Got to see awesome German indie band Herrenmagazin in concert on January 27, and was lucky enough to be able to do an interview with them before the show. I'll post the link to the full article as soon as it's through redaction!
For photos from the concert, check out my album here.
The band's music is available on German and US iTunes – grab yourself some of it! They are fantastic.


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Stacy Nation-Knapper
York University Toronto, ON 2010 – 2015
Ph.D. History: "N-łḱwḱw-mín: Remembering the Fur Trade in the Columbia River Plateau"
Dissertation Supervisor: Dr. Carolyn Podruchny
Field Specializations: American History, North American Indigenous History, Canadian History
Boise State University Boise, ID 2008 – 2010
M.A. History: "Trading in Spirits: European Alcohol and the Indigenous Population of New France"
Thesis Supervisor: Dr. Barton H. Barbour
Montana State University Bozeman, MT 1999 – 2003
B.A. Modern Languages and Literatures, French Option
Minors: History and Native American Studies
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Connection Grant
L.R. Wilson Institute for Canadian History Postdoctoral Fellow, McMaster University
Susan Mann Dissertation Scholarship
Ramsay Cook Fellowship for Canadian History
Avie Bennett Historica Canada Scholarship (declined)
Ontario Graduate Scholarship
York University Faculty of Graduate Studies Research Cost Fund Award
Robert Cuff Fellowship for American History
York University Faculty of Graduate Studies Fieldwork Cost Fund Award
York University Faculty of Graduate Studies Graduate Development Fund Award
Ian Greene Award for Teaching Excellence (nominee)
York University International Tuition Fee Scholarship
York University Graduate Scholarship
Boise State University History Department Research Travel Award
Boise State University History Department Scholarship
J.T. Osborne Memorial Scholarship
"Seeing Themselves: Jean Barman's French Canadians, Furs, and Indigenous Women in the Making of the Pacific Northwest as a Resource for the Region's People." Journal of the Canadian Historical Association 27, no 2 (2016): 130-135.
Adcock, Tina, Keith Grant, Stacy Nation-Knapper, Beth Robertson, and Corey Slumkoski. "Canadian History Blogging: Reflections at the Intersection of Digital Storytelling, Academic Research, and Public Outreach." Journal of the Canadian Historical Association 27, no 2 (2016): 1–39.
Carolyn Podruchny and Stacy Nation-Knapper, "Fur Trades." Oxford Research Encyclopedia of American History (November 2016). Accessed January 6, 2017, doi 10.1093/acrefore/9780199329175.013.308.
"Shoes, Canoes, and Lives in Unexpected Archives: Searching in Fur Trade Ledgers beyond the Hudson's Bay Company Archives." Past Imperfect 19 (2016): 35-54.
"'Like putting birds in a cage': Territory and the Troubled Life of a Spokane Oral History." Pacific Northwest Quarterly 106 (Summer 2015): 120-38.
Review of Phantoms of the French Fur Trade: Twenty Men Who Worked in the Trade Between 1618 and 1758, vols. I, II, and III, by Timothy J. Kent. Ontario History (autumn 2016): 263-66.
Review of Pierre-Esprit Radisson: The Collected Writings, Volume 2, by Germaine Warkentin, Editor. Papers of the Bibliographical Society of Canada/Cahiers de la Société bibliographique 53 (2015): 303-305.
Non-Refereed Publications
"Whose Canada150?: Listening beyond Colonial Narratives," Au delà des frontières : La nouvelle histoire du Canada/ Beyond Borders: The New Canadian History, May 15, 2017, https://thenewcanadianhistory.com/2017/05/15/whose-canada150-listening-beyond-colonial-narratives/.
Labelle, Kathryn and Stacy Nation-Knapper. "Decolonize at the CHA," ActiveHistory.ca, May 8, 2017, http://activehistory.ca/2017/05/help-needed-decolonize-1867-at-the-cha-attend-participate-join-us/.
Stacy Nation-Knapper, contributions to 2016 "Twelve Days of Trouvailles" series:
"'Christmas Eve at Spokane House': Imagining a Fur Trade Christmas," Findings/Trouvailles (2016): December 5, 2016, http://www.champlainsociety.ca/christmas-eve-at-spokane-house-imagining-a-fur-trade-christmas/.
"The Conditional Gift of Reverend John West," Findings/Trouvailles (2016): December 13, 2016, http://www.champlainsociety.ca/the-conditional-gift-of-reverend-john-west/.
"New Year's Day in the Columbia District," Findings/Trouvailles (2016): December 21, 2016, http://www.champlainsociety.ca/new-years-day-in-the-columbia-district/.
"The Revenant is Beautiful, Disappointing Art," Active History, January 29, 2016, http://activehistory.ca/2016/01/the-revenant-is-beautiful-disappointing-art/.
"All the country around us is on fire," The Otter ~ La Loutre, September 10, 2015, http://niche-canada.org/2015/09/10/all-the-country-around-us-is-on-fire/.
"Indigenous Perspectives on the Columbia River Treaty," The Otter ~ La Loutre, June 9, 2015, http://niche-canada.org/2015/06/09/indigenous-perspectives-on-the-columbia-river-treaty/.
"'They have stolen our lands and everything on them': A Century's-Old Assertion of Indigenous Land and Resource Rights in the BC Interior," The Otter ~ La Loutre, March 4, 2015, http://niche-canada.org/2015/03/04/they-have-stolen-our-lands-and-everything-on-them-a-centurys-old-assertion-of-first- nations-land-and-resource-rights-in-the-bc-interior/.
"Unearthing Columbia River Plateau Histories Through Environmental Assessment Reports," The Otter ~ La Loutre, December 3, 2014, http://niche-canada.org/2014/12/03/unearthing-columbia-river-plateau-histories-through-environmental-assessment-reports/.
Stacy Nation-Knapper, Andrew Watson, and Sean Kheraj. "Ten Books to Contextualize the Alberta Tar Sands." Active History (2014): Available May 2014, http://activehistory.ca/2014/05/ten-books-to-contextualize-the- alberta-tar-sands/.
Stacy Nation-Knapper, Andrew Watson, and Sean Kheraj. "Ten Books to Contextualize the Environmental History of Food and Agriculture in Canada." Active History (2014): Available March 2014, http://activehistory.ca/2014/03/ten-books-to-contextualize-the-environmental-history-of-food-and-agriculture- in-canada/.
Stacy Nation-Knapper, Andrew Watson, and Sean Kheraj. "Ten Books to Contextualize Canadian Fisheries." Active History (2014): Available February 2014, http://activehistory.ca/2014/02/ten-books-to-contextualize-canadian-fisheries/.
"Kootenay Pelly and Spokane Garry: Indigenous Students at the Red River Mission School." Findings/Trouvailles (2013): December 2013, http://www.champlainsociety.ca/findingstrouvailles/.
Stacy Nation-Knapper, Andrew Watson, and Sean Kheraj. "Ten Books to Contextualize Global Warming." Active History (2013): Available October 2013, http://activehistory.ca/2013/10/ten-books-to-contextualize-global- warming/.
Stacy Nation-Knapper, Andrew Watson, and Sean Kheraj. "Nature's Past: Part 3 – The Environmental Movement." Canada's History Magazine, 2013. http://www.canadashistory.ca/Magazine/Online-Exclusive/Articles/Nature-s-Past-Part-3-The-Environmental-Movement
Stacy Nation-Knapper, Andrew Watson, and Sean Kheraj. "Nature's Past: Part 2 – Aboriginal Health and Environments." Canada's History Magazine, 2012. http://www.canadashistory.ca/Magazine/Online-Exclusive/Articles/Natures-Past-Part-2-Aboriginal-Health- and-Envir
Stacy Nation-Knapper, Andrew Watson, and Sean Kheraj. "Nature's Past: Part 1 – Global Warming." Canada's History Magazine, 2012. http://www.canadashistory.ca/Magazine/Online-Exclusive/Articles/Natures-Past-Part- 1-Global-Warming
Sean Kheraj, Stacy Nation-Knapper, and Andrew Watson. "Episode 38: Histories of Canadian Environmental Issues, Part VIII – Tar Sands" Nature's Past. 29 May 2013.Sean Kheraj, Stacy Nation-Knapper, and Andrew Watson. "Episode 37: Histories of Canadian Environmental Issues, Part VII – Agri-Food Systems, II" Nature's Past. 5 May 2013.
Sean Kheraj, Stacy Nation-Knapper, and Andrew Watson. "Episode 36: Histories of Canadian Environmental Issues, Part VI – Agri-Food Systems, I" Nature's Past. 31 March 2013.
Sean Kheraj, Stacy Nation-Knapper, and Andrew Watson. "Episode 35: Histories of Canadian Environmental Issues, Part V – Fisheries, Regulation, and Science" Nature's Past. 28 February 2013.
Sean Kheraj, Stacy Nation-Knapper, and Andrew Watson. "Episode 34: Histories of Canadian Environmental Issues, Part III – The Canadian Environmental Movement II" Nature's Past. 21 January 2013.
Sean Kheraj, Stacy Nation-Knapper, and Andrew Watson. "Episode 33: Histories of Canadian Environmental Issues, Part III – The Canadian Environmental Movement I" Nature's Past. 27 November 2012.
Sean Kheraj, Stacy Nation-Knapper, and Andrew Watson. "Episode 32: Histories of Canadian Environmental Issues, Part II – Health and Environmental Issues in Aboriginal History" Nature's Past. 29 October 2012.
Sean Kheraj, Stacy Nation-Knapper, and Andrew Watson. "Episode 31: Histories of Canadian Environmental Issues, Part I – Global Warming" Nature's Past. 26 September 2012.
ACADEMIC TEACHING POSITIONS
Postdoctoral Fellow, Survey of Canadian History, Beginnings to 1885
Teach lecture-based course examining peoples, themes, and events in the area now called Canada during the fifteenth to nineteenth centuries. Focus on Indigenous and non-Indigenous reactions to social, environmental, economic, and political changes that defined this period, from contact and the early European colonial period to the experiment and fallout of Canadian Confederation, up to 1885.
Instructor, YearOne
Teach interdisciplinary course for first-year students to access campus resources, services, and opportunities to promote self-knowledge, leadership development, social responsibility, and life skills. Challenge and encourage first-year students to build relationships and support them in becoming an integral part of the campus community.
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Canadian Studies York University
Taught interdisciplinary, discussion-based tutorials at bilingual (French/English) campus in conjunction with Dr. Colin Coates's course, Introduction to Canadian Studies. Course provided first- and second-year students basic knowledge of Canadian culture, history, literature, and fine arts from 1759 to the present. Responsible for leading tutorials, marking assignments, and providing bilingual (French/English) support and resources for students. Utilized Moodle academic software.
Graduate Teaching Assistant, United States History
Taught discussion-based tutorials in conjunction with Dr. Marc Egnal's course, HIST 2600: United States History and periodically provided lectures. Course was an overview of American history from pre-colonial era to the present. Responsible for marking assignments for approximately fifty students, as well as providing support and resources to those students.
Graduate Teaching Assistant, The Impact of Europeans on the North American Environment
Taught discussion-based tutorials in conjunction with Dr. Carolyn Podruchny's course for first-year students, HIST 1035: The Impact of Europeans on the North American Environment. Course examined environmental and cultural consequences of the European conquest of North America. Responsible for marking assignments for approximately twenty five students, as well as providing support and resources to those students.
Instructor, University Studies
