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The editors of Leben recall moving story of Anne of Bohemia
By The editors of Leben
When Kate Middleton walked down the aisle of Westminster Abbey, no doubt most of the audience of two billion assumed that this was a British tradition carefully followed for many centuries.
In that assumption, they would be quite wrong.
In fact, it was not until 1917 that George V, seeking to make his Germanic family seem more "British," changed the family name from "Saxe-Coberg" to the more Brit-friendly "House of Windsor" and encouraged the royal family to marry in the Abbey with full Anglican pomp and ceremony.
It had been 500 years since the last royal wedding in Westminster Abbey, when in 1382 Richard II would marry Anne of Bohemia, a young woman whose passion for reformation was used of God to defend the Englishman Wycliffe, inspire the Bohemian Hus and change her world, and ours.
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When young Anne first stepped on English shores, she entered a kingdom torn by civil strife. Wat Tyler's Peasant's Revolt that had fielded 100,000 men against the crown had been crushed by King Richard II, and those who had participated in the uprising trembled in fear awaiting punishment for their treason.
While many in such unfamiliar circumstances would shun controversy, Anne implored Richard to be merciful, going so far as to argue that their cause had not been without merit. Moved by her entreaties, Richard issued an edict of pardon, citing the wishes of good Queen Anne.
Richard had become king at the age of 10, upon the death of his grandfather, and already at the age of 13, he had taken notice of the young Bohemian princess. Anderson notes that when she turned 15, her family adjudged her competent to make her own decisions regarding matrimony. By providence, they both chose wisely, to the good of their respective nations and for the yet-future Reformation.
John Wycliffe's writings had already made their way to Prague, and historians note that those who attended the young Princess to England were themselves adherents of the movement to breathe new life into a corrupt and corrupting church.
Anne's words to Richard regarding the Peasants' Revolt would not be the last time that the young Bohemian queen would give wise counsel to her husband to the saving of both church and realm, for indeed, they were perilous times.
They were also times of enormous opportunity, for the papacy was in turmoil. Gregory XI had died in 1378, and the cardinals had gathered to choose his replacement in Rome; however, a large majority of the cardinals were French, intent upon replacing Gregory with yet another French pope at Avignon. Under threat of violence, they chose an Italian instead, but once safely back in France, they renounced their decision and chose a competing pope.
"Trust we in the help of Christ on this point," wrote Wycliffe, "for he hath begun already to help us graciously, in that he hath clove the head of Antichrist, and made the two parts fight against each other."
While such fiery language was not uncommon during the later Reformation, to see language battle lines drawn so sharply at such an early date begs the question of when, exactly, "the Reformation" actually began. As the warring papal factions hurled invectives that make Wycliffe's language pale by comparison, the English Reformer nevertheless used the interim to advance across a broad theological front.
Wycliffe denied that the bread and wine were physically changed into the body of Christ, that the Church of Rome held any special authority over the churches at other places and that Peter was granted greater authority than any other Apostle. He also boldly proclaimed that ecclesiastical persons of any rank should have neither prisons nor the power to put men into them.
Courtney, the Archbishop of Canterbury, was an implacable foe of Wycliffe and schemed endlessly against him. In this cause, he enlisted the support of Urban VI (the Italian pope with whom the English clergy had sided) and besieged Richard to take action.
For every dagger launched by Courtney, Anne used examples from the Scriptures to deflect the increasingly bitter attacks. The church authorities had not yet conceived of the idea of executing those accused of heresy – that would come far sooner than any could have imagined – but the church authorities had access to prisons enough to hold as many heretics as Courtney could prosecute. Anne's hand was strengthened by the support of a fellow Wycliffe supporter, the king's mother, Joan. Together, they worked quietly and effectively to protect Wycliffe and his labors.
Richard also found himself beset by political intrigue in the person of the Duke of Gloucester. Weakened by a series of poor decisions, Richard found himself unable to protect or defend his allies and friends, with a number of them suffering prosecution and execution.
Among those to die was Sir Simon Burley, the man who had been sent to Bohemia to escort the young princess to England, a task which earned him the admiration and friendship of both Anne and Richard. Sadly, it was to no avail, for, despite pleading on her knees for three hours, Anne was unable to prevail upon Gloucester to show mercy.
Even as Wycliffe approached the end of his years on earth, the younger Jan Hus was carrying forward his reforms in Anne's home country of Bohemia. As Anne braved the ire of the papacy to defend Wycliffe and shield him from prosecution, the aged reformer was moved to share his appreciation and admiration with those on the Continent.
When assailed for his English translation of the Bible, Wycliffe would note that not only did his queen read the Scriptures in the vernacular, but she had actually translated the four Gospels into English! Her daily Bible reading gave her ready command of the Word, which permitted her to quickly and effectively call forth a biblical answer to every challenge that she, or her beloved husband, faced.
The English population was of two minds about their young queen. She bore no children, thus failing in the first duty of her office, according to the times, but her gentleness and many acts of kindness won the hearts of most. Despite her royal upbringing, she was a friend of commoners and the poor. In fact, her generosity was one of the "faults" with which her detractors sought to discredit her. When expenses of the royal family came under scrutiny, it was discovered that she was feeding no less than 6,000 of the poor daily at her tables.
It was not to be dukes, archbishops or popes that would end her young life, however, but rather the scourge of the age, the Black Death. Struck down by plague at the tender age of 28, Anne left a husband so broken by grief that he ordered the palace where she had died to be torn down, brick by brick. He ordered a tomb to be prepared that would someday hold both their remains, depicting the king and queen reposed peacefully, hand clasped in hand. He would join her in death a short five years later. Their tomb, now damaged over time, lies just down the way from where William and Kate spoke their vows.
The original inscription, likely penned by Richard II himself, reads:
The dust of Anne, the second Richard's queen,
Lies now entombed beneath this spacious stone;
Her lovely form enchained wherever seen,
Her face with meek and radiant beauty shone.
Dear was her Saviour to her loving heart;
Her love and gentleness to all she showed;
In healing strifes she ever did her part;
With peaceful thoughts her heavenly bosom glowed.
To her the poor, with want and care oppressed,
Could look with hope for pity and relief;
With heart and hand she succoured the distressed,
Nor grudged to cost of want and pain and grief.
The lonely widow's tears she wiped away,
And to the sick the healing draught she brought,
Whoever suffered found in her a stay;
To live for others – this she daily sought."
Yet, even in death her role in the cause of purifying a sorely tarnished church was not concluded, for her attendants, after her death, returned to Bohemia, filled with a familiarity with the Scriptures and the writings of John Wycliffe, stoking the fires of the burgeoning Hussite movement.
To read more about Anne of Bohemia, please visit Leben's website.
The editors of Leben
Leben is America's fastest growing magazine of Christian history and biography. A beautifully illustrated quarterly that brings you the stories of the pilgrims, patriots, missionaries and martyrs who have gone before us.
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How can that sweet puppy be such a terror! I will pray for you,Gordon and Kippers! Actually, he is doing very well in posing in a short period of time.


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Panic! At the Disco – Gone Steampunk!
Panic! At the Disco has gone steampunk! I'm sure you will recognize one or two of the good folks in this video, if your an avid fan of Steampunk. The song is pretty good, if your into that sort of thing. I've never been a HUGE fan, but I enjoy their music well enough.
This music video is lovely. Very steampunk. The music itself is haunting. I am impressed! I've not heard of this band before, but I am going to have to find more of their stuff.


