Hey again! It's been a while since an update, and now I find myself less than a month away from the North American International Livestock Exposition - and the crowning of the 2010 Miss American Angus! I can't believe that the year is drawing to a close.
My last update took place at Reno - following Reno and the end of my freshman year, my mother and I flew up to Timonium, Maryland, for the Atlantic National Angus Show. This was my first time attending this show as well, and I was so excited to experience it as I had heard nothing but great things. I wasn't let down; the show was very well put together and fostered a warm, family environment. I also had the opportunity to attend the Queen's Luncheon and was able to meet with Auxiliary members from across the Eastern Coast and learn about the functions going on in their own states. I loved meeting with the Auxiliary members in attendance and am so thankful to the women in charge of the luncheon for all that they did!
In June I attended the Southern National Junior and Open Angus Shows in Perry, Georgia; the Central Regional Preview Show in Springfield, Missouri; and the Eastern Regional Junior Angus Show in Columbus, Ohio. Each of these shows provided a great time visiting with Angus producers from across the state and country. At Eastern Regionals I spoke at the Queen's Breakfast, and once again enjoyed the time spent with the caring women of the Ohio and American Angus Auxiliaries.
July marked the most exciting week of my reign as I served as Miss American Angus alongside my sister, Miss Georgia Angus, while hosting the 2009 National Junior Angus Show at my home-fairgrounds of Perry, Georgia. Hosting this show had been a dream of mine for years and finally having the opportunity to do so was even more rewarding than I thought it would be. Even more exciting than hosting the show though, was wearing the crown and having the interactions with each and every exhibitor who went through the ring that week. Serving as Miss American Angus, I have had the amazing opportunity to meet so many different individuals from California to Maine, and the connections that I have made have been irreplaceable. The Queen's Brunch at the National Junior Angus Show was also a beautiful event, and without a doubt, the largest of any queen's function I had attended thus far. I was excited to have so many members of the American Angus Auxiliary present, and hope that they enjoyed our Southern Hospitality in Perry!
I attended the All-American Angus Breeders' Futurity in Louisville at the beginning of August. This was a quick trip for me, but a good one nonetheless. As always, I enjoy visiting with the different people in charge of the shows and events I attend, and getting to know their families and staffs. The efforts that such people put into these events is incredible and they should be commended!
In the middle of September I wore the crown at a local fair - the Gwinnett County Fair. My grandfather passed away on September 1st, and he had served on the fair board. I was honored to serve as Miss American Angus as a tribute to him. He was in Louisville the day I was crowned 2009 Miss American Angus, and no one in the world was more proud that day than he was of me.
My most recent event was the Georgia National Fair. In the middle of characteristically fall weather, the fair, of course, was one of the hottest weekends since the summer. However, getting to wear my crown at a show in Georgia for the last time was a sentimental and bittersweet event. It's really been a great year, and I am so glad that I have had the opportunity to experience everything that has happened to me since November 17, 2008.
As I find myself nearing the end of my year as Miss American Angus, I also find myself nearing one of the most exciting parts of the journey. As I learned of the contestants for the title of 2010 Miss American Angus, I couldn't have been more excited. The girls in contention are all remarkable young women and I am confident that whoever I am able to pin as the 2010 Miss American Angus come November will do an extraordinary job fulfilling her duties! I am so excited to get to know these girls during our time in Louisville, and hope that I can offer even the smallest bit of advice to guide them through their experience. Thanks so much to everyone who has played a part in this remarkable journey, especially the American Angus Auxiliary and the Queens Committee, including Mrs. Mary McCurry, Mrs. Ginger Olson and Mrs. Jill Harker! None of this would be possible without them! I hope that you all had a great summer and that you have an even better fall! I look forward to seeing you all at the North American!
Greetings from Georgia where the sun is shining and the temperature is rising as we prepare for another Angus-filled summer in the south! Six months ago, on November 17th, 2008, one of my oldest dreams came true as I was crowned the 2009 Miss American Angus. Every little girl dreams of being a princess - I, however, dreamed of being a cow queen! Ever since I was five years old, I would admire the young women who wore the red jackets and shiny crowns from afar, dreaming that one day I would have the opportunity to do the same. Hearing my name called out at the North American International Livestock Exposition is a moment I will never forget. The four girls I competed with were absolutely fantastic and I look forward to continuing to grow friendships with them as we continue through our junior Angus careers. The time since I was crowned has been a whirlwind; it's hard to believe that I am halfway through my year!
After North American, my first official function as Miss American Angus took place in Wooster, Ohio at the Certified Angus Beef Building Blocks Seminar. A special thanks goes out to Miss Shelia Stannard for being my chaperone while there! Being from Georgia, I was really psyched about the chance of snow in Ohio since we rarely see it down south. When I landed in Cleveland the ground was clear and I was a little perturbed. However, by the end of the first day of workshops, the ground was covered in white and I was thrilled! While at CAB, I enjoyed our multiple snack breaks (snacking on nothing other than wonderful Certified Angus Beef Products, of course - whoever knew there were so many?!), mingling with the talented staff, and bonding with the new six junior board members and the American Angus Auxiliary Secretary, Mrs. Barbara Ettredge. I never cease to be amazed at the versatility and thoroughness of the Certified Angus Beef program. There is not one table left unturned in the program, and I firmly believe that explains their substantial success in the branded beef industry.
A mere five days upon returning from Wooster, I boarded an airplane headed west for the National Western Stock Show in Denver, Colorado. Denver was without a doubt the trip that I most looked forward to after being crowned Miss American Angus because I had never been to the stock show before and had heard nothing but great things about it. And, of course, Colorado was infamously known for its snowcapped mountains and brisk temperatures. Unfortunately, I arrived in Denver Monday night to the coldest and snowiest time of the entire trip. The remainder of the week it was colder at home than it was in Colorado! However, with the exception of the severe lack of snow, I still enjoyed my time in Denver both in the show ring and in the yards. The atmosphere and feel of the Stock Show is so different than any show I had ever been to on the East Coast. My first trip definitely won't be my last! I also fell in love with the concept of the Bases Loaded Sale at Coors Field - whoever thought of combining baseball and Angus cattle is a genius! A huge thank you goes out to Shelia, Robin Ruff and the junior board, all of the Regional Managers, and to Bethany Cobb, Michelle Faulkner, and Hannah McCabe for their help assisting me in the ring! Without their help I definitely wouldn't have survived my first show as Miss American Angus.
Two weeks later, I made my first trip to the state of Texas for the Texas Angus Association Annual Meeting, Sale, and Banquet at the Fort Worth Stock Show. In Fort Worth I enjoyed spending time with one of my Miss American Angus advisors, Mrs. Ginger Olson, and her husband, American Angus Association Board Member, Mr. Steve Olson. I also got to visit again with Mrs. Ettredge, and the ladies of the Texas Angus Auxiliary. I received a warm welcome from each and every Angus producer I met and appreciated the hospitality of the entire Texas Angus Association, and I am grateful for their invitation. And a little side note - Texas was the THIRD state I saw snow in during my January travels as Miss American Angus. Yes, SNOW!
I jumped on my plane from Fort Worth and headed back to Georgia where I landed in Atlanta and headed straight to Athens for the Georgia Angus Association Annual Meeting and Banquet. Here I made my first appearance in the state as Miss American Angus. This was really exciting for me, as we found ourselves less than two-hundred days away from the kickoff of the 2009 National Junior Angus Show. Georgia also crowned our 2009 Miss Georgia Angus and Georgia Angus Princess. Congratulations goes to Taylor Gazda, my little sister, for being crowned Miss Georgia Angus, and to Lakyn Davis for being crowned Georgia Angus Princess. Serving as Miss American Angus the same year that Nationals is being held in my home state is remarkable, and with my sister serving along my side as Miss Georgia Angus, I couldn't picture anything more perfect! At the banquet I was able to interact with some of our younger members, some of whom referred to my crown and I as the "Fairy Godmother." The youngest members are truly the future of the Angus industry, and are the core focus of my time as Miss American Angus. I feel the more we involve them, the better off the breed that we all love will be!
On February 5, I walked through the student center at the University of Georgia on my way to class to find hundreds of students reading our student-run newspaper, The Red & Black, with my face (and cows!) on the cover. It was at this moment that my title became the most surreal. The article, entitled "Where's the Beef?," explained my duties, and cleared the misconceptions that "Miss American Angus" came from a beauty pageant. Within a matter of days, I was hearing from classmates from fall semester, teachers in the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, and even my sorority sisters. Each and every person had a different question, but none with negative connotations; they all found what I was doing to be unique but pretty cool, even though they didn't necessarily understand it. The article ended up inspiring another article to be published in The Red & Black naming each and every reigning "queen" at UGA, ranging from Miss UGA to Miss Houston County Watermelon Queen. From that moment on I became known through many circles as "Miss Angus," and most of my friends don't hesitate to introduce me to anyone we meet as nothing other. When I went to get advised for this coming fall semester, "Where's the Beef?" greeted me on my advisor's door. It was definitely a memorable experience!