Taught First Year College Transitions courses, using a discussion-based and group-driven approach, to introduce incoming students to university studies. Courses focused on developing academic skills, life skills, and behaviors necessary for success in a university setting. Utilized Blackboard Academic software.
Instructor, Bridge Program
Worked as a member of a team of instructors and peer mentors in the Bridge Program. Taught First Year seminar courses using a discussion and group-driven approach for incoming students who have demonstrated a need for Study Skill building. Courses focused on developing academic skills, life skills, and behaviors necessary for success in a university setting. Utilized Blackboard Academic software.
Teaching Assistant, United States History
Assisted Dr. Barton Barbour in lecture, with assignment and exam assessment for pre- and post-Civil War United States History survey courses, HIST 111 and HIST 112. Course examined American history from pre-contact era to present, with emphasis given to the development of the Union, expansion, the Civil War, growth of American business and the emergence of the nation to a world power.
LEADERSHIP AND SERVICE TO THE PROFESSION
Member of Council, The Champlain Society
Work to further the mission of the Society, to increase public awareness of, and accessibility to, Canada's rich store of historical records through the publication of edited primary source materials, public presentations of historical research and promotion of historical works appreciated by the Society.
Member, Organizing Committee, Canadian History of the Environment Summer School
Collaborate with scholars, Indigenous community members, and institutions to organize annual field school for environmental historians that emphasizes the interdisciplinary nature of the discipline. The 2017 theme is Gender and Indigenous Landscapes of Southern Ontario.
Billeting Co-coordinator, Berkshire Conference of Women Historians
Solicited temporary housing for conference attendees, matched volunteers with attendees requiring a place to stay, and arranged for any accommodation requests that arose. Worked closely with co-coordinator, other conference volunteers, and conference organizers.
Teaching Assistant Certificate in Teaching, Teaching Commons at York University
Completed teaching methodology course accredited by the Staff and Educational Development Association to better assess student ways of learning, and to further develop professional and ethical teaching practices in the context of post-secondary education.
History Department Representative to the Faculty of Graduate Studies Council, York University
Represent History graduate students in monthly meetings of the Faculty of Graduate Studies Council. Report to FGS Council the concerns of the department and report to the Graduate History Students Association the FGS Council's decisions and topics of discussion.
Member, Board of Directors, Lee Wiggins Childcare Centre at York University
Support and oversee operations of York University community childcare centre. Responsible for maintaining a healthy budget for the centre and ensuring the long-term operational requirements of the centre can be met.
Volunteer, American Society for Environmental History Conference
Aided in organization, set-up, and operation of annual conference of the organization. Unpacked and setup publisher displays, provided customer service and assisted authors during book signings, aided conference attendees with registration and negotiation of conference venue.
History Department Graduate Students' Association Representative, York University
Acted as representative of History Department in monthly meetings of the GSA, voicing support or concerns to the organization. Reported back to the Graduate History Students' Association the results of GSA meetings.
Member, International Student Committee, Canadian Union of Public Employees, York University
Acted as liaison between international graduate students and the union representing them. Organized information sessions and directed students to resources relevant to their concerns.
Treasurer, Phi Alpha Theta History Honors Society, Boise State University
Managed finances of local Phi Alpha Theta History Honors Society Chapter, organized fundraisers on campus and in larger scholarly community, including a book sale at the Idaho Council of History Education Conference. Successfully funded chapter trip to the Phi Alpha Theta Northwest Regional conference.
Research Assistant, "Not the Last of Their Tribes
Conduct research and data entry examining historical references to California Indigenous peoples under the direction of Dr. Boyd Cothran.
Conduct research and data entry determining occupations for all the members of the House of Assembly of the Province of Canada in 1865 under the direction of Dr. Colin Coates.
Research Assistant, "Mapping the Contours of Identity in the Trottier Brigade: Métis Mentalities and Materialities in Northwestern North America, 1780-1880"
Conducted research and data entry in support of research project funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Partnership Development Grant under the direction of Dr. Carolyn Podruchny, Principal Investigator on the project.
Freelance Indexer
Contracted to construct the index for Dr. Boyd Cothran's monograph, Remembering the Modoc War: Redemptive Violence and the Making of American Innocence, published by The University of North Carolina Press.
Research Team Member, Robarts Centre for Canadian Studies
Participated in community of interdisciplinary scholars disseminating information across a broad spectrum of topics relevant to Canadian Studies. Coordinated and hosted Indigenous history reading and writing group that comprises diverse scholars from the Toronto area. Presented research to other members of the research team when possible.
Indexer, University of Oklahoma Press
Contracted by publisher to construct the index for the edited collection, Contours of a People: Metis Family, Mobility, and History by Nicole St-Onge, Carolyn Podruchny, and Brenda Macdougall.
Graduate Research Assistant, Nature's Past: Canadian Environmental History Podcast
Acted as production and research assistant for podcasts under the direction of Dr. Sean Kheraj. Performed audio recording and editing, HTML and XML coding, and used social media in disseminating information about the podcast series, which interviews historians of the Canadian environment and discusses relevant scholarship. Reviewed historiography, compiled bibliographies, prepared interviews, and published articles in Canada's History magazine.
Contracted by author to construct the index for Douglas Hunter's monograph, The Race to the New World: Christopher Columbus, John Cabot, and a Lost History of Discovery, published with Palgrave Macmillan and Douglas & McIntyre.
EDITORIAL POSITIONS
Findings/Trouvailles Blog, Chair, Editorial Committee
Solicit, review, and edit submissions for monthly online Champlain Society blog featuring contributions by Champlain Society members that enhance understandings of Canadian history. Represent the publication to the public and work with editorial committee members to maintain healthy publication schedule and rigorous review of submissions.
Findings/Trouvailles Blog, Editorial Committee Member
Review, solicit, and edit submissions for monthly online Champlain Society publication featuring contributions by Champlain Society members that enhance understandings of Canadian history.
Left History Journal, Book Review Editor
Solicited and compiled book reviews and review essays for bi-annual scholarly journal featuring refereed articles examining the global history of the political left. Edited submissions, maintained mailing list database, and conducted mailings twice per year.
Left History Journal, Editorial Assistant
Assisted in publication of bi-annual scholarly journal featuring refereed articles examining the global history of the political left. Edited submissions, maintained mailing list database, and assisted in mailings twice per year.
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE
Assistant Director, Academic Support Center
Supervise team of professional staff to provide Math/Physics and Reading support and Supplemental Instruction to undergraduate students. Responsible for implementation of two content-specific programs and supervision of five professional staff, multiple adjunct instructors, graduate assistants, and many undergraduate employees. Co- chaired taskforce to recreate first-year course for 3,000 incoming students.
Program Assistant, Academic Enhancement
Presented classroom and campus-wide workshops focusing on resources available to students. Aided the Assistant Director of Academic Enhancement with tutor management, processing statistics, producing various publications for Academic Enhancement.
Work Study Supervisor and Administrative Assistant, Honors Program, Women's and Gender Studies University of Maine at Farmington
Supervised work study students in Women's and Gender Studies and Honors programs. Aided in teaching discussion-based courses when regular instructors were absent. Assisted students with publication of annual magazine, acted as advisor to Honors Club, and aided in the production of annual Honors publication, Apropos.
November, 2017. Western History Association Annual Conference. San Diego, CA. Paper accepted: "Living History at Spokane House: Fur Trade Reenactments and Complicated Settler Identities."
October, 2017. American Society for Ethnohistory Annual Meeting. Winnipeg, MB. Paper accepted: "Meaning and Moose Muffles: Intersections of Colonialism and Indigeneity in a Uniquely North American Food."
May, 2017. Canadian Historical Association/Société historique du Canada Annual Meeting. Toronto, ON. Workshop organizer and participant: "Decolonizing 1867: Stories from the People."
May, 2017. Restorying Canada: Reconsidering Religion and Public Memory. Ottawa, ON. Paper presentation: "In Narratives of Canada's Past, the Experiences of Indigenous Peoples…"
October, 2016. Western History Association Annual Conference. St. Paul, MN. Paper presentation: "'She was of mixed blood, far above the average': Exploring Narratives of Fur Trade Family Identity."
May, 2016. Canadian Historical Association/Société historique du Canada Annual Meeting. Calgary, AB. Round table participant: "Canadian History Blogging: A Conversation Between Editors."
May, 2016. Canadian Historical Association/Société historique du Canada Annual Meeting. Calgary, AB. Round table participant: "Roundtable on Jean Barman's French Canadians, Furs, and Indigenous Women in the Making of the Pacific Northwest, winner of the 2015 John A. Macdonald Prize from the Canadian Historical Association."
May, 2015. Canadian Historical Association/Société historique du Canada Annual Meeting. Ottawa, ON. Paper presentation: "Feeling It: Sensory Experiences of the Nineteenth-Century Columbia River Plateau Fur Trade."
October, 2014. American Society for Ethnohistory Annual Meeting. Indianapolis, IN. Paper presentation: "'They all stopped there to trade what they could': Twenty-First Century Indigenous Memory and Commemoration of the Fur Trade."
May, 2014. Canadian Historical Association/Société historique du Canada Annual Meeting. St. Catharines, ON. Paper presentation: "Playing the Part: Fur Trade Reenactors Interpreting the Past."