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The Republic of Congo lies on the northern bank of Africa's second longest river, whence it takes its name. This immense river, second in the world only to the Amazon in terms of the extent of its catchment and the volume of its flow, forms the spine of an extensive fluvial transport network serving the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and their landlocked neighbours, the Central African Republic and Chad. The two Congos' respective capitals — Kinshasa and Brazzaville — face one another across Stanley Pool (Pool de Malebo), downstream of which the Livingstone Falls block navigation to the Atlantic Ocean.
Numerous communities in the sparsely-populated interior depend upon river transport, both for exportation of produce and for importing the necessities of life: a heavily-laden convoy heads up-river from Port of Brazzaville.
Port of Brazzaville
During a prolonged period of civil unrest prior to the peace accord of 2003, the Port of Brazzaville sustained extensive damage to dockside infrastructure; its problems further compounded by under-investment and continuing difficulties in maintaining navigable depths in the silt-laden Port basin; quays and channels being further obstructed by numerous wrecks.
Despite the restoration of peace, the deteriorating reliability and security of the rail link with the coast, the Chemin de Fer Congo-Océan, continued to hamper recovery in freight traffic volumes; notably in the Port's traditional, and lucrative, cargo of timber - high-quality hardwoods harvested from the vast rainforests of the interior, and a major export earner for the Congo.
The European Union, through its external aid instrument, the Fonds européen de développement (FED), proposed a programme of support to the Republic of Congo, to enable the progressive revitalisation of the Port of Brazzaville as a key element in regeneration and development of both national and regional (Congo basin) economies. The underlying economic potential for the Port's commercial growth was self-evident.
In order to assess potential effectiveness of such funding, to identify priority projects and to establish an outline rehabilitation strategy, the European Commission called for a pre-feasibility study, to encompass economic, engineering and environmental factors. Andrew Sadleir led the study, carried out in the Congo during October-December 2007, for Paris-based consultant Hydratec. Results included an appraisal of regional traffic potential, and detailed analyses and recommended actions for the civil engineering, operational, commercial, environmental and administrative aspects of the Port's activities.
Congo River Basin - navigation
Maintenance of the navigability of the Congo fluvial network is shared between the pays riverains - Democratic Republic of Congo, Republic of Congo and Central African Republic - these last two through a bi-laterally sponsored agency, Service Commun d'Entretien des Voies Navigables (SCEVN).
SCEVN, with operational bases in Brazzaville and Bangui (CAR), carries out survey, dredging and maintenance works on two of the major tributaries - the Oubangui and the Sangha - as well as maintaining navigation aids on certain reaches of the Congo itself, and dredging within the Port basin at Brazzaville.
SCEVN's capital investment has also, for some years, benefitted from support of the EU's Fonds européen de développement (FED); and in April-May 2008 consultants Parsons Brinckerhoff carried out a study for the European Commission, to examine SCEVN's medium-term strategic rôle, technical capabilities and economic viability. The study also embraced an environmental impact assessment of proposed wreck salvage and dredging operations in the Brazzaville Port basin. Andrew Sadleir acted as Team Leader for the study, based in Brazzaville.
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Drew Crawford is a software engineer in Birmingham, AL. He has taken a special interest in online personal finance tools, as evidenced by a series in process at his personal blog. He's been a Buxfer user for a year and a half but continues to search for his favorite tool.
Whether you are up to you neck in debt, or trying to save up for your dream house, one thing we can agree on is that the way can be very difficult. Sometimes it seems like you are doing everything you can to save money, but it just seems like your savings account isn't getting any bigger or your debt any smaller. Well, in the last few years there have been some tools emerge that can make everything much easier, and best of all these tools are free! In this post, I will give you a brief description of a few of the free web-based tools that are available.
Perhaps the most important thing that online personal finance tools are able to do is automatically pull your transactions from your bank's website. No longer do you have to manually write down every single transaction that you make over the course of a month (though this could still be a useful practice). However, after the transactions are saved these online tools will vary greatly with the functionality that they offer. This is where you will need to decide which tool is most well suited for you.
I will begin with the one that I am most familiar with: Buxfer. I tend to be a little bit obsessive when it comes to tracking where my money goes and Buxfer has some great reporting tools. For example, I can see a line chart that shows my balance over a period of time that I set. In the picture I have chosen to look at the last two and a half months to see if there are any patterns. This chart lets me know if I'm doing good or if I need to tighten up a little.
Now, maybe you need more motivation to keep up with your finances on a daily basis. It can be very easy to forget to check the website for a few days and next thing you know you have lost track of how much you are spending. This is where a tool like Rudder could be very helpful for you. You go through a one time setup on Rudder so that it knows where to get your transactions, etc. Then it sends you an email everyday with updates regarding your finances. Although Rudder lacks the analysis tools that Buxfer offers, it does do some calculations to give you an idea of how much money you will have left when all of you upcoming bills are paid. This might be just the information that you need to stay on top of you finances.
The last tool that I will discuss in this post plays to the sociable side in all of us. It is no secret that a good way to improve the likelihood of succeeding in your goals is to share them with others. This is what the folks at Geezeo had in mind while developing their tool. With Geezeo you are able to view and join goals that other users share. For example, the top 2 goals on the site right now are "Build a 3 month cushion" and "Pay off all credit cards". There are also groups that you can join so you can interact with other users. This interaction can make it much easier to keep your eyes on the prize and can offer encouragement when things aren't going so great.
There are plenty of other tools out there that can aide you in tracking your personal finance (Quicken Online and Mint to name a couple). However, you will want to be very cautious before you sign up with any site. It would be worth your time to google the company and see what things are being said about it. Security is very important when it comes to finances and you want to make sure that the company you are signing up for is very trustworthy.
Getting a firm grasp on your financial life can be very challenging to accomplish, but there are many options available today that can help you do just that. Whether you need encouragement from other people or if you just need lots of charts and graphs to stare at, there is certainly a tool that is suited for you.


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This kitchen design was a collaboration between Concept II & designer Shelley Coke – completed in late Summer 2018. A stately 1928 house underwent a major renovation down to the studs. The product is a fresh, functional, well-suited white kitchen with a twist. In this article, we interviewed Shelley to get the behind the scenes in working with an interior designer in collaboration with Concept II design.
What is the style of the house?
I would say this house is a Center Entrance Colonial.
What did the client want overall – what was their goal?
My client wanted a fresh, updated and functional space using a "classic with a twist" approach.
What was the process of picking everything out?
We loved the selections at Concept II and were able to source everything but the light and fabric in one stop at Concept II. We started with the cabinet and island door style in a clean shaker design and added feet to the island to make it feel like a piece of furniture. Next came the countertop and cabinet paint colors. We chose a white and gray quartz for both the cabinetry and the island. From there, we decided on a soft white for the wall cabinetry and a custom gray color for the island. I think mixing either the counter surface and or the cabinet colors on the main cabinets and islands adds interest and gives a custom touch. Next came the flooring: this is an active family of five with two large dogs and they are entertainers! So, we needed the flooring to look great, but also hide dirt from the main entry door they use into the kitchen. We chose a beautiful and durable 12″ x 24″ceramic tile with grays, tans and creams and with a lot of movement to conceal messes. For the backsplash, we selected from a wide range of options and fell in love with a custom designed tile and pulled our own colors together mimicking those in the floor tile. I feel like it is a "take" on the classic Moroccan tile but with rounder edges and softer feel. We were able to choose a Blanco Apron style sink in a dark gray and the cabinet hardware at Concept II, as well. My client is thrilled with both! We wanted a fun accent color for the kitchen and decided on a mint green color we found on a Williams Sonoma toaster we fell in love with! I was then able to select a fabric for her valance boards and the custom bench and pillow fabrics. We chose a funky sunburst pattern with mint and chartreuse greens and gray with a contrasting border and a Sunbrella commercial grade fabric for the bench seat in a gray fabric. I had pillows to coordinate made out of all three fabrics to tie it all together. The paint and light fixture are usually my last selections. I went with a tried and true neutral from Sherwin Williams called Nantucket Dune for the walls. I was able to pull this color from the tile and the floor colors. Lastly, came the light fixture. Keeping with the "classic with a twist" feel we wanted, I suggested an over-sized lantern pendant style in an iron finish without glass for drama, yet keeping the visual open and light.
With a smaller space, how did you incorporate everything?
Previously, the kitchen had a peninsula, cutting the room in half. We edited that and added the island, bumped out the window for a wider ledge to use as seating and added a built in cabinet with glass next to the window where a baker's rack used to stand. This allowed for a better flow and visual continuity around the room with cabinetry. Using the open lighting pendant added lightness to the room as well as the visual from the front to back and side to side wasn't blocked.
What other rooms in the home did you design?
I was not the principal designer at this home. I was hired years after most of the major work was done to do the finishing touches. I styled bookshelves, made custom pillows, purchased accessories and accent furnishings. I did window treatments and pillows in the master, decorated the third floor game room, added a sliding door and decorated the bath and bedrooms on that floor as well.
What are the benefits of having an interior designer's help in the kitchen design process?
For anyone who isn't a visual, creative type, this process can become overwhelming. There are so many details to consider to make the right decisions. A new kitchen is an expensive prospect and having help and guidance from a professional is always recommended to make sure your choices reflect your personality and goals. Our homes should nurture us and provide us a safe haven from the world. Getting it right, by hiring an Interior Designer is probably the first decision one should make before beginning a process like this.
As one to change my bedroom around growing up, Interior Design has always been a passion of mine. I have been involved in sales, merchandising, procurement, textiles and design throughout my career. I've owned my own design and furnishings shop before running my two Interior Design businesses. I operate Shelley Coke Interiors solely, and operate Home Again Interiors with a partner. Any interior design need can be handled at either business. Both businesses offer consultations, VIP packages if you want help but like to decorate on your own to Full Scale Interior Design. I get such a thrill working with my clients to bring their vision (or mine) to life! It truly lights my fire!


