He can turn himself into anything and appear to fit in anywhere, but it seems that neither the swirly snail, the green grasshopper nor the stripy sock want to be friends with the blue chameleon. Will he ever find someone to talk to? Someone just like him? With a subtle and witty interplay between words and illustrations, Emily Gravett's Blue Chameleon is an introduction to colours and shapes (and chameleons!) which is sure to delight everyone, from the youngest child upwards, in a board book format that is perfect for little hands!


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Who is the Florida man trying to beat Liz Cheney?
Karl "KW" Miller, pictured delivering a "State of the Union" speech from his vehicle in April. (Screenshot / Facebook)
June 23, 2021 by Nick Reynolds, WyoFile
A Florida resident who has become an odd actor in the campaign to replace Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney said controversial statements he made in the past, such as those related to the QAnon conspiracy theory, were part of the of an effort to discredit a liberal media that was ready against him.
In an interview with WyoFile, Karl "KW" Miller, who recently hosted a candidate forum for Casper with all but two participants in the 2022 Republican Congressional primary, downplayed his past statements apparently showing his support for the theory of Casper. conspiracy. Miller said his social media activity during his 2020 freelance candidacy for the U.S. Congress in the Sunshine State (in which he received 2% of the vote) was an effort to demonstrate the bias of social media giants like Twitter and Facebook.
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David Iverson, one of the event's organizers and host of the conservative Cowboy State Politics podcast, did not respond to a request for comment on Miller's involvement.
A Palm Beach resident, Miller recently got involved in the 2022 Wyoming Republican primary race for Cheney's seat through his America First political committee. The group is "mobilizing to eliminate liberals and socialists [sic] of the political office in 2022 ", according to its website. Miller comes to Wyoming with a checkered political past that includes criminal charges and social media posts promoting bizarre conspiracy theories.
Now some are raising questions about Miller's involvement in the Wyoming race and, in particular, how he came to moderate a candidate forum more than 2,000 miles from his home, a stone's throw away. Former President Donald Trump's Mar-A-Lago.
Karl "KW" Miller, left, hosts a US House Candidates Forum at the Ramkota Hotel in Casper in June 2021. Sitting left to right are Candidates Bryan Miller, Robyn Belinskey, Chuck Gray, Denton Knapp, Marissa Selvig and Darin Smith. (KW Miller / Facebook)
Who is KW Miller?
The America First Political Committee is an organization not registered with the Federal Elections Committee similar in name to Trump's "America First PAC". He does not raise money, but helps embolden candidates in their campaigns against candidates who oppose Trump.
After Cheney's vote to impeach Trump in the wake of the Jan.6 riots at the U.S. Capitol, Miller said he contacted political activists on the ground in Wyoming in an effort to help run the war. this year, and began work on organizing a congressional candidate forum to narrow the field.
Miller has his own history as a candidate; he ran for the 18th congressional district of Florida. He also has a past marred by controversy and criminal accusations.
Miller was arrested for assault in January following an incident during an early poll in 2020. Miller said he had an argument with a man who removed his mask and spat on a female attendee.
On July 4 last year, Miller tweeted that pop musician Beyoncé was "not even African American", writing that she had faked her ethnicity to be exposed and to help "the Soros Deep State agenda. for the Black Lives Matter movement ". He added hashtags to the tweet hinting at the QAnon conspiracy theory. He was also arraigned over allegedly dubious trade relations in Africa and other offensive social media posts.
A screenshot of a tweet by Karl "KW" Miller questioning Beyoncé's ethnicity. (Screenshot / Twitter)
Miller said the tweets, which sparked a storm of media attention in South Florida, were part of a ruse devised by his campaign team to expose a media device to get it out early on.
"I have no knowledge of [QAnon], no affiliation, "Miller said. "It's part of the leftist hits they write, they always want to go after whoever is a diehard conservative or whoever is the leader of the party. They are trying to label you as a QAnon conspiracy theorist.
He then referred to a press release from his 2020 campaign claiming that an external media team he hired for his campaign had drafted the tweets in an attempt to track down the "bad actors" in the entertainment industry and medias. Miller said he believed social media giants were censoring his social media campaign after accusing numerous industry players of engaging in sex trafficking and pedophilia.
"They took the hook line and the sinker and ran with it," he said of the campaign ploy. "We just eliminated them. "
Beat Cheney
America First's political committee has worked to solidify support for Tory candidates in many congressional races across the country, Miller said. These efforts are mostly focused against historical players like Cheney, who Miller says do not sufficiently support Trump's "America First" movement.
But Miller has recently come under attack from critics as an out-of-state upholsterer seeking to unduly influence Wyoming's election.
After commentators, including candidate and current Wyoming Senator Anthony Bouchard (R-Cheyenne), beat him on social media after the forum, Miller opened a public feud with Bouchard. He then announced his support for Casper's Republican Representative Chuck Gray, another candidate in the race.
"Chuck Gray impressed me with his legislative record, his knowledge and his vision," Miller wrote in a post after the forum. "He is clearly the top congressional contender in the Wyoming primary race."
Several prominent figures in conservative politics, including Wyoming GOP Chairman Frank Eathorne attended the Casper Forum. Bouchard refused to participate and expressed his opposition to Miller's involvement through his surrogates on social media. Representatives for Cheney also highlighted Miller's involvement in the forum, sending an email claiming Cheney is fighting for "the future of the GOP while its main opponents engage in conspiracy theories," citing de numerous unfounded allegations of electoral fraud candidates perpetuated during the forum.
These campaigns are not the only opponents of Miller's involvement in Wyoming. In a Facebook post, Parker Jackson, a former staff member of former gubernatorial candidate Foster Friess, wrote that Miller "has a history of unbalanced comments and erratic and even violent behavior," and accused him to denigrate the voters of Wyoming.
"This is exactly the same attitude we get from another East Coast politician that the Wyoming conservatives are trying to get rid of," he wrote. "He has no place in our state, neither do those who marry him." Jackson declined to comment further.
Miller defends his involvement.
"Liz Cheney is 100% backed, funded and controlled by groups and money 'outside of Wyoming'," he wrote in a statement to many conservative Facebook pages. "The Wyoming congressional seat is already controlled by 'outsiders'. So I am extremely surprised that some of this group act as if they are offended by the inference that outsiders are involved in Wyoming.
He has no intention of withdrawing from the effort, he said. He will continue to work with candidates on the ground to help galvanize voter support against Cheney, and plans for a subsequent debate to consolidate the field around a single candidate.
"We cannot replace Liz Cheney effectively with seven candidates," he said, referring to the current field of challengers.
This article was originally published by WyoFile and is republished here with permission. WyoFile is an independent, non-profit news organization focused on the people, places and politics of Wyoming.
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Dinosaur Comics - May 19th, 2007 - awesome fun times!
–Hope you like it, SUCKERS!
May 19th, 2007: Hey I'm going to be at a few cons in the next few weeks! Next weekend (from the 25th to the 27th) I'll be at Anime North, and you should come! We can exchange high fives and also hugs that linger for JUST A LITTLE TOO LONG. And in a few weeks (June 8th to 10th) me and a bunch of Dayfree people will be at Paradise Comics, and you should totally come out to that too, because in the hugs will just get lingerier. That's right. Lingerier is a word now. And a few weeks after THAT I'll be in NYC for the MoCCA Arts Festival, June 23rd and 24th. If you are wanting to break into my house that would be a good day to do it, except that I have roommates so maybe you shouldn't break into my house. Please don't break into my house.
Also, TORONTONIANS: what are you doing tonight? If you are like me you are attending a screening of the locally-filmed movie Infest Wisely, which is all about NANITES and BAD DECISIONS. It's on U of T's campus tonight at 7pm and tickets are only five dollars! If you are not a Torontonian the film will be released soon for free online, so you'll be able to check it out then! I saw a rough cut and enjoyed it muchly.
One year ago today: t-rex actually has been talking to the devil. he stole this idea from the devil. i - i stole this idea from the devil.


