text:
Tag: family activities galway
Why is the Galway city centre a holiday destination?
Dublin city centre, a tourist hotspot in Ireland, is now an outdoor destination.
This is due to a number of reasons, including its location near a number the largest population of foreign visitors in the country, the Galápagos Islands, which is home to more than 60,000 people.
"It's a good thing to be in a city where you can experience nature," said one tourist from the UK.
There are currently more than 6,000 visitors to the Galavan Islands, according to the tourism ministry, and there is currently a population of more than 1,000. "
I'd say the biggest thing is that the Galán Islands are the only places you can visit that are really wild," said another.
There are currently more than 6,000 visitors to the Galavan Islands, according to the tourism ministry, and there is currently a population of more than 1,000.
"When I was here a few years ago, I'd get up in the morning and I'd see the little people running and doing stuff and I thought: 'Oh, I want to go back there and live there'," said one visitor.
"You get to experience the wild nature, you get to do all the little things, you can get a sense of what nature is like."
The Galáppagos Islands has a total of 1,100 species of animals, with some species living in a single area.
"There's a lot of biodiversity and so many different species that are living together in a very special area," said Galápean conservationist and Galápan Island resident Gilda O'Leary.
The island has been listed as a protected area and is the second largest island in the Caribbean, after the Virgin Islands. "
They're also the best place in the world for wildlife to live, and I think that's what makes the Galāpagos a great place for wildlife."
The island has been listed as a protected area and is the second largest island in the Caribbean, after the Virgin Islands.
The Galapago Islands are also home to some of Ireland's most popular attractions, including the Guinness Book of Records and Guinness World Records.
"If you visit the Galavian Islands, it's like having a holiday, a family holiday, with your family, it has to be the most amazing place in your life," said O'Kelly.
"People who go to Ireland often feel like they're getting out of the UK for a year.
But it's a great escape and a wonderful escape from everyday life."
The Guinness Book and the Guinness World Record are two of the attractions in the city centre and visitors can take part in many activities that are not in the main tourist attraction, such as canoeing, kayaking and surfing.
"In Galáfos, there's no traffic.
You have this small island, there are no cars and you can walk around," said Gilda.
"For a couple of weeks we had people coming up from the Galay Islands and we were doing everything in our power to make sure the people who live here feel comfortable and they can enjoy the island and it's not as big as the Galahad Islands," she added.
"One of the things we're doing is making sure that we have an experience where people feel safe and the experience is in the environment."
The city centre is now one of Ireland to host two outdoor festivals a year, Galápaise, which will be held on September 23, and Gala, which runs from October 1-5.
In 2013, the city also hosted the annual Galáphon Festival, a four-day festival that was held every year.
"Galápagas is a fantastic island.
It's a wonderful place to visit, and it has a lot to offer," said Irish conservationist Gilda, who has been working with the Galapaise and Galasío Islands Islands to save and restore the Galaworlds ecosystem for more than 25 years.
"But we have to remember that the island has its problems and we have the islands to work on," she said.
"That's the challenge for us, is we have a lot on the island.
We have to manage the island."
Gilda said the Gala Festival, which also includes the Galás festival, would be a good time for people to relax, have a little adventure and enjoy nature.
"What you're going to see are the islands that are in the Galaga Islands and the Galagas Islands, and you're seeing what's there," she explained.
"So the Galaspo is a big island, but the Galaha is a little island, and the Lao is an island and you'll see what the island is like and what's underneath it and what it looks like."
Gala will be the first festival in the history of the Galas Islands to be held outside of the main attraction, so visitors can experience some of their favourite activities on the islands. "This
Category: Price Tagged durango family activities, family activities galway, family camping activities, family olympics activities, savannah family activities
Which family activities have the most active mob family activities?
There are plenty of activities that you can do at home or in the community and they're all great fun to do.
But we're looking for activities that have a family-friendly atmosphere and can't be missed if you're looking to keep busy with a family of four or five.
From family gatherings to family events, we've collected some of the most fun and family-like activities that are available in Galway and the State of Origin weekend.
We've picked the activities that appeal to family and are sure to please your family and friends.
To help us find the best activities in the city, we have curated a list of the best family activities in Galgooggin, with some of our favourite activities to do in the town.
The Galway Mob Family Activities Festival has been running in Galgoygan since the end of July.
The family-oriented festival brings together the best of local and international talent to host a series of family-themed events that will feature some of Galway's best families, and also a special event that brings together local families and visitors.
This weekend, the Festival will be held in the Town Hall and the festival is open to the public.
Family activities are expected to be in full swing, with events such as games, face painting, kiddie pools, and more.
The Family Activities will take place in a variety of locations throughout the Town of Galgaggin.
There will be plenty of opportunities to socialise with other family members and friends in the festival grounds, along with a food truck and other activities.
More details about the Festival can be found on the Festival website and at www.galgagganmob.com.
The city is home to some of Australia's best kiddies and family events and we hope you'll join us at the Festival.
Category: Picture Tagged active mob families, family activities galway, family activities geelong, woodmenlife family activities


Zantedeschia species are rhizomatous herbaceous perennial plants with some species (Zantedeschia aethiopica) growing to 1.2m tall, while Zantedeschia rehmannii does not exceed 60 cm in height, growing in clumps or clusters. Petioles are long, spongy in nature, sheathed at the base and of varying length from 15 cm (Zantedeschia rehmannii) to 1.5 m (Zantedeschia aethiopica) in length. The lamina is simple, elongated and coriaceous with a variety of shapes, including triangular, oval (ovate) with or without a point (elliptic), heart (cordate), spear (hastate), lance (lanceolate), oblong, or circular (orbicular). 15–60 cm in length, 5–25 cm in width. The leaves are dark green in colour and feather-veined (pinnate), and may be erect or spreading with undulate margins. Some species exhibit transparent flecking (maculation), and are therefore referred to as maculate, while others are immaculate.


As we begin the second half of the King of Paine blog tour, I'm honored to be featured as the Author of the Week on Full Moon Bites. To mark the occasion, I sat down with my host, Holly, for a revealing interview, and we'll also be giving away some books!
Holly is herself a striving writer and hopes to one day have a book or series published. In her own words, "until then I'll write, read, and review until my hearts content." Full Moon Bites is a hauntingly attractive blog that features robust reviews of a wide range of fiction–contemporary, romance (western, historical, paranormal), crime, horror, fantasy/urban fantasy, mystery/thriller, young adult, and erotica. Holly supports indie writers and regularly features an Author of the Week. You can lose a few hours browsing!
Tomorrow the blog tour stops at The Book Diva's Reads, where my host, Vivian, will review King of Paine and feature my guest post: "Buried Treasures: Treats for the Watchful Reader." I hope you'll join us–I'll be revealing a few secrets hidden in King of Paine.


text:
Pycha – pojęcie i postawa człowieka, charakteryzująca się nadmierną wiarą we własną wartość i możliwości, a także wyniosłością. Człowiek pyszny ma nadmiernie wysoką samoocenę oraz mniemanie o sobie. Gdy jest wyniosły, towarzyszy mu zazwyczaj agresja.

W wielu przypadkach pycha oraz wyniosłość są spowodowane wysokimi osiągnięciami we własnym życiu lub niepowodzeniami w czyimś życiu.

Biblia
W Piśmie Świętym pycha i wyniosłość przedstawione są jako poważne wady charakteru i grzech prowadzący do upadku:
 "Obrzydłe Panu serce wyniosłe, z pewnością karania nie ujdzie" – Księga Przysłów 16,5
 "Przed porażką – wyniosłość, duch pyszny poprzedza upadek" – Księga Przysłów 16,18

Ludzie pyszni uznani są za złe towarzystwo:
 "Lepiej być skromnym pośród pokornych, niż łupy dzielić z pysznymi" – Księga Przysłów 16,19

Pychę potępiał wiele razy Jezus Chrystus:
 "Wielu zaś pierwszych będzie ostatnimi, a ostatnich pierwszymi" – Ewangelia Mateusza 19,30
 "Każdy bowiem, kto się wywyższa, będzie poniżony, a kto się poniża, będzie wywyższony" – Ewangelia Łukasza 14,11

Kościół katolicki
W Kościele katolickim pycha (łac. superbia) należy do siedmiu grzechów głównych. Nadmierna wiara w siebie, swoje możliwości, stanowi obrazę Boga i jego łaski. Zbyt wysoka samoocena jest w tym przypadku prawdopodobnie kompensacją wcześniejszego poczucia zranienia i poniżenia, o których jednak nie chce się pamiętać. Uważa się, że jest to grzech, z którego powstają wszystkie inne.

Jak pisze Faustyna Kowalska w swoim Dzienniczku: "Dziś powiedział mi Pan: Wiele razy chciałem wywyższyć Zgromadzenie to, lecz nie mogę dla pychy jego. Córko moja, wiedz o tym, że duszom pysznym nie udzielam swych łask, a nawet udzielone odbieram".

Świadkowie Jehowy
Świadkowie Jehowy mają za obowiązek wystrzegać się pychy (w tym rasizmu i innych form niewłaściwej dumy) – "Każdy, kto ma pychę w sercu, budzi w Jehowie obrzydzenie. Bądź pewny, że nie uniknie kary." (Przysłów 16:5, NW), natomiast mają przejawiać jej przeciwieństwo – pokorę.