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Opinion: Ari Aster is the Best Modern Horror Director
Spoilers for Midsommar and Hereditary.
Horror is one of the hardest genres to execute appropriately. While the profits look nice, the quality tends to fail. Last year and this year both have had two special films pop up from a new face in Hollywood. Ari Aster debuted a masterpiece that twists the oversaturated supernatural subgenre with Hereditary and as of a week ago has unleashed Midsommar, a dark twist on Sweden's otherwise beautiful summer solstice festivals. Only two movies under his belt and I can safely say he is the current king of all things spooky in today's climate of money-hungry ghosts and killers.
The magic of cinema is that it can evoke emotion from an audience by going beyond a piece of entertainment. Aster's two releases have done this beautifully. Both movies share plenty of familiar, poignant themes like dysfunctional relationships and mental illness.
Mental health often gets portrayed in a cartoonish way that can heighten the stigmas rather than diminish them. The two films capture the complexity of depression and other illnesses.
Dani (Florence Pugh) in Midsommar loses her parents and sister who had been suffering from bipolar disorder. Her grieving and struggles remain throughout the entirety of the movie while playing into her character's choices. It is why she becomes so vulnerable to the cult's wishes of her joining them, which is even foreshadowed by Pelle's (Vilhelm Blomgren) story about the death of his parents.
The protagonist of Hereditary, Annie (Toni Collette) goes through something similar as she loses both her mother and daughter in a short span of time. Annie's pain, resentment, sorrow, regret, and the many other emotions that Collette display showcases how complicated feelings can become in troubling times. Annie's vulnerability lets her ignore any signs of unusual events, which becomes her whole family's downfall by the grandmother's Pagan cult.
Plenty of horror influences get injected into Aster's creations, but the main inspiration comes from real-world drama. Having problematic relationships or dealing with loss occurs in other movies; however, Aster takes it to a new level by the characters being more important than the threat. Usually, the psychotic killer is given more development than his potential victims. The focus on the personal lives of the protagonists in Hereditary and Midsommar make them a lot more believable, empathetic, and relatable.
Putting the spooky elements in the background or pushing it into the latter half of the movie sets up a slow burn that fleshes out characters. While it may be divisive since many who go into a theater for this genre want to get scared, but the audience Aster targets needs the patience to get to the turning point of the narrative.
His supernatural debut is an hour of an almost pure family drama, with ghosts and cult activity sprinkled throughout. The halfway mark slightly diverges for a more traditional spiritual horror story, while still maintaining what is happening between each family member. The drama beat me down with its depressing tone, then once things got dark, I felt defenseless by the grueling experience that leads up to the final act.
The latest project is almost entirely a drama between a couple and a group of friends. The cult activities are upfront, but nothing terrifying ever happens. The final moments are more forward about the sacrificial ritual being performed while keeping with the same tone and pacing like the rest of the film. Hereditary had a distinct shift, while this latest folk horror stayed on the road it had set in the beginning.
Blending imagination and reality makes for the most horrific experience. The director/writer does plenty of research to make sure both of these Pagan inspired narratives. Paimon, the demon that the cult worships in Hereditary, is not something made-up for the film. His origins predate Christianity and have popped up in a variety of religious texts. Meanwhile, Midsommar takes an array of influences from European summer solstice festivals and Pagan rituals, while taking some liberties to make the Hårga cult feel like a real group of people in Sweden.
Taking historical folklore takes research, which Aster does an excessive amount. The symbols, traditions, and runes found in his breakup horror flick come from Swedish history and mythology. Hårga is a location in Northern Sweden with a dark tale that goes behind it involving the devil, impersonating a fiddler, making people dance until they die. That is quite reminiscent of Dani and other women in the dance competition to become May Queen.
Traditions stay true, except for murder, like the use of flowers. The flower crowns seen are a highly regarded accessory along with the use of decoration.
Dani about to start the dance competition with the other women in the cult.
Aster has an eye for art by the way his films are shot. They hold a variety of different shots to keep everything fresh. Midsommar has some wild shots from upside-down perspectives and wide shots to take in everything happening in an important scene. Both of his films utilize the camera to give meaning to what is happening between characters. In a scene during Hereditary between Annie and Peter (Alex Wolf) having an argument in the middle of the night, the viewpoint given shows the distance of the mother and son, not literally, but the separation of their relationship.
No room for filler because every choice from writing, shooting, and set design is done with a purpose. Little symbols that need a second or third viewing tell a part of the story in each nightmarish creation. Aster seems to enjoy throwing hidden gems to hint at an element of the narrative that only a small portion of an audience will identify.
Too many filmmakers churn out movie after movie that is another generic cash grab with no personality. Aster puts a style with his projects that distinguish them from any other release. His methodical pacing, distinct tone, and twists on real mythology make for traumatizing films to watch and make. Alex Wolf, who played the son in Hereditary and Jack Reynor's role in Midsommar negatively effected them from Reynor's discomfort during filming and Wolf's mental and physical health diminished.
Two films are not enough to be a king of a genre, but two brilliantly crafted projects certainly give Aster the upper hand. If this continues, then I do see him being a master at cult classics. His vision causes diversity amongst viewers, but what he makes does not get forgotten. The name he is making for himself will make for a loyal fanbase looking forward to the next expertly designed experience that will emotionally scar anyone walking into the theater.
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US woman contracts flesh-eating virus during day at the beach
By Ash Kent| 1 week ago
A woman in the US has shared a warning for beach-goers after she contracted a flesh-eating bacteria while swimming at a Florida beach.
Leann Thibodeau went for a swim at Manasota Beach on Saturday June 29, with a small scratch on her foot that had scabbed over.
Three days later, she noticed her foot had become red and swollen, signalling an infection. By the fourth day, it was so swollen she could barely walk on it.
Leann's foot swelled so big that she could barely walk on it. (Facebook)
On July 4, Thibodeau rushed to a local hospital, where she was told by doctors she was infected with group A Streptococcus – the leading cause for necrotizing fasciitis, commonly known as flesh-eating disease.
Thibodeau went in for surgery on Friday, during which doctors cleaned the bacteria out from her foot. She was then given antibiotics for the rest of the infection.
Posting her ordeal to Facebook, Thibodeau said in the early days of her infection she had joked about having a flesh-eating virus. She also warned others to avoid the beaches around Florida, claiming they should be closed.
"I'm warning you to all my friends. From Sarasota to Port Charlotte. There is a high advisory in the water for bacteria," Thibodeau wrote.
"All the beaches should be closed right now. So, so sad that my favourite place is now infected not only with red tide but also flesh-eating bacteria."
Necrotizing fasciitis is a rare bacterial infection that quickly kills surrounding tissue, with the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimating between 700 and 1200 cases occur in the US each year.


