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Meet the 2018-19 Outstanding Graduates from CFPA, Woodring, and Interdisciplinary Programs
More than 50 Western Washington University students and graduates received Outstanding Graduate honors for the 2018-19 academic year.
Faculty members from dozens of academic departments and programs select one graduate to honor as the Outstanding Graduate of the…
WWU Students Win City of Bellingham Art Contest
Spring 2019 graduates Miranda Ward (Art Studio) and Nicole Sievers (Design/Art Studio) and fall 2018 graduate Kaitlyn Kelm (Art Studio) were selected as three of the six winners whose art will be featured on traffic boxes in Bellingham's Arts District. Installation of the art is slated…
Fever Dreams: Visions of a new generation
The range of calcified-looking objects in Ruby Jones' "Compost" photograph are unsettling. Pale porcelain hands stained with a dark-blue substance hold a range of jawbones, shells, spore-like objects and other unidentified subject matter. Tendrils of grass or moss can be spotted here and there—…
MOTHA Is Preserving Transgender Hirstory One City at a Time
Chris E. Vargas's superpower is prescience. In 2013, a year before Laverne Cox's TIME cover announced the "transgender tipping point," the interdisciplinary artist created a black-and-white broadside poster in response to the mainstreaming of the trans community, and how…
Stonewall at Fifty: That But Not That By T Cooper
WWU Associate Art Professor Chris Vargas' artwork "Transgender Hiroes" accompanies "That But Not That," by T Cooper, one of nine personal pieces in Harper Magazine's June 2019 issue; Stonewall at Fifty.
Campus Events Mark 50th Anniversary of the Stonewall Riots
In recognition of the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots, LGBTQ+ Western and Western faculty are collaborating to present "50 Years Since Stonewall: the June 1969 Stonewall riots, memory, and terrains of LGBTQ+ liberation." The series of events for students, staff, faculty, and the…
Opening art exhibits
"Toby Town," through March. Ryan Kelly is an assistant professor of ceramics and foundations at Western Washington University. For this exhibit, Kelly puts his own spin on the decorative "Toby Jug" or face mug, and invites guests to…
Art students debut new 'Big Heads' installation in Fine Arts building; will run through March 4
BIG HEADS is an exhibition that showcases the exploration of portraiture and the use of the 4 x 5 view camera. It is on display now through March 4 in the WWU Photography Concentration Exhibition Space, Fine Arts Building Second Floor, Room 202.
Working in groups, the Winter 2019 ART 371…
Visiting artist Heidi Kumao to give free lecture Jan. 28
The Western Washington University Department of Art & Art History will present a free lecture by visiting artist Heidi Kumao at 5 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 28 in Fraser Hall 101.
The lecture is open to the public, and pay-by-the-hour parking is available in Lot 17G behind the…
Oberlin College's James Hansen to present 'Cinema Artists and Autobiography' Jan. 23 at WWU
James Hansen, visiting assistant professor of Modern and Contemporary Art History at Oberlin College, will give a talk from 5-6 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 23 in Miller Hall 152 showcasing the work of several contemporary moving-image artists. Subjects will include Sadie Benning, Luther Price,…
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Barb Jungr "Man In Long Black Coat" CD
Jungr's superb interpretations of her musical hero combined with her unique vocal style and arrangements deliver a gorgeous performance on this compilation of Dylan songs.
Internationally renowned as 'one of the best interpreters of Bob Dylan' (Village Voice, NY), Barb Jungr pays tribute to her musical hero with this album released on the year of his 70th birthday. Barb's new recording marks a culmination of a decade-long love affair with Bob Dylan; as Barb states 'Once I had started singing Dylan's songs I couldn't stop'.
Barb's unique interpretations of some of Dylan's most popular songs draw on the huge range of influences she has absorbed during her varied and extensive career, from cabaret to European jazz. Man In The Long Black Coat offers a fascinating insight into one artist's obsession and exploration of another's works. Her imaginative re-workings, which give a female's perspective on a traditionally male body of work, not only reveal her passion for Dylan's songs but also her great skill as an interpreter and singer.
Man In The Long Black Coat includes four never before recorded tracks: 'Sara', 'Man In The Long Black Coat', 'It Ain't Me Babe' and 'With God On Our Side', which received rave reviews in her acclaimed live shows.
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High Water (For Charlie Patton)
Ballad Of Hollis Brown
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Home » News » 14% growth in digital news brand readership with 19 million accessing news online everyday
14% growth in digital news brand readership with 19 million accessing news online everyday
The latest PAMCo data shows online daily news readership is at a record high with 2.3 million more readers every day.
With 19 million people accessing news online, digital readership accounts for a growing share of the 26 million news readers across all platforms every day. This quarter's numbers show strength in the news industry, with daily readership still at an all-time high.
Mobile continues to be the most popular platform for accessing news brand content and allows the industry to engage with more 18-34s than ever before – 11 million read quality news content every single week – as news publishers continue to invest in their multi-platform strategies.
Although the data shows that a significant number of people read the news on more than one device, print remains strong. 11 million people pick up the paper every day, that is more than triple the number of Britons who watch Netflix daily.
Newsworks Chair Tracy De Groose commented: "News audiences are in significant growth as people seek to make sense of the rapidly changing world around them. At the same time, news brands are evolving their content strategies to adapt to a multi-platform world.
"The latest PAMCo data clearly dispels two myths: young people are reading the news and with 11 million readers, newspapers are still hugely influential. Whether young or old, people are turning to trusted sources of news."
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Q: Confusion matrix for FASTER R-CNN I have trained my faster R-CNN model but I need precision, recall value. I have searched on google and  I have found something about it.
I have found this link(https://github.com/svpino/tf_object_detection_cm
)  and I have implemented it like enter image description here
Step1 :
python infer_detections.py --input_tfrecord_paths=C:/tensorflow1msff/models/research/object_detection/test.record --output_tfrecord_path=C:/tensorflow1msff/models/research/object_detection/inference_graph/detection_tfrecord --inference_graph=C:/tensorflow1msff/models/research/object_detection/inference_graph/frozen_inference_graph.pb
but Step 2 : I have failed ValueError: Flag --label_map is required
python confusion_matrix.py--detections_record=C:/tensorflow1msff/models/research/object_detection/inference_graph/detection_tfrecord.record--label_map=C:/tensorflow1msff/models/research/object_detection/training/labelmap.pbtxt--
output_path=C:/tensorflow1msff/models/research/object_detection/confusion_matrix.csv
https://github.com/svpino/tf_object_detection_cm/issues/12
As you can see Picture 2 : There is an error. And Can you help me how can I fix that ?
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "confusion_matrix.py", line 142, in <module>
    tf.app.run(main)
  File "C:\Users\Feyza\anaconda3\envs\tensorflow1\lib\site-packages\tensorflow_core\python\platform\app.py", line 40, in run
    _run(main=main, argv=argv, flags_parser=_parse_flags_tolerate_undef)
  File "C:\Users\Feyza\anaconda3\envs\tensorflow1\lib\site-packages\absl\app.py", line 303, in run
    _run_main(main, args)
  File "C:\Users\Feyza\anaconda3\envs\tensorflow1\lib\site-packages\absl\app.py", line 251, in _run_main
    sys.exit(main(argv))
  File "confusion_matrix.py", line 132, in main
    raise ValueError('Flag --{} is required'.format(flag_name))
ValueError: Flag --label_map is required