Zobacz też

 duma
 efekt Dunninga-Krugera
 egotyzm atrybucyjny
 Hybris
 kompleks Ikara
 megalomania
 próżność

Przypisy

Grzechy
Etyka cnót

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaWikipedia


text:
Q: Current version of data in database has changed since user initiated update process. current row version identifier select
"ARTRNORD_D_PK",
"ARTRNORD_PK",
"Qty1",
"RATE",
"DISCPER",
"STX1PER",
"ORDLINEDSC",
rate*qty1 as gross_amt,
apex_item.text (30,
NULL,
80,
100,
'style="width:190px" ',
'f08_' || '#ROWNUM#'
)  as "T1"
from "#OWNER#"."ARTRNORD_D"
where "ARTRNORD_PK" = :P99_ARTRNORD_PK

I want to create a dummy text field column in tabular form but I am getting error

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaStackExchange


text:
A History of the Eastern Roman Empire, from the Fall of Irene to the ...
Napisao/la John Bagnell Bury
talent and tact; and when at last he was overthrown, his supplanter was one of the two ablest men who arose in the Eastern Empire during the ninth century.
Basil the Macedonian, who now comes on the stage, is the typical adventurer who rises from the lowliest circumstances to the highest fortune. His career, wonderful in itself, was made still more wonderful by mythopoeic fancy, which converted the able and unscrupulous upstart into a hero guided by Heaven. He was born about A.D. 812,' of poor Armenian parents, whose family had settled in the neighbourhood of Hadrianople. His Armenian descent is established beyond doubt, and the legend that he was a Slav has no better a foundation than the fiction which claimed Slavonic parentage for the Emperor Justinian." But his family was obscure; and the illustrious lineage which his descendants claimed, connecting him through his grandfather with the Arsacids and by his grandmother with Constantine the Great and Alexander, was an audacious and ingenious invention of the Patriarch Photius.* In his babyhood he was carried into captivity, along with his` parents, by the Bulgarian Krum, and he spent his youth in the region beyond the Danube which was known as " Macedonia."
In the reign of Michael I. (811813), Cont. Georg. 817. Pankalo was. his mother's name (Constantine, Cer. 648).
It is now generally admitted: the most decisive evidence is a passage in the Vita Euthymii, ed. de Boor, p. 2. The whole question has recently been discussed fully by Vasil'ev (Proiskhozhdenie, etc., sec Bibliography).
The sole foundation of the Slavonic theory is the fact that Arabic writers designate him as a Slav. But this is explained by the Arabic view that Macedonia was Slavonic; "Slav" is simply the equivalent of 'Macedonian" (cp. Vasil'ev, op. cit. 15).
Vita Ignatii, 283. This case of a fictitious genealogy is interesting. Photius after his deposition cast about. for ways of ingratiating himself with Basil, and conceived the idea of providing this son of nobody with an illustrious lineage. He invented a line of descendants from Tiridates, king of Armenia, stopping at Basil's father. He wrote this out in uncial claracters (γράμμασιν 'Αλεξανδρίνοις) οιι old parchment, and added a prophecy
that Basil's father would beget a son
named Beklas, whose description un-
mistakably pointed to Basil, and who
would have a long and happy reign.
Photius gave this document to a con-
federate, one of the palace clergy, who
deposited it in the palace library and
then seized an opportunity of showing
it to the Emperor as an ancient book
full of secret lore, which no one but
Photius could interpret. Photius was
summoned. His explanation easily
imposed on the Emperor's simplicity
and vanity. How could Basil resist
the interpretation of Beklas as
mysterious acrostich containing the
initial letters of the name of himself,
his wife, and his four sons (B-asil,
E-udocia, K-onstantine, L-eo, A-lex-
ander, S-tephen)? The genealogy was
accepted by Basil's house; it is re-
corded in Gen. and Cont. Th.
5 See below, p. 370. When Simeon speaks of Hadrianople as in Macedonia, it is only to explain Basil's designation as the Macedonian. It is in passages where Basil is in question that the geographical term Macedonia was extended to include Thraco.
We may conjecture that he derived his designation as Basil the Macedonian from his long sojourn in this district, for "Macedonian" can hardly refer to his birthplace, which was in Thrace. He was twenty-five years old when the captives succeeded (as is related in another Chapter 1) in escaping from the power of the Bulgarians and returning to their homes. Basil obtained some small post in the service of a stratêgos,2 but seeing no hope of rising in the provinces he decided to seek his fortune in Constantinople. His arrival in the city has been wrought by the storyteller into the typical form of romance. On a Sunday, near the hour of sunset, he reached the Golden Gate, a poor unknown adventurer, with staff and scrip, and he lay down to sleep in the vestibule of the adjacent church of St. Diomede. During the night, Nicolas, who was in charge of the church, was awakened by a mysterious voice, saying, "Arise and bring the Basileus into the sanctuary." He got up and looking out saw nothing but a poor man asleep. He lay down again, and the same thing was repeated. The third time, he was poked in the side by a sword and the voice said, "Go out and bring in the man you see lying outside the gate." He obeyed, and on the morrow he took Basil to the bath, gave him a change of garments, and adopted him as a brother."
So much is probable that Basil found shelter in St. Diomede, and that through Nicolas he was enabled to place his foot on the first rung of the ladder of fortune. The monk had a brother who was a physician in the service of Theophilus Paideuomenos, or, as he was usually called, Theophilitzes, a rich courtier and a relative of the Empress Theodora. The physician, who saw Basil at St. Diomede, and admired his enormous physical strength, recommended him to See p. 371.
Tzantzes, Strat. of the Theme of Macedonia, Simeon, ib. 819.
A parochial church situated between the Golden Gate and the sea, at Yedikulè. Some remains have been found which are supposed to mark its site. See van Millingen, Walls, 265: "The excavations made in laying out the public garden beside the city walls west of the Gas Works at Yedi Koulè, brought to light substructures of an ancient edifice, in the construction of which bricks stamped with the monogram of Basil I. and
with a portion of the name of Diomed were employed." Simeon rightly designates Nicolas as caretaker, pooμονάριος (= παραμονάριος, sexton), and carefully explains that the church was then parochial (ka@oλký). Genesios miscalls hini καθηγούμενος. St. Diomede was converted into a monastery, almost certainly by Basil, but as in many other cases the foundation was attributed to Constantine (cp. Pargoire, Rev. des questions historiques, lxv. 73 sqq.).
· ἐποίησεν ἀδελφοποίησιν, Simeon, ib. 820. Simeon tells the whole story more dramatically than Genesios.
his employer, who hired him as a groom.' Basil gained the favour of Theophilitzes, who was struck by the unusual size of his head; and when his master was sent on a special mission to the Peloponnesus, Basil accompanied him. Here he met with a singular stroke of good fortune. At Patrae he attracted the attention of a rich lady, who owned immense estates in the neighbourhood. Her name was Danêlis. When Theophilitzes had completed his business and prepared to return, Basil fell ill and remained behind his patron. On his recovery Danêlis sent for him, and gave him gold, thirty slaves, and a rich supply of dresses and other things, on the condition of his becoming the "spiritual brother" of her son.* The motive assigned for her action is the conviction, on the strength of a monk's prophecy, that he would one day ascend the throne; and Basil is said to have promised that, if it ever lay in his power, he would make her mistress of the whole land. But whatever her motive may have been, there is no doubt that she enriched Basil, and she lived to see him Emperor and to visit his Court.
It is said that the munificence of the Greek lady enabled Basil to buy estates in Thrace and to assist his family. But he remained in his master's service, till a chance brought him under the notice of the Emperor. Michael had received as a gift an untamed and spirited horse. His grooms were
Gen. 109 says nothing of the physician, and makes Theophilitzes visit the monastery himself.
อ ἐπίσγουρον καὶ μεγάλην κεφαλὴν Xovra, hence he called him Kephalas (Cont. Georg. 820).
The Peloponnesian episode comes from Constantino's Vita Bas., Cont. Th. 22:26 21. If the author is accurate in saying that Theophilitzes was sent by Michael and Bardas, we may place it in A.D. 856, when Basil was about 44. He returned from captivity about A.D. 837, but we have no evidence as to the date of his arrival at Constanti nople.
πνευματικῆς ἀδελφότητος σύνδεσμον ib. 228.
So Simeon, ib. 816 (followed by Cont. Th. 230). Gen. 110 connects the entry into the Emperor's service with another exploit of Basil in the capacity of wrestler. Theophilitzes maintained a company of strong and comely
youths, and there was rivalry between them and the youths in the employment of the Emperor and the Caesar One day Theophilitzes gave an entertainment for the purpose of a wrestling match; Bardas was not present, but was represented by his son Antigonus. The champions of the Emperor and the Caesar defeated the others, until Basil who had not taken part was summoned to wrestle with the strongest of the adversaries. Constantine the Armenian (Drungary of the Watch) intervened to sprinkle the floor with chaff, fearing that Basil might slip. Basil threw his opponent by a grip which was called by the Slavonic term podreza. Antigonus reported this achievement to his father, who told Michael, and Basil was summoned to the Emperor's presence. Constantine Porph. gives a different version of the story and places the event before the taming of the horse (which Genesios
unable to manage it, and Michael was in despair, when his relative Theophilitzes suggested that his own groom, Basil, might be able to master it. Basil knew how to charm horses, and when he held its bridle with one hand and placed the other on its ear, the animal instantly became amenable. The Emperor, delighted with this achievement and admiring his physical strength, took him into his own service and assigned him a post under the Hetaeriarch or captain of the foreign guards of the Palace. His rise was rapid. He was invested with the dignity of a strator,' and soon afterwards he received the important office of Protostrator, whose duties involved frequent attendance upon the Emperor (A.D. 858-8592).
So far the wily Armenian adventurer, whose mental powers were little suspected, had owed his success to fortune and his physical prowess, but now he was in a position to observe the intrigues of the Court and to turn them to his own advantage. Damianos, the High Chamberlain, who had assisted Bardas in the palace revolution which had overthrown Theodora, became hostile to the Caesar, and attempted to discredit him with the Emperor. The crisis came when, as Bardas, arrayed in the Caesar's purple skaramangion and accompanied by the magnates of the Court, was passing in solemn procession through the Horologion, Damianos refrained from rising from his seat and paying the customary token of respect.3 Bardas, overwhelmed with wrath and chagrin at this insult, hurried into the Chrysotriklinos and complained to the Emperor, who immediately ordered Damianos to be arrested and tonsured.
does not mention). According to this account, Antigonus, Domestic of the Schools, gave a banquet in the Palace in honour of his father the Caesar. Bardas brought with him senatorial magnates and some Bulgarian envoys who happened to be in the city. Theophilitzes was one of the guests. The Bulgarians bragged about countryman who was in their suite and was an invincible wrestler. Theophi litzes said to Bardas, "I have a man who will wrestle with that Bulgarian.' The match was made, and (Constantine the Armenian having sprinkled the bran-this detail is taken from Genesios) Basil threw the Bulgarian, squeezing him like a wisp of hay. From that day the fame of Basil
་་
But the triumph of Bardas was to turn to his hurt. Basil was appointed to fill the confidential post of High Chamberlain' (with the rank of patrician), though it was usually confined to eunuchs, and Basil the Armenian was to prove a more formidable adversary than Damianos the Slav.2
The confidential intimacy which existed between Michael and his Chamberlain was shown by the curious matrimonial arrangement which the Emperor brought to pass. Basil was already married, but Michael caused him to divorce his wife,3 and married him to his own early love, Eudocia Ingerina. But this was only an official arrangement; Eudocia remained the Emperor's mistress. A mistress, however, was also provided for Basil, of distinguished rank though not of tender years. It appears that Theodora and her daughters had been permitted to leave their monastery and return to secular life, and Thecla, who seems to have been ill-qualified for the vows of a nun, consented to become the paramour of her brother's favourite. Thus three ladies, Eudocia Ingerina, Eudocia the Augusta, and Thecla the Augusta, fulfilled between them the four posts of wives and mistresses to the Emperor and his Chamberlain. Before Michael's death, Eudocia Ingerina bore two sons, and though Basil was obliged to acknowledge them, it was suspected or taken for granted that Michael was their father. The second son afterwards succeeded Basil on the Imperial throne, as Leo VI.; and if Eudocia was faithful to Michael, the dynasty known as the Macedonian was really descended from the Amorians. The Macedonian Emperors took pains to conceal this blot or ambiguity in their origin; their been then about 43 years old.
Simeon (Cont. Georg. 835, and 844) states that Michael was the father, as if it were a well-known fact, and without reserve. In the case of such an arrangement à trois, it is, of course, impossible for us, knowing so little as we do, to accept as proven such statements about paternity. Eudocia may have deceived her lover with her husband; and as Basil seems to have been fond of Constantine and to have had little affection for Leo (whom he imprisoned shortly before the end of his reign), we might be led to suspect that the eldest born of Eudocia was his own son, and Leo Michael's.
1 Parakoimômenos.
The date is not recorded, but it seems probable that it was not very long before the fall of Bardas.
3 Maria; she was sent back to "Macedonia" (i.e. probably Thrace) well provided for.
For the evidence, see Hirsch, 66, and below, p. 177. Thecla became the mistress of John Neatokomêtês after Basil's accession. When Basil learned this, he ordered the latter to be beaten and tonsured; Thecla was also beaten, and her property confiscated. Simeon, ib. 842. She died bedridden (λvoTETs) in her house at Blachernae, Cont. Th. 147. If she became Basil's mistress in 865-866, she might have

