had the blessing of working with some of the smartest people I have seen in my life at USC, Yahoo!, Microsoft and Samsung. People who empowered me, inspired me to dream, and supported my professional growth. I am indebted to them all.
Today was my last day as a senior technologist in Samsung Electronics R&D and hopefully my last day ever as an employee. I co-founded Tilofy for a dream. To give users a faster and easier way of discovering time and location-sensitive information on their mobile devices. My new journey has begun and I am already humbled by family, friends and colleagues supporting this effort. I wake up everyday with a dream of becoming the next agent of change through my entrepreneurial journey. To reach a point that enables me to have a positive effect on the lives of millions of people all around the world, through technology, philanthropy or hopefully both.
State of Social Media in 2012; Welcome to the jungle!
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So Instagram is no longer cool enough and is getting outdated? His founder's girlfriend gives you Lovestagram.
Social media fragmentation
Have a cool picture of your last night's lavish meal that you want to share? How about uploading it to path or twitting about it, or maybe posting it on facebook? You can also cheers to it and have your friends cheer at your cheers. Btw, did I mention Google plus, yelp, foursquare, Pinterest and Tumblr? And the list goes on with almost every month one or two new social apps popping up each trying to finding innovative ways to lure users into dragging them to their phones' home screen and push the other guys to that third page to fight with their peers for retention.
But it shouldn't be like that. And hopefully it won't. To me the painful process of checking in at the restaurant using app A, taking a picture of your dish and uploading it to a social app B, and writing a short message about it on app C and tagging your friends in app D… is too much to worry about for users and does not scale. There are currently two alternatives to this problem. One is to totally ignore all of these apps and remain loyal to one (or a select few). The second solution is to link them all together and post to one allowing others to obliviously replicate your post. However, neither solution is optimal. The former locks you and your data in, is too restrictive, makes it more painful to migrate to new and better apps/experiences and shrinks your social media influence. The latter, while being less problematic, is not useful either as it totally ignores the "context" of each app, it's "language", the features specific to the target platform and finally its user expectations (yes, not everyone in the world is on twitter and familiar with a 140 character cryptic looking messages that appear on someone's facebook timeline. Ask those who don't use twitter). This paradigm will soon have to shift into a less painful alternative for users or apps start eating away each other at a rate that none can get even a fraction of facebook or twitter's user base, influence or attention.
I use the following analogy to describe a departure from the current fragmented state of social media content generation and consumption. For a second imagine if you had to capture a new picture each time one of your users told you they were using a new image viewer application on their desktops/phones. You would have to take a different version of each picture for every single image viewer out there. However, thanks to the power of standards and the operating system, you create a picture [content] once without having to worry which or how many applications [views] will "render" your file. While this is not a very fair example due to its simplicity, it highlights the deep gap between a full separation of content and views and our current status.
While as Fred Wilson points out it is too simplistic to think about social media consolidation around a winner-takes all social platform, it is not that farfetched to think about a world where each social media outlet acts as a "view" over your singular and central "content". This way, users generate a "multi-modal and multi-dimensional information element" that consists of any number of attributes such as name, description, location, time, image, video, etc. only once and allow a selected list of social applications to "interpret" and "translate" its content into a "language" or "form" popular in the destination platform. This way, the description of your social experience [how] of eating a fabulous Burger [what] at the awesome Father's Office in Culver City [where] with Mary and Jane [who] along with the "video" or "image" of the burger [augmented modalities] form a single multi-dimensional multi-modal data element that can be (semi-)automatically transformed into a tweet, facebook post, youtube video, instagram picture, foursquare checkin, cheers to post, path update, and so on. With all information silos consolidating, location services becoming ubiquitous and facebook becoming everyone's digital web identity we're not that far. It's a matter of solving a few (but very challenging) privacy, security & legal, UX and of course business issues. But these to entrepreneurs are hopefully what smells like teen spirit sounded like to teenagers of Seattle in 1991.
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Saturn Minivan a "Relay" Flexible Ride
Car marketing mavens spend a lot of skull sweat coming up with ways to describe their vehicles. They want something special, new, exciting, memorable.
Perhaps this is why Saturn calls its new minivan a crossover sport van rather than a minivan. Perhaps a crossover sport van sounds more like an SUV than a "soccer mom-type" minivan, and perhaps that'll broaden its appeal and make it sell better.