Ryan Paulson is the Teaching Professional at Minneapolis Golf Club. He grew up in Minneapolis and graduated from the University of Minnesota in 2006. While attending the U of M, he played on the golf team which included a National Championship in 2002. After college Ryan played professionally on various mini tours and competed in PGA Tour Qualifying School. Ryan began his teaching career in 2008 at GolfTEC and has been at MGC since 2012.
Ryan believes that fundamentals are the core to becoming successful at the game of golf. Every golfer is different and not one swing is alike, therefore he customizes a method that works within the golfers capabilities to help them achieve there goals. Ryan emphasizes the importance of controlling club face in the golf swing, combined with the correct swing path to become a consistent ball striker. He also coaches the importance of short game and course management to help achieve your golf goals.
Ryan provides individual private lessons, Group Instruction, and also runs the Junior Golf Schools. He is a certified US Kids Golf instructor and uses their philosophies for his Junior Golf Schools.
**Please contact Ryan Paulson at rpaulson@minneapolisgolfclub.com or call 952-544-0021 for more information or to schedule lessons.


Abstract: Graphene is one of the most celebrated and intensively studied materials of the last decade. Its potential uses include transparent conductors, filtration, optoelectronics, photovoltaics and as a semiconductor for electronic devices. However, its implementation as a semiconductor is hampered by its utter refusal to stop conducting, even in the absence of an external field or doping. This has a deleterious effect on the ON/OFF ratios of graphene-based devices, and as such none have ever been made that are able to outperform current bulk silicon devices.
Silicene, the silicon-based analogue to graphene, is expected to have a number of significant advantages over its carbon-based cousin. It should have a tuneable bandgap, an ambipolar field effect and possibly even spin-polarization all from the application of an external gating voltage. Clearly, silicene is much, much better than graphene could ever hope to be. However, one slight, minor stumbling block in the implementation of freestanding monolayers of silicene is that nobody has been able to make them yet, and it's been questioned whether or not they can actually exist. Instead, silicene has only been observed while stuck to growth substrates, and until recently it was unclear how this would affect the properties of the material. In this seminar I will briefly outline the history of 2D materials, the development of silicene and my research into silicene grown on the Ag(111) surface.
Abstract: Recently, the discovery of a new class of materials called topological insulators has stimulated much excitement in the field of condensed matter physics. Their discovery has also begun the search for the exotic topological superconductor – a superconductor whose properties are protected by topology. A novel feature of such topological superconductors is the possible existence of the Majorana fermion as an elementary excitation. Traditionally, the Hamiltonian of the system is directly diagonalized in order to calculate the mean-field potentials. However this method is very computationally expensive and is widely regarded as impractical. As such, we make use of two efficient numerical algorithms that have recently been developed in order to self-consistently solve the Bogoliubov-de Gennes equations. The first is Chebyshev polynomial expansion which allows us to bypass directly diagonalizing the Hamiltonian and the second is the Sakurai-Sugiura (SS) method for efficient computation of eigenvalues and eigenvectors. Armed with this combination of techniques, we aim to investigate two-dimensional topological superconductivity.
Abstract: We briefly discuss the development of quantum chromodynamics (QCD) and introduce the concept of hadronic structures outside the quark model. Within this group of unconventional hadrons, of interest to us are hybrid mesons consisting of a quark-antiquark pair and a constituent gluon.
Through the use of QCD sum-rules, we intend to calculate the ground state mass of the (charm quantum number ) and (charm/strange quantum numbers ) hybrid mesons with exotic (spin , parity , and charge conjugation ), and present preliminary results.
Abstract: Over one hundred years ago, Dutch physicist Heike Kamerlingh Onnes discovered the phenomena of superconductivity, a property wherein some materials exhibit exactly zero electrical resistance under specific conditions. The pursuit of broadening our knowledge on this peculiar phenomena has lead the scientific community to discovering new classes of materials. Some of these materials exhibit a property known as topological superconductivity. This theoretically implies the existence of Majorana fermions, which if found to exist, hold significant promise to several areas of condensed matter and material science research. Majorana fermions allow for the most theoretically stable form of quantum computation – their existence truly has the potential to usher in a new paradigm of computation and catapult society into a new era of technology.
The goal of my research is two-fold: examining the effects of various lattice inhomogeneities on crystal structure, and gaining insight into the properties of Majorana fermions and how they might exist within topological superconductors. It is necessary to understand how the creation, stabilization, and manipulation of Majorana fermions is achieved in order to evolve into this new era. At the same time, it is fundamental that we understand how a set of inhomogeneous regions influences the properties of the elusive Majorna fermion, and how we might use that knowledge to our benefit.
We make use of the Bogoliubov de-Gennes theory, a generalization of the more conventional and well-known BCS theory, and the extended Hubbard model to obtain a low-energy effective Hamiltonian which is then used to investigate the theoretical zero-energy Andreev bound states of Majorana fermions and inhomogeneities. We utilize a set of recently adapted and developed computationally efficient algorithms along with highly parallel programming to achieve our goals.
Abstract: Noble gases are elements with close shell configurations and not expected to form chemical bonding easily except with electronegative halogen atoms. Therefore, these halide compounds have attracted great attentions due to the importance for scientific interest. Here, we performed extensive structure searches on XeClx (x=1, 2 and 4) under high pressure using the GA and PSO methodology. Several novel crystal structures were uncovered for the first time at high pressures. Our calculations confirm existence of molecular Cl2 and Xe atoms in crystalline structures for XeCl. This compound remains an insulator up to 60GPa. The high pressure phase transition has been widely studied for XeCl2. Electronic calculations predicted their metallic property up to 80 GPa. For XeCl4 the metallic state exists at lower pressure.
Our results provide new understanding of novel crystalline structure of Xe compounds at high pressure.
Venue: PEGASUS Student Summer Seminar, Aug 23, 2012.
Abstract: The ability to predict the structure of a solid presents a challenge to the chemistry, physics, and material science communities. The difficulty of crystal prediction comes from the complexity of the potential energy landscape of a solid, which depends on many variables like unit cell parameters. Moreover, it may not be known how many atoms comprise the primitive unit cell. Particle swarm optimization and genetic algorithm are two powerful techniques to structure determination. These two methods are extremely successful to predict stable or metastable structures at given extreme condition.
Venue: PEGASUS Student Summer Seminar, Aug 16, 2012.
Abstract: Lithium ion batteries are widely used in portable electronics because of their high energy density and low weight, and they are currently intensively investigated for more demanding applications such as electrical vehicles and for the stationary power backup systems. To improve its performance, computational modeling has become an essential component in design of new battery materials in addition to the physical work in laboratories. This talk will outline the major challenges of the current Li-ion batteries and summarize several successful computations on the alternative materials. My own research work on the Li-ion battery materials will be introduced at the end.
Venue: PEGASUS Student Summer Seminar, June 14, 2012.