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


Victoria Haviland is a senior Fine Arts student who specializes in illustration and figurative drawing. Her drawings derive inspiration from surrealist subconscious and ancient mythos from multiple cultures, and is meant to be appreciated for it's aesthetics. Haviland plans on continuing to improve her style and reach a larger audience.


Dropwizz Releases Another: Billabong…Its A Free DL Too!
Now here's a neat love song By Eshana with some pretty solid sax by Harshana Wijayasinghe. A must check out already!
The SOUL Band's First Music Video Is Here!


text:
package org.locationtech.geowave.datastore.redis.operations;

import java.time.Instant;
import org.locationtech.geowave.core.index.ByteArray;
import org.locationtech.geowave.core.store.entities.GeoWaveRow;
import org.locationtech.geowave.core.store.entities.GeoWaveValue;
import org.locationtech.geowave.core.store.operations.RowWriter;
import org.locationtech.geowave.datastore.redis.config.RedisOptions.Compression;
import org.locationtech.geowave.datastore.redis.util.GeoWaveRedisPersistedRow;
import org.locationtech.geowave.datastore.redis.util.GeoWaveRedisPersistedTimestampRow;
import org.locationtech.geowave.datastore.redis.util.RedisScoredSetWrapper;
import org.locationtech.geowave.datastore.redis.util.RedisUtils;
import org.redisson.api.RedissonClient;
import com.github.benmanes.caffeine.cache.Caffeine;
import com.github.benmanes.caffeine.cache.LoadingCache;

public class RedisWriter implements RowWriter {
  private static ByteArray EMPTY_PARTITION_KEY = new ByteArray();
  private final RedissonClient client;
  private final Compression compression;
  private final String setNamePrefix;
  private final LoadingCache<ByteArray, RedisScoredSetWrapper<GeoWaveRedisPersistedRow>> setCache =
      Caffeine.newBuilder().build(partitionKey -> getSet(partitionKey.getBytes()));
  private final boolean isTimestampRequired;
  private final boolean visibilityEnabled;

  public RedisWriter(
      final RedissonClient client,
      final Compression compression,
      final String namespace,
      final String typeName,
      final String indexName,
      final boolean isTimestampRequired,
      final boolean visibilityEnabled) {
    this.client = client;
    this.compression = compression;
    setNamePrefix = RedisUtils.getRowSetPrefix(namespace, typeName, indexName);
    this.isTimestampRequired = isTimestampRequired;
    this.visibilityEnabled = visibilityEnabled;
  }

  private RedisScoredSetWrapper<GeoWaveRedisPersistedRow> getSet(final byte[] partitionKey) {
    return RedisUtils.getRowSet(
        client,
        compression,
        setNamePrefix,
        partitionKey,
        isTimestampRequired,
        visibilityEnabled);
  }

  @Override
  public void write(final GeoWaveRow[] rows) {
    if (rows.length == 1) {
      write(rows[0]);
    } else {
      // otherwise we should make sure we keep track of duplicates for uniqueness
      short duplicateId = 0;
      for (final GeoWaveRow row : rows) {
        internalWrite(row, duplicateId++);
      }
    }
  }

  @Override
  public void write(final GeoWaveRow row) {
    ByteArray partitionKey;
    if ((row.getPartitionKey() == null) || (row.getPartitionKey().length == 0)) {
      partitionKey = EMPTY_PARTITION_KEY;
    } else {
      partitionKey = new ByteArray(row.getPartitionKey());
    }
    for (final GeoWaveValue value : row.getFieldValues()) {
      setCache.get(partitionKey).add(
          RedisUtils.getScore(row.getSortKey()),
          isTimestampRequired
              ? new GeoWaveRedisPersistedTimestampRow(
                  (short) row.getNumberOfDuplicates(),
                  row.getDataId(),
                  row.getSortKey(),
                  value,
                  Instant.now())
              : new GeoWaveRedisPersistedRow(
                  (short) row.getNumberOfDuplicates(),
                  row.getDataId(),
                  row.getSortKey(),
                  value));
    }
  }

  private void internalWrite(GeoWaveRow row, Short duplicateId) {

    ByteArray partitionKey;
    if ((row.getPartitionKey() == null) || (row.getPartitionKey().length == 0)) {
      partitionKey = EMPTY_PARTITION_KEY;
    } else {
      partitionKey = new ByteArray(row.getPartitionKey());
    }
    for (final GeoWaveValue value : row.getFieldValues()) {
      setCache.get(partitionKey).add(
          RedisUtils.getScore(row.getSortKey()),
          isTimestampRequired
              ? new GeoWaveRedisPersistedTimestampRow(
                  (short) row.getNumberOfDuplicates(),
                  row.getDataId(),
                  row.getSortKey(),
                  value,
                  Instant.now(),
                  duplicateId)
              : new GeoWaveRedisPersistedRow(
                  (short) row.getNumberOfDuplicates(),
                  row.getDataId(),
                  row.getSortKey(),
                  value,
                  duplicateId));
    }
  }

  @Override
  public void flush() {
    setCache.asMap().forEach((k, v) -> v.flush());
  }

  @Override
  public void close() throws Exception {
    for (final RedisScoredSetWrapper<GeoWaveRedisPersistedRow> set : setCache.asMap().values()) {
      set.flush();
      set.close();
    }
  }
}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


2. What inspires or nourishes you?
3. Who or what has had a negative influence on your life?
4. Who or what has had a positive influence on your life?
I am fortunate to have parents that provided an incredibly positive and stable environment for me to grow up in. To this day, my dad is full of stories that uplift anyone who has the patience to listen. One of his long time quotes he often shares is, "You're A Long Time Dead" Translation: Carpe Diem! Don't wait to do the things you've always wanted to do….get doing them now….why?…because, You're A Long Time Dead, of course.
Funny…..I'm always so much skinnier in my self-portraits!
6. What is your biggest dream or aspiration for yourself and/or the world?


text:
© 2023 by Marketing Solutions. Proudly created with Wix.com
Cybersecurity and Hackers Out For Blood
Cybersecurity and Your Supply Chain
Cybersecurity and a County Held Ransom
Cybersecurity and Auto Repair
Cybersecurity, Ransomware and Schools
Cybersecurity and the Auto Industry
Cybersecurity and Winter
Cybersecurity and the Legal System
Cybersecurity and Connected Vehicles
Cybersecurity, the Holiday Season and the Grinch
Technology Advancement Tempered with Prudence
Charles Parker, II
Technology is advancing at such a fantastic rate. The pace at time is difficult to manage. These advances have the distinct possibility of vastly improving society. This has been prevalent in the medical field. These have led to improvements in diagnosing illnesses, treatments, machinery, and other attributes.
An issue with this involves the pace itself. As a society, we are prone to run before we can walk. This may be fine in certain instances but not all, including technology. As technology has been advancing at this great pace, the pace has not allowed cybersecurity to adequately develop and be applied at the same pace.
We then have the most cutting-edge technology applied to its subject matter, yet this may not be secure. For instance, over the years there have been numerous advancements with diabetic devices and pacemakers. These have certainly assisted with improving our life, however, there have been multiple issues with these over the years.
In order to ensure the vulnerabilities are free from the equipment, and unauthorized parties are not able to access them, cybersecurity needs to be a requirement as these move through the development gates.
About the Author - Charles Parker, II has been working in the info sec field for over a decade, performing pen tests, vulnerability assessments, consulting with small- to medium-sized businesses to mitigate and remediate their issues, and preparing IT and info sec policies and procedures. Mr. Parker's background includes work in the banking, medical, automotive, and staffing industries.


text:
Rivers South East senatorial district is one of the three senatorial districts in Rivers State, Nigeria. It is currently represented by Barinada Mpigi

District profile
The district covers these local government areas: Andoni, Eleme, Gokana, Khana, Opobo–Nkoro, Oyigbo and Tai. In 2014, it had a projected population of 1,720,790.

Election results

2015

List of senators
Adawari Pepple (1999 – 2003)
Lee Maeba (2003 – 2011)
Magnus Abe (2011 – 2015, 2016 – 2019)
Olaka Nwogu (2015)
Barry Mpigi (2019 - Present)

References

Rivers State senatorial districts


text:
The Ampoița () is a left tributary of the river Ampoi in Romania. It discharges into the Ampoi near the village Ampoița. Its length is  and its basin size is .

