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White America's Overdue Leap of Faith
A marble statue of Confederate President Jefferson Davis peeks out of the base of the memorial to the South's role in the Civil War. Photo by Donna Ladd.
By Donna Ladd Wednesday, August 23, 2017 9:50 a.m. CDT
Donna Ladd
I pass six Confederate battle flags on my eight-minute drive to work in downtown Jackson. I also pass the Confederate States of America statue with the face of former Mississippi Gov. John M. Stone, a Tennessee native and Civil War colonel, on a tall pedestal branded with CSA emblems. The statue is in the state's Confederate Monumental Park and sits next door to the Old Capitol where Mississippi voted to secede on Jan. 7, 1861, in order to maintain and expand slavery into "free" states.
The Daughters of the Confederacy erected the ornate monument in 1888 with the Mississippi Legislature's money. Inside it, behind locked glass doors, stands an Italian marble statue of Confederate President Jefferson Davis. He was moved inside the Old Capitol Museum for a while, but after Hurricane Katrina, Davis came home to his crypt inside the memorial in 2009.
I grew up 90 miles from Jackson with odes to the War of Northern Aggression all around me in Neshoba County. We saw rebel flags when we drove to the capital city to eat at segregated restaurants and sit in whites-only doctors' waiting rooms. We may not have had much, but white supremacy was our way of life, and had been injected into me and other whites since the state was settled. It's why many of my ancestors wore a Confederate uniform.
By Donna Ladd
Jefferson Davis is locked inside the Confederate memorial in downtown Jackson.
After losing the war and defeating Reconstruction, Mississippi was rebranded with symbols of the supposedly "lost cause" of slavery. Myriad statues and rebel flags—by then embedded boldly inside our official state flag—kept telling whites that we were still superior to something, somebody.
We learned to count with "Eeny, Meeny, Miny, Moe" ending with catching an n-word by his toe. I still grimace when I see Black-eyed Susans; the flowers were "N-gger's Navels" to us. Those thumb-sized chocolates at Christmas? "N-gger's toes."
The messaging was incessant: Black people were inferior, lazy and had to be kept separate because they would hurt little white girls like me. But they were good at sports, cooking, music. But nothing else.
My history books taught that slavery was good for us and them, that the Civil War was over "state's rights." Mississippi's Declaration of Secession tells us the South left the U.S. so we could own black people because their skin could handle sun better in the fields than our fair European complexions. They had no reason to lie then.
The n-word was probably one of my early words; it was just another noun like "butterbeans" or "hounddog." As I learned to think, logic started taking over for me: It just didn't make a lick of sense to my little brain that Christians didn't mean it for everyone. So I asked adults: Why don't we love them, too? White men called me a "little n-gger lover," trying to put down signs of dissension fast and furious.
The indoctrination continued through school at Neshoba Central in the 1970s. I hated being trapped inside the racist culture. I hadn't yet read the inscriptions of every Confederate statue as I do now, but the seeds of "brain drain" were planted. The culture, with its required hate of "them," was stifling, and I knew I'd be on the first train out of here when I was old enough.
Jim Crow officially ended when our schools reluctantly integrated in early 1970. But, by the mid-1970s, national Republicans, starting with Barry Goldwater and Richard Nixon and soon Ronald Reagan, were urging whites to keep fearing and loathing all the shiftless black men and lazy welfare mothers raising young thugs—and they all wanted to take our stuff, you know. Even a young Haley Barbour was among strategists trying to keep white southerners from turning the corner on our racist past.
Facts about Mississippi, Secession, Slavery and the Confederacy
The JFP's archives of historically factual stories about slavery, secession and the Civil War in Mississippi, with lots of links to primary documents.
It took a CBS TV movie in 1975 to bust open all the history they were hiding from me and other young people. "Attack on Terror" was about the 1964 murders of Chaney, Goodman and Schwerner, which no one had told me about. Then 14, I went to the Neshoba County Library and stared at old headlines in the Neshoba Democrat excusing the horrors the men my family knew well had done.
Since that day, I've made it my business to learn my own history as a white southerner, which is inextricably wound up in what we call "black history" in America. It is not the path easiest traveled to cast off the chains of all this overt and subtle indoctrination, but I've long refused to be part of the conspiracy to keep us all mired inside the prison of white supremacy.
The legacy of slavery, and what it has done to people I'm supposed to fear and hate—and ones I'm supposed to love—is part of who I am as a white Mississippian, and it is a curse on our state and nation.
The only way out is through it, however. Many white people want to just "move on." They'll shudder dismissively if you challenge the myths, preferring to leave the statues and flag and true history alone because it's just "dredging up the past."
Confederates Speak
In their own words, Confederate leaders explain secession, the Civil War and their views about black people.
They are serving white supremacy whether they mean to or not. The past is not over, and never will be with overt symbols embedded in our state government and our field of vision, like beacons back to an ugly heritage. Changing the flag and the statues won't magically end white supremacy, but it telegraphs that white people are starting to understand how it continues and benefits us even if we don't want it to. It's not so much the flag itself that matters; it's more people wanting to change it that can help save us.
The lost-causers planted the memorials around the nation to keep romantic myths of white "heritage" alive. By the late 19th century, white supremacy required being stuck there, so they created touchstones to make sure we didn't grow and move on.
After Democrats defected the South to pass federal civil-rights laws, a backsliding GOP decided to use white racial resentment to get votes for tax cuts and such. I'm madder at no one more than well-heeled southern strategists who wouldn't give my people a fighting chance to be better than the beliefs of our ancestors by tethering us to our racist heritage for political gain. Now in 2017, a president that their strategy created is building on the same bigotry of low expectations for white people in America.
To finally break this curse, white America must decide to turn the corner on the dark heritage we inherited and stop today's horrifying march backward. We white folks did not do those horrific things then, but it is up to us what we do now. Let's finally take that long overdue leap of faith.
Read JFP's archives of historically factual stories about slavery, secession, the Civil War in Mississippi, Confederate monuments, the state flag and more at jfp.ms/slavery.
Amid Growing Scrutiny and Pressure, State Flag May Land at Supreme Court
The Curse of the Mississippi Flag
Another Mississippi City, Biloxi, Lowers Confederate-Themed Flag
#ConfederateHeritageMonth: Your Essential Primer to How It Blew Up in Mississippi
What 'Confederate History Month' Really Is


