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Who's That Guy? Jarryd Hayne, the Australian Star Chasing NFL Dreams
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by Andrew Sharp
Who Is He? Jarryd Hayne, a superstar in Australia's National Rugby League for the Parramatta Eels
Rugby? Rugby! Or rugby league, technically, which is different.
Where Is He From? Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Age? 26
Size? 189 centimeters and 100 kilograms and/or 15 stones, which is … [Googles for five minutes] … 6-foot-2, 220 pounds.
Why are we talking about him? This week, he announced he's walking away from the game to chase his dream of playing in the NFL. As he wrote in an open letter to fans:
For the past 24 months I've been thinking about having a crack in the NFL, and over the last 12 months I've been seriously considering it. Today I can officially announce that I will be heading to the United States to pursue an opportunity to play American Football. I will be withdrawing from the Kangaroos Four Nations side immediately, and accepting a conditional release from the Eels to make the move overseas … It's always been a dream of mine to play in the NFL, and at my age, this is my one and only chance at having a crack at playing there.
His Game in 25 Words or Fewer: He's a fullback, he's one of the highest-paid players in the National Rugby League, and that's literally all I know. (Says the Sydney Herald, "This is a young man, who from the age of 15, has been just about first picked in every rugby league team he's ever represented.")
His Imaginary NFL Game in 25 Words or Less: Running back? He's 6-foot-2, 220 pounds, fast, and apparently pretty shifty. Let's say special teams–flavored running back.
Film Study: HAAAAAAAAAAAAAYNE PLAAAAAAAAAAAANE.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_qVQAFtMOU
What Does He Know About the NFL? He's been playing fantasy football.
"@nfl: VIDEO: Penalties wipe out 3 Percy Harvin TDs http://t.co/9olsQbVOX5 #SEAvsWAS pic.twitter.com/sXPlLttbzY" 😡😡😡😡😡😡😡 #FantasyFootball
— jarryd hayne (@jarrydhayne_1) October 7, 2014
And he enjoys NFL Memes. So that's a good start.
Are There Precedents Here? In 2006, rugby league player Willie Mason had a tryout with the Jets that went nowhere. Just last year, the Colts made headlines when they brought in Kenyan rugby player Daniel Adongo from South Africa and added him to the practice squad as a project at defensive end. Sports Illustrated chronicled the transition and Indy's hopes for his future –"People love the crap out of him around here," said his defensive coordinator. But in August 2014, he was waived and sent to injured reserve with a groin injury. The project's on hold for now.
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In New York, the Jets brought in 6-foot-7, 240-pound Hayden Smith to play tight end in 2012, and he became the first professional rugby player to play in the NFL. His career included five game appearances, with one catch for 16 yards. He was cut by the Jets last year, failed to catch on with Tampa Bay, and went back to Australia to play rugby.
Smith has zero regrets. "It is an amazing journey to have been a part of and you just take life experience from it," he told The Telegraph. "It took a lot of work and wasn't easy and I grew as a person by taking myself outside my comfort zone."
But Those Aren't Really Precedents. No, not really. Neither of those players was as dominant as Hayne. He just walked away from a multi-million dollar contract extension that would've been the richest deal in the history of the National Rugby League.
How Is This Being Received in Australia? With shock, mostly. And lots of support. And the caption here, introducing us to Chicago Bulls running back Matt Forte.
How Did This Happen? "It wasn't easy," Hayne said at the press conference announcing this move. "I think that's what people need to understand, like this isn't going to be an easy transition. That's why it took so long to decide."
Hayne's been interested in this for a while. Two years ago, he began secret training sessions with the "gridiron team" at the University of Technology Sydney, whose coach saw that he "took a big shine" to the game.
This summer, Reggie Bush was shown highlights by Fox Sports Australia and said, "He actually looks like an NFL running back. Looks like he could come play with us tomorrow." This quote will definitely be included in every story about Hayne's decision, but I don't know. It's probably less an endorsement and more a polite way to play along with the Australian interviewing him.
Then in September, his team visited Seahawks practice and the University of Washington, and he saw training facilities up close, and this was apparently enough to push things over the edge. Last week, he posted this cryptic tweet:
Id rather live with failure, then die we regret.
— jarryd hayne (@jarrydhayne_1) October 10, 2014
Now here we are.
Why You Should Know Him: Because this is totally awesome. If you were to come up with a comparison from America, it might be a little like LeBron abruptly leaving basketball to try football. Or Jordan doing the same with baseball. But both of those sports at least happen in the same country. This is a bigger leap. Imagine 26-year-old LeSean McCoy leaving the Eagles tomorrow to go try to play rugby next year.
Hayne's just hitting his prime, he's ignoring the chance for a record-breaking contract, and he's heading to Los Angeles without speaking to any NFL teams. All to follow a path that was already pretty impossible to begin with. As the Jets' Smith remembers, "It took me months to be able to coherently understand what was going on and that was after putting in 12 or 14-hour long days. The playbook would contain hundreds of plays and thousands of varieties. You only have a couple of seconds to react once we snap the ball. You are also dealing with some incredible athletes so it is a pretty tough environment."
There are 10 different reasons this shouldn't work at all, and several examples where it hasn't. That's what makes it so much fun. It's ambitious at best, and probably closer on the spectrum to insanity, which only confirms everything I've always assumed about rugby players.
Now Hayne will head to America, train in Los Angeles, probably enter the 2015 NFL Combine, and we'll take things from there. The odds of him catching on as a full-time running back are slim, but kick returner and punt returner is possible. If it doesn't work, he'll go back to the Eels in a few years. Regardless, for anyone who's ever wanted to watch LeBron play tight end for the Browns, or Usain Bolt play wide receiver, this is as close as we'll get. That alone should have everyone rooting for him.
"I was about to become the highest-paid player in the NRL, the highest-paid player in the history of rugby league," he said this week. "But, I'm a kid from Minto and my whole dream as a professional athlete was to … to … buy my mum a house. I did that and everything else has been a bonus."
Let's do this. Let's go. All aboard the Hayne Plane. Wherever it lands.
Filed Under: NFL, Jarryd Hayne, Parramatta Eels, Reggie Bush, Seattle Seahawks, Daniel Adongo, Hayden Smith, New York Jets, Matt Forte, Chicago Bulls, LeSean McCoy, Who's That Guy
Andrew Sharp is a staff editor at Grantland.
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Global industrial company Harsco Corporation (NYSE: HSC) and Hydro Industries, a UK-based leader in water treatment technologies, announced today a joint agreement to expand the use of Hydro's unique technology across Harsco's industry-leading footprint at more than 140 steel-producing sites across the globe.
The new agreement will enable both companies to bring much-needed environmental and recycling solutions to the steel and metals industries, particularly in the treatment and processing of oily mill scale, an iron oxide by-product formed during the production of steel. During production, the mill scale becomes contaminated with oil and lubricants, significantly limiting its ability to be recycled back into the production of new steel. This results in higher raw material and disposal costs for the steel producer. A typical steel mill is estimated to produce from 100 to as many as 750 tons of oily mill scale per day.
In addition to the treatment of oily mill scales, future solutions could potentially include the processing of clean water for the mills.
The Secretary of State for Wales, The Right Honourable Alun Cairns MP, said, "This joint agreement shows once again that the businesses in Wales are thinking big and expanding their global reach. Hydro is a company that has always set its sights high and this relationship with Harsco - a major global leader - demonstrates the scale of their ambition. It's fantastic news for Hydro and for Wales and I wish the project every success."
Harsco's Metals & Minerals division is the world's largest and most comprehensive provider of onsite material processing and environmental services to the worldwide steel and metals industries. The division serves as a technology partner to cleaner, more efficient metal production, providing customers with effective solutions for converting production waste streams into beneficial commercial use. Its operations span approximately 140 customer sites across more than 30 countries. To learn more, go to www.harsco-m.com.
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My book is about how to design your life so you live in harmony with your technology and get the best out of being human.
I noticed there was a real contrast between the way my oldest and my youngest kids grew up. The oldest, my daughter, was a typical child, content to play dress-up and make-believe, to run around with her friends, and read lots of books. Only ten years later, my youngest was born into a new world of screens. He was perfectly satisfied spending his time watching TV and playing video games—until, of course, I disturbed his reverie by encouraging him to do something (anything!) else.
I saw, too, how my own life was changing. I was becoming less engaged with people. As he got older, I'd be contentedly occupied on one screen while he was absorbed on another. That really bothered me. It took years for me to realize there is an opportunity cost to our unquestioning adoption of smartphones and other computerized manna that has rained down from the digital heavens. Because we spend so much time engaged with devices, other vital activities have been crowded out, such as getting enough physical activity, paying attention when you're talking to people, having the concentration to read an entire article, and being soothed outdoors in nature.
I named my platform "The Durable Human" because durable means to be effective for as long as possible. As robots and AI crowd in, we need to proactively design our lifestyles to make the most of what makes us unique and spectacular as human beings, including our senses of intuition, generosity, compassion and humor, plus our muscles and metabolism.
It's imperative that new parents understand this. Babies and little kids are each born supremely unique and they need to explore the world in their own time using their native senses. That way they'll get to know their precious bodies, minds, interests, and abilities. Kids must get to know their own operating systems before they spend much time with others.
At that point, I put aside both books and wrote How To Be a Durable Human (with a parents' section at the end of each chapter) and published it under an imprint I created: Austral Arc, LLC. The book came together quickly once I joined Kristen Joy Laidig's Kindle-in-30-Days Challenge.
When I left ABC News where was writing "The Health Show," I said I'd write a book on well-being. It took a while, but I finally did!
When I'm not teaching digital media grad students or writing scripts for hire, I split each weekday between sharing existing content on social media and writing new content or producing content-related videos. When it's warm out, I sequester myself to write in the screened porch. But whether inside or out, I either stand at a counter or use a portable standing desk (made by StandSteady, the company created by a "durable human hero" featured in my book).
Another way I keep my metabolism perking is to stop every hour and do 60 jumping jacks. This jumpstarts creativity, too, because when I get back to the keyboard, the right word I might have been searching for has often popped into my head.
I love leading small groups on mindful "walks and talks" through beautiful outdoors spaces where we can feed our senses and think about our durability as human animals. Besides that, I enjoy interviewing experts in various fields for tips to share with my Durable Human News list. (Join here!) I also get a kick out of being on the other side of the camera when media types interview me.
I quote them in my books, including Richard Louv and his Last Child in the Woods, Stephen Covey's 7 Habits, Steven Pressfield's The War of Art, Soren Gordhamer's Wisdom 2.0, and Anne Morrow Lindbergh's Gift From The Sea.
I'm also jazzed about Stephanie Chandler's The Nonfiction Book Marketing Plan.
When my screen-loving son was 6, we tried to walk to a nearby park, which turned out to be a harrowing trip because there was no sidewalk. Thus began my long quest to make our neighborhood safely walkable. Because of all that gratis work, I was appointed as a county transportation commissioner. Turns out How To Be a Durable Human was published the same month our new sidewalks opened and my son graduated from college!
Because personal digital devices descended on us so unexpectedly, parents have very little cover when it comes to raising a child in the wilds of the digital world. As I like to say, there is no lunch box to contain social media. That's why I'm designing physical products to help. The first is a whimsical way for kids to learn part with their phones so kids and devices are recharged in the morning.
I'd also like to write a series of single-topic books to help kids live in healthy harmony with their technology (and everything else).
I'd just like folks to know how helpful it is to be part of the Nonfiction Authors Association. The weekly teleseminars, especially, contain crucial information every author needs for success. Same with the yearly online conference.
Finally, if you want a quick, breezy inspiration for effective living, The Durable Human Manifesto: Practical Wisdom for Living and Parenting in the Digital World here for free.