A: You forgot to add space before arguments such as --detections_record, --label_map. It should be
python confusion_matrix.py --detections_record=C:/tensorflow1msff/models/research/object_detection/inference_graph/detection_tfrecord.record --label_map=C:/tensorflow1msff/models/research/object_detection/training/labelmap.pbtxt --output_path=C:/tensorflow1msff/models/research/object_detection/confusion_matrix.csv

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Nota Bene Episode 142: Big Data: A Practical Guide to Global Privacy Law with Liisa Thomas
Companies are struggling to understand how to comply with rapidly changing and sometimes conflicting privacy obligations. For entities outside of the U.S. seeking to do business in the States, approaching and understanding the patchwork of state and federal privacy laws can be daunting, especially since U.S. privacy laws vary depending on the type of activities in which companies engage, the individuals from whom they gather or use information, and the industry in which the company operates. While there are some "general" privacy laws (notably in California and Virginia) those are the exception rather than the rule.
Rather than think about legal requirements on a law-by-law basis, it can be helpful to group obligations by activity. In this episode, Liisa Thomas discusses ways to approach these requirements, and the support the recent treatise, Thomas on Big Data: A Practical Guide to Global Privacy Laws released by Thomson Reuters, provides for organizations. She goes into detail about global privacy laws (including all 50 states across America), covering telemarketing, email marketing, wiretap and eavesdropping, biometric children's privacy, spyware and adware and online privacy.
Liisa Thomas obtained her undergraduate degree from Haverford College, and received her Juris Doctorate from University of Chicago. Liisa leads the privacy and cybersecurity team at Sheppard Mullin and practices in both the Chicago and London offices. She coordinates global policy in the area of privacy, and has taught at many universities including Northwestern University.
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What We Discussed in This Episode:
Why did you publish your new book?
What restrictions exist when collecting personal information and what notices need to be given?
What type of choices should individuals be provided about how their information is used, and do those choices need to be affirmative (opt-in) or retroactive (opt-out)?
How can companies use information -- can they send marketing emails or text messages?
Why can't we create singularity in laws moving forward?
Thomas on Big Data: A Practical Guide To Global Privacy Law
Thomas on Data Breach
Liisa Thomas
Sheppard Mullin website
This podcast is for informational and educational purposes only. It is not to be construed as legal advice specific to your circumstances. If you need help with any legal matter, be sure to consult with an attorney regarding your specific needs.
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Christmas Oratorio "Nativitatis Christi" (PART 1: Prelude for Organ, 6 pp.)
Elia, Anthony J.
The Christmas Oratorio "Nativitatis Christi" was written mostly in the Fall of 2011. The first four parts were written in September and October of 2011 (including the Organ Prelude), while the latter parts were begun in the Spring of 2012. As of July 2013, the oratorio is incomplete, with at least three more sections to be written (in Swahili-French, Russian, and German). The Oratorio was written for the diverse community of Union Theological Seminary in New York City. The texts of the Oratorio are biblical, but are in different languages, including Latin, Greek, English, French, Swahili, Russian, and German. The Magnificat is a work, which is meant to convey the high church tradition of Latin liturgy, while the Benedictus is a blessing meant to encompass the divergence and convergence of church traditions (Soprani ("High" Church language)=Latin, Bass ("Low" Common language)=English, Central Voices of Tenor/Alti=Greek, the ancient foundational language used here, anchoring the tradition and the music to a pivot point). The other parts of this work have similar explanations, which will be provided when available in Academic Commons. This first part is a prelude for organ.
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15th Field Regiment
The Royal Canadian Artillery
as at 13 October 2018
Sub-units
31st Field Battery, RCA
85th Field Battery, RCA
158th Field Battery, RCA
Band of the 15th Field Regiment, RCA
Key Appointments
On 5 February 1948, 15th Coast Regiment, RCA was redesignated 15th Field Regiment, RCA with 31st Field Battery, RCA, 85th Field Battery, RCA, 158th Battery, RCA and a Regimental Band. Canadian Army Orders 62 provided the authority and the Victoria Daily Times covered the story.
 Promotions and Appointments
Major E.A. Royce, ED promoted Lieutenant-Colonel and appointed Commanding Officer.
Bombardier Jack Aikens appointed Acting Sergeant 27 February 1948
Gunner Ronald Anderson appointed Lance Bombardier 16 September 1948
Jack Warner Aikens
Eric Joseph Ashby
Micahel Babey
Salute to a Visiting Warship - USS Iowa
The 15th Field Regiment RCA is tasked to fire a return salute to the visiting battleship - USS Iowa. The date may be open for discussion. The photos from Vancouver archives specify 7 July 1947 and the last picture indicates 1950. Did the USS Iowa visit that often?
Ferguson Point
As a consequence of returning the lands to the City of Vancouver, the gun emplacements were dynamited and buried in April 1948 and the old mess was handed over to be converted into a tearoom.
The Fraser Valley Floods
In June 1948 Premier Byron Johnson proclaimed that BC was in a "State of Emergency" and requested the use of the military to assist the province in mitigating the damage. There was an evacuation of 16,000 people, the destruction of about 2,000 homes and over $20 million damage ($210 million in 2010$). Part II Orders 11 Jun 48 - This unit is called out for service during the state of emergency existing in the Province of British Columbia to assist in Flood Control effective 30 May 1948. (Auth. Special Adm. Order No. 2 4/5 Jun 48) See more...
The 15th Field Regiment has gone through many changes since its start as the 15th Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery. The Museum has come up with the attached document addressed to 15th HAA Regt, RCA from HQ, B.C. Area stating that the conversion and redesignation of the 15 Coast Regt RCA to 15 Field Regt RCA has been approved by AHQ. It would appear that AHQ refers to Army Headquarters, however, it's rather odd that the letter is addressed to 15th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, RCA. Was this a typo? There is no history of a unit by that name.....
Sarcee Camp, Alberta
Members of the regiment participated in 25 pounder training during the summer.
A salute with the 25 pounders in 1948, however, we do not know the location or the event.
Part II Orders indicate that on 12 May 1948 members attended "a Royal Salute in honour of his Excellency the Governor General of Canada" and on 13 May 1948 members attended "a Royal Salute commemorating the Anniversary of the Coronation of HM King George VI."
Band Recruiting
There is no record to date as to whether or not Staff Sergeant Gren was successful in his search for a uniform that fit properly. (Vancouver Daily Province 28 Feb 1948)
The following pages contain additional information relating to the 15th Field Artillery Regiment, RCA
Commanding Officers and Regimental Sergeants Major
Guns of the Regiment


