This article is about the 1997 film. For other uses, see The Fifth Element (disambiguation).
The Fifth Element is a 1997 French/American science fiction film directed, co-written, and based on a story by Luc Besson, starring Bruce Willis, Gary Oldman, and Milla Jovovich. Mostly set during the twenty-third century, the film's central plot involves the survival of humanity which becomes the duty of a taxicab driver (and former special forces Major) named Korben Dallas (Willis) when a young woman (Jovovich) falls into his taxicab. Upon learning of her significance, Dallas must join efforts with the girl to recover four mystical stones essential to defending Earth from an impending attack.
In 1914, the extraterrestrials known as Mondoshawans arrive at an ancient Egyptian temple and collect the only weapon capable of defeating the Great Evil which appears every five thousand years. The weapon consists of four stones, representing the four classical elements, and a sarcophagus that contains a Fifth Element in the form of a human, which combines the power of the other four elements into a "Divine Light" that can stop the Great Evil. The Mondoshawans promise to their human contact, a priest, that they will return with the Elements in time to stop the Great Evil, but an accident forces them to give their key to the temple to the priest and instruct him to pass it on to future generations.
In 2263, the Great Evil appears in the form of a giant ball of black fire and destroys an Earth battleship. President Lindberg (Tom Lister, Jr.) is then informed of the history of the Great Evil and the weapon that can stop it by the current priest of the Mondoshawan key, Vito Cornelius (Ian Holm). As the Mondoshawans return to Earth, they are ambushed by the shape-shifting Mangalores, hired by the industrialist Jean-Baptiste Emanuel Zorg (Gary Oldman) who was hired by the Great Evil itself to dispose of the element stones. The Mondoshawan's spacecraft is destroyed and the only thing Earth scientists could recover was the hand of the Fifth Element, which they use to create a humanoid woman, known as "Leeloo" (Milla Jovovich). Terrified of her unfamiliar surroundings, she escapes and jumps off a ledge to land in the flying taxicab of Korben Dallas (Bruce Willis), a former major in the Special Forces.
Dallas delivers Leeloo to Cornelius and his apprentice, David (Charlie Creed-Miles), whereupon Cornelius learns that the four Element stones were entrusted to Diva Plavalaguna, an opera singer. Because the Mangalores failed to obtain the stones, Zorg kills them, but their compatriots attempt to obtain the Elements for themselves. General Munro (Brion James), Dallas' former superior, re-enlists Dallas and orders him to travel undercover, as a radio contest winner, to meet the Diva on a luxury cruise in space. The publicity of the contest attracts the Mangalores and Zorg to the space liner as well. Dallas takes Leeloo with him, while Cornelius instructs David to prepare the temple and stows away aboard the vessel.
The Diva is killed when Mangalores attack the ship; but Dallas retrieves the Elements from the Diva's body. He then fights the Mangalores, killing their leader, to liberate the ship. Zorg arrives and searches for the Elements; he finds a carrying case, assumes the elements are in it, and leaves behind a time bomb that causes the liner's occupants to evacuate. Zorg departs on his spacecraft, but discovers the case to be empty, so he returns to search for the Elements. He deactivates the bomb to have time to search, but a dying Mangalore then activates his own bomb, destroying the ship and killing Zorg and the remaining Mangalores, while Dallas, Cornelius, Leeloo, and talk-show host Ruby Rhod (Chris Tucker) escape with the Elements aboard Zorg's spacecraft.
The four return to the Egyptian temple as the Great Evil approaches. The group arranges the stones and activate them by contact with the classical element that each stone represents; but Leeloo has become despondent and disenchanted with humanity after seeing the history of War in her studies, and initially refuses to release the Divine Light, whereupon Dallas confesses his love for Leeloo and kisses her. In reply, Leeloo combines the power of the stones and releases the Divine Light, causing the Great Evil to become dormant as a new moon in Earth's orbit.
Fitz Hall (Footballer of Queen's Park Rangers FC) appears at the beginning of the film as a twelve-year old boy.
As the film went into development in the early 1990s, Besson went on to create Léon, starring Jean Reno, while comic book artist Jean-Claude Mézières, who had been hired as a conceptual designer for The Fifth Element, returned to illustrating The Circles of Power, the fifteenth volume in the Valérian and Laureline series. This particular volume featured a character named S'Traks who drives a flying taxicab through the congested air traffic of the vast metropolis on the planet Rubanis. Besson read the book and was inspired to change the character of Dallas to a taxicab driver who flies through a futuristic New York City. Zorg owns the taxi company that employs and subsequently fires Dallas as part of a one-million person layoff designed to slow economic growth at the request of the government.
Largely set in a futuristic New York City, the film was a French production, with most of the principal photography filmed at Pinewood Studios in England. Some scenes were also shot on location in Mauritania. The concert scenes were filmed at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, except for the special effect shots that show the Planet Fhloston through the ship's portholes. The Fifth Element was shot in Super 35 mm film format. Many scenes contain visual effects, and nearly all of the visual effects scenes are hard-matted with aid of Computer-generated imagery. The production design for the film was developed by French comics creators Jean Giraud (Moebius) and Jean-Claude Mézières. The costume design was created by French fashion designer Jean-Paul Gaultier, who produced 954 costumes for use in the film.
The original name of the character Ruby Rhod was Loc Rhod. This name also appears in the novelization of the film.
The "Divine Language" spoken in the film is a fictional language with only 400 words, invented by director Luc Besson and Milla Jovovich. Jovovich stated that she and Besson wrote letters to each other in the Divine Language as practice.
The film was developed from a 400-page story outline Luc Besson reportedly began while still in high school. As the story was far too long for a feature film, Besson wrote this screenplay from only its first part. A sequel, titled Mr. Shadow, was planned but development attempts ended within the year.
The Fifth Element received generally positive reviews with a "fresh" 73% based on 55 reviews at Rotten Tomatoes, with the consensus, "Visually inventive and gleefully over the top, Luc Besson's The Fifth Element is a fantastic piece of pop sci-fi that never takes itself too seriously". Kevin Thomas of the Los Angeles Times offered a positive review, writing, "There's no doubt about it, when it comes to saving the world, Bruce Willis is your man. He does it with smarts and style, humor and courage." Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave it 3 stars out of 4 saying "I would not have missed seeing this film, and I recommend it for its richness of imagery. But at 127 minutes, which seems a reasonable length, it plays long." David Edelstein of Slate gave it a negative review, saying, "It may or may not be the worst movie ever made, but it is one of the most unhinged."
The film was selected as the opening film for the 1997 Cannes Film Festival and became a major box office success, grossing over US$263 million, almost three times its budget of US$90 million. 76% of the receipts for The Fifth Element were from markets outside of the United States.
The Fifth Element was nominated for an Academy Award in 1998 in the Best Effects, Sound Effects Editing category, losing to Titanic, but it won the BAFTA Award for Best Special Visual Effects. It was nominated for seven César awards and won three for Best Director, Best Cinematography, and Best Production Design.
The Visual Effects Society voted The Fifth Element to be the 50th most influential visual effects film of all time.
The original home video release of The Fifth Element took place in North America on 10 December 1997, on VHS, LaserDisc, and DVD. The original DVD was in its original 2.39:1 anamorphic widescreen format, had English and Spanish audio and subtitling, and carried no special features.
The film was re-released in Sony's Superbit collection on 9 October 2001. This enhanced release, also pressed in its original 2.39:1 format, used a higher data rate for a better picture, and featured subtitling in six languages (English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Chinese and Thai) but only English audio and no special features.
A two-disc Ultimate Edition was released on 11 January 2005. Disc one contained the Superbit DVD with five languages of subtitles (all the Superbit subtitles except Thai) and added audio tracks in German and Swedish. The second disc provided special features, including deleted scenes and a production featurette, for the first time.
The first Blu-ray Disc release of the film occurred on June 20, 2006, and was widely criticized as having poor picture quality. Sony subsequently made a remastered Blu-ray version available, released on 17 July 2007. The feature set of the original Blu-ray release matches Disc 1 of the Ultimate Collection, while the Remastered version contains only English and French audio. Neither release carried special features.
Much of the film's score, composed by Éric Serra, shows an influence of North African music, particularly Raï. The music used for the taxicab chase scene, titled "Alech Taadi" by Algerian performer Khaled, is excluded from the film soundtrack, but it is available on Khaled's album N'ssi N'ssi.
In Plavalaguna's performance, the music and the vocalization abruptly shift from a classical to a trance style. This striking change is cross-cut with scenes of Leeloo's fight with the Mangalores in Plavalaguna's chamber, and the fight choreography is set to the music.
The Diva Dance opera performance featured music from Gaetano Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor : "Il dolce suono", the mad scene of Act III, Scene II, and was sung by Albanian soprano Inva Mula-Tchako, while the role of Plavalaguna was played by French actress Maïwenn Le Besco. Part One (titled Lucia di Lammermoor) and Part Two (titled The Diva Dance) of this piece are included as separate tracks on The Fifth Element soundtrack, but are sequenced to create the effect of the entire performance seen in the film. The end of Part One blends into the beginning of Part Two, creating a smooth transition between the two tracks.
All tracks composed by Éric Serra unless indicated otherwise.
A video game adaptation based on the film was also created by Activision for the PlayStation game console and PC. It was generally met with average to negative reviews. A racing game titled New York Race was also released in 2001.
There was also a novel adaptation by Terry Bisson and published by HarperPrism.
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Hanson, Matt. (2005) "The Fifth Element", in Building Sci-Fi Moviescapes: The Science Behind the Fiction, Burlington, Massachusetts: Focal Press, pp. 60–66. ISBN 0-240-80772-3.