References

Rivers of Alba County
Rivers of Romania


This is the list of nominations for Noisebridge's 2014 board. Nominations are closed. Interested candidates may use this page to submit statements/platforms/descriptions of interest/etc. as public information.
This page was last edited on 12 February 2014, at 13:04.


text:
Al Melchior's 2019 Bold Predictions – A Review
The good news…I didn't get all of my 2019 Bold Predictions wrong. But I came pretty close. Let's take a look and see what exactly went wrong.
1. Gary Sánchez will set the major league single-season record for home runs by a catcher.
This prediction was inspired by a bold prediction made by my wife, Mary Beth Melchior — that J.T. Realmuto would break the single-season record of home runs hit by a catcher. In his first season with the Phillies, Realmuto set a career-high with 25 home runs, but only 23 were hit with him in the lineup as a catcher. That total fell 19 home runs short of tying Javy Lopez's record. Sánchez came a little closer, hitting 27 of his 34 home runs as a catcher. Despite some likely assistance from the rabbit ball, Sánchez probably would not have broken the record, even if he managed to stay healthy all season.
2. Max Kepler will hit 30 home runs.
Ding, ding, ding! This is the only bold prediction that came true, and in my original writeup, I noted that I felt this prediction was not especially bold. However, Kepler did exceed his prior personal best of 20 home runs by a total of 16. I expected that Kepler would increase his home run total by moderating his flyball launch angle, which he did accomplish by reducing it from 38.2 to 36.0 degrees. Increasing his flyball pull rate from 24.1 to 41.0 percent probably played a larger role in Kepler's power surge.
3. Aníbal Sánchez will finish with the second-lowest ERA in the Nationals' rotation.
Of the four starters who were a part of the Nationals rotation all season long, Sánchez ranked last, not only in ERA, but also in FIP, xFIP and SIERA. While I got the prediction wrong, the reasoning behind it was not entirely off-base. I argued that Sánchez would continue to be one of the best pitchers in the majors at limiting soft contact, especially on grounders, and he did achieve that. His 81.3 mph average exit velocity allowed on grounders (EV GB) was the ninth-lowest among the 92 pitchers who yielded at least 400 batted balls. In turn, he posted a .265 BABIP that was only 10 points above his 2018 mark.
In expecting Sánchez to finish with a low 3.00s ERA — which could have been low enough to rank him second among the Nationals' starters — I already built in regression from last season's 79.4 percent strand rate. His 74.9 percent rate was right around where I expected it to be, but I did not foresee the significant drop in his strikeout rate, from 24.4 to 18.8 percent. Opponents swung more frequently at Sánchez's cutter, which contributed to a 2.0-percentage point drop in his called strike rate.
4. Mark Melancon will be the Giants' closer from wire-to-wire.
I'm tempted to give myself partial credit for this one, because I don't think many people thought Melancon would be closing for anyone in 2019. Then again, thinking Melancon would beat out Will Smith for the Giants' closer job out of spring training looks pretty silly seven months later. I didn't read the intentions of Giants management very well, but I did write that "Melancon should pitch well enough to keep the closer's job once he is given it." When he took over for Shane Greene as the Braves' closer in mid-August, he did just that, converting all 11 of his save opportunities and compiling a 2.60 ERA, an 0.98 WHIP and a 64.7 percent ground ball rate over his final 17.1 innings.
5. Garrett Hampson will be the Rockies' everyday second baseman, and with regular playing time, he will steal 30 bases and finish as a top 15 second baseman in Roto value.
Even if Hampson had been able to stave off Ryan McMahon as the Rockies' primary second baseman, he might not have reached the 30-steal threshold. As it was, Hampson stole 15 bases in 18 attempts with 327 plate appearances. With a strong finish (.318 Avg, 5 HR, 9 SB in September), he may have positioned himself for a more prominent role in 2020, and it's encouraging that he got a run of late-season games where he hit either first or second in the batting order. If he can play regularly and hit near the top of the order next season, he will have a good shot stealing 30 bases and cracking the top 15 second basemen in Roto value. Over the final 30 days of 2019, Hampson ranked third at the position on ESPN's Player Rater.
6. Christin Stewart will rank ahead of Jesse Winker in 5×5 Roto leagues with OBP instead of Avg.
Both players failed to maintain early-season power surges, and both missed time due to injury. However, Winker was sufficiently better at hitting for power and getting on base that he ranked 48 spots above Stewart in Roto value (OBP instead of Avg) among outfielders. Despite tallying only 384 plate appearances, Winker snuck just inside the top 90 at 89th, while Stewart had to settle for 137th place. The Tigers' rookie could still get his walk rate into double-digit territory, like it was in the minors, and his pull-heavy approach should yield more power than this season's .154 ISO. His xISO of .175 offers us some hope for better things in 2020.
6a. I will not make a single Christin Stewart Twilight pun for the entire season.
I never had any intention of making this bold prediction come true.
7. Ryan Pressly will lead the Astros with 20 saves.
I fell only 17 saves short on this one. Not only was I enticed by Pressly's superb second half of 2018, but I had concerns about Osuna's mediocre strikeout rate and average exit velocity on flies and liners from 2018. Osuna improved in both areas this season, so his job security as the Astros' closer was never in question. As Osuna's primary setup closer, Pressly had a tremendous first half (.209 wOBA allowed), but he was slowed down by a knee injury and subsequent surgery in the second half.
8. Brad Miller will bat .260 and hit 20 home runs as the Dodgers' super-utility player.
I will admit that I actually forgot that Miller started off the year as a Dodger. He was released before the end of spring training, so he never panned out as a successor in the Chris Taylor/Max Muncy lineage. Miller caught on with the Indians but made only 40 plate appearances with them before he was released and then signed by the Yankees, who subsequently traded him to the Phillies. Gabe Kapler generally stuck with a steady lineup this season, so there was little opportunity for Miller to play until the final two weeks of the season, when he filled in for an injured Corey Dickerson. All Miller did during that stretch was go 14 for 37 (.378) with seven home runs. Maybe he'll land a super-utility job in 2020. For what it's worth, Miller batted exactly. 260 this season, and in launching 13 home runs in 170 plate appearances, my prediction of 20 homers wasn't so bad.
9. Shane Bieber will get dropped in more than half of the 12-team mixed leagues in which he is drafted.
Missed this one by juuuuust a little bit. Bieber finished the season ranking eighth among starting pitchers in standard Roto value, so of course, he was universally owned. My concern stemmed from Bieber's propensity for allowing hard ground ball contact in his rookie season, which contributed to a .356 BABIP. It turns out that Bieber was even worse in that regard in 2019, as his EV GB increased from 86.8 mph to 88.1 mph. It mattered less, though, because he increased his SwStr% from 11.4 to 14.0 percent and his K% from 24.3 to 30.2 percent. Bieber also got help from a normal-looking .296 BABIP that should have been higher, as his .229 Avg allowed was 12 points below his xBA.
Because of his demonstrated ability to get strikeouts, avoid walks and rack up innings, Bieber has earned his place as a top 10 starter for next year, but he may be slightly riskier than he appears. We should not totally discount his back-to-back seasons of ranking in the bottom 10 percent of pitchers for exit velocity.
10. Orlando Arcia will have more Roto value than Eduardo Escobar.
This may have been an even worse prediction than the one for Bieber. Escobar returned nearly $24 in value in standard 15-team Roto leagues, while Arcia's value in those leagues was negative. Arcia did not have the breakout I envisioned, while Escobar remains something of an enigma. For the second year in a row, he posted a SLG above .480, even though his xSLG was below .450 in both seasons. Escobar still looks like a regression candidate to me, but even if Arcia produces more next year, there is too large of a gulf between them for the Brewers' shortstop to make up the difference.
Statistical credits: FanGraphs, Baseball-Reference, Baseball Savant, ESPN.com.
We hoped you liked reading Al Melchior's 2019 Bold Predictions – A Review by Al Melchior!
Why We Missed: Breakout Hitters
Who Supplied the Speed?


► Guns » Using CrackShot, we have over 40 Custom Guns including Tiers 1 through 5 weapons that can be found in chests, special CheatCode items than can be bought at our store or won in crates, and much more!
► Gangs » Create Gangs with your own custom name, invite your friends, sethomes, and more!
► Airdrops » Every 30 minutes, a plane flies over the city of Greenfield, dropping supplycrates! Crates are scattered around the map and contain anywhere from regular, to the best of the best of items!
► Crates » Keys can be found in airdrops or bought in our store! Different crates have different loot!
► Drugs » Our drugs is a unique feature that allows players to use specific "drugs" that will give them temporary effect.
Our custom built website features our unique forums, where players can communicate with eachother, report other players, apply for staff, and stay up to date! We highly recommend that any of our players sign up!


text:
Performance of Larval Florida Pompano Fed Nauplii of the Calanoid Copepod Pseudodiaptomus pelagicus
Eric J. Cassiano, University of Florida
Cortney L. Ohs, University of Florida
Charles R. Weirichc, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Nancy Breen E. Breen, Roger Williams UniversityFollow
Andrew L. Rhyne, Roger Williams UniversityFollow
Published in: North American Journal of Aquaculture, Vol. 73, 2011
The Florida pompano Trachinotus carolinus is a highly prized marine fish species, the larviculture of which currently includes the feeding of live rotifers and nauplii of brine shrimp Artemia spp. However, no previous studies have evaluated the feeding of copepod nauplii. In this study, the growth and survival of Florida pompano larvae fed nauplii of the calanoid copepod Pseudodiaptomus pelagicus were compared with those of larvae fed the standard reference diet of enriched rotifers Brachionus plicatilis. Experiments were conducted during the first 7–9 d posthatch (DPH), a period preceding the provision of Artemia nauplii. Treatments included feeding only copepod nauplii during the first day, the first three days, and on all days, as well as copepod nauplii mixed with rotifers during the entire experiment. In addition, the dietary effects on larval fatty acid composition were examined. Feeding copepod nauplii at a density of 2.0–3.5 nauplii/mL during the first day or the first three days of feeding had advantages over feeding only rotifers. However, after approximately 3 DPH, increased quantities of nauplii were needed to provide sufficient nutrients for growth. This was demonstrated in larvae fed copepod nauplii for the entire trial, for which survival was significantly higher than for the other treatments but for which growth was significantly reduced. Larvae fed a mixture of rotifers and nauplii for the entire trial had survival similar to that of larvae fed only rotifers (∼40%); however, growth was greater in larvae fed the mixed diet, suggesting that there is a nutritional advantage to including copepods in the diet. Fatty acid analyses revealed that increased levels of docosahexaenoic acid were associated with larvae fed copepods, which probably contributed to the observed higher survival and growth. These results indicate that there are multiple benefits to feeding copepods to Florida pompano larvae.
Cassiano, E.J., C.L. Ohs, C.R. Weirich, N.E. Breen, and A.L. Rhyne. 2011. "Performance of Larval Florida Pompano Fed Nauplii of the Calanoid Copepod Pseudodiaptomus pelagicus." North American Journal of Aquaculture 73: 114-123.


