Our colleagues at Baltimore City Community College report that there has been a mass firing of adjuncts at Baltimore City Community College with just a few weeks to go before classes start. We are still trying to get information about how extensive the firings were and the reasons behind them, but it appears that the official explanations are "credential checks" and reduced student enrollment by as much as 45%. It also appears that the targeted adjuncts are those who signed cards in support of unionizing with SEIU Local 500.
The Associate Dean of the English, Humanities, Visual and Performing Arts department, who authorized these firings and reassignments, has resigned effective August 1.
Adjuncts' classes are being reassigned to full-timers, none of whom are on tenurable contracts (there is no tenure at BCCC). It looks like the full-timers will be teaching as many as double the number of courses they usually teach -- and some of them don't even know it yet.
We are still trying to find out more and to provide more information as we get it. Please contact us if you have any information, and help us support our BCCC colleagues.
Reinstate Fired Adjunct Professor Sissy Bradford is next on featured "pin to the top of the page" list: New Faculty Majority petitions Texas A&M University at San Antonio, presented by Matt Williams.
"Part time community college instructors earn, on average, 50 cents on the dollar compared to full timers. Moreover, we receive no benefits, no tenure, and no pension. We need pay equity NOW! That's why I signed a petition to President Barack Obama asking him to: Stop balancing college budgets on the backs of part time faculty. Will you sign the petition too? Click here to add your name.
Support forgiveness of student loans, presented by Robert Applebaum. There are also a number of other student loan petitions. Campaigns for student loan debt reform recommend signing all of them or as many as you can ~ separate posts on this issue to follow.
The CREDO Current Actions list includes a student loan forgiveness (scroll to the bottom), probably not the one (I hope) you already signed. The list also includes a number of petitions worth your attention. Spend some of it CREDO is also on Facebook.
Robin Sowards, adjunct faculty, linguistics, at Duquesne University, for actions organizing adjuncts, patiently navigating resistance, shepherding the process through multiple NLRB review. We're waiting for board member and blog contributor Alan Trevithick's definitive article. In the meantime, follow Alan's coverage here.
Ross Borden, board member, for unsung (because allergic to social media) work on NFM research projects, the Unemployment Compensation Initiative, Student Loan Debt issues (which he and I hope will become a full fledged initiative) and many other projects. You may not be able to find his footprint online (unless someone else makes it on his behalf), but he's there and making a difference.
Past hat tipped heroes (still heroic) include Josh Boldt, Sissy Bradford, Lee Bessette (whom we are rooting for to leave our ranks), among other usual suspects. Could this become another, separate feature with a subcategory for non/adjunct heroes? I'm thinking of supporters like Peter Brown, Pablo Eisenberg, Jonathon Rees, Karen Kelsky, Seth Kahn, Kate Bowles and others. Separate profiles would be neat but, until such time as I clone myself, not realistic. Until then, this would help fill the gap and express our appreciation.
Nominations please... submit names with brief description, plus link/s if available.
PEW report on the Future of the Internet by Janna Anderson, Jan Lauren Boyles, Lee Rainie. Jul 27, 2012, surveys some stakeholder expectations for the future of higher education.
…#UCB Chancellor Birgenau tells Times Higher Education, UK... and there I was thinking I'd have to pass on posting today, tired early and not guest contributor on the horizon to give me a break.... then this in my feed reader, irresistible blog manna from cyberspace. Ever so many thanks Elizabeth Gibney for this treasure, more confirmation than surprise.
Vox populi: US now sees the academy as a private good. Higher education should not be free even if the funds permit it, according to the chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley. Tuition fees for in-state students at the public university have almost doubled in three years. But Robert Birgeneau, who steps down at the end of the year, told Times Higher Education that he does not mind tuition going up for the wealthy...."If you do any economic analysis, if education is free it simply represents a transfer of income from poor to rich...I think that's a social injustice," he added.
Read the rest at Times Higher Education - Don't rob poor to educate rich. There is also a comment section should you feel so inclined.
New Faculty Majority is currently seeking State Coordinators for the NFM National Unemployment Compensation Initiative These are currently UNPAID VOLUNTEER positions. We understand, as keenly as anyone can, that adjunct & contingent faculty already have their hands full with other responsibilities. We hope that, through the efforts of the organization's many volunteers, New Faculty Majority might affect change in the academy which will benefit future generations of scholars and students.
We are getting quite a few inquiries from folks who would like to serve as volunteer state coordinators. Be assured that we will find a role for anyone who is willing and able to help. Please take just a few minutes to complete the application and tell us a little about yourself and why you want to become involved in advocating for adjunct & contingent faculty rights.
According to UK political activist Richard Seymour writing in The Guardian, Chicago teachers could strike a blow for organised labor globally. Although risky, a successful, a fight to halt school budget cuts in Democratic heartland would be a huge boost for unions.
…according to Reuters, but didn't we already know it? So where's the beef? The real news in this story? It's not even news that Reuters overlooked adjuncts. The source signals that the story is global, no longer higher education's dirty little house secret, covered up with short term measures like more adjuncts and higher tuition to cover the short fall without addressing structural and even deep foundation problems. The jig's up! Globally at that (and we're not alone either).
For generations, most college-bound Americans paid reasonable fees to attend publicly financed state universities. But the bedrock of that system is fracturing as cash-strapped states slash funding to these schools just as attendance has soared. Places like Ohio State, Penn State and the University of Michigan now receive less than 7 percent of their budgets from state appropriations.
As a result, public universities -- which historically have graduated the majority of U.S. college students -- are eliminating programs, raising tuition and accepting more out-of-state students, who typically pay significantly higher rates.
Preserve, change or adapt, we are working for a voice in the university now and to come. So then, what is our idea of the idea of the university, contemporary, ideal, historical? What shaped the university and higher education as we have experienced it and know it now? What challenges does it face?
Peter Kemp (Aarhus): The Idea of University in a Cosmopolitan Perspective. Davide Cantoni and Noam Yuchtman on how universities helped transform the medieval world. From H-Net, a review of Twentieth-Century Higher Education: Elite to Mass to Universal. A review of The Constitution Goes to College: Five Constitutional Ideas That Have Shaped the American Universityby Rodney A. Smolla.
Cross-posted at the Adjunct Project.
Many of us have been suggesting for awhile now that, in order for adjuncts to continue gaining momentum, we need to get the issue out into the public eye. We need to get parents and students on our side, or at least make them aware of the situation. Obviously, the mainstream media attention we have begun to garner is helping in that endeavor. The more we dispel the myth that all college professors are overpaid and underworked (ha!), the better off we will be when it comes to gaining public support for our mission.
Which is why I was particularly heartened by an email I received this week from the parent of a high school senior. In the email, this parent astutely asserts that she is affected by colleges' exploitative practices because she is a "future consumer."
Very true, and well-said. Business practices affect the consumer, whether he or she is willing to recognize it or not. This parent is clearly one who seeks to explore these practices before she patronizes the school. She is exactly the kind of parent to whom we should appeal.
CHICAGO -- The National Labor Relations Board issued a ruling Tuesday, July 17th, against Columbia College Chicago as a result of unfair labor practice charges brought against the college by the faculty union, Part-time Faculty Association at Columbia College ("P-fac").
A few have asked, "Who are these folks?" I had a long talk this morning with one of the organizers, NFM member Ms. Robin Clarke, who teaches English at the University of Pittsburgh. Her spouse teaches at Duquesne. She and a group of NTT faculty at Pitt, Duquesne, and Carnegie Mellon are trying to raise consciousness through this conference, and have received funding from the Pitt chapter of AAUP and US Steelworkers for the conference.
…follow up on recent coverage in Joe Berry's COCAL Updates, July 11&13. He notes that CCSF may be the most adjunct friendly community college in the state.
City College of San Francisco has just eight months to come up with a new plan to save money and restructure its leadership, or the school could be forced to close, leaving 90,000 students behind.
On Monday night, students held the first major rally in a campaign to save City College, a gathering that was part pep rally and part call to action...."One in three San Franciscans have been to City College; either taken a class or transferred to a four-year, so City College does play a big role in many people's lives," argued student Tiffany Louie.
They must have an action plan in place by October 15th.
Read the rest of City College students and teachers brainstorm ways to save school | www.ktvu.com. Watch video here.
…Remember our #NewFac12 Summit hosts, Association of American College and Universities? This is their project. We're planning a 2013 Summit…keep'ya posted on updates as they come my way. Members: look for a Summit or related Forum at the NFM Members Forum section on the "new" New (new²…new³…etc?) Faculty Majority website...or email info@newfacultymajority.info and ask Esther to start one for you.
For the past five years, a quiet efficiency revolution has been taking place on more than 600 college campuses. It offers potential lessons for companies on how a sector can simultaneously compete and collaborate to achieve ever higher levels of environmental success.
…a topic that includes but is not limited to contingent faculty, debt or even just higher education. We're all connected in many ways, threatened too and need to build more bridges. Recent NEA support for updating DoL language on UI eligibility to clarify "reasonable assurance" at the federal level is just one example.
Another might be the flip side or ongoing cognitive dissonance between K-12 and higher ed members in education unions. Better communication there should mean more voice for contingent faculty. Issues affecting K-12 affect higher education. Trends taking root in one will move to the other. Then there is the obvious one.... teaching, plus primarily contingent staffed areas like ESL, ABE, GED, tutoring, tech school, etc. that fall between and often through the cracks.
At my community college we have a relatively new upper administration. The President is just finishing her 2nd year and the Vice President for Academic Affairs (VPAA) just finished her first year here. Neither one has strong academic background and the VPAA has not yet learned the 'culture' of the College. For example in the Spring semester, she cancelled classes with 9 and 10 students in them (some were required for the students to graduate) and then complained that enrollment was down!
New blog post by NFM veep Matt Williams, Wet Tinder or the contingent faculty movement catching fire?
I've been inspired by Moneyball! At the time I saw the movie, which was last fall, I was a contingent teaching graduate statistics to counseling students. Right after I saw the movie, I was inspired to use it to help my students see the application of statistics in the "real world," and even with counseling students using this movie worked! They learned and were excited! Obviously, I wasn't paid to take work to the movies or to take the movies to work, but the connections worked for the students.
With [Josh's] recent blog tying Moneyball to the world of the contingent faculty member, I saw a whole new spin on the movie.
Read the rest of Punching the Adjunct Time Card.
A commentary on the National Gathering in Philly but strikes other chords / echoes other plangent refrains as well, recently about the New Faculty Majority in particular but surely others as well ~ an unexpected but welcome universality.
It's mainstream economists, not economists in general. And they're not really stupid, just dogmatic in their insistence on a particular theory of economics. But Ross Gittins [ht: tm] does put his figure on a real problem.
Thursday was the last day of the National Education Association's Representative Assembly (RA). It was a successful RA for the Contingent Faculty Caucus; we are building power and visibility and have achieved an important victory for contingent faculty.
The NEA is the largest education union in the country, with almost 3 million members, the vast majority in K-12. On one hand, NEA is big and powerful; on the other, higher ed is a tiny minority trying to be heard amid all the noise, and contingent faculty are a weak minority within that minority. Our challenge is that we must constantly educate our K-12 colleagues about our issues; they have no idea what our working conditions are or that we constitute a significant majority of higher ed's teaching workforce.
It is with deep sadness that we inform you of the tragic loss of Brother Nick Yovnello, who passed away in a car accident Saturday afternoon. Nick served as that President of the Council of New Jersey State College Locals and was a dedicated union leader for over 40 years.
It's a landslide! The college with the most entries on the Adjunct Project spreadsheet is the Community College of Vermont with 17 slots.
The bad news for CCV is every single one of its respondents negatively rated the school. Unlike other colleges on the sheet that have varying descriptions in the Notes column, the Community College of Vermont is all bad. The major critique seems to be directed at the administration on campus, which is frequently described as an "exclusive club." Judging from the comments, it appears that the administration at CCV is particularly heinous.
A year ago today, I published my first installment of This Day in Labor History. 33 posts and 1 award later, here we are. I thought there might be interest in having them in digest form.
…a little something to tide me over until I get to deciding what to post about after taking the day more or less off yesterday. e.g. local post, email and social media exchanges. Does getting into it with a local SoCal transplant, gated community resident, over student loan rates count?
Wet Tinder: Will the Adjunct Movement Ever Catch Fire?
NFM vice president Matt Williams tells how and this Republican adjunct teaching business and marketing became an adjunct activist and joined the New Faculty Majority. Matt (pictured below "swimming in a sea of non-Republicans" at 2010 NFM Retreat in Akron Ohio. Left to right: Ross Borden, Research Chair, SUNY Cortland; Matt Williams slaving over a hot laptop; NFM President Maria Maisto, U Akron, Anne Wiegard, then Secretary, now President NFM Foundation, SUNY Cortlandt).
I have struggled from time-to-time over the past several years that I have been involved in the adjunct & contingent faculty movement, occasionally reflecting on the question of when, if ever, the movement will achieve meaningful change. The sparks–which have been plentiful–have thus far failed to ignite the tinder and yield a useful flame. Why is this? Will it change? It it the right time? What am I doing here? Is all this merely a waste of time and resources? Are we really just spinning our tires?
I have created a petition addressed to U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis requesting that the DOL revise and update their characterization of the profession. Please take a moment to add your name to the petition.
How can our own government get it so incredibly wrong? The U.S. Department of Labor publishes occupational outlook data in its Occupational Outlook Handbook. This publication (available online at http://www.bls.gov/ooh/) reports median and average salaries for various occupations along with details about types and amount of education typically required to enter professions, typical working conditions, total number of jobs, growth or contraction outlook, etc.
The DOL OOH (pronounced "doooh!"…the L is silent) identifies the median salary for college professors (i.e., postsecondary teachers) to be $62,050. The median wage is the wage at which half of the workers in the occupation earned more than that amount and half earned less. Median wage data are from the BLS Occupational Employment Statistics survey.


