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Justice Department Files Lawsuit Against the State of Georgia to Stop 'Racially Discriminatory' Provisions of New Voting Law
The U.S. Justice Department announced today that it filed a lawsuit against the State of Georgia, the Georgia Secretary of State, and the Georgia State Election Board over recent voting procedures adopted by Georgia Senate Bill 202, which was signed into law in March 2021. The United States' complaint challenges provisions of Senate Bill 202 under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.
"The right of all eligible citizens to vote is the central pillar of our democracy, the right from which all other rights ultimately flow," said Attorney General Merrick B. Garland "This lawsuit is the first step of many we are taking to ensure that all eligible voters can cast a vote; that all lawful votes are counted; and that every voter has access to accurate information."
"The right to vote is one of the most central rights in our democracy and protecting the right to vote for all Americans is at the core of the Civil Rights Division's mission," said Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke for Justice Department's Civil Rights Division. "The Department of Justice will use all the tools it has available to ensure that each eligible citizen can register, cast a ballot, and have that ballot counted free from racial discrimination. Laws adopted with a racially motivated purpose, like Georgia Senate Bill 202, simply have no place in democracy today."
"One of the fundamental rights of our democracy is the right to vote. That right should be protected for every citizen of our district, regardless of race," said Acting U.S. Attorney Kurt R. Erskine for the Northern District of Georgia. "The United States Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Georgia is committed to protecting the rights of all Americans to vote."
The United States' complaint contends that several provisions of Senate Bill 202 were adopted with the purpose of denying or abridging the right to vote on account of race. The Justice Department's lawsuit alleges that the cumulative and discriminatory effect of these laws—particularly on Black voters—was known to lawmakers and that lawmakers adopted the law despite this.
The United States' complaint challenges several provisions of Senate Bill 202, including a provision banning government entities from distributing unsolicited absentee ballot applications; the imposition of costly and onerous fines on civic organizations, churches and advocacy groups that distribute follow-up absentee ballot applications; the shortening of the deadline to request absentee ballots to 11 days before Election Day; the requirement that voters who do not have identification issued by the Georgia Department of Driver Services photocopy another form of identification in order to request an absentee ballot without allowing for use of the last four digits of a social security number for such applications; significant limitations on counties' use of absentee ballot drop boxes; the prohibition on efforts by churches and civic groups to provide food or water to persons waiting in long lines to vote; and the prohibition on counting out-of-precinct provisional ballots cast before 5 p.m. on Election Day. The complaint asks the court to prohibit Georgia from enforcing these requirements.
Deputy Attorney General Lisa O. Monaco also issued a memo to United States Attorneys and FBI Field Offices today on investigating and prosecuting threats to election officials. To assist with this important effort the department will also establish an intra-Departmental task force to address the rising threats.
Today's announcements follow Attorney General Garland's recent commitment to expand the Justice Department's efforts to safeguard voting rights.
More information about the Voting Rights Act and other federal voting laws is available on the Department of Justice's website at www.justice.gov/crt/about/vot. Complaints about discriminatory voting practices may be reported to the Voting Section of the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division at 1-800-253-3931.
For a list of the department's actions to protect voting rights, click here.
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Ballard of Virginia
A Chronicle of Descendants in the Male Line of the Colonial Families in Virginia.
Lineage Group I: Participants
Lineage Group I: Dowan Ballard, Sr of Franklin County, Kentucky (c. 1825-1909).
John William Ballard of Cadiz, Ohio (1847-1907).
William Henry Ballard, Sr of Lexington, Kentucky (1862-1954).
William Henry Ballard, Jr of Chicago, Illinois (1893-1963).
Orville Lee Ballard of Louisville, Kentucky (1896-1972).
Edward Hunter Ballard, Sr of South Pasadena, California (1899-1988).
Dowan David Ballard, Jr of Indianapolis, Indiana (1868-1950).
Lineage Group I: Thomas Ballard of Stafford County, Virginia (c. 1679-c. 1724).
Bland Ballard, Sr of Spotsylvania County, Virginia (c.1713-1791).
Bland Ballard, Jr of Spotsylvania County, Virginia (1735-1788).
Bland Williams Ballard of Shelby County, Kentucky (1759-1853).
James Ballard of Oldham County, Kentucky (1783-1841).
Benjamin Hayden Ballard of Clark County, Missouri (1817-1896).
Bland William Ballard of Aquilla, Texas (1824-1904).
James Thomas Ballard of Clark County, Missouri (1830-1868).
James Ballard of Shelby County, Kentucky (1763-1849).
Andrew Jackson Ballard of Louisville, Kentucky (1815-1885).
Charles Thruston Ballard of Louisville, Kentucky (1850-1918).
Samuel Thruston Ballard of Louisville, Kentucky (1855-1926).
Rogers Clark Ballard Thruston of Louisville, Kentucky (1858-1946).
Judge Bland Ballard of Louisville, Kentucky (1819-1879).
Bland Ballard of Lake Forest, Illinois (1854-1909).
Benjamin Ballard of Spotsylvania County, Virginia (c.1725-1814).
James Ballard of Spotsylvania County, Virginia (1763-1856).
Thomas Montague Ballard of Oldham County, Kentucky (1789-1865).
Camden Montague Ballard of Oldham County, Virginia (1802-1853).
Benjamin Ballard, Jr of Spotsylvania County, Virginia (1768-1864).
Thomas Ballard of King George County, Virginia (c. 1732-bef. 1785).
John Ballard of Madison County, Virginia (c.1734-1823).
Proctor Ballard of Bardstown, Kentucky (1755-1818).
Thomas Ballard of Albemarle County, Virginia (c.1717-1782).
John Ballard of Albemarle County, Virginia (c.1738-c.1779)
Thomas Horace Ballard of Albemarle County, Virginia (c.1732-1804).
Thomas Ballard of Surry County, North Carolina (c. 1755-1794).
James Ballard, Sr of Albemarle County, Virginia (1767-1853).
Garland Ballard of Orange County, Virginia (1798-1851).
James Ballard, Jr of New York, New York (1815-1882).
David Crawford Ballard of Ray County, Missouri (c. 1798-1853).
John Ballard of Albemarle County, Virginia (c. 1765-1829).
Edward Ballard of Madison County, Kentucky (c. 1775-1854).
James Bell Ballard of Madison County, Kentucky (1778-1858).
William Jarman Ballard of McLean County, Illinois (1803-1878).
James Lewis Ballard of McLean County, Illinois (1826-1906).
John P. Ballard of Madison County, Kentucky (c. 1780-1829).
David Ballard of Madison County, Kentucky (c. 1795-1834).
Bland Ballard of Albemarle County, Virginia (c.1735-1809).
Thomas Ballard of Gwinnett, Georgia (1751-1843).
David Ballard of Kershaw County, South Carolina (c. 1746-c. 1832).
John Ballard of Kershaw District, South Carolina (1765-1838).
Bland Ballard of Rutherford County, North Carolina (c. 1757-1805).
William Ballard of Caroline County, Virginia and Rowan County, North Carolina (c.1719-after 1763)
William Ballard, Jr of Rowan County, North Carolina (c.1741-????).
Lineage Group I: Richard Ballard Sr of Essex, Caroline and Bedford Counties, Virginia (c.1692-c.1779).
Micajah Ballard of Lawrence County, Ohio (1736-1821).
Lineage Group II: Participants
Lineage Group II: John Ballard of Bitton, Gloucestershire, England and Nansemond County, Virginia (c.1629-c.1704).
John Ballard, Jr of Chowan Precinct, North Carolina (c.1650-c.1736).
Joseph Ballard of Albemarle County, North Carolina (c.1652-1729).
Elias Ballard of Chowan County, North Carolina (c.1690-1789).
Joseph Ballard, Jr of Tyrrell County, North Carolina (c.1711-1773).
John Ballard of Dobbs County, North Carolina (c.1724-1763).
Elisha Ballard of Martin County, North Carolina (17??-1824)
Elisha Ballard of Perquimans County, North Carolina (c.1673-c.1745).
Abraham Ballard of Perquimans County, North Carolina (c.1705-1754).
Jethro Ballard of Gates County, North Carolina (c.1753-1796).
Kedar Ballard of Gates County, North Carolina (1753-1834).
Lineage Group II: Elisha Ballard of Nansemond County, Virginia (bef.1732-aft.1771).
Elisha Lawrence Ballard of Isle of Wight County, Virginia (1756-1796).
Lineage Group III: Participants
Lineage Group III: William Ballard of Caroline and Bedford Counties, Virginia (1715-1794).
Thomas Ballard of Surry County, North Carolina (1735/6-1804).
Byrom Ballard of Bedford County, Virginia (1740-1817).
William Ballard of Bedford County, Virginia (1767-18??).
Moorman Ballard of Greene County, Tennessee (1747-????).
David Ballard of Guilford County, North Carolina (1750-????).
Barclay Ballard of Bedford County, Virginia (c.1751-1814).
Lineage Group III: Philip Ballard of Spotsylvania County, Virginia (c.1706-c.1778).
Charles Ballard, Sr of Somerset County, Maryland (1637-c.1685).
Charles Ballard, Jr of Somerset County, Maryland (c.1671-1725).
Henry Ballard of Somerset County, Maryland (c.1700-1755).
Jarvis Ballard, Sr of Somerset County, Maryland (c.1681-1751).
Jarvis Ballard, Jr of Somerset County, Maryland (c.1715-1771).
Arnold Ballard of Somerset County, Maryland (c.1719-aft.1779).
Edward Ballard of Elizabeth City County, Virginia (c.1694-1728).
English Ancestors of Charles Ballard, Sr of Somerset County, Maryland.
William Ballard of Southwell, Nottinghamshire (c.1540-1605).
Henery Ballard of Southwell, Nottinghamshire (1563/4-1622/3).
William Ballard of Southwell, Nottinghamshire (1564-1616).
Edward Ballard of Southwell, Nottinghamshire (c.1594-1654).
Thomas Ballard of The Minories, London (1636-1659).
Jarvis Ballard of Somerset County, Maryland and Boston, Massachusetts (1630-c.1690).
Martin Ballard of Southwell, East Allington and Upton, Nottinghamshire (c.1596-1663).
Thomas Ballard of James City County, Virginia (1630-1690).
Thomas Ballard, Jr of York County, Virginia (c.1655-1710).
Matthew Ballard of York County, Virginia (c.1685-1719).
John Ballard of Yorktown, Virginia (1700-1745).
Robert Ballard of Princess Anne County, Virginia (1733-1770).
Francis Ballard Sr of Elizabeth City County, Virginia (c.1675-1719/20).
Servant Ballard of Warwick County, Virginia (c.1700-c.1748)
James Ballard of Warwick County, Virginia (c.1748-c.1773).
Francis Ballard, Jr of Warwick County, Virginia (c.1705-c.1748).
William Ballard Sr of Hampton, Virginia (c.1721-1782).
William Ballard of Charles City County, Virginia (c.1668-c.1725).
Thomas Ballard of Charles City County, Virginia (c.1690-1754).
Thomas Ballard, Jr of Charles City County, Virginia (1730-1791).
John Ballard of Mecklenburg County, Virginia (c.1715-1787).
John Ballard, Jr of Mecklenburg County, Virginia (c.1744-1803).
Robert Ballard of Mecklenburg County, Virginia and Baltimore, Maryland (c.1742-1793).
William Ballard of Mecklenburg County, Virginia (c.1738-1812).
William Ballard of Halifax County, North Carolina (c. 1710-1775)
Walter Clopton Ballard of Halifax County, North Carolina (c. 1755-1801).
Benjamin Ballard of Caldwell Parish, Louisiana (c. 1797-1869).
Devereaux Ballard of Sumter District, South Carolina (1756-1836).
William Ballard of Orange County, North Carolina (c. 1734-c. 1819).
Edward Ballard of Nash County, North Carolina (c. 1730-1767).
Origins of the Ballards of Virginia: A Source Book.
A Source Book: Virginia.
A Source Book: Maryland.
A Source Book: English Origins.
Allied Families.
Virginia Families.
Blagrave of James City & Stafford Counties.
Bland of Stafford County.
Gregg of Stafford County.
Head of Orange County.
Moorman of Isle of Wight and Campbell County.
Shiflett of Albemarle County.
Kentucky Families.
The Flournoy Family.
HomeEnglish Ancestors of Charles Ballard, Sr of Somerset County, Maryland.William Ballard of Southwell, Nottinghamshire (c.1540-1605).William Ballard of Southwell, Nottinghamshire (1564-1616).Martin Ballard of Southwell, East Allington and Upton, Nottinghamshire (c.1596-1663).
Martin Ballard of Southwell, East Allington and Upton, the son of William Ballard, Jr and his wife Alice was born c. 1696, died 21 March 1663. He was probably the Martin Ballard who became a minister and served the parish of Upton during at least the years between 1633 and 1639. Martin Ballard appears in the East Allington register as the father of at least three children. Paul Ballard noted the poor quality of the microfilm in that part of the register where the relevant entries are located, so it is difficult to determine if all references to him have been identified. The baptismal records from that register list the following children: (1) 4/9/1615 — Elizabeth; (2) 2/2/1616 — Sara; (3) 10/17/1619 — Rececca.