6 Women Who Discovered That Age Was No Impediment To Awesomeness.
Society tends to pigeon-hole people in to categories. If you're tall than you must play basketball; if you are overweight, you must be lazy. The elderly have faced a significant share of prejudice and stereotyping.
If we all took some time to dig a little deeper, we would see the incredible achievements of seniors, not a highlight to their past but milestones reached in their old age. When you think of a senior citizen, it's easy to think of someone who is frail, dependent and a burden to the young.
It seems once people surpass 65, there is an expectation they will retire professionally and succumb to a life where there are no more goals to be achieved, dreams to realize nor new adventures to begin.
How refreshing it is to see this stereotype shatter when looking at older women who have bucked the trend and are giving a new face to the elderly; they prove age is just a number.
With examples like this, I hope I continue to pursue my dreams well past my retirement.
Jacky O'Shaughnessy was minding her own business smoking a cigarette when she was 'discovered' as a model at 62. She is not only working as a model but landed the lingerie gig for American Apparel.
Ruth Flowers began her DJ career when she was 68. Four years later, her gig gives her the opportunity to travel the world to party.
Known as the world's oldest working model, Carmen Dell'Orefice has been busier now as an 83-year-old über fashion icon than when she began modelling at 15.
Yvonne Dowlen began skating over 70 years ago. Her skating career was almost halted when she was in a car accident at 80 and doctors told her to hang up her skates. Today the 88-year-old teaches kids her sport.
Greta Pontarelly decided to try pole dancing when she was 59. The flexible movements are nothing short of amazing whether it is completed by a younger performer or Pontarelli herself at 63.
The Guinness World Record as the oldest contestant in 2010 and 2011 goes to Ernestine Sheperd. The 78-year-old began bodybuilding at a young 70.
You may also enjoy our previous post Fashion Tips From Grandmothers Of New York.


We are on the eve of the biggest Ford drag race of the year, the NMRA World Finals at Beech Bend Raceway in Bowling Green, Kentucky. The air should be cool and the times should be quick. Curious about how its Mustang would perform on the big stage, Watson Racing took its street/strip SEMA project out for some test hits. It turns out those three test runs were the quickest runs yet for a 2015+ Mustang still running an independent rear suspension.
A Whipple 2.9-liter supercharger driven by a 10-rib belt boosts the Watson Coyote with about 18 pounds of boost, which creates well over 928 horsepower at the rear wheels. This 5.0-liter also wears Ford Performance Racing Parts camshafts and a full exhaust made up of American Racing Headers long-tubes, an American Racing Headers X-pipe, Pypes electronic exhaust cut-outs, and Magnaflow mufflers. The combo is backed by a Turbo 400 automatic trans and Watson Racing's bolt-in 9-inch IRS.
Chuck Watson Sr. and one of the company's tuners loaded the car on an open trailer and headed down to Summit Motorsports Park in Norwalk, Ohio, to log a few passes in advance of the NMRA World Finals. With not much more than the car and a tire gauge on the trailer, there wasn't a lot tweaking done at the track. In the unseasonably warm weather—the high was 86—on September 17, Chuck Sr. ran three 8-second passes, the quickest being an 8.906 at 153.47 mph.
Not looking to set the world on fire, Chuck Watson Sr. just wanted to make a couple of test hits in advance of the NMRA World Finals to see how the company's street/strip 2015 would fare. Running it right off an open trailer, he piloted this street/strip SEMA car into the record books again, laying down the first 8-second pass in an S550 with an independent rear suspension.
Not much has changed about the Watson S550 since its 9.13-second pass a few weeks ago save for a refined calibration in the F.A.S.T. PCM. Incredibly, however, this 8.90 run was made with the full exhaust in place and drag radials out back. Chuck Sr. didn't even open up the electric exhaust cutouts. With any luck, you've been following the progress of Watson Racing's street/strip S550 right here on the SVTP Front Page. Built for the 2014 SEMA Show, this 2015 Mustang was constructed to run quick quarter-mile e.t.'s while retaining its street manners. The car's upgrades include a Whipple supercharger, FAST EFI, lightweight windows, a bolt-in 9-inch IRS, and a 10-rib blower drive. Before dipping into the low 9s, the Watson team finally removed the car's manual transmission in favor of a more consistent Turbo 400 automatic.
Though the IRS out back is a robust, Watson Racing creation, this car is still the quickest 2015+ Mustang yet with an independent rear suspension. Certainly that record will be challenged this weekend in Bowling Green, but it's possible the lower e.t.'s could come from this same car as it responds to the cooler air at Beech Bend.
It definitely will be fun to watch. Watson Racing is rumored to participate in the first-ever NMRA Grudge Night, squaring off against BMR Suspension's Kelly Aiken in the after-hours action. We'll be on hand to see how it plays out, so stay tuned.


text:
Inicio / Música / CDs / PORCUPINE TREE – DEADWING
PORCUPINE TREE – DEADWING
This unique London-based quartet makes unconventional, uncompromising music that qualifies them as Europe's premiere art-rock cult band. DEADWING, their eighth studio album and the follow up to their critically acclaimed, Lave Records debut IN ABSENTIA, is an ambitious effort which blends the band's trademark instrumentation and experimentalism with serious pop moments. The first single is «Shallow.»
Porcupine Tree defies categorization. Porcupine Tree's cogent musical personality is a force to be reckoned with. Porcupine Tree's intelligent and accessible sound will appeal not only to metal enthusiasts and twenty-something dark wave fans, but will also fit in with today's more adventurous alternative station playlists. This is an enhanced CD with exclusive making-of-the-album video footage, plus a hidden track which is a partial re-recording of Lighbulb Sun's 'She Moved On. Atlantic. 2005.
Before the Mars Volta made prog-metal fashionable again–with a little help from the Dillinger Escape Plan and My Chemical Romance–Porcupine Tree's 2002 US debut, In Abstentia, had already laid most of the groundwork. For the middle-aged British quartet led by Steven Wilson, '70s rockers like Rush and Yes (with whom the group toured after the album's release) never went out of style but instead left behind grandiose scriptures to be studied for all of eternity. So while tighter and more efficient in spots («Shallow,» «Halo»), Porcupine Tree's Deadwing faithfully keeps the technically proficient epics coming, peaking with multi-tentacled 12-minute «Arriving Somewhere (But Not Here).» –Aidin Vaziri
Deadwing
Arriving Somewhere But Not Here
Mellotron Scratch
Open Car
The Start Of Something Beautiful
Glass Arm Shattering
PORCUPINE TREE – METANOIA
¡Oferta! $11.900 $9.900 Leer más
PORCUPINE TREE – DELERIUM YEARS 1991-1993 (9LP BOX)
¡Oferta! $189.000 $159.900 Leer más
PORCUPINE TREE – STUPID DREAM 2LP
AMARAL – PAJAROS EN LA CABEZA
VARIOS – PARTY IN THE PARK: 2002 THE ALBUM OF THE EVENT
MARILLION – EARLY STAGES: THE HIGHLIGHTS 2CDs


text:
Packard Foundation Announces Jamaica Maxwell as New Director of Organizational Effectiveness
Home / News / Insights / Packard Foundation Announces Jamaica Maxwell as New Director of Organizational Effectiveness
January 14, 2022 • In Organizational Effectiveness, Organizational Effectiveness
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation is pleased to announce the promotion of Jamaica Maxwell to director of Organizational Effectiveness. Maxwell assumes the role as long-time Foundation leader, Linda Baker, announced her departure to explore new opportunities outside the Foundation.
Maxwell has been with the Packard Foundation since 2013, serving as both program officer and deputy director for the Foundation's grantmaking efforts to support the strength of the leaders, organizations, networks, and movements at the heart of the Foundation's issue areas. In those roles, she has supported organizational and movement building strategies among grantees throughout North America, Asia, and Latin America, particularly those who are working for positive, durable change for the ocean and climate. Maxwell brings a wealth of experience and expertise to her new role, including organizational development, power building, equity, and leadership.
Previous to joining the Foundation, Maxwell spent 11 years at California Environmental Associates where she gained deep experience providing strategic and organizational guidance to nonprofits, foundations, and businesses, with particular expertise in climate change, biodiversity conservation, and food systems. She also ran her own organizational development consulting firm and served as the founding program director for the Roots of Change Fund, a collaborative working to increase the sustainability of California's food system. Maxwell holds a bachelor's degree in economics from Brown University and a master's degree in writing from the University of San Francisco.
"During my eight years at the Foundation, I have learned so much about the power of supporting capacity and leadership, informed by the wisdom and needs of our partners on the ground. Leaders and organizations, and the fields and movements they sit within, are the heart and soul of social change and a strong civil society. The Packard Foundation has long recognized the importance of these investments, and I am honored and excited to continue this legacy in my new role, building upon Linda Baker's extraordinary leadership and thoughtfulness in supporting this transformative work."
Linda Baker has led the Foundation's Organizational Effectiveness and Directed Grantmaking efforts since 2016 when she assumed the role of director. But her tenure and impact extends back nearly 27 years. She began her work at the Foundation as a research analyst for the Center for the Future of Children and later as a program officer for Children, Families, and Communities grantmaking where she sought to improve access to health insurance for all children in California. From there, she became a program officer leading local grantmaking efforts for a wide variety of organizations in Santa Cruz and Monterey Counties. She supported the development and launch of the Salinas Youth Initiative, which invests in homegrown, passionate Salinas leaders and organizations who are engaging and inspiring youth during and after school in East Salinas, California.
Since 2016, Baker also led the Foundation's Philanthropy Fund grantmaking, which invests in the strength of the philanthropic sector, as well as the President's Fund, the board-directed Special Opportunities Fund, and other special projects.
"What a privilege it has been to support leaders and organizations as they invest in their own strength and power during such an extraordinary time of growth and change. In addition, I'm grateful for the opportunity to collaborate with wonderful funder colleagues at the Packard Foundation and around the world," said Baker. "It is also my great pleasure that Jamaica Maxwell, a long-time leader in this critical area, will assume the new director role and continue this important work and learning journey."
Supporting Ocean Conservation Organizations in Practicing Greater Equity
By Jamaica Maxwell, Maria Tourtchaninova, Sarah Hogan, Heather Ludemann June 29, 2021
Engaging the People Nonprofits Seek to Impact in Policy Advocacy
Report May 21, 2021
Network-Building, Professional Development, and Connection
By Mimi DiBartolomeo, Laasya Bhagavatula November 12, 2020