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Edmond Lefebvre du Prey (1866 - 1955) was een Frans politicus.

Edmond Lefebvre du Prey was van 16 januari 1921 tot 15 januari 1922 minister van Landbouw, van 29 maart tot 9 juni 1924 minister van Justitie en Grootzegelbewaarder en van 9 juni tot 14 juni minister van Buitenlandse Zaken. Van 1927 tot 1940 was hij lid van de Senaat (Sénat).

Hij overleed in 1955.

Zie ook
Lijst van ministers van Justitie van Frankrijk
Grootzegelbewaarder
Lijst van ministers van Buitenlandse Zaken van Frankrijk

Frans parlementslid
Franse adel
Frans minister van Justitie
Frans minister van Buitenlandse Zaken
Fédération Républicaine

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One of her key observations is: unresolved conflict never gets better and is a real burden.
Wendy loves her work and considers it a real privilege to work alongside parties go provide them with a safe environment to talk about the things that need resolving.
Working across different areas where conflict arises (workplace, environmental, family dispute resolution, and commercial disputes) is wonderful as Wendy is always learning new/different skills and approaches to conflict resolution.
Wendy offers a "safe and experienced pair of hands" to guide you through a conflict resolution process.


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What is a Semiconductor?
Famous Inventions
Famous Inventors
Invention Timelines
Ancient History and Culture
Medieval & Renaissance History
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by Mary Bellis
Mary Bellis, known by some as CalmX, was an experimental artist, film director and producer, video game content creator, and freelance writer for some 18 years. She specialized in writing about inventors and inventions, in particular. Bellis died in March 2015.
A semiconductor is a material that has certain unique properties in the way it reacts to electrical current. It is a material that has much lower resistance to the flow of electrical current in one direction than in another. The electrical conductivity of a semiconductor is between that of a good conductor (like copper) and that of an insulator (like rubber). Hence, the name semi-conductor. A semiconductor is also a material whose electrical conductivity can be altered (called doping) through variations in temperature, applied fields, or adding impurities.
While a semiconductor is not an invention and no one invented the semiconductor, there are many inventions which are semiconductor devices. The discovery of semiconductor materials allowed for tremendous and important advancements in the field of electronics. We needed semiconductors for the miniaturization of computers and computer parts. We needed semiconductors for the manufacturing of electronic parts like diodes, transistors, and many photovoltaic cells.
Semiconductor materials include the elements silicon and germanium, and the compounds gallium arsenide, lead sulfide, or indium phosphide. There are many other semiconductors—even certain plastics can be made semiconducting, allowing for plastic light-emitting diodes (LEDs) which are flexible, and can be molded to any desired shape.
What Is Electron Doping?
According to Dr. Ken Mellendorf at Newton's Ask a Scientist: "Doping" is a procedure that makes semiconductors such as silicon and germanium ready for use in diodes and transistors. Semiconductors in their undoped form are actually electrical insulators that don't insulate very well. They form a crystal pattern where every electron has a definite place. Most semiconductor materials have four valence electrons, four electrons in the outer shell. By putting one or two percent of atoms with five valence electrons such as arsenic in with a four valence electron semiconductor such as silicon, something interesting happens. There are not enough arsenic atoms to affect the overall crystal structure. Four of the five electrons are used in the same pattern as for silicon. The fifth atom doesn't fit well in the structure. It still prefers to hang near the arsenic atom, but it is not held tightly. It is very easy to knock it loose and send it on its way through the material. A doped semiconductor is much more like a conductor than an undoped semiconductor.
You can also dope a semiconductor with a three-electron atom such as aluminum. The aluminum fits into the crystal structure, but now the structure is missing an electron. This is called a hole. Making a neighboring electron move into the hole is sort of like making the hole move. Putting an electron-doped semiconductor (n-type) with a hole-doped semiconductor (p-type) creates a diode. Other combinations create devices such as transistors.
History of Semiconductors
The term "semiconducting" was used for the first time by Alessandro Volta in 1782.
Michael Faraday was the first person to observe a semiconductor effect in 1833. Faraday observed that the electrical resistance of silver sulfide decreased with temperature. In 1874, Karl Braun discovered and documented the first semiconductor diode effect. Braun observed that current flows freely in only one direction at the contact between a metal point and a galena crystal.
In 1901, the very first semiconductor device, called "cat whiskers", was patented. The device was invented by Jagadis Chandra Bose. Cat whiskers was a point-contact semiconductor rectifier used for detecting radio waves.
A transistor is a device composed of semiconductor material. John Bardeen, Walter Brattain, and William Shockley all co-invented the transistor in 1947 at Bell Labs.
How a Photovoltic Cell Works
Who Invented the Microchip?
Phosphorous, Boron and Other Semiconductor Materials
What a Transistor Is and How It Works
The Transistor Was a Little Invention That Made Way for Big Computers
Who Invented LED or the Light Emitting Diode?
Understanding The Power of Silicon
Learn About the Carbon Family of Elements
Get Facts About the Element Silicon
Understand Electrical Conductivity
Is Diamond a Conductor?
List of Elements: Semimetals or Metalloids
John Bardeen, the Physicist Who Won the Nobel Prize Twice
How the Integrated Circuit Changed the World
Which Element Is the Best Conductor of Electricity?