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Welcome to Redeemer!
Art and Architecture of Redeemer
Redeemer's 2020 MARDI GRAS PARTY!!
Clergy, Staff & Lay Leaders
Redeemer Montessori School
About The Episcopal Church
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We invite you to join us! The Episcopal Church of the Redeemer is a welcoming congregation offering a home to all, regardless of race, color, gender, sexual orientation, age, ability, or socio-economic class. We want you to be a part of what we do.
Weekly Events:
Adult Sunday School between services (9:15 am) in the conference room
Redeemer Gift Shop is open after both services in the parish hall foyer
Refreshments after both services in the parish hall foyer
Children's Sunday School (Godly Play) during the 10:30 service, beginning in the sanctuary, proceeding to the education room until rejoining their family at before communion
Tuesdays:
Tuesday Morning Bible Study 10-11:30 am in the conference room
Prayer Posse: Join us for evening prayer and extemporaneous prayer for our parish 5:30-6:15 pm in the Sanctuary
Choir Practice 7-8:30 pm in the Sanctuary
Vestry Meeting every Monday following the third Sunday of the month. 6:30 pm in the conference room
Finance Committee Meeting every Thursday preceding the third Sunday of the month 6:30 pm in the conference room
periodic events
Our parish family enjoys spending time together. For special occasions, we come together for brunch between services. We also host seasonal events such as Oktoberfest and Mardi Gras. We also have been known to participate in parades. We're happy to welcome our neighbors for the fun and fellowship.
8:00 am - Rite II, Holy Eucharist (said)
10:30 am - Rite II, Holy Eucharist (with music)
9 am to Noon - Nursery for kids up to 4 years old
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As you probably read in recent weeks, I was one of the keynote speakers at EV-Box's inaugural rEVolution summit, which took place yesterday in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. I noticed ahead of time that the inspiring Engie exec Thierry Lepercq — Executive Vice President in charge of Research, Technology, and Innovation — was going to be one of the other speakers, but I did not anticipate the huge news that was to come. At the very end of the summit, EV-Box CEO Kristof Vereenooghe slow-walked us through the announcement, somewhat teasing the audience as he gradually unveiled that EV-Box had just become a part of Engie.
The story here is much bigger than it probably seems on the surface, and it's something I plan to roll out in a series of articles in the coming weeks, months, and probably years. But below is a broad introduction.
The first thing to note — since I know that even many EV leaders aren't familiar with the name EV-Box — is that EV-Box is actually a global leader in the production of EV charging stations (EVSE). That said, I think it's safe to acknowledge that there are no real global leaders in this space up till now. There are some corporate giants — Siemens, GE, Bosch — who have been offering products for a few years, but many markets are actually dominated by niche homegrown players who are specifically focused on selling EV charging stations in local or regional markets. Clipper Creek is an obvious example in the US — see this chart.
Photo of my wife and eldest daughter next to an Amsterdam EV charging station and a rare European Chevy Volt.
Aside from developing a good charging solution, one thing EV-Box has benefited from is a hot EV market around its home base — the Netherlands. This is one of the top EV markets in the world, which has surely helped EV-Box to scale up fairly quickly from its Dutch garage roots (e.g., Amsterdam's superb on-street EV charging network uses EV-Box charging stations). But it seems as if the scaling EV-Box has done to date is nothing compared to what is around the corner.
First of all, Engie is certainly not acquiring the company with a small vision. Engie is a truly global energy company, with a presence in 70 countries. It is a legitimate energy giant. Engie seems to now have an obsessive focus on the endgame, in business unit after business unit and product after product. Thierry Lepercq is one of the most dynamic speakers I've seen in the cleantech arena — perhaps the most dynamic — and that is backed by a long and deep focus on the future, on transformative technology, and on steps to the future that most people can't see. Engie's CEO, Isabelle Kocher, is apparently the one behind Engie's surprising focus on disruptive innovation, and Thierry was quick to give her the credit in his presentation and his interview with me, but that's a story for a coming day.
Engie's acquisition of EV-Box is a sign that the French giant, which is in essence ~200 years old, intends to integrate the charging company into its move to remain a global energy leader. Remaining a global energy leader is a dramatic challenge for companies like Engie, given how quickly the sector is changing and how hard it is for large corporations to move in nimble and shape-shifting ways. But that's a key to the acquisition.
EV-Box is already the European leader in EV charging stations, and thus one of the global leaders. It has deployed 40,000 EV charging stations in 20 countries. It is one of a few top EV charging companies globally at this point.
Engie is not coming in and kicking out the innovators who brought EV-Box so much market success. It seems the French company is basically letting EV-Box continue as a startup — but with the funding, connections, global reach, and advisory boost that Engie can offer.
EV-Box founder and CTO Bram van de Leur took the lead and developed EV-Box's first charging station. He worked hard and got his product installed all over the Netherlands, supported by strong national government incentives for electric car purchases as well as city leadership (especially from Amsterdam). With enough success and scale, EV-Box has expanded into other markets, most recently the United States.
Without a doubt, Engie and EV-Box have strong growth plans. In a long one-on-one interview with Thierry Lepercq, he told me that Engie is basically eyeing three main markets with the businesses/products they acquire or develop — North America, Europe, and Asia. Hmm … no small plans.
Thierry also made it clear to me that he sees this market as an extremely ripe one. It is on the verge of massive growth. His presentation at rEVolution highlighted what CleanTechnica readers often discuss down in the comments: "expert" projections on market growth are almost always linear — linear, linear, linear. However, disruptive technologies see J-curve growth, and as I highlighted in my presentation earlier in the day, the EV market is on the verge of breakout growth on that J-curve (or S-curve, depending on how you look at it in the grand scheme of things). The key point is that EVs (like solar) are at the early stage of an exponential growth trend.
Speaking with longtime EV enthusiast and market expert Roger Atkins the night before the conference (at our impromptu CleanTechnica meetup), Roger nailed the story with this metaphor: so many people and companies try to jump on the wave after it's already formed, but the real leaders get on the wave just as it is forming. Those are the people and companies that get the market going and most deserve the credit.
EV-Box has been one of those leaders, and that leadership is paying off and looks set to pay off much more so in the coming years*.
Engie realizes that now is the time to become an EV charging leader. If not now, the market will be set and closed within a few years. For sure, EV-Box doesn't lack competitors today. ChargePoint is entering the European market after receiving large investments from automotive giants Daimler and BMW iVentures (as well as investments from our forward-focused friend Michael Liebreich and others back in 2016). The green & orange chart above shows several other nearby competitors.
ChargePoint and EV-Box have quite different underlying ideologies regarding charging. ChargePoint is going with a closed-platform approach whereas EV-Box is focused on an open one. It's the old Apple vs Android story. Which will be bigger and better in the end is something that can be debated for hours upon hours.
EVgo is another charging station leader focused on the open platform approach. It is just in North America at the moment, but it's the leader in fast-charging stations there. In the midst of the EV-Box news and the recent ChargePoint news, I have to wonder what the company vision is. Is it — like Engie/EV-Box and ChargePoint — realizing that now is the time to try to become a global leader? Or is it content to try to scale up in the North American market and consider global expansion later? Do these charging companies need to conquer the globe to succeed? Or can we end up with great regional variation like we have today?
Another major Dutch player in the EV charging world is Fastned. The company routinely impresses me with its ecosystem-focused approach to EV charging and to business in general. It is the only EV charging company I know of that puts solar panels on the roofs of all of its charging stations. It now designs these stations in-house — superbly. The stations quickly catch the eye with their elegant design and signature yellow trim. The stations are also unique in that they all include charging capability for any type of EV — whether you drive a Renault Zoe, a Nissan LEAF, a BMW i3, or a Tesla Model X, you can charge at a Fastned station. In other words, they have CCS ports, CHAdeMO ports, and Tesla charging nozzles that utilize Tesla-supplied adapters.
→ With the EV market on the verge of tremendous torque-inspired growth, will we continue to have decentralized regional leaders in the EV charging station market, the EV charging network market, the electric carsharing market, and the electric taxi market, or will lucky J-curve surfers quickly rise to become global brands that dominate most markets?
→ Which leading startups will become global brands?
→ Which current global business giants have the vision, leadership, and spreadsheet wizards to acquire, invest in, and incubate those brands?
*That's not to say all leaders achieve such financial or practical success! Many are too ahead of the curve, get unlucky, don't make the right connections, or just make one or two fatal missteps along the way.