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Harvard Student Arrested For Bomb Threat Tried And Failed To Hide Identity With Anonymous Browser
Pamela Engel
Eldo Kim
The FBI didn't have a very hard time tracking down the Harvard University student who emailed a bomb threat around campus — he was using anonymous web browser Tor to hide his identity, but he accessed it using the university's wireless network.
Eldo Kim admitted to FBI agents that he was the one who emailed a bomb threat to campus officials Monday, shutting down four buildings and canceling several finals, according to a federal complaint. He allegedly did it to get out of a final exam.
Kim's email went out at about 8:30 a.m. When the FBI called in to investigate, they were able to figure out which Harvard wifi users accessed anonymous web browsing service Tor in the hours leading up to the bomb threat, according to court documents.
Tor generates anonymous IP addresses for users so they cannot be tracked. Kim also reportedly used a service called Guerrilla Mail that creates temporary and anonymous email addresses for free.
From the federal complaint:
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As Harvard security expert Bruce Schneier points out: "The very thing that gives you plausible deniability also makes you the most likely suspect. The FBI didn't have to break Tor; they just used conventional police mechanisms to get Kim to confess."
Chester Wisniewsk, a senior security advisor at Sophos told NBC News: "You can still, with a reasonable amount of certainty, identify someone by things like the version of web browser they're using, along with the exact model of computer they are connecting with, combined with 10 or 12 things we leak all the time by just using the Internet."
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17637IIED - Lessons learnt from a community scout programme in Uganda - pubs.iied.org.
Conflict between people and animals is a major threat to conserving protected areas. It is also a significant threat to local people, especially poor rural communities who can lose their crops, livestock and property from raids by wild animals. The animals, many of which are threatened or endangered, are often killed in retaliation or to prevent future conflicts. Consequently, addressing this human-wildlife conflict (HWC) is a priority for many protected areas across Africa.
In Uganda, a range of community scout programmes have been established by different organisations around protected areas in order to help tackle HWC. The 'Countering Wildlife Crime: Livelihoods, Intelligence & Prosecution Capacity Building in Uganda' project was led by Tusk Trust and funded by UK Government's Illegal Wildlife Trade Challenge Fund from April 2016 to March 2018. As part of this project the Uganda Conservation Foundation recruited local community members as scouts around Murchison Falls Conservation Area and Rubirizi, Queen Elizabeth Conservation Area, to implement HWC interventions and monitor their impact.
Roe D and Baker J (2018) Lessons learnt from supporting a community scout programme in Uganda. Project report. IIED, London.


Shares in Chipotle jumped 5% in premarket trading on Monday following reports that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), may soon declare that the E. coli outbreak at the popular Mexican food chain is over.
The Wall Street Journal reported that the CDC may make such an announcement as early as Monday.
While the CDC might be willing to call an end to the outbreak, the report says both Chipotle and the CDC are still unsure where the outbreak began.
Chipotle has already warned that same-store sales plummeted in the fourth quarter as the E. coli outbreak — which has affected 53 customers in nine states since the end of October — caused many customers to avoid the fast casual dining establishment.
Overall sales declines are expected to reach upwards of 6% in the fourth quarter and Wall Street analysts believe earnings per share will plunge by more than 50%.
Chipotle's stock is down nearly 30% since the initial reports of the outbreak and is trading 40% below last summer's all-time high.
The company was also hit with a norovirus outbreak that sickened 200 customers in Simi Valley, California in August. Chipotle also suffered a salmonella outbreak tied to tomatoes in Minnesota in August and in September made more than 60 customers fell ill as well.
On February 8, Chipotle will close all of its restaurants for a few hours as all employees undergo new food safety training.
Chipotle shares have bounced back 15% from their lows in recent weeks.
John Howard is the Business Editor at BusinessPundit.com. He is an avid watcher of markets, a wallflower of retail, and a fan of disruptive businesses that utilize technology and unique ideas to form brilliant new ways of doing business. He can be reached at College Reviews.


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Q: Order rows by other column value if value in different rows is same mysql I've sorted a mySQL table by total. But it can happen that some rows have the same value. If the rows have the same value I want to sort them by another row. Is this possible?
ID | pos | name | m1 | m2 | total
1  | 1   | mike | 1  | 1  | 50
2  | 2   | alex | 16 | 12 | 14
3  | 3   | joe  | 25 | 7  | 14
4  | 4   | jani | 7  | 24 | 14

The table is sorted by total, but if total is the same I want to sort the rows with the same value by the m2 column and change the pos by that order.

A: Yes, it's possible - you can give several columns in the order by clause:
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Chemistry: "Career Presentation" by Dr. Jay Thompson
Friday, September 23, 2022, 1:25 pm to 2:30 pm
143 Medical Science
Chemistry seminar: "Career Presentation"
Guest Speaker Dr. Jay Thompson
B.S. Chemistry 1972, WSU Alumnus
Sept. 23rd, 1:25 to 2:30
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Chemistry: Opening the Blackbox: How the soil microbiome contributes to plant health
Friday, January 27, 2023, 1:25 pm to 2:30 pm
232 Oelman Hall
Saturday, January 28, 2023, 9 am to Noon
Wright State University, Student Union, 3640 Colonel Glenn Hwy. Dayton, OH 45435
Science and Math Students: How to Craft Professional Resumes and CVs
Tuesday, January 31, 2023, 11 am to Noon
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All Students: Employer Speaker Series - Wright Patterson Air Force Base
Wednesday, February 1, 2023, 11 am to 2 pm
Atrium - Wright State University Student Union Wright State University Student Union 3640 Colonel Glenn Hwy, Fairborn, Ohio 45324, United States
BioLunch: Tyler Retherford "Evaluating Soil Properties to Assess Wetland Quality"
Wednesday, February 1, 2023, 1:25 pm to 2:20 pm
Brehm Lab 165
Biological Sciences Department Seminar
Monday, February 6, 2023, 1:25 pm to 2:20 pm
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The history of the experience of the Jewish population is understood here as being seismographic for the challenges and upheavals of modernity. This focus also applies to the two other publication formats of the project. The series of editions "Library of Jewish History and Culture" offers a targeted selection of little-known, inaccessible or unpublished works on the political and knowledge history of the Jews. The series "Archive of Jewish History and Culture" brings together sources on specific questions and topics of Jewish political experience in the 19th and 20th centuries.


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Who wants to cook on Friday after a hectic week? Give yourself a break and help out some four-legged friends in the process. A spaghetti dinner to benefit the Pender County Humane Society will be 5:30-7:30 p.m. at the Hampstead Community Center, 14435 U.S. 17 in Hampstead. You can eat there or take it with you. Cost is $8 per person or $15 per couple.
Endless Fondue at The Melting Pot, 85 Town Center Drive in Wilmington's Mayfaire Town Center, was such a hit that it will continue every Wednesday in August. For $20 per person, you get unlimited cheese and chocolate fondue with dippers. Who can resist that? The Melting Pot is open 5-10 p.m. on Wednesdays, and those who want to make a reservation to ensure they get to indulge may call 256-1187.
Celebrate the end of the workweek and kick off the weekend at Whole Foods Market, 3804 Oleander Drive in Wilmington, during its Wine Not…It's Friday event 6-8 p.m. Friday. Taste wine paired with a variety of samples throughout the store for a $5 donation to the Cape Fear Volunteer Center. Pairings will include smoked Gouda sausage made in-store with Pinot Noir and ceviche with Chardonnay.
You've got one more opportunity to take advantage of Endless Fondue on July Wednesdays at The Melting Pot, 85 Town Center Drive in Wilmington's Mayfaire Town Center, so don't delay. For $20 per person, you get unlimited cheese and chocolate fondue. Who can resist that? The Melting Pot is open 5-10 p.m. this Wednesday, and those who want to make a reservation to ensure they get to indulge may call 256-1187.
Tinyz Tavern, 2420 S. 17th St. in Wilmington, is celebrating its Round 9 Anniversary Bash beginning at noon Saturday. There will be food from Old Cape Fear Smoked Meats as well as a promotion for New Amsterdam Vodka, an 80-proof, U.S.-made spirit that is triple-filtered and distilled five times. So you don't have to love beer to have fun here.
Tidal Creek Co-op, 5329 Oleander Drive in Wilmington, is celebrating the sweet tastes of summer with a special outdoor farm-to-table dessert and wine tasting 6-8 p.m. Friday. The dessert buffet will feature local ingredients and pair with local wines, plus you can meet the farmers and enjoy live music. Tickets are $25 and may be purchased in-store, but space is limited. For more information, call 799-2667.


