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7 Anna Kendrick Roles That Should Have Happened Since She'd Fit Perfectly Into Stars Hollow
By Jamie Primeau
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Something very important happened 30 years ago. No, no, not some huge scientific discovery or history-altering battle... I'm talking about the birth of Anna Kendrick. As the actress rings in her 30th on Sunday, let's take a moment to reflect on her great work. She was nominated for a Tony Award at the age of 12 — which is undeniably impressive. That "Cups" song from Pitch Perfect? Chances are it was stuck in your head for days and you clumsily tried to re-create the rhythm with a Solo cup. What about when she seemed to tweet every single thought that crossed your mind? She's either psychic or a Twitter genius (both are plausible). Oh, and when she hosted Saturday Night Live last year, she proved she's hilarious IRL, too.
While you probably know her best as Beca from Pitch Perfect, its sequel, and the third PP movie that's in the works (which is aca-amazing news!), that's not the only role she's had. Kendrick starred in Into the Woods, The Last Five Years, Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, The Twilight Saga, Cake, and more. But what about the roles she didn't land? There are so many possibilities about what could have been. Here's a roundup of all the roles that should have belonged to Anna Kendrick. Because seriously, she's beyond talented.
Random Resident In Gilmore Girls
Back in April, Kendrick revealed she auditioned for Gilmore Girls early on in her career. Which Stars Hollow resident would she have played? I think she could have been an awesome BFF to Rory and Lane. Or maybe she was a quirky cohort at the Yale Daily News during the later seasons.
Olaf In The Frozen Musical
She said it herself! While I think she'd make an awesome Elsa (or even Anna), she would prefer to play the goofy, lovable snowman. I totally support that.
Ariel In The Little Mermaid
Hosting SNL seemed like second nature to Kendrick. This Little Mermaid rendition proves she'd be perfect for a modern remake of the beloved Disney flick. Especially with that Kesha impression.
Elphaba In The Wicked Movie
Reportedly Kendrick is in talks for the role of Elphaba in the 2016 Wicked movie. With her vocal prowess, I can't think of a better person for the part.
Indiana Jones (Or Indi-Anna Jones)
Flicks And The City Clips on YouTube
Why isn't there a female Indiana Jones yet? In a satirical skit for Red Nose Day, Anna Kendrick proved she's perfect for the part. Somebody needs to make this happen ASAP.
Funny Investigator On CSI
In an interview with Fast Company, Kendrick admitted to auditioning for tons of TV shows before getting her big break. Listing previous auditions, she told the site,
All the CSIs, all the Law & Orders, definitely House, Psych, I'm sure Rules of Engagement, Bones for sure. The best-case scenario was that I would get on a procedural where I could occasionally be funny and not just do soul-crushing shots of me looking through a microscope. Basically be the wisecracking so-and-so on whatever version of CSI they did next.
Bummer that it didn't pan out.
Detective Benson's BFF On Law & Order SVU
As explained in the quote above, she auditioned for everyone's favorite show to marathon. A lot of great celebs got their start on SVU, and it would have been amazing to see Kendrick play a part. Whether she's a crazy criminal or teaming up with Olivia Benson, the possibilities are endless.
It's actually not too late to make some of these roles happen, right? Crossing my fingers for that Wicked role. Either way, happy birthday, Anna!
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Investing in Pell is Investing in the American Dream
Mar 27, 2018 by Ed Trust
Pell Grants help make higher education accessible for over 7.5 million students. Over one-third of White students, two-thirds of Black students, and half of Latino students rely on Pell Grants every year.1 Pell Grant dollars are well-targeted to those in need: 83 percent of Pell recipients come from families with annual incomes at or below $40,000, including 44 percent with annual family incomes at or below $15,000.2
But today, the maximum Pell Grant is at its lowest purchasing power in over 40 years: It covers less than 30 percent of the average cost of attendance at a public four-year institution.3 After funding from all sources is considered, low-income students still have to find a way to finance — on average — the equivalent of 76 percent of their family income, leading to disproportionate levels of debt.4
The financial barriers to higher education significantly limit social mobility and the availability of a skilled workforce. In an economy where two-thirds of new jobs require some form of postsecondary education, a college degree provides the surest path to achieving the American dream.5 Through a reauthorized HEA, Congress must invest in the American dream by investing in the Pell Grant program with these three important steps:
1. Restore the annual adjustment to the maximum award based on inflation.
Congress allowed the annual adjustment for inflation to expire.
Because college costs are not decreasing, ending the adjustment is — in real terms — a cut to Pell Grants.
If Congress does not restore the adjustment, Pell students would see the buying power of their awards reduced drastically, with the maximum award covering only one-fifth of costs in 10 years.
2. Increase the maximum award.
The maximum Pell Grant for 2018-2019 is $6,095, covering less than 30 percent of the average cost of attendance at a four-year public institution, the lowest portion of college costs in over 40 years.
A reauthorized HEA should put the maximum award on a path to covering at least half of the cost of attendance at a public four-year institution over time.
3. Shift to mandatory funding.
The Pell Grant program already operates like an entitlement program. All eligible students who apply receive awards.
Shifting to mandatory funding would eliminate the need for annual appropriations and provide for automatic adjustments in program funding based on changes in participation.
4. Expand Pell Grant eligibility for students who are incarcerated and Dreamers.
Current law bans incarcerated students and Dreamers from accessing Pell Grants, severely limiting their access to higher education.
Correctional education programs reduce the rate of recidivism by 43 percent and increase the rate of employment after release by 13 percent.6 These programs are associated with fewer violent incidents in participating prisons.7 These programs also result in net savings to taxpayers of between $4 and $5 for every $1 invested and are substantially more cost efficient than just incarceration.8
One-fifth of DACA recipients are enrolled in postsecondary education. Another third of recipients are in high school and are considering options to further their education and their preparation for the workforce after they graduate.9 Having access to Pell Grants will enable more of these young Americans to pursue higher education and enhance their opportunities to contribute to the United States, the only country many of them have ever known.
Congressional Budget Office (CBO), January 2017 baseline projections for the Pell Grant program, http://bit.ly/2mLy0nk, Table 2; and Ed Trust calculation NPSAS:12 using PowerStats.
https://www2.ed.gov/finaid/prof/resources/data/pell-2014-15/pell-eoy-2014-15.html
College costs are defined here as average total in-state tuition, fees, room, and board costs at public four-year colleges. Calculations by TICAS on data from the College Board, 2016, Trends in College Pricing 2016, Table 2, http://bit.ly/2j61cQh, and U.S. Department of Education data on the maximum Pell Grant. The maximum Pell Grant for 2017-18 was announced in the Department of Education's Pell Grant Payment and Disbursement Schedules, https://ifap.ed.gov/dpcletters/attachments/1718PellPaymentDisbursementSchedules.pdf.
Ed Trust calculation NPSAS:12 using PowerStats.
Carnevale, A. P., & Van Der Werf, M. (2017). The 20% Solution: Selective Colleges Can Afford to Admit More Pell Grant Recipients (Rep.). Retrieved December 23, 2017, from Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce website: https://cew.georgetown.edu/wp-content/uploads/The-20-Percent-Solution-web.pdf
https://www.bja.gov/publications/rand_correctional-education-meta-analysis.pdf
https://storage.googleapis.com/vera-web-assets/downloads/Publications/postsecondary-education-in-prison-fact-sheet-for-correction-leaders/legacy_downloads/postsecondary-education-in-prisonfactsheet-for-corrections-leaders.pdf
http://www.migrationpolicy.org/research/education-and-work-profiles-daca-population
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Sports Review of the year 2019
Gareth Thomas is sluicing through horizontal rain and lashing winds on a 500-mile errand to deliver this year's SPOTY trophy to Aberdeen. Epic stuff, raising serious dosh for some fantastic Sport Relief projects. I think they've missed a trick, though: stick a pizza hot-box on the back of his quattrocycle and surely it's a Deliveroo sponsorship opportunity? Oven-ready, you might say. You can have that one, Boris - hope it blisters your lips.