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Auburn calls MTSO a 'Bright Spot'
MTSO course at Underground Railroad Freedom Center
Alums and friends invited to join Israel/Palestine trip
Visitors take in the farm
Quilted mural depicts Underground Railroad
Upcoming campus events
Mount Award recipients honored on Alumni Day
Auburn Seminary has recognized MTSO in its report "Bright Spots in Theological Education: Hopeful Stories in a Time of Crisis and Change." Based in New York City, Auburn is a leadership development institute seeking to equip leaders of faith and moral courage to inspire positive change in the world.
Auburn's Sept. 20 report, which features MTSO's Seminary Hill Farm on the cover, was released Sept. 20. In the section "Modes of Innovation: 10 Case Studies," the report details the "leap of faith" that began with MTSO's founding of the farm and extends to an array of commitments to ecology and social justice. Among other MTSO initiatives cited in the report are:
Degree specializations in Ecology and Justice.
A newly created faculty position in Theology, Ecology and Race, to which Elaine Nogueira-Godsey has been appointed.
New installations of a solar array to provide electricity and a geothermal system for heating and cooling academic facilities.
Efforts to make fresh, healthy food available in the central city through MTSO's Community Food and Wellness Initiative.
"The renewal of the seminary is emerging from this new imagination regarding use of their land in relation to their core mission," the Auburn report says of MTSO, "and in turn, their core mission is sharpening in its focus and vitality, as well."
Race, religion and nation
MTSO will offer a timely and compelling graduate-level course, "Race, Religion and Nation: From Black Power to Black Lives Matter," at the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, 50 E. Freedom Way in Cincinnati.
Classes will be held Jan. 9-13, 2017, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Enrollment is open to the public. Tuition and fees for non-degree-seeking students total $2,198. Non-credit auditing is offered for a fee of $200, with a reduced audit fee of $75 for those 60 and older. Space is limited. To enroll, contact Benjamin Hall at 800-333-6876 or bhall@mtso.edu.
The three-credit-hour course is offered through a cooperative relationship between MTSO and the Freedom Center, forged to promote justice and theologies of freedom. It will analyze the relationship between race, religion and nation through a historical exploration of the Black Lives Matter movement with attention to critical antecedents, including Black Power activism, hip hop music and culture, and the presidency of Barack Obama. MTSO instructor Tejai Beulah, a Ph.D. candidate in U.S. historical studies and an engaging teacher and activist, will lead the course.
"Race, Religion and Nation" is one of several January Term and Spring Semester MTSO courses that provide opportunities for meaningful continuing education. Details on those courses are available at www.mtso.edu/learnmore.
Faculty-led experience next spring
Alumni and friends of MTSO are invited to join MTSO students and faculty for a cross-cultural trip to Israel/ Palestine May 24-June 7, 2017. Full details, including a downloadable information flier, are here. The trip will be led by Professor John Kampen and Associate Professor Yvonne Zimmerman, with Assistant Professor Ryan Schellenberg accompanying.
The individual cost for the trip will be between $3,600 and $4,100, depending on the number of participants. It includes all breakfasts and dinners as well as three lunches. Also, non-students will be considered auditors and will need to pay the audit fee of $200 for the course ($75 for seniors).
A commitment to the trip and a $200 deposit will be required by Dec. 10. Full payment of the fee for the trip is due Feb. 10. That is also when the school will need your passport information.
MTSO and Seminary Hill Farm have hosted a number of visitors to campus in recent weeks through the school's Community Food and Wellness Initiative. The initiative is an educational program that engages Central Ohio churches and community groups on the topics of food and wellness.
Children, their parents and leaders of the Gladden Community House Preschool visited campus for a Farm Field Day Sept. 29. They capped the trip off by assembling their own wood-fired pizzas for lunch.
"This event allowed the kids to explore the diverse land community at Seminary Hill Farm – soil and water, insects and pollinators, plants and produce – and to learn firsthand from the farmers about where food comes from," said Patrick Kaufmann, project coordinator for the Community Food and Wellness Initiative. "This event was not just a one-off engagement but rather the start of a partnership with Gladden Preschool."
More photos from the Farm Field Day are on Facebook.
On Oct. 6, MTSO hosted representatives of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers and Alliance for Fair Food, who spoke to students, faculty and staff at a well-attended Coffee Shop meeting as part of their National Truth Tour. Also in attendance were individuals from Franklinton Gardens, who spent time in the afternoon helping the Seminary Hill farmers with some fall weeding. View photos from Oct. 6 here.
New in the Gallery
A quilted mural commemorating the Underground Railroad now hangs on the east wall of the Gallery between the Alford Centrum and Dickhaut Library on the MTSO campus. The 8- by 6-foot quilt, titled "Into the Light," was sketched by MTSO alum Lynda Ryan (MA in Christian Education, '94) and completed in September 2006 by a number of quilters in the San Antonio, Texas, area.
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Video of the Mount Awards service of thanksgiving, featuring a sermon by Associate Professor Valerie Bridgeman, is here. Photos of Alumni Day are on MTSO's Facebook page.