The legible entries do not give the name of Martin's wife. They also do not mention his occupation. If Martin's older brothers were born in approximately 1592 and 1594, he must have born in approximately 1595, which would make him a young 20 years old at the birth of his first child. After 1619, Martin and his family disappear from the register — perhaps they moved to Upton in Nottinghamshire at about that time, or perhaps that is when he studied for the ministry. Paul noted:
Since I was anxious to continue tracing Martin and his children, I checked to see what church records were available for the parish of Upton in Nottinghamshire (located between Southwell and Newark-upon-Trent). According to the information in Nottingham Parish Registers. Marriages, Vol. 16, p.157 (London, 1912), the Upton registers go back to 1586. The marriages for Upton from that date are published in that volume, but, of course, not the baptisms or the burials. Interestingly, there is a specific mention in the book (at p.166) that Martin Ballard was the vicar of Upton from 1628 to 1663. On the same page, the marriage on 5/4/1649 between John Sands and Rebecca Ballard is listed. This was most likely Martin's daughter who had been baptized in East Allington in 1619.
Unfortunately, the Family History Centers do not offer a microfilm of the parish register for Upton. In fact, it appears that none of the parish registers in Nottinghamshire (maybe with some exceptions) are available there. The Centers do have available the Bishop's transcripts from 1633 to 1812 (FHL British Film 504053, Item #1), which I reviewed. These transcripts cover only a few years prior to 1686, i.e., 1633-1634, 1635 and 1639(?). Although Martin Ballard signed all three of these transcripts, they do not appear to contain any other Ballard information. A closer look at the actual parish registers of Upton can evidently only be had in Nottingham (where I assume they are today). PB – Correct, they are at the Nottinghamshire Record Office in Nottingham but there is also a transcript in the Society of Genealogists.
Although Upton is small in size, there are at least two books written about life there around the time of the English Civil War. A Nottingham Village in War and Peace: The Accounts of the Constables of Upton 1640-1666 (Thoroton Society Record Series, Vol. 39, 1995) contains a few mentions of a "Mr. Ballard," evidently referring to the Vicar, Martin Ballard. It also refers once to "Major General Thomas Ballard's brief siege of Newark, 27-28 February 1643" (at p.132), but makes no connection between the General and the Vicar.
The other book, Francis H. West, Rude Forefathers: The Story of an English Village 1600-1666 (London, 1949), is a gold mine for information about Martin Ballard, since he is prominently featured. In the section entitled "The Vicarage" (pp.77-84), it is written (pp.77-80): "There are many references in the account books to Mr. Martin Ballard, vicar of thye parish for 36 years, whose incumbancy covered the most eventful period of Upton's history. During the Civil War he shared in the discomforts and hardships of his parishioners, contributing with the others to the maintenance of the troops in the vicinity of the village, and sometimes accompanying the constable on missions to Newark.
Macauley, in his description of England in 1685, refers to the humble origin of the majority of the country clergy. One of Martin Ballard's daughters married John Sandes the Weaver, another a Thomas Sare who apparently could not sign his own name…. Whatever his origin was, Mr. Ballard probably had a good deal more learning than the Squire. The records show that he was often consulted about the numerous official documents, warrants and assessments which descended upon the 17th century wardens and constables. In 1646 he helped draw up the statement of the loses incurred by the village during the troublous years of the Civil War.
Of his opinions and personality we know nothing. Presumably he conformed to Parliament's ecclesiastical regulations and accepted the Directory Service Book without voicing any objections, for … he was allowed to retain his living during the Commonwealth. But the Commission which was set up in 1654 to enquire into the state of the ministry in the parishes, reported that he was too old for the responsibilities of his office, and that the village required a younger man as its minister. Possibly because a more suitable man was not forthcoming, Mr. Ballard was not removed from his vicarage and remained there until his death in 1664 nearly four years after the restoration of Charles II.
The parish registers and his will give us a glimpse of the last months of his life which appear to have been clouded with sorrow and misfortune. Two of his children, Martin and Elizabeth, were undutiful and refused to write him. On 4th September, 1663, his wife Joan, died, to be followed in January by their widowed daughter, Rebecca Sandes. Two months later the lonely old man, lying in his four-poster bed in the vicarage parlour, dictated his last Will and Testament to his son-in-law, Thomas Sare, and two of his parishioners. His undutiful children he cut off with a shilling apiece. The rest of his property he left to his three grandchildren. The next day he died. On March 22nd, 1663-4 his body was buried in the church, across the way from the house in which he had lived for 36 years.
Martin Ballard left a nuncupative will. (A nuncupative will is one that is dictated by word of mouth to witnesses.)
That upon 20th day of March Anno Dni 1663 Martin Ballard the late vicar of Upton neare Southwell in the county of Nottingham being then in perfect mind and memorie and being fitt in body and did (with intent to make his last will nuncupative) dispose of his estate in manor following or words to that effect.
Viz. He said that he had a son called Martin Ballard and a daughter whose name was Elizabeth and sayed that they were disobedient and would not write to him and therefore he sayed that he did give the said Martin his said son and the said Elizabeth a XIId apeece. And he did give the rest of all his goodes, debts having first been paid and funerall expenses discharged to his three grandchildren John Sandys, Rebecca Sandys and Sarah Sare to be equally divided amongst them : there being then and there present and witnesses to the same[.] Richard Gibson. Thomas Sare. Frances the wife of George Harper. [This section of the book also contains the inventory of Martin Ballard and a description of the living conditions in the vicarage.]
From the will and other information contained in Rude Forefathers, we know that Martin Ballard died 21 March 1663/4. He was married, at least towards the end of his life, to a woman with the first name "Joan," who died on 4 September 1663 and who may or may not have been the mother of his children. We also know from the same source that Martin had at least four children: Martin, Elizabeth, Rebecca (who married John Sandes (Sandys)) and an unnamed daughter (who married Thomas Sare). If the unnamed daughter was Sarah (born 1616), then the only birth (baptism) missing would be for his son Martin. Rebecca died as a widow in January 1663/4. She and John Sandes had two children, also named Rebecca and John, who were living at the time of Martin's will in 1663. The unnamed daughter (Sarah?) evidently died before her father, since she was not named in his will. She and her husband Thomas Sare had one child, named Sarah, who was alive at the time of the will. Finally, we can deduce that Elizabeth and Martin had moved away from Upton. John Weisner's notes:
He was born circa 1596. He was the son of William Ballard. Martin Ballard held property on 9 July 1614 as evidenced by The Chancery records (C5/589/68) consist of one document, dated 9/7/1614. That document mentioned William Ballard of Southwell, gent. and Alice his wife, the sole daughter and heir of John Martyn (also spelled "Martin") late of East Allington in the County of Lincoln, yeoman. Martyn agreed to convey lands in East Allington, West Allington and Gonerby to William and Alice Ballard and their heirs to become their property after the death of himself and his then wife Isabell. He then, in fact, conveyed the land as promised to Martin Ballard, one of the sons of William and Alice. Later, Isabell died and John Martyn married Margaret Leake, sister of Richard Leake, who, after the death of John Martyn, allegedly combined with Symon Buttree to disinherit the Ballards. The Martin Ballard mentioned here, who must have been a brother of Edward, was most likely the minister who acted as a witness to the wills of both Edward and Ellen. He held the office of Vicar of Upton in 1627. He left a will on 20 March 1663 at Upton, Nottinghamshire, , England;
"Mr. Ballard's nuncupative will.
'That upon 20th day of March Anno Dni 1663 Martin Ballard the late vicar of Upton neare Southwell in the county of Nottingham being then in perfect mind and memorie and being fitt in body and did (with intent to make his last will nuncupative) dispose of his estate in manor following or words to that effect. Viz. He said that he had a son called Martin Ballard and a daughter whose name was Elizabeth and sayed that they were disobedient and would not write to him and therefore he sayed that he did give the said Martin his said son and the said Elizabeth a XIId apeece. And he did give the rest of all his goodes, debts having first been paid and funerall expenses discharged to his three grandchildren John Sandys, Rebecca Sandys and Sarah Sare to be equally divided amongst them : there being then and there present and witnesses to the same[.] Richard Gibson. Thomas Sare. Frances the wife of George Harper. [This section of the book also contains the inventory of Martin Ballard and a description of the living conditions in the vicarage.]'"
Francis H. West, Rude Forefathers: The Story of an English Village 1600-1666 (London, 1949). He died on 21 March 1663 at Upton, Nottinghamshire, , England; Francis H. West, Rude Forefathers: The Story of an English Village 1600-1666 (London, 1949). He was buried on 22 March 1663 at Upton, Nottinghamshire, , England; Francis H. West, Rude Forefathers: The Story of an English Village 1600-1666 (London, 1949).
Children of Martin Ballard:
Elizabeth, baptized 9 April 1615 at East Allington, Lincolnshire, England.
Sara, baptized 2 February 1616 at East Allington, Lincolnshire, England.1
Rebecca, baptized 17 October 1619 at East Allington, Lincolnshire, England and died January 1663/4 at the age of 44. Identified as the wife of ___________ Sands on 4 May 1649,
Martin, baptized c. 1621.
The Will of James Ballard, Sr of Albemarle County, Virginia (c. 1767-1853).
The Will of Elizabeth Ballard of Norfolk, Virginia (1785).
The Ancestry of Lewis Francis Ballard of Copiah County, Mississippi (1761-1833).
A Line Clarified: Thomas Ballard of Surry County, North Carolina (c. 1755-1794).
The Ancestry of Samuel Ballard of Cherokee Nation West (c. 1802-1862).
James E. Ballard of Ray County, Missouri (1817-1893).
The Will of William Ballard of Roane County, Tennessee (1850).
Will of Alexander Ballard, Sr of Hawkins County, Tennessee (1751-1839).
The Ancestry of Bland N. Ballard of Pulaski County, Missouri (1800-1861).
John Jones Ballard of Greene County, Indiana (1841-1909).
Last Will & Testament of Elias Ballard of Wayne County, North Carolina (1788).
Guest Post: A Possible Descendancy of Thomas Ballard (1) of James City County, Virginia.
John Bryson vs. The Heirs of Thomas Ballard, dec'd.
Obituary of Charles Thruston Ballard of Louisville, Kentucky (1850-1918).
A Possible Welsh Origin of Lineage Group I & A Biography of Bland W. Ballard of Aquilla, Texas (1824-1904).
Is This the Father of Bland Ballard of Spotsylvania County?
Ballard v. Ballard in Chancery, Isle of Wight County, Virginia (1798).
Who Were the Richard Ballards (Bullards) Active in Virginia Trade in the 17th Century?
Re-visiting the Descent of Francis Ballard of Elizabeth City County, Virginia (c.1675-1719/20).
The Death of Mr. William Ballard of Hampton, Virginia, in 1784.
Revolutionary War Pension Application of Thomas Ballard of Lancaster District, South Carolina (1751-1843).
Re-visiting William Ballard of James City & Charles City County: An Alternate View
Talman of New Kent and the Ballards of Charles City County in Virginia.
The Will of Addison M. Ballard of Oldham County, Kentucky (1799-1879).
Will of Albert M. Ballard of Oldham County, Kentucky (1835).
The Will of James Ballard of Oldham County, Kentucky (1783-1841).
Deed from Servant Ballard to Isaac Avery, Warwick County, Virginia 1792
Could Bland Ballard's Family be from Ireland?
An Interesting Discovery.
An Impassioned Plea.
Ballard DNA Surname Project
Family Tree DNA Ballard Project
GenForum Message Board
Rootsweb Ballard-L Archives
Rootsweb Message Board
UK Ballard Genealogy & Heraldry
UK Ballard Pedigrees