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Q: GetAttribute of WebElement in Selenium Firefox Driver Returns Empty So I have a test that was written, and the test runs and works using the Selenium ChromeDriver just fine. I was tasked with getting the tests working on the FirefoxDriver as well.
Part of the test we input text into a login field, and then check the login field to make sure it was input. The way we check the field is like this
public virtual string Text => WebElement.GetAttribute("value");
while (!Text.Equals(inputText) && count++ < 3)

This works perfectly fine in Chrome. However it does not in Firefox. When I debug the test, it shows that Text is "" or empty/blank. If I open Firefox, I can do this document.getElementById("login").value and it returns the correct value.
Is WebElement.GetAttribute implemented differently in the FirefoxDriver or am I just missing something?

A: It's hard to say in your case why is not working on Firefox, there is no different implementation between browsers. You can try alternate solution using IJavascriptExecutor instead as below :-
IJavaScriptExecutor js = driver as IJavaScriptExecutor;
string Text = (string)js.ExecuteScript("return arguments[0].value", WebElement);

A: The Selenium protocol to get an attribute/property has evolved with Selenium 3.
With Selenium 2, the method WebElement.GetAttribute(...) returns the HTMLElement property when present and the attribute otherwise.
With Selenium 3, there's a distinctive command to get the property and one for the attribute :
https://www.w3.org/TR/webdriver/#get-element-property
In your case it seems that you  are using the geckodriver (Selenium 3) with a client limited to the Selenium 2 specs. It would explain why the property is not returned.
To make it work, you can either upgrade your C# client to V3.0.0-beta2:
https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium/blob/master/dotnet/CHANGELOG
https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium/commit/a573338f7f575ccb0069575700f2c059dc94c3b8
Or you can implement your own GetProperty in a method extension:
static string GetProperty(this IWebElement element, string property) {
    var driver = (RemoteWebDriver)((RemoteWebElement)element).WrappedDriver;
    var result = (IList)driver.ExecuteScript(@"
        var element = arguments[0], property = arguments[1];
        if (property in element) return [true, '' + element[property]];
        return [false, 'Missing property: ' + property];
      ", element, property);

    bool succeed = (bool)result[0];
    if (!succeed) throw new WebDriverException((string)result[1]);

    return (string)result[1];
}

Usage:
string value = driver.FindElement(...).GetProperty("value");

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This week I've been reading Payback: Why we Retaliate, Redirect Aggression and Take Revenge, as recommended by a friend on Twitter. It's so in keeping with my BBTB philosophy, I've decided to share it with you.
It didn't take me long to realise that HOWARD'S problem wasn't actually me. We're not targeted because of some annoying aspect of our character or personality. We're targeted because someone in a higher post is in pain and needs to make someone pay for that. And they're always going to choose the person HR would (albeit reluctantly) let go if it was a 50/50 decision between you and them.
HOWARD had significant problems outside work which caused him pain, and his way of coping was by passing it on. I soon realised I had to put my pain somewhere or I'd take it out on my family and friends.
Pain is Vampiric. Once bitten, we have an almost compulsive need to bite back and if we can't – we may well experience an urge to bite someone else, someone completely innocent. Unfortunately, whilst it's not right and possibly dangerous even, it does make us feel better – short term.
So we have two problems. The first is, obviously, what we are going to do about being bullied at work. The second is how we are going to avoid biting and snapping at someone else. I tried everything and anything to successfully control my anger and frustration. The last thing you want to do is become the epitome of what you hate in the first place.
If we have to bite through something, let it be the chain of bullying.