I'm not really here to give more ether-space to BoJo's self-serving deceit. Instead I have an overwhelming need to shed the lead-lined cloak of despair that's been draped over my shoulders since Thursday. Time to lighten the mood. Gareth's journey reminds me that this has been a superb year of sport. One that's worth a personal reflection here – albeit with less glamour and glitz than the Gary and Gabby show - because I won't be lucky enough to enjoy another as much as this for a long time to come.
Cricket is the only place to start. Specifically England's heart-racing, nerve-shredding World Cup Final victory. Actually, no. Tennis is the only place to start. Specifically Djokovic's history-making, record-breaking Men's Final win. That both these monumental slabs of sporting endeavour played out on the same day and reached their breathless climaxes within minutes of each other is remarkable.
Tennis gets my headline billing because I was there, alongside Mrs A, in the rafters of Centre Court, gripped by a rejuvenated Roger Federer repelling Novac Djokovic's onslaught. I had never been to the Championships before, never set foot inside the courts, never mind watch the final of one of the Nation's great sporting events. Mrs A enters the public ballot every year and has done pretty well for early round tickets, although she has missed out totally on plenty of tournaments as well. This February we were offered Men's Final tickets. It felt like winning the lottery; and at a stroke silenced my cynical bleating about the best tickets in these 'open' ballots being creamed off by corporates and insiders.
Remarkably, Mrs A's business partner Steve bagged two tickets for the final as well. What odds? Too big even for my value punting principles. I would have scoffed at the chances of that ever happening. So much so that the four of us briefly wondered if we had been the victims of a sophisticated scam.
Of course, the other consideration had been who would accompany Mrs A? In those previous years, she had gone with a shifting cast of friends. I had not been amongst them. 'Erm, who will be your Plus-1, my darling?', I had uttered on more than one occasion. I was on best behaviour for flippin' weeks.
Poncing around The All England Club was a hoot, ticking off the sights and then the four of us necking gin & tonics under hanging baskets, lounging on wicker chairs (with cushions!) and generally doing cats-that-got-the cream impressions.
Mrs A is a die-hard Federette, and the scenes in our house on the preceding Friday when Rog won his semi-final were bordering on unseemly. Watching him in the Final was pretty much a sporting nirvana for her. It was indeed the dream match up.
The two icons traded blows for hours and the balance of power ebbed and flowed with more regularity than the queues at the strawberry-and-cream stall.
Federer had two chances to win in the fifth set on his own serve. Did he choke when lobbing what should have a crisp winner down the line tamely into the tram lines? possibly. That last set became a feat of endurance and stamina. Conversation around us turned to the possibility of a tie break – '…didn't they bring in a new rule this year?', 'Is it a tie-break at 10-10?' Well, 10-10 came and went and the sluggers on Centre Court carried on their prize fight. I was exhausted watching them. We reached 12-12 before the umpire announced the tie break. The fifth set had seen enough games for full sixth. This was the first Wimbledon singles final to be settled in this way.
There is nothing like live sport and despite England's Cricket World Cup Final taking place right then up the road at Lord's, I had stayed in the moment in south London, determined to enjoy the spectacle. Sure, a few people around us had been updating us with the score regularly and there was some on-going low-level banter, but I wasn't hanging off my sport app every few seconds waiting on ball by ball coverage. That would have been wrong.
Yet at about the same time the tie-break began, the already fevered atmosphere round us went up a few degrees more with news of developments at Lord's. 'It's gone to a Super-over'…. 'what the fuck is a super over…?' and such like. Having watched the IPL in the Spring, I was able to offer some clarification. 'Yeah, one over, one bowler, you can lose one wicket, most runs wins.' 'Oh, Ok. Not fewest wickets lost then?' came one reply. 'Shhhhh, can't you see there's a game of tennis going on', came others.
Djokovic made short work of the tie-break, winning 7-3. The match set a new record for the longest final ever staged. Four hours and 57 minutes. Mrs A was gutted for big Rog, but he had left nothing behind today. An amazing match to have seen.
Only as we were descending the stairs after the presentations did word spread that England had won. We met Steve and Di in a garden bar and picked over the events, washed down by Stella Artois and accompanied by the Metropolitan Police Force band from the bandstand. Steve had initially wanted to avoid the cricket result to watch it later. But there was no chance of that. The bar and grounds were buzzing with incredulity over matters at Wimbledon and Lord's. This was a great day to be a sports fan. This is why we love it.
That Sunday had been the apex of a stunning and sometimes challenging week. On the Monday we had travelled down to Southampton and had a night out with Daughter No 1 in advance of her graduation the next day. Proud, proud family moment. On the Wednesday I was in Deptford for a day of gruelling interviews recruiting to a Charity Director post, locked in a hot, humid, fractious room all day.
All the while my mate and colleague AK and I had been having some heavy to- and fro- about the possibility of acquiring tickets for the England/Australia World Cup semi at Edgbaston on the Thursday. I had been very keen, but the prices were rising fast and I had all but ruled myself out – partly cost and partly logistics. AK had just missed out on some legit resale tickets because of IT grief and now he was negotiated some less-legitimate resale options. At one point he thought he offered up a pair for a reasonable price and then found out they were for the Old Trafford semi! On the eve of the game, a couple more sources hove into view. I couldn't resist any longer and with time running out, we two, plus two of AK's pals bought five tickets at more than double face value in a batch of two and three. The sellers wouldn't split them. We would have to sell one or find someone else to come with us. In the event neither happened. I reckon we paid over £250 all in. Eye-watering for a tight-wallet like me.
Was it worth the price? Every last penny. Undoubtedly. The day provided England with a thumping, ruthless win. The game was an absolute stomp, played out before a febrile crowd who never tired of singing 'Sweeeeet Caroline….so good, so good, so good'. Mrs A, how I love that woman, had dropped me over at South Mimms service station at some brutal time in the morning, for AK to pick me up on the trip to Brum. Paul and Curtis were already aboard. There's nothing like the banter before a big game between four grown men who sub-consciously revert to excitable teenager mode, jabbering wildly and making rubbish jokes. Or was that just me?
Arriving at the Edgbaston outskirts, we were up against the clock. Curtis spotted a couple of young men ushering vehicles into a car park for a tenner a pop. We didn't have time to mess about, so we drove in, dished out the brown-back and lined up the Astra adjacent to the other rows of saloons. We jumped up, gathered our stuff and then realised that this was less asphalt car park and more of your actual civic park. As in Birmingham City Council recreation space, onto which these Edgbaston entrepreneurs acting on no-one's authority but their own, had just invited us to park for a straight tenner. We counted up the cars, shrugged and grudgingly chuckled at this neat bit of business. We also did a quick calculation that concluded there would not be enough wheel clamps in the city to do all of us…
After a bit of AK-led cloak and dagger, the four us were able to sit together in the Eric Hollies stand, where the atmosphere was typically raucus all day. Archer and Woakes were roared in, Warner and Smith were crucified, and Root and Roy was serenaded. My cricket expertise unravelled faster that an Archer missile:
- "England are poor chasers", I said. They ran down the target of 224 with 8 wickets in hand, at over 7 runs an over with Jason Roy crashing 5 maximums.
- "Rashid needs to come off, he's getting pulverised", I said. He took two crucial, momentum-jarring wickets in his next over.
- "Smith's bang out of form in this World Cup", I said. He knocked up 85 easy runs, before a sensational piece of work by Buttler ran him out.