At the end of February, I attended the Georgia National Livestock Show, which serves as our state heifer show. This was the first year that I was no longer eligible to show, and I found it bittersweet to enter the ring not with a calf, but instead with a crown. This was a neat show for me, because my sister won the Champion Bred and Owned Angus Heifer, and I was able to stand in her picture not only as her proud big sister, but also as Miss American Angus. Of course, it was also the first show I attended in Georgia under the role of Miss American Angus, so it was fun to get to experience what all came with that - including the weird looks from the non-Angus exhibitors who had no idea why I was wearing a crown and heels in the show ring! It served as a practice run for this coming July when I will be in the very same arena passing out ribbons and taking pictures at the National Junior Angus Show. Special thanks goes to the lovely Georgia Angus Princess, Miss Lakyn Davis, for helping with ribbons!
I spent two days of my spring break in chilly, seventeen-degree weather at the Stucky Ranch sale in Kingman, Kansas. This was my first appearance at a production sale, and I was greeted with nothing but warm hospitality and graciousness from the entire Stucky family and friends. This was also the first trip where my dad took off his Regional Manager hat and replaced it with his Queen Dad hat and accompanied me as my chaperone for a little father/daughter bonding time. I enjoyed visiting with the newly crowned Miss Kansas Angus, Hannah McCabe, and again with Mr. and Mrs. Olson of Texas. A warm thank you goes to Mr. Gordon Stucky, Mrs. Christine Stucky, and Mr. Fred Gretsch for all they did in getting me out there!
In the beginning of April I attended the Georgia Beef Expo and the Georgia Angus Association's Annual Consignment Sale. Here I was fortunate to be able to spend time with producers from the state and raise anticipation for the National Junior Angus Show. I also ran tickets in my "queenie clothes" and was introduced to the crowd as "Miss America" by Tom Burke.
The second week of April I wore the crown and sash in a different capacity than I was used to - in the student center at the University of Georgia! I spent time in between classes supporting the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences at "Ag Day at Tate," part of South Campus Week at UGA, meant to raise awareness and knowledge about the College of Ag, one of the lesser known, more secluded colleges at the university. There were signs advertising "Ag Day at Tate" with none other but my face on it, advertising the "guest appearance by Miss American Angus!" It was probably at Ag Day at Tate that I received the largest number of weird looks. One of my sorority sisters saw me, stopped dead in her tracks, and immediately burst out into laughter. However, it was still a great experience and was a different way for me to use my title to educate those who don't know much about agriculture in general.
My final trip thus far in my journey as 2009 Miss American Angus was my trip to Reno, Nevada for the Western National Angus Futurity. My trip to Reno signified my furthest trip out west! Once again, I was blessed with great hospitality by all of those involved in the show. A special thanks goes to Mrs. Laurie Van Roekel for her assistance in the Miss Western States queen contest, Shelia and Robin for being their amazing selves, the Regional Managers, Bethany and Michelle for their help in the ring, and to Mrs. Kathy Creamer, American Angus Auxiliary President-Elect! Traveling to places and shows where I don't know as many people, it is so helpful to see friendly faces to make my year the amazing experience it is!
As I find myself halfway through my year as Miss American Angus, I also find myself nearing the busiest part of the journey. The summer kicks into full gear with Atlantic Nationals, the Southern National Angus Show, the Central Regional Preview Show, and Eastern Regionals. Then of course, Georgia will be welcoming everyone down south for the National Junior Angus Show where we hope to offer just as much hospitality as has been given to me throughout my reign! Thanks so much to everyone who has played a part in this remarkable journey, especially the American Angus Auxiliary and the Queens Committee, including Mrs. Mary McCurry, Mrs. Ginger Olson, and Mrs. Jill Harker! Also, to my family for their support throughout this experience - none of this would be possible without them! And to my mom for being my chaperone and a great travel partner. I definitely couldn't handle all of the airports without her! On that note, I hope that you all had a great spring and I am looking forward to seeing each and every one of you this summer!
As we gather here in Louisville, we celebrate two distinguished milestones in the history of our breed. The vision that our Angus forefathers had one-hundred-and-twenty-five years ago when they formed today's American Angus Association, and the vision that the American Angus Board of Directors had thirty years ago when they established the Certified Angus Beef program have affected every Angus enthusiast, and I am no exception. In fact, a similar vision has brought me here today, and I attribute this vision to shaping the history that I have made and am continuing to make for myself. In an effort to simplify eighteen years of experiences into a mere few minutes, I chose to split the word "today" into a five-part acronym: T-O-D-A-Y.
"T" stands for "tradition." My family's involvement in agriculture stretches back over five generations. But even more significant in my life than agriculture has been my involvement in the Angus industry. One might think that my connection to the breed is one-sided, as I am the daughter of a twenty-year strong Regional Manager for the Association. However, my family's history with Angus cattle didn't originate with my father. Instead, it began in the mid 1970s with my mom, as she was active in the Georgia Junior Angus Association. I have also followed suit in my family's academic tradition as I am the third generation to attend the University of Georgia in pursuit of a higher education in agriculture. My ultimate decision to pursue a degree in Agricultural Communications, my time spent in and out of the show ring, and my die-hard devotion as a Georgia Bulldog were independent of the influence of my family. Only I can make my personal choices, and only I can continue to expand my family's traditions both in and out of agriculture, Angus, and academics.
"O" represents "outsider." From 1995 until my high school graduation this past May, I attended a small, urban private school where I was considered anything but normal. In an environment where a weekend trip to the beach house was a more common destination than one to the state fair, I definitely stood out among the crowd. Even though there were times when I doubted it, despite the different lifestyle I portrayed in comparison to my classmates, I honestly feel that I was the one with the true advantage. Upon graduation, I found my name in the Honors Day Program followed by numerous individual scholarships, all undoubtedly there because of my passion and involvement in something considered "uncommon" at your typical private school.
"D" is for determination AND dedication. Fourteen years ago, Christy Bell Page stood before a similar crowd with the same intention to serve as Miss American Angus. She made history that year, becoming the first young woman to serve as Miss American Angus from Georgia. When the January 1995 edition of Angus Topics was released with her freshly crowned face gracing the cover, she autographed a copy and gave it to me. At that point, becoming Miss American Angus became a paramount goal of mine, as Christy served as a role model in the Georgia Junior Angus Association, even to someone as young as I. Christy's influence on me as a young child prompted my determination and dedication to making my own history. When I was twelve years old I sat down and mapped out what I hoped would be the next ten years of my life; this list was my vision, similar to that vision that our Angus forefathers had so many years ago. On my list included admission into the University of Georgia, serving as Miss American Angus, and being elected to the National Junior Angus Board of Directors. There have been successes along the road, but there have been bumps and failures as well. However, my determination and dedication to that list I created has never faltered. Through my pursuit of those goals and ambitions, I mapped out my history, and it has led me here today.
"A" represents "awakening." A year before putting my goals on paper, I had an awakening that ultimately led me to establish my vision. The summer prior to my sixth grade year, I had decided that I wasn't going to tell people that I showed cattle. At this point in my scholastic career, I wanted nothing more than to blend in with my classmates and to do the same things they did. I decided that sixth grade was the perfect opportunity to leave my cow showing life behind…or at least to the weekends. In the essence of bad timing, my family won the Clarke-Oconee Cattle Family of the Year only a couple of weeks into the school year. On September 6th, 2001, our local paper published an article entitled "A Family That Works Together Wins Together." My teacher pinned the article to the bulletin board outside the classroom. My secret was out! The article that was originally intended to highlight my family's achievements in the cattle industry instead underscored my struggles with living a double life as a sixth-grade student at a private school and as a competitor in the Georgia Junior Livestock Program. The remainder of middle school, I wasn't known as "Katie," but instead as "Moo Cow." During a brief identity crisis, I begged my parents to let me quit showing cattle so that I could mold myself into the predictable private school "tween." Today I am thankful that my parents didn't give me that option because I can think of nothing as beneficial as my involvement in the Angus industry. At some point that year I had an awakening that transformed me into the young woman standing before you today.
Finally, the letter "Y" stands for "YOU." It is up to YOU to live your life and to make your history. No one else can do it for you. I am making history today because I am the only person who has ever lived MY life. No one else has and no one else ever will. I am unique, I am an individual, and I have a vision that has and will continue to broaden my horizons and develop me into a successful young woman. The American Angus Association and CAB are at the top of their games today because of the roads that they have traveled pursuing the visions of intuitive cattlemen and women. Likewise, the road I have traveled to the spot I stand in this afternoon is a result of the history that I have made in pursuit of this lifelong dream of mine.
Whatever the outcome is tomorrow, Dr. Seuss leaves us with one more thing that will remain true for each and every person in this room, but even more significantly to each young woman participating in this contest: "Today you are you, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is YOUER than you."