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Way Huge Swollen Pickle Jumbo Fuzz
July 11, 2019Sebastian
The Way Huge Swollen Pickle Jumbo Fuzz is a formidable fuzz pedal in a compact package. It was introduced in 1997 as Way Huge founder Jeorge Tripp's spin on the classic Big Muff fuzz beloved by guitarists since the 70s.
It's my first ever fuzz pedal, and I like it a lot, but it's not for everybody. In this review, I'll discuss the Pickle's parameters, its strengths, and some considerations that might make you want to choose a different fuzz. I'll also include a few audio samples – another Var Guitar first.
The Way Huge Swollen Pickle is housed in a thick metal case and feels extremely sturdy – it's probably the heaviest-duty pedal I own.
It features an extraordinary amount of versatility. There are five knobs on top of the pedal, and two internal knobs accessible by removing the rubber feet and opening the case.
The five exterior knobs control:
Loudness (a volume knob, which provides plenty of volume on tap);
Sustain (controls the fuzz intensity);
Filter (a more sophisticated tone control than a simple EQ, the manual claims there are various bandpass filters involved);
Scoop (controls a notch filter in the mids); and
Crunch (which I'll go into later).
Inside the pedal are knobs for:
Clip (adjusts between more "smooth" vs "open" clipping diodes); and
Voice (adjusts the intensity of the "Scoop" control).
I don't like scooped guitar tones too much, so my Scoop knob tends to be around 0. In fact, I'll often leave the Voice knob at 0 so that the Scoop knob does almost nothing.
I prefer the more "open" (read: aggressive) clipping sound, so my Clip knob is typically at maximum. That said, a little experimentation goes a long way. It's not unlikely that, somewhere along the Clip knob's sweep, you'll find a sweet spot that really resonates.
The Crunch Knob
The Crunch knob is very interesting. The manual says it "adjusts the compression intensity of the sustain", but I don't think that's a very helpful explanation. I think of it as increasing the headroom before the fuzz kicks in. With the Crunch at 0, you get fuzz even if your guitar's volume is low, but with Crunch at maximum, your guitar's volume has to be higher in order to get fuzz. This opens up more sonic opportunities. The Crunch knob enables you to use the Swollen Pickle as an overdrive. For example: set the Crunch high, set your amplifier set to the edge of breakup, and tweak how hard you're pushing the front of the amplifier with the Loudness control. The signal coming from the Pickle will be loud enough to induce amp distortion, the Pickle's distinctive voice will be present, but there'll be enough clarity not to produce a muddy mess.
Sound Samples
All sound samples were recorded with my 2000 HSS American Stratocaster into my Marshall DSL40C combo, set to the "crunch" channel with gain around 9 o clock and volume around 12 o clock. I miked it up with a Rode M3.
In all examples, the Pickle's Loudness is at 9 o clock and the internal Voice and Clip pots are at maximum.
No Fuzz
First, the "clean" sound, with the effect off. This is the Strat's neck pickup.
https://varguitar.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Clean-chords-neck.wav.mp3
Thick Fuzz
This is with the Pickle engaged. The settings are: Sustain and Scoop 12 o clock; Crunch at minimum; Filter at maximum. The Pickle is roaring and fuzzy.
https://varguitar.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/neck-rhythm-1.mp3
Thinner Fuzz
For this next clip, the settings are as before, but I've backed off the Scoop to 10 o clock and maxed out the Sustain. The fuzz is more apparent, but the sound is a little thinner.
Lead Fuzz
In this clip I left the settings intact from the previous clip, but I backed off the Filter to 1 o clock, for a slightly smoother lead tone.
https://varguitar.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/neck-lead-1.mp3
Overdrive Crunch Fuzz
This is a fun setting. I set Sustain at 1 o clock, Scoop at 11 o clock, Filter at 1 o clock, and most importantly, Crunch at 1 o clock. Now there's less fuzz, but more of the amp's natural overdrive. The result is a rude, saggy tone that sounds great for dirty rhythms.
https://varguitar.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/bridge-rhythm-high-crunch.mp3
The Swollen Pickle puts a lot of endlessly tweakable fuzz power at your fingertips, which is a pro or a con depending on your perspective. With a little patience you can get a sounding ranging from a slight crunch, to a tasteful fur, to an incendiary buzzsaw, but it's not as simple as "turn the Sustain and Filter knobs all the way to the right".
Unlocking the Swollen Pickle's full range of sounds requires time, patience, and a keen ear to develop an intuition of how the different parameters affect one another.
If your goal in purchasing a fuzz is "I want to plug in and sound like 90s-era Smashing Pumpkins", this is not the fuzz for you (that'd be the Electro-Harmonix Op-Amp Big Muff reissue). That said, if you're like me, and the journey is as important to you as the destination, then you'll love the Swollen Pickle. Check it out!
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Guess what? It's Vikings week! After a long time, the Lost Vikings are finally on rotation again!
Weekly Sales have been announced a little earlier that's why you can find the information in a separate article here.
Would be nice if Blizzard did some rework on TLV. With more powerful Heroes coming up, over half of the cast can wipe the floor with them.
They can absolutely dominate games due to their lane presence. I doubt Blizzard will be touching them anytime soon.
TLV always seems like one of those heroes that fits into the same pool as Meepo from DOTA2. I loved playing Meepo, he was by far my main hero, and people always complained that he was underpowered. In the right hands, he could just destroy games. I feel like a rework of TLV could very easily put them into the same pool as Meepo.
This week's brawl is Lost Cavern, with Shuffle Pick, Standard Play and the first team to destroy the Enemy core wins. Play three games to earn a Loot Chest.
Complete three matches of Lost Cavern to earn a Loot Chest! Find out more about the Heroes Brawl game mode on our Heroes Brawl site; and as always, you can find more information on this week's Brawl by clicking the Brawl Info button at the bottom of the play screen when preparing to queue for the Brawl game mode.


November 30, 2017 by Karen H.
This morning was a good morning. My toddler slept in. By the time I went to wake him up, his sleepy baby eyes bleary and blinking, I had already showered, prepared his breakfast, and packed my own lunch. As I changed his diaper and dressed him, I cooed and patted, laughed, and kissed. He smiled and cuddled me. While I fed him breakfast, I made up silly oatmeal songs: "Yummy yummy oatmeal, slides in your tummy tummy. Nummies, nummies, nummies…." His wide mouth grinned, he showed me his eight perfect little teeth, and he giggled and giggled while he gummed his breakfast.
When we got into the car to leave for daycare, my Louis Armstrong Christmas CD was playing, and we rocked out to Cool Yule, dancing and snapping our fingers. I sang at the top of my lungs, even improvising during the trumpet solo. I need to stop here and make something perfectly clear. I can't sing well. I really can't sing well and be enthusiastic at the same time, so this Louis Armstrong Christmas extravaganza was thoroughly unpleasant on the ears. Most of the time, I start in an octave that I can't maintain and have to switch a few times mid-song to keep up. It was an off-key, shrieky, messy, joyful, musical yawp. And the baby loved it. He loved it. He laughed, he squirmed, he joined me in high-pitched merry-making. By the time we got to daycare, I was crooning "I've Got my Love to Keep me Warm" as I cuddled him in his puffy coat and paused to nibble on his chubby be-dimpled cheeks. "I need no over-coat, I'm burning with loooooove…" He snuggled into me and laughed. We danced into daycare together–a chubby middle-aged foster mom in leggings and Skechers, and a bundle of mischievous joy in mis-matched socks. He didn't care that my musical gift to him was imperfect.
On Monday, I took my mom and dad to the airport after spending Thanksgiving together. Before we left, my dad took me aside and whispered "Let's stop for lunch on the road, my treat. We're going to Denny's." Dad loves Denny's. He gets a 10% senior citizen discount, and they make pancakes with gluten in them–a rare treat for him in my parents' celiac-safe house. Honestly, I don't love Denny's as much as he does. "Sure dad, that sounds great." He was so happy with this gift to me. A few extra minutes together, doing something he enjoyed, and treating me to a lunch out. He starts radiation therapy for the second time this year today. Every few extra minutes with him seems precious to me these days. And I will smile every time I drive up the highway and pass that Denny's sign–a visual reminder of my dad's perfect imperfect gift to me.
Last week, I tried to figure out how I could manage the holidays this year–two new foster kids, worries about my dad's health, finishing up a really busy semester, and juggling a couple of articles I'm getting out for publication–I'm honestly not sure what I can handle. Presents and stockings, certainly. Can I handle getting a Christmas tree up on my own with a toddler in tow? I just don't know. Then my friend called: "Hey, we're going to a Christmas tree farm. We thought you guys could come with us, and pick out a tree, then we'll cut it down, haul it to your house, and help you set it up. Does that sound fun?" It sounds perfect. Like being surrounded by people who love me and these beautiful kids is the most perfectly imperfect holiday I can imagine.
Beautiful, Karen. Thank you for this gift to BCC readers. It's a wonderful start to a Christmas season where we can all think about the imperfect gifts that we have received from others and the imperfect gifts that we have to give to our God; each in similitude of the very perfect gift of his Son's grace.
Thank you, Karen. This post was in fact the perfect gift for me.
I am so happy for you Karen. Thank you for this lovely essay. May your Christmas be merry and bright.
Great story, seeing the umor in a stressful situation!
Thanks for this. I'm in my 30's but recovering from a broken hip. This year will be an imperfect Christmas but I'm fine with that so long as my family and I are together.
I tried to comment yesterday, but couldn't think of anything to say that would match this. Thank you, Karen; as everybody has said, this is thoroughly lovely.
This is excellent, Karen. Thanks for writing and sharing it.
Beautiful. Thanks for sharing – I hope you and your family have a lovely holiday.