February, 2014. New Frontiers Graduate History Conference. Toronto, ON. Paper presentation: "Sketching the Trade: Images of the Columbia River Plateau Fur Trade, 1840-2012."
October, 2013. Western History Association Annual Conference. Tucson, AZ. Paper presentation: "'Like Putting Birds in a Cage': Spokane Oral History, Territory, and Historical Research Methods."
June, 2013. Native American and Indigenous Studies Association Conference. Saskatoon, SK. Paper presentation: "'When He Returned from Red River': Spokane Garry's Use of Fur Trade Networks."
February, 2013. New Frontiers Graduate History Conference. Toronto, ON. Paper presentation: "David Thompson's Map as Object and Icon."
June, 2012. Western Canadian Studies Conference. Calgary, AB. Paper presentation: "Spokane House and Westernness: Intercultural Exchange and Historical Representations."
February, 2012. New Frontiers Graduate History Conference. Toronto, ON. Paper presentation: "'An Outdoorsy Look and Feel': Appropriating the Fur Trade in Historical Representations of the West."
February, 2012. New Frontiers Graduate History Conference. Toronto, ON. Panel Chair: "Oral History and the Reimagined Archive."
February, 2011. New Frontiers Graduate History Conference. Toronto, ON. Paper presentation: "Hudson's Bay Company Ledgers: Reading Culture in Economic Documents."
April, 2010. Phi Alpha Theta Northwest Regional Conference. Fairmont Hot Springs, MT. Paper presentation: "Remembering the Acadian Deportation."
April, 2009. Phi Alpha Theta Northwest Regional Conference. Ellensburg, WA. Paper presentation: "Filles du Roi: The Misrepresented Mothers of Quebec." Award finalist.
PUBLIC TALKS, RESEARCH SEMINARS, AND SPEAKERS' SERIES (Invited to speak)
June, 2017. RUSH (Rochester U.S. Historians) Working Group: "In the Thick of It: Commemorating the Columbia Plateau Fur Trade from Within."
November, 2016. McMaster Seminar on Higher Education: Canada@150: Panelist for discussion of "The Role of the Academy in Preserving an Accurate Record of a Nation's History."
March, 2016. History of Indigenous Peoples Network: "Everybody been here all the time: Late 20th-Century Assertions of Indigenous Sovereignty in the B.C. Interior."
January, 2015. Remarks related to book launch for Boyd Cothran's Remembering the Modoc War: Redemptive Violence and the Making of American Innocence.
May, 2014. Canadian History and Environment Summer School: "Walking Field Trip of York, Jane-Finch" with Tom Peace.
March, 2014. Environmental Historians of Southern Ontario Workshop: "Sen'k'lip, Salmon, and Inundation: Indigenous Experiences of Columbia River Plateau Hydroelectric Development."
February, 2014. York Indigenous Peoples and Environments Series: "'A Mutually Beneficial Partnership'?: Indigenous Experiences of Columbia River Plateau Hydroelectric Development."
September, 2013. York @ U of T Lecture, Remarks to accompany paper by Dr. Boyd Cothran: "Memory, Colonialism, History."
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American Society for Environmental History
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NFL Foundation Donates Nearly $2M to Pandemic Recovery and to Bolster Vaccine Services Across the Country May 18, 2021
The NFL Foundation announced a $500,000 donation to Team Rubicon and a $750,000 donation to the CDC Foundation to help continue the fight to eliminate health disparities and roll out COVID-19 vaccine services to vulnerable communities across the country. Additional pandemic recovery fundraising through Draft-a-Thon brings the total donation to just shy of $2 million to help our communities.
"We're proud to partner with both Team Rubicon and the CDC Foundation to help get vaccines to those who need it most right now," said Anna Isaacson, Senior Vice President of Social Responsibility, NFL. "As we move forward on the path to pandemic recovery, it's so important that everyone, especially those in underserved communities, have information and access as it relates to COVID-19 vaccines so we can save lives and begin to return to a sense of normalcy."
Team Rubicon
Team Rubicon pairs the skills and experiences of military veterans with first responders, civilian volunteers, and technology solutions, aiming to provide the greatest service and impact possible to those affected by disaster and humanitarian crises Team Rubicon has been meeting community needs driven by the ongoing pandemic for the past year. As vaccines became available, the organization shifted its focus to prioritize the delivery of COVID-19 vaccinations to rural and underserved communities in a fair and efficient manner.
With $500,000 in funding from the NFL Foundation, Team Rubicon, who has over 140,000 volunteers, will be able to deliver free, timely and equitable vaccine services through up to 10 vaccination sites in rural, marginalized and vulnerable communities across the country.
CDC Foundation
The CDC Foundation is an independent nonprofit created by Congress to mobilize philanthropic and private-sector resources to support the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's and the public health community's critical health protection work. COVID-19 has exposed and intensified health inequities facing Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) communities, older and rural Americans, and other marginalized and under-resourced communities.
With a $750,000 donation from the NFL Foundation, the CDC Foundation will bolster its support of COVID-19 vaccine rollout efforts in underserved areas across the country. There will be an emphasis on underserved populations in select NFL markets, as well as communications on COVID-19 mitigation strategies. Local health departments and community-based organizations will also be able to receive microgrants to reach the communities they serve who are under-resourced and at-risk.
Draft-a-Thon
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Felipe Nasr posted the top time for the six Cadillac DPi-V.R race cars at the tight 1.968-mile, 11-turn closed street course that surrounds the Long Beach Convention Center. Nasr put in a lap of 1:11.550 that will have he and teammate Pipo Derani starting from the front row next to the pole sitting Acura.
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Jordan Taylor, who recently had an appendectomy, qualified the Konica Minolta Cadillac DPi-V.R. Cleared to drive after his operation he ran a lap of 1:12.312. Renger Van Der Zande shares the black Cadillac for the Rolex 24 hour winning Wayne Taylor led team.
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Databases 1. e4 e5 (21)
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Updated Databases
December Camp - Understand the Ruy Lopez (9h Running Time) Discounted
Modern Chess Team Saturday, January 1, 2022
The camp Understand the Ruy Lopez is already a digital product. This product includes all the videos from the masterclass as well as the PGN file related to the training sessions. Overall, the material consists of approximately 9 hours of video and a PGN database which includes 81 files!
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Ambitious Repertoire against the Italian Game Discounted
GM Kiril Georgiev Tuesday, June 15, 2021
The Italian Game is nowadays as a good old wine, there is rarely a week with less than a new hundred games in it. All the leading players are engaged in the heavy theoretical discussion, in a recent match between MVL and Nakamura the real battle even started after move 21. The purpose of this database is to highlight the latest tendencies. GM Kiril Georgiev provides a repertoire that is both solid and ambitious. Additionally, as all new Modern Chess products, this product comes with a Memory Booster. The booster is designed to help you better remember the important points in each chapter. All the testable lines have been carefully selected by our GM team.
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Attack with Scotch Game - GM GM Avetik Grigoryan and GM Samvel Ter-Sahakyan (Video Database - 10+ hours running time) Discounted
Modern Chess Team Friday, May 28, 2021
Players from all levels struggle to find a reliable repertoire for White after 1.e4 e5. Usually, Black is able to achieve a rock-solid position without theoretical problems. In this course, Armenian grandmasters Avetik Grigoryan and Samvel Ter-Sahakyan make a strong case for the Scotch Game that arises after 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 The current video course suggests playing trendy and aggressive lines. Besides deep explanations of tactical and positional ideas, you will find many novelties and unexplored ideas. The content is structured in a way that players of all levels can benefit. The basic section makes sure that you get a strong foundation. Those of you who want to go even deeper can examine the Advanced Section which is very useful for a level of 2200+.
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Arkhangelsk Variation - Lifetime Solution for Black - Video Version Discounted
GM Boris Avrukh Sunday, May 2, 2021
Welcome to the latest opening project of GM Boris Avrukh - Arkhangelsk Variation. Having worked on this opening with Fabiano Caruana, Avrukh is one of the biggest Arkhangelsk experts in the world. With a video running time of 6 hours and an integrated memory trainer, this project is different from anything we have done so far. After studying a given chapter, you can immediately challenge your knowledge via the memory trainer. All the training lines incorporated in the memory trainer are carefully selected by our team of grandmasters. In this way, we make sure that you will remember all the must-know key ideas and sequences.
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Arkhangelsk Variation - Lifetime Solution for Black (Update - 18.05.2021) Discounted Updated
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Understand the Italian Game (Running Time - Approx.4 hours) Discounted
GM Dejan Bojkov Tuesday, March 23, 2021
In this video series, GM Dejan Bojkov presents all the important ideas that an Italian player should know. Having experience with both colours, GM Bojkov explains all the subtle ideas in a very systematic way. After studying this video database, you will be able to build your Italian repertoire on a solid foundation.
Italian Game - Pawn Structures, Tactical Ideas, and Theoretical Trends Discounted
Modern Chess Team Tuesday, February 9, 2021
The camp dedicated to the Italian Game is already a digital product. This product includes all the videos from the workshop as well as the PGN file related to the training sessions. Overall, the material consists of approximately 10 hours of video and a PGN database which includes 79 files!
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Understand the Ruy Lopez Discounted
GM Dejan Bojkov Sunday, December 27, 2020
"Milking a cow." This is how once Bronstein described the Ruy Lopez opening. Despite the heavily explored lines this remains one of the most colourful and rich openings ever. The complex nature of the arising positions, the huge variety of tactical and positional ideas make it a must for every chess player. The more we study and the deeper we dive into the Ruy Lopez the more and more secrets will be revealed and the better the understanding of the structure and the typical ideas would become.