text:
Matching Items (6)
Creators: Arizona State University
Creators: Fisher, Bobbi Paige
Member of: Theses and Dissertations
Resource Type: Text
The Effects of Stereotyping and Impression Formation on Medical Treatment: Weight a Minute
The current study looked at weight stereotype presence and whether certain types of medical professionals held this bias over others. This study also investigated if there was a relation between medical professionals' self-esteem and the presence of the weight stereotype.…
The current study looked at weight stereotype presence and whether certain types of medical professionals held this bias over others. This study also investigated if there was a relation between medical professionals' self-esteem and the presence of the weight stereotype. By having a sample consisting of registered nurses, physician assistants, and medical doctors data was then collected within each group to analyze for any significant differences between the three levels of medical professionals. Eleven participants were guided through participation in the Harvard Implicit Association Test, specifically testing for weight stereotype presence, followed by responses to 50 true/false statements on the Sorensen Self-Esteem Test to measure the self-esteem of each participant. The participants within this study were 11 medical professionals, between the ages of 25 and 59, with 6 women and 5 men. The resulting sample consisted of 6 registered nurses, 3 physician assistants, and 2 medical doctors all currently practicing medicine in the state of Arizona, with the exception of 1 participant who is practicing in Colorado. This study was conducted through Qualtrics, an online database through Arizona State University. Upon completion of the study, 3 different tests were run using the data collected. The first was a between-subjects effect test to determine if there was a difference in stereotype presence among the three levels of medical professionals. The second test was a correlation between stereotype presence and the self-esteem each medical professional displayed. The third was a between-subjects effect test looking at self-esteem differences among the three levels of medical professionals. None of the tests yielded significant results, suggesting that there is no difference in weight stereotype presence or self-esteem among the three groups of medical professionals. The data also suggests that there is no correlation between a medical professionals' self-esteem and weight stereotype presence. Suggestions for future research within this paper have discussed ways to improve the current study in order to create significant results.
Fisher, Bobbi Paige (Author)
Lewis, Stephen (Thesis director)
Edwards, Alison (Committee member)
School of Social and Behavioral Sciences (Contributor)
Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor)
Showing smarts, playing dumb: functional displays of intelligence in mating contexts
The current research seeks to examine whether individuals display or downplay intelligence in various mating contexts. I hypothesized that both men and women should display fluid intelligence when attempting to attract a potential long-term partner, and that only men should…
The current research seeks to examine whether individuals display or downplay intelligence in various mating contexts. I hypothesized that both men and women should display fluid intelligence when attempting to attract a potential long-term partner, and that only men should display fluid intelligence when attempting to attract a potential short-term partner. Contrary to predictions, I find that men perform worse at a fluid intelligence test when motivated to attract a long-term partner. With respect to crystallized intelligence, I predicted that both men and women should display crystallized intelligence when attempting to attract a potential long-term partner, but women should downplay crystallized intelligence when attempting to attract a potential short-term partner. However, there were no effects of mating contexts on displays of crystallized intelligence.
Sng, Wei Sheng Oliver (Author)
Neuberg, Steven L. (Thesis advisor)
Kenrick, Douglas T. (Committee member)
Shiota, Michelle (Committee member)
The Role of Implicit Social-Cognitive Biases in Judgments of Insanity
Juror impartiality is necessary for a fair and just legal system, but is true juror impartiality
realistic? The current study investigated the role of implicit and explicit social-cognitive biases in jurors' conceptualizations of insanity, and the influence of those biases in…
realistic? The current study investigated the role of implicit and explicit social-cognitive biases in jurors' conceptualizations of insanity, and the influence of those biases in juror verdict decisions. It was hypothesized that by analyzing the role of implicit and explicit biases in insanity defense cases, jurors' attitudes towards those with mental illnesses and attitudes towards the insanity defense would influence jurors' final verdict decisions. Two hundred and two participants completed an online survey which included a trial vignette incorporating an insanity defense (adapted from Maeder et al., 2016), the Insanity Defense Attitude Scale (Skeem, Louden, & Evans, 2004), Community Attitudes Towards the Mentally Ill Scale (Taylor & Dear, 1981), and an Implicit Association Test (Greenwald et al., 1998). While implicit associations concerning mental illness and dangerousness were significantly related to mock jurors' verdicts, they no longer were when explicit insanity defense attitudes were added to a more complex model including all measured attitudes and biases. Insanity defense attitudes were significantly related to jurors' verdicts over and above attitudes about the mentally ill and implicit biases concerning the mentally ill. The potentially biasing impact of jurors' insanity defense attitudes and the impact of implicit associations about the mentally ill in legal judgments are discussed.
Hamza, Cassandra (Author)
Neal, Tess M.S. (Thesis advisor)
Schweitzer, Nicholas (Committee member)
Hall, Deborah (Committee member)
Multidimensional approach to implicit bias and the underlying cognitive mechanism
Social categories such as race and gender are associated by people with certain characteristics (e.g. males are angry), which unconsciously affects how people evaluate and react to a person of specific social categories. This phenomenon, referred to as implicit bias,…
Social categories such as race and gender are associated by people with certain characteristics (e.g. males are angry), which unconsciously affects how people evaluate and react to a person of specific social categories. This phenomenon, referred to as implicit bias, has been the interest of many social psychologists. However, the implicit bias research has been focusing on only one social category at a time, despite humans being entities of multiple social categories. The research also neglects the behavioral contexts in which implicit biases are triggered and rely on a broad definition for the locus of the bias regulation mechanism. These limitations raise questions on whether the current bias reduction strategies are effective. The current dissertation sought to address these limitations by introducing an ecologically valid and multidimensional method. In Chapters 1 and 2, the mouse-tracking task was integrated into the implicit association task to examine how implicit biases were moderated in different behavioral contexts. The results demonstrated that the manifestation of implicit biases depended on the behavioral context as well as the distinctive identity created by the combinations of different social categories. Chapter 3 laid groundwork for testing working memory as the processing capacity for the bias regulation mechanism. The result suggested that the hand-motion tracking indices of working memory load could be used to infer the capacity of an individual to suppress the influence of implicit bias. In Chapter 4, the mouse-tracking paradigm was integrated into the Stroop task with implicit associations serving as the Stroop targets. The implicit associations produced various effects including the conflict adaptation effect, like the Stroop targets, which suggested that implicit associations and Stroop stimuli are handled by overlapping cognitive mechanisms. Throughout these efforts, the current dissertation, first, demonstrated that a more ecologically valid and multidimensional approach is required to understand biased behaviors in detail. Furthermore, the current dissertation suggested the cognitive control mechanism as a finer definition for the locus of the bias regulation mechanism, which could be leveraged to offer solutions that are more adaptive and effective in the environment where collaboration and harmony are more important than ever.
Rheem, Hansol (Author)
Becker, D. Vaughn (Thesis advisor)
Craig, Scotty D. (Committee member)
Gutzwiller, Robert S. (Committee member)
Implicitly biased: voter perception of Latina political candidates
The 2016 election brought to light a political climate change in the United States and showed that questions scholars and pundits alike thought were answered perhaps had not been completely addressed. For some, the main question left unanswered was what…
The 2016 election brought to light a political climate change in the United States and showed that questions scholars and pundits alike thought were answered perhaps had not been completely addressed. For some, the main question left unanswered was what would it take for a woman to become President of the United States? For others, the question of fear politics and the effects of social media were raised. Perhaps, the most intriguing was exactly who has influence over US elections? While these, and other, questions were asked in the context of the presidential election, they are also applicable to all political races. This dissertation examines how voter perceptions based on stereotypes and racial threat can affect Latina candidates' prospects for election. Using an online experiment with 660 subjects and two elite interviews to test four hypotheses in order to determine whether or not racial resentment and stereotypes play a role in voter perceptions of Latina political candidates. The results show that racial resent and gender stereotypes play a role in voter perception of Latina political candidates. The results have theoretical and practical implications.
Hernandez, Samantha L. (Author)
Herrera, Richard (Thesis advisor)
Navarro, Sharon (Committee member)
Magaña, Lisa (Committee member)
Hoekstra, Valerie (Committee member)
"There Goes the Neighborhood": Nonresident Perceptions of Neighborhood Disorder
Perceptions of neighborhood disorder have been studied by researchers in many ways since social disorganization theory was first introduced in the 1930s. However, few studies have focused explicitly on nonresident perceptions of neighborhood disorder. Further still, investigations regarding how race/ethnicity…
Perceptions of neighborhood disorder have been studied by researchers in many ways since social disorganization theory was first introduced in the 1930s. However, few studies have focused explicitly on nonresident perceptions of neighborhood disorder. Further still, investigations regarding how race/ethnicity and gender may influence this population's responses are also lacking in the present literature. This study intends to close some of the gap in this area of research.This study uses qualitative analysis to focus on Hispanic and Caucasian nonresidents' responses to a single photographic stimulus. This study focuses on the following: (1) perception of neighborhood disorder, (2) gender-specific neighborhood perceptions of disorder, (3) inclusion of race-identifying words, specifically in terms of frequency among Hispanic respondents, and (4) prevalence of negative adjective use. Previous research has discovered that nonresidents have associated race with neighborhood disorder despite the absence of people in the surveying/data collection methods. By further investigating this topic, this research aims to analyze the responses more closely regarding the response affect (i.e., positive, neutral, and negative) with negative adjectives and race-identifying words. The findings from this study may encourage future investigation into implicit and explicit biases focused on the possible unconscious connection of race/ethnicity and neighborhood disorder in individual perceptions.
Adamowicz, Ashley Lynne (Author)
Spohn, Cassia (Thesis advisor)
Wallace, Danielle (Committee member)
Mitchell, Ojmarrh (Committee member)
Theses and Dissertations 6
ASU Electronic Theses and Dissertations 5
Barrett, The Honors College Thesis/Creative Project Collection 1
Fisher, Bobbi Paige 1
Barrett, The Honors College 5
Craig, Scotty D. 2
Adamowicz, Ashley Lynne 1
Aldana, Lauren Michelle 1
Allen, Angela 1
Amazeen, Nia 1
Becker, D. Vaughn 1
Department of Psychology 1
Duarte Luna, Ariana Maria 1
Edson College of Nursing and Health Innovation 1
Edwards, Alison 1
Eldemire, Kate 1
Engineering Programs 1
Feagan, Mathieu 1
Gutzwiller, Robert S. 1
Hall, Deborah 1
Hamza, Cassandra 1
Harrington Bioengineering Program 1
Electrical Engineering 1,048
Materials Science 454
Sustainability 298
Biomedical Engineering 278
Biology 240
communication 224
Environmental engineering 205
Educational leadership 200
Biochemistry 195
Machine Learning 193
Academic theses 5
Masters Thesis 3