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Евлашковы (польск. Jewłaszkowicz герба Корчак) — древний русский дворянский род.

История рода
Род Евлашковых происходит от белорусских шляхтичей, выехавших на службу к московскому государю в конце XV века.

Известны два князя с литовской фамилией Евлашковичи: князь Иван, убит в битве с татарами на реке Ворскле (1399) и князь Евлашко Телятина († 1473).

Впервые фамилия упомянута в Полоцких грамотах, где по купчей грамоте Якунца Фёдоровича Евлашкова село на реке Ушачи переходит Арине Петровне Харинич (16 мая 1493).

Фёдор Фёдорович Евлашков упоминается в грамотах (1514) и имел трёх сыновей: Никиту, Андрея и Якова (Яковца, Якунца). Никита Фёдорович владел землями в Рязанском уезде (1539), писец Московского уезда (1540). Яков (Якунец) Фёдорович владел землями пустоши Маврино, Семендяево (до 1573), в первой половине XV века упомянут, как вотчинник земель под Полоцком. Трое Евлашковых упомянуты в Тысячной книге, среди вотчинников Московского уезда (1550), где Андрей Фёдорович дворовый, сын боярский по Старице, а Богдан и Иван Никитины дворовые, сыны боярские по Зубцову. Первый и Яков Евлашковы владели поместьями в Московском уезде (1573). Тимофей Михайлович городничий и составлял Псковские переписные книги (1579). Верига Тимофеевич встречал папского посланника (1581).

Евлашковы владели землями в Отъезжем стане (1586). Иван и Богдан Евлашковы владели поместьями в Дедиловском уезде (1588). Афанасий Матвеевич служил по Переяславскому дворовому списку (1590). Зубцовский городовой дворянин Тимофей Иванович Евлашков получил царскую жалованную грамоту (1620), за московское осадное сидение (1618).

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Литература
 А. А. Зимин. Тысячная книга 1550 г. и Дворцовая тетрадь 50-х годов XVI века. М.-Л. АН СССР. 1950 г.
 А. А. Зимин. Акты феодального землевладения и хозяйства. М. 1961 г. Ч. 3. стр. 35.
 М. Б. Оленев. Хронологический список актов, относящихся к истории сёл, деревень и землевладельцев Рязанского края XIV — начала XVII веков. Рязань. 2004 г.
 Десятни Московского уезда 1578 и 1586 гг.//ЧОИДР. Кн. 1. М. 1911 г.

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As the Kavanaugh backlash shows, #MeToo hasn't gone far enough
People ask whether we are 'tipping the scales' too much in favour of women. We haven't even started
Diane White and Paula McDonald
Thu 4 Oct 2018 14.00 EDT Last modified on Thu 4 Oct 2018 20.51 EDT
'The ability to challenge the status quo is not a luxury that all women or people coming from a place of powerlessness can enjoy.' Photograph: Scott Olson/Getty Images
There are few examples in history where social change has come without resistance, and the current movement to expose and challenge the actions of powerful men is no exception.
When power is challenged and progress is sought, those who seek to lose that power will rise up to slap down the movement, limiting and, at times, rolling back that progress, and finding ways to undermine, attack and discredit those who have sought change. The attacks come in all shapes and forms – targeting an individual's personal account of harm, a workplace's initiative, a researcher's methodology, or a government policy. These attacks are often insidious, with the fear of losing power dressed up as a legitimate concern about "reverse discrimination" or "an attack on fair process". The loud voices of those who hold the power invariably come forward under the guise of hailing a return to sensible, rational discussion; returning balance to a debate that has tipped "too far" in the favour of the "feminist agenda".
The common response to these forms of backlash is to see the popular majority waver. They pause and look at each other, questioning whether, in our efforts to advance gender equality, we are "tipping the scales" too much in favour of women. Whether, perhaps, it's all gone too far.
Those who fear change react by focusing new energy into maintaining their privilege
We have not gone too far. As long as sexual harassment remains closeted because women fear coming forward; as long as victims of sexual assault do not report for fear of the judicial process; as long as young girls are taught to sit down and not stand up, as long as powerful men get to rise to even higher ranks despite the harm they have caused; as long as "me too" can only be said among our friends and on our social media but not in our workplaces or in our halls of power: we have not gone too far. We have not even started.
Following the challenge to Brett Kavanaugh's nomination to the US supreme court and the extraordinary testimony of Dr Christine Blasey Ford, we will inevitably see the majority waver. Backlash to feminism, or opposition to initiatives designed to advance women's rights and social status, is nothing new. Those who fear change react by focusing new energy into maintaining their privilege. Opposition has taken various forms throughout history and in different national and cultural contexts. The seed is planted by those who risk losing power – those men who have a long and rich history of assuming power with no regard to their past or even current actions.
That seed will threaten to fester; it will be disseminated through opinion pieces and conservative news media, through office watercooler chats and message threads. It is a seed that is planted in fear – the fear of losing power; fear of seeing tens then hundreds and then thousands of other women come forward with the stories that they know are waiting in the wings. Fear of a shift in the dynamic that takes away from men something society has told them for all of their lives that they are entitled to and can expect: power.
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We should be poised for this backlash, not surprised or even outraged. We should expect it to take many forms – including from women, as has been seen through movements such as Women Against Feminism (as distinct from the ever-brilliant satirical Woman Against Feminism Twitter account, @notofeminism) and the current support for Kavanaugh from high-profile Republican women. That is not to say that a movement should be immune from criticism from the inside – indeed, most social movements have involved important discussions and, at times, tension about intersecting forms of oppression. Those challenges are equally important and cannot be framed as a "distraction" from the cause; rather, the cause must be strong enough to handle critiques from both inside and out. In embracing backlash we need to recognise, too, that this stance comes from a place of relative power; the ability to challenge the status quo is not a luxury that all women or people coming from a place of powerlessness can enjoy.
But we should not – more so, we cannot – waver. We should reject the narrative that the movements we are seeing are making the situation worse; that progress is being reversed. Change is not linear, and the retaliation may look like regression. Don't be fooled – after all, we are just getting started.
• Diane White is a consultant working in the areas of gender equality and violence against women, and was the former principal Adviser to the Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission's independent review into sex discrimination and sexual harassment in Victoria police. Paula McDonald is professor of work and organisation and director of the work/industry futures research program in the Queensland University of Technology business school, focusing on sexual harassment and discrimination in the workplace