The car was still there and clamp-free when we returned. We all tried (and possibly failed) to keep AK awake at the wheel on the homeward leg. I'd finally run out of crap banter, having hit the buffers in my attempts to offload onto them some Wimbledon Mens Singles Final tickets I'd happened upon. Don't tell Mrs A. Another stunning 'I was there' day in a once-in-a-lifetime week.
There were more golden moments of cricket nectar to hoover up in late Summer. As if a World Cup was insufficient, we had an Ashes series in which to indulge. The scorebook tells you that we failed to win back the urn, but a hard-fought draw was miles better than a series defeat. Stokes has had quite a year. It should be enough to lift the SPOTY gong tonight. But his 135 not out to win the Third test – back at Edgbaston - was the best individual performance I've seen anywhere all year. All decade. Words really do fail when something as extra-ordinary as that innings happens. Proper tingle-y.
Mrs A and I had been at a family celebration in Halifax and drove over to spend the rest of the August Bank Holiday with my Dad. The weather was superb and we had toyed with the idea of going out for the afternoon. And then the Stokes show began in earnest. Dad and I were hooked to the telly, broken only by me running outside to update in gabbling tones a mildly curious (at best) Mrs A. I don't get back home as much as I'd like and being with Dad to cheer England over the line was special.
A few weeks later, Bryn and I had tickets for the Sunday, 4th day of the 5th Test at the Oval. Until a few days before, it was uncertain whether we would get any play. I had an additional concern borne of enthusiastic participation in Keith's stag do the very night before. We came through on both counts. The Ashes had gone, but we had a great chance to level to series. The day went almost perfectly to plan: a baking hot September day; quick England runs to set up the Aussies chase; and then regular wickets to keep them on the back foot.
I say 'almost perfectly' because Matthew Wade's tenacious century took the game late into the day. Bryn had tickets to see Muse that night over at the O2. He cracked at about ten-to-six with three wickets left to take, and bolted for the exit. Inevitably, they fell almost the moment he left. In fact he was barely out of the ground when Matthew wade departed LBW and the spinners cleaned up in the next three overs. 'Don't ever tell anyone I left early, Davoski' texted Bryn. Quick as a flash, I replied, "No worries, mate. Your secret is safe with me".
Just one final cricket footnote. I won our Fantasy Cricket League this year. The comp has been running for over 20 years now, but I hadn't got my hands on the trophy for about a decade. This may be the last outing as Nev is refusing to look after the stats anymore. The thing doesn't work without his genius touch. Anyway, if it is to be the last renewal, I'm glad I was at my cocky, insufferable best in May at the Epsom Oaks meeting when I told both Nev and Bacchy that I would be winning the League this year, no question. I am obviously not going to enlarge here on all those other rash predictions that did not come to pass. It's my blog after all.
Which brings me to horseracing. Having rattled on for about four pages, this glorious sport gets only one unworthy paragraph. But I'm running out of time. The Cheltenham Festival, the Oaks meeting and the Sandown Tingle Creek meeting were the undisputed highlights. Top events in the company of some great, loyal, long-standing mates. I had good Cheltenham and Oaks betting campaigns. In the Barley Mow I may have been the only one cheering home Al Boum Photo in the Gold Cup; but at Epsom there were many shouting for Annapurna (Oaks) and Defoe (Coronation Cup). These all came in at big prices and I do love celebrating a value winner. Outside these glorious moments, the punting has been average to poor and I'm enduring a shocking run at the moment. It was nice to get out to some quieter venues during the year, too: with CB-D at Lingfield and with the fam at Southwell. Let's here it for the gaff tracks!
What else? Well, I loved watching the knockout stages of the Rugby World Cup and there were some stand out moments in the World Athletics, bizarrely held in Doha. Dina Asher-Smith and KJ-T were superb. But if there's any justice, Gareth Thomas is powering up the A80 to Aberdeen right now with the trophy and a couple of slices of Pepperoni pizza for Ben Stokes. For my money, he deserves it for his World Cup performance; for that Edgbaston innings; for rebuilding his career after public order offences; and for shouting down some of the worst gutter-press reporting about historic family news I've ever seen.
Speed ye well Gareth.
Posted by Davoski at Sunday, December 15, 2019
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My clever, sassy, witty, vibrant, sociable, warm, feisty, feminist, artistic, beautiful Daughter No 2 has been diagnosed with Emotionally Unstable Personality Disorder.
She rang me after her Adult Mental Health Services appointment in tears. I was sipping a cappuccino in Marks and Spencers which went cold before I finished it. I muttered something about "it's only a label", and "this is still a really new area of medicine", but the truth was I didn't know very much about the term. Mrs A had a similar phone conversation at about the same time.
We weren't expecting this diagnosis. Neither was Daughter No 2. Her mental ill health had become more apparent over the preceding year and she had been seen, in hap-hazard fashion, by the county Children and Adolescent Mental Health Service, known as CAMHS. As we did, Daughter No 2 believed – hoped – that the anxiety, depression, panic attacks, recklessness and manic behaviour which were afflicting her on a regular basis were a 'phase'; that the symptoms would pass. However, Emotionally Unstable Personality Disorder, EUPD, is not a 'phase', we learned from Google later that day. It is a life-limiting condition.
The first inkling we had about the extent of her declining mental health was about 18 months ago when she came back from the Doctor's having been prescribed Citalopram. 'A selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor', it said on the box. That's an anti-depressant and panic attack reducer, to you and me.
Nearly one in four young women has a mental illness, with emotional problems such as depression and anxiety the most common. An NHS study recently found young women aged 17 to 19 were twice as likely as young men to have problems, with almost 24% reporting a disorder. Body image pressures, exam stress, home life and the negative effects of social media are all thought to affect girls disproportionately.
Despite these stats, which are becoming increasingly widely recognised, I was resolutely displaying all the classic signs of denial. And let's be clear. This is a blog about me. About how parents struggle to accept, process, deal with and live through the mental health needs of their offspring.
The pretext for DN2's initial visit to the GP was to tackle disruptive sleeping patterns. Storm in a tea cup, we said. Just get into a regular routine and sleep will come. "And turn off the bloody phone*/TV*laptop* (delete as appropriate) before you try to go to sleep…"
The lack of sleep was real. But it was a symptom of a more serious malaise; and also served as a smokescreen for her visits to the Doc's. The smokescreen was successful in obfuscating uncomfortable questions and unwanted advice from parents. Buying enough time until she could unpick some of information that would come through from the professionals.
Apart from a realisation that DN2 was much more ill than we realised, this period also emphasised two other points which later became a pattern.
First - she wanted to be well. By self-diagnosing from the web and from within her peer group, DN2 knew she was more ill than she was letting on to us. Even through the dark times, when as parents, Mrs A and I are sick with worry and sleepless with fret, we know she desperately wants to do something about it.
Second - she was driving the process. As loving, caring, worrying parents with our daughter's absolute best interests at heart, we found ourselves disempowered. We were not making the decisions and we were often not her first port of call for support. Some of her friends had similar symptoms of their own and and were better placed to offer an unconditional, informed ear.
Neither was I accepting of the realities. I was shocked when she came back from the GPs after a full mental health assessment with a rattling bag full of powerful drugs. Both Mrs A and I were scathing of the medical profession that would prescribe them. I was still banging on about lifestyle changes and mindfulness approaches. It was only when we sat down and listened to her – and it was not easy getting to that point – that I recognised the doctors had been pretty comprehensive in assessing her risks. They had not prescribed this stuff willy-nilly. They were part of a treatment plan reacting to her chilling responses in a detailed diagnostic mental health assessment.
As a Dad, it is hard to describe the stabbing despair of seeing your youngest daughter come down to breakfast with multiple razor cuts on her arms, or gouges on the back of her hand. Except to say that every slice and gash hurts me nearly as much as it does her. In some ways that is the point. In the dark and demon filled nights, self-harming is often seen as a way of releasing overwhelming emotions; a way of getting them outside. Mostly she doesn't want to talk about it, but when she does, there is a sense that the physical pain of self-harm is easier to deal with than the emotional pain that's behind it.