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Gerhard Richter's 'Symphony of Light': Cologne Cathedral Gets New Stained-Glass Window
Gerhard Richter's 'Symphony of Light' Cologne Cathedral Gets New Stained-Glass Window
Cologne Cathedral finally has a new stained-glass window, designed by Gerhard Richter, one of Germany's most important living artists. It replaces the plain glass window installed after the original was destroyed during World War II.
Visitors to Cologne Cathedral can now look forward to a kaleidoscope of glowing multi-colored light after a brand new abstract window was unveiled on Saturday.
The 11,500 squares of glass in 72 colors fill the 20-meter-high window, which was designed by Gerhard Richter, one of Germany's most important living artists. The 75-year-old painter and photographer declared that he was happy the project had been a success, particularly as, unlike his other work, it isn't intended to hang for a short time but is to be a "window for eternity."
Cologne's Gothic cathedral has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1996 and was recently voted Germany's most popular tourist landmark. But many locals lamented the fact that the southern window had consisted of simple unadorned glass ever since the original stained-glass window was destroyed during World War II.
The cathedral decided to replace the window with a new design but plans for a more traditional figurative window were rejected by the cathedral in favor of Richter's abstract design.
Richter, who was born in Dresden and escaped to West Germany in 1961, has lived and worked in Cologne since the early 1980s and was made an honorary citizen of the city earlier this year. Although the artist -- who is one of the world's most expensive living artists -- waived any fee, the costs of materials and mounting the window came to around €370,000 ($506,000). However the costs were covered by donations from more than 1,000 people.
The window was covered with a black cloth until Saturday when it was unveiled during a special service. Speaking during the ceremony, Monsignor Josef Sauerborn said that, "in its overwhelming abundance of color ... it is a symphony of light."
After the service, Cologne Mayor Fritz Schramma also voiced his praise for the new window: "The cathedral has been enriched and so has the city."
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Introduction : I found this poem in Part II of Lady Gregory's God's and Fighting Men. The stories in that section are about the Fianna who were a band of warriors trained in the arts of fighting, oratory and poetry. Their leader was Fionn Mac Cumhaill who is said to have written the poem below. I think it is one of the most beautiful poems I have ever read. I have taken the liberty of giving it a name from one of the lines within it.
It is the month of May is the pleasant time; its face is beautiful; the blackbird sings his full song, the living wood is his holding, the cuckoos are singing and ever singing; there is a welcome before the brightness of the summer.
Summer is lessening the rivers, the swift horses are looking for the pool; the heath spreads out its long hair, the weak white bog down grows. A wildness comes on the heart of the deer; the sad restless sea is asleep.
Bees with their little strength carry a load reaped from the flowers; the cattle go up muddy to the mountains; the ant has a good full feast.
The harp of the woods is playing music; there is colour on the hills, and a haze on the full lakes, and entire peace upon every sail.
The corncrake is speaking, a loud voiced poet; the high lonely waterfall is singing a welcome to the warm pool, the talking of the rushes has begun.
The light swallows are darting; the loudness of music is around the hill; the fat soft mast is budding; there is grass on the trembling bogs.
The bog is as dark as the feathers of the raven; the cuckoo makes a loud welcome; the speckled salmon is leaping; as strong as the leaping of the swift fighting man.
The man is gaining; the girl is in her comely growing power; every wood is without fault from the top to the ground, and every wide good plain.
It is pleasant is the colour of the time; rough winter is gone; every plentiful wood is white; summer is a joyful peace.
A flock of birds pitches in the meadow; there are sounds in the green fields, there is in them a clear rushing stream.
There is a hot desire on you for the racing of horses; twisted holly makes a leash for the hound; a bright spear has been shot into the earth, and the flag flower is golden under it.
A weak lasting little bird is singing at the top of his voice; the lark is singing clear tidings; May without fault, of beautiful colours.
I have another story for you; the ox is lowing, the winter is creeping in, the summer is gone. High and cold the wind, low the sun, cries are about us; the sea is quarrelling.
The ferns are reddened and their shape is hidden; the cry of the wild goose is heard; the cold has caught the wings of the birds; it is the time of ice frost, hard, unhappy.


Companies that produce foods and beverages face unique product packaging demands, with a host of regulations to oblige before they even get around to aesthetic decisions. If your business operates in this area, you've already navigated the rules and gotten into compliance. However, in the years ahead, important changes are on the way. The latest announcements come from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and have to do with the "sell by" or "use by" label - which has a new name, as well as the compliance dates for meat and poultry regulations.
Food Processing explained that the USDA's recommendation - to implement a new "best if used by" label across the food production world - is designed to prevent waste. Today, different manufacturers use a variety of expiration date formats. These listings are voluntary for all products except infant formula, which requires the use of expiration dates. The new guidance is meant to ensure that wherever optional dating is employed, companies are working with the same vocabulary and format.
Faced with a patchwork of phrases, including "sell by" and "use by," consumers may be thinking of the listed dates as hard cutoffs for freshness, and throwing food away that is still good. Food Processing noted that by standardizing the use of dating systems, and employing the phrase "best if used by," the USDA is hoping to ensure that shoppers will be better informed. People will now gain the knowledge that products of a certain age may have degraded in quality, but aren't necessarily unsafe. A hard-seeming "use by" date encourages individuals to throw food out, which causes waste.
The recommendation comes after a period of research into the effects of different types of phrases. According to Food Processing, the USDA's Food Safety Inspection Service settled on the final wording because high rates of people get the intended meaning. Implementing a blanket description across the food world is a big moment for the industry, and it was important for the agency to make sure its chosen version of the label is helpful.
Another announcement from the USDA FSIS concerns the meat and poultry industries. According to Food Safety News, this release isn't about any one rule. Rather, it's a notice that any regulations applied to meat and poultry production in 2017 and 2018 will go into effect on the first day of 2020. This gives producers a minimum of two years to adapt and get in compliance, though the agency would rather companies change practices as soon as rules are added to the books, rather than waiting for the deadline.
The news source reported that the January 1, 2020 date will keep the FSIS in line with the Food and Drug Administration's labeling deadlines. Two years between announcement and implementation will allow organizations more than enough time to revise their labeling strategies. According to the FSIS guidance, a hard deadline for label changes is friendly to both companies and customers, as businesses won't have to change their labeling strategies too often, alterations which could lead to higher sticker prices.
The strategy you apply to your food labels will necessarily be impacted by regulations, but you don't have to worry about staying current in compliance, at least when you work with Lightning Labels. As an all-digital printing partner, Lightning Labels enables you to order relatively small quantities of stickers and labels for your products. This means no leftover or wasted labels when regulations change, and an ability to react quickly to any new regulations, getting well ahead of the deadlines. With a third party such as Lightning Labels on your side, you'll be able to stay ahead of the USDA's schedule rather than barely keeping up.