In three decisions issued on 10 August 2018 and 23 October 2018, the United Nations Human Rights Committee (UNHRC) found that France violated rights guaranteed under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), because of its treatment of Muslim women wearing religious clothing.
In the first case, an educational childcare centre employee was fired for violating the centre's policy on secularity and neutrality by wearing an Islamic veil. She challenged the decision before the French Courts. The Cour de cassation found that the restriction on the freedom to manifest one's religion as set down in the centre's internal regulations was sufficiently precise, justified by the nature of the tasks performed by the employees of the association (i.e. caring for young children who are naturally susceptible to influence) and proportionate to the aim pursued. The applicant brought a complaint before the UNHRC, alleging a violation of Article 18 (freedom of religion) and 26 (prohibition of discrimination) ICCPR.
It was France's contention that the centre's internal regulations were not discriminatory, insofar as they were not specifically aimed at any religion, but merely intended to protect the children from any religious influence. In its decision, the UNHRC rejected France's contention, finding instead a violation of the applicant's freedom of religion and discrimination based on the employee's gender and religion. The Committee stressed that the restriction was not objectively justified, nor was dismissal a proportionate measure.
In the second and third cases, two women were prosecuted and convicted for wearing articles of clothing intended to conceal their faces in public (the niqab), in contravention of the French Act prohibiting the concealment of the face in the public space (the Act). They appealed their convictions before the Cour de cassation which dismissed their arguments on the basis of non-admissibility. They also petitioned the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), who found their applications inadmissible. Before the UNHRC, they alleged violations of Article 18 and 26 ICCPR.
France defended the Act, arguing that it was justified by two objectives, namely public safety, and the protection of the rights and freedoms of others (encompassing the concept of "vivre ensemble", that is, the minimal rules ensuring harmonious cohabitation between individuals or communities). The Committee rejected both grounds, stating that France had not demonstrated that the Act was proportionate to the purported objectives, nor was the ban the least restrictive measure necessary to achieve them. It therefore concluded that there was a violation of Article 18 ICCPR. Observing that the ban disproportionately affected Muslim women, it also concluded that there was intersectional discrimination based on gender and religion, in violation of Article 26 ICCPR.
A stricter approach than the European Courts?
It is worth noting that both the ECtHR, and the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), have ruled on similar issues, and reached somewhat different conclusions.
The CJEU ruled in Samira Achbita and Asma Bougnaoui, that the prohibition on wearing an Islamic headscarf in the workplace does not constitute direct discrimination based on religion if the prohibition stems from an internal organisational rule prohibiting the visible donning of any political, philosophical or religious symbols. However, such a rule can constitute indirect discrimination if it results in a disadvantage for persons adhering to a particular religion, unless the rule is objectively justified by a legitimate aim and the means of achieving that aim are appropriate and necessary. The CJEU notably ruled that the desire for a private company to project an image of neutrality towards its customers is legitimate, illustrating the extent of the grounds allowing restrictions. In Dahlab v. Switzerland the ECtHR found that preventing a teacher from wearing an Islamic headscarf did not contravene the European Convention on Human Rights (the Convention). The aim of ensuring State neutrality and the protection of young children from being influenced was legitimate and reasonable (this, however, was in the context of the public sector; in the private sector, a less flexible approach may be adopted, see Eweida v. The United Kingdom).
As for the Act, the ECtHR ruled in S.A.S. v. France that France's ban did not breach the Convention, emphasising that the aim to preserve the conditions of "vivre ensemble" was legitimate, and that the State should be afforded a wide margin of appreciation in such complex matters, as opinions on the subject may differ widely in a democratic society. In this regard, the Committee departs more clearly from the ECtHR's case law, adopting a stricter approach to proportionality and necessity.
It remains to be seen whether France will comply with the decisions of the UNHRC. The Cour de cassation has already announced it will reconsider its case law concerning the headscarf in the workplace.
Joris Bertrand has clerked with the European Court of Human Rights, the French Cour de cassation and the Conseil d'État. He holds a Master's degree from Sciences Po Paris Law School and a Master's degree in Public Policy from the Institut d'études politiques of Aix-en-Provence.
Joris Bertrand, 'Veil of discord: France's approach to religious clothing condemned by the United Nations Human Rights Committee' (OxHRH Blog, 19 December 2018) <http://ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk/veil-of-discord-frances-approach-to-religious-clothing-condemned-by-the-united-nations-human-rights-committee> [date of access].


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I wish I could tell you how many people I've seen shitting on 2017. Yes, I do understand it's been a pretty rough year. Right now, I'm pretty concerned for the future of the United States and the world, and I can only hope 2018 will get better.
Yet, when I look back at the past 12 months, I think I did pretty damn good. Here's why.
1. I began my career at Her Campus.
I've been a writer and editor of Her Campus Lasell since 2015, but this year I finally started to branch out within the company. I worked as a Community Development intern for Her Campus, and will continue my internship next semester in a higher position. I also was offered a spot as a National Feature Writer, so instead of writing strictly for Her Campus Lasell, I write on the national level too! Working for this company is honestly a dream come true, and I am so beyond thankful for these opportunities.
2. I worked at my favorite concert venue.
I've been attending shows at the Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion at Meadowbrook for years, and I've also applied to work there ever since I turned 16. This year, I finally got a call back and I worked selling the concert merchandise. The experience was absolutely amazing and I'll never regret this past summer.
3. I attended the Forbes Under 30 Summit.
When I saw that WayUp (my favorite job search site) was giving away tickets to the Forbes Under 30 Summit in Boston, where there would be tons of amazing speakers, I had to apply. Surprised I got it? Yep. But on the day I went, I got to hear people like Zedd, Tyler Oakley, and Evan Rachel Wood speak about creativity and success. And it was so inspiring!
4. I bought my first car.
My red 2001 Ford Escape named Penelope no longer ran. It was in our family for 13 years. I had no car, and living in New Hampshire, it's kind of a necessity. So I purchased my first car, a 2010 Ford Focus who I named Peppermint Patty. While I miss my SUV, I'm no longer afraid of the car breaking down, accelerating by itself, or losing its muffler.
On my 21st birthday, I watched the Patriots make the greatest comeback in history and win the Super Bowl. Today, I feel like more of an adult. I have a car payment. I can drink and buy alcohol. I gained the courage to talk to people and speak in front of others, something I never thought I could do before. I was the maid of honor for my sister's wedding in August. I bought professional clothes. And I applied for graduation in the spring, which means soon I'll also be done with college.
In all honesty, this year was crazy. It was weird at times. At some points in my life, I thought "when will it be my turn?" When you see others getting their work published, finding amazing jobs in their field, and having the ability to afford those big purchases, you can feel left out.
But I see now how much I've grown in this past year, and I can't wait for what's ahead. Happy holidays everyone, and cheers to 2018 almost being here!
Why Aren't Concerts Safe Anymore?