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The entire week before the conference was incredibly hectic as the team was burning the midnight oil to get a stable refined build for GDC. We wanted everyone to see all the new features for Angel Falls and Delta Force Xtreme 2.
All new game built from scratch using a new Engine.
In-game NW squad support management.
Better Net distribution w/dynamic updating.
New Nova Defender Anti-Cheat system.
Deep character statistics w/ achievements.
Ballistic models (including ricochet & bullet penetration).
High-fidelity damage modeling (locations of damage).
Radial Menu System for multiple commands.
Instant action capabilities to jump into the game immediately.
Storyline that ties the missions together.
We also wanted everyone to be able to jump in and give the new games a test-drive.
On Monday, I must admit that we were pretty nervous - not only about everyones reactions to the games, but also personally about how well we would demo and talk about what we all have been working on for the last 4+ years. As our Monday appointments weren't until the afternoon, we spent the morning setting up and doing dry runs of the presentations. Thankfully, one of the first demos was for a gaming site whose journalist was a Delta Force fan. That really helped relax the team and by the end of the presentation we were all swapping war stories about our Delta Force history as fans. The first reactions to the games were very positive, and by the end of the day we were pros at giving the private demos and presentations.
As the week went on, each day got longer with more scheduled demos (on the hour every hour, 8:00 AM - 6:00PM). It was tiring to be sure, but the positive reactions we were getting from everyone kept our energy high. On Wednesday, John Garcia (NovaLogic's CEO) was in town for the GDC and to meet with us. John hadn't seen the games live in a while and while we were nervous presenting them to him, we were very proud of what we had accomplished since the last time he had seen the games. If it weren't for John Garcia, these projects, the games, and the job I love so much wouldn't exist - so it's very important to us that he is happy. Suffice to say that Mr. Garcia was very happy with what he saw and heard at GDC.
We also had a surprise visitor on Wednesday who was very cool. I happened to turn around only to have Will Wright and his wife Kim standing right in front of me. For those that don't know, Will Wright is the original creator/game designer behind Spore and all the Sim games (The Sims, SimCity, etc.). Anyway, it was pretty cool to meet Will Wright who seemed genuinely interested in what was new in the Delta Force® franchise Series. We discussed the games and Will also spent a lot time discussing many different military helicopters.
Another thing we really enjoyed at GDC was the opportunity to spend time with our SMEs (Subject Matter Experts - Active Duty Soldiers who review the game for authenticity and realism). It was also great fun to challenge them to a Special Forces vs. Developers match in the demo room! I must admit it felt really good to see that one of our SMEs and our Chief Operating Officer for the game project were really getting into the game, and even playing in-between presentations. At one point we had a match that developed into a heated 1 vs. 1 match between 2 uniformed Soldiers. Our SMEs have helped us tremendously in making sure the game is as authentic as possible. So it was really great to see them enjoying the game, especially since part of why we make these games is to honor them and their service to our country.
I didn't get too much time outside of our demo booth on the expo floor, but I did get a chance to meet face-to-face with some of our partners whom we were working with on AF. Specifically, I met the folks from PhaseSpace. I also had a chance to catch up with several industry colleagues whom I haven't seen in a while.
What amazed me the most was just how fast word of mouth can travel around GDC after people saw our presentations. Sometimes we would see new interested parties literally within an hour after we gave our last the presentation! As the GDC stories started coming back to us, we were very happy at what we were hearing. When you're working on something every day for years you tend to forget the uniqueness of what you're doing until you present it to someone who has never seen or heard about it before. The presentations of AF and DFX2 have been overwhelmingly positive; we're absolutely thrilled at how the previews were being received. The team is very excited and our week at GDC was quite a morale boost for us (which is keeping our energy high during our final push for both beta testing and release dates).
"... it's going to be one of the deepest military shooters ever made"
"Angel Falls is shaping up to be quite a solid shooter. The developers listened to their fans and tried to create a game that answered all of the issues of all their prior games. Add the amazing sound, the details of ricochet too with the new game Engine and you have a game with enormous potential."
"Angel Falls: looks great, sounds great, shoots great"
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We've also been reading through the forums from our NovaWorld2 community members. We know there are going to be many new questions, and we're going to do our best to address those community questions in the coming weeks. We should have some more DFX2 screens up following the official announcements. All in all, last month was a monumental success for Angel Falls and DFX2. However, this was just a preview, and we know there is still much to do before we're ready for prime time (and Reviews). We're going to keep our heads down and noses to the grindstone to make DF:AF and DFX2 the best possible games they can be at release.


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US surpasses 13m Covid cases as experts urge caution over Thanksgiving weekend
Miranda Bryant
Photograph: Lucy Nicholson/Reuters
America's coronavirus surge showed no sign of abating over the Thanksgiving holiday, as cases in the country surpassed 13 million on Friday.
Related: How Trump is destroying the presidential transition process
Thursday marked the 24th consecutive day that the US reported more than 100,000 new Covid-19 cases and the 17th day straight that the number of patients in hospital with the virus has hit a new record.
There were 110,611 new cases on Thursday, Johns Hopkins University figures show, and 1,232 new deaths.
On Friday, the number of people in the US who have contracted the virus hit 13,047,202, the university's coronavirus resource center showed.
And more than 264,624 people have died – by far the largest totals for any country in the world.
On Thanksgiving day there were 90,481 people hospitalized, according to the Covid Tracking Project. Meanwhile, medical centers warned they were nearing capacity.
With millions of Americans ignoring government recommendations not to travel for the holiday – over a million people passed through airport checkpoints on Wednesday alone, according to TSA data – health experts warned that infections and deaths will continue to soar in the coming weeks.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) predicts the total number of deaths could rise to as high as 321,000 in the next four weeks, according to its latest forecast, updated on Wednesday.
"I don't mean to be scary but … today can change the course of Covid for our country for the rest of the year," Dr Megan Ranney, an emergency physician at Brown University, told CNN on Thursday.
Dr William Schaffner, professor of infectious diseases at Vanderbilt University, warned of a "surge upon a surge" in the next couple of weeks, telling the broadcaster: "We're in a for a tough time."
Among the worst affected states are North and South Dakota, Montana, Wyoming and New Mexico, which CDC maps show have all seen between 102.8 and 155 cases per 100,000 people in the last seven days.
Other states in this bracket are Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, Nebraska and Utah.
Dr Anthony Fauci, America's top infectious disease expert, has warned that Thanksgiving could mark the start of a dark holiday season and that he expects Christmas and new year to continue in a similar vein.
"If the surge takes a turn of continuing to go up and you have the sustained greater than 100,000 infections a day and 1,300 deaths per day and the count keeps going up and up … I don't see it being any different during the Christmas and New Year's holidays than during Thanksgiving," he told USA Today.
He said he probably plans to ditch any Christmas plans, like he did for Thanksgiving, which he spent with his wife away from their three daughters.