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LaVine, Ball to sit out Bulls' three-game road trip
Jamal CollierESPN
Chicago Bulls guards Zach LaVine and Lonzo Ball will not travel with the team for its upcoming road trip while each recovers from his respective knee injury, coach Billy Donovan said prior to Wednesday night's game against the Cleveland Cavaliers.
It will leave the Bulls without their starting backcourt for, at least, the next three games. The Bulls begin a three-game road trip on Friday night in Milwaukee and do not return home until next Wednesday against the Toronto Raptors.
Neither LaVine or Ball has played since Friday's loss to the Golden State Warriors.
While Donovan said he is encouraged by how well LaVine's left knee soreness is responding to treatment, he acknowledged Ball's status is more uncertain.
Ball missed his third straight game Wednesday with what the Bulls have determined is a bone bruise in his left knee, but he did not respond well to the initial treatment, according to Donovan, who did not have a timetable for his return.
"Now they've switched to a different kind of treatment for him and they'll see how that treatment works out," Donovan said. "Then there'll be another step after that if we need to be. Right now it's more just trying to help him get healthy.
"When he was on the road with us and didn't play in Boston, there was some treatment he was given, didn't really respond great to that, met with a doctor, there's another set of treatments going on right now. Then we'll probably know more [once] we see how it responds to that."
Donovan was asked whether surgery was a possibility for Ball — who is averaging 13 points, five rebounds and five assists in 35 games in his first season in Chicago — but he said "we haven't gotten to that point."
"A lot is gonna depend on how he responds to the treatment of what he's getting right now," Donovan said. "That's why there's a reason to get him back as soon as possible from Memphis, because you just don't want to waste days for any player."
LaVine has been sidelined since aggravating his knee in the first quarter Friday against the Warriors, but he has been able to get back on the court for some light basketball activities. The Bulls are missing their second leading scorer in LaVine, who is averaging 24.9 points on 49% shooting in 38 games this season. However, Donovan said they still want him to test out his knee running and jumping before he is cleared to return to the court.
"He has responded well," Donovan said. "I don't have a return date for him at this point, but certainly he feels a lot better today than he did coming out of Golden State."

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This June, Chicago-based Allstar Healthcare Solutions, Inc., announced a partnership with the Israeli company MedAware that aims to drastically reduce medical errors and increase patient safety with the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology. MedAware was founded in 2012 after a nine-year-old boy in Israel tragically died from a brain hemorrhage as a result of being prescribed a blood-thinner instead of an asthma medication. It was later revealed that the prescribing doctor had made the simple mistake of clicking on "Sintrom" instead of "Singulair" in the online medication system.
After hearing about the boy's death, Dr. Gidi Stein, who graduated with a MD then PhD in Computational Biology from Tel Aviv University, was inspired to come up with a way to prevent this type of error from happening again. With his background in both medicine and technology, Dr. Stein created multiple distinct AI systems designed to increase patient safety in medical cases:
MedAware Alerting System (MedAS): A self-learning system that alerts physicians when they prescribe medication that might be dangerous given the patient's information. The doctor is also alerted when updated information, such as the results from a blood test, is added that might create new risks.
MedAware Risk Management (MEDRim): A tool that compares patient and prescription data to data from previous patients who were treated in the same hospital. It can also map out which departments and/or physicians have a higher rate of errors than others.
MedAware Quality Control (MedQC): A tool that compares treatment plans for patients who have similar complex diseases. Knowing the outcome of other cases can provide insight to the doctor about potential courses of action to take or things to avoid.
They also have a system that allows doctors to adjust which notifications they are getting to avoid getting too many "false alarms."
In other words, MedAware uses millions of clinical records to alert doctors of potential ways their prescription could be harming the patient. For example, MedAware would have been able to alert the doctor who accidentally clicked on the blood-thinner by letting him know it could be an error. He would have seen it, clicked on the right prescription, and the 9-year old's death would have been avoided. MedAware would then "learn" from that experience and adjust to become more accurate at preventing future errors.
In the United States alone, 1.5 million deaths and injuries occur annually due to patients not being prescribed the right medication. If MedAware caught even one percent of these errors, 15,000 people could be protected every year. Ultimately, the development of AI tools such as Medaware's has the potential to be groundbreaking in helping patients receive the proper medication, reduce their medical costs, and save their lives.
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Q: SQL NOT IN JOIN equivalent Table:
+--------+----------+-----------+------------+----------+-----------------+---------+--------------------+--------------------+
| emp_id | fname    | lname     | start_date | end_date | superior_emp_id | dept_id | title              | assigned_branch_id |
+--------+----------+-----------+------------+----------+-----------------+---------+--------------------+--------------------+
|      1 | Michael  | Smith     | 2005-06-22 | NULL     |            NULL |       3 | President          |                  1 |
|      2 | Susan    | Barker    | 2006-09-12 | NULL     |               1 |       3 | Vice President     |                  1 |
|      3 | Robert   | Tyler     | 2005-02-09 | NULL     |               1 |       3 | Treasurer          |                  1 |
|      4 | Susan    | Hawthorne | 2006-04-24 | NULL     |               3 |       1 | Operations Manager |                  1 |
|      5 | John     | Gooding   | 2007-11-14 | NULL     |               4 |       2 | Loan Manager       |                  1 |
|      6 | Helen    | Fleming   | 2008-03-17 | NULL     |               4 |       1 | Head Teller        |                  1 |
|      7 | Chris    | Tucker    | 2008-09-15 | NULL     |               6 |       1 | Teller             |                  1 |
|      8 | Sarah    | Parker    | 2006-12-02 | NULL     |               6 |       1 | Teller             |                  1 |
|      9 | Jane     | Grossman  | 2006-05-03 | NULL     |               6 |       1 | Teller             |                  1 |
|     10 | Paula    | Roberts   | 2006-07-27 | NULL     |               4 |       1 | Head Teller        |                  2 |
|     11 | Thomas   | Ziegler   | 2004-10-23 | NULL     |              10 |       1 | Teller             |                  2 |
|     12 | Samantha | Jameson   | 2007-01-08 | NULL     |              10 |       1 | Teller             |                  2 |
|     13 | John     | Blake     | 2004-05-11 | NULL     |               4 |       1 | Head Teller        |                  3 |
|     14 | Cindy    | Mason     | 2006-08-09 | NULL     |              13 |       1 | Teller             |                  3 |
|     15 | Frank    | Portman   | 2007-04-01 | NULL     |              13 |       1 | Teller             |                  3 |
|     16 | Theresa  | Markham   | 2005-03-15 | NULL     |               4 |       1 | Head Teller        |                  4 |
|     17 | Beth     | Fowler    | 2006-06-29 | NULL     |              16 |       1 | Teller             |                  4 |
|     18 | Rick     | Tulman    | 2006-12-12 | NULL     |              16 |       1 | Teller             |                  4 |
+--------+----------+-----------+------------+----------+-----------------+---------+--------------------+--------------------