Analogy is a comparison of function, structure, or properties between two things usually to clarify or explain.
Compare the process used to identify similarities and differences between or among things or ideas.
Classify the process to group or order collections of objects or events according to observable common properties or differences, and variations. These properties could include color, shape, size, pattern, living-nonliving, sequence, behavior, rate, position, motion, scale, weight, mass, volume, density, taxonomy.
Metaphor a figure of speech used to represent or symbolically compare things or ideas that are not literally related.
To identify similarities and differences a person recognizes characteristics or properties of different objects or ideas and identifies those that are the same and or different.
· (Direct) Provide samples, modeling identification of similarities and differences, self-talk to describe the thought process, examples on how to describe and organize examples, and all integrals of transition from non-examples to examples and reversibility.
· (Indirect) Providing students opportunities to identify similarities and differences using their present knowledge, skills, and attitudes.
Model and provide experience on how to represent similarities and differences in text or graphic form from concrete to symbolic. Classification schemes, analogies, metaphors can be used to communicate similarities and differences through outlines, lists, charts, graphic organizers, Venn diagram, comparison webs, matrices, diagrams,… All of these devices can be taught with strategies similar to the ones above.
To summarize: a person has to select essential information, delete non-essential information, and substitute words, concepts, generalizations, and other ideas to combine the essential information efficiently and meaningfully. To be successful a person must use all the cognitive levels of Bloom's Taxonomy. And as one experiences similar forms of communication they can become familiar with patterns of style and form that will assist his or her understanding and task of summarizing and note taking.
(Direct) Provide samples, modeling identification of essential information, delete non-essential information, and substitute words, concepts, generalizations, and other ideas to combine the essential information efficiently and meaningfully, self-talk to describe the thought process, examples on how to describe and organize examples of summaries, and all integrals of transition from non-examples to examples and reversibility.
(Indirect) Providing students opportunities to identify essential information, delete non-essential information, and substitute words, concepts, generalizations, and other ideas to combine the essential information efficiently and meaningfully, using their present knowledge, skills, and attitudes.
Model and provide experience on how to represent summaries, in text or graphic form from concrete to symbolic. Model and provide experience on ways to communicate summaries through outlines, lists, charts, graphic organizers, Venn diagram, comparison webs, matrices, diagrams… All of these devices can be taught with strategies similar to the ones above.
Model and provide experience on how to think at all levels of Bloom's Taxonomy.
Model and provide experience on how to recognize patterns of style and form and use them to predict and infer understanding.
Topic frame (T, L, E) Topic, Limitations, and Examples of the topic and or limitations.
Definition frame Term is the word, event, object being defined; Category to which the word or phrase belongs, Characteristics or properties necessary and sufficient to define the term, and Characteristics or properties that some members of the term may have, but aren't necessary for the term.
Reciprocal teaching - Summarize, Question, Clarify, and Predict.
Discuss process and procedure students use to be successful and create a list of suggestions or rules for summarizing or note taking.
Verbatim note taking is least effective.
The more notes taken the better the test performance. See above for suggestions with representations of summaries.
Effort is usually included as one of the major variables in most motivational theories.
Rewarding students for performing a task does not enhance intrinsic motivation and may even decrease it.
Providing rewards for successful attainment of specific performance goals, however, enhances intrinsic motivation.
Abstract symbolic recognition is more effective than tangible rewards.
Pause, Prompt, and Praise - stop the student temporarily, provide assistance with suggestions to improve performance. If the student improves as a result of implementing the suggestions, praise (recognition? encouragement?).
Concrete symbols of recognition (stickers, awards, coupons, ...) given for accomplishing specific performance goals. Every student that receives 85% or better or increases their previous score by 10% receives a concrete symbol.
Evidence suggests that homework has a direct impact on achievement. In fact Keith found that 30 minutes a night of homework increases GPA by .5, however, studies indicate for homework to be beneficial it must help students develop good study habits, foster good attitudes toward school, and communicate to students that learning in enhanced with study at home (Cooper).
Parent involvement in homework is beneficial only when it supports the student by providing a place, time, and encouragement to do the homework and facilitating learning, not doing the work with or for the student.
Achievement increases when the purpose of the homework is identified and communicated to the student and parent (as necessary).
Achievement increases when assigned homework is commented on even more when it is graded.
Mastering a skill requires a fair amount of focused practice. While focused practice will increase a person's skill, the learning curve representing the relatinship between the practice and skill is not directly proportional. Most learning curves slope slowly, accelerate, and slow to a fairly flat line at an expert skill level.
Student's practice should include adapting and shaping at an appropriate rate.
Establish and communicate a homework policy (page 64-66).
Design homework assignments that clearly articulate the purpose and outcome (page 64-66).
Very the approaches to providing feedback (page 64-66).
If information coding is a dual system with two forms - linguistic (listening, talking, reading, writing) and imagery (mental pictures and physical sensations (sight, smell, taste, touch, and sound).
A variety of activities produce nonlinguistic representations (graphic representations [webs , literature graphic organizers plus ], physical models, mental pictures, drawing pictures and pictographs, kinesthetic activities.
Nonlinguistic representations that elaborate on knowledge increases recall and understanding . Students that create, explain, and justify their elaborations increase their learning.
Ability grouping should be done sparingly. Low ability groups generally learn less when they are grouped with others of their same abilities. High ability make small gains with medium ability making slightly more. However, grouping by ability gain more than if students were not grouped.
Cooperative groups should be kept small teams of three to four members.
Cooperative learning needs to be implemented with consistent procedures at appropriate times so that it is not overused. Groups can be informal (very temporary/ students select/ pair share...), formal (assigned for a task with specific accountability measures), and base groups (fairly permanent for periods of a semester or year).
Instructional strategies that use cooperative learning.
Instructional goals narrow what students focus learning on. If students learn what they are told to learn or study and what they are told is narrowly defined, then their achievement is lower.
Instruction based on goals stated in general terms show a greater achievement than instruction based on goals stated as behavioral objectives.
When students personalize goals they achieve more. Goals defined in general terms afford more opportunities for personalization.
The most powerful single variable that increases achievement is feedback.
Feedback that only marking items right or wrong has a negative effect on achievement. Providing correct answers has a slight increase in achievement. The best feedback involves an explantion as to what is accurate and what is inaccurate in relation to the student responses.
Asking students to continue to work until they have achieved success increases achievement.
Feedback is timely. Feedback given after an item on a test has a slight effect. Providing feedback immediately after a test has a large effect. Test given immediately after a learning situation has a negligible effect. Tests given one day after a learning situation seems optimal.
Feedback given to students relative to a specific target knowledge or skill criteria is the most useful.
Students can effectively provide some of their own feedback. Self assessment beginning with a minimal charting of their their progress accuracy, speed, or nots on what they have learned like a KWLH chart.
Focus feedback on specific knowledge and skills.
Involve students in the feedback process.
Hypothesis is a suggested generalized relationship, based on limited evidence, proposed as a starting point for further investigation that may provide consistent repeatable observable evidence. The evidence collected will result in one of four decisions: 1. the data isn't sufficient to support the hypothesis and more evidence needs to be collected. 2. the data supports the hypothesis and a generalization can be made. 3. the data doesn't support the hypothesis without modification and it is changed. 4. the data is sufficient to reject the hypothesis and construct a new hypothesis.
Uncertainty of events that haven't been observed resulting from the lack of observable evidence from any specific event under investigation or any related event to the specific. The purpose of a scientific hypothesis is to conduct an experiment to test it. Therefore, it must be testable. Further the tests are to collect enough data to confidently suggest a pattern that supports the explanation within the hypothesis. Many people will say that a hypothesis has been proven. However, a hypothesis can only be proven if all possible cases have been tested. Testing all possible cases is impossible. Therefore, hypotheses can never be proven; our confidence in the relationship can increase as additional data is collected, but there can never be enough data to prove it. However, one set of data that contradicts the hypothesis causes the hypothesis to be false and it must be rejected or modified according to the new findings.
Ideas for creating questions and hypothesis --->>> hypothesis defined with examples on science fair judge rubric --->>> rubric and checksheet.


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Daniel Goodwin (November 24, 1799 – August 25, 1887) was a justice of the Michigan Supreme Court from 1843 to 1846.

Early life, education, and career
Born in Geneva, New York, Goodwin was a descendant of Ozias Goodwin, who settled in Hartford, Connecticut, as early as 1635. His father, Dr. Daniel Goodwin, was a physician. Goodwin graduated from Union College in 1819, where his classmates included William H. Seward, and Bishops Doane and Potter. He read law with noted New York attorney John Canfield Spencer in Canandaigua, New York.

In 1825 he moved from New York to Detroit, then in the Michigan Territory, where his father had just died.

United States Attorney

Before Michigan became a State in 1837, President Andrew Jackson offered Goodwin the district judgeship, but Goodwin thought the salary too small, and the position went to Ross Wilkins instead. Jackson, however, made Goodwin United States Attorney for the District of Michigan.

As U.S. Attorney, Goodwin prosecuted many individuals for violations of the Neutrality Act of 1794 during the Patriot War of 1837 and 1838, in which bands of U.S. citizens invaded Upper Canada to harass British troops stationed there. These prosecutions were unpopular, leading to threats against Goodwin, who was for a time given protective accompaniment by friends including General Hugh Brady and explorer Robert Stuart. In January 1838, Goodwin tried Thomas Sutherland, organizer of the attacks. However, witnesses were uncooperative and Judge Wilkins consistently sustained defense objections, ultimately dismissing the case. In July and December 1838, seven or more Patriots, following "filibuster" jaunts into Upper Canada, were charged by Goodwin only to be acquitted by Wilkins.

Judicial service and other later-life activities

On July 13, 1843, Goodwin was appointed Judge of the First Circuit and Associate Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court. He served until October 1846, when he resigned. Goodwin was president of the Constitutional Convention of 1850, and also took part in the prosecution of the famous railroad conspiracy case in Detroit that year, in which Governor Seward was the leading counsel for the defense. In 1851, Goodwin was elected a circuit judge in the Upper Peninsula, and was thereafter continuously re-elected until 1881, serving for thirty years He was also a member of the Constitutional Convention 1867.

Goodwin died in Detroit at age of eighty-seven.