When she is having a panic attack, and I look in to her eyes, I see real fear. Fear about losing control, about what she might do to herself, where it might all end. That's where the worry comes from. Kicking straight back into the parenting mode, my thoughts are "what if I'm not there to help, to prevent, to divert". Such thoughts are futile but inevitable.
Or the simple pain that comes from knowing that she has been crying all day.
We are a bit better about reacting to her periods of panic and fear now. Sometimes - though not always - Daughter No 2 will ask for help when she is tipping over the edge. One long and disturbing evening quite early in the journey proved to be a bit of a watershed in the way we all began to deal with the situation. Daughter No 2 came back from the pub in the midst of a panic attack, sobbing wildly and highly distressed about how she "couldn't take it any more, I just can't do it". There was something here about feeling like an under achiever and relative comparisons, expectations and achievements within a large peer group.
But right then, that was not the immediate concern. She was at the end of her tether and wanted to go into hospital for a psychiatric assessment. This did not feel like the right step to Mrs A and I. DN2 had been given a helpline number by CAMHS and so together we gave it a try. What became clear was that there was no viable support network in place. Through protracted, dysfunctional phone calls with a series of out of hours services, the best offer was for DN2 to check in to A&E. At 11pm on a Saturday night. No thanks.
Mrs A, my daughter's boyfriend and I sat up with DN2, talking and not talking, for as long as was needed. Several runs of 'Despicable Me' later, DN2 was calm and back in control. She went to bed and was close to 'normal' the next morning. Families and extended networks have a real role to play.
After several months, DN2 was referred to Adult Mental Health Services. In talking to other parents in similar situations, it seems we have been lucky. Many young adults slip through the yawning gaps between juvenile and adult services, leaving parents frustrated and bereft. This is often because the onus for action switches to the young adult. Parents can no longer drive the engagement. A subtlety we did not immediately grasp, given that our daughter had taken the initiative from the start.
We later discovered that CAMHS had made a provisional diagnosis of emotional personality disorder some time before her last contact with the service. The diagnosis remained provisional because only adult services could confirm this and sanction therapeutic responses, rather than counselling. So there had been months of treading water.
The diagnosis is a controversial one. There is a raging debate about how helpful the description of personality disorders really is. I find myself persuaded that the focus should instead be on what DN2 needs so that she can deal with her problems, not what category she is in or what stigma to attach to her. Even the term 'personality disorder' sounds judgemental.
My daughter now has regular therapy sessions, and they seem to be helping. She has a trustful relationship with her therapist who is encouraging coping strategies and healthy behaviours which will help to break down dissociation and the closing out of emotions and feelings; interrupting the erratic cycle of mania, depression, introspection and stability.
There are plenty of potholes, rocks and blind bends on the road to recovery though. And I'm talking about the responsible parenting thing again. I've learned that I'm not as immune to what other people think as I'd hoped. I can become very defensive when anybody criticises my daughter. Once, when this negativity came from a friend, I had no hesitation in cutting them out. As far as I was concerned, they were not trying to offer constructive support, but were making shallow judgements based on flippant observations - almost entirely on physical appearance – which were incredibly damaging. "Oh, I saw your daughter the other day. All those piercings and the hair colour. Sad really, she looks so hard." This is mostly ignorance, rather than a desire to hurt. But still. (You may be able to detect that my approach to all this is still a work in progress… )
I've also learned that if DN2 doesn't want to discuss things, there is no point pushing for answers. She still closes down very effectively when needed, despite the best intentions of the therapist. We've had rows of course. When frustrations bring difficult issues to the surface and heighten tensions within the family. Most often these issues highlight the clash between 'old fashioned' views about what recovery should look like and current understanding that recognises how depression impacts on motivation and creates barriers to achieving goals that others would consider minor.
There remains a lot of ignorance. I recognise the all too easy temptation to reach for epithets like "pull your socks up", "just get on with it", "We never had this in our day. We just had to deal with it." These views have led to a lot of undiagnosed mental illness and grief over many years. I believe and hope that we are moving on from that. There is something of that spirit in this blog post. A path made possible by the brave words of earlier pioneers in similar circumstances.
This where I trot out the hackneyed old metaphor about the rollercoaster ride we have all been on this last 18 months. Right now, we are still in the car, clinging to the guard rail and peering down the tracks in the vain hope of picking out the next twist. But we are absolutely there for her, when she needs us, every minute of the ride.
My daughter and I have talked about this blog and she endorses it.
"It's sad", she said, "It isn't going to be a fun read for anyone, lol!"
"Dunno", I replied, "It's like car-crash TV innit? Ha!"
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In the world of business the path is hardly ever clear, however, in most industries there are decades of academic research, more data than a single person could ever read in a hundred lifetimes and lines of professionals stretching for miles. All ready to help shore up the directions businesses are headed in.
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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- A ninja, or at least someonedressed like one, is lurking in the shadows of Palm BeachCounty.
The Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office says a heavyset man witha visible potbelly and a ninja costume unsuccessfully tried tosteal two different ATMs over the past two weeks.
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A powerful U.S. Senate investigatory committee has launched a bipartisan probe into an American nonprofit's funding of efforts to oust Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after the Obama administration's State Department gave the nonprofit taxpayer-funded grants, a source with knowledge of the panel's activities told FoxNews.com.
The fact that both Democratic and Republican sides of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations have signed off on the probe could be seen as a rebuke to President Obama, who has had a well-documented adversarial relationship with the Israeli leader.
The development comes as Netanyahu told Israel's Channel Two television station this week that there were "governments" that wanted to help with the "Just Not Bibi" campaigning — Bibi being the Israeli leader's nickname.
It also follows a FoxNews.com report on claims the Obama administration has been meddling in the Israeli election on behalf of groups hostile to Netanyahu. A spokesperson for Sen. Rob Portman, Ohio Republican and chairman of the committee, declined comment, and aides to ranking Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill, of Missouri, did not immediately return calls.
The Senate subcommittee, which has subpoena power, is the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs' chief investigative body with jurisdiction over all branches of government operations and compliance with laws.
More on this…What can repair the US-Israel rift?
"The Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations does not comment on ongoing investigations," Portman spokeswoman Caitlin Conant told Foxnews.com.
But a source familiar with the matter confirmed for FoxNews.com that the probe — undisclosed until now — was both underway and bipartisan in nature.
According to the source, the probe is looking into "funding" by OneVoice Movement – a Washington-based group that has received $350,000 in recent State Department grants, and until last November was headed by a veteran diplomat from the Clinton administrations.
A subsidiary of OneVoice is the Israel-based Victory 15 campaign, itself guided by top operatives of Obama's White House runs, which seeks to "replace the government" of Israel.
"It's confirmed that there is a bipartisan Permanent Subcommittee inquiry into OneVoice's funding of V15," the source said, speaking on condition of anonymity about the American group, which bills itself as working for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
He characterized the campaign against him as "unprecedented." While Netanyahu pointed the finger at "European countries and left-wing people abroad," some observers note that he held back from openly criticizing Obama during his recent trip to the U.S. to address Congress on problems his government sees with administration-backed efforts to reach a nuclear weapons inspection deal with Iran.
No direct link has been confirmed between Obama and the anti-Netanyahu campaign in Israel, but polls have shown that a large majority of Israelis believe the administration has been interfering in the election, set for March 17.
One expert told FoxNews.com earlier this month the State Department grants constituted indirect administration funding of the anti-Netanyahu campaign by providing OneVoice with the $350,000 — even though State Department officials said the funding stopped in November, ahead of the announcement of the Israeli election.