Complete Guide to the Ruy Lopez Exchange Structure Discounted
GM Aleksander Delchev Tuesday, July 14, 2020
This pawn structure usually arises after 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 from one of the following lines: A) 3... a6 4.Bxc6 (Exchange Spanish) B) 3...a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.Bxc6 or 5.0-0 Be7 6 Bxc6 (Delayed Exchange Spanish) C) 3...Nf6 4.Bxc6 (Anti-Berlin) In the introduction, GM Aleksander Delchev writes: n my survey, I deal with this position both from White and Black's perspective. Besides improving your play in the abovementioned theoretical lines, this material is designed to improve your general chess understanding as well. Hopefully, you will get a better feeling of the following strategical aspects: play with and against a bishop pair, find the right plan and execute the right pawn break in static structures, the importance of the space advantage, play positions with opposite castles. Additionally, I am sure that this database will help you to increase your endgame technique since I provide a number of instructive examples.
Play the Open Spanish - Repertoire for Black Discounted
GM Mihail Marin Thursday, January 2, 2020
In this database, Mihail Marin provides a complete Black repertoire which is based on the so-called Open Spanish. The basic position of this line arises after the moves 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6. In the introduction, GM Marin writes: "The Open (or Tarrasch) Variation in the Spanish Opening has fascinated me ever since the 1978 and 1981 Karpov-Kortschnoj matches, during which the challenger regularly used it, coming up with many new ideas. Before that, the system did not enjoy a good reputation, but the intense rehearsal during the matches provoked a real boom of the opening. For many years I had an intense but purely "platonic" sympathy for it. I finally decided to include it in my repertoire when I understood that playing the Sicilian against players like John Nunn was pure suicide. And as a reward, my first game with the Open Spanish ended in a draw against the same Dr Nunn, who one year earlier had made me the unwilling co-author of a brilliancy prize in the Najdorf! The aforementioned matches also induced a new fashion trend from White's point of view, but during the '80s, Kortschnoj introduced many new ideas in tournament games. Around 1990 a serious crisis happened, after a crucial loss of Kortschnoj to Hjartarson. I managed to play it for a few more years, switching systems when I feared concrete opponents' preparation, but around 1994 I had to resign to the evidence: Many of my favourite lines did not look playable anymore. Revisiting the variation after such a long time was refreshing. When writing this database I understood that at this stage of theory there are certain systems (mainly 9.Nbd2) in which Black has to go for dynamic play (and not for static positions, as I used to do)."
Scotch Repertoire for Black Discounted
GM Robert Hungaski Saturday, June 22, 2019
In the current database, GM Robert Hungaski will be offering you a comprehensive repertoire against the Scotch Opening. After the moves 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4, he suggests the move 4...Bc5 with the idea to provide you with sound and intuitive positions. In his explanations, besides theoretical knowledge, the author pays attention to all the important positional ideas as well. Moreover, if you are a diligent student of the opening, you will also be able to incorporate some forced lines by which you can try to create concrete problems for your opponent very early in the game.
Complete Spanish Repertoire for Black - Sidelines Discounted
GM Michael Roiz Thursday, June 6, 2019
Welcome to the second and final Ruy Lopez database by GM Michael Roiz. In this survey, the author deals with all the variations except Breyer (which was covered in Part 1 ). True to his approach, Roiz provides you with reliable lifetime solutions. In many lines, he suggests new concepts or revives well forgotten old approaches. The vast majority of the lines are based on understanding. Once you finish and understand the current database, even if you do not follow every new game, you will enjoy a complete solution for your problems against Ruy Lopez. Thus, you will have plenty of time to focus on other aspects of your chess preparation. The database consists of 18 theoretical chapters and 18 interactive tests.
Complete Scotch Repertoire Discounted
IM Robert Ris Monday, May 20, 2019
The Scotch Game has recently gained popularity as many top-level players have used it frequently. One of the benefits of choosing this opening is that White is taking his opponent out from his comfort zone in Italian and Ruy Lopez. The Scotch becomes very popular when Gary Kasparov scored many important wins with this opening. Nowadays almost all top players tried it from time to time, but Nakamura and Nepomniachti played it regularly and very successfully. IM Ris is providing us with a complete repertoire for White which offers many new and unexplored ideas. The main tactical and strategical ideas are very well explained, but also many interesting novelties are revealed. The database contains 15 Theoretical Chapters and 15 Test Positions.
Complete Spanish Repertoire for Black - The Breyer System Discounted
The Ruy Lopez remains one of the most popular chess openings, both at club level and among top players. According to many grandmasters, this is the most complex opening in chess. Almost all world champions played it with both colours. Studying this opening will not only provide you with a repertoire but will increase your general chess understanding. In his two-part series, the renowned theoretician GM Michael Roiz is providing us with a complete repertoire for Black against it. In the current database, the author builds a repertoire based on the Breyer Variation. Roiz explains all strategical and tactical subtleties and proposes many fresh and unexplored ideas.
Yates Variation and Anti - Marshall - Repertoire for White Discounted
IM Renier Castellanos Friday, April 6, 2018
With Yates Variation and Anti - Marshall, White wants to avoid long, forced and heavily analyzed main lines. His task is to minimalize Black's choices and to reach a playable position, where chess understanding is more important than memorization. This very common opening approach is used by Magnus Carlsen with a great success. Renier is sharing his ideas in 12 chapters - eight of them are for Yates Variation, and four are for Anti - Marshall. The database ends with 12 test positions.
Classical Anti - Scotch Repertoire Discounted
GM Evgeny Postny Thursday, March 30, 2017
Given the fact that nowadays White experiences major difficulties to obtain an advantage in Ruy Lopez, he started looking for decent alternatives. That is why the so-called Scotch Opening became highly popular even at top level. In the recent years, modern practice showed that the Scotch offers a variety of interesting and unexplored positions. That is the reason why among it's supporters we could find the names of creative top grandmasters like Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Ian Nepomniatchi, Alexader Morozevich and of course the great Garry Kasparov. The current data is designed to provide the reader with a solid Anti-Scotch repertoire which can be used at any level.
The Steinitz Defense Deferred Discounted
GM Davorin Kuljasevic Friday, December 23, 2016
The Steinitz Defence Deferred is an interesting and still relatively unexplored system against the Ruy Lopez (3.Bb5). Apparently passive, yet extremely solid and quite flexible, it has survived the test of time since the late 19th century. Chess greats like Janowski, Schlechter, Capablanca, Alekhine, Keres, Smyslov, etc. The aim of this opening survey is to provide you with an easily understandable and concrete Steinitz Defence Deferred (in further text SDD) opening repertoire against the Ruy Lopez. SDD is a relatively rare occurence on the top level, but this can be a blessing in disguise for a club or a casual tournament player. Many white players dismiss such opening variations as second-rate and pay less attention to them than to Breyers and Marshalls of the world, on which they are ready to spend countless hours of analysis. If your knowledge of SDD is solid and deep, while your opponent's is superficial and coupled with "today I play against that off-beat Ruy Lopez line" approach, guess who has the upper hand?
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Modern Repertoire against the Italian Game Discounted
GM Boris Avrukh Tuesday, November 15, 2016
Since White has serious problems to obtain an advantage in the Berlin Defence, top players started searching for new ideas in the Italian Game. That is why every 1...e5 player should have a solid weapon against this opening. In his database, GM Boris Avrukh suggests a modern approach to this classical opening. He provides the reader with detailed explanations and valuable new ideas. This feature makes the survey suitable not only for club players but also for top grandmasters. At the end of the database, the reader could find a test section which helps him to test his understanding.
Play the Berlin against Ruy Lopez - Part 2 Discounted
GM Kiril Georgiev Tuesday, May 31, 2016
In the first database concerning the Berlin, we have learned how to handle the Berlin Endgame which arises after the move 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.0-0 Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8 Kxd8. As we have seen, if Black knows what he is doing in this endgame, it's extremely difficult for White to pose any problems.That's the reason why White started to look for some possible deviations from the Berlin Endgame. Despite the fact that such lines don't promise an advantage, the arising posиtions and structures are complex and tricky to handle. That's why Black should be very familiar with all the positional and tactical subtleties in order to avoid entering a difficult position.
GM Kiril Georgiev Friday, April 1, 2016
An ex top 10 Grandmaster, who has defeated on the board no less than 8 World Champions in three formats - classical, rapid, and blitz - has released the best of his knowledge about Berlin Endgame. The Berlin Variation is by far the most popular top-level player's weapon against Ruy Lopez. Nevertheless, the vast majority of chess fans are not familiar with the subtleties of the arising positions. In his newest opening project, GM Kiril Georgiev builds a complete Berlin-based repertoire against Ruy Lopez.
GM Repertoire against the Kings Indian Defence Discounted
GM Aleksander Delchev Saturday, March 5, 2016
Every 1.d4 chess player must find a reliable weapon against the Kings Indian Defence. Even though we live in a modern time where chess is dominated by computer programs, this opening gains in popularity. The arising positions are extremely complex and double-edged. That is the reason why this is the favourite opening of creative players like Kasparov, Radjabov and Nakamura. Their games are rich of brilliant attacks against the White king.