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In this tutorial we will modify a UIViewController to behave like a semi transparent Frosted Blur Glass. It will open like an overlay above our Main ViewController and you should be able to control the amount of blur through code. As you can see the screenshot below. We have 2 UIViewControllers and we can click the Add button on our FirstViewController to open the SecondViewController as an overlay with frost glass effect.
There are various ways by which this can be achieved. The process by which i have achieved this is as follows: 1) First take a snapshot of the First View Controller once loaded. 2) Add Gaussian blur to the snapshot 3) Pass this snapshot to the Second View Controller 4) Use it as a background image for the Second View There are other ways by which also this can be achieved which i will post in future but this is the simplest way to do it. Step1: Setup the story board. Screenshot below to explain the configuration.
Step 2: In the first view controller we will have to take the snapshot and then pass it to second view controller. Apple has provided some nice API to take the snapshot. We will be using these APIs. As we are going to pass the image from our first view to the 2nd view we will need to use prepareForSegue function to pass the values. Lets override this method in our first view controller and write our code to take the snapshot. The code snipped looks like this.
Let me explain what each part do.
The above code is used to access the destination View controller. The data will be passed to it.
In the above code we take a screen shot of the first view and change it to UIImage.
Here we have created a CIFilter and applied CIGaussianBlur on the image which we have taken screenshot.
value to set the amount of blur.
Step 3: In the second view controller we will use this image as background.
someText.text = "I can write or put anything here. n @Classic Tutorials"
where the value can be between 0.0 to 1.
I got some comments around the screen turns black on device but works fine on simulator. Try this code to replace the part where we are taking the screenshot.


Pay-per-click (PPC) marketing can be one of the most effective or most frustrating ways to grow your business. Here at My Social Agency, we use PPC for a wide variety of clients, ranging from local nurseries to large national estate agency franchises. While our Adwords Optimisation is highly focused on even the tiniest detail within a PPC campaign, one thing is becoming more and more evident. A vast number of external companies, large and small, are simply throwing their money into paid advertising space within search listings; without really knowing what they are doing.
Without effectively planning, actioning, measuring and analysing your campaigns, you can't really prove how much ROI you have generated. After all, you may have brought in 150 new product sales last month, valuing at £1,500, but how much did you spend to achieve this? What was your average Cost Per Acquisition (CPA)? Could said CPA be drastically lowered with a few simple tweaks? Are your ads really relevant? These are the sort of questions every PPC marketer needs to be asking themselves in today's competitive climate.
What's important to keep in mind when creating your ads is that even though the recently expanded text description allows, by far the largest amount of visible text, that does not mean you should target all of your top keywords and messaging within this section alone. Like any written content, headlines grab user's attention. Let's say you're reading a blog, even this one for example, how many times do you skip through much of the jargon and find the headline which resonates with you? Well, PPC text ads are no different, and Google knows this.
Bear the above in mind, and remember that Google are pretty much the online police, as well as the judge, jury and executioner. It's fair to say they expect your content to be extremely well optimised, with headlines as grabbing as the content you are promoting. Now, when it comes to inputting headlines into an ad, you will notice you have the options of H1 and H2. It states within ad set up that the headlines are both 30 characters long, this doesn't, however, guarantee that all of the second headline will show. It may get truncated depending on device and placement of where it is shown. With this in mind, it is vital you fully optimize your H1 to include as much key messaging and relevant targeted keywords as possible (without keyword stuffing).
An Ad Group is formed by separating out the already 'shortlisted' keywords (initial phase of PPC campaign) into smaller keyword groups; when doing so, it is important to collate keywords that are highly relevant to one another. Ad groups should basically consist of the same keyword repeated with ever so slight alterations. For example, "Men's Nike blue shoes, "blue Nike shoes for Men, "Blue Nike Mens Shoes". You wouldn't then add keywords such as "blue adidas shoes", "blue shoes for men" or even "men's shoes" into this ad group. This is because even though they are closely related, this technically isn't what the user will have searched for.
Having an extremely refined ad group will basically tell Google that your ads are highly relevant to the users search term. If you were to include a high number of varied keywords, your ad group will be spread way too thinly trying to serve the ad up to a large number of searches, therefore the 'quality score' will suffer and the ad underperform. So make sure you're making as many refined ad groups as you can, including highly similar keywords.
Sounds strange doesn't it, that focusing too much on your target CPA can actually be a bad thing, well, let me explain. The past few years have seen a huge shift from maximising clicks, to maximising conversions/leads. While this is most definitely a step in the right direction, (after all, clicks don't mean conversions), your cost per acquisition can also be a falsified metric, giving you a misguided sense of success.
Think of it this way, let's say you're like us, a digital marketing agency, and your main goal from PPC advertising was to generate leads to then convert into direct sales. You may set yourself a target CPA of £50.00 per initial lead on a campaign level, which don't get me wrong, can in fact be a good indicator. However, one major issue with focusing too heavily on vanity metrics such as CPA is that they don't necessarily guarantee profitability.
Instead of solely focusing on CPA, why not focus on profitability by tying all of your PPC activity to your bottom line? Understandably, focusing on profitability can be much more time consuming, and actually may involve collaborating with the sales team to do so. But in the long run, the insights you generate from learning things such as; what keywords drive the most sales, which of these keywords provide the most revenue, which keywords have the largest 'post lead' drop off, and what ads pull in the most converting leads. All of this is absolutely vital to truly optimising your PPC for actual bottom line profitability. Give it a try and see how it works for you.
One of the often overlooked, yet highly relevant aspects to generating a good quality score is the Landing Page the ad is directing traffic toward. Now hands up, who has fallen into the trap of just using your home page to direct ads toward?
Every keyword, or keyword grouping should be linked to a page focused on that particular topic or service area. Each individual ad needs to direct the user to a landing page that is as closely related to their initial search term as possible. Directing users to a home page, simply does not do this.
As a rule, here at MSA we always create bespoke landing pages when running PPC campaigns with the end goal been client leads, and not product purchases. By creating your own stand alone web page, you are able to create and customise each step of the users journey to resonate with what they have initially searched for. As well as this, using tools such as Hot Jar and other web monitoring software, you can then physically watch what the user is doing on your landing page and make edits accordingly in an attempt to increase conversion rate.
A pretty basic concept to pick up on, yet one that PPC marketers still aren't utilising. The field path URL which you have the option to customise can actually have an effect on the overall click through rate.
By optimising the field path to include relevant keywords that highly resonate with the user's search query, you are essentially re-confirming the end destination to the user and therefore putting more confidence into the user's decision to click your ad.
It doesn't take a genius to figure out that adding additional offerings and site links to already existing ads can ultimately improve click through rates. After all, the more options, the more likely you are to hit a user's interest.
This is where implementing ad extensions, on a granular, and also campaign level can help your ad success. It is important to note, however, that since the update in ad description text length, Google will now disregard any ad extension that reiterates that is said within the actual ad copy. This is where you need to be clever and provide completely different offerings, or useful information, that A, will be of interest to the user, and B, will add relevance and superiority to your ad over your competition.
Which ad stands out more to you? By adding extensions, you are essentially 'bigging up' the amount of space your ad has to be see in search listings, ultimately catching the user's eye. So don't forget to implement them extensions into your campaign.
Google Adwords can be an extremely effective tool to compliment any organic or multi channel paid marketing campaign, but it must be approached in a strategic and thoughtful manner. Simply throwing money into unoptimised ads can cause serious damage to your bottom line.
If you aren't 100% sure on how to fully optimise your PPC campaign, seek help from professionals. But first make sure you have mapped out a clear objective, target market and expectation.
We are happy to provide consultation to your business regarding all of the above, so if you are in need of help with your paid activity, feel free to give us a call or get in touch today.


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Индийская ленточная акула () — вид хрящевых рыб рода ленточных акул семейства полосатых кошачьих акул отряда кархаринообразных. Обитает в Индийском и Тихом океане на внешнем крае континентального и островного шельфа на глубине от 71 до 766 м. Это один из самых маленьких существующих ныне видов акул. Максимальная зафиксированная длина 24 см. У этих акул тонкое тело с лентовидным хвостом, окрас тёмно-коричневого цвета. Размножаются бесплацентарным живорождением. Рацион состоит из мелких костистых рыб, ракообразных и кальмаров. Не является объектом коммерческого промысла.

Таксономия
Вид впервые описан в 1913 году. Первые образцы этого вида были собраны в ходе проходившей в 1907—1910 экспедиции парохода «Альбатрос» на Филиппины. Хьюго МакКормик Смит, представитель рыболовной Комиссии США и глава экспедиции, опубликовал описание этой акулы в выпуске «Proceedings of the United States National Museum», назвав её в честь главного помощника экспедиции и натуралиста Льюиса Рэдклиффа. Смит отнёс её к новому роду ленточных акул. Голотип представляет собой самку длиной 22,3 см, пойманную у острова Холо, Филиппины, 6°11'50" с.ш. и 121°08'20" в.ш. на глубине 294 м в 1908 году. Паратипы — два эмбриона самцов длиной 11,3 см, обнаруженные в теле самки-голотипа.