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Епископ Маркелл (в миру Маркелл Онуфриевич Попель; 31 декабря 1825, Галич, Австрийская империя — 29 сентября 1903, Санкт-Петербург) — епископ Русской православной церкви, епископ Полоцкий и Витебский.

Семья и образование
Родился в дворянской семье, принадлежавшей к грекокатолическому вероисповедованию. Жена — Климента Фёдоровна, урождённая Еловецкая, умерла в 1864. В семье было двое сыновей.

Окончил четырёхклассную немецкую школу в Галиче, получил среднее образование в классических гимназиях в Станиславове и Бучаче. После окончания гимназического курса поступил в университет. Окончил философский факультет в Черновицах, получил богословское образование во Львове и Вене.

Греко-католический священник
С 1849 года — учитель педагогических курсов во Львове.

С 20 декабря 1850 года — священник приходской грекокатолической церкви Львовской архиепископии в Бучаче.

С 1851 года — законоучитель гимназии в Тернополе.

С 1859 года — учитель русского языка в академической гимназии во Львове.

С 1862 года — законоучитель немецкой гимназии в том же городе.

В молодости занимался литературой, автор трагедии «Немира», опубликованной в первой русской газете в Австрии «Зоря галицкая», и исследования о певце Бояне (персонаже «Слова о полку Игореве»), напечатанного в венской газете «Вестник». Также написал ряд богословских работ, получивших широкую известность — в них содержалась защита восточного богослужебного обряда. Среди его трудов: «Нравственное богословие» (1857), «Литургика» (1862 и 1863), «Сто образков» (сто примеров из природы для чтения юношества) (1865). В 1865—1866 издавал во Львове народную религиозно-нравственную газету «Неделя».

Деятельность в России
В конце 1866 по приглашению Правительственной комиссии народного просвещения в Польше переселился в Россию, где его хорошо знали как священника, симпатизировавшего православию. В том же году был уволен холмский униатский епископ Калинский, и духовная консистория взяла курс на изъятие из богослужения латинских элементов и переход в проповедях с польского на русский язык. Активным проводником этой политики, означавшей постепенную подготовку к отказу от унии, и стал о. Маркелл Попель.

С января 1867 — законоучитель Холмской гимназии и преподаватель литургики и нравственного богословия в Холмской грекокатолической духовной семинарии. Осенью того же года посетил приходы на Подляшье, отказавшиеся выполнять распоряжения консистории, и убеждал их в том, что речь идёт не о нововведениях, а о восстановлении старых обрядов и обычаев.

С 1868 — старший протоиерей при Холмском кафедральном соборе и референт Холмской униатской духовной консистории. Принял российское подданство. После назначения новым холмским епископом нерешительного Михаила Куземского оказывал значительное влияние на управление епархией, стал епархиальным экзаменатором по церковной истории и церковному праву для священников, подвергавшихся испытанию по богословским предметам для получения места настоятеля прихода, а также председателем комитета по возобновлению Холмских епархиальных учреждений.

Администратор грекокатолической Холмской епархии
С 16 марта 1871, после увольнения Куземского, о. Маркелл был назначен администратором Холмской епархии. 2 октября 1873 издал распоряжение о повсеместном восстановлении православного обряда, который был принят 240 приходами на Подляшье из 266. Остальные приходы отказались подчиниться администратору и были поддержаны Папой Пием IX, издавшим 23 мая 1874 буллу, в которой назвал протоиерея Попеля «ложным церковным правителем, не достойным церковного сана» и обвинил его во введении в епархии схизматической (православной) литургии и в том, чтобы он побуждал грекокатоликов не подчиняться папской власти. Однако о. Маркелл продолжил свой курс на включение униатов в состав православной церкви.

18 февраля 1875 года по инициативе протоиерея Маркелла Попеля духовенство консистории и Холмского кафедрального собора постановило составить акт о воссоединении Холмской греко-униатской епархии с православной церковью. После того, как акт был передан в Святейший Синод, тот 23 апреля 1875 постановил присоединить Холмскую греко-униатскую епархию к Варшавской и, образовав из них одну православную епархию, назвать её Холмско-Варшавской (в память о православной Холмской епархии, основанной в начале XIII века). При этом управление бывшими грекокатолическими приходами было поручено викарному епископу Люблинскому, которым, после принятия православия, назначал о. Маркелл.