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Q: How to represent the interval or uncertainty on regression predictions in an 'experimental vs predicted' plot? Using an example similar to the one from R predict, simulate some independent variable ($x$) data, map them to an observed dependent variable ($y$) using a linear function for the true value (I chose here $3 x - 1$), plus a random normal error. Then fit a linear model to the data.
set.seed(8298)
x <- runif(15, -3, 3)
x <- sort(x)
y <- 3 * x - 1 + rnorm(15)
lm1 <- lm(y ~ x)

Let $\hat y = f(x)$ be the linear model.
As explained by the R documentation on predict, $\hat y$ and its lower and upper limits can be calculated as:
new <- data.frame(x = seq(-3, 3, 0.5))
pred.w.plim <- predict(lm1, new, interval = "prediction")
pred.w.clim <- predict(lm1, new, interval = "confidence")

Then, if I want to represent the uncertainty on the predictions, I can plot $\hat y$ vs $x$, with lines that connect the upper limits of the intervals, and the same for the lower limits:
matplot(new$x, cbind(pred.w.clim, pred.w.plim[,-1]),
        lty = c(1,2,2,3,3), col = c(1,2,2,3,3), type = "l", lwd = 2,
        xlab = "x", ylab = "predicted y")

points(x, y, pch = 16)

Note that I added the experimental $y$ as points, to show how close the prediction (black line) is to the observed value (black point).
Now, imagine instead a case where $x$ is not a simple real variable, but a complicated vector of several descriptors, and the true relationship between $y$ and $x$ is no longer linear.
You can still make a model that outputs, for each object with a specific $x$, a prediction $\hat y$ with its upper and lower limits (of the 'prediction' type, in analogy with the linear case).
However, now you can no longer plot $\hat y$ vs $x$.
In such cases, we are told it is possible to plot $y$ (observed, experimental) vs $\hat y$:
y_pred <- predict(lm1)
plot(y ~ y_pred, pch = 16, xlab = "predicted y", ylab = "experimental y")
abline(0, 1)

In this case, to make an example, I will still calculate the prediction limits using the linear model, and with the 'confidence' method to show some variation between them, but you need to imagine that these limits come from some more complex calculation and they are actual prediction intervals.
old <- data.frame("x" = x)
pred.old.clim <- predict(lm1, old, interval = "confidence")

And this is where I am stuck, hence my post.
How do I correctly represent the uncertainty or interval on the predictions in such a plot?
Initially I hastily thought that I just needed to put vertical error bars on each point:
ints <- pred.old.clim[,"upr"] - pred.old.clim[,"lwr"]
segments(x0 = y_pred, y0 = y - ints / 2, y1 = y + ints / 2)

But this cannot be right, can it, as it uses an experimental value as the center for a distribution that should instead be centered on the predicted value.
The only two alternatives that seemed to make some sense were plotting the bars horizontally from each experimental point:
plot(y ~ y_pred, pch = 16, xlab = "predicted y", ylab = "experimental y")
abline(0, 1)
segments(y0 = y, x0 = pred.old.clim[,"lwr"], x1 = pred.old.clim[,"upr"])

or vertically, but from the unit line, i.e. from the point where prediction and experiment would agree:
plot(y ~ y_pred, pch = 16, xlab = "predicted y", ylab = "experimental y")
abline(0, 1)
segments(x0 = y_pred, y0 = pred.old.clim[,"lwr"], y1 = pred.old.clim[,"upr"])
matlines(x = pred.spr.clim[,1], y = pred.spr.clim[,-1], lty = 2, col = 2)
matlines(x = pred.spr.plim[,1], y = pred.spr.plim[,-1], lty = 3, col = 3)

What do you think is the correct way of doing this? Any of the above, something else...?

A: You are close to the usual approach in your second last plot. I would say that the convention is to place the observed (i.e. experimental) values on the X-axis and the fitted values on the Y-axis, assuming that are simply fitting a regression to experimental data. I think the term 'fitted' here is more clear because there is no implication that the values were predicted before the experiment was done. Then you can use vertical error bars to show the uncertainty in your fits. Note that it's also possible to have uncertainty in your observed values, in which case you can use both vertical and horizontal error bars (and you'd want to account for the uncertainty in X-values in the regression as well).