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La Temporada 2011-12 de la Segunda División fue la LXII temporada de torneos de la Segunda División de México. Fue divida en dos torneos cortos, el Torneo Apertura 2011 y el Torneo Clausura 2012.

La Segunda División de México se divide en dos liga: la Liga Premier de Ascenso y la Liga de Nuevos Talentos. Cada liga jugó las ediciones de Apertura y Clausura por separado.

Temporada 2011-12 Liga Premier de Ascenso
La Temporada 2011-12 se dividió en dos torneos cortos: Apertura y Clausura. En las dos ediciones el campeón fue el conjunto de Titanes de Tulancingo, mientras que el subcampeón lo obtuvo, de nuevo repitiendo posición en ambas competencias el conjunto de Tecamachalco.

El conjunto de Tulancingo fue el club que ganó el título de Campeón de la temporada, sin embargo no pudo ascender a la Liga de Ascenso por no cumplir los requerimientos de infraestructura establecidos por el cuaderno de cargos de la liga, por lo cual cedió su pase a Tecamachalco, subcampeón de la categoría, equipo que tampoco pudo acceder a la división superior por los mismos motivos, finalmente se incorporaría en el Apertura 2013 tras cambiar su nombre y sede para pasar a denominarse Alebrijes de Oaxaca.

En esta temporada hubo un cambio de formato en la competencia, los 30 equipos participantes pasaron a dividirse en dos grupos de 15 clubes, de esta forma cada club jugó durante 14 jornadas en lugar de las 10 o 12 que se realizaron en formatos previos.

Equipos participantes

Grupo 1

Grupo 2

Torneo Apertura 2011 Liga Premier de Ascenso

El Torneo Apertura 2011 de la Liga Premier de Ascenso fue el 29º torneo corto que abrió la temporada LXII de la Segunda División.

Los equipos de Titanes de Tulancingo y Tecamachalco jugaron la final del Torneo Apertura 2011.