Gerald Steinberg, founder and president of NGO Monitor, which tracks money flows to unmask non-governmental organizations that deviate from their stated human rights or humanitarian agendas, said even ostensibly unrelated grants keep an organization going during periods it is not engaged in political activity.
Indeed, by January, OneVoice – whose focus on Israel's 1967 borders as a negotiating starting point reflects Obama's thinking but is counter to Netanyahu's – had announced its partnership with V15.
Around the same time, Jeremy Bird, who served as Obama's deputy national campaign director in 2008, and his national campaign director in 2012, arrived in Israel to help direct V15. Bird took with him additional former Obama campaign operatives to help V15 achieve its goal of knocking on one million doors to make the case for a change in Israel's leadership.
OneVoice is barred from directly targeting Netanyahu by U.S. law regulating its tax-exempt status, and doing so would threaten that status.
One Voice spokesman Payton Knox denied claims the group is working with the administration in the upcoming Israeli election.
But the recent FoxNews.com investigation showed that the nonprofit, in its 2014 Annual Report, said its Israel branch would be "embarking on a groundbreaking campaign around the Israeli elections." In partnering with V15, the two groups have operated from adjacent offices in Tel Aviv.
In addition to McCaskill, other Democrats on the subcommittee are Sens. Jon Tester of Montana, Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin, and Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota.
Republican subcommittee members, who form the majority, are Sens. John McCain of Arizona, Rand Paul of Kentucky, James Lankford of Oklahoma, Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire, and Ben Sasse of Nebraska, in addition to Portman.
State Department documents say the grants to OneVoice were meant for the group's work in encouraging both Palestinian grass-roots civic activism and Palestinian-Israeli peace talks. The State Department itself, meanwhile, denied any of the funds had been used for election campaign activities despite OneVoice's backing of V15.
Launched in 2002 by snack bar mogul Daniel Lubetzky and boasting the star power of such celebrities as Brad Pitt, Danny DeVito, Rhea Perlman and Sir Paul McCartney among its honorary advisors, OneVoice was headed until November by Marc Ginsberg, who advised President Carter on Middle East policy and served as President Clinton's ambassador to Morocco.
Ginsberg, who has described the administration's approach to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as a "window of opportunity," is now serving OneVoice as "special advisor" after resigning as CEO at a time that turned out to be just ahead of the early December announcement of the Israeli election.


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REVIEW: "OFFICE CHRISTMAS PARTY" (2016) Paramount
"OFFICE CHRISTMAS PARTY" delivers exactly what we all need right now.. some much needed laughs. With 2016 so far being the probably one of the worst years in the history of well..ever..this film is just what the 'Office' ordered.
This over-the-top fun ensemble comedy about what happens when a company holiday party goes way, way, way out of control and things start flying out of windows and reindeers are drinking from toilets.
Basic storyline: uptight sister/CEO Carol Vanstone (Jennifer Aniston) threatens to shut down the Chicago office of father's company, Zenotek, mostly because of the antics of her hard partying brother, Clay Vanstone (T. J. Miller) and cancel the office Christmas party. Branch manager Josh Parker (Jason Bateman) plans an epic bash against her wishes to win over a big client Walter Davis (Courtney B. Vance) to prevent the axe from falling on all the employees.
But of course, the party quickly gets way out of hand, leaving the office in mess of chaos and destruction. Oddly enough, there is a relatable plot in this movie also, and a somewhat decent one at that. Yes, Bateman is Batemen and Anniston is Anniston, but truly, we aren't looking for Oscar's here – we are looking for a laugh and we do find those. With the top-notch supporting cast which includes Kate McKinnon as the hysterical HR manager Mary, Olivia Munn as tech/coding expert Tracey Hughes, Rob Corddry, Vanessa Bayer, Randall Park, Da'Vine Joy Randolph, Fortune Feimster and so many more. It's truly a full ensemble comedy in the truest sense of the word.
It leaves out the super crass and vulgar, which is nice, though it does have a few 'huh' scenes, it definitely doesn't go down the worst of roads in that extreme. Teens will likely want to see this movie and I recommend it as a PG-13. It also has a momentary sweet homage to Prince and David Bowie that gets a round of cheers from me and most of the screening I was in.
Can you disect this movie piece by piece and find all it's flaws..sure you can..but why? Just go have fun with it and laugh at the ever-devolving scenario of a party gone nuts.
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Media Review Screening: Tuesday, December 6, 2016 ~ Courtesy of Paramount Pictures
Nationwide Release: Friday, December 9, 2016
Tags Abbey Lee, Adrian Martinez, Andrew Leeds, Ben Falcone, Chloe Wepper, Christmas, Courtney B. Vance, Da'Vine Joy Randolph, Dan Mazer, Erick Chavarria, Fortune Feimster, Holidays, Jamie Chung, Jason Bateman, Jennifer Anniston, Jillian Bell, Jimmy Butler, Josh Gordon, Justin Malen, Karan Soni, Kate McKinnon, Laura Solon, Matt Walsh, Michael Tourek, Nick Peine, Office Christmas Party, Olivia Cooper, Olivia Munn, Randall Park, Rob Corddry, Sam Richardson, T.J. Miller, Vanessa Bayer, Will Speck
REVIEW: "TRAINWRECK" (2015) Universal Pictures
And your comedy-date movie for the summer is…(drum roll please) "Trainwreck"!!
Written by and starring this year's comedic 'it-girl' Amy Schumer as "Amy" it chronicles the misadventures of its leading character as she runs through boyfriends, numerous sexual encounters acting all the while as a chronically commitment-challenged career woman, is some serious comedic gold. When her boss "Dianna" (an unrecognizable and hilarious Tilda Swinton) assigns her a story to feature a young sports surgeon "Aaron" (Bill Hader) something happens to Amy she didn't know was possible…she falls in love.
The film romantic-comedy side solely rests on the perfectly imperfect character of Amy who I think we can all relate to – as either being it at some point in our own lives or in someone we know. I mean let's be truthful here … who of us ladies hasn't walked into a room inappropriately dressed or sat at a baby shower giving a big eyeroll at the "my life is perfect" banalities and so wanting to shut it down. Amy is that girl, the friend we love to have around because she isn't afraid to do or say what we wish we had the guts to do or say…though she pretty much goes overboard every time and that goes double here and yes, that's why we love her.
Schumer is a force here, knocking every gag out of the park but also displaying some quite impressive dramatic skills that one doesn't expect from a stand-up comedian. Bill Hader is finally given and masters the lead role he deserves perfectly. He is lovable, relatable in every way and is the perfect match for Amy on the big screen. Their chemistry here is undeniable.
The supporting cast of the film is absolutely solid. Brie Larson is wonderful as "Kim" – Amy's sister, Colin Quinn is "Gordon" Amy & Kim's dad, Mike Birbiglia is "Tom" Kim's husband, and the little scene-stealer child Evan Brinkman as "Allister" rounds off the family. Vanessa Bayer's "Nikki" is Amy's co-worker and just as on SNL, she holds her own here.
But perhaps the biggest surprise of the film is are the 2 big name athletes of the film in LeBron James playing himself and John Cena as "Steven" one of Amy's flings that you just can't help but love while grabbing a scene your eyes won't soon forget. And while I don't know or follow basketball much (just like Amy in the film I might add) I do know who LeBron is and as it turns out the basketball superstar's comedic timing is might just be as impressive as his game. The plethora of SNL cast, athlete and musician cameos were a welcome bonus to the movie.
By now we know that with a Judd Apatow films you'll get a nice blend of raunchy humor and heart. It is a tried and true formula – and it works again here but with something different and that's Amy Schumer. Sure there might be a few uneven moments..but the duo here help create one of the funniest romantic comedies I have seen in a long time with one of the most fun finale scenes I've had the pleasure of seeing all year long. Most of all – I think we can all say a big HELLO to Amy Schumer – "Moviestar" when this hits theaters..