A collection of seemingly fragile glass orbs hang gracefully from the ceiling by silver chains. They are not empty: Each contains unique objects representing diverse stories of individuals who have experienced sexual violence.
This is what it's like encountering Mere Objects, at least for me. I can't imagine I'm the only one.
Sarah Jane and I recently talked about her ongoing project Mere Objects, a participatory art installation honoring people who have experienced sexual violence. Those who choose to participate submit small objects that represent their experience with sexual violence — some objects are representative of hope or healing, others of pain, anger, or any combination of these. This project offers somewhat of a sacred space to interact with this often unspoken issue.
and space to do something about it.
From the start, Sarah Jane's intention for this project has been to hold space, first for those who, like herself, have experienced sexual violence, and then for the rest of the community. Referring to the minimalist design of the installation, she notes, "I wanted to remove my artistic 'hand' from the design; I wanted to make sure that my own experiences of sexual violence didn't drown out other, equally important, voices and experiences." The objects are always at the center of the viewer's attention, while the other design elements work to emphasize this experience.
Art is a powerful means to create space where individuals can reclaim identity through a voluntary act of vulnerability. Both the individual and collective elements of this artwork nudge at our humanity. Sarah Jane says, "Individually, [the objects] speak to the uniqueness of each person and each experience, but together they become an embodiment of collective truth-telling, and the powerful human drive to express ourselves and create beauty even out of chaos and pain."
Not only does this project hold physical space in a gallery setting, but also virtual spaces online where people can engage with the realities of sexual violence and walk through them together. Intentional spaces where people can speak truth in the safety of an affirming community become especially vital in a society that too often invalidates the experiences of hurting people.
For me, Mere Objects has been a place of deep contemplation. I have wrestled with feelings of hopelessness at the magnitude of sexual violence, but I also feel of deep admiration and respect for those who persist, whether they choose to share their story or not, in a world that denies the severity of this injustice.
It's one thing to feel a tinge of empathy at viewing a statistics chart, and quite another to face the wave of emotion while engaging with the full reality of another human's experience — a reality that has been made more tangible in this work.
I am grateful for the space that Mere Objects has made to engage with this reality. I am moved by art that does more than sell what is comfortable, by art that holds space for what is truthful and alive, by art that seeks to breathe life back into a broken humanity.
About the author: Courtney Rutzer is an artist and writer who focuses on the intersection of creativity and justice work. She lives in the Seattle area.


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TGC celebrates Reformation's 500th anniversary
Southern Baptists were among some 8,400 people who gathered April 3-5 in Indianapolis for The Gospel Coalition National Conference. (Photo courtesy of The Gospel Coalition.)
INDIANAPOLIS — Some 8,500 people — including a significant contingent of Southern Baptists — celebrated the Protestant Reformation's 500th anniversary at The Gospel Coalition's National Conference April 3-5 in Indianapolis.
Five centuries after Martin Luther posted his 95 Theses to a church door in Wittenberg, Germany, the meeting featured sermons on each chapter of the biblical book Galatians as well as historical addresses on key Reformation figures.
About a quarter of the meeting's 70 plenary session and workshop speakers had ties to Southern Baptist churches or Southern Baptist Convention entities. Seven SBC entities were among conference exhibitors.
The Gospel Coalition website describes TGC as "a broadly Reformed network of churches" founded by New Testament scholar D.A. Carson and New York pastor Tim Keller. The group seeks to unite believers "across denominational, ethnic and class lines," according to the website.
Daniel Akin, a TGC Council member and president of Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, called the conference "encouraging and fruitful."
"It is encouraging to see evangelicals come together around biblical fidelity, expositional preaching andgGospel centeredness," Akin told Baptist Press in written comments. "Southern Baptists have been very involved this week, from interactive exhibits and personal contact to multiple workshops, and culminating with a powerful message from pastor Thabiti Anyabwile on the last morning. I have personally been blessed and glad to participate with thousands of people coming together to honor our Lord."
Anyabwile, pastor of Anacostia River Church in Washington, D.C., delivered a plenary address on Galatians 5. Preaching about freedom in Christ, Anyabwile said, "God's will for your life is that you use your freedom to serve others," according to The Gospel Coalition Twitter feed.
Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission President Russell Moore participated in a plenary session panel discussion on racial reconciliation and introduced an address by U.S. Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb.
Also during a plenary session, the ERLC announced plans to cohost with TGC next year an event on the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination. Known as "MLK50: Gospel Reflections from the Mountaintop," the event will focus on racial reconciliation and occur April 4, 2018, in Memphis, Tenn., the city where King was murdered.
The ERLC hosted an April 3 TGC pre-conference at the Indianapolis meeting on "Gospel courage in a complex culture," with 900 in attendance.
SBC entity leaders to speak at TGC workshops included Akin; Moore; Southern Baptist Theological Seminary President Albert Mohler Jr.; and Zane Pratt, the International Mission Board's vice president for global training.
Among pastors to address TGC workshops were Matt Carter of Austin Stone Community Church in Austin, Texas; Andy Davis of First Baptist Church in Durham, N.C.; and Juan Sanchez of High Pointe Baptist Church in Austin, Texas.
Kentucky Baptist Convention associate executive director for convention relations Curtis Woods was among workshop speakers, as were professors and staff members from Southeastern, Southern, Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and LifeWay Christian Resources. (BP)
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Vaccine Research Group: Gregory A. Poland, Richard B. Kennedy, Inna G. Ovsyannikova
Bioinformatics approach to influenza A/H1N1 vaccine immune profiling
This project provides novel information describing how immune responses to inactivated influenza A and H1N1 vaccine are generated. This information is useful in designing new vaccines to control this deadly viral disease.
Evaluation of the humoral immune response in early-stage CLL and MBL
Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is the most common leukemia in the Western world. Its precursor state of monoclonal B cell lymphocytosis (MBL) affects more than 5 percent of adults over age 60. This study aims to characterize and compare the humoral immune response to trivalent influenza vaccine among people with MBL and CLL. This study is the first characterization of vaccine responses in the MBL population and the most detailed characterization of the humoral immune response to influenza vaccine in the CLL population.
Identification of human leukocyte antigen (HLA) class II influenza-derived peptides
This study uses mass spectrometry techniques that the Vaccine Research Group has developed, optimized and validated to identify, sequence and test naturally processed and presented influenza peptides relevant to human viral vaccine design. The overall objective of this study is to expand the understanding of immune responses to viral agents of mass destruction and identify vaccine antigens that can protect against them.
Application of nanotechnology for developing the next generation of influenza A/H5N1 peptide-based vaccines
This collective project, done in collaboration with the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, Sweden, provides new knowledge for the immunogenicity of adjuvanted influenza A/H5N1-derived peptides necessary for the development of new and more effective vaccines. By using the influenza A/H5N1 vaccine and by examining peptides that are naturally processed and presented within the context of HLA-A*0201 molecules and conjugated to lipoprotein-based nanoparticles, data obtained on influenza A/H5N1-specific immunogenic peptides helps inform the development of new vaccines against avian and other novel influenza types.
See Vaccine Research Group publications related to influenza.
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Learn about diagnosis and treatment of influenza.