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Pepper Bridge Winery 2013 Trine Red Wine, Walla Walla Valley, $65: This marks the sixth vintage for the McKibben/Pellet team's meritage-style bottling from their three vineyards, and cabernet sauvignon is the lead grape. It's a fruit basket of berries in the nose, joined by chocolate-covered marshmallow and cherry jam. On the pour, there's more of the same as black cherry, black currant and marionberry swirl amid a smooth and creamy texture with a pleasant finish of age-worthy tannins.
Reininger Winery 2014 Seven Hills Vineyard Carménère, Walla Walla Valley, $51: Chuck Reininger, a former Mount Rainier climbing guide, is a pioneer in Washington with this obscure Bordeaux variety, which he began working with in 2002. Beyond the initially chewy tannins is a Carménère of unusually bright fruit – think watermelon – remarkable spice and unfamiliar perseverance.
The Elephant Seven Wine Co. 2014 River Rock Vineyard Telegram Syrah, Walla Walla Valley, $35: Winemaker/owner Joshua West pulled from his experience at Dusted Valley, Cadaretta and Figgins to help develop a plummy nose with marionberry and vanilla, sweet herbs and rose petals. Marionberry jam and baking spices lead the flavors, backed by bright boysenberry acidity and the savory notes one comes to expect from the funk found in The Rocks District of Milton-Freewater.
Tricycle Cellars 2013 Winesap Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon, Walla Walla Valley, $49: Chuck Hundley, Class of '13 in Walla Walla Community College's viticulture and enology program, created this expressive cabernet sauvignon as the debut release for his young brand. Marionberry and blueberry aromas include moist earth and savory black olive. Its flavor profile comes with a subtext of bright purple fruit, backed by well-managed tannins, Nutella and vanilla. A portion of this wine's sales help support Embracing Orphans, a group dedicated to assisting orphaned and abused children in Jamaica.
Saviah Cellars 2013 Tempranillo, Walla Walla Valley, $38: Richard Funk, a winemaker and grower along the state line, sets the table with alluring aromas of blackberry, plum and baking spices joined by espresso. Expressive flavors including blackberry jam, Rainier cherry and cola are backed by juicy acidity, mocha and vanilla.


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The actor is now in her third trimester and waiting to welcome her baby and has opted to go for a water birth (Photo courtesy: Instagram)
Kalki Koechlin turns 36; flaunts baby bump while vacationing
Mumbai [India], Jan 10 (ANI): French-Indian actor Kalki Koechlin turned 36 on Friday. The actor flaunts her baby bump while vacationing around her birthday.
From 'Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara,' 'A Death in The Gunj' to 'Yeh Jawani Hai Deewani,' Kalki has appeared in some of the most popular Bollywood movies in recent years. She has been active in the Indian entertainment industry since 2007.
The actor, who is born and brought up in India to French parents, was earlier married to Bollywood director Anurag Kashyap and in September 2019 announced her pregnancy with boyfriend Guy Hershberg.
Kalki has been strongly voicing her opinion and has never obliged to bend down in front of societal pressure. The actor has kept away from social media and kept her personal life away from the limelight since her divorce.
As the actor turns a year older and wiser, she is now in her third trimester and waiting to welcome her baby and has opted to go for a water birth. (ANI)
Guy Hershberg
Kalk's birthday
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Q: How to know if an HTTP request header value exists Very simple I'm sure, but driving me up the wall! There is a component that I use in my web application that identifies itself during a web request by adding the header "XYZComponent=true" - the problem I'm having is, how do you check for this in your view?
The following wont work:
if (Request.Headers["XYZComponent"].Count() > 0)

Nor this:
if (Request.Headers.AllKeys.Where(k => k == "XYZComponent").Count() > 0)

Both throw exceptions if the header variable has not been set. Any help would be most appreciated.

A: if (Request.Headers["XYZComponent"].Count() > 0)

... will attempted to count the number of characters in the returned string, but if the header doesn't exist it will return NULL, hence why it's throwing an exception. Your second example effectively does the same thing, it will search through the collection of Headers and return NULL if it doesn't exist, which you then attempt to count the number of characters on:
Use this instead:
if(Request.Headers["XYZComponent"] != null)

Or if you want to treat blank or empty strings as not set then use:
if((Request.Headers["XYZComponent"] ?? "").Trim().Length > 0)

The Null Coalesce operator ?? will return a blank string if the header is null, stopping it throwing a NullReferenceException.
A variation of your second attempt will also work:
if (Request.Headers.AllKeys.Any(k => string.Equals(k, "XYZComponent")))

Edit: Sorry didn't realise you were explicitly checking for the value true:
bool isSet = Boolean.TryParse(Request.Headers["XYZComponent"], out isSet) && isSet;

Will return false if Header value is false, or if Header has not been set or if Header is any other value other than true or false. Will return true is the Header value is the string 'true'

A: Firstly you don't do this in your view. You do it in the controller and return a view model to the view so that the view doesn't need to care about custom HTTP headers but just displaying data on the view model:
public ActionResult Index()
{
    var xyzComponent = Request.Headers["xyzComponent"];
    var model = new MyModel
    {
        IsCustomHeaderSet = (xyzComponent != null)
    }
    return View(model);
}

A: The following code should allow you to check for the existance of the header you're after in Request.Headers:
if (Request.Headers.AllKeys.Contains("XYZComponent"))
{
    // Can now check if the value is true:
    var value = Convert.ToBoolean(Request.Headers["XYZComponent"]);
}

A: if ((Request.Headers["XYZComponent"] ?? "") == "true")
{
    // header is present and set to "true"
}

A: string strHeader = Request.Headers["XYZComponent"]
bool bHeader = Boolean.TryParse(strHeader, out bHeader ) && bHeader;

if "true" than true
if "false" or anything else ("fooBar") than false

or
string strHeader = Request.Headers["XYZComponent"]
bool b;
bool? bHeader = Boolean.TryParse(strHeader, out b) ? b : default(bool?);

if "true" than true
if "false" than false
else ("fooBar") than null

A: In dotnet core, Request.Headers["X-MyCustomHeader"] returns StringValues which will not be null. You can check the count though to make sure it found your header as follows:
var myHeaderValue = Request.Headers["X-MyCustomHeader"];
if(myHeaderValue.Count == 0) return Unauthorized();
string myHeader = myHeaderValue.ToString(); //For illustration purposes.

A: Header exists:
if (Request.Headers["XYZComponent"] != null)

or even better:
string xyzHeader = Request.Headers["XYZComponent"];
bool isXYZ;

if (bool.TryParse(xyzHeader, out isXYZ) && isXYZ)

which will check whether it is set to true. This should be fool-proof because it does not care on leading/trailing whitespace and is case-insensitive (bool.TryParse does work on null)
Addon: You could make this more simple with this extension method which returns a nullable boolean. It should work on both invalid input and null.
public static bool? ToBoolean(this string s)
{
    bool result;

    if (bool.TryParse(s, out result))
        return result;
    else
        return null;
}

Usage (because this is an extension method and not instance method this will not throw an exception on null - it may be confusing, though):
if (Request.Headers["XYZComponent"].ToBoolean() == true)


How about a sweet decadent treat for you and your sweetie to enjoy this Valentine's Day? It is crazy easy to make, compliments of your electric pressure cooker, aka instant pot. I couldn't believe it when I found out that I could make cheesecake in my pressure cooker of all places, one thing you need for great cheesecake is moisture and the cooker is a great way to get it. I experimented with my favorite basic cheesecake recipe and came up with this tasty Valentine's Day Instant Pot Cheesecake dish for two.
Spray a small to medium sized heat safe shallow dish with non-stick cooking spray. You could also divide this cheesecake recipe into two 4 oz. mason jars as well.
Crush graham crackers, you can do this in your food processor or just place them in a sandwich bag and crush with a rolling pin,this is a really fun job for the little ones!
Combine crackers, melted butter, salt, and sugar in a small bowl until well combined. Firmly press mixture into prepared dish covering bottoms and going up the sides. The size of your dish will obviously alter the thickness of your crust.
In the bowl of your stand mixer combine cream cheese, sour cream, egg, sugar, vanilla, and flour on high until it is smooth and creamy.
Transfer cream cheese mixture to your dish, smoothing it over your crust.
Cover dish in foil lightly and place over 2 cups of water in your pressure cooker either on a canning rack or steamer basket.
Close lid tightly and run for 8 minutes on high pressure. Release pressure slowly using the natural method.
Remove carefully and cool, placing in the fridge once cooled if desired for cold cheesecake (that's how I like to eat it).
Top with fresh strawberries to serve.
Love the instant pot like we do? Try our Instant Pot Pulled Pork recipe too!
This is the second recipe I have seen today that uses an instant pot. I have got to go look at them. It looks like you can do almost anything with them.
Yum. That crust looks fantastic.