23 мая 1875, в день памяти святых Кирилла и Мефодия, ровно через год после издания папской буллы, униатские приходы Холмской епархии были присоединены к православию.

Православный архиерей
С 8 июля 1875 — епископ Люблинский, викарий Холмско-Варшавской епархии. Его главной задачей в это время было утверждение своей паствы в православии.

С 9 декабря 1878 — епископ Подольский и Брацлавский. Поощрял проповедническую деятельность подведомственных ему священников (сам много проповедовал и опубликовал около 60 своих слов, речей и бесед в «Подольских епархиальных ведомостях»), открытие церковно-приходских школ и создание из их учеников певческих хоров. Считал церковное пение хорошим способом воспитания у паствы религиозно-нравственного чувства.

С 6 марта 1882 — епископ Полоцкий и Витебский. За время управления этой епархией открыл 172 церковно-приходские школы, активно создавал хоры певчих, стимулировал введение общего хорового церковного пения. В каждой церкви епископом было предписано вести богослужебный журнал, в который записывать темы для проповедей, затем проверявшиеся епархиальным архиереем. В 1887 основал в Витебске братство во имя святого равноапостольного князя Владимира для религиозно-нравственного воспитания народа в духе православной церкви. В первый же год в состав братства вступили до пятисот человек.

25 февраля 1889 года был назначен присутствующим в Святейшем Синоде, с увольнением от управления Полоцкой епархией. Этот пост занимал в течение почти 12 лет.

Скончался в Санкт-Петербурге. Был погребён в Исидоровской церкви Александро-Невской лавры, в 1932 его останки были перенесены на Никольское кладбище.

Литература
 Самоквасов К. Очерки и воспоминания из недавней истории бывш. Холмской греко-униатской епархии // Холмско-Варшавский епархиальный вестник. 1879. — № 2. — С. 26-32; № 3. — С. 40-45; № 9. — С. 149—155
 Викул П. Ф., свящ. Подольские архипастыри. — Каменец-Подольск, 1895
 Преосвященный Маркелл Попель: К 25-летию воссоединения холмских униатов // Холмский народный календарь на 1901 г. — Холм, 1900. — С. 155—166;
 Тихон (Беллавин), еп. Речь перед отпеванием преосв. еп. Маркелла. СПб., 1903;
 Холмский народный календарь на 1905 г. — Холм, 1904
 Ливчак Н. Н., прот. К истории воссоединения униатов Холмской епархии: Записки и воспоминания. — Вильна, 1910;
 Левицький К. Iсторiя полiтичноï думки галицьких украïнцiв, 1848—1914. — Львiв, 1926;
 Lewandowski J. Na pograniczu: Polityka władz państwowych wobec unitów Podlasia i Chełmszczyzny, 1772—1875. Lublin, 1996
 Osadczy W. Święta Ruś: Rozwńj i oddziaływanie idei prawosławia w Galicji. Lublin, 2007;
 Wojtowicz-Huber B. «Ojcowie narodu»: Duchowieństwo greckokatolickie w ruchu narodowym Rusinów galicyjskich (1867—1918). — Warsz., 2008;
 Прийма О. Священики з роду Попель у Галичинi XIX—XX ст. // Лiтопис Бойкiвщини. — Дрогобич, 2013. — № 2. — С. 38-42.

Примечания

Епископы Русской православной церкви
Епископы Полоцкие
Похороненные на Никольском кладбище Александро-Невской лавры
Священники УГКЦ

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Q: serialization error with system.numerics.complex (MONO environment) I have an error about serialization of complex numbers in MONO. If I run the same code in a Microsoft .NET environment I have no error at all.
I'm using a binary formatter, and this is the function using it:
public static void dump_to_file(List<QuantumOperator> obj, string custom_filename = "")
    {
        if (custom_filename.Length > 0)
        {
            custom_filename = "-" + custom_filename;
        }
        var filename = filename_prefix + "-" + filename_suffix + custom_filename + ".pickle";
        Console.WriteLine("Begin writing file: " + filename);
        var binform = new BinaryFormatter();
        var f = new FileStream(filename, FileMode.OpenOrCreate);
        var sw = Stopwatch.StartNew();
        binform.Serialize(f, obj);
        f.Close();
        sw.Stop();
        Console.WriteLine("Writing time: " + sw.Elapsed.TotalSeconds.ToString() + " seconds.");
        Console.WriteLine("Write done. Closing file.");
    }

I have this error running with MONO (under linux with "mono-sgen"):
Unhandled Exception:
System.Runtime.Serialization.SerializationException: Type System.Numerics.Complex is not marked as Serializable.
  at System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary.BinaryCommon.CheckSerializable (System.Type type, ISurrogateSelector selector, StreamingContext context) [0x00000] in :0
  at System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary.ObjectWriter.GetObjectData (System.Object obj, System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary.TypeMetadata& metadata, System.Object& data) [0x00000] in :0
but if I compile it with Visual Studio (2013) I have no problem at all, as I said.
I'm not a C# expert, I'm started to code two weeks ago, so I have no idea how to fix this problem.
I tried to create a custom Complex class (marked as serializable) derived from system.numerics.complex, but .NET is no happy with this solution, because system.numerics.complex is a sealed class.
thanks in advance,
Fausto

A: This looks like a bug in mono. Mono does not have [Serializable] attribute for System.Numerics.Complex type while MS .NET has.
System.Numerics.Complex from mono source
System.Numerics.Complex from MS.NET source
As a workaround you can download one of these files, add [Serializable] attribute and add the file to your project using conditional compilation instructions. (#if MONO  ... source file here... #endif). Then add to your solution profile MONO, which defines MONO in project settings. In that case you'll have to complie two different .exe files - one for MS.NET platform and another one for Mono platform, but at least serialization should work.

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The importance of music recommender systems is increasing because most online services that manage large music collections cannot provide users with entirely satisfactory access to their collections. Many users of music streaming services want to discover "unknown" pieces that truly match their musical tastes even if these pieces are scarcely known by other users. Recommender systems should thus be able to select musical pieces that will likely be preferred by estimating user tastes. To develop a satisfactory system, it is essential to take into account the contents and ratings of musical pieces. Note that the content should be automatically analyzed from multiple viewpoints such as timbral and rhythmic aspects whereas the ratings are provided by users.
We deal with hybrid music recommendation in this thesis based on users' ratings and timbral and rhythmic features extracted from polyphonic musical audio signals. Our goal was to simultaneously satisfy six requirements: (1) accuracy, (2) diversity, (3) coverage, (4) promptness, (5) adaptability, and (6) scalability. To achieve this, we focused on a model-based hybrid filtering method that has been proposed in the field of document recommendation. This method can be used to make accurate and prompt recommendations with wide coverage and diversity in musical pieces, using a probabilistic generative model that unifies both content-based and rating-based data in a statistical way.
To apply this method to enable satisfying music recommendation, we tackled four issues: (i) lack of adaptability, (ii) lack of scalability, (iii) no capabilities for using musical features, and (iv) no flexibility for integrating multiple aspects of music. To solve issue (i), we propose an incremental training method that partially updates the model to promptly reflect partial changes in the data (addition of rating scores and registration of new users and pieces) instead of training the entire model from scratch. To solve issue (ii), we propose a cluster-based training method that efficiently constructs the model at a fixed computational cost regardless of the numbers of users and pieces. To solve issue (iii), we propose a bag-of-features model that represents the time-series features of a musical piece as a set of existence probabilities of predefined features. To solve issue (iv), we propose a flexible method that integrates the musical features of timbral and rhythmic aspects into bag-of-features representations.
In Chapter 3, we first explain the model-based method of hybrid filtering that takes into account both rating-based and content-based data, i.e., rating scores awarded by users and the musical features of audio signals. The probabilistic model can be used to formulate a generative mechanism that is assumed to lie behind the observed data from the viewpoint of probability theory. We then present incremental training and its application to cluster-based training. The model formulation enables us to incrementally update the partial parameters of the model according to the increase in observed data. Cluster-based training initially builds a compact model called a core model for fixed numbers of representative users and pieces, which are the centroids of clusters of similar users and pieces. To obtain the complete model, the core model is then extended by registering all users and pieces with incremental training. Finally, we describe the bag-of-features model to enable hybrid filtering to deal with musical features extracted from polyphonic audio signals. To capture the timbral aspects of music, we created a model for the distribution of Mel frequency cepstral coefficients (MFCCs). To also take into account the rhythmic aspects of music, we effectively combined rhythmic features based on drum-sound onsets with timbral features (MFCCs) by using principal component analysis (PCA). The onsets of drum sounds were automatically obtained as described in the next chapter.
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In Chapter 5, we discuss the evaluation of our system by using audio signals from commercial CDs and their corresponding rating scores obtained from an e-commerce site. The results revealed that our system accurately recommended pieces including non-rated ones from a wide diversity of artists and maintained a high degree of accuracy even when new rating score, users, and pieces were added. Cluster-based training, which can speed up model training a hundred fold, had the potential to improve the accuracy of recommendations. That is, we found a breakthrough that overcame the trade-off, i.e., accuracy v.s. efficiency, which has been considered to be unavoidable. In addition, we verified the importance of timbral and rhythmic features in making accurate recommendations.
Chapter 6 discusses the major contributions of this study to different research fields, particularly to music recommendation and music analysis. We also discuss issues that still remain to be resolved and future directions of research.
Chapter 7 concludes this thesis.