The debacle surrounding the smuggled cash has now fully played out. Th government accepts responsibility for the cash and exonerates the pastor, whose plane was used to smuggle the cash. Fine with me. The pastor has to be more careful in the future about who uses his plane. This does not mean that the government is fully transparent. Billions were released to the Military for arms, and they are fluting a miserly millions. What happened to the rest of the money? Moreover, if the president is claiming not to be $100,000.00 rich, he should not just sent out a disclaimer, he should be willing to be audited, then we will believe him.
Questions, questions, mountain of unanswered questions. News has it that many of the women abducted by Boko Haram, are breading children in the camps at an alarming rate, but no one knows whether the women came to camp already pregnant or not. No one knows who the fathers of the children are, as if the women cannot talk. If this news is true they should make the women talk. Let this not be another conjectured story to make us begin to weep for our girls, because we are not weeping.
This has been long coming. I have expected this kind of thing to be happening. However, this is Military matters. Let the Military deal with it.


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By Josephine Lemmel/ISAF News Editor
Jourdain Crowned 2002 IMOCA 60 Champion
Roland Jourdain©G.Grenier/Promovoile
The Route du Rhum expresses elements of stress, hardship, tension and pure pleasure. In this exceptional solo race the skippers experience moments of intensity that are difficult to explain to those who have not been there.
Seven boats have finished in Guadeloupe, but there are still 23 skippers who continue to experience these moments. Currently their reward is surfing in the warm winds of the trades, but there is still a struggle with difficult squalls. For some like the newly arrived Roland Jourdain it's all over...
Roland Jourdain missed out on the battle for first, when he had to carry out a pit stop in Madeira to repair a tear in the mainsail, but stormed the rankings after leaving Madeira in eighth position. The popular top French skipper finished fourth at 17:59:04 GMT yesterday after 16 days 5 hours 14 minutes and 4 seconds and an average of 11.22 knots across the water. With this position Jourdain secures victory in the annual IMOCA 60 Championship, after a successful year 2002, winning every entered race before the Route du Rhum (1st Grand Prix de Larmor Plage, 1st Regata Rubicon, 1st Grand Prix Crudeli de Marseille).
Miranda Merron from Hamble, UK, is putting on an impressive performance in her first solo race. She has been keeping up with the pace of the monohull 60' pack on her older generation 60-foot monohull UUDS, launched in 1992. The British skipper has encountered a few nasty clouds, slowing her down in the anticyclone zone and later on forcing her to reduce sails in the vicious squalls of the trade winds. Life is not always that easy sailing solo across the Atlantic: "Yesterday, was a super day for the small gennaker with the type of wind I had...I got out the small gennaker, and there I discovered that one part hadn't been sewn back together during a repair some months ago. As a result I spent a good part of the afternoon sewing! Finally everything was ready, I hoisted it... and the wind dropped. At sunset, I gybed, and the gennaker, furled for the gybe, began to balloon out at the top so I had to dump it quickly. And just to round off the 'entertainment' for the day, the gennaker halyard got stuck towards the top. I'm now keeping an eye out for squalls. There is one sole cumulus monster here, and it has us in its sights. I have just emptied the swimming pool at the stern of the boat again - the water is coming in through one of the rudders. Other than that, we have less than 1000 nautical miles to the finish, good news, even if at this speed it may well take a bit of time."
Nick Moloney, leading the class 2 monohulls on Ashfield Healthcare (50-foot) had 549.2 miles to go at 1900 GMT and is ahead of six bigger 60-foot monohulls! He is expected to finish late Wednesday or Thursday. "Last night was my worst night so far. It was all going so well. We were sailing along with the gennaker up and full main at about nine knots, pretty relaxed...then suddenly we were hit by a big squall... BANG, I ran on deck oilskin trousers half way on....I grabbed the helm, smoked the gennaker sheet, but it was too late, we literally flew into a too HUGE wipeout, mainsail in the water....then BANG again and the tack line broke leaving the gennaker free flying! BIG BIG wipeout. I really thought it was all over. I don't know how the mast is still up, the mainsail was totally inverted and full of water at the foot. I managed to get control of Ashfield Healthcare eventually and we bore away and took off again at I've no idea what speed..." He couldn't see anything and admits to having been more than a bit nervous! "....Then to really finish it off, 20 minutes later I'm sat in the middle of this cloud with absolutely no wind at all, sails flapping, wind going around 360 degrees, total despair. What a night....I've kept the genoa up this morning and not yet changed back to the gennaker..."
And finally good news for Loïck Peyron. Despite losing Fujifilm in the storms he is Orma Champion 2002 whilst Michel Desjoyeaux takes second and Marc Guillemot completes the podium.
Overall rankings Basse-Terre- finish line
Since the first edition, this race within the race, initiated by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Guadeloupe which has funded a total of 20 000 Euros, is very highly valued by the skippers. Here is the ranking, albeit it temporary, after the arrival of the first six. The distance of this course is 25.4 nautical miles and two rankings exist: monohulls and multihulls (without distinction of class).
Multihull rankings :
1 Géant in 2hr 19' 21''
2 La Trinitaine-Ethypharm in 2hr 22' 54''
3 Banque Populaire in 2hrs
Monohull rankings :
1 Kingfisher in 4hr 02' 00''
2 Ecover en 4hr 16'24''
3 Arcelor Dunkerque in 4hr 08' 24''


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Q: Is there a way to click a  element where both id and name is present using vba ( it is a search button) I am trying to click a button through VBA. Inspect element shows this:
    </td>
<input name="btnSearch" id="btnSearch" style="width: 150px;" type="submit" value="Search">

I have tried the below code. I am able to click the element tdocs but not able to click on the click btnSearch .
Option Explicit

Private Sub CommandButton1_Click()
    Dim i As Integer
    Dim IE As New SHDocVw.InternetExplorer
    Dim HTMLDoc As MSHTML.HTMLDocument
    Dim HTMLInput As MSHTML.IHTMLElement
    Dim HTMLAs As MSHTML.IHTMLElementCollection
    Dim HTMLA As MSHTML.IHTMLElement
    Dim SearchButton As Object
    Dim tdocs As Object
    Dim elements As Object
    Dim element As Object