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package edu.jhuapl.graphs;

import java.util.Map;

/**
 * A single point in a {@link DataSeriesInterface}.  Each point has a {@link #getDescriminator() descriminator} that
 * distinguishes it with other objects in the series, a {@link #getValue() numeric value}, and {@link #getMetadata()
 * metadata}.
 *
 * @see DataSeriesInterface
 */
public interface PointInterface {

    /**
     * Gets the descriminator for the point.
     *
     * @return the descriminator
     */
    public Object getDescriminator();

    /**
     * Gets the value for the point.
     *
     * @return the value
     */
    public Number getValue();

    /**
     * Gets the metadata for the point.
     *
     * @return the metadata
     */
    public Map<String, Object> getMetadata();
}


Some days, the great outdoors don't sound so great. It's cold. It's hot. It's wet. It's windy. Ugh. But, have no fear, bad weather doesn't mean that a case of cabin fever is heading your way. There are plenty of indoor destinations across SEPTA's map for you to adventure to without braving the elements. Get lost in a museum or a sale rack and tell your inner voice that you'll "go outside and get some fresh air" tomorrow.


We've located the best assisted living communities near LUCE County, Michigan. All LUCE County assisted living facilities and homes provide daily living assistance to elderly senior citizens. This list of facilities includes various care levels, including both senior living and assisted living communities in LUCE County, MI.
While looking for senior assisted living in Mcmillan, Michigan, you will likely come across Maple Ridge Afc Home, situated at 2979 County Road 413 in the 49853 zip code area in Luce County. Maple Ridge Afc Home provides assistance to older adults living in Mcmillan who need assistance with bathing and showering, dressing, sitting and standing up, feeding themselves, styling their hair and toilet hygiene. Maple Ridge Afc Home includes amenities such as: private apartments, panic buttons and a communal kitchen area.
Robins Nest is an affordable assisted senior living facility that allows pets, situated at Newberry, Michigan. It has a total of 12 assisted living apartments. Robins Nest can be found at 13780 Co Road 428, in the 49868 zip code area. It provides help to 55 and older adults living in Luce County with ADLs such as taking a bath, putting on clothes, moving within the facility, brushing their hair and going to the bathroom. Some features you can find at Robins Nest include a special menu for older adults with diabetes, large dining room, creative arts and crafts and welcoming visiting hours.
Located at 210 South Cooper, inside 49868 zip code area, Hamilton offers assisted living in Newberry, MI to 55+ adults who reside in Luce County. Hamilton accepts Medicaid and Medicare and offers services that consist of memory care for dementia and Alzheimer's, housekeeping services, keypad entry and a fitness activity center. It can provide board and care to up to 6 Luce County residents.
North Haven Afc is a pet friendly senior living facility situated at 13505 State Hwy M-28, 49868 zip code. Up to 6 seniors who want a personal care home in Luce County can take advantage of assisted living services offered by North Haven Afc. This community has a reasonable cost and includes services like special dietary menu available, help with moving to the facility and scheduled outings and gatherings for residents and their families.
Brooks Afc provides assisted living in Luce county, Michigan. It offers a total of 5 private studio and one-bedroom suites for 55+ adults. Brooks Afc is pet friendly and can provide help with taking a bath or shower, putting on clothes, moving from one place to another, eating by themselves, personal hygiene and using the bathroom to any seniors living in Newberry, MI and Luce County. Brooks Afc is situated at 3300 Co Rd 425, 49868.
For 55 and older adults who are searching for assisted living in Newberry, Michigan, Jo's Foster Care Home is a wonderful luxury residential care facility that includes religious services. It has a total capacity of 6 assisted living apartments and provides services such as arts & crafts studio, 24/7 security and monthly doctor visits. Its official license number is AF480003900. Jo's Foster Care Home offers assisted living services not only to Newberry older adults, but also to all Luce County residents.
Best Assisted Living Facilities in LUCE County, MI. Full list of all senior assisted living communities near LUCE County, MI for 2019.


You can't afford me any more!
This blog is shorter today than it would have been if you'd read it yesterday. It's not my fault, really it's not. I'd love to rattle on all day about nonsense, and if I lived in a land where gratitude and goodwill bought me chocolate and wine then I probably would. But no amount of wishing is going to transport me to a world of drunken confectionery-induced comas. Like most of us I live in the real world – the world of economy, of money and tax and inflation.
This month rail fairs went up an average of 4.1% – the latest in a long stream of incremental increases which have happened with frightening regularity. I'm a rail user, I commute all round the country to do book events. I also regularly trek down to that City of Broken Dreams and Smelly Drains – London as it's also known – for meetings, so trains are no stranger to me, and neither is their extortionate fares. Now, I like the train. It's probably my most favourite of all the 'transports'. It's a place I can relax, sleep, watch TV, write and dream. But it's also a place where I sweat, ache and lose more hours than a amnesiac at an absinthe party.
As a creative type I don't often see my wage increase – in fact I can't remember the last time it happened. Money from writing tends to be agreed years in advance and is not connected to inflation. And my freelance animation work tends to be on the same rates I've charged for years. The usual way most creatives make more money is by producing more stuff! But maybe we should all be thinking like the train companies and put up our prices every January. We should send out a letter to all our clients in December telling them why we have to put our prices up, how we'll use that extra money to buy better pencils, to invest in nicer tea, and to generally make their creative 'experience' more enjoyable. I'm sure all of my clients would completely understand! And it would make my Christmas break the adrenaline-junkies dream, wondering if there will be any work to come back to!
Thing is I'm not much of an adrenaline junkie, and I don't think most creative people are. We like stability, we don't like asking for money at the best of times. And the idea of putting our prices up for no good reason? Well, it's just not going to happen, is it? But maybe it should. Maybe we should approach our passion with a bit more business nous. Maybe we should start valuing our skills in the same way the Railway values its carriages and stations and tracks: as assets, something worth investing in. And if we don't hike up our prices, if we don't pass on our costs to the client then what's the alternative? Well, it's simple: do less. 4.1% less, to be precise. So that's why this blog post is shorter. In order to cover my increasing costs I've had to curtail my output accordingly. This way I can at least keep my costs the same and I can avoid the horrible confrontation with clients to discuss the horrible subject of money.
Countdown to Timesmith – 50 days!
Now that the inconvenient nuisance of Christmas and New Year have been bashed about the head and put out of its misery we can look forward to the publication if Timesmith on March 6th!
It's not long! 50 days! That's all! I know some of you are too impatient to wait that long so I've devised this helpful list of things you can do between now and then to help make the time fly!
Have a Star Trek Marathon! Get all the TV episodes (Original series, Next Generation, DS9, Voyager, Enterprise) plus all the movies and you have a solid 10 hours viewing per day for the next 50 days! The weeks will just fly by!
Commit yourself to 50 days of silence and meditation as you ponder the wonders of the universe. Be sure to pack plenty of sweets.
Buy a new copy of Sorrowline every day and give it to a friend/colleague/school mate/stranger/lover. You'll be the most popular person I know!
Camp outside your local bookstore and form an orderly queue until publication day! Get there early for the best spot!


We will gather in unity to be visible against the recent domestic terrorism act in Charlottesville. We reject hate speech, hate acts, racism and will not be silent or complicit.
We are standing in solidarity with Charlottesville. Join us. We will stand in unity, rally at the four corners of hwy 101 and Encinitas blvd then walk with candles along hwy 101.


Contemporary Christian Catholic based on the New Roman Missal for use in the Holy Eucharist or Praise & Worship.
Roydon Correya is endowed with a fine tuned ear for music and with fingers that run through the keyboard to create an orchestra for the glory of Christ the Lord. - Glen & Teresa La'rive. Divine Retreat Centre Kerala.