El partido de ida se disputó el 15 de diciembre en el Estadio Universidad Tecnológica de Nezahualcóyotl con empate a un gol, mientras que el partido de vuelta se jugó el 18 de diciembre en el Estadio Primero de Mayo de Tulancingo, en donde el equipo local se convirtió en campeón tras ganar por 2-0.

El marcador global benefició al equipo de los Titanes por 3-1, por lo que se coronó como campeón del torneo y ganó el derecho a disputar la Final de Ascenso 2011-12.

Torneo Clausura 2012 Liga Premier de Ascenso

El Torneo Clausura 2012 de la Liga Premier de Ascenso fue el 30º torneo corto que cerró la temporada LXII de la Segunda División.

Al igual que en el torneo anterior, los equipos Titanes de Tulancingo y Tecamachalco jugaron la final del Torneo Clausura 2012.

El juego de ida se celebró el 16 de mayo en Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl, con victoria del conjunto de Tulancingo por 0-2, por otra parte, la vuelta se disputó el 20 de mayo en el Estadio Primero de Mayo de la ciudad hidalguense, donde el cuadro de los Titanes volvió a derrotar a Tecamachalco por el mismo marcador de 2-0.

Titanes de Tulancingo se proclamó campeón al ganar por global de 4-0, de esta forma el equipo conquistó el título del campeonato de la temporada 2011-12, sin embargo no pudo acceder a la Liga de Ascenso por no cumplir con los requerimientos básicos de la liga.

Temporada 2011-12 Liga de Nuevos Talentos
La Temporada 2011-12  se dividió en dos torneos: Apertura y Clausura. El campeón del Torneo Apertura 2011 fue el equipo de Estudiantes Tecos B, mientras que el Clausura 2012 fue ganado por Académicos de Atlas. Ambos equipos jugaron una serie final para determinar al campeón de la temporada y al conjunto ganador del pase a la Liga Premier de Ascenso.

Finalmente el conjunto de Académicos derrotó a Estudiantes Tecos en la final, el ganador se proclamó ganador del Trofeo Campeón de Campeones debido a que ambos conjuntos son filiales y no tienen derecho al ascenso.

En un principio, la temporada constó de 30 equipos, repartidos en dos grupos de 15 integrantes. Sin embargo, para el Clausura 2012, dejaron de competir los conjuntos de Orinegros de Ciudad Madero e Indios de Ciudad Juárez "B",  por lo que la cifra de participantes se redujo a 28, 15 en el Grupo 1 y 13 en el Grupo 2.

Equipos participantes

Grupo 1

Grupo 2

Torneo Apertura 2011 Liga de Nuevos Talentos

El Torneo Apertura 2011 de la Liga de Nuevos Talentos fue el 29º torneo corto que abrió la temporada LXII de la Segunda División.

La filial de Estudiantes Tecos se proclamó campeona del torneo tras derrotar a América Coapa en la final del torneo. La final se llevó a cabo en dos encuentros, en el partido de ida, celebrado en la Ciudad de México el 14 de diciembre, el conjunto de los Tecolotes se impuso a la filial americanista por 0-2; mientras que en la vuelta, que se disputó el 17 de diciembre en el Estadio Tres de Marzo de Zapopan, el equipo de la Autónoma de Guadalajara tuvo una victoria de 2-1.

De esta forma los Estudiantes Tecos se proclamaron campeones del Torneo Apertura 2011 por global de 4-1.

Torneo Clausura 2012 Liga de Nuevos Talentos

El Torneo Clausura 2012 de la Liga de Nuevos Talentos fue el 30º torneo corto que cerró la temporada LXII de la Segunda División.

El conjunto de Académicos de Atlas fue el ganador del campeonato tras ganar en la final a Pumas Naucalpan. La final fue celebrada en una serie de dos encuentros, el primero, se jugó en las Instalaciones de La Cantera pertenecientes a Pumas de la UNAM el 16 de mayo con un empate de 2-2; mientras que el partido de vuelta, celebrado el 19 de mayo en el Estadio Jalisco resultó en la victoria de Académicos por 4-1.

Académicos se proclamó campeón del Torneo Clausura 2012 por marcador global de 6-3.

Campeón de Campeones de la Liga de Nuevos Talentos
El partido que tradicionalmente enfrenta a los dos clubes campeones por la búsqueda del boleto a la Liga Premier de Ascenso sufrió una modificación en esta temporada debido a que los dos equipos contendientes son filiales de clubes profesionales que no cuentan con derecho al Ascenso. Por ello el partido pasó a denominarse como Trofeo Campeón de Campeones y enfrentó a los equipos de Estudiantes Tecos, campeón del Apertura 2011, y Académicos de Atlas, ganador del Clausura 2012.

Final por el Ascenso a la Liga de Ascenso
En esta temporada no se celebró el partido por un boleto a la Liga de Ascenso debido a que el conjunto de Titanes de Tulancingo fue el ganador de los dos torneos que componen el ciclo futbolístico de la categoría: Apertura 2011 y Clausura 2012. Sin embargo, pese a tener el título oficial de Campeón de Ascenso, el conjunto ganador no pudo promocionar debido a no cumplir con los requisitos establecidos por la liga para los equipos participantes.

Véase también
 Segunda División de México
 Liga Premier de Ascenso
 Liga de Nuevos Talentos
 Torneo Apertura 2011 Liga MX
 Torneo Clausura 2012 Liga MX
 Torneo Apertura 2011 Ascenso MX
 Torneo Clausura 2012 Ascenso MX

Referencias

 / Estadística de la Temporada 2011-2012 de la Segunda División de México

Segunda División de México
Fútbol en 2011
Fútbol en 2012
Deporte en México en 2011
Deporte en México en 2012