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Any student who stops the GED prep has 30 days to notify LatinoRen to receive refund. After those 30 days, LatinoRen will not issue a cash refund but rather give you a credit for use with LatinoRen. This credit can be used for other services, such as credit repair, tutoring, or dream development course for children.
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Even though a patient has normal acuity vision, does not mean that their contrast sensitivity is also normal. Contrast sensitivity is a vital part in normal vision and should be tested on a routine basis. Without normal contrast sensitivity, the difference between a curb and the road, stairs, a spot on clothing and many other everyday items would be unnoticeable.


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Q: Jpa2 Implementation testing I would like to test some JPA code with different implementations like Hibernate,EclipseLink,OpenJPA.
I am still looking for am elegant way of doing this but did not found one yet.
However I wonder that the implementors do not have some kind of tests that they need to execute in order to prove that their implementation is compliant with the specific standard (JPA2.1)
Do you know if there is a test compatibility kit like for JPA so i can inspire myself from there ?
Any suggestion of how i would run the tests easily switching  between implementations is welcome.
I thought on using maven profiles...but running main classes might be not so nice.
Thanks

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SSgt. Raquel Caramanno, a medical readiness technician with the 412th Medical Support Squadron at Edwards AFB, Calif. Air Force photo.
SSgt. Raquel Caramanno, a medical readiness technician with the 412th Medical Support Squadron at Edwards AFB, Calif., is one of the Air Force's 12 Outstanding Airmen of the Year for 2016. As a senior airman, Caramanno was instrumental in leveraging a 50 percent staff loss while flawlessly managing 17 medical contingency response teams and $1 million in war reserve materiel. Her attention to detail drove "Outstanding" test wing ratings in the Air Force Input Tool; Defense Readiness Reporting System; Air Expeditionary Force Reporting Tool; and Emergency Management programs. As the chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear program manager, Caramanno directed a 42 percent capability surge, leading to $40,000 in modernization upgrades to critical assets. She identified a pandemic-influenza shortfall, resulting in the procurement of $26,000 in protective equipment, ensuring the operational integrity of $895,000 in allowance standards. Finally, her dedication to excellence culminated in her selection as the 2015 Air Force Medical Service Health Services Management Airman of the Year. Air Force Magazine is shining the spotlight on each OAY in the days leading up to AFA's Air, Space & Cyber Conference, which starts Sept. 19 in National Harbor, Md. Also featured were: SMSgt. Mark Farmer, SMSgt. Jeremiah Grisham, SMSgt. Rebecca McNelley, MSgt. Marcus Mader, TSgt. Michael Asuncion, TSgt. Sharry Barnshaw, and TSgt. Cassandra Cruz.


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Instagram Post Like Counts Disappearing Isn't the End of Instagram Marketing
Helen Todd
Instagram | Social Media
Last week Instagram announced (on Twitter) that the social network's test of hiding the total number of likes and views on photos and videos posted to the Feed expanded to a subset of users worldwide. It's been a bit controversial in the blogosphere, but I'm not worried about Instagram Post Like counts disappearing.
Starting today, we're expanding our test of private like counts globally. If you're in the test, you'll no longer see the total number of likes and views on photos and videos posted to Feed unless they're your own. pic.twitter.com/DztSH0xiq2
— Instagram (@instagram) November 14, 2019
This test is a step towards the platform's efforts to make the experience on Instagram healthier, especially for young people in light of bullying and hate speech, even if it doesn't help Instagram's bottom line. (If you haven't read the Time article Instagram's War on Bullying, I recommend it.)
Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri wants to reduce anxiety and social comparison. Mosseri shared at the Wired25 conference, "The idea is to try to depressurize Instagram, make it less of a competition, and give people more space to focus on connecting with the people they love and things that inspire them."
While the health of young people is critical to think about, Instagram must also balance the impact of this move on creators and influencers who make their living off of Instagram. An early study has shown that overall engagement for influencers in the initial test countries went down; however, there's no need to panic. As Social Media Today mentions, "HypeAuditor's categorization (influencers with 30% of their following in the test regions) does leave a few questions around the specific methodology."
This change doesn't signify the end of marketing for creators, brands, and influencers who use Instagram.
Since I can remember, Instagram has described itself like a beautiful magazine, and this move emphasizes content over popularity, which I agree with. But there are other specific reasons why I'm not alarmed – keep reading to see what they are. If you agree or disagree – do let me know in the comments or on Twitter. Would love to hear your thoughts!
I'm Not Worried about Instagram Post Like Counts Disappearing. Here's Why:
The Insights on Post Likes Will Still Exist
Instagram users (individuals, brands, and influencers) will continue to have access to the total number of likes on posts, it's just not going to be publicly available. At Sociality Squared we like to think of Instagram as the new website or portfolio for brands and influencers. In this analogy, Insights will be more like Google Analytics. They'll be available so decisions can be made about content choices and they can be shared from influencers when negotiating rates. Most importantly, all of the other Insights that have been privately available – impressions, interactions, reach, profile visits, shares, saves – will be there like before. And other metrics that can be baked into influencer campaigns, like coupon code conversions or ad results, will also be available.
Post Likes are one piece in a much larger Instagram marketing pie, and its public removal isn't the end of the world.
Post Likes Still Important for the Algorithm
I guarantee that Post Likes will always be considered for Instagram's algorithm distribution – the algorithm isn't disappearing. Since the algorithm is a black box, it's hard to know ALL of the signals that Instagram takes into consideration for content distribution across the platform; however, likes on posts, I can assure you, will still be one of them. They will matter – they may just not be as prioritized as other forms of engagement. Comments have always been weighted more than likes because it's more work and shows more involvement from the user to type than to just double-tap.
Total Comments May be Prioritized
I'm not part of this test so I'm not sure on this point, but based on the announcement, Instagram only shared that total number of likes on posts will no longer be public. This leads me to believe that the total number of comments will continue to be shown. To my point above that comments are a stronger indicator of engagement, this may also move evaluating some content publicly away from likes to the actual content of the post (yay!) and number of comments. If this is the case, I'd caution everyone reading this to not get too excited and think of all the gimmicky ways to foster comments – Instagram will still penalize content that games the system and hurts the user experience. Brands and influencers should think of ways that make sense and are authentic to the brand and efforts to foster comments.
Stories Don't have Public Views or Reaction Counts
A major product that is critical to success on Instagram are Stories…and spoiler alert: there aren't public counts of how many views or reactions Stories have. Despite this, they are critical for content creators being discovered and earning income from Instagram use. If you're reading this, you should be thinking about how you can improve your Story strategy on Instagram instead of worrying about Post Likes!
Social Proof Is Still Visible
While seeing Post Likes is a great way to evaluate how engaged a users' audience is with content, it's not the only way to evaluate social proof nor should it be the only metric used. You'll still see if people are commenting on the posts and the total account followers remain public. And if anything, maybe this move from Instagram will help disincentive the like farms that continue to be a problem (and probably will be in terms of follower count, so proceed with caution like usual).
Other Ways to Evaluate Influencers and Creators
Since many people make their livelihood and brands are built on Instagram, I understand the worry of how this will hurt their businesses. That said, Post Likes have never been the sole way that we at Sociality Squared evaluate influencers we work with and that won't change. Is the influencer aligned with the brand values and mission? Does this influencer already support the brand? Does the influencer's content reach and resonate with the brand's target audience? These are the questions you should ask when partnering with an influencer.
More Avenues to Make Money on Instagram
In addition to getting paid to be an influencer on Instagram, creators will have more tools to make money on the platform, especially as it becomes more and more of a shopping destination. That said, I don't think this move will at all hurt an influencer's ability to get paid to create content that reaches and resonates with the brands they work with.
Build a Brand Agnostic of Platform
In general, while entire brands and influencers run their entire businesses off of Instagram, it's a best practice to build a brand that's agnostic of platform. This way your business's success doesn't hinge off of the whims of the platforms themselves.
If you're an influencer reading this, I'd recommend expanding your influence to beyond Instagram: start an email list if you don't have one yet!
In Conclusion: It's Not the End of the World
The hiding of Post Likes is currently just a test, so we'll see if Instagram actually rolls this out fully or not. My guess is that they will since they've seen positive results from their early testing and they have a core mission to make the platform healthier. I support these efforts and am confident creators and influencers will survive and thrive after this change. As I mentioned above, Post Likes are one piece in a much larger Instagram marketing pie, and its public removal isn't the end of the world.
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Helen Todd is the co-founder and CEO of Sociality Squared, a full service social media agency based in New York City since 2010 who understands the magic of people coming together around what they value and love. Helen is an award-winning marketer, international speaker, and also an advisor and speaker for SXSW Interactive. Helen holds a Master's degree in Integrated Marketing Communications from Emerson College.
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Video catalogue (excerpts) of my chamber music performances in alphabetical order of the composer's name.
1. David Baltuch, Deux mélodies hébraïques for tenor and piano: Teun Michiels, tenor.
2. Allan Bern, Reb Itzik's Nign for clarinet, string quartet and piano: Zimro ensemble.
3. Johannes Brahms, Sonata in E minor for cello and piano op.38 (III. Allegro): Emanuel Gruber, cello.
4. Johannes Brahms, Quartet in G minor for violin, viola, cello and piano op.25 in (IV. Rondo alla Zingarese): Alexander trio (strings).
5. Claude Debussy, Sonata for cello and piano: Emanuel Gruber, cello.
6. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ch'io mi scordi di te? KV.505, for soprano, piano and orchestra: Martine Reyners, soprano, Franz Liszt Orchestra (Budapest, Hungary), Norbert Nozy, conductor.
7. Robert Schumann, Fantasiestücke op.73 for clarinet and piano (version for cello) and piano: Emanuel Gruber, cello.
8. Alexander Zemlinski, Three songs after poems by Maurice Maeterlinck op.13 for soprano and piano: Martine Reyners, soprano.