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Food Studies Syllabus
Use Southern Cultures in the classroom
Southern Cultures is a prime source for southern food scholarship. Three special issues devoted to food studies and regular contributions on foodways demonstrate the journal's methodological strengths—oral history, ethnography, archival-based research. The following selections demonstrate the power of food to illuminate the nuances of social and cultural history in the South.
"Drum Head Stew: The Power and Poetry of Terroir"
Bernard L. Herman, Vol. 14, No. 4 (Winter 2009)
Herman's essay is an excellent introduction to food studies. His interviews with and photographs of local residents in coastal communities of Northampton County, Virginia help illustrate "taste of place," or the concept of "terroir." Their talk of stews made of drum fish, heirloom potato cultivation and cyclical celebrations point to deep relationships with indigeneity, environmental complexities, perseverance, regional occupations, and the past. Herman writes: "Terroir is experience and emotion, embodiment and immediacy, custom and invention, destiny and storytelling. It manifests itself in a constantly evolving style and synthesis of ingredients, recipes, preparations, and eating, from fancy holiday meals to work day lunches" (38). Part of his ongoing work with foodways and cultural heritage, Herman's essay demonstrates the nuanced insights that are made possible through ethnographic engagement. (For more, see Herman's other food essays in Southern Cultures.)
"Feeding the Jewish Soul in the Delta Diaspora"
Marcie Cohen Ferris, Vol. 10, No. 3 (Fall 2004)
Looking closely at the historic experiences of individual Delta families, Cohen Ferris's essay explores the culinary, spiritual, and social world of Jews in small-town Mississippi. She traces the history of the Delta's Jewish community to their beginnings as rural peddlers in the late 19th century and through to their establishment of businesses and successful cotton farms. Jewish foodways emerge as significant expressions of identity and belonging for a group who often found themselves walking the socio-cultural line between white and black worlds. Everyday practices of Delta Jews, such as bringing back bagels, lox, corned beef and dark loaves of pumpernickel bread from Jackson, Memphis or Birmingham, are defining of "a unique expression of American Judaism" (58). Cohen Ferris's essay demonstrates well how to write the social and cultural history of groups through the food they treasure. (For more, see Cohen Ferris's other essays in Southern Cultures.)
"'A Recourse that Could be Depended Upon': Picking Blackberries and Getting by after the Civil War"
Bruce E. Baker, Vol. 16, No. 4 (Winter 2010)
Baker uses Rhoda Halperin's framework of "multiple livelihoods strategies" to examine how southerners made ends meet after the Civil War by harnessing natural resources in their regions (i.e., blackberries, fish, and nuts). The article draws attention to the importance of the commons and to informal economies, "invisible" things that continue to be important to communities across the South. This essay includes a close examination of the blackberry itself—what it is, where it grows, how to prepare it (including a couple of recipes)—and illustrates well how a thing like a blackberry (and food more generally) can be "good to think with." Read an excerpt online, or access the full piece via Project Muse.
Grandmother MacDuffey, with blackberries picked from nearby swamps, Irwinville, Georgia, 1938, courtesy of the Collections of the Library of Congress.
"Simply Necessity?: Aesthetics in Southern Home Canning"
Danille Elise Christensen, Vol. 21, No. 1 (Spring 2015)
Writing against assumptions about the mere utilitarian nature of food preservation, Christensen gathers published testimony from southern women who describe home canning as pleasurable. Poor or well-off, rural or urban, women take pride in the aesthetic dimensions of canning, describing the variety and quantity of foods they process as well as the look of food within jars and on shelves. Christensen also draws attention to the ways in which the exchange of home grown and processed foods in communities reinforces social ties. Her essay provides an excellent example of how to attend to aesthetic and expressive dimensions of socio-cultural phenomena. (To demonstrate how food processing has been an important home industry for women, leading to social and material capital, pair this with Elizabeth S. D. Engelhardt's "Canning Tomatoes, Growing 'Better and More Perfect Women,'" Southern Cultures, Vol. 15, No. 4: The Edible South.)
"Canning Tomatoes, Growing 'Better and More Perfect Women': The Girls' Tomato Club Movement"
Elizabeth S. D. Engelhardt, Vol. 15, No. 4 (Winter 2009)
Englehardt reveals the story of how tomato clubs transformed girls' lives across the South in the early twentieth century by providing them with the skills to cultivate, can and sell their own tomatoes. Englehardt uses the papers of one of the pioneers of the tomato club movement, former North Carolina teacher and women's club member, Jane S. McKimmon, as well as historic photographs and historic newspaper coverage to reconstruct the atmosphere of the burgeoning home demonstration movement in the early 20th century. Englehardt includes details only available from archived primary sources to show just how productive the club activity was: "In this first year, McKimmons's 440 girls produced 10,000 cans and realized an average profit per girl of $14.75 (in today's money = $330)" (82). This essay provides a good model of how to do social history by looking for particular manifestations of individual and small-group engagement in larger social movements (in this case agricultural extension and home demonstration). Larger issues: food industry; women; agriculture; home economics; home demonstration. Read the complete piece online for free.
"Mother Corn and Dixie Pig: Native Foods in the Native South"
Rayna Green, Vol. 14, No. 4 (Winter 2008)
The southern culinary staples of "greens and grits" come from American Indian food culture, though almost no credit is given native people for their contributions to southern foodways. Green's essay offers a corrective to this omission, tracing the historic significance of southeast Indian agricultural and culinary practices in the region. Beginning with the Indian Removals of the 1830s, which resulted in the cessions of prime Indian farmland, Green analyzes the ongoing phenomenon of Indian marginalization in the Southeast. She advocates for the reintroduction of Indian food to menus and farmer's markets where "chefs that care so deeply about the restoration of southern food might want to join forces with the oldest farmers" (124). This essay is informative and provides a fine example of how history (and food history in particular) can function as advocacy. (For more, explore the entire Southern Cultures First Peoples issue.)
"The Case of Wild Onions:
The Impact of Ramps on Cherokee Rights"
Courtney Lewis, Vo. 18, No. 2 (Summer 2012)
"Finally, the defendant was called to testify. The air went from lighthearted post-lunch chatting to dour and intense. Judging from the sudden solemnity, one might have imagined that this trial was for drug trafficking or a violent crime. But it was about something that had much more profound implications: picking plants—specifically, wild onions."
This essay provides a way to open a conversation about the relationship between land and food. Lewis introduces readers to the ecology of the ramp, a wild onion central in the springtime Cherokee diet, land rights and the idea of the commons. Lewis writes: "What started out that Monday as a seemingly minor case about picking onions unfolded into an astonishing story of land disappearances, mismarked boundaries and the legitimacy of indigenous scientific knowledge" (116). Lewis's essay also addresses the land conservation movement, which may seem like a positive no-brainer to those living in mainstream, suburban culture, but which can actually be quite controversial in rural communities.
"Molasses-Colored Glasses: WPA and Sundry Sources on Molasses and Southern Foodways"
Frederick Douglass Opie, Vol. 14, No. 1 (Spring 2008)
In his essay on this southern staple, Opie defines molasses, describes how it is made and by whom and how it was used in southern cooking. He examines its nutritional value (rich in vitamins and minerals) and the contexts in which it was eaten, establishing it as a working-class staple of African American, Indian and white southerners. Making use of WPA photographs, historic interviews and recollections of his own, Opie focuses most substantially on the development of molasses as an integral part of the African American diet. He includes multiple first-hand descriptions of common meals that included molasses: "Louis Armstrong recalled living for six months on a 'supper of black molasses and a big hunk of bread' at the Colored Waifs Home for Boys in New Orleans" (89). In the vein of Sidney Mintz's classic sugar study, this essay provides a model of how to write food history.
"She Ought to Have Taken Those Cakes:
Southern Women Regional Food Networks and Food Supplies"
Rebecca Sharpless, Vol. 18, No. 2 (Summer 2012)
Sharpless examines the social and economic significance of rural-urban food networks in the early twentieth century. Southern farm women—landowning, mostly white—with surplus vegetables and animal products (chickens, eggs, milk) could sell them in urban curb markets, to grocery chains, and, most significantly, to middle class town women. Sharpless's essay points to the ways local sourcing developed a cache in this era, citing period recipes calling for "sweet country butter" and the grocery-store chain Piggly Wiggly touting "home grown very fancy cabbage" for sale. Sharpless writes: "Whether or not the quality of food goods was higher outside the city, the perception reflected continued southern—indeed, American—sentiment of rural superiority" (54). This essay demonstrates how to write social history with food and provides a good analogue to contemporary farmer's market and local sourcing trends.
Farmer's market, Weatherford, Texas, May 1939, photographed by Russell Lee, courtesy of the Collections of the Library of Congress.
"This is Your Dekalb Farmers Market:
Food and Ethnicity in Atlanta"
Tore Olsson, Vol. 13, No. 4 (Winter 2007)
This essay provides a wide food lens for thinking about the multi-cultural South. Olsson examines the history of the Dekalb Farmers Market in Atlanta, which employs people from a wide range of national and ethnic backgrounds and attracts shoppers and diners from as many. What began as a small operation that catered to the tastes of a biracial South "was transformed by an immigration revolution that continues to redefine the dynamics of the urban South" (46). This story of the Dekalb Farmers Market offers a way to talk about food markets, food flows, the urban South, and entrepreneurship. It could also open conversations about farmers markets in particular: Where are they located? What are they selling? Who shops there? Why? (To more fully explore locally sourced foods and farmer's markets from different perspectives, pair this with the above-listed Southern Cultures articles by Sharpless and Green.)
Header image: Carrboro Farmers' Market at dawn, photo by Katy Clune.


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Jannik Schümann é um ator alemão e dublador.

Biografia
Jannik Schümann cresceu no distrito de Kirchwerder em Hamburgo. Quando criança, ele tinha interesse ao jazz e hip-hop. Sua paixão pela dança lhe valeu o papel do pequeno Mozart (Amadé) na estréia alemã do musical homônimo em Neuer Flora, em Hamburgo, aos nove anos de idade.Schümann foi descoberto por um agente que o contratou e lhe enviou aulas de atuação nos anos seguintes.

Em 2003 teve o primeiro papel na televisão em uma série da ZDF, Die Rettungsflieger. Em 2004 Schümann dubla na versão alemã de rádio-drama da história de Éric-Emmanuel Schmitts Oskar und die Dame in Rosa ao lado de Gisela Trowe no papel-título juvenil. Em 2007, ele foi visto na televisão em dois papéis Das Glück am anderen Ende der Welt como o filho de Heiner Lauterbach e como suspeito de assassinato em Tatort: Liebeshunger  com Robert Atzorn. A partir de 2007/08, o papel de Florian foi representado por Kerstin Marie Mäkelburg e Jerry Marwig na estreia mundial do Udo-Jürgens-Musical, Ich war noch niemals in New York no Hamburger Operettenhaus. Além de outros papéis convidados em séries de televisão e séries, ele atuou nos papéis principais para os filmes Die drei ??? – Das Geheimnis der Geisterinsel (2007) e  WinneToons – Die Legende vom Schatz im Silbersee (2009). No papél de Justus Jonas em Die drei ??? e também falou no filme seguinte Die drei ??? – Das verfluchte Schloss (2009) e para a série de drama de rádio de  Die drei ??? Kids. Schümann foi recorrente na série infantil e juvenil da televisão como entusiasta de futebol e suposto incendiário em Die Pfefferkörner (2009), bem como na produção em língua inglesa Emmas Chatroom (2010/11).