    IE.Visible = True
    IE.navigate "https://portal.3gpp.org/#55931-tdocs"

    Do While IE.ReadyState <> READYSTATE_COMPLETE
    Loop

    Set HTMLDoc = IE.Document
    Set tdocs = HTMLDoc.getElementsByName("lt-55931-tdocs")
    tdocs(0).Click

    Application.Wait (Now + TimeValue("0:00:03"))'03sec

    Set elements = IE.Document.getElementsByTagName("input")
    For Each element In elements
        On Error Resume Next
        If element.ID = "btnSearch" Then
            element.Click
            Exit For
        End If
    Next element
End Sub

A: 4 of things

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*Use ids throughout as faster

*Use a condition based wait after first click (in this case I wait for the parent li class name to change indicating the tab of interest is now active)

*To click on the next element of interest you need to navigate the parent iframe

*Modern browsers (:laughs in the face of IE!) are optimized for css selectors so use those with querySelector)

VBA:
Option Explicit

Public Sub PerformClicks()
    With CreateObject("InternetExplorer.Application")
        .Visible = True
        .navigate "https://portal.3gpp.org/#/55931-tdocs"

        While .Busy Or .readyState <> 4: DoEvents: Wend

        With .document.querySelector("#ui-id-2") 'use id as faster
            .Click
            Do
            Loop Until InStr(.ParentNode.className, "ui-tabs-active") > 0 'Loop until tab becomes active
        End With
        'handle iframe
        .document.querySelector("#dnn_ctr559_View_ctl00_ctl01_ctr596_ETSIFrame_htmModule").contentDocument.querySelector("#btnSearch").Click
        Stop
        .Quit
    End With
End Sub


The United States of America has stated that the impeachment of the Chief Justice may influence investment opportunities being made in the country adversely.
US Ambassador to the island Mitchelle Sisson reiterated this view expressed by the US state Department earlier, during a ceremony which was organised by the Board of Investment in Mathara today.
Meanwhile Secretary of Defence Ghotabhaya Rajapaksa stated that diplomat's were querying him on something which was altogether totally different.
The Secretary of Defence also expressed the following views on the restrictions that the international community may place on Sri Lanka & the counter measures that the island may adopt against them.