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Though Austen described Emma Woodhouse as "a heroine whom no one but myself will much like" (James Edward Austen-Leigh's Memoir of Jane Austen , p. 158), both Emma the character and Emma the novel have delighted many readers throughout the years. This site and its frequenters are testament to that fact.
Opinions of Emma , From the Period
Novelist Sir Walter Scott, at Emma publisher John Murray's suggestion, provided a major, early, and positive critical opinion of the novel in his October, 1815 Quarterly Review piece. In correspondence, Murray asked Scott if he felt Emma lacked "incident and romance," to which Scott responded in his piece with qualified agreement. Certainly, Emma is not an eighteenth century "romance," as it lacks the kind of story and excitement that is dependent on fantastic heroics and uncommon occurences. However, according to Scott, Jane Austen manages the difficult task of creating natural, recognizable personalities and circumstances that are at once familiar to an average audience and yet so well-crafted as to maintain the reader's excitement and interest:
"We...bestow no mean compliment upon the author of Emma, when we say that, keeping close to common incidents, and to such characters as occupy the ordinary walks of life, she has produced sketches of such spirit and originality, that we never miss the excitation which depends upon a narrative of uncommon events, arising from the consideration of minds, manners and sentiments, greatly above our own. In this class she stands almost alone..."
Novelist Maria Edgeworth - a favorite novelist of Austen's and one with whom Scott compared her favorably - was perhaps less impressed by Emma , essentially declaring it plotless:
"There is no story in it, except that Miss Emma found that the man whom she designed for Harriet's lover was an admirer of her own�& he was affronted at being refused by Emma & Harriet wore the willow�and smooth, thin water-gruel is according to Emma's father's opinion a very good thing & it is very difficult to make a cook understand what you mean by smooth, thin water-gruel."
I don't know how Jane Austen took Edgeworth's comments, but she seemed satisfied with Scott's (anonymous) review. She wrote of it to John Murray in April, 1816:
"I return to you the Quarterly Review with many Thanks. The Authoress of Emma has no reason I think to complain of her treatment in it - except in the total omission of Mansfield Par. - I cannot but be sorry that so clever a Man as the Reviewer of Emma , should consider it as unworthy of being noticed."
Further, Austen frequently clarified that she was happy to continue creating "pictures of domestic Life in Country Villages," leaving the high adventure to others. Responding to suggestions from the Prince Regent's personal librarian, James Stanier Clarke, she stated, "I could no more write a Romance than an Epic Poem. - I could not sit seriously down to write a serious Romance under any other motive than to save my Life..."
Austen's own family, friends, and acquaintances were at times less than enthusiastic in their descriptions of Emma , but their reviews were generally - and in some cases very - favorable. Even some of the least favorable reviews reflect the basis of Scott's praise above; one reader claimed that Emma was "too natural to be interesting." So, in essence, Austen was too good at fashioning her slices of life. ;)
Below is Jane Austen's own aggregation of various opinions of Emma and its characters (see also this collection of opinions, including scans of the original aggregation). Personally, I can't see how anyone could prefer Mansfield Park to Emma , but here it is...
Opinions of Emma
Captn. Austen.[1]- liked it extremely, observing that though there might be more Wit in P & P - & an higher Morality in MP - yet altogether, on account of it's peculiar air of Nature throughout, he preferred it to either.
Mrs F. A. [2] - liked & admired it very much indeed, but must still prefer P & P.
Mrs J. Bridges - preferred it to all the others.
Miss Sharp - better than M P. - but not so well as P. & P. - pleased with the Heroine for her Originality, delighted with MrK - & called MrsElton beyond praise. - dissatisfied with Jane Fairfax. [Anne Sharp was a close friend of Jane Austen's and a possible inspiration for the "governess" characters in Emma , Anne Taylor and Jane Fairfax; she was a recipient of one of twelve presentation copies of the novel]
Cassandra - better than P. & P. - but not so well as M. P. -
Fanny K. [3] - not so well as either P. & P. or M P. - could not bear Emma herself. - Mr Knightley delightful. - Should like J. F. - if she knew more of her. -
Mr & Mrs J. A. [4] - did not like it so well as either of the 3 others. Language different from the others; not so easily read. -
Edward [5] - preferred it to M P. - only. - Mr K. liked by every body.
Miss Bigg - not equal to either P & P. or M P. - objected to the sameness of the subject (Match-making) all through. - Too much of Mr Elton & H. Smith. Language superior to the others. -
My Mother - thought it more entertaining than M P. - but not so interesting as P. & P. - No characters in it equal to Ly Catherine & Mr Collins. -
Miss Lloyd [6] - thought it as clever as either of the others, but did not receive so much pleasure from it as from P. & P - & M P. -
Mrs & Miss Craven - liked it very much, but not so much as the others. -
Fanny Cage - liked it very much indeed & classed it between P & P. - & M P. -
Mr Sherer - did not think it equal to either M P - (which he liked the best of all) or P & P. - displeased with my pictures of Clergymen. -
Miss Bigg - on reading it a second time, liked Miss Bates much better than at first, & expressed herself as liking all the people of Highbury in general, except Harriet Smith - but cd not help still thinking her too silly in her Loves.
The family at Upton Gray - all very much amused with it. - Miss Bates a great favourite with Mrs Beaufoy.
Mr & Mrs Leigh Perrot - saw many beauties in it, but cd not think it equal to P. & P. - Darcy & Elizth had spoilt them for anything else. - Mr K. however, an excellent Character; Emma better luck than a Matchmaker often has. - Pitied Jane Fairfax - thought Frank Churchill better treated than he deserved. -
Countess Craven - admired it very much, but did not think it equal to P & P. - which she ranked as the very first of it's [sic] sort. -
Mrs Guiton - thought it too natural to be interesting.
Mrs Digweed - did not like it so well as the others, in fact if she had not known the Author, could hardly have got through it. -
Miss Terry - admired it very much, particularly Mrs Elton.
Henry Sanford - very much pleased with it - delighted with Miss Bates, but thought Mrs Elton the best-drawn Character in the Book. - Mansfield Park however, still his favourite.
Mr Haden - quite delighted with it. Admired the Character of Emma. -
Miss Isabella Herries - did not like it - objected to my exposing the sex in the character of the Heroine - convinced that I had meant Mrs & Miss Bates for some acquaintance of theirs - People whom I never heard of before. -
Miss Harriet Moore - admired it very much, but M. P. still her favourite of all. -
Countess Morley - delighted with it. -
Mr Cockerelle - liked it so little, that Fanny wd not send me his opinion. -
Mrs Dickson - did not much like it - thought it very inferior to P. & P. - Liked it the less, from there being a Mr. and Mrs Dixon in it. -
Mrs Brandreth - thought the 3d vol: superior to anythin [sic] I had ever written - quite beautiful! -
Mr B. Lefroy - thought that if there had been more Incident, it would be equal to any of the others. - The Characters quite as well drawn & supported as in any, & from being more everyday ones, the more entertaining. - Did not like the Heroine so well as any of the others. Miss Bates excellent, but rather too much of her. Mr & Mrs Elton admirable & John Knightley a sensible Man. -
Mrs B. Lefroy - rank'd Emma as a composition with S & S. - not so Brilliant as P. & P - nor so equal as M P. - Preferred Emma herself to all the heroines. - The Characters like all the others admirably well drawn & supported - perhaps rather less strongly marked than some, but only the more natural for that reason. - MrKnightley MrsElton & Miss Bates her favourites. - Thought one or two of the conversations too long. -
Mrs Lefroy - preferred it to M P - but like M P. the least of all.
Mr Fowle - read only the first & last Chapters, because he had heard it was not interesting. -
Mrs Lutley Sclater - liked it very much, better than M P - & thought I had "brought it all about very cleverly in the last volume." -
Mrs C. Cage wrote thus to Fanny - "A great many thanks for the loan of Emma , which I am delighted with. I like it better than any. Every character is thouroughly kept up. I must enjoy reading again with Charles. Miss Bates is incomprable, but I was nearly killed with those precious treasures! They are Unique, & really with more fun than I can express. I am at Highbury all day, & I can't help feeling I have just got into a new set of acquaintance. No one writes such good sense. & so very comfortable."
Mrs Wroughton - did not like it so well as P. & P. - Thought the Authoress wrong, in such times as these, to draw such Clergymen as Mr Collins and Mr Elton.
Sir J. Langham - thought it much inferior to the others. -
Mr Jeffery (of the Edinburgh Review) was kept up by it three nights.
Miss Murden - certainly inferior to all the others. -
Capt. C. Austen [7] wrote - "Emma arrived in time to a moment. I am delighted with her, more so I think than even with my favourite Pride and Prejudice, & have read it three times in the Passage."
Mrs D. Dundas - thought it very clever, but did not like it so well as the others.
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It was a lot of time that, even if directly interested and involved within the new media audiovisual performances, I was not surprised by the theoretical, technical and aesthetical installation of a project like the new Brainloop of the Italian-Slavonian artist Davide Grassi.
He was the winner of the ARCO/BEEP International Fair prize of the contemporary art Arco of Madrid, Brainloop is a performative platform which uses a brain-computer interface (BCI system) which allows a subject to use electronic instruments with the mere imagination of the motion of their limbs. In the case of a tetraplegic subject, the commands visualized only mentally don't transform into effective movements because they are blocked in the cortico-spinal level.
The BCI interface were discussed for long in the recent period with that mix of esoteric curiosity and misbelief which usually are limited to the science and technology sectors which involve mind and body: modality of neurological communication between brain and electronic interface, BCI systems allow a real communication but not muscular with the help of the computer and a series of multimedia contents (audio, video, text) inside them and also distributed in Internet and likely on eventual online platforms. And everything is strictly in real time. With the BCI Graz developed by the centre of research in Graz , the imagination of gestures such as the movement of the right hand, the left hand or that of feet, transforms into a not muscular signal of communication in order to diffuse messages and commands in the outside world.
In brainloop therefore the subject/performer Markus Rapp is able to explore urban areas and rural landscapes with the motory imagination of his limbs while he travels the world in Google Earth selecting locations and choosing the position and the angulation of the virtual camera. During his travel the system memorizes every data regarding the movements of the virtual world. This sequence of images is re-proposed in the second phase of the performance while Rapp, always using the BCI, builds a soundscape ad hoc selecting and manipulating audio file in real time.
The aesthetic and emotive realization of Brainloop completes the beginning path started by Davide Grassi with the project Brainscore, adding important elements for a live performance, the same that many media artist disregard on an international level when they move with too easy manners from one media to another and from a type of fruition to another. I want to honour Davide for the "sensibility" with whom he manages to mix in Brainloop every ingredients of the scientific research, of the experimentation and of the scenography yield of the live, the audiovisual space of the performance and the typical elements of Net of the most original "connected live art". I want to speak with Davide Grassi even if we have little time for this interview, both to honour him of the important price received and for the curiosity of knowing more about brainloop.
Marco Mancuso: can you tell me about Brainloop? How was born the idea, how it is composed and how it is in its live components?
Davide Grassi: the Brainloop idea was born from the inspiration of other projects realized between the end of the 90s and the beginning of this decade, for example Nuclear Body and Brainscore-Incorporeal communication. Nuclear Body was realized in collaboration with the Isitute Oncology of Lubiana using the radioisotopic scanning, a technique used in the field of the nuclear medicine which exploits the ability of decline of some radioactive isotopes for the valutation of the state of an organ of the human body giving the image on the screen of the pc. We try to deploy this technique to copy and stick the artist's body from a physical reality to a digital one creating a virtual double. Brainscoer was instead a performative platform which allows two operators to communicate in virtual environments administering a flux of information (audio-visual messages) without using conventional codes such as gestures and languages. The result was reached combining the neurofeedback technology and a eye tracking system for the activation and dthe administration of commands on a console in front of each performer.