Ареал
Индийские ленточные акулы имеют наиболее обширный ареал по сравнению с представителями своего рода. Они обитают у берегов Танзании, в Аденском, Манарском и Бенгальском заливах, у Андаманских островов, в прибрежных водах Вьетнама и Филиппин. Они держатся у дна на краю континентального и островного шельфа и в верхней части материкового склона на глубине 71—766 м.

Описание
У индийских ленточных акул тонкое вытянутое тело и короткая, закруглённая морда. Расстояние от кончика рыла до рта в 1,5 раза меньше длины рта. Губные борозды по углам рта отсутствуют, либо имеются в рудиментарной форме. Овальные глаза вытянуты о горизонтали и оснащены мигательными мембранами. Рот широкий, в форме буквы V. Во рту имеются многочисленные ряды мелких зубов. Ноздри обрамлены кожными лоскутами. Основание первого спинного плавника лежит перед основанием брюшных плавников. Первый и второй спинные плавники приблизительно равны по высоте. Анальный плавник существенно меньше обоих спинных плавников, его основание лежит под основанием второго спинного плавника. Хвостовой плавник длинный, узкий, имеет форму ленты и вытянут почти горизонтально. Его длина составляет почти 1/4 от общей длины тела. Окрас ровного коричневого цвета, на спинных и на хвостовом плавниках имеются лентовидные отметины. Максимальная зафиксированная длина 24 см. Один из пойманных образцов представлял собой самца длиной 18,6 см и весом 14 д; беременная самка длиной 24,2 см весила 37 г.

Биология
Индийские ленточные акулы в некоторых местах, например, у южного побережья Индии и на Филиппинах, встречаются в большом количестве. В одном исследовании, проведённом в индийских водах, было обнаружено, что рацион акул этого вида на 55 % состоит из костистых рыб (миктофовых, гоностомовых и угрей), на 28 % из ракообразных (креветок, ротоногих и личинок крабов), на 14 % из головоногих (кальмаров) и небольшого количества прочих животных, например, двустворчатых.

Индийские ленточные акулы размножаются бесплацентарным яйцеживорождением, эмбрионы питаются желтком. Самки достигают половой зрелости при длине 16,6 см, однако, полностью сформированные эмбрионы были обнаружены только у самок длиной не менее 18 см. На этом основании сделано предположение о том, что во время беременности самки продолжают расти. В помёте 1—2 новорожденных длиной около 11 см. Самцы достигают половой зрелости при длине 17—18 см.

Взаимодействие с человеком
Вид не представляет опасности для человека. Коммерческой ценности не имеет. Иногда попадает в качестве прилова в глубоководные тралы. Вид чувствителен к антропогенному воздействию, для удвоения численности популяции требуется более 14 лет. Международный союз охраны природы присвоил этому виду статус «Вызывающий наименьшие опасения»..

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Животные, описанные в 1913 году
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Jacopo Corsi (Florença, 17 de julho de 1561 - Florença, 29 de dezembro de 1602) foi um Mecenas e compositor italiano do final do Renascimento e do início do Barroco e um dos principais patrocinadores das artes em Florença. Sua obra mais conhecida é Dafne, cuja partitura escreveu em colaboração com Jacopo Peri. Seis fragmentos da composição sobreviveram, dois de Corsi e quatro de Peri. O libreto de Ottavio Rinuccini sobreviveu intacto. Dafne é considerada como a primeira ópera global.

Vida
Nascido em Florentino em 17 de julho de 1561, foi filho de Giovanni Corsi e da Condessa Alessandra Della Gherardesca, filha do Conde de Donoratico Simone.

Passou sua infância juntamente dos irmãos Bardo e Giulio no Palazzo dei Boni que havia sido adquirido pelo seu pai em 1563. É neste Palácio que Jacopo e seus irmãos crescem e onde lhe são atribuídos investimentos em estudo. Além dos conhecimentos mercantis herdados do pai, tiveram ainda um tutor privado chamado Francesco Olmi que foi encarregado de lhes ensinar os costumes cultos da alta sociedade de Florença. Também tiveram aulas de música com o experiente e madrigalista Luca Bati por três ducados ao mês por cada criança – tornando este o primeiro músico florentino a ser pago por uma tutoria fixa na história da cidade – que os ensinou a cantar, tocar piano e teoria musical. Estes ensinamentos foram o estopim para o refinamento cultural da família, principalmente no tocante às artes, e que seria passado gerações à frente.

Quando o pai de Jacopo falece precocemente em 07 de janeiro de 1571 aos 51 anos, ele e os irmãos passam a ser curados pelos tios sobreviventes, primeiro Bardo, que falece no ano seguinte em 24 de dezembro de 1572, e então pelo tio Antonio, que os assume como filhos, e pela mãe, que se casa novamente em 1574 com o Conde Francesco Martelli, de onde nasce a meia-irmã deles Contessa Martelli em 1579.

Neste intercurso de tempo, Antonio, como curador dos bens em 1572, aproveitando da restauração da Igreja de Santa Croce estabelece nela um Altar dedicado à família por apenas 1.200 ducados (aproximadamente R$ 1.281.504,00 milhões de reais). As decisões inteligentes feitas por Antonio foram cruciais para o desenvolvimento da família em um século onde as coisas estavam se alterando muito rapidamente, principalmente no que tange ao estado Florentino que havia recentemente abolido sua antiga forma de governo em 1532 com a criação do Ducado de Florença e o encerramento da Signoria. Antonio, que tentava fortemente inserir os filhos de Giovanni na corte – que cada vez se insurgia de Marqueses, Condes e Duques – viu na aproximação da família de' Medici uma necessidade para a perpetuidade dos privilégios familiares concedidos desde o século XII até aquele momento.

Alguns dos amigos de infância de Jacopo foram o Duque de Bracciano Virgílio Orsini, filho de Lisabetta Romola de' Medici, e Piero e Don Giovanni de' Medici, cujo os quais nutriu relacionamento por toda vida e aparecem em diversas das suas cartas no Archivo di Stato di Firenze.

Em 1582, sob à administração dos bens familiares, Antonio redecorou os Palácios da família e comprou uma carruagem e outros acessórios por 300 ducados – aproximadamente R$ 318.876,00 mil reais – indicando que se preparava para uma viagem. Por volta de 1585, conforme os garotos se tornavam homens, Antonio decidiu iniciar uma procura por dotes relevantes para a conjetura familiar de modo a manter seus contatos e o círculo nobre em que se encontravam, e foi diversas vezes para Roma, onde estavam à época um apogeu de diferentes famílias nobres de toda Itália.

Foi em 1586 que Giulio, o filho do meio e irmão de Jacopo, partiu para a cidade de Madrid na Espanha como parte da comitiva de Don Piero de' Medici, seu amigo de infância. No percurso da viagem, algo ocorre e Giulio não retorna, falecendo aos vinte e quatro anos. Nos relatos obtidos por Piero de' Medici é descrito que Giulio houvera falecido após se sentir mal. Jacopo, que já tinha vinte e seis anos e em tese era o líder familiar dali em diante – o tio Antonio parecia estar doente – se mostrou bastante consternado, e murmurou diversas vezes sobre a preocupação em trazer o corpo do irmão de Madrid para que pudesse repousar com os demais familiares na tumba de Santa Croce. Ele gastou uma quantidade significativa de ducados para a exumação do corpo de Giulio em Madrid, que havia sido enterrado com honras pelo amigo Piero de' Medici, e custeou todo o translado do corpo de Giulio até Florença para que pudesse, segundo Jacopo, "descansar em paz". Pouco depois da chegada de Giulio e do seu sepultamento em Santa Croce, Jacopo contratou de primeira feita o escultor Giovanni di Scherano Fancelli para a execução de uma escultura, um busto de mármore com o rosto de Giulio. A negociação, no entanto, foi infrutífera pois o artista falecera pouco depois em setembro de 1588. O trabalho foi então remanejado para as mãos de Giovanni Caccini no mesmo ano, que também executou os bustos póstumos de Giulio, do pai de Jacopo, Giovanni, e do irmão Bardo Corsi.