Query using subquery:
-- Select employees that do not manage others
SELECT
    emp_id,
    fname,
    lname,
    title
FROM
    employee
WHERE
    emp_id NOT IN (
        SELECT
            superior_emp_id
        FROM
            employee
        WHERE
            superior_emp_id IS NOT NUll
        );

Result:
+--------+----------+----------+----------------+
| emp_id | fname    | lname    | title          |
+--------+----------+----------+----------------+
|      2 | Susan    | Barker   | Vice President |
|      5 | John     | Gooding  | Loan Manager   |
|      7 | Chris    | Tucker   | Teller         |
|      8 | Sarah    | Parker   | Teller         |
|      9 | Jane     | Grossman | Teller         |
|     11 | Thomas   | Ziegler  | Teller         |
|     12 | Samantha | Jameson  | Teller         |
|     14 | Cindy    | Mason    | Teller         |
|     15 | Frank    | Portman  | Teller         |
|     17 | Beth     | Fowler   | Teller         |
|     18 | Rick     | Tulman   | Teller         |
+--------+----------+----------+----------------+

The above query works fine but I am curious as to how to accomplish the same result using a join.
So far here is what I have but does not return the same results:
SELECT
    e1.emp_id,
    e1.fname,
    e1.lname,
    e1.title
FROM
    employee e1
JOIN
    employee e2 ON e1.emp_id != e2.superior_emp_id
GROUP BY
    e1.emp_id;

Results:
+--------+----------+-----------+--------------------+
| emp_id | fname    | lname     | title              |
+--------+----------+-----------+--------------------+
|      1 | Michael  | Smith     | President          |
|      2 | Susan    | Barker    | Vice President     |
|      3 | Robert   | Tyler     | Treasurer          |
|      4 | Susan    | Hawthorne | Operations Manager |
|      5 | John     | Gooding   | Loan Manager       |
|      6 | Helen    | Fleming   | Head Teller        |
|      7 | Chris    | Tucker    | Teller             |
|      8 | Sarah    | Parker    | Teller             |
|      9 | Jane     | Grossman  | Teller             |
|     10 | Paula    | Roberts   | Head Teller        |
|     11 | Thomas   | Ziegler   | Teller             |
|     12 | Samantha | Jameson   | Teller             |
|     13 | John     | Blake     | Head Teller        |
|     14 | Cindy    | Mason     | Teller             |
|     15 | Frank    | Portman   | Teller             |
|     16 | Theresa  | Markham   | Head Teller        |
|     17 | Beth     | Fowler    | Teller             |
|     18 | Rick     | Tulman    | Teller             |
+--------+----------+-----------+--------------------+

A: The equivalent query uses a left join and where:
SELECT e.*
FROM employee e LEFT JOIN
     employee es
     ON es.superior_emp_id = e.id
WHERE es.id IS NULL;

This looks for a match on the superior_emp_id.  However, you specifically don't want a match -- hence the LEFT JOIN and the WHERE which filters out any matches.
This would normally have better performance than your version.  A comparable version would use NOT EXISTS.

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La piste de bobsleigh, luge et skeleton d'Igls est une piste de bobsleigh, luge et skeleton située à Igls (Autriche), près d'Innsbruck. La dernière rénovation de cette piste date de 1975 en devenant la première piste réfrigérée artificiellement dans le monde et inspirant après toutes les nouvelles constructions de pistes.

Histoire
En 1935, Igls accueille les championnats du monde de bob à 2 masculin situé sur Patscherkofel. Plusieurs accidents dans le virage final incite à fermer temporairement la piste pour y introduire des mesures de sécurité. En 1960, Innsbruck est désigné ville-hôte des Jeux olympiques d'hiver de 1964. Igls se dote alors de deux pistes, une pour le bobsleigh et une autre pour la luge. Construites entre  et , la piste fait l'objet de plusieurs tests et accueille les championnats du monde de bobsleigh en 1963.

Quand en 1972 Denver (États-Unis) renonce à l'organisation des Jeux olympiques d'hiver de 1976 en raison de soucis financiers, le comité international olympique décide de confier l'organisation à Whistler (Canada) qui était finaliste de la désignation, mais ici également la ville renonce en raison d'élections politiques en 1972. Le CIO se reporte alors sur Innsbruck. Igls, avec le concours de la Fédération internationale de bobsleigh et de tobogganing et de la Fédération internationale de luge de course, rénove ses pistes pour permettre de combiner les deux pistes pour accueillir les épreuves de bobsleigh et de luge entre 1973 et 1974. Testée avec succès par les deux fédérations internationales, la piste d'Igls sert alors de référence mondiale en matière de piste combinée. En 1981, la piste s'allonge et possède même un restaurant.

Statistiques

Entre l'aire de départ et l'aire d'arrivée, la différence d'altitude est de 98 mètres pour le bob et skeleton.

Grands évènements accueillis
Les différentes grandes compétitions qu'a accueilli Igls furent :
 Les Jeux olympiques d'hiver de 1964 et 1976.
 Les championnats du monde de la FIBT : 1935 (bob à 2 masculin), 1963, 1991 (skeleton masculin) et 2000 (skeleton).
 Les championnats du monde de luge : 1977, 1987, 1997 et 2007.
 Les Jeux olympiques de la jeunesse d'hiver de 2012.

Liens externes
   Site officiel.
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  Portait de la piste d'Igls sur fil-luge.org.