The result was exciting but we don't eliminate the physical participation of the performer in the administration of the own avatar. The operator must move the eyes in order to deploy the eye-tracking system. Moreover, the received data from the electroencephalogram of the operator, still having a direct influence on the manifestation in virtual reality, wasn't controllable in a voluntary way. Brainscore was a project that, even if visionary, was realized completely within the artistical field with every limits that it has involved.
Then some years later, I saw a practical demonstration of the BCI system (Brain Computer Interface) which allows a subject to operate electronic devices with the mere imagination of the motion of their limbs and I thought to make further steps towards the perfection of those aims that in Brainscore were not still reached.
Marco Mancuso: tell us of the use of the BCI interface, with these interface were made many advances above all in the therapeutic applications for tetraplegic people, giving them an instrument to dialogue with a pc and so to communicate. How do our project Brainloop operate technically, explain us how your performer can choose the movements of the camera and in GE and also how it chooses sounds or audio patterns to use in the performance. I ask myself how high is the level of concentration of the performer to not send mistaken signals to the interface.
Davide Grassi: Brainloop uses the BCI interface studied at the lab of interface brain-computer of Graz . This BCI uses a not invasive technique such as the electroencephalograph (EEG) to register, filter and isolate specific electric signals of the brain and then they are transmitted outside and transformed in commands to a computer, are those that are evident when an intention of movement is created. This happens little before that the movement is effectively made. In other words they are signals which refer to the simple will to make a movement. Markus Rapp, the operator of Brainloop, uses 3 different thoughts for managing the whole performance: the feet movement, that of the left hand and that of the right hand. This allows him, in the first phase of the performance to give 3 key commands which are respectively scroll, select and back.
Activating the scroll command at the level 1 of the first phase runs a tape on which appears the 5 continents. The performer not thinking at one specific movement, stops the tape and activating the select command (imaging to move the left hand) selects the continent he wants to visit. The virtual camera of GE moves on that continent and on the console of the operator appears the relative panel for the level 2 which is the same of the level 1 apart from the fact that the running tape now contains portions of the chosen continent.
Following the described modality for the choice of the continent, the operator now could ask what part of the continent he wants to explore and the camera of GE will move on the selected area. In the level 3 it will be chose the country exactly.
With the back command (imagine to move the right hand) we come back to the previous level. Beyond the three principal commands there are other two of them which are activated combining the physical movements of the feet with the left or right hand. The first combination of thought (feet-left hand) activate the show borders command which makes the borders visible in GE while the second combination (feet-right hand) makes the name of the city appear. If these commands were already activated before then the available commands of the operator are hide borders and hide cities in order to make these two features of GE invisible.
In the scroll bar of the level 4 there are the virtual camera which are Scan, Move, Pan, Tilt and Zoom. The tape of the commands moves always thinking to move the feet and then the thought of movement of the left or right hand will define if the camera will move to right or left (if we choose Scan or Pan) ahead or behind (if we choose Move) and up or down (with Camera and Tilt). The virtual camera of GE will execute the given command. The coordinates of all the locations visited during the first phase are memorized. This process is visible from the bar Recorded data which is in the low part of the console.
When the system gathered a sufficient quantity of data we pass at the second phase of the performance when the locations of Gee investigated before are reproposed while the performer created the soundscape always exploiting the BCI. And so on the console appear 9 soundtracks. 4 are of time, 4 of setting sounds and one, called local, contains sounds, loop and sample tied to the continent or the country which GE is showing in a given moment. This track therefore changes contents (which are found again in a casual way from a database) in comparison with the movements of the GE camera.
Thinking at the movement of the feet, Markus chooses a track and imaging the movement of the left hand activates or disactivates it. Once the track is activated the Adjust command, which is activated thinking at the movement of the right hand, is available. Selecting it we reach the second level of the console which allows to adjust the different effects (Reverb, Equalization, Frequency, Chorus, Delay and Pitch Shift) if a time track or a parameter or a setting track is activated. Every effects or parameters are operative on a scale from 0 to 10 and it is gifted of a Mute/Unmute independent taste.
The effect or the parameter is chosen among the different opportunities thanks to the imagination of the movement of the feet, then, thinking at the movement of the left and right hand we handle the increase (increase command) and the decrease (decrease command) of the effect or parameter. Mute/Unmute is activated with the combination of thought feet-left hand while feet-right hand corresponds to the back command which brings to the complete vision and to the status of the 9 soundtracks. Both in phase one and two the operator is represented on the console from an icon (a square face with the electrodes in text) at the centre of the quadrant. The available commands are collocated as a halo around this icon. When the operator thinks at the movement of a particular limb, it reveals itself on a graphic level, from the appearance of a symbol of that limb inside a balloon near the face and moreover from the appearance of a sketched line which connects this to the icon tied with the activated command.
The level of precision of BCI Graz is more than 90% and it is enough for an artistic performance such as brainloop but it hasn't yet a full reliability for a more commercial application of BCI.
Marco Mancuso: you are famous in the world of new media art as an artist who prefers expressing himself with a multidisciplinary technological interpretation towards the net and its derivation inside the software art. Even if you go on experimenting with media and technological means, with brainloop you abandon for a moment the virtual context of Internet in order to concentrate better on a performative discourse. What did you inspire in the creation of brainloop?
Davide Grassi: I don't know if I am more popular in the world of new media art or in any other context because of the nature of my work, that is beyond intermedia also multidisciplinary this is because I don't love only one type of expression, of a kind or different realities rather than repeat the same system even if it is winning. During the last years with my artistic work, I confronted myself directly with oncologists and other doctors, with macroeconomists, operators of the stock exchange and experts of marketing, beyond with hackers, programmers, theorists, performers, musicians, designers, directors and various artists. The performative aspect is recurrent in a great part of my work, it's enough to think at I need Money to be an Artist, Brainscore, Problemarket.com, Silent Cell Network, Brainloop and Re:akt!, while the use of the Net has often a supporting functions, an essential complement at the work.
Davide Grassi: sure, the dialogue between the live and software elements is very close in this job, or better it is interconnected. The references between real and virtual on the consequence of the fact that I don't like exploring these world in a separated way. I am more interested in the intersection point of these two realities. It was already evident in Brainscore where the flux of information goes from the physical space of the performance to the virtual one (from the performers to the avatars) and then it goes back to the audience (from the avatars to the audience). In this sense the avatars took the role of mediators of the information behaving like a virtual filter between the performers and the audience. These follow the development of the performance in RV, projected with the stereo on a great screen with the help of glasses with polarized lens which allow the 3D perception. So the avatars appeared to the audience like threedimensional figures, almost touchable in the physical space between the two performers contributing to the perception of an interzone of coexistence between the physical and virtual reality suggesting a very effective identification of the operator with their avatar.
Marco Mancuso: how was born the collaboration with the experts who help you with the technical realization of Brainloop? I mean, how did you compare yourself with the scientist of Graz for the BCI interface, with a sound designer, a performer and a programmer? How did you gain the neurological knowledge to coordinate such a work?
Davide Grassi: after having attended a practical exhibition of BCI Graz, I asked a date with the prof. Gert Pfurtscheller who was the chief of the lab of interface brain-computer of Graz . During the meeting I described him the Brainscore project, created some years ago using a neurofeedback system and what I would like to do with BCI Graz. The professor was surprised by my idea and accepted immediately the collaboration. He gave me many books (from which was created a sum up in the research section of the web page of the project) and he put me in touch with Reinhold Scherer who became the real collaborator of the Brainloop project. I acquired the neurological knowledge with the Brainscore project, but the lecture of Pfurtscheller and above all the verbal specifications of Reinhold gave me further information which allows me to deepen the topic.
I have already worked with Brane Zorman, the sound designer, and Suncia Hermansson, the programmer, in previous projects. I knew their abilities well and what they can offer to the project. In the first phases I organized separated meetings with everyone and I went alone to Graz once every two months to meet Reinhold and Seppo Gruendler, the coordinator of Vision Space, the space where the performance was hosted. When the financial frame was clearer allowing me to establish more exactly how the project will develop, I began to organize meeting of group with collective expeditions in Graz every month. We began to see the results with Markus Rapp, the performer only some months before the official presentation in public.
Marco Mancuso: you are very careful at the space of sound and of images in the performative environment, this is the most important and hot theme in the context of the modern multimedia performances. In the description of the project you speak of sensorial three-dimensional immersity of the audience, obtained not only with images but also with a 5.1 device whose sounds are manipulated in real time by the performer with the BCI interface and so without physical movements and without playing nothing. How important was for you this element and what was the consequence of this?
Davide Grassi: in Brainloop the most important aspect wasn't the sensorial immersity but the use of cerebral impulses for the controlled and voluntary administration of the events in the virtual reality. I considered also the importance and the impact which the space of sound and the three-dimensional perception of the images could have for the performance but I didn't make it as the main problem for the development of the project. The aspect of the space of sound was reorganized in comparison with what should be initially. In a first moment, Brainloop should be performed in CUBE, a space within IEM (Istitute of Electronic Music of Graz) prepared for the space of sounds around all three the axis x, y, z. then for different reasons, we renounce to this option making shift with a simple surround 5.1.
Davide Grassi: I am interested in 2 aspects. I don't believe that one excludes the other. It is clear that in Brainloop the experimentation aspect of the aesthetic languages and of the technologies occupies a more relevant part rather than the dialogue with the contemporary art. But in my work I don't exclude anything and I believe it's important to stimulate the points of contact between some experiences of experimentation and the traditional way of the contemporary art, its institutions and its churches. I also believes that the artistic work isn't only selfreferential and it manages to have a relation of effective exchange, with the more different fields and spheres which make the contemporary society.