The Reflector building on Hanover Quay will produce an annual rent roll of about €7 million with a weighted average unexpired lease term of 12 years.
Six parties are believed to be chasing the Reflector office block on Hanover Quay in the south Dublin docklands with the deadline for bids to be submitted having passed at 1pm last Friday.
A preferred bidder is expected to emerge shortly in what is one of the most closely watched sales of the year so far in the Dublin investment market. One source suggested bids well above the €160 million are likely to have been submitted.
Among those understood to be circling the office block are US real estate giant Hines, German funds Union Investment and Patrizia, Italian insurer Generali and a number of Asian investors.
The Reflector came on the market in February at €155 million through joint agents Savills and CBRE. The agents declined to comment on how the sale was progressing.
Owned by Park Developments, the Reflector will produce an annual rent roll of about €7 million with a weighted average unexpired lease term of 12 years. Given the asking price, this would suggest a net initial yield of 4.2 per cent.
The six-storey over-basement building has 11,250sq m (121,089sq ft) of office space, 329sq m (3,546 sq ft) of restaurant space and 34 car-parking spaces.
Tenants include software provider LogMeIn, Airbnb, and web designer Wix.
Savills is in active discussions for letting the vacant office space of 2,045sq m (22,000sq ft) across two floors and is quoting €646 per sq m (€60/sq ft) for this. Recent lettings in the block ranged from €597-€673 per sq m (€55.50-€62.50/sq ft).
The Reflector is part of an almost fully developed docklands neighbourhood that's home to a growing list of technology companies and law firms.
It was developed by Park Developments, which acquired the site in 2004. Construction began in 2016 with Sisk as the main contractor and finished last year.


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As a result of heavy fog in the Mersey, the Liverpool Port Authorities closed the river to shipping today in the interests of passenger and ship safety. It was anticipated that the fog would clear during the course of the morning and would enable the Ben-my-Chree to complete the sailing to Birkenhead.
At 11.00 this morning it was confirmed that the river would not open to shipping for some considerable time and, as a result, the Ben-my-Chree diverted to Heysham where she berthed at 13.15 in poor, but manageable, visibility. There had been the possibility that the ship would not be able to berth in Heysham either.
Foot passengers are being transferred by coach from Heysham to both Liverpool and Birkenhead.
Passengers were alerted to the possibility of delays to the Birkenhead service yesterday by text message and via announcements to the media and on the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company website and sailing information line. However, the unpredictable weather conditions and the closure of the river resulted in the ship diverting to Heysham to enable passengers to complete their journey to the UK.
The return sailing from Heysham is scheduled to depart at around 16.30 with an estimated arrival time in Douglas of 20.15. Foot passengers are being transferred from Liverpool and Birkenhead to Heysham by coach.
Updated sailing information is available on this website.