Problem (IIT JEE 1997): A symmetric lamina of mass $M$ consists of a square shape with a semicircular section over each of the edge of the square as shown in figure. The side of the square is $2a$. The moment of inertia of the lamina about an axis through its centre of mass and perpendicular to the plane is $1.6 M a^2$. The moment of inertia of the lamina about the tangent AB in the plane of the lamina is _____.


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Bears and Saints 2013
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The Golden Knight Battalion is made up of Cadets from all four of the schools in the North Country (Clarkson, St Lawrence, SUNY Potsdam, and SUNY Canton). Each of the schools adds something special to the mix. Although they all bring unique qualities to the Battalion they all become part of the Battalion quickly. The mix was a good one again this year. Of note was the fact that all three of the commissionees at SUNY Potsdam was a member of the National Guard or Army Reserves.
This was also the last year that Dr. Schwaller, the President at SUNY Potsdam will participate in our ceremony. Each year he made it a point to mention that his first official duty when he arrived at SUNY Potsdam was to be part of an Army ROTC commissioning ceremony. We wish him well as he leave SUNY Potsdam this summer.
So without further adieu, our Commissionees for the Class of 2013 from St Lawrence and State University of New York at Potsdam.
Lieutenant Joel Diagostino
Lieutenant Diagostino is being commissioned into the Corps of Engineers. He received a bachelor of arts degree in mathematics from State University of New York at Potsdam. He will attend the Engineer Officer basic course at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri and will serve in the Army Reserves with the 366th MAC Engineer Company here in the North Country. He also scored the first goal in the hockey game against Air Force this year.
Lieutenant Jacob O'Brien
Lieutenant O'Brien is being commissioned into the Quartermaster Corps. He received a bachelor of science degree in business administration from State University of New York at Potsdam. He will serve at the Leadership Development and Assessment Course at Fort Lewis, Washington this summer prior to attending the Quartermaster Officer basic course at Fort Lee, Virginia. His first duty will be at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, with the 82nd Airborne Division.
Lieutenant Robishaw
Lieutenant Robishaw is being commissioned into the Transportation Corps. He received bachelor of arts degrees in criminal justice and sociology from State University of New York at Potsdam. After graduation he will attend the Transportation Officer basic course in Fort Lee, Virginia. His first duty assignment will be at Fort Campbell, Kentucky with the 101st Combat Support Command.
Lieutenant Sean Empey
Lieutenant Empey is being commissioned into the Chemical Corps. He received a bachelor of arts degree from St Lawrencein history. He will serve this summer at the Leadership Development and Assessment Course at Fort Lewis, Washington prior to attending the Chemical Officer basic course at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. His first duty assignment will be Fort Hood, Texas with the 1ST Cavalry Division.
We are now almost "Mission Complete" on the class of 2013. We do have three Cadets who are finishing up course work and plan to earn their degree and commission before the end of the semester. These three will allow us to exceed our commission mission again this year. Not bad for a small school from the real upstate New York.
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Gustav Meyrink, the illegitimate son of Maria Wilhelmina Adelheid Mayer and Minister of State Karl Freiherr von Farnvuhler, was born on January 19, 1868 in Vienna. His mother was an…
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The first publications of Jean Ray were published already in 1908 – these are short stories, poems, an operetta libretto … In 1925 he published his first book, Les Contes du whiskey (Tales of Whiskey). At the same time, Kremer settles in Rotterdam and devotes himself to literary activity. He writes both in French, under the pseudonym Jean Ray, and in Flemish, under the pseudonyms John Flanders, Peter Gum and John Sailor (it is interesting that in some directories until Ray 1950, Jean Ray and John Flanders were considered as two different authors).
Books written under the pseudonyms Flanders and Sailor were intended primarily for young people. Among them: the adventure novel "La Porte sous les eaux" ("The Door under the Sea"), later substantially supplemented and revised by Jacques van Herp, and collections of fantastic short stories ("La Griffe du Diable" ("Devil's Claw") and others). In the 1930s and 1940s, Jean Ray published several short novels (Malpertuis (Malpertuis), La Cité de l'indicible peur (City of Great Fear)) and a number of short stories and short stories: " Les Derniers contes de Canterbury "(" The Last Tales of Canterbury ")," Le Carrousel des maléfices "(" The Witching Carousel ")," Les Contes noirs du Golf "(" Black Tales of Golf ")," Le Livre des fantômes "( Phantoms Book), Les Cercles de l'épouvante (Circles of Terror).
Since the early 1930s, Jean Ray has been working for Bravo magazine. Soon, writing became his main occupation. The main result of the next ten years was a multi-volume epic about the adventures of Harry Dixon – the American counterpart to Sherlock Holmes. Curious is the story of his appearance. In 1905–1914, a series of small books were published in Germany in which an unknown author described Sherlock Holmes's new adventures. When the Bravo editor decided to print their translations, the question arose of changing the name of the protagonist in order to avoid possible claims from Conan Doyle's heirs. At the suggestion of Jean Ray, the hero was the American Harry Dixon. Over 9 years, 178 issues appeared, coming out twice a month, then once every two months. Jean Ray, already at the very beginning radically reworking extremely weak, primitively written texts of the original, he soon began to rewrite them almost anew, and created the latter, guided only by the picture on the cover of the German edition. The cycle dedicated to Harry Dixon has 99 short novels, including 44 science fiction, 7 science fiction and 48 with a detective or spy story, as well as about forty stories and short stories. This huge layer of Jean Ray's work was for a long time little known to the general reader, even in French, because texts written in a hurry and then typed by Dutch printers who did not know French well contained numerous errors and inaccuracies. Therefore, their publication required the titanic work of editors. First, in 1966, the fourth volume of the "complete" collected works of Jean Ray was published, which included 8 adventures of Harry Dixon; then, over the course of several years, the Belgian publishing house Gerard & Co. published 14 volumes of Harry Dixon's adventures and 7 volumes of "off-serial" novels and short stories by Jean Ray.
Under the pseudonym John Flanders, "Ingoldsby Legends" was also released – a collection of myths, legends, ghost stories, poems, written supposedly by a certain Thomas Ingoldsby (pseudonym of the English priest Richard Harris Barram). The book was published without indicating that it is a translation.
And yet, the main genre that Ray used throughout his life was the small novel genre. How many of them were written by the author is almost impossible to say, since it is difficult to take into account all of his works, most of which are not only scattered in little-known and small-circulation newspapers and magazines, but also published under various pseudonyms.
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First Financial giving back
We know that many of our clients love to support their community and that they engage in different philanthropic activities.
This is also true for the First Financial team!
Our wonderful staff have been actively involved in some fantastic incentives this financial year and today we want to revisit their successes.
Give A Dog A Home
For our 2018 Christmas party, we decided to do something a little different… an event that created a positive outcome for a local not for profit organisation. Katie Stevens, Office Manager, Executive Assistant and our charity event organiser, explains why we chose this specific event.
"I think it's nice to participate in some charitable activity at Christmas… where we give something back to the community, instead just having a lunch or holiday celebration… I think the staff really enjoy it, too.
In the past we've organised activities that have helped children and the elderly, so this time we wanted to help animals."
A team building exercise was chosen where we were separated into six groups of seven people and assigned the task of building dog kennels. It was a fun, interactive session as we collected all our materials and got stuck into building through a series of team challenges that were designed to test our leadership, communication, delegation and problem-solving skills.
We also had our creativity tested. Not only did we build our kennels, we decorated them and even had to make a convincing pitch as to why our 'plush pooch pad' should be deemed the winner!
At the end of the event, the winners were announced and we had a surprise visit from Pawfect Pals Animal Rescue.
A representative from the animal rescue joined us, along with a furry four-legged friend to make the whole event even more meaningful. Our kennel masterpieces were donated directly to the organisation to help shelter rescue pups.