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New mom Lauren Conrad debuts post-baby haircut: 'It's more of a time saver'
Before motherhood, LC swore she'd never go short again, but having a baby changed her mind (and her style).
By Heather Marcoux November 8, 2017
Hills alum Lauren Conrad is known for her long blonde hair, but the new mom debuted a new look on social media this week, broadcasting her big chop in an Instagram story. Three years of hair growth are gone, and Conrad, 31, is now rocking a lob.
The update came as a shock to her fans, her husband and even to entertainment reporters, as she'd previously sworn she'd never cut her hair again (it's basically her brand, after all).
But as many new moms know, priorities change when there's a baby in the mix, and it looks like LC hasn't had a lot of time for daily styling since she and husband William Tell welcomed baby Liam into the family back in July.
Her comments after the cut are something many of us can relate to. "Honestly, it's more of a time saver," Conrad told People. "I have to blow dry my hair while my son is napping and it doesn't always last that long so less hair is less time. I don't have time for a lot of hair."
Conrad is far from the only mom to utter that last sentence. In her book, Do Gentlemen Really Prefer Blondes?: Bodies, Behavior, and Brains--The Science Behind Sex, Love, & Attraction, author Jena Pincott notes a survey of 200 suburban American women found married women with children had "much shorter hair of significantly poorer quality" than the non-moms.
Experts agree with LC, there's not a lot of time for hair care if you've gotta do it when baby is napping, and a haircut often seems like the best solution.
"Before the baby, mom's schedule is her own, she can come and go as she pleases," author Dr. Anne Dunnwold wrote in her book, Even June Cleaver Would Forget the Juice Box: Cut Yourself Some Slack (and Still Raise Great Kids) in the Age of Extreme Parenting. "Then the baby arrives–and cannot really be controlled. Babies eat, sleep, dirty their diapers, cry, pretty much when they want, taking control of the household and the mother's life. Cutting one's hair may be one way to take control of SOMETHING when you feel out of control of your life."
For some new moms, making the big chop can be freeing (instead of spending the last five minutes of baby's nap with your hot tools, you can spend them with a hot coffee), but if your self-esteem has taken a bit of a hit during the postpartum period, some stylists recommend waiting before committing to any drastic changes.
"The first thing new moms want to do is cut their hair off," Juan Carlos Maciques, a stylist at the Rita Hazan salon in Manhattan told the New York Times last year, "But, usually, to cut off your hair is a big mistake."
I've been there, rocking a bad pixie in my son's six-week photoshoot, but clearly, LC didn't make my mistake. Her lob, created by celeb stylist Kristin Ess is perfect for the lifestyle entrepreneur because Conrad still looks like herself. Ess preserved some length while freeing Conrad from her blow dryer, and it's definitely not a frumpy 'mom cut' and still fit for a style queen.
"Kristin doesn't do mom cuts," LC says. "She cuts moms' hair."
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Breaking of ground at 2MW electrolysis plant in Copenhagen
By Hydrogen Denmark | [email protected]
On May 17th 2021, construction work began on the 2MW H2RES electrolyser plant at Avedøre. The Danish minister for Climate-, Energy and Utilities, Dan Jørgensen, gave the signal to start the digging in this untraditional breaking of ground ceremony.
The purpose of the H2RES-project is to demonstrate how large-scale offshore RE-production can be utilized in the production of green hydrogen by electrolysis. Large-scale conversion of RE to hydrogen can ensure both an efficient energy utilization, sectoral integration and reduce the level of curtailment. The application of green hydrogen for fuel cell based heavy-duty transport is a way of both utilizing the Danish RE-resources and ensuring decarbonization in the transport sector. H2RES also showcases Danish innovation and green technologies for inspiration and application in the rest of the world. Several of the project's 'state-of-the-art' elements have never before been seen in this context and will show groundbreaking, scalable green solutions developed and delivered by Danish companies. In the H2RES-project a 2 MW electrolysis installation, located at the Ørsted powerplant in Avedøre, will produce upwards of 1000 kg. of green hydrogen per day for utilization in the transport sector in Greater Copenhagen and on Sealand.
See also project website: www.h2res.dk
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Two Wrongs Make A Right (1987)
Two Wrongs Make A Right (1987)- * * *
Directed by: Robert Brown
Starring: Ivan Rogers, Ron Blackstone, Rich Komenich, Dossie Sansing, R. Michael Pyle, Michael Rizk, Eva Wu and Abby The Parrot
Fletcher Quinn (Rogers) is an Indiana-based club owner and one of the smoothest, suavest guys in town. When the evil gangster Jack Balentine (Blackstone) sends his goons after him, including the dastardly Lake (Komenich), so they can shake down Quinn because they want his club, they soon find out they've got another thing coming. You don't mess with Fletcher Quinn. While the police - Lt. Zander (Pyle) and Sgt. Vellosi (Rizk) - are tracking Quinn's every move, Quinn has to protect his girlfriend Jayna (Wu) and himself from the baddies who want him dead. According to Quinn's buddy Winston (Sansing), "Two wrongs don't make a right, but a man's got to do what a man's got to do." Will Fletcher Quinn be the one to do it?
When, generally speaking, people talk about 80's movies, your average film fan off the street has some idea of what that means to them - typically John Hughes, E.T., Spielberg, Ghostbusters, Indiana Jones, maybe the Friday the 13th or A Nightmare on Elm Street sagas. But there is a whole other world out there - and Ivan Rogers never seems to enter the conversation. Two Wrongs Make A Right, filmed in 1986 - the same year as Pretty in Pink - and released in 1987, is an 80's movie too. Perhaps it's time that people take a look back at Rogers and reassess his output.
That being said, Two Wrongs falls somewhere in the middle of the Rogers canon that we've seen so far. It's better than Ballbuster (1990) but not as good as the mighty One Way Out (1987). Sadly, they can't all be One Way Out. That's a fact of life we're slowly coming to terms with. Director Robert Brown was the assistant director of One Way Out, so we were hoping he'd bring more of that sort of style to the proceedings. As it happens, Two Wrongs was more of a warmup towards Rogers's magnum opus. At least it's shorter than the overlong Ballbuster, so even if it's not entirely your cup of tea, it won't take up much of your time.
There are some very silly shootouts and a ridiculous barfight on display. As usual, Rogers looks like Richard Pryor and doesn't say that much. There are some catchy music cues and plenty of the time-honored sax on the soundtrack. While we do praise the 85-minute running time, even with that there are plenty of slow moments and the film tends to drag. There isn't a ton of forward momentum and very little oomph along the way.
Some Rogers regulars (which sounds a bit like something from the Civil War) are present and accounted for, such as Rich Komenich and Dossie Sansing - credited as Dosey Samsing, and we're not sure which one is correct but it's likely not the latter - still with his Kool Moe Dee sunglasses. We would say he steals the movie, but the guy who runs the used car lot really shines. We don't know his name, but we would have liked to have seen more of him. One of the charms of low-budget, regional film production is seeing semi-professional or non-professional actors at work. You get plenty of that in the Rogers oevre.
Could you say that Ivan Rogers put Indiana film production on the map? We're not talking about Hollywood productions that have shot films there and then left. We're talking about homegrown productions from the Hoosier State. Not being from Indiana, we perhaps would need an expert on local history to give us the facts. But if there is an Indiana walk of fame, surely Ivan Rogers should be on it.
Two Wrongs Make a Right, like other Rogers films, has a spotty and underwhelming release history. There was a U.S. VHS release on Unicorn Video that's even rarer now than it was back when it originally came out. Notably, there's a Finnish VHS release under the title 'Quinn-Kostaja' that actually features Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs on the cover! Sure, Ivan is on the back (which, in this case, makes it all the more confusing) but that definitely qualifies as a "WTF Moment" in the annals of videoland.
In the end, as stated earlier, Two Wrongs is midrange Rogers. It lacks pizazz, and for that reason, if you haven't seen One Way Out, see that first before venturing out further into Rogersland.
Comeuppance Review by: Brett and Ty
Posted by Ty at 28.7.22 1 comment:
Labels: 1987, Abby The Parrot, Dossie Sansing, Eva Wu, Ivan Rogers, Michael Rizk, R. Michael Pyle, Rich Komenich, Ron Blackstone, Two Wrongs Make A Right
Ballbuster (1990)
Ballbuster (1990)- * *
Directed by: Eddie Beverly Jr.
Starring: Ivan Rogers, W. Randolph Galvin, Bonnie Paine, Rich Komenich, and Dossie Sansing
Roosevelt "Ballbuster" Prophet - or just 'Buster' to his friends - (Rogers, of course) is a private investigator in Indiana. You know he's a private investigator because he wears a trenchcoat and a fedora. When an evil gangster named Nicky Plato (Galvin) goes out of control and starts murdering people all over town, Prophet becomes involved when an artist named Michele Michaels (Paine) witnesses one such murder. In the course of protecting her, naturally Prophet becomes personally interested in taking down Plato and his goons such as Paycheck (Komenich) and Hacksaw (Sansing). After many shootouts and the like, it all comes to a final confrontation between Plato and 'Buster. Who will make the Indiana streets safe again? Will it be Roosevelt "BALLBUSTER" Prophet? The mystery awaits...
The first thing you notice when you turn on Ballbuster is that Ivan Rogers's name is huge above the title of the movie. As it should be. After all, One Way Out (AKA Crazed Cop) (1987) cemented Rogers's National Treasure status. Now, Ballbuster has a decent amount of low-budget charm to it. But not enough to sustain its utterly needless 106-minute running time. As charming as the film may be, and despite the fact that it has Ivan Rogers, what is actually contained herein cannot possibly justify how overlong it is.