This film is fantastically fun, full of laughs, new one-liners for you to memorize and a sweet story to prove that yes, my friends, there is someone for everyone in this world.
Screening at Arclight Hollywood – Thursday, July 9, 2015 courtesy of Universal Pictures
Nationwide release: Friday, July 17, 2015
Tags Amy Schumer, Bill Hader, Brie Larson, Chris Everet, Colin Quinn, Comedy, Daniel Radcliffe, Dave Attell, Evan Brinkman, Ezra Miller, John Cena, Jon Glaser, Josh Segura, Kevin Kane, Kevin Thompson, Kyle Dunnigan, Lebron James, Leslie Jones, Marisa Tomei, Marv Albert, Matthew Broderick, Method Man, Mike Birbiglia, Nikki Glaser, Norman Lloyd, Randall Park, Romance, Tilda Swinton, Tim Meadows, Trainwreck, Vanessa Bayer


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The Grand Rapids 2030 District is a public-private partnership committed to creating high-performing buildings and smart mobility options that: Drawdown carbon in Grand Rapids' built environment; Increase marketability and profitability for property owners; and Strengthen the greater community's vibrancy. Each district commits to meeting 50% reductions in energy, water and transportation related carbon emissions. Aquinas officially joined the partnership in September 2019. >More information
St. Francis Pledge, Catholic Climate Covenant
"Today the great gift of God's Creation is exposed to serious dangers and lifestyles which can degrade it. Environmental pollution is making particularly unsustainable the lives of the poor of the world … we must pledge ourselves to take care of creation and to share its resources in solidarity." - Pope Benedict XVI
Reflecting our institution's commitment to the Dominican tradition, environmental consciousness and sustainability, Aquinas College signed the St. Francis Pledge in 2013. In signing the pledge, Aquinas has joined the Catholic Climate Covenant. This initiative was started by the Catholic Climate Coalition in 2009 and reflects one of the fundamental teachings of Catholicism; caring for the poor. The church recognizes that poor people are more greatly harmed by environmental pollution and global climate change, and therefore has set out to establish a promise to address global climate change. >More Information
Campus Zero Waste Policy
As a part of the American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment, Aquinas College is working to achieve campus-wide zero municipal solid waste. Our Zero Waste Team assists in educational programs concerning Aquinas' waste streams. With collaboration of faculty, staff, and students, Aquinas is working to incrementally increase our waste diversion rate, by continuing campus composting and recycling efforts as well as the added effort of special collection systems. With everyone working together, we can reach this aggressive goal and be a zero waste campus! >More Information
Campus-Wide Smoking Policy
Aquinas College is a smoke free campus. According to the Environmental Protection Agency, there are approximately 3,000 deaths from lung cancer and 37,000 deaths in heart disease related to second hand smoke a year. Second hand smoke consists of more than 4,000 chemicals. Nearly 200 of these are poisons, while at least 69 are carcinogens (Clean Air). Aquinas College is doing our part to clear the air on campus.
Excessive Idling Policy
Aquinas College is an "idle-free" campus, meaning no vehicle is permitted to idle longer than 5 minutes while on college property. An unattended idling vehicle poses not only a safety threat, but also a security risk. According to the Environmental Protection Agency, diesel exhaust accounts for up to 78% of added risk of cancer in the outdoor air. This includes all other hazardous air pollutants in the United States. (cleanair.org). By limiting the amount of time vehicles are permitted to idle to 5 minutes, the policy helps to preserve the natural beauty of campus while simultaneously supporting AQ's pledge to the American College and University Presidents' Climate Commitment (ACUPCC). Certain exceptions have been written into the policy to accommodate buses and diesel engines in extreme temperatures. Policy effective on May 1, 2011.
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Energy Star Purchasing Commitment
To help minimize energy use from equipment, Aquinas College has an appliance purchasing commitment in place. All new appliances that are purchased must be Energy Star qualified. This commitment ensures that the most efficient appliances available on the market are purchased, helping Aquinas save energy and reduce carbon dioxide emissions.
LEED Certified Building Commitment
Aquinas College has adopted a commitment for new building construction and major renovation projects. All construction projects must be LEED certified by the U.S. Green Building Council. This commitment ensures that quality, environmentally considerate buildings and projects are undertaken on campus. LEED buildings encourage designers to integrate green features in the planning phase, instead of trying to retrofit the structure later to include them. LEED certified buildings use local materials, recycle construction waste, and use building techniques to help reduce energy consumption and waste. Aquinas College hopes to limit the impacts on the environment during campus construction projects through this policy. >Learn about our LEED Buildings
Carbon Neutrality Plan
Aquinas College is committed to becoming a carbon neutral campus by 2040. To reach this goal, the campus has completed a baseline greenhouse gas report, a Climate Action Plan, several progress reports, and updates to the campus carbon footprint. The Center for Sustainability is working diligently to meet our mid-range goals laid out in the Climate Action Plan.
Aquinas College Signs the Talloires Declaration
As one of his first official acts as Aquinas College president, C. Edward Balog signed the Talloires Declaration in the summer of 2007. In 2002, the College launched its commitment to sustainability through the establishment of an undergraduate major in Sustainable Business and expanded its outreach to the community in 2005 with the creation of the Center for Sustainability. The signing of the Talloires Declaration further supports Aquinas College's institutional pledge to educate, implement, and live the principles of sustainability.
Established in 1990, the Talloires Declaration is an official commitment by presidents, rectors, and vice chancellors of universities and colleges to integrate environmental sustainability into the curriculum and processes of higher education. It includes ten specific actions, such as fostering environmental literacy for the entire campus, and involving all stakeholders in the process. Aquinas College joins approximately 356 institutions in over 40 countries which have made a commitment to the Talloires Declaration. >Talloires Declaration
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The Message-Maker: On the Ground with Baltimore Street Artist GAIA
Internationally acclaimed artist uses painting to reach his city.
The Baltimore city streets are appropriately known for being unforgiving—drugs run rampant, crime is high—but the range of unique ways that people live their lives in the city is extraordinary. There are the infamous 12 O'Clock Boys, for instance, a group of ATV riders who tear through local streets and highways performing stunts atop their four-wheelers. Though living dangerously, their skills are authentic—the 12 O'Clock referring to the ultimate achievement of a completely vertical wheelie. Or there are the arabbers, a group of mostly older African American men who hawk fruit from horse-drawn carts. And yet, as different as these individual sets of people may be, they all comprise one colorful cast of characters that call this city home, inspiring and informing the generations to come.
Street artist Gaia, who moved from Manhattan to attend the Maryland Institute College of Art eight years ago, and simply never left sees the perils, but also the inherent, well, charm of the Charm City streets. "It doesn't have much industry besides biomedical," he says, settled in his studio in the still rough Oliver neighborhood. "Besides that we have a booming drug economy. There's a million interesting sociological phenomenon happening in Baltimore: people fighting for their homes, fighting against displacement, fighting against massive upheaval. It's something that I strive to keep a pulse on, and if I can lend my services as a painter and a message-maker, to be an advocate for those causes, I do."
For the most part, Gaia reflects what he sees on Baltimore's streets onto the walls of the city, often cleverly weaving in portraits of the urban developers who have shaped the way we think about cities and public space—people like Robert Moses and Henry Flagler populate his murals. Baltimore, with its crumbling, post-industrial malaise, Gaia seems to be saying, is the result of civic development, for better or for worse. "No street artist is truly dedicated to the streets unless they also try and understand the different aspects of urban planning, and how we navigate and shape our cities," says Gaia.