I dunno. The SUV connection was completely lost on me, and I don't think there's anything particularly wrong with minivans anyway, other than the fact that they exist (I'd like every vehicle to be a sports car, but that's just me). I mean, heck, to each his own: minivans are popular and functional – so why hide behind some strange marketing nomenclature? Why not call a minivan a minivan?
Especially since Saturn's Relay works better as a minivan than an SUV anyway, It's based on a minivan platform, and features big sliding side doors, three rows of seats, and a flat floor suitable for hauling stuff. The only really SUV-like feature is its long proboscis, which really just makes it look like a minivan with a big, Jimmy Durante schnoz. Or maybe Princess Leia's helmet at the beginning of "Return of the Jedi."
So, GM, why not be proud of what you've created and, rather than hiding behind marketing hype, call it a minivan?
New for 2005, and eschewing the brand's plastic body panels in favor of the more traditional steel, the Saturn Relay is a full sized hauler that can seat seven people and is available in either front wheel or all wheel drive. My tester was the AWD "Versatrak" version, though I didn't have much call for using the all wheel drive during my few days behind the wheel.
The Relay, which shares a lot of its DNA with the Buick Terraza, comes standard with a 3.5-liter V6 engine rated at 200 horsepower @ 5200 rpm (and 220 lb. ft of torque @ 4400 rpm) coupled to a 4 speed automatic transmission with overdrive.
Suspension is independent, MacPherson strut with coil springs, L-shaped stamped lower control arms and aluminum knuckles up front and the all wheel drive version's bum is held up by a fully independent double wishbone suspension with cast aluminum short and long arm control arms, cast aluminum cradle. Steering is power-assisted rack and pinion.
Those are pretty decent specs, yet in practice the Relay is quite floaty, nodding when you go over road irregularities like one of those dogs in the back window of some cars. I didn't expect sports car handling, and that's certainly not what you get. But, alas, the Relay felt sloppy.
Relay's brakes (power assisted, 16-inch single piston vented discs with ABS all around) do a good job of stopping the Relay's 4631 pound curb weight.
Once you get over the anemia of the drive train and the waterbed-like feeling of the suspension, there's a lot to like about the Relay, including pretty decent gas mileage. Plus, the Relay's quite comfortable in all seven seats (especially the front two rows, which come with Captain's chairs), and my tester included a decent stereo and a rear compartment DVD entertainment center with wireless headphones for two. That DVD
system sits in a nifty, customizable overhead console.
The audio system includes AM/FM Stereo with Seek and Scan, a single disc CD/MP3 Player, Automatic Tone Control (which means you get a variety of presets for different listening types such as "talk radio" or "rock"). I was surprised you didn't get a 6 disc CD changer and was pleased that there are steering wheel-mounted controls for the audio and cruise controls.
There's plenty of seating/storage flexibility here. The second row's Captain's chairs' seatbacks fold and tip forward, and they can also be unlocked and removed for those times you don't want to pick up hitchhikers.
The rear bench seat is divided into halves, and folds down in separate sections to create a flat cargo floor. You can also remove the entire bench unit.
Relay includes several nifty storage devices, including flip-down trays between the front and second row of seats and there's a multi-section organizer mounted to the floor just inside the tailgate that lines up level with the folded-down back bench. It can be removed as well.
Here's some of the other stuff that came as standard equipment on my test Relay:
• 17-inch wheels with a decent set of P225/60R all season tires
• Traction control, StabiliTrak, and Versatrak all-wheel drive
• OnStar (includes 12 months of service)
• Leather
• power, heated outside mirrors
• power windows and door locks
• remote keyless entry (from which you can also open the sliding side doors)
• front passenger visor vanity mirror
• a comfortable, six-way power driver's seat
• rear HVAC controls
• power rear quarter windows (a nice touch that can help ventilate the vehicle on hot days, though I tended to forget they were open – fortunately it didn't rain!)
I used the Saturn for nearly a week of everyday driving, including hauling some junk (er, I mean valuable pieces of memorabilia) that my wife bought at some obscure hole in the wall and it did the job fine. Step on the gas and there could be a bit of a pause and a slight clunk before it takes off (in a more leisurely manner than I like, though adequately for real world driving) and I really didn't care for that floaty feeling it imparted.