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This chapter begins in the winter of 1910, the story's present, in the Harvard apartment where Quentin and Shrevlin McCannon, his Canadian roommate, discuss the Sutpen saga. Quentin gets a letter from his father informing him of Rosa's death. The narration is done by Quentin, Mr. Compson as quoted by Quentin, and by Shreve, who gives his own viewpoint as an outsider. As the Sutpen saga is further fleshed out through these narrations, the reader learns that Henry Sutpen has told Quentin some things which his father does not know.
Shreve, who has heard part of the story before, recounts Rosa Coldfield's rejection of Sutpen and Sutpen's plan to pursue the granddaughter of Wash Jones, Milly, for an heir. Wash, a worker on the plantation who at this point is also a companion to Sutpen, drinks with him often. The war has made Sutpen poor, and he sets up a small store to sell cheap goods. Sutpen gives candy and ribbons to the fifteen year old Milly to attract and seduce her. Soon, Milly is pregnant. One Sunday morning in 1869, Sutpen finds that Milly has borne him a daughter, and he disavows her and the child. Wash Jones overhears the scene and in a frenzy whips and kills Sutpen; he then murders Milly and the child before being killed himself by the sheriff.
Quentin interrupts the narrative to tell about his strange experience of coming upon the graves of the Sutpens in the family cemetery that is full of cedar trees. Judith somehow scraped together enough money for a tombstone for Charles Bon, whom she loved, but never married. Through the sale of her father's store, she also had enough money to purchase a tombstone for herself.
Quentin then tells the story of Charles Etienne Saint-Valery Bon, the son of Charles Bon and his Octoroon mistress; the illegitimate lad was raised by Clytie and Judith at the Hundred. In his wild youth, Charles Etienne gets in trouble with the law by attacking the local sheriff. At Judith's request, Quentin's grandfather, General Compson, bails him out and sends him away from Jefferson. He later returns with a Negro wife. They soon have a son, Jim Bond, who will eventually become the final survivor of the Sutpen clan. In 1884, Charles Etienne gets yellow fever. Judith, in nursing him, comes down with it herself. She dies first, followed soon after by Charles Etienne. The plantation and house becomes the property of Clytie and Jim Bond. Clytie guards it fiercely, at one point chasing off Luster, a Negro boy who comes snooping around.
This chapter is another difficult one, for the point of view changes several times, between Quentin, Shreve, Mr. Compson, and Faulkner himself, as the unnamed omniscient narrator. To help the reader follow the narration, Faulkner has put Shreve's account in italics and Quentin's in plain type. From this point forward in the novel, Quentin will become more and more the principal narrator; by the end of the book, he will bring all of the Sutpen saga together into more of a whole. The reader will learn that Quentin knows more than some of the other narrators because his grandfather has told him more about the Sutpens than his own father knew; also he learns some things from Henry Sutpen, when he is discovered hiding at the Hundred by Rosa and himself. The fact that Quentin chooses to tell the Sutpen saga to Shreve proves that Quentin feels the past is very important and is himself very influenced by it.
It is interesting that Shreve McCannon, Quentin's roommate at Harvard, is introduced as a new character by Faulkner in the sixth chapter of the novel, which is more than half-way through the book. It is also interesting that Faulkner lets Shreve narrate part of the Sutpen tale. Although Shreve is only repeating the story that Quentin has told him, his retelling adds an important viewpoint to the story -- that of an outsider, for whom the Sutpen saga will be viewed differently. Shreve's speculation and his love of exaggeration make Quentin look at the old facts in a new light. Shreve's tale also helps to raise the Sutpen saga to a mythic level so that it can become an allegory, where the fate of the Sutpens stand for the fate of the entire South. It is important to notice that Faulkner has made Shreve a Canadian, which makes the reader believe he is more objective in interpreting the Sutpen story; he has no prejudices about the family heritage, the South, or the Civil War.
Quentin is surprised to hear Shreve questions and speculate about events, almost like his own father, Mr. Compson. Shreve keeps wondering out loud why Sutpen forbids Judith's marriage to Bon and fights with Henry, his own son, ruining his desire for a dynasty. He also wonders why the great Sutpen stoops low at sixty to seduce the granddaughter of a "white trash" squatter. Shreve looks upon Sutpen as a mad, impotent old man, whose daughter Judith, with her cold-blooded "impenetrable face in her homespun bonnet," takes after him.
The decline of Sutpen can be seen in his relationship with Wash Jones, who worships Sutpen and wishes himself to be considered an equal to him; Clytie, however, calls Wash "white trash." When Jones brings fish and vegetables to the back door, Clytie takes them without letting the man into the house. In this gangling, malaria-ridden white man, whom he had given permission fourteen years prior to squat in the fishing camp of the Hundred, Sutpen now finds a drinking companion and potential ally. In Jones' young granddaughter, Milly, Sutpen sees a chance to fulfill his devilish plan to have a male child to continue his now-broken dynasty.
Mr. Compson, in his letter, recounts General Compson's story of Charles Etienne's visit to Bon's grave in 1870. He also imagines the trip of Clytie to New Orleans a year later to fetch the boy after his mother's death. To Judith and Clytie, family ties take precedence over racial distinction, for they take in Charles Etienne, with his Negro blood, and raise him. Later, Charles Etienne is so shocked to find that he is not purely white that he challenges the world by marrying the blackest, ugliest Negro he could find. In this act, he mocks himself, the Sutpen family heritage, and the world at large.
Mr. Compson recalls the quaint inscription on Judith's tombstone: "Pause, Mortal; Remember Vanity and Folly and Beware." From her chosen words, it would appear that Judith has learned much about life from the family in which she was reared, especially from her arrogant father. Judith, in taking in Charles Etienne, seems to be making up for her father Thomas Sutpen's racial prejudice. Quentin remarks on Judith's behavior, saying that "beautiful lives women live - women do."
William Faulkner heightens the suspense by not revealing who is at the Hundred that evening when Rosa and Quentin go to investigate. Quentin makes Shreve hang on his words as he talks, for he chooses not to reveal all he knows. Quentin's omission shows how humans hold power over their listeners as much as by what they do not say as by what they do.


What happens when the devils that is alcoholism takes on the form of a dog?
Wenzel returns from Bohemia with a new resolve to stop wasting his life in drinking. But will he be able to keep the devil at bay?
Diligence now erupted passionately like a mania from Wenzel's head, from his body. It exhausted him in summer's fervour. It froze him in the frost of the forest as he gathered wood. It drove him down the road selling berries, threw him from limb to limb. But his strength seemed inexhaustible in stamina, his head full of tricks and wiles.
The woman watched him with admiration and pride as he soldiered on. She had truly made a good deal with him.
The wheat waved in the field. The money piled up in the drawer of the chest.
He never spoke of marrying, never of reward. He never slurred "Good evening!", even if he came home quite late.
Once she secretly placed a bottle of schnaps next to his bed. On the next morning the bottle together with its contents had disappeared. Then she became afraid and she looked at him scornfully with blazing eyes. But he chirruped, "Haha, come!" taking a shovel and going with her into the garden. Under a tree the lawn was wilted. There he struck the shovel into the ground and lifted out the bottle.
He shook the bottle. The schnaps splashed against the glass as if it were laughing and sparkled.
Then Wenzel closed his eyes and hurled it against a trunk so that it smashed noisily.
It seemed to him as though something had called him, and he walked over and smashed the pieces to dust so that whatever spirit in it that had called him was dead.
After that the fervour grew in the woman, and with longing arms she was grasping after his body.