That's not to say Ballbuster doesn't have its moments. The soundtrack especially stands out, especially with its sax and such songs as "Rules are Made to be Broken", which is Roosevelt Prophet's credo. Much like a Fred Williamson film, there is a live performance as well - the sister (?) of the gangster Nicky Plato has her own band called Rocky Plato and the Styles, and they put on an enjoyable performance. They should have opened for Wendy & Lisa back in 1990.
Speaking of Fred, Ballbuster makes his outings look high-budget. If you can imagine such Fred vehicles as The Kill Reflex (1989) or Steele's Law (1991) done with less money, you can get a picture of what Ballbuster is all about.
Ivan Rogers looks alarmingly like Richard Pryor this time around. Much more so than in One Way Out. Hacksaw (at least we think it's Hacksaw) has Kool Moe Dee sunglasses and is a powerful goon. But the bottom line is that if you like such films as Hawkeye (1988) or Blood Street (1988), you may also enjoy Ballbuster.
Really, the only real trouble here is the length. If the movie was 80 minutes, it would be a new classic. Or something close to a new classic. But director Eddie Beverly, Jr. apparently thought that every frame of Ballbuster was precious and none of it should hit the cutting room floor. Someone should have told him that "Brevity is the soul of wit"...or at least gotten one of those vaudeville hooks and pulled him off the stage. Metaphorically speaking, of course.
While rare - the Arena Home Video VHS release in America didn't seem to make it to many video stores here, and there was also a release in Australia - Ballbuster is undoubtedly inferior to One Way Out. It definitely has its moments, but they're swimming in a soup that has too much broth and not enough meat. We believe Ivan Rogers can overcome anything - and even he struggles with this overblown running time.
Final verdict: if by chance you find the VHS tape somewhere "in the wild" and it's dirt cheap, pick it up. But don't go spending tons of money online. As of this writing, it's on YouTube. If you've got an extra 26 minutes to kill (80 + 26 = 106), for the Rogers factor alone, check out Ballbuster. But don't go expecting another One Way Out.
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Labels: 1990, Ballbuster, Bonnie Paine, Dossie Sansing, Ivan Rogers, Rich Komenich, W Randolph Galvin
Kickboxer: Retaliation (2018)
Kickboxer: Retaliation (2018)- * *
Directed by: Dimitri Logothetis
Starring: Alain Moussi, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Christopher Lambert, Hafpor Bjornsson, and Mike Tyson
Eighteen months after the events of the prior installment in the series, Kickboxer: Vengeance (2016), we now see that Kurt Sloane (Moussi) is a successful MMA fighter. His success seems to be short-lived, however, as a maniacal fight promoter named Thomas Moore (Lambert) has him kidnapped and shipped back to Thailand. After being imprisoned and regularly tortured, Moore states that if he fights a giant named Mongkut (Bjornsson), he will get a million dollars and his freedom back.
The only problem is that Mongkut is a genetically-engineered beast, bred from the DNA of top former fighters, and injected with chemical adrenalin shots to boot. Also, he's 6'8 and 400 pounds. So Sloane goes back to what he knows: training rigorously with his mentor Durand (Van Damme). He also finds help from his fellow prison inmate Briggs (Tyson). Of course, the day of the final fight arrives and Kurt Sloane has to face his biggest challenge yet. Literally. Will it soon be time for some KICKBOXER RETALIATION?
When you first turn Kickboxer: Retaliation on if you watch it on Netflix, you can't help but notice that the running time is an hour and 50 minutes. For those keeping score at home, that's almost two full hours allotted for the seventh film in the Kickboxer series. What could they possibly have to say that they haven't said before - and that would require that much time to say it in? So we were waiting for a reason - any reason at all - that would justify that length. We never really receive an answer as to why the film couldn't be 90 minutes or less. But that's not to say that there aren't some redeeming moments.
For example, every time Mike Tyson is on screen, things perk up immensely. He should have started his acting career back in the 80's, to capitalize on the fame of Mike Tyson's Punch Out!! for NES. We realize he had some problems back then, but that didn't stop other people. Regardless, we're thankful he launched an acting career at all. He gets a great introduction to his character, and Tyson is undoubtedly one of the best parts of the film.
Fan favorite Christopher Lambert is also here, looking quite a bit like James Caan this time around. In other movie highlights, Van Damme gets into brief fights with both Tyson and Lambert. The one with Lambert is a sword fight, naturally. These are combinations of people we've waited years to see. So the film doesn't let you down in that department. Also the "blues fight" was well-executed. But the final fight with Mongkut goes on for an interminably long amount of time, and if indeed Mongkut has the strength of four men, as was stated, then Tyson and Van Damme should have joined in the fray for a four-way fight. That would have evened the odds. But no, it just gets to the point where you're shouting, "somebody just win already! I don't care who!"
Somehow it has transpired that lead actor Alain Moussi - as Kurt Sloane - resembles John Krasinski (AKA Jim from The Office) even more in this movie than he did in the last one, and this only came out two years later. This leads to audience outcries such as "He's fighting for Pam!" or, "I'll get you, Dwight!"
Nevertheless, the storyline here is a direct continuation from Kickboxer: Vengeance, complete with repeat characters and references to the prior film. But this one adds yet more (time-consuming) elements such as an opening fantasy sequence, Prerequisite Torture, Mongkut-unrelated Punchfighting, and some sort of cat-and-mouse game with scantily-clad assassins. It seems not so long ago that we watched Boyka: Undisputed (2016), which also has a plot where a mere mortal man must mix it up with a massive meathead. You may remember Martyn Ford as the scary Koshmar. However, the opening credits sequence is cool because it pays tribute to Van Damme and past installments.
Much like the Sniper series, it appears that the Kickboxer series is heading down the road of endless, and perhaps unnecessary, DTV installments. The movie is not without its occasional charms (OK let's face it...MIKE TYSON!) but ultimately it doesn't justify its running time, which is more over-inflated than Mongkut himself.
While we certainly didn't hate Kickboxer: Retaliation, it's impossible to get around the fact that it would have been more impactful if it was shorter.
Also check out a write-up from our buddies, DTVC and The Video Vacuum!
Posted by Ty at 15.7.22 2 comments:
Labels: 2018, Alain Moussi, Christopher Lambert, Hafpor Bjornsson, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Kickboxer: Retaliation, Mike Tyson, Punchfighting
Kickboxer: Vengeance (2016)
Kickboxer: Vengeance (2016)- * *
Directed by: John Stockwell
Starring: Alain Moussi, Darren Shahlavi, Dave Bautista, Gina Carano, and Jean-Claude Van Damme
Kurt (Moussi) and Eric (Shahlavi) Sloane are Kick-Fighting brothers from Venice, CA. When Eric gets an invitation to go fight the infamous Tong Po (Bautista), the audience screams, "No, Eric! Don't do it!" But, of course, Eric flies to Thailand and ends up facing off against Mr. Po to tragic results. Naturally, Kurt follows because he wants KICKBOXER VENGEANCE. While in Thailand, he trains (and trains and trains and trains) with Master Durand (Van Damme), a mysterious Muay Thai master, as his name indicates. Of course, the Bangkok police are on to the illegal Punchfighting matches, and somehow Marcia (Carano) is involved in all this. Will Kurt Sloane avenge his brother by finally vanquishing Tong Po in the ring once and for all?
All of the above might seem a bit familiar to anyone who has seen the original Kickboxer (1989), which, presumably, is anyone reading this. Evidently, this takes place in a different Kickboxer universe than the first one, because Van Damme plays Durand, and Moussi plays Kurt Sloane. While director Stockwell does a good job with the technical aspects - the film is shot well, lit well, etc. - there really aren't too many surprises in store here, and the character development leaves a lot to be desired. That means that audience attention begins to flag around the halfway mark. It all feels like a slickly-done, but "Why?" run-through of classic Kickboxer moments.
As for our main hero, was he Joe Flanagan? Matthew Reese? John Krasinski? It's hard to tell. He seems to do well throughout all the extensive training sequences, but Van Damme looks like he was in shape too. He should have fought Tong Po. Or, if Po is as good as everyone keeps saying, how about a 2-on-1 fight with Durand, Sloane, and Tong Po? That would have been something new. But, no, the film doesn't do any twists or anything like that.
Dave Bautista, or David Bautista, as he's credited here, has very silly hair. Somehow trying to put classic Tong Po hair on his head just doesn't quite look the same. T.J. Storm is here, playing a guy named Storm, which was nice to see. Gina Carano is also on board, but she does no Martial Arts. Fans may be disappointed by that. She and director Stockwell worked together on In The Blood (2014), so maybe she had fun doing that and wanted to do a small role here. Who knows? But her not fighting was a missed opportunity.
The marketplace fight, the barfight, and the fact that one of Kurt's training exercises is to pull Durand around on a rickshaw are movie highlights. But truly the best was saved for last, because at the beginning of the end credits, we get a split screen with a clip of Van Damme doing his classic dance from the original Kickboxer on the right, and Alain Moussi imitating his moves on the left. That was probably the best part of the whole movie. Rather than save it for the end, they should have had Kurt Sloane find himself at a roadside diner in the middle of the film, where he then starts dancing. That might have improved things a bit.
In the end, if you always wanted to see Kickboxer, but really needed to see it done in a modern style with Chokehold (2019)-style flat line deliveries, this is really the movie for you. And where is Sasha Mitchell in all this?
Also check out a write-up from our buddy, DTVC!
Posted by Ty at 8.7.22 No comments:
Labels: 2016, Alain Moussi, Darren Shahlavi, Dave Bautista, Gina Carano, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Kickboxer: Vengeance, Punchfighting