Refugees International welcomes the Senate Foreign Relations Committee passage of S.2060, the Burma Human Rights and Freedom Act. This bipartisan legislation is a critical step forward in demanding accountability for the ethnic cleansing that has taken place in Burma (also known as Myanmar).
With the news that Myanmar and Bangladesh have reached an agreement on the return of the 600,000 Rohingya, Refugees International underlines several significant concerns about the terms of repatriation. Before any steps are undertaken, a number of safeguards must be put in place.
Refugees International President Eric Schwarz reacts to recent comments reliably attributed to the President of the United States, in which the President suggested that country of nationality, in and of itself, should impact eligibility for immigration to the United States. Schwartz underlines that this would depart from long-held U.S. policy and core values of the United States.
The Trump Administration has decided to terminate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designation for El Salvador. As a result, the fate of some 200,000 Salvadorans currently living in the United States is now in question, as is the status of nearly 200,000 of their American citizen children. The Salvadorans now have just 18 months to leave the United States, unless Congress takes action.
Refugees International President Eric Schwartz welcomes President Trump's statement this week on the Yemen blockade, but the President's words must be turned into immediate action as the blockade continues and millions of Yemeni lives are at stake.
Refugees International President Eric Schwartz issues a statement as the United States announced its decision to end its participation in the effort to develop a Global Compact on Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration. Schwartz states that the U.S. decision is irresponsible and will limit U.S. capacity to influence a critical international discussion.
In an oped in the Jersualem Post, Refugees International President Eric Schwartz describes why the Trump administration's decision to eliminate U.S. support for humanitarian aid to Palestinians in the Middle East represents a misguided approach.
Thirty-nine years on, Walter Mondale's inspiring 1979 call to action over the Vietnamese boat people was a watershed moment. Remembering Mondale's speech in Geneva reminds us of an alternative vision of U.S. humanitarian leadership in the world. It is a vision that honors both U.S. interests and American values, and it offers a brighter future for hundreds of millions around the globe.
Last week, when I was in Minneapolis teaching at the University of Minnesota, I took the four hour drive up I-94 to Madison, Wisconsin for an evening of music benefiting Refugees International. The band The Whiskey Farm performed their song, "You are Welcome Here," which honors America's tradition of welcoming and supporting refugees and displaced people from around the world.
This was a year of new beginnings and the start of an exciting opportunity as I took on the leadership of Refugees International. But as I begin this gratifying new chapter of my own professional life, I am fully aware that for millions of refugees and displaced people around the world, 2017 was a devastating year.
In short, two months after Hurricane Maria pummeled this island, the U.S. response remains too slow and bureaucratic, and lacks transparency and the broad information-sharing that is essential to an effective disaster response.
Over a three decade career, I've been on dozens of humanitarian and human rights missions, but I don't remember choking up on any of them -- until this current trip to Bangladesh.
What I am about to write is staggering:  it is estimated by the United Nations and others that, over the past several weeks, the government of Myanmar and its military have driven nearly 300,000 Rohingya from their homes and out of Myanmar (also known as Burma).
On World Humanitarian Day 2017, Eric Schwartz remembers Sergio Vieira de Mello, the former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights who died in a 2003 bombing in Iraq and for whom this day honoring humanitarians was created.
On Tuesday, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres will travel to Washington, D.C. and will meet this week with Members of Congress and administration officials. He will be in Washington in the wake of an extraordinary press conference he held at the United Nations in New York on June 20, in which he urged the Trump administration to stay engaged on global issues. This is an extraordinary plea to the U.S. president from the UN's chief.


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package org.muckebox.android.ui.fragment;

import org.muckebox.android.R;
import org.muckebox.android.db.MuckeboxProvider;
import org.muckebox.android.db.MuckeboxContract.AlbumEntry;
import org.muckebox.android.db.MuckeboxContract.ArtistEntry;
import org.muckebox.android.net.RefreshArtistsAlbumsTask;
import org.muckebox.android.ui.widgets.SearchableListFragment;

import android.database.Cursor;
import android.net.Uri;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.app.FragmentManager;
import android.app.FragmentTransaction;
import android.app.LoaderManager;
import android.content.CursorLoader;
import android.content.Loader;
import android.util.Log;
import android.view.LayoutInflater;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.ViewGroup;
import android.widget.ListView;
import android.widget.SimpleCursorAdapter;

public class ArtistListFragment extends SearchableListFragment
	implements LoaderManager.LoaderCallbacks<Cursor>
{
	private final static String LOG_TAG = "ArtistListFragment";

	SimpleCursorAdapter mAdapter;

	@Override
    public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container,
                             Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        return inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment_artist_browse, container, false);
	}

	@Override
	public void onActivityCreated(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
		super.onActivityCreated(savedInstanceState);

        mAdapter = new SimpleCursorAdapter(getActivity(),
                R.layout.list_row_artist, null,
                new String[] { ArtistEntry.ALIAS_NAME, AlbumEntry.ALIAS_TITLE },
                new int[] { R.id.artist_list_row_name, R.id.artist_list_album_titles }, 0);
        setListAdapter(mAdapter);

        getLoaderManager().initLoader(0, null, this);

        getActivity().setTitle(R.string.title_artists);
    }

    protected void onRefreshRequested() {
    	new RefreshArtistsAlbumsTask().setCallbacks(this).execute();
    }

    @Override
    public void onListItemClick(ListView l, View v, int position, long id) {
    	Cursor c = (Cursor) l.getItemAtPosition(position);
    	int artist_name_index = c.getColumnIndex(ArtistEntry.ALIAS_NAME);
    	String artist_name = c.getString(artist_name_index);

    	FragmentManager fm = getActivity().getFragmentManager();
    	FragmentTransaction t = fm.beginTransaction();

    	t.replace(R.id.fragment_container,
    			AlbumListFragment.newInstanceFromArtist(id, artist_name));
    	t.addToBackStack(null);
    	t.commit();

    	Log.d(LOG_TAG, "Opening album list for artist " + id);
    }

    public Loader<Cursor> onCreateLoader(int id, Bundle args) {
        Uri baseUri;
        if (hasFilter()) {
        	baseUri = Uri.withAppendedPath(
        	    MuckeboxProvider.URI_ARTISTS_WITH_ALBUMS_NAME, getFilter());
        } else {
            baseUri = MuckeboxProvider.URI_ARTISTS_WITH_ALBUMS;
        }

        return new CursorLoader(getActivity(), baseUri, null, null, null, null);
    }

    public void onLoadFinished(Loader<Cursor> loader, Cursor data) {
        mAdapter.swapCursor(data);

        if (data.getCount() == 0 && ! wasRefreshedOnce() && ! hasFilter()) {
            onRefreshRequested();
        }
    }

    public void onLoaderReset(Loader<Cursor> loader) {
        mAdapter.swapCursor(null);
    }

    @Override
    protected void reload() {
        getLoaderManager().restartLoader(0, null, this);
    }
}


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Residents still worried after rebels leave Goma
A M-23 rebel fighter walks with his rifle as they withdraw from Goma December 1, 2012. Rebel fighters, singing and brandishing weapons, pulled out of Democratic Republic of Congo's eastern border city of Goma on Saturday, raising hopes regional peace efforts could advance negotiations to end the insurgency.
GORAN TOMASEVIC/REUTERS
Geoffrey YorkAfrica Bureau Chief
GOMA, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Published December 1, 2012 Updated May 11, 2018
The rebels raced away from Goma in a ragtag convoy of looted vehicles, flaunting their war booty as they withdrew from the city that they captured last week.
The war-wrecked road from Goma to the rebel capital, Rutshuru, was clogged with dozens of rebel cars and trucks on Saturday, while a long line of their foot soldiers trudged out of the city, carrying ammunition boxes and rocket-propelled grenade launchers.
But while the Rwandan-backed M23 rebels are now officially gone from this strategic city of a million people in eastern Congo, they will keep a major base just 15 kilometres north of the city, ready to sweep back in at a moment's notice to reassert their control of mineral smuggling and other lucrative businesses in the region.
"We are pulling out, but we can come back at any time," said Benjamin Mbonimpa, the rebel administrator of Rutshuru territory. "We have thousands of tons of ammunition."
In downtown Goma, cars honked their horns in celebration at the rebel withdrawal, and the children of Congolese soldiers cheered loudly and waved toy guns as a truck paraded them through the city.
"We can breathe now," said John Banzi, a 30-year-old butcher in a Goma market. "The M23 weren't here for Congo's interests. They were here for Rwanda's interests. They took all the wealth of this country."
But many people in Goma are deeply afraid that the rebels will continue to control the city, using a network of spies, informants, and rebel proxies in the police and government.
Because the rebels remain just 15 kilometres from the city, their withdrawal is almost meaningless, many Goma residents said. Some said they saw rebel fighters taking off their military uniforms and donning civilian clothes so that they could remain in Goma undercover.
At Goma's border crossing with Rwanda, government customs officials returned to their posts on Saturday after the rebels pulled out. But when asked who was in control of the city, a senior customs official said: "I don't know."
Under an agreement negotiated by regional powers in Kampala last week, the rebels and the Congolese army will each be allowed to keep 100 soldiers at the Goma airport as "observers." The army is also allowed to keep a battalion of 600 soldiers in Goma, although the battalion has not arrived yet.
About 280 Congolese police have also arrived in Goma to help secure the city, and a small force from Tanzania is also expected to arrive, supplementing the United Nations peacekeepers in the city.
In addition to their widespread looting in Goma, the rebels have reportedly killed at least 10 people in the city since they seized it on Nov. 20. Dozens more were killed in the fighting between the rebels and the Congolese army before the city was captured. But the city was spared worse bloodshed because Congo's army fled the city when the rebels reached its outskirts.
"This was a very civilized war," said Jo Lusi, a famous surgeon in Goma who co-founded the city's HEAL Africa hospital.
"I've seen a lot of African wars, but this was the most civilized. There was no big genocide."
There is still a danger of a security vacuum in Goma after the rebel pullout, he said. Combined with rising food prices and closed banks in the city, the security vacuum could encourage more looting and chaos, he said.
"There is nobody running Goma today," he said.
Chaos feared as Congo rebels prepare to leave Goma
Inside the clash for Congo's mineral wealth
Follow Geoffrey York on Twitter @geoffreyyork


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