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Katharine McPhee slams Twitter critic after performance of Céline Dion song
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Nothing can get Katharine McPhee down.
A fan recently took to Twitter to express their thoughts about the 35-year-old singer's performance of Céline Dion's "To Love You More."
"Dear @katharinemcphee don't EVER sing 'to love you more'," said the Twitter user. "The fact that @officialdfoster would let you butcher that song – a classic at that, WOW!"
MEGHAN MARKLE AND PRINCE HARRY'S CANADIAN HOLIDAY ARRANGED BY KATHARINE MCPHEE'S HUSBAND DAVID FOSTER
"To Love You More" was written by McPhee's husband, David Foster in the early 1990s and won a handful of awards after its 1995 release.
McPhee, however, didn't feel bad about flubbing a few notes while performing the song for a 2018 PBS special.
"I'd like to see you try this, b---h," wrote McPhee on Twitter, attaching a video of her performance.
In November, McPhee was informally asked to perform at the recent wedding of her stepdaughter Erin Foster.
When asked how the "Scorpion" star would assist with the nuptials, Erin, 37, said that she hoped McPhee would perform at the ceremony.
KATHARINE MCPHEE REFLECTS ON CAREER, RELATIONSHIP TO DAVID FOSTER AS BROADWAY SHOW WRAPS
"So Kat wrote me the other day, she was like, 'Is there anything that I can be doing to help you prepare?'" Erin told E! News. "And I said, 'Yes. Vocal exercises. Prepare your voice because you will be performing.' She's like, 'OK.'"
Erin's sister Sara, however, later said that McPhee's wedding performance was up in the air.
"Well, they haven't said 'yes' [to performing]," said Sara of their dad, 70, and McPhee. "She might have to pay them to do that. They charge a lot of money to do things like that. So she is just assuming that they'll do it, but she hasn't asked formally."
Erin was hoping that the singer would perform a song from the Broadway musical "Waitress."


For over ten years, Grupo Falso Baiano has delighted audiences with their energetic blend of instrumental Brazilian choro, samba, and jazz. This project, featuring Brazilian vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Francisco Marques, explores samba de raiz – the authentic roots samba of Rio de Janeiro. Grupo Falso Baiano and Francisco Marques are one of the few groups bringing this swinging, celebratory sound to the U.S.
$20 general / $15 students - No one will be turned away for lack of funds.
Grupo Falso Baiano, with Brian Moran on 7-string guitar, Zack Pitt-Smith on reeds, Jesse Appelman on mandolin (bandolim), and Ami Molinelli on percussion, is a choro group that offers a window into the history and diverse culture of Brazil. Choro is one of Brazil's earliest popular musics, dating back to the late 1800s, and, similar to jazz, it reflects the melding of African rhythms with a melodic and harmonic structure closely resembling Baroque Classical music.
Francisco Marques was born on October 12th 1978, in São Paulo, Brasil. He moved to the Washington D.C. area with his family in 1980. While in elementary school, his first exposure to a musical instrument was through piano lessons . At age 15 he began taking several years of private guitar lessons at The Guitar Gallery in D.C. with Stewart Payne. He continued his study of music at Colby College, Maine, where he focused on classical guitar but expanded his study of different instruments and musical styles including the West African Drumming Ensemble with master drummer Jordan Bennisan (www.jordanbenissan.com) from Togo West Africa. In 2000 Francisco graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Music and moved to Boulder, Colorado where he quickly began to play at local venues; The Fox, Tulagi, and The Bluebird Theater (Denver) with the band "Bobby Milk", opening for bands like Devotchka, The North Mississippi All Stars and the Dirty Dozen Brass Band.
In 2003 Francisco's musical career took a decided turn towards the Brazilian after taking a few private lessons from the local Brazilian specialist, Mitchell Long (www.mitchelllongmusic.com). It wasn't long before he was playing with the Brazilian band, Sambadende (www.sambadende.com) and soon after, started his own Brazilian quartet, Ginga (www.gingaband.com) with Boulder's woodwind specialist, Greg Laliberte. The band began with Gonzalo Teppa (www.myspace.com/teppagonzalo) on upright bass and Chris Lee on drums and soon incorporated renowned guitarist Bill Kopper (www.billkopper.net). The project that studied the musical traditions of both Venezuela and Brazil soon became a strictly Brazilian endeavour after Raoul Rossiter joined the ensemble and Gonzalo returned to Barquisimeto, Venezuela.


I'm fascinated by the placebo effect, and hypnosis as a way of activating it, so I was particularly interested in reading about some of the current research in Cure, A Journey Into the Science of Mind Over Body, by British science writer Jo Marchant.
Here it is in black and white, the prevailing assumption that physical ailments require dosing with a "real" medical treatment, and that "psychological" benefits from "sham" treatments affect the mind but not the body.
To me, the word "placebo" instead refers to the mind's ability to activate the body's natural healing abilities, including, for example, the immune system. This explanation makes so much more sense when I think about the way we experience everything in this life through the dual lens of our bodies' experiences and our minds' interpretations of those experiences.
Cure is a fascinating look at some of the cutting edge research into the interaction between our thoughts and our physical experience. In particular, the meaning, or value, we find in the experience or the treatment makes the treatment more powerful, and more likely to result in either a cure or a lessening of symptoms.
In some cases, the mind-body connection changes both our experience of our physical state and changes the underlying condition, as in IBS, for example, which responds well to hypnosis. In other cases, although the symptoms get better, the underlying condition stays the same. For example, the pain we experience from a slipped disk becomes less severe when we use hypnosis, although the damage from the disc injury is unchanged.
I loved the book—available at the Bellingham Public Library—and its thorough discussion of the current research that's challenging the old model of a separate, mechanical physical experience and a separate psychological experience of the mind. I recommend it.
This entry was posted in Health, Hypnosis, Medical hypnosis on February 24, 2017 by Leigh Mcdiarmid.
You say placebo like it's a bad thing . . . .
I recently heard hypnosis described as a placebo-effect delivery system, which I loved, since it does reflect how I think about what I'm doing when I do hypnosis.
There are as many ways to talk about hypnosis as there are ways to talk about the weather—no doubt partly because it's just as natural, and just as likely to be misunderstood. But rather than talking about what hypnosis is, or perhaps more importantly, what it can do, I want to take a moment to talk about how I see hypnosis—through the lens of how I use it.
My intention, my focus, in facilitating a hypnosis session—yes, I said "facilitating"—is to induce a hypnotic state that allows the people I'm working with to activate their own healing, expansive, growth-oriented abilities.
That's it. I work with all kinds of people, who are dealing with all kinds of issues. As it happens, I'm privileged to work with many people who are dealing with weight issues, and so that has become a specialty for me—I love working with people who are tackling this complex problem.
I also have a specialty in working with people with medical issues. Working with these differing concerns, I use the same hypnosis techniques, and they work, because the power of hypnosis comes from the power of your mind, your body, your spirit. I'm there so that my voice and my words can become the trigger for the change that comes from your innate ability and your desire for well-being and good health.
Simple. And yes, it can seem magical. Placebo, anyone?
This entry was posted in General, Habit change, Health, Medical hypnosis, Weight control on July 13, 2016 by Leigh Mcdiarmid.
I ran across this article "Should First Responders Use Acupuncture and Hypnosis During Disasters?" on Science20.com. The article reviews a paper on whether emergency responders and rescuers should use alternative or complementary types of care. The paper was written by a retired Air Force Colonel who is currently Director of the USAF Acupuncture Center, Joint Base Andrews, Maryland; the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Samueli Institute, and coauthors.
You probably already know how I'm going to answer this very good question: Of course first responders should use hypnosis!
The patients brought in by hypnosis-trained crews had lower mortality rates, shorter hospital stays, and fewer hospital admissions.
By the way, the authors of the article reviewed on Science20.com emphasized that the opinions and assertions are the authors' private views "not to be construed as official or as reflecting the views of the United States Air Force Medical Corps, the Air Force at large, or the Department of Defense" (in case we were in any doubt!).
This entry was posted in Health, Medical hypnosis on October 31, 2014 by Leigh Mcdiarmid.