Schümann tornou-se conhecido por um público mais amplo através de seu envolvimento no premiado programa de televisão Homevideo (2011). No drama sobre ciberbullying entre estudantes, ele apareceu no papel coadjuvante do intrigante Henry, que coloca um vídeo comprometedor de seu colega de classe Jakob (interpretado por Jonas Nay) na Internet. O Süddeutsche Zeitung criticou que teria sido mais ousado dedicar mais tempo ao papel do agressor. "Henry está procurando por poder. O que o leva a jogar impiedosamente permanece aberto." Por sua atuação, Schümann foi indicado para o New Faces Award 2012 pela revista Bunte, mas ficou aquém do seu colega de vídeo caseiro, Jonas Nay. No mesmo ano, Schümann estreou no cinema com o papel coadjuvante de Mario no drama de Barbara Petzold, Barbara, atuando como hiperativo, além de lidar com pílulas filho de um diretor de escola (Herbert Knaup) no filme de Martin Enlens. O jovem elenco de artistas em torno de Isabel Bongard, Sonja Gerhardt, Vincent Redetzki, Anton Rubtsov e Schümann foi premiado com um prêmio especial do júri na apresentação do Hessischer Fernsehpreis de 2012. Em outubro de 2013, o filme de Gregor Schnitzler, Spieltrieb, foi lançado, baseado no romance de Juli Zeh, Spieltrieb, no qual ele assumiu o papel de protagonista masculino do Alev. Na adaptação do best-seller de Andreas Steinhöfels no meio do mundo, ele assumiu o papel de Nicholas.

Jannik Schümann vive em Berlim e Hamburgo.

Filmografia

Ator
 2003: Die Rettungsflieger (episódio: Rivalen im Cockpit)
 2007: Tatort (episódio: Liebeshunger)
 2007: Das Glück am anderen Ende der Welt (Telefilme)
 2009: Stubbe – Von Fall zu Fall – (episódio: Im toten Winkel)
 2009: Die Pfefferkörner (série de TV, quatro episódios)
 2010: Kommissarin Lucas (episódio: Wenn alles zerbricht)
 2010: SOKO Wismar (episódio: Die Prophezeiung)
 2010: Garmischer Bergspitzen (Telefilme)
 2010–2011: Emmas Chatroom (série de TV)
 2011: Notruf Hafenkante (episódio: Eltern – nein, danke!)
 2011: Homevideo (Telefilme)
 2011: Der Alte (episódio: Schleichendes Gift)
 2011: Küstenwache (episódio: Verlorene Unschuld)
 2012: Ferngesteuert (curta-metragem)
 2012: Barbara
 2012: Mittlere Reife (Telefilme)
 2012: SOKO Köln (episódio: Mord nach Schulschluss)
 2012: Polizeiruf 110 (episódio: Eine andere Welt)
 2013: Der Lehrer (episódio: Ich hab' ja gesagt, ich bin Lehrer)
 2013: Die Erfinderbraut
 2013: Lotta & die frohe Zukunft
 2013: Spieltrieb
 2013: Heiter bis tödlich: Morden im Norden (episódio: Über Bord)
 2013: Tatort (episódio: Gegen den Kopf)
 2013: Bella Block (episódio: Angeklagt)
 2014: Katie Fforde (episódio: Das Meer in dir)
 2014: Sechs auf einen Streich (episódio: Die drei Federn)
 2015: Schuld nach Ferdinand von Schirach (episódio: Die Illuminaten)
 2015: Die kalte Wahrheit (Telefilme)
 2015: Mein Sohn Helen (Telefilme)
 2015: Großstadtrevier (episódio: Geborene Verlierer)
 2016: Die Hebamme II (Telefilme)
 2016: Alarm für Cobra 11 (episódio: Tödlicher Profit)
 2016: Die Diplomatin (episódio: Das Botschaftsattentat)
 2016: Die Diplomatin (episódio: Entführung in Manila)
 2016: Die Mitte der Welt
 2016: Lenalove
 2017: Jugend ohne Gott
 2017: High Society
 2017: Grenzenlos (Submersão)

Dublador
 2007: Die drei ??? – Das Geheimnis der Geisterinsel (Os Três Investigadores e o Segredo da Ilha Esquelética; papel: Justus Jonas)
 2008–2009: Team X Treme (série de audiolivros, papel: Kyle Connor (Phantom))
 2009: Die drei ??? – Das verfluchte Schloss (Os Três Investigadores e o Segredo do Castelo do Terror; papel: Justus Jonas)
 2009: WinneToons – Die Legende vom Schatz im Silbersee (filme de animação; papel: Bobby)
 2012: Der Lorax (papel: Ted)

Papéis em musicais
 2001–2002: Mozart (Neue Flora, Hamburgo; papel: Amadé)
 2004: Oliver Twist (Kampnagel, Hamburgo)
 2008: Ich war noch niemals in New York (Operettenhaus, Hamburgo; papel: Florian)

Prêmios
 2012: Nomeação para o New Faces Award por Homevideo (Melhor jovem ator)
 2012: Hessischer Fernsehpreis – Sonderpreis der Jury für Mittlere Reife (juntamente com Isabel Bongard, Sonja Gerhardt, Vincent Redetzki e Anton Rubtsov)
 2016: Askania Award (Prêmio Shooting-Star)

Links externos
 Offizielle Webpräsenz
 Agentur-Profil em cdreikauss-schauspieler.de

Nascidos em 1992
Atores da Alemanha
Dubladores da Alemanha


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Welcome to Whiteley's World
Brett Whiteley is a legend of Australian art. Despite his tragic death 27 years ago, Australia is still transfixed by rebel, icon and artist. You can visit his studio, see his drawings at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, take in a Whiteley opera or take one of his works home. An opportunity to revisit the enigma, here is a guide to everything Whiteley. Welcome to Whiteley's world.
The poetry lives on. Brett Whiteley - 'Poem for a Lover'.
Your Weekend Guide to Brett Whiteley
Escape into Wendy Whiteley's Secret Garden
Not sign posted and without official opening hours, Wendy's magical garden in Lavender Bay on Sydney Harbour truly is secret. It's also free.
Wear Whiteley
Australian label Aje created a line of clothes printed with Whiteley works.
See Whiteley
Till March 31st, the Australian Gallery of New South Wales is hosting an exhibition of Whiteley's drawings called 'Drawing is Everything'.
Hear Whiteley
For only two weeks in July 2019, there will be a Whiteley opera at the Sydney Opera House.
Visit Whiteley's studio
Open Friday to Sunday from 4 - 10pm in Surry Hills, this is must see.
Watch Whiteley
Available online, is the recent documentary about Whiteley's life. See the stirring trailer above.
Take Whiteley Home
Whiteley lived a thousand lives and through these performances, clothes and more, has become part of many more. If you'd like to bring Whiteley into you and your family's home, we can help.
Known for his visceral paintings, Whiteley was also a devout proponent of printmaking. Through the challenges of each medium, Whiteley believed there was opportunity for artistic discovery. In our coveted collection of graphics, his faith and aptitude for the medium is brazen. In Whiteley's words, here lies the printmaker's promise of uniting "craft and vision".
Brett Whiteley - 'Back 2'.
Among the Whiteley works for offer are screenprints, etching and lithographs. In the above work - a poetic, sparing lithograph, Whiteley captures his subject's form with just a few strokes. This work is indicative of an artist who's will to create was as fundamental as a need to breathe.
In the Whiteley's own words, "a good print should have the same feeling of 'rightness' that a one off drawing has". And in this case, it does. Widely collected and an Australian icon, Whiteley articulated the sweet and sad poetry of life.
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Reports of her ghostly footsteps were once commonplace among staff and soldiers at the Castle - padding across the ceiling of the King's Old Building at Stirling Castle. A near impossible route, now, but until a brutal re-modelling of that structure, following a fire in the 1840s, there had been a walkway at this spot. According to tradition, a relief sentry ascended the stairway to this narrow walkway sometime in the 1820s, only to discover his predecessor dead at his post, a look of terror on his face. He must, the story goes, have met the gaze of the Green Lady – for to do so is to invite death before the dawn.
Various origins have been suggested for the Green Lady. The most popular is that she was a maidservant who rescued Mary, Queen of Scots, from a burning bedchamber in the Castle. Such a fire did occur, when a carelessly positioned candle set Mary's bed-curtains ablaze – that much is recorded in the 'Calendar of State Papers' for 1562. No account of this mishap, however, makes mention of the Queen's loyal rescuer. If, indeed, such a lass ever existed.
Some versions of her story record that the maidservant had prophesied a threat to Mary's life, and it was she who positioned the tottering taper – the better to keep watch over her mistress. Her reputation as a harbinger of doom, then, may be penance for accidentally creating the catastrophe which threatened the Queen and robbed the poor girl of her own life.
Faery legend gives account of another green-garbed spirit with the gift of fatal prophesy, the Bean Nighe, the 'Washer at the Ford', in the old tongue – a near-relation to the Irish Bean Sidhe, or Banshee. She was said to wanders near deserted streams, where she washing the shrouds or grave-clothes of those who are about to die by violent of unexpected means. If a mere mortal discovered her at her labours they might ask a boon – to know the hour and manner of their own deaths.