Giovanni Caccini usou de base para a criação dos bustos algumas pinturas feitas pelo pintor Santi di Tito, que havia sido comissionado pela família anos antes para criação de diversas pinturas familiares. Jacopo inclusive gostou tanto do trabalho de Santi, que encomendou outras pinturas e o tornou principal retratista da família Corsi. Encomendou primeiro uma de si mesmo, outra para suas filhas Giulia e Alessandra, e uma última com seu filho Antonio. Ainda em 1586, Jacopo e o irmão dele Bardo compraram a Villa Montughi – ou Villa Finaly – por 5.500 ducados (ap. R$ 5.884.560,00 milhões) daqueles herdeiros falidos de Bernardo de Niccolò da família Soderini. O tio de Jacopo, Antonio, vive apenas até o ano seguinte e falece em 18 de janeiro de 1587, tempo suficiente para que pelo menos Jacopo e Bardo galgassem sua emancipação. De fato, a negociação do dote do primeiro casamento de Jacopo Corsi com Settimia, filha do Marquês de Astrodoco Pierantonio Baroncelli-Bandini é feita por Antonio em Roma, e se concretiza postumamente à sua morte em 27 de setembro de 1587. As mortes de duas pessoas tão importantes para Jacopo em um lapso tão curto de menos de um ano certamente o afetou de alguma maneira, pois gastou ainda outros 1.500 ducados (aprox. R$ 1.601.880,00 milhões) em um pomposo e caro funeral para o tio que lhe havia criado. Todos estes gastos indicam uma disponibilidade de caixa abastada e grande recurso familiar para imprevistos, que não o impediram de continuar com seus planos e investimentos.

Pouco depois do casamento, no final de 1587, Jacopo, que estava recém-casado aos 25 anos, assume definitivamente a liderança da família e submete o Palazzo dei Boni na via della Vacca a uma série de melhorias e comissões de novos móveis que envolveram pintores, carpinteiros e estofadores como Niccolò Betti, que é contratado para pintar o brasão da família e reformar o palácio. Em 1584 Jacopo adquiriu duas estátuas de pedra que pertenciam anteriormente ao jardim do palácio de Don Luigi de Toledo, que ficaram na porta deste Palácio dei Boni até a morte de Jacopo, ocasião em que foram retirados e realocados em 1607 ao Palazzo Tornabuoni, recém-adquirido pelo irmão Bardo.

Jacopo, então, após uma brilhante e curta carreira artística, falece de febre em 29 de dezembro de 1602 em Florença, deixando sete filhos e a esposa de segundas núpcias Laura Corsini. Todos os filhos de Jacopo – como mais uma vez se repete – eram crianças e adolescentes à época e foram acolhidos e se tornaram herdeiros do irmão de Jacopo, Bardo, que pouco depois se tornaria o primeiro Marquês de Caiazzo.   Um breve ensaio sobre a vida familiar de Jacopo é necessária para melhor se compreender a estrutura familiar deixada após a sua morte. Com a primeira esposa, Settimia, Jacopo teve uma filha chamada Giulia, nascida em 29 de abril de 1589, e um filho chamado Antonio, nascido em 07 de julho de 1591 e que posteriormente se tornaria o primeiro Marquês de San Pellegrinetto.

No corrente ano Settimia falece em 15 de fevereiro de 1592, e Jacopo precisa casar-se novamente, ocasião em que constitui matrimônio com Laura de Lorenzo Corsini em 27 de setembro de 1595, uma das famílias mais nobres e proeminentes da cidade de Florença naquele século. Com Laura, Jacopo teve uma filha chamada Settimia, nascida em 1596, Maria nascida em outubro de 1598, Giovanni, nascido em 3 de fevereiro de 1600, Monsenhor Lorenzo, nascido em 03 de fevereiro de 1601, e a Freira Alessandra, que nasce em maio de 1602, pouco antes da morte dele. Todos eles passam então a ser criados pelo tio Bardo, mas também pela mãe Laura, com fortes influências da família Corsini.

Carreira

O tutor de Jacopo, Luca Bati, o introduz à cultura artística da cidade florentina de maneira extremamente seleta e culta, de modo que Jacopo passa a frequentar a Camerata de' Bardi até se tornar seu principal mecenas.

Jacopo passa a receber e a comissionar o trabalho de diversos artistas, e estreita com eles relações de amizade, tal como fez com Jacopo Peri, Ottavio Rinuccini e Giulio Caccini, todos artistas por ele comissionados e que com muita consideração relembram de Jacopo e prestam a ele homenagens após a sua morte.

O seu palácio é retratado em muitos estudos como "um ponto de encontro, aberto para todos os artistas que quisessem aprender e compartilhar conhecimento". Mas vale ressaltar, ainda, que Jacopo oportunizava a ascensão de artistas também desconhecidos, aos quais colaborava e financiava as artes acreditando em seu potencial. É por isso que Jacopo comissiona, por exemplo, as confecções dos bustos familiares de 1588 à Giovanni Caccini. É porque já desde 1578 esteve em contato com Giulio, irmão de Giovanni, o presenteando com dinheiro e inúmeros presentes. Por ao menos um ano Giulio aparece nas letteres como um artista assalariado e patrocinado por Jacopo.  Ele forneceu diversos imóveis à família: Um estúdio feito em Mármore e uma mesa lateral de nogueira para dobrar e segurar livros de música. A amizade entre em Giulio e Jacopo foi por toda vida, e o dito Giulio Caccini ficou ainda conhecido por ser intermediário na compra dos mobiliários do Palazzo dei Boni em 1587. Após a morte de Jacopo, Giulio ainda é visto em 1604, encarregado da venda de alguns de seus bens, como "um grande órgão de madeira" e uma viola.

É, neste cenário, que Jacopo se introduz também como artista, aluno de Luca Bati. Em 1586, pouco depois da morte de Giulio, Jacopo compõe a "Mascherata di Pan". No entanto, esta primeira composição jamais foi apresentada ou publicada, e acabou se perdendo no tempo, tendo apenas registro de sua existência nos Arquivos Familiares localizados no Archivo di Stato di Firenze. Assumindo a liderança da Camerata Fiorentina já no fim de 1588, Jacopo patrocina, como mecenas e como artista, a primeira ópera que se têm conhecimento no mundo, dita "Dafne".

Tudo começou em 1590, quando Jacopo Corsi associou-se com o cantor e compositor Jacopo Peri. Ambos sentiam que a arte contemporânea estava inferior às obras clássicas gregas e romanas, e decidiram tentar recriar a tragédia grega de Apolo e Dafne. Peri e Corsi contaram com a participação de Ottavio Rinuccini para a criação do libreto.  Anos depois, por volta de 1594, o projeto concluído se consagrava como a primeira ópera mundial. Apesar de muito esquecido quanto aos créditos da canção, se não fosse por Jacopo Corsi, é certo de que Dafne não existisse. Isto porque além de contribuir compondo parte da peça e patrociná-la, cedeu seu um de seus palácios, o Palazzo Corsini na Via del Parione, para uma estreia privativa da mesma no Carnaval de 26 de dezembro de 1597, sob o olhar e presença de importantes autoridades florentinas e amigas de Jacopo, como Don Giovanni de' Medici.