text:
The Gendered Racial Inequities of COVID-19
In data collection, analysis, and use, it's common practice to classify women and girls as one homogeneous group.
But it's become increasingly clear that doing so fails to capture the diverse array of challenges women and girls face globally, drowning out specific needs in favor of generalizable data.
While many of the issues women face are the same, the ways in which they experience them are different. As Black poet and feminist writer Audre Lorde states: "The oppression of women knows no ethnic or racial boundaries, true, but that does not mean it is identical within those differences."[1] She illustrates an irrefutable point that applies across the spectrum of our identities: race, ethnicity, nationality, gender identity, sexual orientation, and socioeconomic class all play significant roles in the way women and girls individually view and experience the world.
Nothing has made that clearer than the coronavirus pandemic in the U.S., which has brutally exposed the intersections of gender and racial inequities in our society, specifically for women of color. Women of color are on the frontlines of the pandemic as essential workers in health care, but also as grocery store clerks, mail carriers, fast food workers and food delivery providers, public transportation operators, farmhands, and warehouse workers.
Available gender data shows us that these essential workers are disproportionately Black and Latinx and are significantly underpaid, underprotected, and undervalued, with many not receiving hazard pay, personal protective equipment (PPE), and other basic labor protections. Given the nature of their jobs, they don't often have a choice to stay home. For those able to work from home, there are still substantial racial and ethnic disparities. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, only 19.7% of Black workers and 16.2% of Latinx workers are able to telework, compared to 29.9% of white workers and 37% of Asian workers.
Simultaneously, many women of color — especially Black and Latinx women — are unemployed. While the nationwide unemployment rate dropped from 14.7% to 13.3% last month (the first time it fell during the pandemic), the unemployment rate for Black women increased from 16.4% to 16.5%, meaning one in six Black women was unemployed in May. And though the unemployment rate for Latinx women decreased slightly, almost one in five is still unemployed. On top of it all, many women, whether employed or unemployed, are balancing full-time, unpaid caregiving duties for family members during stay-at-home orders.
This data presents a sickening paradox: while Black and Latinx women are more likely to be unemployed compared to their white and Asian counterparts, they also are more likely to have to go into work due to financial constraints and responsibilities, inadequate staffing at their workplace, and/or demanding employers. The systemic conditions that require women to go to work out of financial necessity and out of fear of losing employment increase their exposure to COVID-19, which can lead to additional burdens if they contract the virus and bring it home to their families and communities.
While this data provides critical information on the inequities different groups of women face, it's important to note that it's just the tip of the iceberg. Much of this available data is incomplete or not comprehensive enough to illustrate the full range of experiences — which perpetuates those inequities by providing a blurry view of their realities.
It's equally important to point out that there is still data that just doesn't exist, which is exemplified by the utter lack of disaggregated data on Indigenous women in the U.S., let alone the entire Indigenous community. While we know that Indigenous women are harder hit by COVID-19 due to already high rates of poverty and chronic illness, the numbers aren't always clear due to the underreporting of data. And in some cases, reporting doesn't even happen; employment data from the U.S. government leaves out the Indigenous community completely — and that's just one example.
A notable example to remedy these gaps is the COVID Racial Data Tracker, a collaboration between the COVID Tracing Project and the Antiracist Research & Policy Center at American University that aims to capture race and ethnicity data on COVID-19 in the United States. Initiatives like these are critical for gaining a better understanding of how groups are disproportionately impacted by COVID-19.
The inequities women of color face at the hands of systems that aren't designed to address or respect their unique needs underpin a deadly cycle.
Without having quality data — and disaggregating that data by race and ethnicity in addition to gender — we lose critically important viewpoints on how women's intersecting identities and corresponding experiences differ from one another.
More importantly, we fail to build and maintain systems that adequately ensure their needs are met. That's why mobilizing political will, financial resources, and education to bolster equitable data systems at the local, national, and global levels is critical: it's a matter of life and death.
Disaggregating data by sex is an essential first step within these data systems, yet as this pandemic has laid bare, disaggregating only by sex isn't enough. To understand the unique experiences of all women, we must call on leaders to also disaggregate data by race and ethnicity.
[1] From Letter to Mary Daly in Sister Outsider (Ten Speed Press, New York, 1984, 2007).


How to Keep Spotify Music Forever after Canceling Premium Subscription?
Spotify Premium is Spotify's paid subscription, which costs $9.99 per month. Premium offers the ability to play any song in the catalog, download it to your device and listen offline, an ad-free experience and high-quality audio. While this streaming business mode is far more perfect, there are still different reasons to cancel premium, like switching over to another streaming service, joining a family plan, or cutting back on your monthly bills. Whatever your reason, canceling your premium music experience is pretty simple.
If you've decided to cancel your Spotify Premium subscription and also want to keep Spotify music playable after unsubscribed, here's how to do it.
How to Cancel Your Spotify Subscription?
Can You Re-activate Your Spotify Premium Subscription?
How to Keep Spotify Music Forever after Unsubscribed?
1) Go to the Spotify subscription page.
2) Click on subscription from the menu on the left side. Under Subscription and payment, click the Change or Cancel button to cancel your subscription.
3) Click on cancel your subscription.
4) Click on the reason you are leaving. Click Continue.
5) Enter your password in the password field. Click on Cancel My Subscription.
Tips: After successfully cancelled Premium, your account would automatically revert to the free version of Spotify. Of course, Spotify reminds you that you can always renew your paid subscription should you change your mind.
Sure, you can! Spotify will save all of your playlists and settings from your premium account for three months. So, if you feel the need to go back, you can just sign back up for a premium account using your same account information.
After the cancellation of your subscription, you will not have access to any offline content you downloaded when you had premium and no longer to enjoy 320kbps audio on Spotify. And, Spotify music files are protected by DRM, which not allowed to be played on any device other than Spotify's media players.
Fortunately, Sidify Music Converter for Spotify provides the best solutions to anybody that has lots of playlists within Spotify, as Sidify program does an excellent job of removing DRM protection from Spotify music/ playlist and convert these music to MP3, AAC, FLAC or WAV format.It legally removes DRM protection along the way so you can enjoy your accumulated Spotify music across different devices without restrictions.
In this following, we'll show you the steps to download music from Spotify with Sidify Music Converter for Spotify (Windows version).
Download & Install the latest version of Sidify Music Converter for Spotify.
Step 1. Launch Sidify, you Spotify would automatically pop out in seconds. Then click " " icon or "Click here to add Audio" to import Spotify music by dragging & dropping music/ playlist from Spotify to Sidify adding music window.
Step 2. Adjust output format, conversion speed and output path, etc.
Step 3. Click "CONVERT" button to start conversion.
Tips: Sidify Music Converter for Spotify is available to download from Sidify.com and it retails for $39.95. If you'd like to try it first, the software download will convert a three-minute sample for your perusal.


Hate those cord messes underneath your desk? Wireless data transfer has been helping out people for years now but have you ever heard of wireless electricity?
Well, it has been invented, and it is close to marketing. The website www.ted.com has a great series of a talks on a multitude of issues. Here is the one I have found about witricity (wirless electricity).
There is a demo and everything. Great stuff. Will change the way we charge phones, run computers, charge electric cars (in the future), etc.
Our computing helpdesk at the Eggins household has a delightful young man on it. The only thing he seems to say though is "dadadadadadadad……dadadadad…".
Being the first of many posts on this blog, I thought I had better clarify the reason for my blogging. There are many. Here are a few.
2. It will give me an opportunity to hone some of my thoughts down well enough to be able to express them clearly. Often times I can share opinions on matters that I have done nothing more than think about. Sometimes this can get me into trouble as careful thought hasn't been done. By blogging I can practice sharing and developing my thoughts (particularly about the way that Christ Jesus wants us to live and act as 21st century Christians.


text:
Happy reunion: Ronen Chamber Ensemble meets UIndy's Faculty Artist Series
The sizable 20th-century ensemble pieces that ended each half of Monday night's collaboration between University of Indianapolis and the Ronen Chamber Ensemble presented a polarity that might be found throughout the history of music.
On the one hand, the exploratory, extroverted muse of Luciano Berio was represented by his "Folk Songs" (1964). On the other, there was the focused expression of singular personality in Francis Poulenc's Sextet for Piano and Wind Quintet (1931). It's almost tempting to put forward an analogy to the ancient Greek aphorism made popular by the 20th-century thinker Isaiah Berlin: "The fox knows many things; the hedgehog knows one big thing."
The fey charms of Poulenc's music don't sit easily with the idea of knowing "one big thing," but the variety he pursued thrives within a small range, bound on one side by his religious devotion, with its touch of sentimentality, and on the other by his insouciance and boulevardier brio. He made those discrepancies work within a personal style; to his credit, Poulenc thus can be said to know one big thing, and know it thoroughly.
Berio group (minus percussionists Jack Brennan and Terence Mayhue and cellist Ingrid Fischer-Bellman): Vu Nguyen, Emilee Drumm, Heaven Fan, Tamara Thweatt, David Bellman, Mitzi Westra.
Despite the stylistic focus, the sextet turns up one surprise after another — the total held within prescribed limits, however. Each movement (especially the first) has sharply contrasting material to explore, set amid those side-slipping tonalities and cheeky dissonances that make the Poulenc manner seem meandering, even random, but turn out to establish a jaunty hedgehog-like purposefulness. The piece was brightly performed by Gregory Martin, piano, with the conventional instrumentation of the wind quintet: flute (Tamara Thweatt), oboe (Pamela Ajango), clarinet (David Bellman), bassoon (Mark Ortwein), and horn (Darin Sorley).
For a composer to communicate a personality may be more important than evidence that new terrain must be explored. Poulenc thus survives within an enchanting eddy off the modernist mainstream. Berio is more a part of that mainstream, but he never sounds settled within even the new conventions of his time. He was a fox. "Folk Songs" satisfied me much more than the Sextet; it simply draws more deeply from the well-nourished iconoclasm I find exciting about 20th-century music.
In this work, Berio not only paid tribute to his flesh-and-blood muse, the soprano Cathy Berberian, but also drew his selected folk songs from the aesthetic of recordings more than actual field work of the kind for which Bartok and Kodaly were famous. Further evidence that he was not interested in anthropological authenticity is that two of the songs in the middle have his original melodies. The instrumental settings suggest both the uniqueness of folk ensembles and the unconventional chamber-music combinations of high modernism, filtered through a monaural recording ambiance.
On Monday, Vu Nguyen led a lively, glinting performance of the suite. Berio's choices in the accompaniment grab the attention without detracting from the vocal solo. Harp is especially prominent, with the other instruments showcased to varying degrees and with an uncanny rightness of blend. The instrumental codas always sound like the songs' last (and best) word.
Mezzo-soprano Mitzi Westra invested each song with appropriate expressiveness (though the absence of texts, or even descriptions of them, withheld meaning to a significant extent). I would have liked a more nasal, almost forced and nonclassical quality in a few of the Mediterranean songs and the concluding Azerbaijan Love Song. Remember that Bulgarian women's choir that was such a hit years ago? Something similar in solo terms might have been more idiomatic here and there, even though Westra conveys pretty convincingly everything she puts her voice to. The initial two songs in English of Appalachian provenance set the stage for the kind of sincerity and plainness that seem to spark Berio on his merry way with this deep-grained material.
The program also included a Ronen commission in its first performance. Matthew Bridgham's "Avon Yard" directs the quartet
A view of the Avon railyard from the Ronen's visit there.
of Ronen co-founders David Bellman, and Ingrid Fischer-Bellman, cello, together with Martin and violinist Joana Genova, to vary their sounds from unpitched to "somewhat pitched" to "clearly pitched" in evoking the CSX railyard in Avon, Indiana. The quartet's members visited the railyard as part of their preparation for a work calling for "guided improvisation."
The 12-minute piece must be the most intimate, subdued evocation of railroad matters ever attempted in music: No "Pacific 231" here. More like Michael Colgrass' unrailroad-like "As Quiet As," but less self-conscious. It's a loosely assembled soundscape of cars trundling slowly amid the yard's other mechanical sounds, all at the hushed end of the sound spectrum, culminating in a lulling medley of pitched fragments — a novelty well-positioned on this program.
The concert opened with Arvo Pärt's "Fratres," probably the Estonian composer's most famous work. It's both durable and fashionable in a personalized spiritual manner. It exists in several settings, evoking a monastic procession with a repeated theme subject to both simple and fancy variation. Genova and Martin were the simpatico partners in a performance that gained assurance after the violinist's somewhat ragged string-crossings in the first part. The varied articulation called for later was more stably achieved. This is one of those pieces in which, if the audience gets the impression that one or more of the performers is working really hard, the desired effect is lost.
I don't know about Bridgham, having heard only "Avon Yard," but Pärt is definitely a hedgehog.
James Harvey at 10:00 AM