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Knight-Hennessy Scholars announces new scholars in its 2021 cohort representing 26 countries and 37 graduate degree programs at Stanford
General STANFORD, CALIF. 7 พ.ค. 64 9:40
The Knight-Hennessy Scholars program (https://kh.stanford.edu/) at Stanford University announced its 2021 cohort of 76 new scholars, with students from 26 countries, pursuing degrees in 37 graduate degree programs across all seven of Stanford's graduate schools. The 76 new scholars will be joined by five scholars deferring from 2020, bringing the cohort size to 81. Profiles of the 2021 Knight-Hennessy Scholars are here (https://kh.stanford.edu/program/scholars) and summary statistics are here (PDF Link: https://stanford.app.box.com/s/9isby6icge7ffmuntrwokkrowo9jny71)
The Knight-Hennessy Scholars program cultivates and supports a highly engaged, multidisciplinary and multicultural community of graduate students from across Stanford University, and delivers a diverse collection of educational experiences, preparing graduates to address complex challenges facing the world. Knight-Hennessy Scholars participate in the King Global Leadership Program and receive up to three years of financial support to pursue a graduate degree program in any of Stanford's seven graduate schools.
"At a time when humanity faces difficult challenges ranging from the pandemic to climate change to racial justice, we are delighted to welcome a set of scholars determined to contribute to finding solutions and making a better world," said John L. Hennessy, president emeritus and the Shriram Family Director of the Knight-Hennessy Scholars program.
The program strives to develop transformational leaders who have a strong cross-cultural perspective, create a bold vision for the future, inspire others through their words and actions, and are committed to a greater good. The King Global Leadership Program provides a collection of community building experiences, interactive workshops, meetings with global leaders, and personal development opportunities.
The Knight-Hennessy Scholars program has no quotas or restrictions based on region, college or university, field of study, or career aspiration. Among new 2021 scholars, 57% are women and 46% hold a passport from a non-U.S. country. Fifty-six percent of U.S. scholars identify as a person of color, and 11% have served in the U.S. military. The scholars earned undergraduate degrees at 16 international and 32 U.S. institutions. Twenty percent are the first in their family to attend college.
The inaugural cohort enrolled in 2018, and the fourth cohort brings the total scholar count to 270 to date. The program will eventually increase the intake of scholars to 100 per year. Scholars are selected based on their demonstration of independence of thought, purposeful leadership, and a civic mindset. "Each scholar is selected to add a unique perspective to the cohort, contributing to a highly multicultural and multidisciplinary community," said Tina Seelig, Executive Director of the Knight-Hennessy Scholars program.
The application for the 2022 cohort will open August 1 and is due October 6. The program offers online information sessions to describe the community, program, and admission process.
About Knight-Hennessy Scholars
Announced in 2016, the program is named for Phil Knight, MBA '62, philanthropist and co-founder of Nike Inc., and John Hennessy, chairman of Alphabet Inc. and president of Stanford (2000-2016). Knight-Hennessy Scholars is the largest fully endowed graduate fellowship in the world.
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## Excellence HR System (```v 2.0.0```)
Frontend and Backend in same directory

## Getting Started

```bash
$ git clone https://github.com/reactexcel/ReactReduxHR.git
there are two directories in this repo,frontend directory has frontend related code and backend has backend related
$ cd ReactReduxHR/frontend
$ npm install                   # Install project dependencies
```
#### Setup enviornment with any one of the below methods.

1. If you want to run the app on port with development APIs and deploy with live APIs then add two files `.env.development` & `.env.production`. and set the env variables as below.
  ###### .env.development
  ```
  REACT_APP_HOST_ENV=development
  REACT_APP_BASE_URL=development_api_base_url     # i.e http://176.9.137.77/hr/ReactReduxHR/backend
  ```
  ###### .env.production
  ```
  REACT_APP_HOST_ENV=production
  REACT_APP_BASE_URL=live_api_base_url    # i.e. https://hr.excellencetechnologies.in
  ```

2. if you want to run and build both with the same APIs then just add a `.env` file and set the env variables as below.
 ```
  REACT_APP_HOST_ENV=production
  REACT_APP_BASE_URL=api_base_url     # any either development or production base url
  ```

Enviornment setup is finished. Now run the app with below command

### Running Application
```
$ npm start                # Compile and launch
```
It will launch the browser automatically, but if not,  Then open `http://127.0.0.1:3000` in browser.

### Build project
Build process will compile and create bundles as per enviornment setup done above. It also optimizes the build for the best performance
It will pick the APIs base url from enviornment variable you defined.

```bash
$ npm run build
```
Now you have the /build folder at project root. You can move the build where ever you want to deploy and run in browser.

### Deploy on server
  Follow the steps below to deploy on development server

  1. Commit and push the changes on git repository.

  2. Do the ssh login to the dev server in terminal.

  3. go to /var/www/html/hr/ReactReduxHR and take pull from your branch.

  4. go to frontend and set .env file over there via `nano .evn` command
  5. below is the content inside of .env file
       ` REACT_APP_BASE_URL= your enviroment url`

  6.  run `npm run build`

  NOTE:check is `connection.php` and `config.json` is available is you ReactRedux repo if not create a file inside ReactReduxHR repo otherwise api will `fail`

  It's done !
  You can now run the dev server ` http://176.9.137.77/hr/ReactReduxHR/frontend/build` in your browser.

  NOTE: if `ReactReduxHR` not exist, then you have first clone the project and then follow the above steps.

### Run Cypress Tests

```
$ npm run cypress
```

## Application Structure

The application structure presented below is to be strictly followed while developing the application. Functionalities are grouped in to modules based on its features, and routes falls under similar category. The same module structure is to be followed inside **components**, **redux**, **style** which contains related content modulewise.

```
.

├── public                   # Public folder which contains html file for the project
│   ├── favicon.ico          # page favicon
│   ├── index.html           # Project's html file
│   └── manifest.json        # Create-react-app auto generated file
├──cypress                   # Cypress Unit Test files
|   └── integration          # contains .js files that comes in Cypress UI to run tests
├── src                      # Application source code
│   ├── modules              # Reusable Container Components
│   │   └── auth             # Route definitions and async split points
│   │       ├── components   # Presentational React Components related to respactive modules
│   │       └── containers   # The root components for the route comes here
│   ├── components           # Reusable Presentational Components
│   │   └── auth             # Module dir for the dumb components
│   ├── styles               # Application-wide styles (generally settings)
│   │   ├── main.scss        # Imports all scss form the diffrent module wise scss
│   │   └── auth             # Contains scss for the respective modules
│   ├── redux                # Reducers and action for each module inside this dir
│   │   ├── auth             # Container for module wise actions & reducer
│   │   │   ├── actions      # Module wise actions
│   │   │   └── reducers     # Module wise reducer
│   │   ├── actions.js       # Actions are defined here that are being imported to dispatch any api call & response
│   │   ├── constants.js     # Defines constants for the actions
│   │   ├── reducers.js      # Imports all reducers of diffrent modules and combine it
│   │   └── update.js        # Manual commands defined to update the reducers
│   ├── config               # common configuration used in source code
│   ├── static               # Static assets (not imported anywhere in source code)
│   ├── saga.js              # Root of saga middleware
│   ├── store.js             # Create redux store using reducers and meddilwares
│   └── index.js             # Application bootstrap, routes and renderin
├── .env.development         # Set enviornment variable for development
├── .env.production          # Set enviornment variable for production
├── .env                     # Set a common enviornment variable for both development & production  (remove .env.production and .env.development)
├── readmd.md                # Project's package.json file
│
:
```

## Styles

We are using `.scss` to style this application. We emphasize not to use inline as much possible and use class instead. Module structure should be followed to create a `.scss` file for a component.
### example of styles for **auth** module

```
src
├─ styles                    # Application-wide styles (generally settings)
│  ├─ main.scss               # Imports all scss form the diffrent modules (i.e. 'import 'auth/index.scss'')
│  └─ auth                    # Contains scss for the respective modules
│     ├─ index.scss           # Import all scss files for this module (i.e. login.scss, forgotPassword.scss, logout.scss ) │and also define common styles here
│     ├─ login.scss           # Define styles for login container and its successive components
│     ├─ forgotPassword.scss  # Define styles for forgot password container and its successive components
│     └─ logout.scss          # Define styles for logout container and its successive components

```
### example of styles for **auth** module

To add a class to `.scss`, first we create the same module stucture to which we are supposed to write a class.
Lets take example to add some style to login page. If `.scss` for login doesn't exist than we create it `style/auth/login.scss`. Find the location carefully because it defines the relation between `.scss` and your components. Here in example `style` is the directory which contains all `.scss` files. `auth` is the module directory, it contains all `.scss` files for `auth` module. `login.scss` indicates that it contains all styles for login page.