Équipement sportif achevé en 1974
Piste de bobsleigh, luge et skeleton en Autriche
Site des Jeux olympiques d'hiver de 1964
Site des Jeux olympiques d'hiver de 1976
Skeleton à Innsbruck

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One of the basic characteristics of the gifted is their intensity and an expanded field of their subjective experience.
As a psychotherapist and coach who's specialized in working with gifted people of all ages for more than a decade, I've learned that if the gifted person can understand, value, and appreciate the way their mind, emotions, imagination, and resources work then they will have a greater appreciation for who they are, what they do, and how they do it.
As a result, gifted people of all ages will live better, happier, more fulfilled lives.
"Many gifted individuals are born with a sense or understanding of how things (ideas, morality, justice) should be. They see more possibilities, imagine greater outcomes, and have loftier ideals than others. They can see from an early age what perfection looks like."
"The intensity, in particular, must be understood as a qualitatively distinct characteristic. It is not a matter of degree, but of a different quality of experiencing: vivid, absorbing, penetrating, encompassing, complex, commanding--a way of being quiveringly alive."
"When the exceptionally gifted confront disappointment, they most often respond with profoundly internalized grief. When they confront injustice, they are incensed. When they are depressed, it seems, and often is, life threatening. When they are happy, it is with a deeper experience of joy. This depth of response to all emotional experience is exaggerated because of their intense awareness brought to nearly any situation."
"Giftedness is a greater awareness, a greater sensitivity, and a greater ability to understand and transform perceptions into intellectual and emotional experiences."
"To the uniformed, giftedness may seem sort of a special privilege, but to the gifted individual, often it feels like a distinct disadvantage."
"Isolation is the refuge of genius, not its goal."
"The responses of others to the gifted child set him up for increased anxiety and sensitivity. Being excluded from the group creates anxiety, and increased anxiety can lead to psychomotor agitation, emotional lability, and/or withdrawal. Many of these behavioral responses correspond with overexcitabilities observed in gifted students. The constant vigilance required to carefully navigate around the envy triggers of others can contribute to increased sensitivity."
"Working on the assumption that giftedness is a function of one's nature and not necessarily one's achievements, from among the many definitions available, I came to define a gifted person as one who has a finely tuned and biologically advanced perception system and a mind that works considerably faster than 95% of the population."
"The picture of the more emotional person, as it is emerging from this research ... reveals that a high level of emotional responsiveness may be associated with advanced cognitive organization. All of the cognitive skills that were found to be related to the ability to respond with more emotions are marks of a highly organized awareness - an awareness that might be governed by a well-structured system of values, thoughts, and beliefs, but not by momentary excitements."
"There have also been numerous discussions (on the lists) in the past about the experience of many GT list members, mostly women, who were never told that they themselves were gifted, and never realized it until they had gifted children of their own. However, watching their kids struggle with many of the same problems of giftedness - isolation, rejection, boredom, perfectionism, teacher hostility, conflicts between social and academic success, and so on - opened their eyes about their own giftedness because it was all so familiar from their own childhoods."
The average IQ difference between people who choose to marry each other is 12 points. Basically, they get each other's jokes. That old magic feeling of someone thinking we're amusing! The genetic mingling of the parents' genes gives them children who will usually be within 15 points higher or lower to their parental average. Same with siblings--only 15 points between them on average. Most people know that there is a bell curve shape for most human qualities, and IQ is no exception. There are more average people than there are very low or very high IQ people.
Highly gifted children are frequently placed at risk in the early years of school through misidentification, inappropriate grade-placement and a seriously inadequate curriculum. Additional factors are their own early awareness, that they differ from their age-peers, and their consequent attempts to conceal their ability for peer acceptance.
Teachers who have had no training or inservice in gifted education, and who are reluctant to use standardized tests of ability and achievement, may rely only on gifted behaviors to identify extremely high abilities in young children. This may compound the problem by ignoring early indicators of demotivation and underachievement.
The very early development of speech, movement and reading in many highly gifted young children serves as a powerful predictor of unusually high intellectual ability.
Parents of the highly gifted become aware of their children's developmental differences at an early age; yet parent nomination is under-utilized by primary and elementary schools, and information provided by parents regarding early literacy and numeracy in their children is often disregarded or actively disbelieved.
Being able to see possibilities and alternatives also can imply that bright individuals not only may see idealistic images of what they might be, but simultaneously berate themselves because they can see how they are falling short of such an ideal. The intensity, combined with the idealism, magnifies the amount of self-evaluation, often leading to excessive and inappropriate self-criticism. This pattern often is the foundation for depression arising from anger and disappointment at oneself because of high self-expectancies.
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Gifted kids almost always know they are different, but they don't necessarily know they are "gifted" or smarter. Many gifted kids who aren't told why they are different are convinced that they are weird or even stupid because they can't make themselves understood. Since many gifted kids are also (mis)identified as Behaviorally Disabled, Learning Disabled, ADD, etc., they have a focus for that feeling of differentness, and never realize the main reason.
We live in a culture obsessed with personal productivity…We worship at the altar of hustle and boast about being busy. The key to getting things done, we're often told, is time management. If you could just plan your schedule better, you could reach productivity nirvana. But after two decades of studying productivity, I've become convinced that time management is not a solution — it's actually part of the problem.
For most of my career, the most frequent question I've gotten is: "How do I get more done?"… I've struggled to answer the question. It wasn't until a conversation…that it dawned on me: Being prolific is not about time management….A better option is attention management: Prioritize the people and projects that matter, and it won't matter how long anything takes. Attention management is the art of focusing on getting things done for the right reasons, in the right places and at the right moments… productive people don't agonize about which desire to pursue. They go after both simultaneously, gravitating toward projects that are personally interesting and socially meaningful.
Teenage college grads remain rare — Mary Baldwin graduates a dozen or so wunderkinder a year — but interest in early college or college experiences is growing. The Indiana Academy for Science, Mathematics and Humanities, a public residential school that emphasizes college-level work, reported its highest number of applicants ever this year. And the California legislature will vote this month on a bill that would allow any gifted student, at any age, to take the state's high school proficiency exam and be considered a graduate.


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What's the Filthiest PostCode in UK? and the Cleanest too!

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Do you know that sticker on the window of most takeaway shops? that sticker displays the Hygiene rating. This post is not about those stickers.

Now, as it happens, restaurants, deli bars and of course, take away shops are checked up regularly to see how clean are they and the collected information ends up in a report, a sticker and… some dark and remote database.

After doing the ElastiSearch training three weeks ago I was itching to do some aggregations with it. I have done aggregations before using “Ye Olde” Map/Reduce approach and I was interested on seeing how it would compare to do agregations with MongoDB.

I found the Food and Higiene dataset and a python script later I had all their data in my hard drive (just under 500MB of XMLs). Since I like diversity, I wrote a Java program to parse those XMLs and add them into my ElasticSearch instance. It really surprised me the amount of time spent on preparing the data before being able to execute the analysis. I know, it shouldn’t but it does… every single time it does.

Anyway, I run ElasticSearch in a docker instance that has the Marvel plugin in it. This plugin is perfect for throwing a few quick queries and getting some json back. Of course, me being me, I could not just do some tests and write a blog post… I had to create a Github Repo where you can find the source code (just in case you do want to try it by yourself), results (in json files) and some more detailed explanation about how to fetch the data, run the docker container and the different queries I issued.

After indexing almost half a Gigabyte I discovered that the average rating In UK for Food Hygiene is 3.5849 which is not that great, is it? I mean, we are talking about how clean is the place where we eat: “kind of not clean but not dirty neither”.

What else did I find? Well, I was interested on my area (NW10) average: 3.23910171730515  Depressing, I guess it’s time to move to… where?

Well, let’s find out, what’s the cleanest Post Code? I didn’t know much about UK PostCodes. Post Code indicates the area (outward) and the building/house (inward). The dataset provides longitude and latitude for every single establishment so you don’t really need the PostCode to put the stablishment in a map. Anyway, that was not my intention.

So, as it turns, the cleanest Post Code is SOUTH PETHERTON (TA13), or if you think that 42 establishments and an average of 4.761904761904762 is not significant enough I can move to TAUNTON (TA3) with a wooping average of 4.642857142857143

And now that we know where to go, which place we should all avoid? Ladies and Gentlemen, the filthiest area in UK is (shame on you)…

HAWICK, NEWCASTLETON (TD9) with a terrible average of 0.013761467889908258 (yes, that’s Zero point Zero One).