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Robert Lawrence TV Advertising Collection - Reel 50
Dartmouth College Films records
Film archive, 1902 - 1995
Film Transfer 2016, without condition assessment
Robert Lawrence TV Advertising Collection - Reel 50 May be restricted
DA-223: Dartmouth College Films records
Folder: RL-50, Box: 13155
Identifier: 26295
Films produced, distributed, or managed by Dartmouth College Films. includes films of Dartmouth events; films directed, scripted, produced, or featuring Dartmouth students and alumni; some commercial films or broadcasts with Dartmouth locations or connections. Primary format is 16mm. Some films are dated from after the the dissolution of Dartmouth College Films as a department.
Stored off-site. Five days notice required for access. Film cannot be projected due to condition. Consult archivist for further information.
ADStrip: 0
Format: 16 mm.; Run time: ca. 36 min.
Advertisements for Molsons: "C Bar", "MCB", "Interview", "MCB", "Bottle Silhouette", "Hotal", "Bouncing Elephant", "Test", "Melodrama", "SAD", "Picture Trouble", "Mermaid", "Bottle Capping", "Beverage Room", "Fireman Dog", "Moby Dick (French)", "World", "Hurricane (French)"; for Moirs: "Birthday Party", "Buffet", "Old Couple"; for Multiple Scleroris: "Key", "Key"; for Mutual Benefit: "Get Well Card", "Income Protection Plan"; for Massey Pergeson: "Parade"; for O'Keefe: "Snow", "Fire Engine", "Disappearing Act", "End of Day", "Airplane", "Sail Boat", "India", "Truck Drivers", "Painter", "Mrs. Nussbaum°s Romance", "Tavern", "Senator Claghorn", "Jungle".
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Taiyuan Travels
Author: Emily Vincent
This past week, my research brought me to the city of Taiyuan, the capital of China's Shanxi province. Taiyuan is a relatively small city compared to Beijing, but its population size is still comparable to Chicago. Crazy, huh? My main purpose for this visit was to speak with an American couple who work on the head administration team for a foreign NGO operating in the area. My discussion with them was both insightful and interesting, and made my trip quite worthwhile in itself for the perspective it added to my research. However, it seemed a shame to return straight back to Beijing without first experiencing the unique character of Taiyuan.
A distinctively atypical characteristic of Taiyuan is its high Catholic population. Taiyuan is easily the most Catholic city in China, as can be seen by the multiple churches, monasteries, and religious sites scattered in and around the city. I am not sure how this display of religion fits into China's legal framework, but this only adds to the interest that these sights cultivate.
During my four days in Taiyuan, I was able to see a cathedral within the city as well as two mountains outside of the city where miraculous events reportedly occurred. The raw beauty of the untamed mountains only added to the feeling of sanctity in these villages and churches. At one site, the story goes that the people of a nearby village were inspired to build a Catholic church on the mountain top. They gathered together to collect the raw materials at the bottom of the mountain in preparation to haul them to the top the next day. The next morning, all of the building materials had inexplicably been moved up the mountain to the exact site where the church was to be built. At the second site I visited, it is said that the villagers climbed the mountain while praying to Mary and asking her to protect the village's crops from an annual hail storm that was headed their way. For the first time in many years, the storm passed without any damage to the village, its people, or their crops.
My experience in Taiyuan left me with a deep impression of the durability of human belief. In a country where religion can not be practiced freely, there still stands a city of people who not only refuse to abandon their faith, but proudly celebrate it. This intersection of culture and faith and its results are the true source of Taiyuan's inexplicable beauty.