available on the album "Terry Edwards Play The Music Of Jim & William Reid"
On The New Frontier compilation by Soda Jerk Records.
Los Hermanos Dalton "Psychocandy"; Automatics "Sidewalking"; El Inquilino Comunista "The Hardest Walk"; Erospóly "Reverence"; Honey Langstrumpf "Taste of Cindy"
available on the single "If They Move, Kill 'em"
available on the album "Bavarian Fruit Bread"
Released on their self-titled album Tralala. A review says "they file in a worthy cover of the Jesus and Mary Chain's "Never Understand," removing the fuzz and showcasing that band's penchant for Beach Boys-style exuberance."
Transmutator are an American band recording for a label called Cleopatra. UVX remixed one of their tunes, 'My Beautiful Friend', by recording an industrial rock track called 'Brighton Rock' because of its movie samples. It also samples The Jesus and Mary Chain.
available on his album "Din Of Ecstasy"
Recorded for the Steve Lamacq Radio 1 Evening Sessions. Available on the No Worries cd single #2.
Performed live in Paris in 1998. Steven Pastel introduced the song by the following words: "The kids and us have quite similar tunes."
Pop Will Eat Itself - recorded a song called "Candydiosis"
Sonic Youth - recorded a song called "Under the Influence of the Jesus and Mary Chain"
Los Planetas (The Planets) - Super 8 EP has a song called "Jesus"


This antqiue oak cabinet made by Heals of London around 1910, is so rare because there was only ever two of them made. Splits into two sections. The top half is decorated with ebony and boxwood chequer inlays and has a single inlaid cupboard door over an open shelf. The lower half has a single, fielded panel door with the original brass handle and a shaped apron beneath. In excellent, clean condition, superb quality throughout and stamped by the makers, Heals of London. Would work perfectly as an antique bedside cabinet / bookcase.


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package com.wordsaretoys.mtx;

import android.app.Fragment;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.LayoutInflater;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.view.MenuInflater;
import android.view.MenuItem;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.ViewGroup;
import android.widget.AdapterView;
import android.widget.AdapterView.OnItemSelectedListener;
import android.widget.ArrayAdapter;
import android.widget.Spinner;

/**
 * allows user to play back scale notes
 */
public class PlayFragment extends Fragment {

	static String TAG = "PlayFragment";

	// main layout
	View mainView;

	// scale playing view
	PlayView scaleView;

	// selection spinners
	Spinner spinVoice, spinRange;

	// scale object
	Scale scale;

	// voice pool for playback
	Synthesizer synthesizer;

	// current octave range
	int octaveLo, octaveHi;

	@Override
	public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container,
			Bundle savedInstanceState) {
		super.onCreateView(inflater, container, savedInstanceState);
		mainView = inflater.inflate(R.layout.play_fragment, container);

		scaleView = (PlayView) mainView.findViewById(R.id.scaleView);
		scaleView.setListener(new PlayView.Listener() {

			@Override
			public void onCellUp(int cell) {
				synthesizer.stopTone(cell);
			}

			@Override
			public void onCellDown(int cell) {
				synthesizer.playTone(cell);
			}
		});

		spinVoice = (Spinner) mainView.findViewById(R.id.spinVoice);
		ArrayAdapter<CharSequence> adaptVoice = new ArrayAdapter<CharSequence>(
				getActivity(),
				R.layout.spin_textview,
				Lookup.VoiceNames);
		adaptVoice.setDropDownViewResource(android.R.layout.simple_spinner_dropdown_item);
		spinVoice.setAdapter(adaptVoice);
		spinVoice.setOnItemSelectedListener(new OnItemSelectedListener() {
			@Override
			public void onItemSelected(AdapterView<?> parent, View view, int pos, long id) {
				synthesizer.setInstrument(
						Lookup.VoiceSource[pos],
						Lookup.VoiceAttack[pos],
						Lookup.VoiceRelease[pos]);
				synthesizer.generateBuffers(scale, octaveLo, octaveHi);
			}

			@Override
			public void onNothingSelected(AdapterView<?> arg0) {}
		});
		spinVoice.setSelection(0);

		spinRange = (Spinner) mainView.findViewById(R.id.spinRange);
		ArrayAdapter<CharSequence> adaptRange = new ArrayAdapter<CharSequence>(
				getActivity(),
				R.layout.spin_textview,
				Lookup.OctaveRangeNames);
		adaptRange.setDropDownViewResource(android.R.layout.simple_spinner_dropdown_item);
		spinRange.setAdapter(adaptRange);
		spinRange.setOnItemSelectedListener(new OnItemSelectedListener() {
			@Override
			public void onItemSelected(AdapterView<?> parent, View view, int pos, long id) {
				octaveLo = Lookup.OctaveRangeLo[pos];
				octaveHi = Lookup.OctaveRangeHi[pos];
				scaleView.setOctaveRange(octaveLo, octaveHi);
				synthesizer.generateBuffers(scale, octaveLo, octaveHi);
			}