{
   "key": "td9",
   "doc_count": 218,
   "avg_height": {
      "value": 0.013761467889908258
   }
},

 {
   "key": "ta13",
   "doc_count": 42,
   "avg_height": {
      "value": 4.761904761904762
   }
},
{
   "key": "ta3",
   "doc_count": 112,
   "avg_height": {
      "value": 4.642857142857143
   }
},

But let’s not stop there… What is the most common rating? XX

The Food Standars Agency has a web form that let’s you check the rating of your favourite place.

Let me show you one of the queries I used, just in case you’re looking at how to do aggregations with ElasticSearch and are struggling with the lack of documentation:

GET _search
{

   "query" : {
      "match" : { "PostCode" : "PO18*"}
       },
   "aggs" : {
        "Food_hygiene_ratings" : {
           "terms" : {
             "field" : "RatingValue"
           }
        },

        "avg_height" : {
          "avg" : {
            "field" : "RatingValue" }

        }
      }
}

This query matches a PostCode (PO18 ) and then it aggregates twice the result using the field RatingValue. The first one will give you the count of the different ratings and the second one will give you the average of the rating.

Conclusion? prepating the data was quiet of a pain, but it always is. Loading the data was blazing fast and the results were pretty quick too. The aggregation of all the PostCodes took a few seconds and the huge amount of data that it returned was impressive.

All in all, a very quick way of getting some json data to feed into the D3 visualisations.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_postcode_areas_in_the_United_Kingdom

GET _search
{

   "aggs" : {
        "Food_hygiene_ratings" : {
           "terms" : {
             "field" : "areacode",
             "size": 0,
             "order": {
                    "avg_height": "desc"
                }

           },

           "aggs":{
             "postcodes":{
             "terms" : {
               "field" : "RatingValue"
              }
             }
             ,

        "avg_height" : {
          "avg" : {
            "field" : "RatingValue"

          }

        }
           }
        }
      }
}

Once we know the area, we want to filter by outward

Worst case TD

GET _search
{

    "query" : {
      "match" : { "areacode" : "td"}
       },
   "aggs" : {
        "Food_hygiene_ratings" : {
           "terms" : {
             "field" : "outward",
             "size": 0,
             "order": {
                    "avg_height": "desc"
                }

           },

           "aggs":{

              "avg_height" : {
                "avg" : {
                  "field" : "RatingValue"
                }

              }
           }
      }
    }
}

Worst case

"key": "td",
   "doc_count": 1492,
   "postcodes": {
      "buckets": [
         {
            "key": 0,
            "key_as_string": "0",
            "doc_count": 1244
         },
         {
            "key": 5,
            "key_as_string": "5",
            "doc_count": 152
         },
         {
            "key": 4,
            "key_as_string": "4",
            "doc_count": 53
         },
         {
            "key": 3,
            "key_as_string": "3",
            "doc_count": 37
         },
         {
            "key": 1,
            "key_as_string": "1",
            "doc_count": 4
         },
         {
            "key": 2,
            "key_as_string": "2",
            "doc_count": 2
         }
      ]
   },
   "avg_height": {
      "value": 0.7312332439678284
   }
},

Best case

{
   "key": "ta",
   "doc_count": 2823,
   "postcodes": {
      "buckets": [
         {
            "key": 5,
            "key_as_string": "5",
            "doc_count": 1955
         },
         {
            "key": 4,
            "key_as_string": "4",
            "doc_count": 521
         },
         {
            "key": 3,
            "key_as_string": "3",
            "doc_count": 152
         },
         {
            "key": 0,
            "key_as_string": "0",
            "doc_count": 107
         },
         {
            "key": 1,
            "key_as_string": "1",
            "doc_count": 52
         },
         {
            "key": 2,
            "key_as_string": "2",
            "doc_count": 36
         }
      ]
   },
   "avg_height": {
      "value": 4.406305348919589
   }
},