Many of the First Financial team have pets themselves and almost everyone has a soft spot for companion animals, so it was definitely a cause we felt proud supporting.
We were also extremely proud of the fact that much of the cost of the event was covered by our weekly Friday night drink donations. We chip in a gold coin for a beverage of choice and over the year continue to increase the kitty. It was great to see our funds go towards helping such a wonderful charity.
UNICEF – The Red Zone crisis
Another organisation that we have supported this year is UNICEF. Many of our team members have young children and this particular appeal resonated with them. The crisis across Yemen, Afghanistan, Somalia and Liberia is impacting one and a half million children. UNICEF says that in Yemen, one child dies every ten minutes and in Liberia one in three children is malnourished.
These staggering statistics are hard to ignore, and we chose to make a financial donation from our remaining staff collection to support the aid organisation.
They provide important nutritional treatments to help bring children back to a safe weight and educate families on health and nutrition to minimise the possibility of relapse.
The UNICEF website states,
"An incredible 92 per cent of malnourished children make a full recovery once they receive the proper treatment.
So far, UNICEF has helped 346,000 children in Yemen and aims to treat another 360,000 children suffering from severe malnutrition in Yemen alone."
Bionics Institute
We are also closely connected to the Bionics Institute in Melbourne. The research and development undertaken by the institute offers hope to people who suffer from chronic and debilitating conditions, including epilepsy.
Chris White, Managing Director, understands how important ground-breaking technologies can be, as his niece has suffered from epilepsy for 20 years.
A cranial implant sensor that is being developed by the Bionics Institute could help predict the occurrence of a seizure and perhaps even apply a therapeutic stimulus to prevent the seizure from taking place.
At a BT Conference in May, Chris nominated the institute for the advisory council donation. And we were ecstatic to hear that they were selected. They raised in excess of $15,000 for the organisation and that will go directly towards combating the effects of epilepsy. Chris says,
"The most amazing thing for me was the number of people that came up and told me they had been directly affected by epilepsy… through either a brother, sister or friend having it. So, it brought home how incredibly devastating the illness is and what an extremely valuable role the Bionics Institute plays."
We look forward to continuing our philanthropic efforts in the year ahead.
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New knowledge from the music business confirms what many individuals suspected for a very long time, 2021 was an excellent 12 months for Bad Bunny, Morgan Wallen, Adele and vinyl.
MRC Data's year-end report, launched in collaboration with Billboard, reveals that Wallen's "Dangerous: The Double Album" ended 2021 as the preferred nation album and the preferred amongst all genres within the United States with the equal to three.2 million items of albums offered in the course of the 12 months.
This regardless of Wallen being rejected by the music business after a video emerged of him uttering a racist slur. The artist was dumped by his file label, disqualified from the Country Academy Awards, and his music was briefly faraway from radio stations and streaming companies.
Bad Bunny's "Last World Tour" was the preferred album within the Latin music class. In addition to being the primary Spanish-language album to dominate the weekly Billboard 200 chart, it had the equal of 853,900 album items offered in 2021. Bad Bunny was additionally the highest Latin artist in 2020 with "YHLQMDLG". His music "Dákiti" with Jhay Cortez was essentially the most consumed and with the best presence on the radio in 2021.
Other fashionable albums of the 12 months embody Olivia Rodrigo's "SOUR," Pop Smoke's "Shoot for the Stars Aim for the Moon," and Doja Cat's "Planet Her." Dua Lipa's single "Levitating" was unstoppable, with 804.7 million items of on-demand audio and video streams, is the largest hit of the 12 months.
Adele's "30" album earned her her highest album sale in 4 years, with gross sales equal to 839,000 items in its first week. It was the best-selling album upon launch since Taylor Swift's "Reputation" in 2017. Adele's earlier album, "25" from 2015, nonetheless holds the file for many albums offered in a single week at 3.38 million copies.
Drake's "Certified Lover Boy" was the preferred rap album of 2021 within the United States, with the equal of 1.97 million album items. Masked Wolf's "Astronaut in the Ocean" was essentially the most consumed rap music of 2021.
And on this digital age, on-demand audio streaming had an annual peak at 988.1 billion streams. At the identical time, there was lots of retro sentiment: Vinyl gross sales surpassed CDs because the best-selling bodily format for the primary time since MRC Data started measuring music gross sales in 1991.
Physical vinyl gross sales added lower than 2% in 2011, however ended 2021 with greater than half of bodily album gross sales with a complete of 41.7 million albums.
The knowledge confirmed that new music streaming declined in quantity from 12 months to 12 months, an accelerating development that started in streaming in the course of the early waves and shutdowns from COVID-19 "when music fans turned to their old favorites to listening to music out of nostalgia, "says the report.
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Pale Rider
$275K salary? Check
$2M consulting budget? Check
Lincoln Town Car with driver? Check
Bodyguard? Check
If you have these things, you too, can be the superintendent of Clayton County schools in Georgia.
From the Christian Science Monitor:
Fewer qualified candidates, rising expectations, and a near-impossible job description are creating a new breed of superintendents: Call them central office rock stars. These candidates say that, for the right price, they're willing to do an unpopular job that can take a heavy personal and professional toll to whip underperforming districts into shape.
The trend is exacerbated in struggling minority districts – many in the South – the very ones feeling the greatest pinch from new federal and state accountability laws.
"This group of superstars who are acting as basically consultants and doing all the dirty work, that's becoming more common, unfortunately," says Jim Harvey, a senior fellow at the Center for Reinventing Public Education in Seattle.
Dirty work? Hey, it's not like these people are actually facing the daily rigors of the classroom.
Some aren't concerned because they see hiring such superstars as a stop-gap measure while compensation and skill requirements adjust to new expectations for school leadership.
Others say it is forcing school boards to pay high premiums for short-lived tenures – and gains. "To come in and ask for that kind of money knowing they won't last more than a year and a half, it's nothing but a big scam – almost racketeering," says John Trotter, head of the Metro Association of Classroom Educators, a for-profit Georgia teachers union.
The pipeline is drying up even as the number of US school districts, because of consolidation, has dropped from 35,000 in 1965 to 13,000 today. Some 20 percent of school districts are actively looking for a superintendent, according to the American Association of School Administrators (AASA).
That's because principals and central office staff who would typically fill the superintendent job say accountability standards and politicized school boards mean it's not worth the hassle.
Now, I would agree with that. The superintendency is much more of a political role than an educational leadership role these days. But huge salaries and perks just to be the school board's punch bag?
For school boards, the search for a competent bureaucrat has turned into a quest for a savior. "A lot of districts are looking for a person on a white horse, which is unfortunate because most people don't ride white horses," says former superintendent Paul Houston, director of the AASA in Arlington, Va. "The odds of getting the right fit has gone way down.... Competition is fierce for these people."
In 1990, a typical opening for a superintendent would bring in about 250 applications, says Richard Greene, a former superintendent leading the search in Clayton County. "Today, if you get 30 or 40 it's phenomenal," he says.
As a result, average salaries have increased from about $110,000 10 years ago to more than $200,000 a year today. Total compensation packages for larger districts are in the $325,000 range. Today, big-city superintendents stay an average of 18 months, says Dr. Greene of the search firm Hazard, Young, Attea and Associates in Glenview, Ill. For suburban districts, average tenure hovers around three years, he says.
Superintendents often work 80-hour weeks and routinely have to juggle politics, policy, and management without generating negative headlines. With many capable bureaucrats choosing not to apply, short-term turnaround specialists are finding a niche, experts say.
In other words, if you're willing to be the most hated person in a school district---and go in like a junkyard dog for a year or so to shake things up, there's a lot of money to be had. Anyone out there willing to saddle up?
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/*************************************************************************************************/