			@Override
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Welcome to the blog of the History of Parliament's House of Commons, 1832-68 project, which will provide news of our ongoing research.
This is the latest research project in the History of Parliament's series of widely acclaimed scholarly reference works charting the development, personnel and activities of the Westminster Parliament over the last 700 years.
The 1832-68 project is producing biographical profiles of all the 2,591 MPs who sat between the first and second Reform Acts and accounts of all the 401 constituencies in England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. It will provide a key resource for political and local historians and all those interested in the United Kingdom's early democratic development. A survey volume, interpreting the discoveries of the research and examining the institutional operation of the Commons, is also being prepared.
Taking advantage of the many digital resources now on offer, the 1832-68 volumes are being produced far more rapidly than previous publications and made available in a new web layout, in which the text is supported by links to original sources. Parliament dealt with an unprecedented range of social, economic and local issues in this period and it is hoped that this format will offer gateways into the most relevant digital collections and provide a hub for researchers working within a variety of different fields.
Draft versions of our completed biography and constituency articles are currently available through a password-protected website. For further details about this or about how to become a contributor please contact psalmon@histparl.ac.uk
Information on how to cite material from our draft articles can be found here.
Ross Powell says:
I am looking for information regarding the public's access to meeting of the House of Commons. Could anyone look on? The press? Also, where did the house meet between 1834's fire and getting into their new hall? Many thanks to anyone who can help me with these questions.
Kathryn Rix says:
You can find information about the temporary arrangements after 1834 here: http://www.parliament.uk/about/living-heritage/building/palace/architecture/palacestructure/rebuilding-palace/
And there is information on the public gallery and the admission of reporters here:
http://www.parliament.uk/about/living-heritage/evolutionofparliament/parliamentwork/communicating/overview/obscurescribblers/
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By Nancy Polette, Paul Dillon (Illustrator)
Currently Out of Stock - No ETA
"...packed with riveting real-life stories, fascinating facts about POWs and MIAs, and unique art and illustrations..." —Stars and Stripes
Engaging true stories for older children and adults!
A is for Artists whose artwork reflects the hardships of prison life. E is for Escape as determined prisoners make daring plans to regain their freedom.
More than one hundred thousand American service members have been captured by an enemy and imprisoned during war. Tens of thousands are still missing. This book tells the true stories of only a few of these brave men and women, but their stories represent the experiences of many others.
The accompanying illustrations are based on surviving artwork, current and historic photographs, and firsthand descriptions of people, places, and events.
From Geneva Conventions to Operation Homecoming, Tap Code to Yellow Ribbon and more, N is for Never ForgetT is a compelling journey through wartime history, honoring the sacrifices of prisoners of war (POWs), those missing in action (MIA), and their families.
Poignant illustrations and stories capture key people, concepts, and memorials to help readers understand and honor the sacrifices endured by men and women prisoners of war and missing in action on behalf of freedom.
-- Engaging format interests readers of all levels. Single lines of text describe each letter's key message, while longer true stories complement full-page color illustrations and bring POW-MIA concepts to life.
-- Topics to Discuss and Ways to Honor sections prompt critical thinking, conversations, and calls to action to develop compassionate leaders of the future.
Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards - Finalist for Best Juvenile Nonfiction Book
Midwest Book Awards Finalist
NANCY POLETTE has written more than 170 books for youth, including books about World War II spies, flight nurses, and prisoners of war.
Nancy taught elementary school for thirty years and directed gifted programs and school libraries for St. Louis County Schools. Her education career also includes thirty-seven years as a professor of education at Lindenwood University and director of the Laboratory School.
School Library Journal describes Nancy as "an educator with imagination, creativity, and an appreciation for the intelligence of children."
Nancy researched the life of Virginia Hall for five years to write The Spy with the Wooden Leg: The Story of Virginia Hall. She worked alongside illustrator Paul Dillon to create N is for Never Forget: POW-MIA A to Z, a middle grade nonfiction picture book honoring the legacies of prisoners of war and those missing in action.
Nancy lives in O'Fallon, Missouri, a suburb of St. Louis.
PAUL DILLON is an accomplished artist and president of the Jefferson Barracks POW-MIA Museum in St Louis. His father was a WWII veteran B-17 ball turret gunner and POW.
"True stories and compelling portraits of bravery from World Wars I and II to Vietnam, Korea, and the Iraq War forge a patriotic introduction from A to Z of some of America's most famous memorials and the men and women who inspired them. Thoughtful paintings in somber tones accompany each letter of the alphabet, and children are encouraged to honor many unsung heroes while celebrating themes of honor, justice, devotion, and sacrifice." — Pallas Gates McCorquodale, Foreword Reviews
"N is for Never Forget is so packed with riveting real-life stories, fascinating facts about POWs and MIAs, and unique art and illustrations, I found myself lost in its pages…. For a moment, I almost forgot that this book was for kids." — Lisa Smith Molinari, Stars and Stripes
"N is for Never Forget: POW-MIA A-Z should be in every elementary and middle school library in this country … ideal for a classroom discussion or for families who are looking for meaningful ways to honor veterans in their communities. This book can serve as a guide to help parents and educators teach children about service and sacrifice. … My hope is that more Americans can teach their children about the true cost of freedom. Reading this book is a good place to start."— Kathleen M. Rodgers, Military Spouse Book Review
"War is a tough topic to explain to children. The human cost of war is even harder to understand. N is for Never Forget helps families and teachers tackle these challenging concepts in a kid-friendly format. … Polette hasn't shied away from the tough stuff, honestly sharing that service members died, were tortured, or starved while captured by the enemy. However, her treatment of it is fair and sensitive. … Throughout this book, real POW/MIA stories and experiences are shared. Having real people intertwined with the bigger topics … grounds the story and provides a dose of humanity." — Meg Flanagan, MilKidsEd.com
"A tremendous endeavor…beautiful, gripping illustrations." — Kathy Lawton Brown, Radio Arts Foundation, St Louis, 107.3 FM
"It is spectacular … for people of all ages. Paul Dillon is just a brilliant artist." — Blanquita Cullum, host of "The Hard Question", 1590WCGO Chicago
Publisher: Elva Resa
Maximum Grade Level:
Young Adult Nonfiction / History / Military & Wars
Young Adult Nonfiction / Biography & Autobiography / Historical


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Q: What is this type of graph called and how do I create it in R I have data and I need to reproduce a graph like this. I'm not sure what this type of plot is called, thus I also don't know how to plot it in R. Any help is appreciated.

A: I don't know what it's called, but here's a function to produce one:
library(ggplot2)

quadrant_plot <- function(component, values,
                          fills = c("#919191", "#686868", "#434343", "#ededed"))
{
  df <- data.frame(component  = factor(component, levels = component),
                   xvalue     = c(values[1:2], -values[3:4]),
                   yvalue     = c(values[1], -values[2:3], values[4]),
                   xmin       = c(0, 0, -Inf, -Inf),
                   xmax       = c(Inf, Inf, 0, 0),
                   ymin       = c(0, -Inf, -Inf, 0),
                   ymax       = c(Inf, 0, 0, Inf),
                   textx      = c(50, 50, -50, -50),
                   texty      = c(50, -50, -50, 50),
                   labelx     = c(95, 95, -95, -95),
                   labely     = c(95, -95, -95, 95),
                   hjust      = c(1, 1, 0, 0))

  ggplot(df, aes(xvalue, yvalue)) +
    geom_rect(aes(xmin = xmin, xmax = xmax,
                  ymin = ymin, ymax = ymax, fill = component)) +
    geom_point() +
    geom_polygon(fill = NA, color = "black", size = 1) +
    geom_text(aes(x = textx, y = texty, label = abs(xvalue))) +
    geom_text(aes(x = labelx, y = labely, label = component, hjust = hjust),
              size = 6) +
    geom_hline(aes(yintercept = 0), size = 1) +
    geom_vline(aes(xintercept = 0), size = 1) +
    scale_fill_manual(values = fills, guide = guide_none()) +
    lims(x = c(-100, 100), y = c(-100, 100)) +
    coord_equal() +
    theme_void()
}

So you can do:
quadrant_plot(component = c("Adhocracy", "Hierarchy", "Market", "Clan"),
              values = c(18.4, 22.9, 32.6, 26.5))

Or if you want to change the input and the colours you can do
quadrant_plot(component = c("Optimism", "Insight", "Skill", "Luck"),
              values = c(35, 15, 12, 31),
              fills = c("gold", "deepskyblue4", "orange", "lightblue"))