SLATER -- The Marshall girls' basketball team had a chance slip away to send shock waves through the 33rd annual Wildcat Classic at Slater.
The seventh-seeded Lady Owls held a four-point lead in the final minute of Tuesday's first-round contest against No. 2 Higginsville, but wound up on the short end of a 53-50 overtime decision. Marshall led for most of the game, but occasional lapses were costly.
For example, the Lady Owls had a two-point lead late in the first half, but gave up a stick-back to senior Emma Dyer and turned the ball over to senior Sam Davis for lay-up in the final 10 seconds to trail by a deuce at the break.
Junior Molly Evans drained a three-pointer and twice penetrated and senior Karson Heying scored six points to give Marshall a 33-27 lead with two minutes remaining in the third period before the Lady Huskers ran off five straight points to close the margin to one.
Evans drove to the hole off a screen by junior Makala Colbert for a three-point play to make it 41-37 with 45 seconds to go in regulation. Davis answered with a bomb and, after the Lady Owls missed two free throws, tied the game from the charity stripe.
Heying had an open look at a 17-footer at the horn, but couldn't get it to drop.
Higginsville led by five points until senior Payton Beeler's bucket-and-one with 44 seconds left. The Lady Huskers hit two freebies out of four chances and Evans got Marshall to within a point with a trey at the six-second mark. However, the Lady Owls were unable to stop the clock until three-tenths of a second remained and junior Kelsey Stuenkel sank two free throws.
Davis scored 18 points and Dyer had 16 for the Lady Huskers (14-3).
Defending champion Marshall (5-9) was paced by Beeler's 15 points and 13 from Evans.
Junior Melissa Schlotzhauer's three-pointer with 3.6 seconds left gave sixth-seeded Pilot Grove a 64-61 first-round upset over No. 3 Santa Fe.
The Lady Tigers used a 12-0 run during the middle of the first half to take a seven-point lead, but the margin was only two points by intermission. It went back up to seven due to four straight turnovers by the Lady Chiefs, but they chipped away at the deficit and went ahead on freshman Kylee Kuecker's goal inside with 3:52 left in the game.
Junior Lexi Smith struck from outside for a 57-53 Santa Fe lead. Pilot Grove tied it on sophomore Allison Weekley's three and went back in front on a pair of Schlotzhauer freebies. Sophomore Kylie Limback's short jumper evened the contest with 17 seconds left before Schlotzhauer hit the winning shot.
Junior Kerigan Wessing led all scorers with 21 points for the Lady Tigers (11-5).
The Lady Chiefs (10-7) got 18 points from Limback and 16 from Smith.
The third-seeded Marshall boys scored the game's first 10 points and cruised to a 76-59 first-round victory over No. 6 Slater.
While the Wildcats missed nine of their first 10 shots from the field, the Owls opened up a 23-3 lead. Junior Connor Cooley's third bomb of the first period extended the margin to 32-8.
Marshall were up by 29 points midway through the second frame until a sloppiness which would last the rest of the night set in. The Wildcats trailed by 30 points twice before a late-game run produced the deceiving final score.
Senior Caleb Pemberton's 24 points paced Slater (8-8).
The Owls (6-8) were balanced offensively, with all five starters logging at least nine points - led by junior Logan Harris' 16 and 14 each from senior Zach Glassmaker and junior Jared Armstrong.
Junior Alex Nolte scored 20 points as No. 2 seed Higginsville began its title defense with an 86-41 romp over seventh-seeded Santa Fe.
The Huskers led 25-8 after one period and stretched the margin to 43-14. Sophomore Ben Hinz provided the Chiefs with their lone highlight by drilling a runner from mid-court at the third-quarter buzzer.
Higginsville (14-1), which also got 13 points from senior Brett Nolte, commanded the second half, 43-24.
Hinz logged 11 points for Santa Fe (2-13), with senior Keaton Graf and junior Truman Sleeper adding 10 apiece.


Dustin Evans (a.k.a. Textasy) is the Texas-born, Natural Sciences affiliate with a reputation for hard-hitting, hip-hop inspired electro and techno music. Heavy on the bass and not shy of a grime or ghetto-house informed sound, the American's tracks are anything but ordinary. They certainly don't sound like they're following any trends.
Following his first release on the Manchester-based label, Evans has prepared his latest, "Deep South Bass Cuts," EP on Natural Sciences' sublabel, Dolphin Traxx.
And while Evans is not shy of his Texan heritage—his logo does a fine job of explaining that—it's clear that his role on the European club circuit is far from finished. Recent gigs at Berlin's famous Herrensauna party along with dates at OHM and Sameheads have proven that there is plenty more "new wave techno bass" and "busted sleaze bag jungle" where the rest came from.


This site was started in December of 2004 after the original Disney Kingdom closed its doors earlier that year. The site originally started with a forum and other content was gradually added around that.
Over the years, forum participation decreased and I made the decision to make this a more blog-centric source for Disney news and information.
This site was created for you, not me. I'm a HUGE fan of all things Disney and want to give back to the Disney fan community by donating my time and abilities to this site wherever possible. I welcome your feedback and contributions and hope that over time we will expand to a point where it will be possible for you to share with others by contributing your reviews, trip reports, photos and more.
Feel free to contact me with your feedback and suggestions, and enjoy the site!


text:
Fact or Fiction: Packers
Fact or Fiction1) The Key to beating the Packers is the Giants Pass Rush.
John Schmeelk: Fact -
In order to disrupt any passing game, a team has to make the opposing quarterback uncomfortable and it's no different with Aaron Rogers. It can't, however, just be the pass rush. The secondary must do their part, and the defensive line can help by getting their arms up in passing lanes as well. The key to the Giants defensive resurgence has been the pass rush and it will be no different Sunday. Dan Salomone: Fiction -
It's a critical facet of the overall formula to beating the Packers, but it's not the be-all, end-all. The key is going to be time of possession. And how do you get that? Run the ball. Balance. Have long, methodical drives so, as Chris Canty says, the defense can put their feet up on the sidelines and save their energy. Not to mention it also keeps Aaron Rodgers off the field. In their only loss, the Kansas City Chiefs controlled the clock by 13 minutes.Michael Eisen: Fiction -
I think it's a key, not THE key. To me the bigger factor is ruing the ball well and keeping it away from the Packers' offense.2) The Giants can win without forcing a turnover again.
Schmeelk: Fact -
As long as they don't turn it over themselves, the answer is yes. The Packers have the second fewest giveaways in the NFL, and the most takeaways, so turnover margin will be even bigger for the Giants on Sunday. The Packers defense gives up a lot of yards but they are ball hawks. On offense, Green Bay simply doesn't make many mistakes. The Giants must do likewise. Salomone: Fiction -
I found it interesting that the Giants' most dominant defensive performance unfolded without forcing a turnover (and just two sacks) last week. That won't be the case against the Packers. The Giants need an early turnover to put the Packers back on their heels while taking the crowd out of it.Eisen: Fact -
When the Packers have the ball in Lambeau they score. The Giants need to take the ball away from them.*3) We will see a game-changing play on special teams from the Giants. *
Schmeelk: Fiction -
I wish I could give a different answer here but there is little evidence the Giants return game is going to deliver a big play. Mathias Kiwanuka and Justin Tuck have some close on a pair of punt blocks the last two weeks, so perhaps they can make a play there. Lawrence Tynes has missed some kicks recently as well, another worry. Salomone: Fact -
It's coming. Whether it's a blocked punt (Justin Tuck and Mathias Kiwanuka have come as close as you can get in recent weeks) or a long return, I think it's coming. The coverage teams have played phenomenally this season, shutting down most of the premier specialists in the league. Meanwhile, punt and kick returns have been different stories. Jerrel Jernigan has, however, provided a late spark, averaging 24.4 yards per kick return in the last four games. And don't forget Will Blackmon despite the dismal punt return game this season. He played four seasons in Green Bay, and out of his 21 career punt returns at Lambeau Field, he has returned two for touchdowns.Eisen: Fact -
We really haven't seen one all year, so we're due. We've come close to blocking a punt the last couple of weeks, so perhaps this is the week they finally get one.4) The Packers will be rusty after sitting their starters in the regular season finale in addition to the first-round bye.
Green Bay only rested a handful of starters on both sides of the ball. It's my belief that the bye will help the Packers a lot more than it will hurt since it is helping them get healthy on the offensive line (Sitton, Clifton), at wide receiver (Jennings, Cobb) and at running back (Starks). Does anyone think Aaron Rogers will be rusty after delivering the best regular season quarterback performance in NFL history? Salomone: Fiction -
It's a provocative narrative these days, but the Packers are too good and too experienced for that to happen. If they get off to a rocky start – and that's a big "if" -- it will be because of the Giants' game plan. Eisen: False -
The Packers are so talented I think the layoff will have zero effect. I'm sure they've practiced hard in the interim.
5) The game will come down to the final possession. Schmeelk: Fact -
The last game did, and the Giants are playing their best football – so why not now? Salomone: Fact -
I expect a similar game in regards to the first edition in mid-December. Both teams have lost some players, and both teams have players coming back healthy since then. This game should go back and forth and hinge on a handful of momentum-changers before the final act that is the fourth quarter. Eisen: Fact -
Not sure about the final possession but I do think it will be decided in the fourth quarter.
Hit the follow botton to join the Giants community! Follow @Giants