But the bottom line is that this is a comfortable vehicle that should do a good job of people-and-stuff hauling. And that's what it's supposed to do.
Just don't look for a rewarding driving experience as well.
My test Saturn Relay.3 AWD retailed for $40,715 Canadian (approximately $33,000 US)
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SCENARIO-BASED LEARNING AND CFLE
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By Mark A. Trickett | Instructional Design | 0 comment | 5 October, 2017 | 0
he Constitutional Foundations for Law Enforcement (CFLE) course marked a sharp divide between the design paradigm that the Center had traditionally used and what would follow. There are several reasons for this, some of which will be explored in this post.
The established design sequence used by the Center for the development of their e-learning courses was an outgrowth of their otherwise highly successful Montpelier Seminars—three-day interactive workshops run on-site at James Madison's Montpelier. This sequence went something like this:
Identify scholar from Montpelier Seminar and sound them out for writing an online course on a popular subject.
Establish a curriculum and MOU with the scholar to produce the course in the form of a 35,000–85,000 document. (The budget distribution was also created at the beginning of this process.)
The Content Development Manager, working with others, identifies what videos to produce for the course, identifies appropriate scholars to invite, and develops script questions. The resultant videos must be used as-is.
Content Development Manager receives the first draft and distributes to reviewers for comments.
Content Development Manager returns comments back to the scholar for review and correction.
The script is divided into logical sections ('chunking') and areas where multimedia (infographics, animations, video) could be used to replace quantities of text in an appropriate manner were identified.
The 'chunked' script was then passed to the Instructional Design Manager to develop in Adobe Captivate at a rate of approximately 1 module (or more, depending on deadlines) per week, including development and integration of all media assets, setting up course shells, copy-editing, and testing.
Independently, the Content Development Manager generated assessments.
The course goes live in the LMS (which at the time could not integrate SCORM/Tin Can/etc. thus limiting the type of assessments).
(Note: This would be much easier as an HTML5 animation. I'll work on that next!)
The content independently produced for these courses—the scholar text, videos, and infographic/animations—were generally high-quality. What the course suffered from, however, was the desire to make them "evergreen," and the lack of design from an instructional, learner-focused perspective (or, put another way, instructional design). For example, one mine of assessment and design inspiration for the structure of modules that were not used were the "Lecture Themes" and thought-provoking questions that that scholar distributed prior to the on-site workshops. Coupled with readings, these were set to challenge the perspectives of the learners. Unfortunately, they also tended to be more thematic and relevant to the day thereby breaking the "evergreen" rule.
Now, this is where things get interesting. With the slower adoption of courses and lower completion rates than the Center wanted, as well as other factors, the CFLE course was opened up in terms of the design paradigm. While there had been long-term questions about personalizing the text through identification of the scholar, use of synchronous 'touch points' throughout the course and so on, ultimately the budget distribution for each course was pre-set and could not support too much variance. The CFLE course allowed the successive approximation model (SAM) for course design to be explored with specific elements:
Background/Preparation. This was a rapid phase in part because of the work done on previous online courses.
Design Phase. The SME was invited to Montpelier and sat with the design team to kibitz the overall design and how the content would interdigitate with it. Ultimately the decision was used to work with scenario-based learning that used comic-book imagery to project the notion that law enforcement officers are the "Guardians of the Constitution." The design phase included writing storyboards, identifying art assets that would need to be created, and set up the course shells and interactions.
Iterative Development Phase. Unlike previous courses, CFLE was taken to alpha/beta testers for feedback that could be folded back into the course. (Ultimately the client and the testers were pleased with the general approach, tone, and style of the course.)
Lesson learned. Working directly and continuously with the SME and design time allows for more rapid and engaging course development. The product is better for it, more interactive, the SME feels more directly engaged with the course rather than it being a laborious task to write a small book, and it allows the same kind of thematic and inquisitive elements that went into the Montpelier Seminars to be developed for the online course. The course was quicker to develop even though it had more moving parts than previous courses (graphic novel image design, audio narration, synchronous videos etc.), taking approximately 6 weeks to pull together in the end.
CFLE, Critique, E-Learning
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