For many corporate managers, small-business owners, and other professionals, the question on their minds may very well be "Did I make my numbers?" Their point of reference, though, is not sales figures but rather passing grades.
Today's highly competitive global economy demands employees be equipped with the latest knowledge and most thorough education, making continuous adult and professional learning an integral part of life. The Geneva region's largest centre for professional and continuing education, IFAGE (Institut de formation des adultes de Genève), offers a wide range of courses for interested individuals and business professionals eager to add another dimension to their education and skills. Famous management and leadership gurus like Peter Drucker claim the enhancement of knowledge and skills is one the main challenges of business in the 21st century. Recognising the crucial role of information in modern society, Drucker states that "in no other way can developed countries hope to maintain their positions as top economies, let alone to maintain their leadership and their standards of living, without continuously honing people's knowledge and productivity".
As Drucker predicted, globalisation has created an environment of fierce competition among multinational and transnational companies in which new political powers and rising economies are taking their places on the world stage. As a result, the battle for talent has become the new rule of the day. For Jeremy Annen, Managing Director at IFAGE, professional life is no longer a lake of still waters. "Gone are the days when an entire career is spent working at one job in the same business enterprise," he says. "Today, the fast-evolving workplace requires us to adjust and change jobs at least four times over the course of our careers," he added.
In a land famous for its rail system, this train of thought is common. Switzerland has recently topped the list of the world's most competitive economies once again. This accolade comes in no small part for the general recognition that the most important asset of any business is a staff of highly educated and skilled employees. Long before people- centred, knowledge-based management theories were branded like banner flags, Switzerland understood that its paucity of natural resources placed an increased importance on the resources it does have: human beings.
Switzerland's dynamism is a reflection of its high standard of education at all levels. Swiss universities consistently figure among the top 100 in the world and the country's vocational training system assures a pool of high-quality and innovative skilled workers exists in a variety of specific fields. However, a recent study by Dr Philipp Gonon of the University of Zurich on the challenges in the Swiss vocational education and training system reports that the apprenticeship market in crisis. He reports a dwindling number of enterprises involved in the program and the ensuing difficulty of would-be apprentices in finding placements. Also, some companies are now favouring apprentices with academic qualifications. According to the report, the future lies in a proper balance and integration of the different educational systems. For those who choose the apprenticeship path, the Swiss education matrix offers the option of earning a professional baccalaureate that guarantees eventual access to higher education. Others continue to learn and acquire new skills through various institutions—both public and private—offering adult learning programs.
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IFAGE was created through the 1998 merger of two educational institutions specialising in commerce and industry, namely the Cours Commerciaux de Genève and the Cours Industriels de Genève. A nonprofit foundation since 2000, IFAGE is now a leader in providing the Geneva/Vaud/French border region with a wide range of high standard study options in continuing adult and professional education. Now, twelve years after its founding, nearly 10,000 students a year take courses at IFAGE in classrooms and through inhouse training and distance-mode education.
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Atlanta, GA — Haven Campus Communities announced on December 18, 2017 that it entered into a joint venture with Preferred Apartment Communities (PAC) for Haven South, a 250-unit, 840-bed student housing community located next to Baylor University. Haven will maintain an equity ownership interest in the joint venture, and Preferred Campus Management, LLC, a dedicated manager of student housing communities and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Preferred Apartment Advisors, LLC, the Company's external manager, will manage the business and operations.
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By Eugenio Foco on	 January 9, 2018 Analyses
TAGS: ISP liability, audiovisual media services, avms, copyright
As part of the Digital Single Market Strategy, implemented by the European Union (EU) in 2015, the European Commission (EC) presented in September the Copyright reform packet. The latter introduced the Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on copyright in the Digital Single Market – COM (2016)593. Among the different provisions constituting the aforementioned proposal Article 13 intends to tackle what Brussels defines as the value gap (i.e. the idea that revenues generated from the online use of copyright-protected content are being unfairly distributed between the different players in the value chain of online publishing[1]).
Although the resolution of the value gap controversy is considered of the essence to a modern copyright legal framework the instruments introduced by Article 13 and its respective recitals 38 and 39 to achieve such goal result controversial.
The aim of this paper is thus to briefly outline the critical aspects that emerged between Article 13 and the EU acquis, namely:
i. Compatibility with Article 14 of Directive 2000/31/EC (E-Commerce Directive);
ii.Compatibility with Article 15 of Directive 2000/31/EC
iii.Compatibility with the Charter of Fundamental rights of the European Union.
(In)Compatibility with Article 14 E-Commerce Directive
The controversial formulations used in the wording of Article 13 are at the basis of the contrast between the proposal and Article 14 of the E-Commerce Directive (ECD).
The first inconsistency stems from the definition of the providers that the proposal targets and whether they shall fall within the safe-harbor exemption provided by Article 14 ECD.
Article 13 of the proposal addresses "Information society service providers that store and provide to the public access to large amounts of works or other subject-matter uploaded by their users".
However, given that Article 13 (1) of the proposal introduces, but does not define, two additional requirements for the providers ("provide public access" and "large amounts of works"), it can be stated that the definition envisaged in Article 14 ECD is more general and thus encompasses the one provided in Article 13 (1) of the proposal. With this in mind, the question that arises is: when will the providers targeted by Article 13 (1) of the proposal fall under the safe harbor exemption provided in Article 14 ECD?
Furthermore, the fact that Article 1 (2) of the proposal presents a list of existing Directives whose validity the proposal does not intend to affect – with the ECD being excluded – ECD further enhances the potential legal uncertainty that Article 13 would create if it were to become applicable law.
The second inconsistency relates to the concept of "neutrality" asserted in Recital 42 ECD and by the jurisprudence of the CJEU in Case C-324/09 L'Oréal v EBay and its misinterpretation in Recital 38 of the proposal. In an attempt to include in the proposal the CJEU's notion of neutrality, Paragraph 2 of Recital 38 states that hosting providers are excluded from the safe harbor protection when they play an "active role […] irrespective of the means used therefore". However, given that the notion of neutrality asserted in Recital 42 ECD is largely based on "knowledge" and "control" over the information stored or transmitted by the Information Society Service, the "nature of the means used therefore" are essential to determine whether a hosting provider is neutral (e.g. Offering generic and automated support to all users does not provide knowledge, and without knowledge, real control is excluded[2]).
Therefore, by not acknowledging the importance of the means used by providers to store or transmit the information paragraph 2 of Recital 38 contrasts with both Recital 42 ECD and the CJEU jurisprudence.
Article 13(1) of the proposal requires that the measures taken by providers to ensure copyright protection must be "appropriate and proportionate and may include the use of effective content recognition technologies".
However, this provision seems once again in contrast with both the provisions in the E-Commerce Directive and the established case law of the CJEU.
In particular, Article 15 (1) ECD states that for the providers falling under the safe harbor exemption "Member States shall not impose a general obligation […] to monitor the information which they transmit or store, nor a general obligation actively to seek facts or circumstances indicating illegal activity".
Furthermore, by rendering the decision in Scarlet Extended VA v. SABAM (Case C-70/10) the CJEU explicitly stated that requiring a provider to adopt a filtering system to monitor all the data of its users to prevent future infringement of IP rights directly violates Article 15 of Directive 2000/31/EC.
However, the use of "content recognition technologies" (e.g. filtering systems) under Article 13 of the proposal entails exactly what is forbidden under Article 15 E-Commerce Directive and the CJEU case law i.e. a general obligation to monitor. For these reasons the wording of Article 13 of the proposal in this scenario has raised various doubts especially given that no definition of what "appropriate and proportionate" has been provided.
(In)Compatibility with the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU.
The controversy relating to the compatibility between Article 13 of the proposal and the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU (herein after the Charter) once again stems from the requirement that content recognition technologies may be adopted.
It has been widely acknowledged by the CJEU case-law (e.g. see Promusicae v. Telefónica de España SAU, Case C‑275/06) that Member States shall interpret Directives in a way that a fair balance must be struck between the different fundamental rights protected by the Charter.
In the case at hand the balance must be struck between Article 8 (Data Protection), Article 11 (Freedom of Expression and Information), Article 16 (Freedom to Conduct Business) and Article 17 (2) (Copyright Protection) of the Charter.
In the SABAM v. Netlog NV, Case C‑360/10 the CJEU asserted that obliging a hosting provider to adopt a filtering system on all its users does not guarantee a fair balance between the fundamental rights in play. Following the CJEU's reasoning, imposing a general filtering system on a platform provider contrasts with a) Freedom of Expression and Information given that the platform would decide which information can be accessed by the public; b) Data Protection, as it would require monitoring all users' data; c) Freedom to Conduct Business, as it would impose an excessive monetary and operational burdens on platform providers.
Therefore, it seems that the proposed Article 13 fails to strike an appropriate balance between the different rights and interests at stake.
Conclusive Remarks
The complicated wording presented by Article 13, along with the different obligations it seems to set upon platforms hosting and sharing user-generated content raised serious doubts on whether the proposal should become applicable law. For these reasons, in an open letter, 56 fundamental rights organizations asked the policy-makers to delete Article 13. Following their reasoning the obligations set in Article 13 of the proposal are in no way compatible with the EU acquis and thus threaten the fundamental rights at stake.
The attempt by the European policy-makers to provide a copyright legal framework that tackles the issues raised by new technologies has not been criticized as such. It seems that the tools used are not up to the task and must be reviewed.
[1] Angelopoulos, Christina, et al. "EU Copyright Reform: Outside the Safe Harbours, Intermediary Liability Capsizes into Incoherence." Kluwer Copyright Blog, Unknown, 22 Mar. 2017.
Accessed at: copyrightblog.kluweriplaw.com/2016/10/06/eu-copyright-reform-outside-safe-harbours-intermediary-liability-capsizes-incoherence/.
[2] Angelopoulos, Christina. "On Online Platforms and the Commission's New Proposal for a Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market (Centre for Intellectual Property and Information Law (CIPIL) University of Cambridge, January 2017).
Accessed at: https://juliareda.eu/2017/03/study-article13-upload-surveillance/.
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From Minya To The Big Screen: A Cinematic Tale Of Female Heroism
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Mohanad Diab's film "Tahra's Life" was screened at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival
The screening of Egyptian filmmaker Mohanad Diab's short documentary Tahra's Life at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival was an important and poignant moment. In his journey to Cannes, Diab brought two tragically underrepresented worlds to the international spotlight: that of independent Egyptian cinema, and of working class Egyptian women.
Shown at the short movies corner on 17 May, Tahra's Life is the story of a struggling woman from upper Egypt who, after her husband's death, worked several muscular and tough jobs usually reserved for men in order to support her five children. The film – based on a true story – is the second in a trilogy addressing Egyptian women's struggle, the first being the award-winning Kamla's Life.
Tahra's Life tells the story of a woman in Upper Egypt
"The purpose of Tahra's story is not just to tell the audience about her miserable life" says Diab. "No – it's about finding hope through the details of her story – how she is proud of herself for working and earning her living by herself."
Indeed, Tahra's story is one seldom told. The conversations surrounding women in Egypt – both locally and globally – are often limited, both in terms of whom they represent, and how they are represented. Indeed, from as far back as the trailblazer Huda Sha'arwi, mainstream Egyptian feminism has often focused disproportionately on middle class women. In international feminist narratives, the portrayal of Arab women as exclusively victims of their setting often prevails. In this context, Diab's piece breathes new life into the conversation, with a tale of heroism and an undeniably feminine kind of resourceful creativity.
"Poor women in Egypt are not well represented. I want to use these short movies to show that women in upper Egypt and other remote areas are not ignorant, uneducated and neglected – the idea that they have no role is one of the main misconceptions about women in upper Egypt.
"In contrast, their reality means that women often have to also act as the man of the house – she has to earn her own living and depend on herself. Indeed, women in rural areas have proved that they can work like men, and in many cases have become even more successful than working men."
The social consciousness of Diab's film, and his explicit intention to drive social change, separates him from the highly commercialized mainstream scene of Egyptian cinema.
"I'm sad about cinema in Egypt nowadays….we need to have more ideas, better acting and different perspectives to be able to compete in international competitions and win awards" says Diab, reflecting on the crisis of commercial Egyptian cinema today.
"I hope people will give more attention to independent cinema. In Egypt this is very important, because longer movies have a very restricted framework, with many issues such as supervision, commercialism and profit.
"Independent cinema, however, expresses things about society and its issues, culture and thoughts. It stores the culture and issues faced by a society at a particular time – when anyone is interested in knowing more about a specific era, independent cinema will be their main source of knowledge."
Diab's own story as a filmmaker is one of an artist passionate about his homeland and about bringing seemingly small stories to the big screen. He started making short movies as assignments whilst studying Mass Communication at university. After participating in the National Festival for Cinema in Egypt with his graduation project, he became driven to pursuing more studies in filmmaking, obtaining his masters degree in Film and Media production from Brooklyn University in New York.
A screenshot from the film
"Studying in the US helped me acquire many skills," says Diab. "For example, I can do everything now by myself, and am able to acquire special techniques and make a movie in a short period of time in a professional manner
"I made two movies and a video in the US – one was a short documentary on stereotypes about Arabs, the other a film called "Aswat el Horeya" ("The Sounds of Freedom") and a video clip trying to change stereotypes about Egyptians."
On why he decided to come back to Egypt, Diab says: "I returned to my country because I wanted to transfer the experience that I acquired in the US, and make films that can participate in national and international festivals."
Tahra's Life – and the trilogy as a whole – is a classic example of the bubbling creativity amongst young Egyptian artists which, when matched with the growing social consciousness, can create genuinely important and unique art. As Diab himself says, "art contains a message, and the best thing you can do is use your talent to serve people….nobody knew anything about Tahra, and now after the movie, people sympathise with her because of her persistence in life."
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Bernie Sanders Brings Back the Employee Free Choice Act (aka Card Check)
By Eric B. Meyer October 7, 2015 October 7, 2015
Remember the Employee Free Choice Act?
Back in 2009, the Employee Free Choice Act, also known as "card check," was introduced in both houses of Congress. The bill had three components:
Requiring that an employer recognize a union if over half of the employees in the proposed bargaining unit signed union authorization cards (as opposed to voting for a union through a secret-ballot process);
Expedited contract negotiations; and,
Harsher fines for unfair labor practices.
Card check would have been a game changer. And it got pretty close to a vote. However, the Democrats could not get enough votes together to defeat a Republican filibuster.
The Workplace Democracy Act
Fast forward to 2015. Yesterday, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders introduced the Workplace Democracy Act in the U.S. Senate. According to his press release, it sounds a lot like Card Check:
The Workplace Democracy Act will make it easier for workers to join a union by allowing the National Labor Relations Board to certify a union if a simple majority of eligible workers sign valid authorization cards. The bill also requires companies to begin negotiating within 10 days after certification. If no first contract is reached after 90 days, either party can request compulsory mediation. After 30 days of mediation, the parties will submit the remaining issues to binding arbitration."
You can read a copy of the bill here.
In a Republican-controlled Congress, this bill has zero chance of passing. Thus, some speculate that this bill is more about politically pressuring Hillary Clinton than anything else.
What would this mean for employers?
Consider what could happen if Card Check 2015 were to pass.
Presumably, unions would resort to "passionate persuasion" to get employees to sign union-authorization cards in lieu of a secret-ballot union election. Now, add to the equation the current state of the National Labor Relations Board, which is incredibly employee friendly.
That perfect storm could result in a HUGE spike in unionization.
If employees vote to have a union at work, that's one thing. But, forced unionization is quite another.
But, again, Bernie Sanders' bill has no chance of passage.
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Pullover sweatshirts are a classic staple. With so many options, it's tough to make your brand's pullover sweatshirt stand out from all the rest. Luckily, there's no better time to sell branded fleece! These days there's so many wholesale variations available just waiting to be printed or embroidered. We've got your guide to the most practical options for your brand and the hottest selling pullover trends that are sure to vamp up your line!
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Picture perfect prints are still a hot item, especially in streetwear. Printing with DTG (Direct-to-Garment) ensures photo-realistic print quality onto any surface that is 90% cotton or more. This process can also be used for intricate, colorful designs that are too detailed and too expensive for the color separation needed in screen printing. While DTG is often used to print the entire rectangular shape of a photo, you can also remove the background for free-standing images—seen here on this American Classics style.
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The Henley neckline is making a comeback this fall and made its way into the outerwear market. The Henley pullover makes for a unique item that can be dressed up or dressed down for day or night. A good printable henley pullover is a little tough to come by—luckily there's American Apparel and the RSA4026! The price will run a little higher than your standard hoodie, but if you think you've got the customer for it then you'll probably have success with style!
Get ready for Fall Style! We've got a round-up of all the wholesale best-sellers and new items for screen printing and embroidery!
Ah, the baseball tee. Always a popular choice. The BELLA+CANVAS 3200 baseball tee is a favorite fall style and a year round staple. With ¾ sleeves and many colors to choose from, this style is a no-brainer. The Tultex 0245TC baseball raglan is the economical choice (another customer favorite). The J. America 8874 Triblend Full Zip, on the other hand, puts a modern spin on the classic hoodie by featuring contrast raglan sleeves! With this style you can have warmth and comfort with your favorite drop shoulder.
The key to finding the perfect blanks for your clothing line is to pair your designs with garments that are wearable and unique in some way, whether it be the cut of the shirt or the touch of the fabric. Finding pieces with a unique touch is the best way to incorporate new fall styles to your clothing line without straying too much into the trends.
BELLA+CANVAS offers a men's thermal that is the perfect staple. With contrast stitching, the 3500 Lombard Thermal is a 60/40 cotton poly baby thermal that also offers a rich color palate. American Apparel keeps things California cool with the F397 cropped zip up hoodie. Summer can last all year long with this funky cropped style!
Camo is still going strong, for anyone who hasn't noticed. Styles like the Burnside B8615 and the Alternative Apparel Ladies 9573 offer hoodie versions of the military classic in weathered prints–perfect for adding a touch of fall style to your line! Code V offers its own take on the camo print with the 3916 adult long sleeve crew. Made with 100% cotton this tee can be perfect for working out or just chilling out. The popular ValuCap VC300 Dad Hat even comes in several Camo options!
The henley is back! This co-ed fav adds a little pizzaz to your standard tee, making this a classic fav that always seems to come back around. The DT1401 District Gravel 50/50 Henley is another nice choice, with a young men's fit and three rich colors to choose from. Alternative Apparel spices up the baseball raglan with the AA1989 by adding a Henley neckline and using a cotton/ poly heather jersey. Also made with low-impact dyes!
From basic crews to more trendy options, crew neck pullover sweatshirts are making a comeback in the printed and embroidered apparel market. The basic yet stylish Cotton Heritage M2450 Boston Crewneck Pullover makes for an affordable go-to style. The 3901 BELLA+CANVAS unisex Sponge Fleece on the other hand has so many colors and textures to choose from—there's something for everybody.
The Independent Trading PRM2400 pullover crew puts a softer ladies touch on the pullover. This style is perfect for printing or embroidering your logo! BELLA+CANVAS takes it two steps further with the 7501 Triblend Wide Neck Fleece, offering acid washed colorways and contrast baseball sleeves!
In the fall, long sleeves are key. The women's Next Level 6731 Triblend Scoop has a minimal and sophisticated look with just the right fit! Long sleeves and a wide neck make this the perfect layering piece for the ladies. If you need a men's style that pairs well, check out the Next Level 3601!
For the little ones, try the American Apparel BB153 Kids 3/4 sleeve Baseball Tee! This is one of our most popular items on the site and is a surefire best-seller! The Next Level 6021 Triblend hooded Tee is an insanely popular item all year, offering low prices and lightweight protection. Similar, but with more color options, the BELLA+CANVAS 3512 Hooded T-Shirt.
American Apparel seems to be one of America's go-to brands for sweatshirts. The F497 Flex Fleece Zip Up Hoodie is a top-selling fall style every season. A comparable and cheaper zip up style would be the Independent Trading Co. AFX90UNZ! The American Apparel 5495 Unisex California Pullover features raglan sleeves and ultra-soft California Fleece. Whether it be team gear, work uniforms or fraternity letters these hoodies will be perfect for you!
As far as basic economical pullovers go, the Tultex 0320 continues to be a hot seller all year 'round! The 996M Jerzees NuBlend Pullover has a more modern look and more color options than the Tultex model. The M2600 Cotton Heritage Juneau Unisex Pullover is also a good choice. A newcomer to the scene, Cotton Heritage has made a name for itself as a go-to brand offering contemporary basics at affordable prices.
Whether you're shopping for your go-to fall staples or looking to add some new fall style to your clothing line, we've got all the products and guidance you need!