And the established art world has taken notice of this critical tact. Yet, despite showings in the gallery world and producing commissioned murals, the potentially felonious activity of wheat pasting his prints onto buildings necessitates that Gaia remains anonymous. But through this obscurity, his intimately unpretentious relationship with the city's inhabitants also allows him to become absorbed into the fabric of the city, and put his art to tangible use. "When I'm able to collaborate with a local advocacy group that's already done a lot of legwork, and I can use my international reach to heighten awareness for whatever their cause is to simultaneously derive content from their activism, and create something more contemplative, that's when it's most successful," Gaia says. "I become a vessel for other people. I'm using painting as a way to reach people."
Gaia bears witness to Baltimore from the ground—his studio, he says, is "right at the nexus of the hood and the arts district." From Greenmount Avenue, his view looks out onto the storied Greenmount Cemetery, the oldest graveyard in the city, as well as a mural he painted for a local bar that he frequents on Friday nights, which is owned by a Nigerian immigrant. It's that sort of cultural assortment that inspires Gaia every day and helped inform his visual love letter to Baltimore. He conceived of a mural to communicate his myriad feelings towards the city, combining a raven—that ubiquitous representative bird of Baltimore—with the print derived from a linoleum block that Gaia had originally made for the Edgar Allan Poe House. In the background of the mural, downtown buildings collide with those of the Baltimore neighborhoods. And, of course, he has added a cherry blossom, a flower that is perhaps more often associated with the city's neighbor, Washington, D.C., but is just as prevalent in Baltimore. Altogether, Gaia has created something equal parts gritty, real, historic, and beautiful—which is exactly how he sees Baltimore.
Photo Courtesy of Edward Winter


The University of Turku will arrange an innovation competition in May 2018, where our goal is to find opportunities to develop Finnish agriculture by utilising open data.
This team-based competition is free for everyone interested in open data and/or agricultural development, regardless of professional and educational background. The teams can be formed beforehand or with help of the organisers in the kick-off event.
The teams are free to choose the format of their work, which can be a new business model, application, web page, visualisation or other concept based on open data. The work can, for example, be related to field work efficiency, technical solutions designed for agricultural work tools and vehicles or enhancing the well-being of farm animals. You can use open data sources such as satellites, drones, readily available weather information and sensor data. The organisers will provide training for the competition topics and open data so the participation doesn't require previous expertise.
The Farm Hack will take place from Friday 25.5. 17:00 to Saturday 26.5. 20:00 in Tiedekeskus Tuorla, located at Väisäläntie 20, 21500 Piikkiö. Free meals and accommodation will be provided to all participants at Hostel Tuorla. It is also possible to participate via remote connection.
The Farm Hack is a part of Open Data as a Service project, funded by European Union.


a ;duciary duty, so courts may no longer rely on existing jurisprudence in that area. ;e Jurisdictions with Concerns about a BIS are uncertain how regulators or the courts will interpret a standard that on the one hand expressly requires conduct in the client's best interest and the avoidance of material con;icts, but in other cases permits conduct that may not be in the client's best interest as long as there is disclosure.
;ere are also tensions between the proposed standard and more speci;c regulatory requirements, which may create uncertainty for registrants. In some cases, speci;c requirements contemplate conduct that seems inconsistent with the proposed standard. For example, currently ;rms that sell only proprietary products can meet their suitability requirement provided they ensure any recommendation they make to purchase a security from their product list is suitable for the client. However, under a best interest standard, that recommendation may not be in the client's best interest, as it may be in the client's best interest to invest in a non-proprietary product. ;e ;rm's recommendation would therefore appear not to comply with the requirement to act in the client's best interest.
Other regulators that have implemented a best interest standard have faced challenges with the uncertainty it creates. When Australia introduced its statutory best interest standard, it included a "safe harbour" if registrants followed certain prescribed steps. One of the elements of the safe harbour was that registrants take "any other steps that, at the time the advice is provided, would reasonably be regarded as being in the best interests of the client, given the client's relevant circumstances". In 2014, a new government proposed a bill that included removal of this language, following its commitments to reduce compliance costs for the ;nancial services industry and for consumers who seek advice. ;e government was concerned that the catch-all provision created signi;cant legal uncertainty and rendered the safe harbour unworkable for registrants because it was too open-ended.
Because it does not establish a clear standard for registrants to follow or for regulators or courts to enforce, it is uncertain whether the proposed standard will drive better behavior by registrants and at what cost any changes in behaviour will come. It is not clear how registrants would modify their behaviour to comply with their interpretation of what the standard requires or whether their responses will improve outcomes for investors.
;e CRM2 and Point of Sale Initiatives are intended to improve communication in the client-registrant relationship around costs and investment performance. ;eir e;ectiveness should be measured before we [BCSC] consider a best interest standard.
Both industry and regulators have made signi;cant e;ort to implement the CSA's CRM2 and Point of Sale reforms. Before proceeding with consideration of a best interest standard, the Jurisdictions with Concerns about a BIS believe that we should determine whether those reforms are e;ective. ;ese changes are intended to advance clients' understanding of how their portfolio is performing and what they are paying their registrants. No other regulatory regime has imposed these signi;cant types of reforms.
;e BCSC is leading a CSA project to measure the impact of CRM2 and Point of Sale disclosure reforms, including their impact on registrant behavior and client understanding of the cost and performance of their investments. ;is project is in the planning stage and will run through 2018.
Only if the Jurisdictions with Concerns about a BIS determine that, together, the CRM2, Point of Sale and proposed targeted reforms are not e;ective, should we then revisit the question of imposing a best interest standard and how that standard should be de;ned.
prohibiting certain con;icted compensation models.
;e proposed standard is unlikely to be e;ective without more fundamental changes to the Canadian securities industry, including reforms to compensation structures. In the U.K. and Australia, for example, reforms speci;c to compensation structures were implemented in addition to a quali;ed best interest standard. Work is being done by the CSA's mutual fund fee project in this area.
managers and investment fund managers.
By applying the proposed standard to all registrants, regardless of the actual nature of the relationship between the registrant and its clients, the Jurisdictions with Concerns about a BIS believe that we risk diminishing the standard currently set out in some jurisdictions' securities laws requiring portfolio managers and dealers with discretionary authority and investment fund managers to act in the best interest of their clients.
;ese laws refer to registrants having to act in the client's best interest and are intended to establish true ;duciary standards. ;e Jurisdictions with Concerns about a BIS think adopting a standard that requires other registrants to also act in their client's best interest, but that is quali;ed to mean something less than a full ;duciary standard may impact the interpretation of the words "best interest" as they apply elsewhere.


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Q: change default sound of toast notification for windows phone 8.1 app development I am implementing toast notification for a windows phone 8.1 app using the code below. I have to change the default sound to one which is found in the Assets folder. Can anyone help me please?
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                XmlDocument toastXml = ToastNotificationManager.GetTemplateContent(toastType);

                XmlNodeList toastTextElement = toastXml.GetElementsByTagName("text");

                toastTextElement[0].AppendChild(toastXml.CreateTextNode("WeCare says: "));
                toastTextElement[1].AppendChild(toastXml.CreateTextNode(initialTime + " seconds left"));

                IXmlNode toastNode = toastXml.SelectSingleNode("/toast");
                XmlElement audio = toastXml.CreateElement("audio");
                // audio.SetAttribute("src", "/Assets/N.mp3");
                ((XmlElement)toastNode).SetAttribute("duration", "long");

                //((XmlElement)toastNode).SetAttribute("loop", "true");

                ToastNotification toast = new ToastNotification(toastXml);
                ToastNotificationManager.CreateToastNotifier().Show(toast);

A: Make sure the file you specified in your XML is stored in the proper location. Toast with sound works only on Windows Phone 8 Update 3 and later versions. Also make sure the sound file is less than 10 seconds long.