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Because with Yakone, there were no equals. Even Sesi dared not to defy him when anger took hold over his senses. Aok was a firm believer that fear was a powerful tool to command the masses, but the respect he was forced to give the ebony brute made fury grow deeper and deeper within him. If a title position meant throwing himself at the feet of Yakone, he feared he would rather live alone for the remainder of his days. He was a leader quick to react, and slow to think. Cold hearted towards everyone but his mate, which was fine.. Fine if your pack is composed of ten and upwards wolves, and your survival is not hindered when one silently takes his leave in the middle of the night.. But with only one pack member, that's when he should have been putting his own ego aside and think of other things. There would not be pups this season, the pack was in no position for it. However, if the pair wanted any hope for next mating season's pups to survive, they had better not piss off their one and only.
Aok found a slight grumble come from his throat until he swallowed it down, snapping back to the reality that lay before him. He gazed over his shoulder and tested the air, finding still no sign of his Alphas. Rising slowly to his feet with a long strength of the hind-half, Aok put nose to the ground and began following the smells of field mice to pass the time..


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Indicators Are Pointing Up to an Improving Economy
Jeff Golden
The economy may be showing signs of a turn upward. First, the Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index grew again, to 54.9 in May (from 40.8 in April). Additionally, solid efforts in single new home starts in Southern California (April) and home sales rising 2.9 percent in April (according to the National Association of Realtors), show the economy may be finally turning around.
Let's take a look at the indicators. The Consumer Confidence Index is now at its highest level in eight months (61.4 in Sept. 2008), according to Lynn Franco, the Conference Board Consumer Research director.
"Continued gains in the Present Situation Index indicate that current conditions have moderately improved, and growth in the second quarter is likely to be less negative than in the first," Franco said. "Looking ahead, consumers are considerably less pessimistic than they were earlier this year, and expectations are that business conditions, the labor market and incomes will improve in the coming months. While confidence is still weak by historical standards, as far as consumers are concerned, the worst is now behind us."
Additional results of the study (5,000 U.S. households) with a May 19 cutoff date show consumers' short-term outlook improved significantly in May. Those expecting business conditions will improve over the next six months increased to 23.1 percent from 15.7 percent, while those anticipating conditions will worsen declined to 17.8 percent from 24.4 percent in April.
The employment outlook was also less pessimistic. Consumers are expecting more jobs in the months ahead with an increase to 20 percent from 14.2 percent, while those anticipating fewer jobs decreased to 25.2 percent from 32.5 percent. Consumers are also anticipating an increase in their incomes: up to 10.2 percent from 8.3 percent.
Consumer confidence and security about their jobs along with feelings of improved business conditions will lead to more spending on luxury products for the home, compared to spending only for staple (necessity) products.
This confidence is also appearing in the housing market with the growth of sales to an annual rate of 4.68 million in April, according to the National Association of Realtors. The rate is up slightly from a revised pace of 4.55 million in March.
In recession-decimated Southern California, single-family home construction showed a significant increase in April when compared to March. According to the Building Industry Association of Southern California (BIASC), California's $10,000 new homebuyer tax credit is helping to clear out inventory and generate new-home construction.
According to Construction Industry Research Board data, 819 single-family permits were pulled in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, Ventura and Imperial counties during the month of April, down 36 percent when compared to the same month a year ago, but up 29 percent from March.
BIASC ceo Richard Lambros said while overall production is still down when compared to 2008, increases in several key areas are encouraging and could be another indicator that the market is flattening out.
"We are particularly encouraged by increases in single-family production in the Inland Empire," Lambros said. "This was one of the first areas to slow, so to see builders re-engaging in this market is a positive sign."
Multifamily permits totaled 198 for the six-county region, down 82 percent compared to April 2008 and down 65 percent from March. Orange, Ventura and Riverside counties showed increases in the number of multifamily permits pulled, however San Bernardino and Los Angeles counties showed significant drops.
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Military sex response centre facing more calls for help after year of allegations
Lee Berthiaume
OTTAWA — The head of the response centre for victims of military sexual misconduct says her organization has seen an explosion in requests for assistance since February, with many Armed Forces members "triggered" by allegations of inappropriate behaviour by senior officers.
Sexual Misconduct Response Centre executive director Denise Preston said many service members are also struggling after submitting their claims as part of a class-action lawsuit settlement with the government.
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"What we saw, and it's been maintained throughout the year, is once the allegations started breaking in February and March, we saw an immediate increase in call volume," she said in an interview.
"Some weeks we had double or triple the number of calls" than usual, she said.
The surge in new calls has sparked the hiring of more counsellors to address what Preston described as "an ongoing crisis," even as the five-year-old centre prepares to launch several new and highly anticipated initiatives in the new year.
Those include providing independent legal advice and peer support for victims, and a restorative engagement process in which victims will speak to senior defence officials about their experiences in the hopes of preventing similar incidents in the future.
"This program holds tremendous potential for healing and also for transformation of the culture," Preston said of restorative engagement, which will kick off in earnest in January after months of consultations and preparation.
The centre, which previously served only serving military personnel but has recently expanded to assist veterans and civilian defence officials, is also preparing to expand its footprint across the country and will provide funding to more community-based centres.
Yet even it prepares to launch those initiatives, Preston said the centre is scrambling to help victims and survivors affected by months of headlines that include unprecedented allegations against top commanders.
Staff at the centre's 24/7 hotline haven't seen that in only the number of calls coming in; Preston said the nature of the calls has also changed as more people pick up the phone in the hopes of finding support and counselling.
"The vast majority of the calls are for our counsellors," she said. "It's really about support. People being triggered and upset about either what they're hearing or what it's making them think about their own particular situation."
As a result, Preston said she has had to put a priority on hiring more counsellors as the number of staff employed by the centre has tripled since April.
The centre was first established in 2016 after a scathing report by retired Supreme Court justice Marie Deschamps found a highly sexualized culture in the Canadian Armed Forces. The centre operates outside the military's chain of command, but it relies on the Defence Department for funding.
In the aftermath of allegations against several senior officers, victims and others have called for a truly independent centre whose mandate includes oversight of the military, as Deschamps had originally recommended.
Preston said she has been pushing the Armed Forces to provide more information about incidents of sexual misconduct in the ranks so the response centre can provide better oversight, but that military commanders have resisted on privacy grounds.
She has also met with retired Supreme Court justice Louise Arbour, who is currently conducting a review of how the military handles allegations of sexual misconduct and is to come up with recommendations for addressing any shortfalls.
Preston acknowledged the criticism of the centre for not being truly independent, but said she is hoping that when Arbour's review is done, it will include guidance on both its mandate and reporting mechanism.
"We really would like Madame Arbour to sort of nail that down: What does our independence mean? And independent from whom and for what purpose?"
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Dec. 23, 2021.