É cediço que o Palazzo Corsini inclusive fora adquirido para este fim. Anos antes, em 1593, Jacopo comprou o Palazzo Corsini de Don Giovanni de' Medici a quem era muito amigo e apegado. Este Palazzo ficava a frente do palácio de Don Giovanni e foi vendida pelos herdeiros de Jacopo em 1610, pouco depois da sua morte. A razão da compra, descrita nos arquivos como destinada à um local em que pudesse "reunir com a Academia, receber artistas e realizar apresentações", evidência sua finalidade estritamente recreativa e nada familiar, já que Jacopo residia no Palazzo dei Boni na Via della Vacca. Anos antes da apresentação de Dafne, passou por diversas reformas de caiação, e implementação de mobílias, todas encomendadas por Jacopo. É neste Palazzo que se encontraram as numerosas antiguidades que haviam chegado de Roma para ele e que haviam sido restauradas pelos seus escultores Giovanni Caccini e Cristoforo Stati. Em janeiro de 1599 foi construída uma "sala grande" em que convergiam parâmetros de couro dourado, tapeçarias, portas com franjas de prata, esculturas e bustos – muito provavelmente os bustos de sua família finalizados por Giovanni Caccini em 1593 – içados sobre alguns "banquinhos" pintados com as armas e cores da família por Pompeo Caccini, filho do músico Giulio Caccini. Uma grande pintura foi destinada a esta mesma sala com a representação de um Triunfo de Baco por Andrea Bôscoli, com uma procissão de Bacantes providenciada pelo próprio Cristoforo Stati para Jacopo em 1599, erroneamente atribuída a Diego Velàzquez. Muitas tapeçarias foram compradas e em grandes quantidades por Jacopo e o irmão dele Bardo. Cenas naturalistas ideais para criar ambientes Arcádicos e pastorais que pareciam antecipar as soluções propostas por Cigoli para a primeira representação oficial de Eurídice. Esses gastos se entrelaçam, em crescentes compras e comissões para instrumentos musicais, suas respectivas afinações e papéis de música. Indicativos mostram que nele foram realizados um "baile de máscaras" e uma "comédia", ou seja, muito plausivelmente, as representações da Dafne e os primeiros ensaios para Eurídice. Foi uma espécie de palco privado da Casa Corsi, meramente recreativo e cultural, para um público ilustre, projetada nesse sentido, também, para que os compromissos de Jacopo com a música não entrassem em conflito com o cotidiano normal do Palazzo de família, que não teria suportado durante muito tempo as idas e vindas de músicos, cenógrafos, pintores e escultores necessários à preparação de complexas representações cênicas.

Desta digníssima e histórica composição, Dafne sobrevive através de seis fragmentos, dois de Jacopo Corsi e quatro de Peri, mas a maior parte da música escrita pelos dois está perdida. O libreto de Ottavio Rinuccini resta intacto.  O sucesso de Dafne e sua disseminação popular em todas as camadas aristocráticas da Itália oportunizou que Jacopo recebesse outra comissão, agora como parte do festivo do casamento entre Maria de' Medici e o Rei Henrique IV da França. Com a ajuda do irmão Bardo, que adiantou grande soma necessária do dote dos nubentes, os irmãos Corsi também cederam a sua Villa em Sesto Fiorentino para a realização do casamento. Para este trabalho Jacopo convocou Jacopo Peri e Giulio Caccini, com libreto de Ottavio Rinuccini, mesmos componentes de Dafne, com a adição de Giulio, para uma obra consequente e de garantido sucesso. Para os trajes e cenografia, Jacopo comissionou Lodovico Cigoli, que entregou um trabalho descrito por ele como "memorável". Além de financiar e dirigir o evento, Jacopo ainda participou tocando cravo – uma espécie antiga de piano – na apresentação oficial da ópera, que estreou em 06 de outubro de 1600 no Palazzo Pitti. Todos os feitos e esforços de Jacopo Corsi se resumem em Eurídice, um coroamento de anos de estudo, pesquisa e de contatos que adquiriu ao longo da vida. Eurídice afirmou a família mais uma vez como digna de estar entre os nobres de Florença, e as tentativas de ressurreição e homenagem intentada por Peri e Corsi lograram feitos, visto que persistem até os dias de hoje.

É em comemoração a perfeita execução e popularização de Eurídice que Jacopo Corsi encomenda a estátua de "Orfeu" e um "Tritão" – o primeiro é principal personagem desta ópera – à Cristoforo Stati em 23 de fevereiro de 1601, reconhecida como a última de suas encomendas. A história acerca destas estátuas pode ser encontrada no artigo principal da Família Corsi, destinado as possessões da família, mas pode-se resumir in loco que Orfeu resistiu ao tempo e hoje repousa no Museu Metropolitano de Nova Iorque desde 1941.

Jacopo, então, falece de febre em 29 de dezembro de 1602 em Florença, deixando sete filhos e a esposa de segundas núpcias Laura. O inventário de Jacopo, que foi redigido para o irmão Bardo em 1602, foi um dos mais ricos em aspectos artísticos e culturais, contando com dezenas de pinturas e esculturas, além de obras inovadoras ligadas estritamente à música e que haviam sido promovidas exclusivamente por Jacopo em seu círculo de músicos da Camerata Fiorentina. As homenagens e condecorações feitas por diversos e importantes artistas desta época deram a Jacopo o título de "Pai dos Pobres" pela sua natureza sempre altruísta que levou em vida.

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Annemarie Moser-Pröll (Kleinarl, 27 de marzo de 1953) es una esquiadora austriaca retirada que ganó una medalla de oro olímpica (tres medallas en total), 5 Campeonatos del Mundo (9 Medallas en total), 6 Generales de la Copa del Mundo (y 10 Copas del Mundo en diferentes disciplinas) y 62 victorias en la Copa del Mundo de Esquí Alpino (con un total de 113 podiums).

Resultados

Juegos Olímpicos de Invierno
 1972 en Sapporo, Japón
 Descenso: 2.ª
 Eslalon Gigante: 2.ª
 Eslalon: 5.ª
 1980 en Lake Placid, Estados Unidos
 Descenso: 1.ª
 Eslalon Gigante: 6.ª

Campeonatos Mundiales
 1970 en Val Gardena, Italia
 Descenso: 3.ª
 Combinada: 6.ª
 1972 en Sapporo, Japón
 Combinada: 1.ª
 Descenso: 2.ª
 Eslalon Gigante: 2.ª
 1974 en St. Moritz, Suiza
 Descenso: 1.ª
 Eslalon Gigante: 4.ª
 1978 en Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Alemania
 Descenso: 1.ª
 Combinada: 1.ª
 Eslalon Gigante: 3.ª
 1980 en Lake Placid, Estados Unidos
 Descenso: 1.ª

Copa del Mundo

Clasificación general Copa del Mundo
 1968-1969: 16.ª
 1969-1970: 6.ª
 1970-1971: 1.ª
 1971-1972: 1.ª
 1972-1973: 1.ª
 1973-1974: 1.ª
 1974-1975: 1.ª
 1976-1977: 2.ª
 1977-1978: 2.ª
 1978-1979: 1.ª
 1979-1980: 2.ª

Clasificación por disciplinas (Top-10)
 1968-1969:
 Descenso: 5.ª
 1969-1970:
 Eslalon Gigante: 3.ª
 Descenso: 8.ª
 1970-1971:
 Descenso: 1.ª
 Eslalon Gigante: 1.ª
 Eslalon: 3.ª
 1971-1972:
 Descenso: 1.ª
 Eslalon Gigante: 1.ª
 Eslalon: 9.ª
 1972-1973:
 Descenso: 1.ª
 Eslalon Gigante: 2.ª
 1973-1974:
 Descenso: 1.ª
 Eslalon: 5.ª
 Eslalon Gigante: 7.ª
 1974-1975:
 Descenso: 1.ª
 Eslalon Gigante: 1.ª
 Eslalon: 4.ª
 1976-1977:
 Descenso: 2.ª
 Eslalon Gigante: 3.ª
 1977-1978:
 Descenso: 1.ª
 Eslalon Gigante: 5.ª
 Eslalon: 8.ª
 1978-1979:
 Descenso: 1.ª
 Eslalon: 2.ª
 1979-1980:
 Descenso: 2.ª
 Combinada: 2.ª
 Eslalon: 3.ª
 Eslalon Gigante: 7.ª

Victorias en la Copa del Mundo (62)

Descenso (36)

Eslalon Gigante (16)

Eslalon (3)

Combinada (7)

Enlaces externos
 Perfil de Annemarie Moser-Pröll en la página oficial de la FIS (en inglés)

Esquiadores de Austria
Abanderados olímpicos de Austria
Abanderados en los Juegos Olímpicos de Lake Placid 1980
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