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GeoShred Pro Version 3.0, is an exciting update to the award-winning GeoShred musical instrument for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch NOW WITH AUv3 plugin support for devices running iOS 11.4 or greater.
– Rewritten for AUv3 support.
– Added support for cloud based file storage.
GeoShred is an expressive musical instrument with a multi-touch performance surface, coupled with an advanced physical model of a guitar. A fusion of Wizdom Music's Geo Synthesizer user interface (Jordan Rudess), and moForte's powerful, modeled guitar and effects chain based on the next generation Physical Modeling research of Dr. Julius O. Smith III of Stanford/CCRMA. Add to that, incredible support for MIDI/MPE which makes GeoShred both a powerful synth and a formidable MIDI/MPE controller!
Seamlessly move between fretless and diatonic modalities in a magical musical way using our isomorphic and diatonic playing surface and groundbreaking intelligent pitch rounding.
GeoShred is NOT just another app. GeoShred is a powerful, musical instrument that offers a performance environment on a multi-touch surface unlike anything you've ever experienced.
• A diatonic keyboard where every key on the screen is in the scale.
•	Inter-App Audio and Audiobus support.
•	Unique mono mode using intervals of multiple strings.
•	Support for world scales and temperaments including Indian Ragas, Arabic and Balinese scales.
GeoShred Pro Version 2.5, an exciting update to the award-winning GeoShred musical instrument for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch. GeoShred, Winner of 2017 Electronic Musician Editor's Choice Award as "one of the most innovative, groundbreaking products to emerge in the past twelve months", has been enhanced with support for 3D touch (on iPhones that support 3D touch) control including MIDI/MPE Out, World Scales/Temperaments including Indian Ragas and Backing Tracks.
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GeoShred is highly expressive when controlling, and being controlled by, instruments that use the upcoming "MPE" MIDI specification (MIDI Polyphonic Expression). It's both a powerful synth and a formidable iPad based MIDI/MPE controller!
GeoShred is an expressive musical instrument with a multi-touch performance surface, coupled with an advanced physical model of a guitar. A fusion of Wizdom Music's Geo Synthesizer user interface (Jordan Rudess), and moForte's powerful, modeled guitar and effects chain based on the next generation Physical Modeling research of Dr. Julius O. Smith III of Stanford/CCRMA.
With GeoShred's physical modeling synthesis, you can achieve realistic guitar sounds that bend, stretch and manipulate the sound into endless possibilities. You can explore, edit and control the physics of a guitar model – including solid or hollow body, nylon or metal strings, pick position, harmonics and more.
• Inter-App Audio and Audiobus support.
• Unique mono mode using intervals of multiple strings.
• Support for world scales and temperaments including Indian Ragas.
Here's some exciting news for Seaboard RISE users! Wizdom Music's award-winning GeoShred instrument for iPad is now fully compatible with the RISE. The factory presets all support 5D Touch and can also be modulated with the XY Pad and and the three Touch Faders which are mapped to GeoShred's control surface.
GeoShred, winner of a 2017 Electronic Musician Editor's Choice Award as "one of the most innovative, groundbreaking products to emerge in the past twelve months", has been enhanced with unprecedented MIDI/MPE I/O control, new effects, and additional model control parameters.
GeoShred is highly expressive when being controlled by instruments like the RISE that use the "MPE" MIDI specification. It's a fusion of Wizdom Music's Geo Synthesizer user interface (Jordan Rudess), and moForte's powerful, modeled guitar and effects chain based on the next generation Physical Modeling research of Dr. Julius O. Smith III of Stanford/CCRMA.
Isomorphic interface alternative to a standard keyboard similar to a guitar. GeoShred is a powerful, musical instrument that offers a performance environment on a multi-touch surface unlike anything you've ever experienced. Physical modeling synthesis is back with a vengeance.
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GeoShred is a stand-alone musical instrument. MIDI MPE support coming in early 2016.