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Developmental Enamel Lesions, classification in Costa Rican Individuals
Lesiones del esmalte en desarrollo, clasificación en familias costarricenses
Murillo Knudsen, Gina
Berrocal Salazar, Cristina
http://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/Odontos/article/view/13733
The purpose of this study was to diagnose and classify developmental enamel lesions in patients examined at the School of Dentistry of the University of Costa Rica and the community of Llano Grande, Cartago. A total of 15 children (age range 9-17) and 2 adults from Costa Rican families were recruited. General medical and dental histories were elicited. Clinical examination was undertaken; dental radiographs and clinical photographs were obtained. Dental defects were classified according to possible genetic and non-genetic causes. Ethics Committee approval (N°440-B2-334) was obtained and the participants gave written informed consent. Imperfect hypoplastic or hypomineralized amelogénesis (AI) was diagnosed in 10 patients. Hypoplastic AI in 3 siblings was consistent with autosomal recessive inheritance representing, 16% of the total sample. In a second family hypomineralized AI was identified in an adult and two of his children consistent with autosomal dominant inheritance. The other 4 cases of AI were sporadic, 21% of total sample. Dental fluorosis [scores 4-5 Horowitz (TSIF)] were identified in 4 individuals, 4 from two unrelated families. Other, non-specific enamel defects were found in 3 individuals. Accurate classification of developmental enamel lesions helps the clinician and patient in making choices to preserve tooth tissue and optimize aesthetics focuses in appropriate restorative treatments, as well as understanding the likelihood of passing the condition on to their children. The study provides reliability in the genealogical based family studies, classification of enamel lesions and gives the structure for a future genetic evaluation.
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In State of Mind, you play as Richard, a pessimistic journalist with the determined belief that technology will be the death of mankind. But you also play as Adam, an optimistic father who just wants the best for his family. That's right, multiple protagonists. Unlike most games, I'm used to, where I can design my character and their story from the ground up, in State of Mind, the characters you play already have all that lined up for them. They already have people they like and dislike, they have jobs and they have their own agendas that you as the player must accommodate. I thought I would have trouble switching between characters and not knowing who I was (I'm not the best with faces), but Daedalic made it easy to identify who was who with clear and simple changes in the environment. Pessimistic Richard wears dark clothing and lives in a dark apartment overlooking a dark, dirty, dystopian city. Optimistic Adam wears lightly coloured formal clothes and lives in a large, bright, spacey apartment overlooking a shining, colourful utopian city. These small changes made all the difference for me, and made it much easier for me to digest the story in a way I might not have been able to have both characters been given similar, generic clothing and residence.
In my first hour or so with State of Mind, I had trouble navigating levels and completing certain objectives because State of Mind doesn't use objective markers, or even a mission title or hint. I found this to be excellent for exploration (and these levels really do deserve to be explored) but not great for ease of use or clarity. There were times I hadn't listened properly to NPCs or forgotten what I was doing and I had no support to help me out, which often left me wandering the level looking for anything to interact with that might progress the story. This was frustrating in the moment, but as a result, I quickly learned the layouts of the most common levels like Richard and Adam's apartments, and learned to pay more attention to NPC dialogue.
Both Richard and Adam have augmented-reality systems implanted in their eyes which highlight and distinguish things that can be interacted with and things that can be looked at in more detail. Despite the number of the things you might think a person could interact with, the levels aren't crowded by the little green markers and work effectively to help the player navigate the world.
Character movement is floaty but realistic. If you suddenly change direction, the character will not react instantly as they do in some games, but they will take time to slow down, and will walk in smooth curves when you turn. This took some time to get used to and even at the end of the demo, I felt clumsy with my movement.
I think there are a few small changes Daedalic should make before release. First, give the player at least a small hint on the HUD as to what they have to do. It doesn't have to ruin the exploration, just add a small, vague note to remind players what to do, e.g. "find someone to talk to about X" whatever X may be. Second, the movement could do with some small adjustments, in my opinion. Maybe tighten the turning circle and allow characters to react more quickly. Also, the loading times for a low-poly game like this are inexplicably long, so much so that I often found myself having time to check the news on my phone while waiting for it. Other than these minor things, I was left generally satisfied and impressed with my experience and with the game itself.
While State of Mind doesn't have incredible, photorealistic graphics or fast-paced gameplay, it offers an interesting and engaging story, with fascinating characters and beautiful stages. At £25.99 at full price (10% off until August 16th) I would recommend State of Mind to anyone looking for a new, unique story game. State of Mind will release on PS4, XBOX One, PC and Switch on August 15th, where I will certainly be continuing the story.


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It's always amusing to observe responses to my weekly missives. Some readers ascribe statements to me that I've not made; some attempt to twist what I say into something never said nor intended; and yet others read between the lines and attempt to tell me what I was really saying but didn't. I'm a literalist, which means I usually say precisely what I mean, much to my family's chagrin. There's enough incertitude and dubiety in the world today that as a literalist, I'm obligated by my own values to not contribute to the untidiness of inference.
So when I wrote two weeks ago, "The media's coverage of the death of Osama bin Laden this past week provided a historic case in duplicity and disingenuousness by both commission and omission," I meant precisely that, that the media failed to analyze the removal of Osama in light of the present administration's desire to treat them as American citizens with full access to our judicial system. Osama was not mirandized, no search warrant was issued for Osama's hideout, and he was executed rather than taken into custody to face a lengthy trial, after being detained at GITMO, which Obama promised to close, and has since reneged on.
And when I stated, "In his speech Obama declared, 'We will be true to the values that make us who we are.' We seriously must assess what those values are, since so much of what led to Osama's death presents an ethical conundrum of significant proportions. The media displayed little scrutiny of what exactly those values are." That likewise was precisely what I meant to say. Nowhere in the piece did I make any judgment call as to the propriety of assisting Osama in his rendezvous with his 72 virgins, as Islamic terrorists believe they do when they die.
Nowhere in the column did I render my own assessment of the propriety of taking Osama out the way he was. But if had, I would've concluded that he got his just desert. Whether we are safer or not is yet to be determined as threats of retribution attacks from Islamic radicals have escalated since Bin Laden's removal from our mortal realm.
But I may have been wrong in my criticism of Obama and his determination to treat all terrorists as American citizens, as it related to Osama's removal. Several Beltway sources claim that Obama didn't make the call, but CIA Director Leon Panetta did. So much for that "gutsy call!" Those same sources have indicated that Senior White House Advisor Valerie Jarrett had great influence on the president in not proceeding with the raid in Pakistan, but in the end it was the CIA Director who made the call. If that is the case, I apologize to the president for not being true to his stated values regarding terrorists. But if those reports are true, it makes us wonder why, in his address to the nation, he referenced himself over 25 times, as if he had done it all.
Later that week Biden, at a function in D.C. said, while introducing a Navy Admiral, "He can tell you more about and understands the incredible, the phenomenal, the just almost unbelievable capacity of his Navy SEALs and what they did last Sunday." That's how we found out they were SEALs.
In an interesting twist, Eric Holder, Obama's Attorney General, is investigating CIA operatives who engaged in enhanced interrogation techniques to find Osama. And this week Obama visited the CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia to thank them "for all they did to pursue and locate Osama." It is the ultimate in hypocrisy, in my estimation, to be prosecuting people for doing their job while thanking them at the same time!
Much more will likely become public over Osama's demise in ensuing months and years, but lest there be any question on the issue, I'm glad he's gone.


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Q: Im using lubuntu with no dual boot, it has had a fatal crash and needs to be completely removed So my lubuntu OS v. Willey 14.04 has had a melt down the initial cause was a rewrite of the chown file and has grown from there, I can currently only access the terminal or an unusable desktop, I need to know how to completely remove lubuntu using its terminal as I'm on a PC without deul boot. And than I need to know how to install mint rather via same terminal or via the ISO disk I have preburned, please make answer s vey simple this is my first Linux and I've had it only 3 days I do not own a flash drive and am on a relatively stable wifi network, my first language is English but I live in Mexico, so my region would be that. The PC I'm working with is a 64 bit Intel HP notebook 15" display with Blu-ray ROM and HDMI I'm using a b and g connection. Unfortunately I don't know any of my other specs besides that I have 2 TB ram

A: You don't need to remove Lubuntu before installing Linux Mint. The installer can do that for you.
Just boot from the Linux Mint installation disk and start the installation of Linux Mint.
If you get to the part where it asks whether or not you are sure that you want to overwrite the existing data on the disk, answer yes. If the installer detects Lubuntu and suggests that it can keep it and make your system dual-boot, you can select to remove it.
This will get rid of Lubuntu and all of the other data on the disk as well. So make sure you have backed up everything you want to keep.
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Q: Why is there no static QDir::makepath()? I know, that to create a new path in Qt from a given absolute path, you use QDir::makepath() as dir.makepath(path), as it is suggested in this question. I do not have any trouble in using it and it works fine. My question is directed, as to why the developers would not provide a static function to call in a way like QDir::makepath("/Users/me/somepath/");. Needing to create a new QDir instance seems unnecessary to me.
I can only think of two possible reasons:
1. The developers were "lazy" or did not have time so they did not add one as it is not absolutely necessary.
2. The instance of QDir on which mkpath(path) is called, will be set to path as well, so it would be convenient for further usage - but I can not seem to find any hints that this is the actual behaviour within the docs.
I know I repeat myself, but again, I do not need help as of how to do it, but I am much interested as of why one has to do it that way.
Thanks for any reason I might have missed.

A: Let's have a look at the code of said method:
bool QDir::mkdir(const QString &dirName) const
{
    const QDirPrivate* d = d_ptr.constData();

    if (dirName.isEmpty()) {
        qWarning("QDir::mkdir: Empty or null file name");
        return false;
    }

    QString fn = filePath(dirName);
    if (d->fileEngine.isNull())
        return QFileSystemEngine::createDirectory(QFileSystemEntry(fn), false);
    return d->fileEngine->mkdir(fn, false);
}

Source: http://code.qt.io/cgit/qt/qtbase.git/tree/src/corelib/io/qdir.cpp#n1381
As we can see, a static version would be simple to implement:
bool QDir::mkdir(const QString &dirName) const
{
    if (dirName.isEmpty()) {
        qWarning("QDir::mkdir: Empty or null file name");
        return false;
    }

    return QFileSystemEngine::createDirectory(QFileSystemEntry(dirName), false);
}

(see also http://code.qt.io/cgit/qt/qtbase.git/tree/src/corelib/io/qdir.cpp#n681)
First, the non-static method comes with a few advantages. Obviously there is something to using the object's existing file engine. But also, I would imagine the use-case of creating several directories under a specific directory (that the QDir already points to).
So why not provide both?
Verdict (tl/dr): I think the reason is simple code hygiene. When you use the API, the difference between QDir::makepath(path); and QDir().makepath(path); is slim. The performance hit of creating the object is also negligible, as you would reuse the same object if you happen to perform the operation more often. But on the side of the code maintainers, it is arguably much more convenient (less work and less error prone) to not maintain two versions of the same method.


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