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"She's Not Cryin' Anymore" é uma canção co-escrita e gravada pelo cantor country Billy Ray Cyrus.

É o quarto single do álbum Some Gave All. A canção atingiu o 57 lugar na Billboard Hot Country Songs e a quarta da carreira de Cyrus a entrar no Top 40.

A canção pulou para o 6 lugar nas paradas musicais, depois de 20 semanas. Ficou em 70 lugar na Billboard Hot 100.

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Singles de 1992
Canções gravadas por Billy Ray Cyrus


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 Stadtmühle (Lauda-Königshofen), Wohnplatz auf der Gemarkung des Lauda-Königshofener Stadtteils Königshofen, Main-Tauber-Kreis, Baden-Württemberg
 Stadtmühle (Ornbau), Wohnplatz der Stadt Ornbau, Landkreis Ansbach, Bayern
 Stadtmühle (Seinsheim), Ortsteil in Seinsheim, siehe Seinsheim#Gemeindegliederung
 Obecní Mlýn (Stadtmühle), Einzelsiedlung in Lomnice nad Lužnicí, Tschechien
 Stadtmühl in Gmina Wałcz (Gemeinde Deutsch Krone), Polen

Bauwerke in Deutschland:
 Kraftwerk Stadtmühle Munderkingen
 Stadtmühle in Allstedt, siehe Liste der Kulturdenkmale in Allstedt
 Stadtmühle Annaburg
 Stadtmühle in Annweiler, siehe Annweiler am Trifels#Wirtschaft
 Stadtmühle in Babenhausen (Hessen), siehe Liste der Kulturdenkmäler in Babenhausen
 Stadtmühle in Babenhausen (Schwaben), siehe Liste der Baudenkmäler in Babenhausen (Schwaben)
 Stadtmühle in Bad_Bergzabern, siehe Liste der Kulturdenkmäler in Bad Bergzabern
 Stadtmühle in Bad_Blankenburg, siehe Liste der Kulturdenkmale in Bad Blankenburg
 Stadtmühle Bad Düben
 Stadtmühle in Bad_König, siehe Liste der Kulturdenkmäler in Bad König
 Stadtmühle in Bad Salzuflen, siehe Bad Salzuflen#Industriekultur
 Stadtmühle in Bad Sobernheim, siehe Liste der Kulturdenkmäler in Bad Sobernheim
 Stadtmühle in Dassel, siehe Dassel#Bauwerke
Stadtmühle Dinkelsbühl
 Stadtmühle in Donauwörth, siehe Liste der Baudenkmäler in Donauwörth
 ehem. Stadtmühle in Düsseldorf, siehe Grabbeplatz#Friedrichsplatz (nach 1815)
 Stadtmühle Kaiserswerth in Düsseldorf, siehe Liste der Windmühlen in Nordrhein-Westfalen
 Stadtmühle in Ebern, siehe Ebern#Historisches Ensemble Altstadt
 Stadtmühle in Ellwangen, siehe Liste der Kulturdenkmale in Ellwangen (Jagst)
 ehem. Stadtmühle in Feuchtwangen, siehe Liste der Baudenkmäler in Feuchtwangen
 Stadtmühle in Sindringen, Forchtenberg, siehe Sindringen#Sehenswürdigkeiten
 Stadtmühle in Forst, siehe Liste der Baudenkmale in Forst (Lausitz)
 ehem. Stadtmühle in Füssen, siehe Liste der Baudenkmäler in Füssen#Füssen
 Stadtmühle in Geldern, siehe Liste der Windmühlen in Nordrhein-Westfalen
 Stadtmühle in Gochsheim, siehe Gochsheim (Kraichtal)#Bauwerke
 Stadtmühle in Groitzsch, siehe Groitzsch#Bauwerke
 Stadtmühle in Hadamar, siehe Geschichte der Stadt Hadamar#Landwirtschaft und Mühlen
 Stadtmühle in Hainichen, siehe Liste der Kulturdenkmale in Hainichen
 Stadtmühle (Heinsberg) in Heinsberg
 Stadtmühle in Hersbruck, siehe Liste der Baudenkmäler in Hersbruck
 Stadtmühle in Höchstadt_an_der_Aisch, siehe Liste der Baudenkmäler in Höchstadt an der Aisch
 Stadtmühle in Iphofen, siehe Spitalmühle (Iphofen)
 alte Stadtmühle in Königsberg, siehe Liste der Baudenkmäler in Königsberg in Bayern#Königsberg
 Stadtmühle Alfred Kretzschmar in Königsbrück, siehe Liste der Kulturdenkmale in Königsbrück
 ehem. Stadtmühle in Lauterbach, siehe Liste der Kulturdenkmäler in Lauterbach (Hessen)
 ehem. Stadtmühle in Lohr am Main, siehe Liste der Baudenkmäler in Lohr am Main#Restliche Kernstadt
 Stadtmühle in Malchow, siehe Malchow#Bauwerke
 Stadtmühle in Malsch, siehe Malsch (Landkreis Karlsruhe)#Kultur und Sehenswürdigkeiten
 Stadtmühle in Meisenheim, siehe Liste der Kulturdenkmäler in Meisenheim
 Stadtmühle in Mölln, siehe Liste der Kulturdenkmale in Mölln
 obere und untere Stadtmühle in München, siehe Liste der Mühlen in München
 Stadtmühle in Murten, siehe Murten#Sehenswürdigkeiten
 Stadtmühle in Neuss, siehe Liste der Windmühlen in Nordrhein-Westfalen
 ehem. Stadtmühle in Neustadt (Sachsen), siehe Liste der Kulturdenkmale in Neustadt in Sachsen
 Stadtmühle in Nidda, siehe Liste der Kulturdenkmäler in Nidda
 Stadtmühle in Assenheim, Niddatal, siehe Liste der Kulturdenkmäler in Niddatal#Assenheim
 Stadtmühle in Oschatz, siehe Liste der Kulturdenkmale in Oschatz
 Stadtmühle in Osterburken, siehe Osterburken#Bauwerke
 alte Stadtmühle in Ostritz, siehe Liste der Kulturdenkmale in Ostritz#Ostritz
 ehem. Stadtmühle in Pappenheim, siehe Liste der Baudenkmäler in Pappenheim#Pappenheim
 ehem. Stadtmühle in Radeberg, siehe Liste der Kulturdenkmale in Radeberg
 Stadtmühle in Salmünster, siehe Salmünster#Sehenswürdigkeiten
 ehem. Stadtmühle in Scheinfeld, siehe Liste der Baudenkmäler in Scheinfeld
 Stadtmühle in Scheßlitz, siehe Liste der Baudenkmäler in Scheßlitz
 Stadtmühle in Schwedt, siehe Liste der Baudenkmale in Schwedt/Oder
 Stadtmühle in Seßlach, siehe Liste der Baudenkmäler in Seßlach#Seßlach
 Stadtmühle in Spalt, siehe Spalt#Bauwerke (einschließlich Museen)
 Stadtmühle in Schwäbisch_Hall, siehe Liste der Kulturdenkmale in Schwäbisch Hall
 Stadtmühle am Steinberg, Volkach, siehe Schaubmühle
 Stadtmühle in Rennersdorf-Neudörfel, Stolpen, siehe Liste der technischen Denkmale im Landkreis Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge (O–Z)
 Stadtmühle in Templin, siehe Liste der Baudenkmale in Templin
 Stadtmühle in Traben-Trarbach, siehe Liste der Kulturdenkmäler in Traben-Trarbach
 Stadtmühle Uebigau in Uebigau-Wahrenbrück
 Stadtmühle in Velden, siehe Liste der Baudenkmäler in Velden (Pegnitz)#Velden
 Stadtmühle in Waldenbuch, siehe Waldenbuch#Bauwerke
 ehem. Stadtmühle in Wassertrüdingen, siehe Liste der Baudenkmäler in Wassertrüdingen#Wassertrüdingen
 ehem. Stadtmühle in Weismain, siehe Liste der Baudenkmäler in Weismain#Ehemalige Baudenkmäler
 ehem. Stadtmühle in Weißenburg, siehe Liste der Baudenkmäler in Weißenburg in Bayern
 alte Stadtmühle in Willisau, siehe Willisau#Alte Stadtmühle
 alte Stadtmühle in Wismar, siehe Liste der Baudenkmale in Wismar
 Stadtmühle in Wittstock/Dosse, siehe Liste der Baudenkmale in Wittstock/Dosse#Wittstock/Dosse
 alte Stadtmühle in Wolfstein, siehe Liste der Kulturdenkmäler in Wolfstein
 ehem. Stadtmühle in Zuffenhausen, siehe Liste der Kulturdenkmale in Zuffenhausen