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MONASTIC POWER AND ROYAL REPRESENTATION
THE EAST COURTYARD
The eastern courtyard behind the hermitage is characterized by two impressive structures: the hunting lodge from the time of Württemberg's dukes and the Ephorat. Behind this, the large Ephorat garden stretches out, boasting presbytery ruins and the Faust tower in the southeastern corner.
The Ephorat.
FROM HOSPITAL TO SCHOOL: THE EPHORAT
Before its conversion into a guest house and infirmary, this structure was the monastery hospital. Monks could access it from the hermitage through the connecting corridor with the late Gothic net vault. The building was modified several times but is Romanesque at its core. The last structural changes were commissioned by Abbott Entenfuß in 1512, with the addition of the oriel. Its name reflects its current use as an evangelical seminary, whose headmaster is referred to as an Ephorus.
The hunting lodge.
A HUNTING LODGE AS ROYAL REPRESENTATION
The year of its construction is inscribed above the main entrance: 1588. The territorial ruler, Duke Ludwig I von Württemberg, built his hunting lodge over the old cellar vaults of a previous structure, which most likely served as the abbot's house. The prestigious structure, with a characteristic round tower on either side and stone cross windows, was the administrative building for the Maulbronn district in the 19th century. Today, it too is used by the evangelical seminary.
Presbytery ruins.
IMPRESSIVE WALL REMNANTS: THE PRESBYTERY
Prebendaries were members of public office who had bought into the monastery and subsequently received care in old age. They resided in the presbytery, which also served as a nursing facility. The Maulbronn poorhouse was also housed here in the 19th century. Today, remnants of a wall indicate what an imposing medieval structure the presbytery was. The building was constructed in 1430, was 30 meters long and was originally three stories high. A fire in 1892 reduced the presbytery to ruins.
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Q: Remove square brackets from JMESPath expression I have following JSON:
{
    "694992": [
        {
            "domain": "example.com",
            "domain_id": 49392164,
            "data": [
                {
                    "category": "Main",
                    "category_id": 77133,
                    "data": [
                        {
                            "keyword": "sofort",
                            "key_id": 25963217,
                            "data": {
                                "9242": [
                                    27,
                                    "https://www.example.com/sofort",
                                    false,
                                    false,
                                    1
                                ]
                            }
                        },
                        {
                            "keyword": "das",
                            "key_id": 32325213,
                            "data": {
                                "9242": [
                                    23,
                                    "https://www.example.com/das",
                                    false,
                                    false,
                                    1
                                ]
                            }
                        },
                        {
                            "keyword": "wiki",
                            "key_id": 32325317,
                            "data": {
                                "9242": [
                                    44,
                                    "https://www.example.com/wiki",
                                    false,
                                    false,
                                    1
                                ]
                            }
                        }
                    ]
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}

With JMESPath expression i want to extract some data from JSON and get it in the following form:
+---------+--------+--------------------------------+
| Keyword | Number | URL                            |
+---------+--------+--------------------------------+
| sofort  | 27     | https://www.example.com/sofort |
+---------+--------+--------------------------------+
| das     | 23     | https://www.example.com/das    |
+---------+--------+--------------------------------+
| wiki    | 44     | https://www.example.com/wiki   |
+---------+--------+--------------------------------+

I use the following JMESPath expression:
*[].data[].data[].{Keyword: keyword, Number: data.*[0], URL: data.*[1]}

But my output is like
+---------+--------+----------------------------------+
| Keyword | Number | URL                              |
+---------+--------+----------------------------------+
| sofort  | [27]   | [https://www.example.com/sofort] |
+---------+--------+----------------------------------+
| das     | [23]   | [https://www.example.com/das]    |
+---------+--------+----------------------------------+
| wiki    | [44]   | [https://www.example.com/wiki]   |
+---------+--------+----------------------------------+

How can i remove square brackets from Number and URL?

A: This would happen because the * in data.* could return multiple  values, for example from:
{
    "keyword": "wiki",
    "key_id": 32325317,
    "data": {
        "9242": [
            44,
            "https://www.example.com/wiki",
            false,
            false,
            1
        ],
        "9243": [
            44,
            "https://www.example.com/wiki",
            false,
            false,
            1
        ]
    }
}

Which is a perfectly valid JSON.
If you are sure that your data will always contain only one element, you could use the pipe expression: | to stop a projection and help you extract the first element out of an array.
From the documentation:

Pipe expression are useful for stopping projections. They can also be used to group expressions.

Source: https://jmespath.org/examples.html#pipes
This is also illustrated in this example: https://jmespath.org/examples.html#working-with-nested-data
So your expression end up being:
*[].data[].data[].{Keyword: keyword, Number: data.*[0] | [0], URL: data.*[1] | [0]}

Which gives the expected:
[
  {
    "Keyword": "sofort",
    "Number": 27,
    "URL": "https://www.example.com/sofort"
  },
  {
    "Keyword": "das",
    "Number": 23,
    "URL": "https://www.example.com/das"
  },
  {
    "Keyword": "wiki",
    "Number": 44,
    "URL": "https://www.example.com/wiki"
  }
]


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