////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
/// \file
/// \brief Example on how to create a pixel iterator
/// \author Lubomir Bourdev and Hailin Jin \n
///         Adobe Systems Incorporated
/// \date 2005-2007 \n Last updated on February 26, 2007
///
/// Definitions of standard GIL channel models
///
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

#ifndef GIL_INTERLEAVED_PTR_HPP
#define GIL_INTERLEAVED_PTR_HPP

#include <boost/gil/pixel_iterator.hpp>
#include "interleaved_ref.hpp"

namespace boost { namespace gil {

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
///
/// A model of an interleaved pixel iterator. Contains an iterator to the first channel of the current pixel
///
/// Models:
///     MutablePixelIteratorConcept
///        PixelIteratorConcept
///           boost_concepts::RandomAccessTraversalConcept
///           PixelBasedConcept
///     HomogeneousPixelBasedConcept
///        PixelBasedConcept
///     ByteAdvanceableConcept
///     HasDynamicXStepTypeConcept
///
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

template <typename ChannelPtr,  // Models Channel Iterator (examples: unsigned char* or const unsigned char*)
          typename Layout>      // A layout (includes the color space and channel ordering)
struct interleaved_ptr : public  boost::iterator_facade<interleaved_ptr<ChannelPtr,Layout>,
                                   pixel<typename std::iterator_traits<ChannelPtr>::value_type,Layout>,
                                   boost::random_access_traversal_tag,
                                   const interleaved_ref<typename std::iterator_traits<ChannelPtr>::reference,Layout> >
{
private:
    typedef boost::iterator_facade<interleaved_ptr<ChannelPtr,Layout>,
                                   pixel<typename std::iterator_traits<ChannelPtr>::value_type,Layout>,
                                   boost::random_access_traversal_tag,
                                   const interleaved_ref<typename std::iterator_traits<ChannelPtr>::reference,Layout> > parent_t;
    typedef typename std::iterator_traits<ChannelPtr>::value_type channel_t;
public:
    typedef typename parent_t::reference                  reference;
    typedef typename parent_t::difference_type            difference_type;

    interleaved_ptr() {}
    interleaved_ptr(const interleaved_ptr& ptr) : _channels(ptr._channels) {}
    template <typename CP> interleaved_ptr(const interleaved_ptr<CP,Layout>& ptr) : _channels(ptr._channels) {}

    interleaved_ptr(const ChannelPtr& channels) : _channels(channels) {}

    // Construct from a pointer to the reference type. Not required by concepts but important
    interleaved_ptr(reference* pix) : _channels(&((*pix)[0])) {}
    interleaved_ptr& operator=(reference* pix) { _channels=&((*pix)[0]); return *this; }

    /// For some reason operator[] provided by boost::iterator_facade returns a custom class that is convertible to reference
    /// We require our own reference because it is registered in iterator_traits
    reference operator[](difference_type d) const { return memunit_advanced_ref(*this,d*sizeof(channel_t));}

    // Put this for every iterator whose reference is a proxy type
    reference operator->()                  const { return **this; }

    // Channels accessor (not required by any concept)
    const ChannelPtr& channels()            const { return _channels; }
          ChannelPtr& channels()                  { return _channels; }

    // Not required by concepts but useful
    static const std::size_t num_channels = mpl::size<typename Layout::color_space_t>::value;
private:
    ChannelPtr _channels;
    friend class boost::iterator_core_access;
    template <typename CP, typename L> friend struct interleaved_ptr;

    void increment()            { _channels+=num_channels; }
    void decrement()            { _channels-=num_channels; }
    void advance(ptrdiff_t d)   { _channels+=num_channels*d; }

    ptrdiff_t distance_to(const interleaved_ptr& it) const { return (it._channels-_channels)/num_channels; }
    bool equal(const interleaved_ptr& it) const { return _channels==it._channels; }

    reference dereference() const { return reference(_channels); }
};

/////////////////////////////
//  PixelIteratorConcept
/////////////////////////////

// To get from the channel pointer a channel pointer to const, we have to go through the channel traits, which take a model of channel
// So we can get a model of channel from the channel pointer via iterator_traits. Notice that we take the iterator_traits::reference and not
// iterator_traits::value_type. This is because sometimes multiple reference and pointer types share the same value type. An example of this is
// GIL's planar reference and iterator ("planar_pixel_reference" and "planar_pixel_iterator") which share the class "pixel" as the value_type. The
// class "pixel" is also the value type for interleaved pixel references. Here we are dealing with channels, not pixels, but the principles still apply.
template <typename ChannelPtr, typename Layout>
struct const_iterator_type<interleaved_ptr<ChannelPtr,Layout> > {
private:
    typedef typename std::iterator_traits<ChannelPtr>::reference channel_ref_t;
    typedef typename channel_traits<channel_ref_t>::const_pointer channel_const_ptr_t;
public:
    typedef interleaved_ptr<channel_const_ptr_t,Layout> type;
};

template <typename ChannelPtr, typename Layout>
struct iterator_is_mutable<interleaved_ptr<ChannelPtr,Layout> > : public boost::mpl::true_ {};
template <typename Channel, typename Layout>
struct iterator_is_mutable<interleaved_ptr<const Channel*,Layout> > : public boost::mpl::false_ {};

template <typename ChannelPtr, typename Layout>
struct is_iterator_adaptor<interleaved_ptr<ChannelPtr,Layout> > : public boost::mpl::false_ {};

/////////////////////////////
//  PixelBasedConcept
/////////////////////////////

template <typename ChannelPtr, typename Layout>
struct color_space_type<interleaved_ptr<ChannelPtr,Layout> > {
    typedef typename Layout::color_space_t type;
};

template <typename ChannelPtr, typename Layout>
struct channel_mapping_type<interleaved_ptr<ChannelPtr,Layout> > {
    typedef typename Layout::channel_mapping_t type;
};

template <typename ChannelPtr, typename Layout>
struct is_planar<interleaved_ptr<ChannelPtr,Layout> > : public mpl::false_ {};

/////////////////////////////
//  HomogeneousPixelBasedConcept
/////////////////////////////

template <typename ChannelPtr, typename Layout>
struct channel_type<interleaved_ptr<ChannelPtr,Layout> > {
    typedef typename std::iterator_traits<ChannelPtr>::value_type type;
};