Bauwerke in Österreich und der Schweiz:
 Stadtmühle in Glurns, Österreich, siehe Liste der Baudenkmäler in Glurns
 Stadtmühle in Graz, Österreich, siehe
 Stadtmühle in Bern, Schweiz, siehe Liste der Kulturgüter in Bern/Innere Stadt (Ost)


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'World's first virtual reality theatre platform' launches
Subscribers can stream shows using a mobile app and virtual reality headset. Photo: Shutterstock
by Giverny Masso - Mar 14, 2019
A streaming service billed as the world's first on-demand virtual reality experience for theatre has been launched.
The platform, called LIVR, aims to make theatre "more accessible to all" by giving users a "fully immersive 360-degree experience" of live performance from their homes.
Subscribers can stream shows using a mobile phone app for LIVR and watch them via a free virtual reality headset that is provided by the service.
A monthly subscription costs £5.99, with users receiving a credit each month to unlock a show of their choice.
To date, LIVR has captured more than 100 productions and will add eight new shows to the platform every month.
Productions currently available to watch include gig-theatre piece Electrolyte, Fringe First-winning show Woke, and the Thelmas' Ladykiller.
Martin McGourty, Director at LIVR, says: "We have what sounds like a lofty ambition to make live theatre experience more accessible to all, but we believe VR truly helps achieve this by putting you at the performance to enjoy as though they were there, rather than simply watching.
"While nothing will ever compare to the real thing, LIVR now offers a genuine alternative for those who couldn't get to the show in person. We also want to offer theatre makers a legacy home for their work with the opportunity to reach new audiences long after the run finishes while giving theatre fans the chance to catch some of the gems they may have otherwise missed."
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Giverny joined The Stage as a reporter in February 2017.


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MD Product Review: Harley-Davidson FXRG Leather Jacket
When most motorcyclists think of top-quality riding gear, they think of the big-name brands — brands like Alpinestars, Dainese, Joe Rocket, Vanson, and many others. Sure, most of the big motorcycle manufacturers sell 'branded' gear, but it most often appeals to those who own that particular brand of motorcycle, and want to advertise their brand loyalty. I've rarely heard any motorcycle OEM's clothing brought up in any conversation regarding the best gear on the market.
When Harley-Davidson's apparel designers dreamed up their new FXRG line of riding gear, they didn't want jackets, pants, and accessories that would appeal only to H-D owners. They wanted gear that lived up to the name "Functional Riding Gear", and they deliberately kept the H-D branding small and unobtrusive, so as to broaden their appeal beyond H-D loyalists.
When I initially got my hands on the FXRG leather jacket, I was impressed by the quality of the leather. Although it's as thick and heavy as that of any other jacket I've worn, it is by far the softest and most supple. The flexibility of the leather makes this the most comfortable riding jacket I've ever worn, and also enhances the looks. This is one jacket that's certainly comfortable and good-looking enough to serve in nearly any social situation, short of a black-tie dinner. The fit is excellent as well, tapering down at the waist to give a tailored appearance
Notwithstanding its good looks, the FXRG jacket is a very functional piece of protective gear. Beneath the leather you will find flexible but sturdy impact armor in the elbows, shoulders, and back. The jacket also features an attachment system to zip on to the matching FXRG pants, giving the option of building a complete protective system.
One thing you should know about the FXRG leather jacket is that it isn't what I'd call 'warm weather apparel'. Although there are two zip-down vents running vertically down each breast, and a large zip-open exhaust vent crossing the lower back, this wouldn't be my first choice for weather over 80 degrees (fahrenheit). Below that line, however, the FXRG jacket is quite flexible. With both vents open, it's comfortable at 75 degrees, while snapping in the removable, quilted Primaloft liner and zipping up the vents makes it warm enough for, well, as cold as it gets here in Southern California.
Beyond all the properties described above, the FXRG leather jacket is packed with innovative, useful features. A built-in (removable) back support belt wards off back pain on those all-day rides, and that removable liner doubles as a lightweight windbreaker when you remove it from the main jacket. The inside of the right breast features a small, velcro-closure pocket intended for a cell phone, while the left breast features a similar pocket, but lined with non-scratch material, this one for storing glasses or sunglasses. There is also a larger, general-purpose pocket in the same location, perfect for a wallet.
Overall, the FXRG is by far the most comfortable and well-thought-out riding jacket I've ever worn, and it certainly lives up to the "Functional Riding Gear" name. Like most moto-journalists, I have a whole closet full of riding gear, but this has quickly become my "go-to" jacket for all but the warmest days. I never thought I would give such a glowing review to any piece of apparel, but in all honesty, I was blown away by the comfort and functionality of this jacket. Before you conclude that I've merely been somehow bribed or influenced, take the time to ride down to your local H-D dealer and try one on for yourself. I guarantee you'll be more than impressed.
The FXRG Leather Jacket carries a suggested U.S. MSRP of $595-$640, depending on size, and is available at your local Harley-Davidson dealership. For more information, check out the official Harley-Davidson site.
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Friends are like trees. There are some that are like the leaves, they are only there for certain "seasons of your life". Then there are the ones that are like the branches, they are there for you until things get to be too much for them to handle then they "break off" or leave. But the best friends to have are your roots. Those are the ones that are there for you no matter what. They support you at all times and you never have to question whether they are loyal or not.
These days and times it's hard to tell who is a true friend and who is only there for a little while until they find trouble then they will leave you to fend for yourself.
I love to find "roots". They push me to do my best at everything that I need to do and they always know what to say to make me feel better. This quote should be important to everyone, because no one wants a friend that's only there for a season or two, and no one should want a friend that will leave them hanging at a time of need.
This quote is a good way to analyze the people you call friends and eliminate all the unnecessary "leaves and branches" in order to give your tree of life room to expand and grow bigger and better.
A tree has many roots, big and small that all come together and form one tree, this fact is important to me, because it represents my life a little bit. My friends and I have all moved and gone off to college but at least once a month we all come together to allow our friendship to grow.
A friend is not the one who always ask you "How are you?", If the one who always cares about your answer.
"I live for the nights I can't remember, with the people that I won't forget."