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In a large skillet, cook bacon over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until crisp, 8 to 10 minutes; with a slotted spoon, transfer to paper towels to drain. Add leeks, mushrooms, and thyme to skillet and season with salt and pepper. Cook, stirring often, until vegetables are golden brown and softened, about 12 minutes. Sprinkle flour over vegetables and cook, stirring, until flour is pale golden, about 2 minutes. Stir in broth and simmer until thickened, 4 minutes. Stir in turkey or chicken, peas, and bacon. Season with salt and pepper.
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You can start of by painting your kitchen cabinets. Remodeling a kitchen is a very costly project. Painting the kitchen cabinets is a sure way of giving your kitchen a new look without parting much. After a long service from your hardwood floor, you will probably feel like replacing it. But by simply polishing it, you might get the same results. If you can spend a little more, you can chose to refinish the floor to make it look new. Both options are a sure way of repairing your hardwood floors without necessarily replacing them compete.
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The next tip to repair your home without spending much is hanging new light fixtures. Outdated light fixtures tend to give a home an old look. Some of the laces you need to hang new light fixtures include the dining room, the kitchen and even the entryway and by doing this, you will be providing more light in the home which will make a huge difference.
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After only 4-1/2 months, my Odometer turned over to 5000 miles the other day. Now, this is actually an interesting achievement considering on my first MINI, it took almost a year to accumulate that feat (true story!).
Well.. *I* thought it was interesting anyway. I mean, isn't that a song or a movie or something?
I noticed something interesting as I was heading southbound on the I-15 the other day. Even from a distance I knew I was about to see something you don't see everyday- I justs didn't know quite what that was going to be. As I got closer, I saw not one, but two Ferraris- on an auto-hauler (whatever those things are called). Since I'm not a "Ferrari guy", all I can tell you is that one was yellow, and the other was red. (Yeah, there was a Lexus on it too but who cares about a Lexus?!).
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It's another MINI Adventure! "Toy Drive"
The West Coast MINI Club participated in thr Toy Drive for well-deserving "East County (San Diego) kids for the second year in a row. I'm not even from San Diego so that makes it even more exciting!
Early the next morning (and I do mean early!) we emptied out her car and crammed and amazing amount of toys in the MINI! (and she still has some left in her car, simply because we ran out of room!) You'd be surprised at how many toys you can jam into a MINI Cooper, even with a driver, co-pilot, and a 3-foot passenger! 50-60 toys later we headed out!
The next phase of the adventure was to rendezvous with a one couple in a MINI at an offramp about 20 minutes away. They showed up like clockwork and we were on our way. I wasn't driving like maniac but they soon fell behind. (sorry?) We didn't worry because they knew where they were going.
We, on the other hand, followed Google's impeccable directions to the letter! We got the McD and I said "first one's here!" About ten minutes later, with no one else showing up, I'm thinking "um, where's the rest of the MINI's?" I called up MINI Steve- it turns out Google gave us excellent directions- to the WRONG McDonalds! (notice how I attempt to shift any fault away from myself!) No worries- we headed up to the right McD and there were about 10 MINIs waiting for us!
About 20 MINI's deep, we caravaned about two miles to the drop off point (later we found out it's illegal to caravan in El Cajon! It's "right up there with street racing"? Who knew!?) I didn't know there was going to be a radio station there, but as we pulled up, we could hear them on the radio saying, "OMG- look what just pulled up- about 20 MINI Coopers!" (Insert every MINI joke you've heard 1000 times by now).
Next stop: Off to lunch with the MINI group where we took over 1/2 of an italian restaurant. Then it was back home in damp weather and a TomTom u-turn glitch, but of course, Mr. Bigglesworth handled it with no problems.
Now, for a well-earned nap, and to close the book on another MINI Adventure!
I am happy to announce that Mr. Bigglesworth has returned, 98% restored to it's original pristineness!
Turns out there was minimal body work needed and no paint involved. The rear right suspension was completely replaced as well as front control arm (the parts list is quite daunting). They also replaced all the black molding on the passenger side and front bumper.
They also forgot to replace the jack support stand which was ripped from the frame and thrown who knows where. Can't blame em though- I can't find this item in the parts book! I got it back on Friday and only those two not-so-little oversights. I don't notice any sign of painting but this morning I noticed the sill on the passenger side has scratches and dings in it that weren't there before. Should I complain about that? Other than that, they did a pretty good job.
I hope I don't notice more "slight aberrations" in the coming weeks.
*Best and worst predicted reliability, according to Consumer Reports survey research.
Ongoing demand for this thrifty gas/electric hybrid and excellent reliability give the Prius the best depreciation rating among all currently sold models. In addition, many owners are hanging onto them, so good luck trying to find a used Prius. $22,000.
This trendy, fun-to-drive retro-hatch/convertible has generated a cult following reminiscent of Volkswagen's Beetle. While the reliability of early models was below average, it has improved to average in recent years, according to CR's Annual Car Reliability Survey. $17,500 to $25,500.
This boxy wagon has love-it-or-hate-it styling, but it provides a spacious interior, stingy fuel consumption, good reliability, and a low price. Scion is Toyota's youth-oriented brand. $14,000 to $15,000.
The limited-edition, tuner-developed M3 is the perennially popular high-performance model in BMW's 3-Series line. A fanatical following and legendary performance mean that used M3s command premium prices. About $49,000 to $56,500.
Among the top SUVs in Consumer Reports Ratings, the RX is plush, quiet, and comfortable while providing better-than-average reliability and good crash-test results. The RX400h hybrid is among the most fuel-efficient SUVs we've tested. $36,000 to $46,000.
Available as a coupe or convertible, the 6-Series is based on the 5-Series platform. But its more limited production helps keep its resale value high. $72,000 to $79,000.
A different SUV from the Lexus RX, the GX is a traditional truck-based, off-road-ready vehicle. It has above-average reliability, a well-appointed interior, and good frontal offset crash-test results. But resale values might not continue to hold up as well for the GX as demand softens for body-on-frame, V8-powered SUVs. $46,500.
Providing a nice balance of sportiness and comfort, the well-rounded TSX provides above-average reliability, good crash-test results, and a long list of standard safety equipment. $28,000 to $30,000.
The small xA hatchback looks much different from the larger xB but shares its low price, good reliability, and excellent 30-mpg fuel economy. $13,000 to $13,500.
A longtime Consumer Reports recommended model, the Civic offers outstanding reliability, good fuel economy, and good crash-test results. While the Hybrid version returned an excellent 36 mpg overall in our tests, even regular Civics do well in our fuel-economy tests, with 29 mpg for the automatic. $14,500 to $24,500.
More dented MINI surface after describing the events of what I'm calling "The Curb Incident".
This owner writes, "You're lucky to have gotten in a crash that fast and not have that bad damage. I hit a wall at 80mph sideways and my car was in shambles..."
"i owned handsome rob for 44 days and someone smashed into me..."
me: "hey good morning- i just wanted to see if you thought you'd be done before or after the long weekend?"
So, how *do* I put this? How about "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHRRRGGGHHHH!!!"
Tune in for the next episode where you might hear Bushfinger say, "So- does this come with a CD Player?"
Graphical representations courtesy realoem.com and may not depict actual parts used.
Let's Be Careful Out There!
Okay, How Do I Put This?
Somehow the back end lost traction and spun a 180, finally slamming into a curb on the other side of the road at about 70mph. It managed to hop off the street, over the curb, and into a dirt field.
is almost no body damage that the average person would notice ( (front right a-panel, plastic body moulding, front right fender, rear right fender... *I* notice!); The curb took a chunk out of the rear rim and severely tweaked the front one; alignment is non-existent. All passenger side plastic body trim sustained damage.
The rear tire is rubbing against the frame so hard it made a pile of "rubber dust". The hit was strong enough that the wiper fluid reservoir apparently cracked upon impact. The jack stand support and who knows what other under-carriage bits got torn off and flew into the dirt. I didn't take inventory. I got home before my non-runflats went flat!
It got towed to the body shop recommended by the insurance company this afternoon. I'm fully covered (or so they say). While mild and a yawner in comparison to other recent MINI-crashes, my instincts tell me it's going to end up much worse than my untrained eye can see. I don't have a repair timeline yet. My fingers are crossed.
Here is an opportunity to share a learned lesson: Even in one of the best handling cars on the market, there is no excuse for driving like an idiot. Please spare the sympathy. It was totally my fault and a blatant reminder that the world is not a race track.
At the expense of my reputation as a good driver, I'll be chronicling these events for posterity on my blog and gallery at irieman.com/mymini.
PS: I apologize to the MINI community for contributing to higher insurance rates.
Losing control of your car on wet pavement is a frightening experience. You can prevent skids by driving slowly and carefully, especially on curves. Steer and brake with a light touch. When you need to stop or slow, do not brake hard or lock the wheels and risk a skid. Maintain mild pressure on the brake pedal.
If you do find yourself in a skid, remain calm, ease your foot off the gas, and carefully steer in the direction you want the front of the car to go. For cars without anti-lock brakes, avoid using your brakes. This procedure, known as "steering into the skid," will bring the back end of your car in line with the front. If your car has ABS, brake firmly as you steer into the skid.
While skids on wet pavement may be frightening, hydroplaning is completely nerve-wracking. Hydroplaning happens when the water in front of your tires builds up faster than your car's weight can push it out of the way. The water pressure causes your car to rise up and slide on a thin layer of water between your tires and the road. At this point, your car can be completely out of contact with the road, and you are in danger of skidding or drifting out of your lane, or even off the road.
To avoid hydroplaning, keep your tires properly inflated, maintain good tread on your tires and replace them when necessary, slow down when roads are wet, and stay away from puddles. Try to drive in the tire tracks left by the cars in front of you.
If you find yourself hydroplaning, do not brake or turn suddenly. This could throw your car into a skid. Ease your foot off the gas until the car slows and you can feel the road again. If you need to brake, do it gently with light pumping actions. If your car has anti-lock brakes, then brake normally; the car's computer will mimic a pumping action, when necessary.
A defensive driver adjusts his or her speed to the wet road conditions in time to avoid having to use any of these measures. Reprinted with permission from the National Safety Council.
*Borrowed from: The Weather Channel? Who knew?!!
In the owner's own words, "...As you can see from the last pic, the crumple zone did what it was supposed to do, the passenger compartment protected me and I was not injured. Nor was the driver of the other car, thankfully. I was making a left turn on a four-lane highway and was behind a large truck, so I could not see very well. We had a green light, but we did not have the green arrow, apparently. He made it, I didn't. I was given the ticket...."
Okay- say it with me: OOOOWWWWWWCCCCCCCHHH!!!


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Datation : 6th century B.C.
Categories: Ceramics, Vessels. Tag: Iapygian Spherical Jug.
A delicate and elegant small jug with a trefoil mouth. This vessel is entirely black glazed and retains its original beautiful luster.
This core-formed bowl is simply decorated with lathe-cut grooves just below the lip. The base is slightly concave.