`style/auth/login.scss`

```
/*
  Styles only for container login and its successive components
*/

.logo-container {
  background-color: #284665;
  padding: 30px 40px 30px 40px;
  width: 300px;
  margin-left: 5px;
  border-radius: 6px;
  padding-bottom: 20px;
}
```

`style/auth/forgotPassword.scss`

```
/*
  Styles only for container forgotPassword and its successive components
*/

.btn-flat {
  background: #284665;
}
```

`style/auth/logout.scss`

```
/*
  Styles only for container logout and its successive components
*/
.timeline {
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
}
```

module directory also contains one `index.scss` file which imports all `.scss` files for respective module (here `auth` module in example). This `index.scss` file also contains styles that is common to that module.

```
/*
  `style/auth/index.scss`
  Imports .scss files for this module
*/
@import "login";
@import "logout";
@import "forgotPassword";

/*
  Styles common to all container of this modules and its successive components
*/
.input-auth-padding {
  padding: 5px;
}
```
### main.scss

There would be a `main.scss` file which import scss files from all modules. This main.scss file is imported to the project's root file `main.js`. So no need to add any other `scss` file to anywhere in the application but only need to import in `main.scss`.

```
/*
  `style/main.scss`
  Imports index.scss file from the modules
*/
@import "auth/index";
@import "inventory/index";
@import "auth/index";

/*
  style comes here which is common to all modules
*/
body{
  font-family: "Roboto", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
}
```

### Error while npm install

```
ERROR in ./~/css-loader!./~/sass-loader!./~/postcss-loader!./src/styles/main.scss
Module build failed: Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, scandir '/var/www/html/UpworkTest/ReactReduxHR/node_modules/node-sass/vendor'
```
In case of this error run the `npm rebuild node-sass --force`.

### Cypress Unit Testing

```
It is to test every page(route) as a user by Automation testing.
run test through UI in default browser.

```
**NOTE:** Every Time a PR is created circleci must pass the test.