See this example here
Make sure your using correct xml format for toast notification
public void ShowToastWithCloudService(bool useCustomSound, bool useWavFormat, bool doSilentToast)
{
    StringBuilder toastMessage = new StringBuilder();
    toastMessage.Append("<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\"?><wp:Notification xmlns:wp=\"WPNotification\"><wp:Toast>");
    toastMessage.Append("<wp:Text1>Toast Title</wp:Text1>");
    toastMessage.Append("<wp:Text2>Toast Content</wp:Text2>");
    if ((IsTargetedVersion) && (useCustomSound))
    {
        if (useWavFormat)
        {
            toastMessage.Append("<wp:Sound>MyToastSound.wav</wp:Sound>");
        }
        else
        {
            toastMessage.Append("<wp:Sound>MyToastSound.mp3</wp:Sound>");
        }
    }
    else if ((IsTargetedVersion) && (doSilentToast))
    {
        toastMessage.Append("<wp:Sound Silent=\"true\"/>");
    }
    toastMessage.Append("</wp:Toast></wp:Notification>");
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y PSCU, HAVANA, Cuba, Mar 18—President Uhuru Kenyatta today concluded his historic State visit to the Caribbean nation of Cuba that was sharply focused on health, trade and heritage.
President Kenyatta departed Jose Marti International airport aboard a commercial aircraft shortly after midnight (7 am Sunday Kenyan time), after getting back on track a wide-ranging health agreement signed earlier but never implemented.
There were also quick wins in sports and agriculture.
Jubilee Secretary General received the Cuban Ambassador in Kenya.
Nairobi, February 27. The Honorable Raphael Tuju, Secretary General of the Jubilee political party, received today Cuban Ambassador to Kenya, Ernesto Gómez Díaz, who paid a courtesy call on him, at the headquarters of the political organization.
The Cuban diplomat congratulated Tuju for the victory of Jubilee in the last elections held on October 26, where Uhuru Kenyatta, leader of this political formation, was reelected as the President of Kenya. Jubilee was founded in 2016, after several parties were merged.
Cuban Ambassador in Kenya received the Vice-chancellor of the USIU-Africa.
Nairobi, February 16. Professor Paul Tiyambe Zeleza, the highest authority of the United States International University in Africa (USIU-Africa), visited the Embassy of Cuba in Nairobi today, where he was received by Ambassador Ernesto Gómez Díaz.
Statement by H.E. Mr. Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba, at the Second Ministerial Meeting of the CELAC-China Forum.
H.E. Ambassador Victor Manuel Valle, President Pro-Tempore of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States.
I would like to convey my gratitude to Chile, particularly to Santiago de Chile, for its warm welcome.
A few days ahead of the commemoration of the 165th anniversary of the birth of our National Hero Jose Marti this January 28, Cuba takes pride in being part of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC). Its foundation crystallized the message of independence and unity of the region contained in Martí's essay entitled "Our America".
Cuba has the privilege of being the first Latin American country to establish diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China. The CELAC-China Forum was created by virtue of the agreements adopted at the Second CELAC Summit held in Havana.
Three years ago our countries met in Beijing and successfully held the First China-CELAC Ministerial Forum. This mechanism has proved to be effective in strengthening relations between China and Latin America and the Caribbean; it has facilitated a systematic dialogue and the advancement of ambitious triangular cooperation projects, human resources training, trade, investments and financial relations, with a strong component of science, technology and innovation. The Forum has been further enriched thanks to the political, economic and social diversity of the Parties involved.
Today, China and Latin America and the Caribbean see each other as sources of opportunities. China has become the second trading partner of the region; the third biggest source of investments and the main destination of the exports of goods from several Latin American countries.
Under the CELAC-China Cooperation Plan, both Parties expect to increase direct and reciprocal trade and investments up to 500 billion USD and 250 billion USD respectively by the year 2025.
We appreciate the importance of further strengthening cooperation and friendship bonds in the context of the Forum, based on the opportunities it offers to face the challenges resulting from a complex global situation. China and Latin America and the Caribbean, as countries of the South, complement each other and share common interests.
In this context, Cuba emphasizes the importance of holding a Summit of Heads of State of Latin America and the Caribbean and China.
Together we can work to pursue our economic growth, the increase and diversification of our exports, the industrialization of our natural and agricultural resources, the elimination of social inequalities, a better trade balance and the financial and investments resources necessary to meet the targets and goals of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the implementation of the Paris Agreement.
The Chinese "One Belt and One Road Initiative" offers new opportunities for cooperation between both Parties. Cuba is sympathetic to and recognizes the possibilities offered by this lofty initiative, which is as comprehensive as inclusive. Some steps have already been taken associated to it and possibilities open up for new projects.
The close friendship that exists between Cuba and China is neither juncture-wise nor based on ephemeral conveniences. Bilateral cooperation, based on equality and mutual benefit, has included projects for the development and use of renewable energies as well as agreements in the biotech sector and the training of more than 3 000 Chinese students in different specialties in Cuba during the last decade, which was conceived not only thinking about our bilateral relations, but also in the relations between China and Latin America and the Caribbean.
Enhancing our mutual knowledge is vital for the future development of this Forum. Latin American and Caribbean countries can benefit from China's experience in social and economic development. China could also benefit from the experiences and comparative advantages of our region.
We emphasize the need for all participants to see their interests and aspirations reflected in this Forum. In this regard, we should give to the Caribbean countries, the Small Island Developing States which are affected by extreme weather events that are increasingly frequent and devastating, like those which particularly affected Antigua and Barbuda and Dominica, the attention they deserve. The realities and specific development needs of our Caribbean sister nations are neglected by other cooperation bodies. Special mention should be made of the solidarity support required by Haiti.
We strongly believe that China and Latin America and the Caribbean, united under CELAC, can expand their relations through this Forum, based on equality, mutual benefit and respect for the precepts enshrined in the Proclamation of Latin America and the Caribbean as a Zone of Peace, which was signed in Havana in January, 2014.
Cuba upholds its strong commitment with the Latin American and Caribbean unity and integration in the pursuance of the development and the wellbeing of our peoples. In that endeavor, we will continue to promote relations with China, whose progress we positively welcome and perceive as a factor of stability, balance and opportunities for the world, particularly for Latin American and the Caribbean. We will actively participate in this Forum, which we believe is of the utmost importance.


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October 22, 2019: Phelan-McDermid Syndrome Awareness Day
WHEREAS, Phelan-McDermid syndrome, also known as 22q13 deletion syndrome, is a rare genetic condition caused by a deletion at the end of chromosome 22 or a mutation in the SHANK3 gene; and,
WHEREAS, although the range and severity of symptoms vary, Phelan-McDermid syndrome is generally characterized by intellectual disability, delayed or absent speech, symptoms of autism spectrum disorder, motor delays, epilepsy, and distinctive facial features; and,
WHEREAS, it is estimated that approximately 1% of people with autism have Phelan-McDermid syndrome; and,
WHEREAS, at least 2000 affected individuals, both males and females, have been reported worldwide, and it is believed that many cases remain undiagnosed or underreported; and,
WHEREAS, the incidence of Phelan-McDermid syndrome is unknown, and there is no one treatment specifically for Phelan-McDermid syndrome. The treatment available is based on symptoms and may include physical, occupational, and speech therapy as well as other medical interventions; and,
WHEREAS, individuals, parents, and advocacy groups can increase awareness of Phelan-McDermid syndrome and its symptoms through scientific education opportunities and informational exchange; and,
WHEREAS, it is important to raise awareness of Phelan-McDermid syndrome and promote education that will help inform citizens about this disorder;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Gretchen Whitmer, governor of Michigan, do hereby proclaim October 22, 2019, as Phelan-McDermid Syndrome Awareness Day in Michigan.


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Interesting, easy to read articles.
Brilliant magazine; provides information on various philosophical concepts in a creative manner. Challenging, and interesting- but not out of range for general-interest readers or teenagers.