/////////////////////////////
//  ByteAdvanceableConcept
/////////////////////////////

template <typename ChannelPtr, typename Layout>
inline std::ptrdiff_t memunit_step(const interleaved_ptr<ChannelPtr,Layout>&) {
    return sizeof(typename std::iterator_traits<ChannelPtr>::value_type)*   // size of each channel in bytes
           interleaved_ptr<ChannelPtr,Layout>::num_channels;                // times the number of channels
}

template <typename ChannelPtr, typename Layout>
inline std::ptrdiff_t memunit_distance(const interleaved_ptr<ChannelPtr,Layout>& p1, const interleaved_ptr<ChannelPtr,Layout>& p2) {
    return memunit_distance(p1.channels(),p2.channels());
}

template <typename ChannelPtr, typename Layout>
inline void memunit_advance(interleaved_ptr<ChannelPtr,Layout>& p, std::ptrdiff_t diff) {
    memunit_advance(p.channels(), diff);
}

template <typename ChannelPtr, typename Layout>
inline interleaved_ptr<ChannelPtr,Layout> memunit_advanced(const interleaved_ptr<ChannelPtr,Layout>& p, std::ptrdiff_t diff) {
    interleaved_ptr<ChannelPtr,Layout> ret=p;
    memunit_advance(ret, diff);
    return ret;
}

template <typename ChannelPtr, typename Layout>
inline typename interleaved_ptr<ChannelPtr,Layout>::reference memunit_advanced_ref(const interleaved_ptr<ChannelPtr,Layout>& p, std::ptrdiff_t diff) {
    interleaved_ptr<ChannelPtr,Layout> ret=p;
    memunit_advance(ret, diff);
    return *ret;
}

/////////////////////////////
//  HasDynamicXStepTypeConcept
/////////////////////////////

template <typename ChannelPtr, typename Layout>
struct dynamic_x_step_type<interleaved_ptr<ChannelPtr,Layout> > {
    typedef memory_based_step_iterator<interleaved_ptr<ChannelPtr,Layout> > type;
};

} }  // namespace boost::gil

#endif

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Margaret K. McElderry died at the age of 98 this week. Legendary is a word that comes up a lot when her name is mentioned; she edited many children's books that became winners of Caldecott and Newbury medals (one memorable year her books won both awards), and she created her own imprint, Margaret K. McEderry Books, now at Simon & Schuster. But she did not, as this morning's New York Times obituary said, "exactly glide to success." She was told as a senior at Mount Holyoke that she had nothing to offer the publishing industry, and in 1971 she was told by her boss at Harcourt: "The wave of the future has passed you by." After being told this she went on to work and win awards for over thirty more years in publishing.
Margaret published and edited four of my children's books and was not only a brilliant editor and made each book far better than I ever dreamed it could be, but she was also an amazing friend to her writers. I loved working with her and loved our lunches together in New York. Once in LA when she was visiting I got seriously lost and in an absolute panic driving her around Beverly Hills trying to find our restaurant (OMG I've got Margaret McElderry in the car and I'm lost). We ended up laughing about it every time we got together. She might have been a legend in publishing but she was also warm and funny and kind, and so much fun to be with. Remembering Margaret working with such energy and enthusiasm into her nineties will inspire me for the rest of my life.
The most important thing I have to tell anybody who wants to write for kids is this: write a story from your own feelings. The big emotions of childhood – happiness, anger, jealousy, embarrassment etc. – don't change that much when you're a grownup. The only thing that's different is your frame of reference and hopefully some control over your wilder emotions. Beware of writing a message for kids. They can smell this-is-something-you-need-to-learn a mile away. Yes, there can be subtext, an understanding of what they feel and maybe a nudge in a positive direction, but no lessons in neon. First and foremost kids need a story to entertain them. They want to laugh, they want to read about behavior as crazy as their own, and emotions as deep and wide as the ones they feel.
Next Tuesday is the official publication date of The Show-And-Tell-Lion, my new children's book (the wonderful illustrations are by Lynne Avril Cravath). I wrote about my advance author copies arriving a few months ago on this site (how weird it was to see this craziness become an actual book, respectable with it's own ISBN number) but next week is the first time the book is on sale. The idea for this story came from my most embarrassing childhood memory – a lie I told at show-and-tell in the first grade. In my book Matthew announces in show-and-tell that he has a pet lion at home. My lie was that I had a grown up brother and sister who were movie stars in Hollywood.
I was six years old and to this day I remember how absolutely awful it was when my lie spread all over the school and I had to keep making up more lies. The energy in the story comes from that awful embarrassment I felt and can still remember in the pit of my stomach.
To Do: Make a list of all the emotions you remember from childhood. One by one, see if you can remember the details – what caused the emotion, what did you do about it, how did your body feel. Whether you want to write for kids or not, this can be a helpful exercise for writing memoir, or for your characters in fiction.
To Do: Write about a lie you told. Why you told it, how you felt, what happened because of it.


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Netflix to expand again in Hollywood with two more office leases
A rendering of a two-building office complex, center, under development at 817 Vine St. in Hollywood that Netflix has agreed to occupy as the sole tenant.
(CoStar)
By Roger VincentStaff Writer
Video-streaming giant Netflix continues to rapidly expand its presence in Hollywood, signing two more leases in the neighborhood and furthering its position as one of the biggest office tenants in Los Angeles.
Netflix recently agreed to lease a total of nearly 170,000 square feet in two locations, according to people with knowledge of the deals who were not authorized to discuss them.
Although the company is based in the Silicon Valley city of Los Gatos, its Los Angeles footprint of offices and production space is growing immense. Netflix occupies, or has agreed to move into, about 1.6 million square feet of space in the area.
The media company that distributes movies, television shows and documentaries will rent 100,000 square feet of offices on a campus being built on property formerly owned by the Musician's Union of Hollywood at 817 Vine St.
It has also sublet nearly 70,000 square feet in a 1990s office building at 1350 N. Western Ave. The address is north of the 101 Freeway, which has commonly been regarded as the northern boundary of Hollywood's business district.
Netflix is a sub-tenant there of ZestFinance, which previously occupied the building owned by LaTerra Development and Gemdale USA. Nextflix is expected to move in within two months.
The campus on Vine Street at Waring Avenue is being developed by LPC West, a division of Lincoln Property Co. The complex catering to the entertainment industry includes a new building and a renovated two-story structure built in 1950 to serve as a clubhouse and organization headquarters for the union now known as the American Federation of Musicians Local 47. It is set to be completed this year.
The company and its office landlords declined to comment on the latest leases, which were first reported by the Real Deal real estate news website.
The leases follow other large real estate deals by Netflix.
Landlord Kilroy Realty said in November that Netflix will occupy 355,000 square feet of offices in a mixed-use complex called Academy on Vine that Kilroy is building on Vine Street just south of the ArcLight Cinemas complex that is home to the famous Cinerama Dome movie theater. It is set to open in 2020.
In October, another Hollywood landlord, Hudson Pacific Properties Inc., announced that Netflix would lease all of a 13-story tower it is building on Sunset Boulevard across from Sunset Bronson Studios. That lease for 328,000 square feet is also set to begin in 2020, when the tower, called Epic, will be completed.
Netflix already occupies offices and studios on the Sunset Bronson Studios lot owned by Hudson Pacific.
Netflix, which once relied on streaming licensed movies and television shows made by other studios, is on a growth streak as it aggressively remakes itself into a Hollywood player by creating a torrent of original content. The company is expected to spend $15 billion on content this year.
To deepen its ties to filmmakers, Netflix has been in talks to buy the storied Egyptian Theatre from American Cinematheque, the L.A. nonprofit that owns the venue known for hosting special screenings and events on Hollywood Boulevard.
Roger Vincent
Roger Vincent covers commercial real estate for the Business section of the Los Angeles Times.
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