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Refugee Tree
An online call to action by Agência Africa raises awareness of the destruction of the Amazon rainforest through the story of a single tree.
Responses by Agência Africa.
Background: The purpose of the Refugee Tree site is to inform and raise awareness of the current deforestation in the Amazon rainforest. The forest is at such an alarming level of degradation that, in a few years, the Amazon will no longer be a tropical rainforest. Through data, we show the urgency of our petition to pressure the authorities into ending illegal deforestation.
Larger picture: All the pieces of the Refugee Tree campaign were directed to the site, since it functioned as a hub for both the project content and the petition. The website was essential in spreading our message, supporting the campaign with data and collecting signatures.
Design core: We based the visuals on the Amazon rainforest itself. The natural shape of the forest contrasts with the graphics inspired by the trails of fire and destruction.
Favorite details: Through data and visuals, the website conveys the urgency and importance of our action, leading most of the people who access the website to sign the petition.
Challenges: How to tell the story. We have the context about deforestation and linking that to the challenges of a refugee, but this time, for a tree!
Navigation structure: Information hierarchy provided the starting point. Based on the main message, we chose to show an uprooted tree on the first scroll. After that, we presented the case film that contains all the info. We think this is the best way to engage the community.
Technology: HTML, CSS and JavaScript. The site is a single-page application that's mobile first and responsive.
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For all of you who want to see what I prepared for this year conference season, I can share that I'll have sessions on two conferences this fall.
First, I'll be on BCUG/NAVUG Summit at Phoenix, AZ, US and after that I'll be on Directions EMEA in the Hague. On both of these conferences, I'll have the similar sessions – How and Why You Should Combine 'Dynamics 365 for Talent' with 'Dynamics 365 Business Central' / 'Dynamics NAV'. But the first one will be more how you can do it if you are user, a the second one how you can do it as partner and how you can make this as a model for the future implementations.
I already know terms, and it will be Wednesday, October 17 at 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM at BCUG/NAVUG Summit and Wednesday, October 31 at 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM at Directions EMEA. If you like this topic or think this topic can be interesting, join me there.


The ability to work in video is one of the skills I possess. I have worked on both fictional films and also corporate/promo videos. In both these areas, I have developed the story and script, filmed, edited and exported the videos. In other words, I am able to take a film/video from idea to completion. My fictional films explore themes of justice, hope, and faith. While my corporate and promo videos help to creatively get an organization's stories out to a broader audience.
To hear more about my process in film making, click on the individual videos below.
Six Days is a film about a man who seeks wealth and status to the detriment of those around him in 1929 New York.
I created this film as part of my Master's degree fulfillment for Regent College. Click here to learn more about why and how I made Six Days.


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In a plantation house, a family celebrates the sixty-fifth birthday of Big Daddy, as they sentimentally dub him. The mood is somber, despite the festivities, because a number of evils poison the gaiety: greed, sins of the past and desperate, clawing hopes for the future spar with one another as the knowledge that Big Daddy is dying slowly makes the rounds. Maggie, Big Daddy's daughter-in-law, wants to give him the news that she's finally become pregnant by Big Daddy's favorite son, Brick, but Brick won't cooperate in Maggie's plans and prefers to stay in a mild alcoholic haze the entire length of his visit. Maggie has her own interests at heart in wanting to become pregnant, of course, but she also wants to make amends to Brick for an error in judgment that nearly cost her her marriage. Swarming around Maggie and Brick are their intrusive, conniving relatives, all eager to see Maggie put in her place and Brick tumbled from his position of most-beloved son. By evening's end, Maggie's ingenuity, fortitude and passion will set things right, and Brick's love for his father, never before expressed, will retrieve him from his path of destruction and return him, helplessly, to Maggie's loving arms.
Audition Form - Please print and bring completed to your audition. Blank forms will be available for any unable to print in advance.
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Margaret (Maggie the Cat) - Female, 23-36: Brick's wife, edgy, tense and suspicious of Brick's friendship with his friend Skipper.
Brick - Male, 23-36: Former athlete, favorite son of the family, has become a difficult alcoholic after the suicide of his best friend Skipper.
Big Daddy - Male, 50-75: the family patriarch, known to be brash and vulgar.
Big Mama: - Female, 50-75: sincere, embarrassingly dedicated to a man who seems to despise her, considers Brick her "only son."
Mae - Female, 30-45: mean, agitated, schemes with her husband Gooper to inherit Big Daddy's estate.
Gooper - Male, 30-45: the eldest, yet least favored sibling, a successful corporate lawyer who resents his parents' love for Brick, schemes to take over the family estate.
Reverend Tooker - Male, 35-70: tactless, opportunistic, hypocritical guest at the birthday party.
Dr Baugh - Male, 35-70: Big Daddy's physician.
The Children - Male or Female, 7-15: Mae and Gooper's kids, badly behaved, spoiled children who intermittently interrupt the action.
The Help - Male or Female, 18-64: plantation servants who appear off and on throughout the play.
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A new, web-based application to assist Fiji's sugar industry has now been launched. The Field Information System (FIS) is a web-based application that provides a common database for Fiji Sugar Corporation (FSC) and sugar industry partners and enables individual sugarcane farmers to be registered in the system through the recording of farm details and other relevant information such as cane production, harvesting and cane payments.
The system will also contain data on sugarcane growers' field information, including pre-crush estimates, targets and achievements, drainage, soil and leaf tests and meteorological information, and will provide a Geographic Information System (GIS) interface for GIS data.
The FIS has been developed through the European Union (EU) funded Fairtrade Associations Capacity Building and Farm Advisory Services Support project (Fairtrade), in collaboration with IT Galax Solutions. The Fairtrade project is being implemented by the Pacific Community (SPC) and works to improve farm advisory services for sugarcane farmers.
"The EU is pleased to be supporting the work of the Fairtrade and Farm Advisory Services project that seeks to improve the livelihoods of sugarcane dependent populations throughout Fiji's sugar belt. The launch of this new web-based application Field Information System, will enable sugar industry partners to collaborate and ensure a seamless flow of information. With evidence-based data and statistics, the FIS will contribute to sound and informed decision-making for the advancement of the sugar sector in Fiji," Head of Cooperation at the EU Delegation for the Pacific, Christoph Wagner said.
The FIS is available on tablets, which can be taken into the field, increasing accessibility to vital information in field settings.