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The design of the existing norms and strict compliance with the relevant provisions of China, including load calculations together, earthquake, wind load, the internal force mix, floor design, foundation design, staircase design. In which the role of horizontal seismic base shear calculation method used, using the corrected inflection point method (D value) to determine the pillar of anti-bend point and the internal force. When calculating the vertical load distribution using the method of secondary moment.
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I agree, stunning lighting on these, they're really wonderful. You're so photogenic though, you look good in any light!
Thanks Porcelina! If only I looked like this under the fluorescent lights at work haha.
Thank you so much, what a lovely compliment!
You really look just stunning here! These remind me so much of the studio shots of actors from the era, which of course was the whole intention, so great job on that. They are all so amazing, but I think my favorites are the 5th and 7th ones from the top - you are absolutely smouldering in them.
Yes, that's exactly what we were going for! Jac brought along some pictures of Lauren Bacall, Bette Davis, etc, which we tried to emulate.
Beautiful photos! You look quite stunning and the lighting is superb.
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VIDEO: Diversity Run en Ciudad de México
Posted: July 6, 2015 | Author: Enrique TorreMolina | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: Bosque de Chapultepec, carrera, Ciel, ciudad de méxico, copred, deporte, df, Diversity Run, JP Morgan, lgbt, mexico city, Powerade, The Biggest Race | Leave a comment
Así estuvo la primera carrera Diversity Run que organizó The Biggest Race en el Bosque de Chapultepec el domingo 21 de junio. Apoyé este evento junto a instituciones y marcas como el Consejo para Prevenir la Discriminación de la Ciudad de México, J.P. Morgan, Ciel y Powerade.
Buck Angel: pornographer turned advocate
Posted: September 25, 2014 | Author: Enrique TorreMolina | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: activism, Buck Angel, Buck Angel Dating, Buck Angel Entertainment, Copenhagen, Dan Hunt, Detroit, London, Mérida, mexico city, MIC Género, Mr Angel, Netflix, New York, Oklahoma City, porn, pornography, transgender, Transmen, transsexual, Yucatán | Leave a comment
*I published this piece originally on The Huffington Post on September 23, 2014.
His Pervert tattoo on his back is often misread as Perfect. But that's what he has achieved in a way. Perfection. He looks the way he always dreamed to. He has also created Buck Angel Entertainment, Buck Angel Dating, and has his own sculpture in London.
A lot of people don't think he has important things to say, which he attributes to the fact that he is a porn star. And he does. That's why I met with him for an interview on a short trip to Merida a couple of years ago and between work trips of his own to Detroit, Oklahoma City, Copenhagen, and London. And after a series of unfortunate events that resulted in this not being published earlier, here's my chat with award-winning pornographer turned advocate Buck Angel.
If you're in Mexico City on September 25 and 26, don't miss Dan Hunt's documentary on Buck's life and work Mr. Angel at the MIC Género festival. The film is also available on Netflix.
Enrique Torre Molina: In Merida it's not really hard for people to stand out. How has that been for you?
Buck Angel: This place has been magic for us. People are amazing, they're really sweet, even though I look kind of scary in a sense. So, I do stand out, but people aren't rude about it. They're very okay. They don't care. It's very simple and easy here. There's no pretentiousness. You lived in New York, you know what I mean. I travel all the time. I'm constantly on the road, so our house here is sort of like our safe place. We have people who work for us, who take care of our place and our dog, and we could never live like that in the U.S., with a domestic staff of three. We throw Christmas parties for our neighbors, with tamales and everything. At first they were scared of us. They thought we were drug dealers. We've made an effort to show our support to the community.
ETM: How did you get into the work you do now?
BA: I started working in the porn business behind the camera and everything was going great. Then I started working with a transsexual woman, which is a huge genre in the adult industry. So I thought, wow, there is no porn with a man like me. You could see any kind of porn you wanted, but a guy like me did not exist. I realized it had to be all about me, so I came up with the "man with a pussy" tag line. It was not easy. The whole adult industry hated me. I was, like, they have porn with 500 men gang bangs. How can you say I'm a freak?
ETM: Do you think that even with everything you can find in porn it is still a heteronormative or gendernormative industry?
BA: Everyone was freaking out on me. It was something new, and there had been nothing new in this industry for so long. At one point I got sick of it, I was taking everything personal, and that's when I snapped myself out of it. I flipped it and everything started to change. Within two years of starting my business I won the AVN Transsexual Performer of the Year. Little by little I started recognition inside and outside the adult industry. When I started getting media attention from outside of that I realized maybe I was doing something bigger. Gender and sexuality is whatever you make of it. Because of that, that's where I am today. Moving my adult work into educational work. I moved it to wanting to teach the world that you can be whoever you want to be, no matter what anybody tells you.
I get emails from people who tell me I've changed their lives, I've made them feel like they don't have to commit suicide, they can be who they want to be. They don't have to have surgery to become a man or a woman. That has been the most rewarding thing for me. A 13-year-old kid writing me and telling me "Thank you for making me feel that I'm not a freak." You know how huge that is? When I was 13 I wanted to kill myself. That's why I've had to twist my work into more educational, because my message is bigger than that.
ETM: So, that just happened very organically.
BA: It did. But through the organic change I realized I have to make an effort to change. I had to make that effort to say I'm an educator. I'm an advocate. I'm a filmmaker. I'm not just a pornographer. That has actually been a burden more than anything: the fact that I'm a porn star.
ETM: Is that common in the porn industry? To have people make that crossover to advocacy, activism, education?
BA: You will not see a lot of people like me making that crossover, though it is happening more today. And I have to say I attribute that a lot to my work. I really believe that my work has helped other people come along and feel more the need to become sex educators. The way they disrespected trans women in porn was also one of the reasons why I did my own work, because I didn't want me or a guy like me to get into a porn industry that disrespects me. Trans women or girls with dicks were marketed as freaks. It was a straight man who took them, and made money off of them, paid them, and kicked them out the door. I saw that, and I didn't want that to be my work.
ETM: The T in LGBT seems to be the last priority within that community. Does it make sense for transgender people to continue to spin off as a movement of its own?
BA: I think they should. Sexuality and gender are two different things. LGB is your sexuality. T is about your gender. I've always said that. When I mention that I'm a transsexual to a doctor, they immediately think I'm saying I'm a homosexual. And I have to tell you Mexico has been amazing in terms of medical care.
ETM: What is it like to have achieved the ideal version of yourself, appearance wise, if that is the case?
BA: It is. I always dreamed to look how I look: a man with muscles, able to take my shirt off. I don't know so much about the tattoos or the bald head, which came with the testosterone as a side effect. I can say that I have achieved what I always wanted, which is the look of ultra, hyper masculinity. That's what I was going for. Not to say that's the case for all trans men, but it was my vision. I used to hate my body. And, actually, contrary to what people say of testosterone, testosterone mellowed me. It didn't make me angry. I was angry before the testosterone, but now I'm much more calm, and feel more at peace with myself than ever before. My work isn't about being trans. It's about being who you are.
For Matthew Shepard and his family
Posted: June 20, 2014 | Author: Enrique TorreMolina | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: Agnes Torres, bisexual, Brandon Teena, college, coming out, community center, Daniel Zamudio, df, El proyecto Laramie, Embajada de Estados Unidos, gay, gender identity, hate crime, homophobia, It gets better, Judy Shepard, Laramie, lesbian, lgbt, Matthew Shepard, Matthew Shepard Foundation, mexico city, murder, Nebraska, New York, Puebla, Santiago, sexual orientation, Teatro Milán, the huffington post, the laramie project, theater, transgender, U.S. Embassy, united states of america, Wyoming | 1 Comment
*I originally published this post on The Huffington Post on June 18, 2014.
I wrote and read this piece on June 3, right before a special performance of The Laramie Project that I co-produced with the U.S. Embassy and the Matthew Shepard Foundation at Mexico City's Teatro Milán.
At the end of my first year in college, just when I began to come out to my family and friends, I read about a young man in the United States, Matthew Shepard, who had been brutally murdered for being gay. This shocked me for many reasons — first, because I identified with a few of Matthew's traits: My age at that time was almost the same as his when he was killed. We were both university students studying international relations. We both enjoyed traveling and learning new languages. We were both gay.
But what caught my attention the most was the fact that he was a regular guy. Matthew was not a famous activist whose work made someone in power feel uncomfortable. He was not a politician getting in the way of another. Matthew was just at the wrong spot at the wrong time with the wrong people. This terrified me.
A couple of years after that, I was living in New York, and I met Judy Shepard, Matthew's mom and the co-founder of the organization named after him. Judy spoke at the city's LGBT Community Center. At the end of the event, I came up to say hello, mentioned how much I admired her work, and asked her a couple of questions. Judy gave me a purple plastic bracelet that I have worn every day since then, for five years now. It has two simple but very strong words on it: "ERASE HATE."
The hate that took her son away. The hate that ended Matthew's life in 1998 in Wyoming, Brandon Teena's in 1993 in Nebraska, Daniel Zamudio's in 2012 in Santiago, Agnes Torres' in 2012 in Puebla, and the list goes on. The same hate that ends relationships between friends because of one's sexual orientation, or between a mother and her transgender daughter because the mother doesn't understand her daughter's identity.
The message sent by people like Matthew's murderers (and everyone else's) is that being gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender is wrong. It is a problem. It is dangerous. It's best to get rid of them. Alarming, right? Far from the promises of campaigns like It Gets Better, for people like Matthew and many more it actually got worse.
The amazing thing is that, 16 years after that episode, and thanks to the work of many, many people, Matthew is still "alive." His story and the story of the small town that knew him keep traveling, moving hearts and minds, inspiring playwrights, filling theaters around the world, pushing laws forward against discrimination, driving young men and women to promote respect for diversity.
Today I celebrate that Matthew's life did not end for nothing. If he, a 21-year-old, ordinary student, is here tonight and has made us come and know his story, we now have the task of erasing that hate and replacing it with respect and understanding.
Interview for Display magazine
Posted: March 11, 2014 | Author: Enrique TorreMolina | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: df, Display, interview, Luis Buenfil, Mathias Steger, México, mexico city, Switzerland | Leave a comment
Mathias Steger interviewed me for Swiss gay magazine Display's March issue. I talked to him about living in different parts of Mexico, my work and projects, coming out, and my favorite spots in Mexico City.
It's in German, which sadly I do not speak (we did the interview in Spanish and English). But for those of you who do, enjoy! And tell me if I sound fancier in German.
Thanks to Luis Buenfil for the photo of me in the guayabera. :)
The magazine is available here: http://displaymagazin.ch/
Mexico City's hottest tacos and gay parties
Posted: March 5, 2014 | Author: Enrique TorreMolina | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: Anal magazine, art, Óscar Morales, bar, Bellas Artes, betún, Carrez, Centro Cultural Helénico, Chapultepec, cineteca nacional, Colima, colonia Roma, Delirio, El Parnita, El Péndulo, Festival Mix, Foro Shakespeare, gay, Gay Star News, Gay Star Travel, H&M, Halloween, Hell of a party, Hotel St Regis, interview, Jean Paul Zapata, La Purísima, Latin America, Lilit, Mérida, Merado de Medellín, mexico city, Museo Franz Mayer, museo memoria y tolerancia, Museo Tamayo, New York, Nicho, oaxaca, party, Paseo de la Reforma, Puebla, Puerto Escondido, San Cristóbal de las Casas, Santa Fe, Santa Martha Acatitla, taco, Tía María, travel, volcano | Leave a comment
*Jean Paul Zapata published this piece on Gay Star News on March 4, 2014.
Don't let the name fool you. Mexico's Anal Magazine is an intellectual publication and has a highbrow following.
'With a unique design, this magazine is dedicated to spread any kind of cultural expression of erotic nature or general interest to men who are not afraid to show their fascination for other men.'
The magazine's logo is clever and well conceived; The content (no doubt provocative) extends to include literature, fashion and interviews; The publication has quickly established itself as a social force within the city's LGBTI community.
Anal also puts on One Hell of A Party, the name given for its signature Halloween bash.
Three-year Mexico City resident and gay activist Enrique Torre Molina credits Anal Magazine with the city's hottest dance floor. Facebook photos of previous parties corroborate these claims.
Torre Molina works with 'media, non-profit organizations, companies, schools, and government agencies to promote respect for LGBT people,' and has his fingers on the pulse of Mexico City's culture scene.
He writes: 'When I was in college in Puebla, I used to come to Mexico City about once a month. When I finally moved here three and a half years ago, I already knew my way around and had many friends living here. I especially like that there's a lot of good theatre, and great people to meet every day. In this sense it's very similar to New York, my other favorite city, where I lived for a little while. They remind me of each other.'
Here's Enrique's list of the best museums, theatres and tourist sights in Mexico City.
Favorite gay bar: Nicho and La Purísima.
Favorite any bar: Lilit.
Favorite dance floor: Anal Magazine's Halloween party.
Favorite tourist sight: The view of the volcanoes when flying over Mexico City.
Favorite meal: Tacos at El Parnita and mascarpone cheesecake at Delirio.
Favorite getaway: Merida, Oaxaca, San Cristobal de las Casas.
Favorite breakfast: Eggs at El Péndulo and French toast at Carrez.
Favorite park: Chapultepec, around the Tamayo Museum.
Favorite café: El Péndulo.
Favorite hotel: St Regis.
Favorite festival: Festival Mix, which is the oldest LGBT film festival in Latin America.
Favorite bike ride: I don't bike.
Favorite long walk: Reforma avenue and shopping in colonia Roma.
Favorite photo-op: My building's rooftop terrace, and anywhere with photographer Oscar Morales.
Favorite museum: Museo Memoria y Tolerancia and Museo Franz Mayer.
Favorite beach: Puerto Escondido in Oaxaca.
Favorite place for a first date: Cineteca Nacional or the theatre.
Favorite shopping street: Colima street in colonia Roma and H&M in Santa Fe.
Favorite food market: Mercado de Medellin in colonia Roma.
Favorite art gallery: I'm not a gallery person, but I love the photo exhibits they do on the fences of Bosque de Chapultepec along Reforma avenue.
Favorite view: From the Chapultepec Castle terrace.
Favorite public art: Sculptures outside Bellas Artes.
Favorite thing in the city that defies categorization: Theatre at the Santa Martha Acatitla prison.
Favorite theatre space: Foro Shakespeare and Teatro Helenico.
Favorite gay media outlet: Betún magazine.
Favorite hidden treasure: It used to be Tia Maria, a gay piano bar in my neighborhood, which closed last year. I have yet to find my new favorite hidden treasure.
To get in touch with Enrique, visit his website or follow him on Twitter @etorremolina.
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