Our lesson this morning in I know that you have been here for our last couple of Sundays. If you didn't the services are online at our Facebook page Burlington Church of God, and you can check it out there. But for the last couple of weeks we've been talking about and we had two weeks the we use that time to look at what makes Jesus weep.
In scripture tells us the weeping may last. Through the evening, but joy comes in the morning. Joy comes in this morning the message moves from Lazarus being in the Tomb and Lazarus being Resurrected.
and the Jews Who have been set on? Arresting and putting Jesus to death now are even more in. insistent that they are going to do so But it's all in God's plan, isn't it? For this reason our lord Jesus came. But he might be the sacrificial lamb the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world and how is that going to happen? How is his arrest in his death going to happen unless the Jews are in.
Raised up in there their anger towards him.
And this morning we are looking at Jesus is Worthy of our worship.
Actually, the word worship is worth ship. He's worth our worship of him. He's worthy Worthy is the Lamb.
And John has a unique story that we are getting into in John and chapter 12 verse 1 through 11.
Let me tell you what I think about the story and what is going on. As we get inside of John's story and unpack what is there for us today? Is a beautiful thing when the worth of Jesus and the love of his followers match. Is it not? the worth of Jesus and the love I'm Jesus through his followers match.
When the value of his Perfections and the intensity of our affections correspond, it is a beautiful thing.
But the opposite is suicidal. when they don't and the contrast in this story as we go through it John tells us not only. of the worship of our Lord Jesus Christ, but the selfishness of mankind and how they are juxtaposed how they clash with each other. how Stark indifferent You'll see. Jesus is Worthy.
of resurrection power but we can be more specific and put our finger on this in the story in the worth of Jesus. Mary and Martha Are gathered together? the home of Lazarus and Lazarus is there. He is raised from the dead Hallelujah. He's raised and he is there in there is a dinner that is being prepared.
Let us listen to the story as John gives it to us in these verses.
This is happening 6 days before the celebration in Jerusalem of the Passover supper.
and hear a dinner was being given to honor Jesus Martha is in her natural place serving. Aren't we glad that there are Martha's in this world?
Those who willingly love to serve others to give to others, you know, a Martha or two. Maybe you are a Martha and praise God for Martha's.
Because Lazarus is relaxing and reclining at the table with Jesus and the other disciples. Those who are being honored at this meal.
and Mary Is being Mary? Last time we saw her and Martha was bothered because Mary was sitting at the feet of Jesus listening to him teach.
Lazarus their brother has been raised.
Barry took a pint of pure nard a very expensive perfume. Summer said they came all the way from India are rare and precious commodity. And a pint of pure nard. would be about 11 and 1/2 oz or roughly the the container of a coke bottle the can of Coke so you can imagine it is a good size of expensive perfume.
And this precious commodity she poured onto the feet of Jesus. And it says that she wiped his feet. with her hair and the house was filled with the fragrance the wonderful Aroma of this perfume. The whole house was filled.
she had spared no expense to Lavish this on to Jesus.
it was worth a Year's wages.
Kenu to the Denarius how much the worth of that perfume was? How costly it was an in his mind. It was a waste.
It was wasted on Jesus. It could have been.
poured on Jesus leave her alone. Jesus replied it was intended that she should save this perfume for the day of my burial. You will always have the poor among you and that is true. But Jesus said is true. You'll always have the poor among you there will always be poor people in need. But you will not always have me.
I'm worthy of you giving attention to me care to me.
Extravagant love and care for me. I will not be with you. Always he knew that because he knew where he was going.
He was going to the cross and I want you to know in my heart of hearts as I have read this story over again.
I want to believe that as Jesus hung on that price. As the sweat and blood came down from the crown of thorns upon his head In the Heat of the day as it was coming down that there was some residue from that expensive perfume. The came down and walked into his nostrils. Perhaps it as he swept and bled on that cross the aroma of the perfume came up from his feet even. into his nostrils and he could remember the love and the worship that was given to him that day by a grateful Sister Mary. Jesus had raised her brother Lazarus from the dead.
Meanwhile, John tells us a large crowd of Jews. Found out that Jesus was there and came not only because of him Jesus but also to see Lazarus whom he had raised from the dead. He was now a celebrity. And rightly. So how many people do you know that have been raised from the dead end? Wouldn't you want to go and beat that man and all of Jerusalem was coming out?
So the chief priests made plans not only to kill Jesus but to kill Lazarus as well for on account of him many of the Jews were going over to Jesus and believing in him.
Can anybody say amen? That's good news. Amen, it is good news.
You see many of these religious leaders. We're Pharisees, but many were Sadducees and Pharisees believe that there was a life after this life. The Sadducees did not they believe that you were you lived on only in the stories that your children and your children's children would tell about you they would they would tell the stories and keep You will live in the stories. And so all of their teaching was predicated on there is no life after this. And so when Lazarus died and then was raised from the dead.
And they were jealous and they were angry. And they wanted to put him to death.
Here are three things that I would like you to take away from the story. Three things about Jesus being worthy of our worship number one Mary worship. Our Lord Jesus Christ in our worship was lovingly given to Jesus. She loved him.
before he had raised Lazarus from the dead but when her brother who was dead to her was given back to her alive. It engendered such a love and appreciation and Thanksgiving and when we come to our Lord and worship, we should worship Him lovingly.
For he's worthy of our love because he loved us for God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son that whosoever believes in him. Should not perish but have everlasting life. Love God loved us and we are to love him in our worship for He's Worthy. Secondly Mary in her worship of Jesus. It was lavishly given. When you worship our Lord, are you lavish with your love on him? Do spare no expense for your love for Jesus and coming to him. There is nothing I would not do for my Lord. Because he died for me.
What more could I do for him? But to spend my life. In serving him.
Lavishly that whole word lavish. I love it. If you ever had to be lavish love on you. lavish their time on you lavish giving you.
for Judas didn't get it.
we could have sold this and in gotten a whole years of wages.
and yet even though he missed and opportunity We missed an opportunity for eternal life. He missed out on everything that was going on because he was so blinded and so selfish and so me centered. It's not about me. It's not about you. It's all about him. He is worthy of our worship. Did we give it lovingly? And that we lavish. Our Praise on our gratitude and our love upon him and lastly As I look at Mary and how she responded to Jesus in her worship Mary Mary in her worship. It was liberally given to Jesus. It was complete abandoned.
She loved him with complete abandon.
And I see that in the not only did she bring this bile. Expensive perfume and pour it on him, but it says that she wiped his feet with her hair. And that meant that a good Jewish woman. Many of you don't realize that in Bible times and throughout the Bible a woman's hair is her crowning Glory.
she would have had a covering over her head and at this time she not only took the covering off, but she let down her hair.
And her hair was long and beautiful, but she didn't show it off to anyone because it was Unthinkable and the room was filled with men.
And her being a single woman would never have shown her beautiful hair to anyone but her husband. And here she uncovers her head. Takes her hair down. And wipes the feet of Jesus even in touching a man when you're single in that culture. What's a taboo? So revealing her hair and wiping? His feet with her hair. She broke all sorts of barriers.
But she was so caught up in the moment of Love lavishly pouring her love lovingly giving to the Lord. That she cared not what anybody thought. Have you ever gotten to that place? You don't care what other people think you're going to raise your hands in your going to Praise Jesus. You're going to shout hallelujah. Maybe that was too loud for you. It couldn't be loud enough. I want the Lord to know I love him with all of my heart soul mind and strength. I love him.
Hallelujah, he is Lord. He is worthy of my worship and I need to give it an Express it lovingly I need to Lavish it over him. Giving him my best. and I need to break out of all of the taboos and happy liberal. Am I giving of my not caring what other people think? Falling prostate down on my face worshipping God. I don't care what other people think. Because it's between me and my Lord. Not between me and you. You and me.
Fathers my thoughts as I look at John explaining what is happening?
and Jesus risked the ridicule of people this woman risked ridicule of others including Judas who said what are you doing woman? Are you doing these things? This is breaking every taboo. And most of all you were wasting this precious perfume on Jesus. Did he think it a waste? He rebuked Judas he rebuked Judas in saying to him.
What I see here leave her alone because you do not always have me with you number to leave her alone because the poor you will always have with you. Number 3 leave her alone so that she may keep it for the day my vario. Do not hinder her do not stop her. Let her do this thing for me.
My mind's eye. I see the perfume rising up into his nostrils even as he was being tortured and giving up his life. He thought about the worship in the love of Mary and of all of us who loved him. Love him for what he did for us on Calvary. Is he worthy of Our Praise this morning? Would you stand with me?


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Serco Inc., a provider of professional, technology, and management services, announced today the award of a new multiple award indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (ID/IQ) contract to provide global communication systems for the U.S. Army. Serco was selected as one of 12 companies to compete for tasks on the Communications and Transmission Systems (CTS) contract. The contract vehicle has an overall ceiling value of $4.1 billion over a five year period.


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