Rumors of Jaimie Alexander in talks with Warner Bros. for the role of Wonder Woman in the upcoming Batman Vs. Superman movie is going around today. Alexander made an appearance at Stan Lee's Comikaze Expo in Los Angeles yesterday to discuss Thor: The Dark World, where she then started the rumor by saying she was discussing an unspecified female role. WB is searching for an actress in their late 20s, who is both tall and possesses physicality. So you can see how things have kind of taken off from there.


Yayoi Kusama, INFINITY MIRRORED ROOM – MY HEART IS DANCING INTO THE UNIVERSE, 2018. Wood and glass mirror room with paper lanterns, 304 x 622.4 x 622.4 cm. Courtesy Ota Fine Arts, Tokyo/Singapore/Shanghai and Victoria Miro, London/Venice. © Yayoi Kusama.
Victoria Miro is delighted to announce a major exhibition of new work by Yayoi Kusama. Taking place across the Wharf Road galleries and waterside garden, the exhibition features new paintings, including works from the iconic "My Eternal Soul" series, painted bronze pumpkin and flower sculptures, and a large-scale Infinity Mirrored Room.
Continuing to address the twin themes of cosmic infinity and personal obsession, the new works in this exhibition are testament to an artist at the height of her powers as she approaches her 90th birthday. Paintings from the artist's celebrated, ongoing My Eternal Soul series are on view at Gallery II, Wharf Road. Joyfully improvisatory, fluid and highly instinctual, the My Eternal Soul paintings abound with imagery including eyes, faces in profile, and other more indeterminate forms, including the dots for which the artist is synonymous, to offer impressions of worlds at once microscopic and macroscopic.
The pumpkin form has been a recurring motif in Kusama's art since the late 1940s and integrates many key aspects of her practice: the repeating pattern of dots, connotations of growth and fertility, and a palette of singular vibrancy. The artist's family cultivated plant seeds in Matsumoto, and she was familiar with the kabocha squash in the fields that surrounded her childhood home. It was in early childhood that Kusama also began to experience the terrifying hallucinations that left her "dazzled and dumbfounded" by repeating patterns that engulfed her field of vision, a process she referred to as "self-obliteration." Works on display include new bronze pumpkin sculptures and paintings in a vibrant palette of red, yellow and green, adorned with tapering patterns of black dots that create a sophisticated geometry. Pulsating with energy, each work carries its own distinct mood and character.
The exhibition marks the debut of INFINITY MIRRORED ROOM – MY HEART IS DANCING INTO THE UNIVERSE which envelops visitors inside a large mirrored room with paper lanterns covered with polka dot patterns, which are suspended from the ceiling. Conveying the illusion of being unmoored in endless space, this latest example of Kusama's immersive environments offers a sense of infinity through the interplay of the rhythmic patterns of colourful spots covering the black spherical lamps and the surrounding mirrors.
Entry to the exhibition is by free timed ticket via victoria-miro.com.
For almost seventy years Yayoi Kusama has developed a practice, which, though it shares affiliations with movements such as Surrealism, Minimalism and Pop Art, resists any singular classification. Born in Matsumoto City, Japan in 1929, she studied painting in Kyoto before moving to New York in the late 1950s, and by the mid-1960s had become well known in the avant-garde world for her provocative happenings and exhibitions. Since this time, Kusama's extraordinary artistic endeavours have spanned painting, drawing, collage, sculpture, performance, film, printmaking, installation and environmental art as well as literature, fashion and product design. In 2016, Kusama received the Order of Culture, one of the highest honours bestowed by the Imperial Family in Japan. Kusama is the first woman to be honoured with the prestigious medal for drawings and sculptures.
Kusama lives and works in Tokyo, where the Yayoi Kusama Museum opened in October 2017. Over the past decade there have been museum exhibitions of Kusama's work enjoyed by millions of visitors in Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Denmark, England, Finland, France, Indonesia, Japan, Mexico, Norway, Russia, South Korea, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, and the United States.


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MS EUROPA 2: Training at sea with three-time Olympic ski champion Maria Höfl-Riesch
Maria Höfl-Riesch will be on board six cruises during the 2017/18 season with her comprehensive BE.YOU. training programme
BE.YOU. introductory courses will also be available on all cruises on the EUROPA 2
Guests on selected EUROPA 2 2017/18 itineraries cruising around the globe can keep fit and train alongside sporting icon Maria Höfl-Riesch. Whether against the idyllic backdrop of the Seychelles, in the middle of the Atlantic, or with Asia's metropolises in view, guests will experience first-hand the fitness concept BE.YOU. developed exclusively for the luxury ship by the three-time Olympic ski champion.
BE.YOU. The holistic fitness regime for passengers who love sport is based on individual requirements and focuses on the basic elements of health-oriented training, combined with healthy nutrition. The fitness concept starts with an analysis of physical performance and is individually adapted to the results. This allows every guest on the EUROPA 2 to take on the physical challenge at a level suited to them. The objective is to improve endurance and fitness and, by extension, overall well-being. Maria Höfl-Riesch, who developed the programme on the basis of her own experiences, will come on board for selected cruises to provide group training sessions with her trainers. Guests can train with the Olympian on six cruises in 2017/18 – for example, on a cruise straight through Asia from Bali to Bangkok, or on the Atlantic crossing from Lisbon to New York. On all other cruises guests can also experience the BE.YOU. programme through introductory courses.
Maria Höfl-Riesch will be on board in person for the following 2017 and 2018 cruises:
From Colombo to Mauritius, from 16.04.2017 to 01.05.2017 (15 days), from € 7,790 per person (£ 5,690, $ 9,350), cruise only. More information on this cruise is available at http://www.hl-cruises.com/cruisefinder/EUX1708
From Lisbon to Bilbao, from 19.07.2017 to 01.08.2017 (13 days). This cruise is already fully booked. More information on this cruise is available at http://www.hl-cruises.com/cruisefinder/EUX1718
From Lisbon to New York, from 15.10.2017 to 28.10.2017 (13 days), from € 4,836 per person (£ 3,534, $ 5,805), cruise only. More information on this cruise is available at http://www.hl-cruises.com/cruisefinder/EUX1727
From Benoa (Bali) to Laem Chabang (Bangkok), from 12.03.2018 to 27.03.2018 (15 days), from € 7,401 per person (£ 5,406, $ 8,883), cruise only. More information on this cruise is available at http://www.hl-cruises.com/cruisefinder/EUX1806
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The Oscars Are Going Without A Host Again In 2020
Last yr, the Academy Awards ceremony did one thing that hadn't achieved for 3 a long time: it was performed and not using a host. This wasn't the unique plan, however evidently the choice labored out for ABC, because the community has introduced that subsequent month's Academy Awards ceremony will probably be offered host-less as properly.
This information comes straight from ABC's presentation on the Television Critics Association occasion, with Kathy Burke, the community's leisure president, saying the next (by way of Deadline):
The 91st Academy Awards had been a combined bag, as regardless that it was nonetheless among the many least-watched ceremonies in Oscars historical past, viewership nonetheless elevated by 12% in comparison with the 90th Academy Awards, drawing in 29.6 million viewers. Last yr's Academy Awards additionally acquired a good quantity of optimistic reception, so ABC is keen to provide this method one other shot to see if issues can enhance additional at first of this new decade.
When it got here to final yr's Academy Awards, Kevin Hart was recruited to host on December 4, 2018. However, simply two days later, Hart exited after previous jokes he'd made which had been deemed homophobic resurfaced. Over a month after that, it was determined that the Oscars would transfer ahead and not using a host, and as an alternative a rotating lineup of celebrities would introduce the segments and awards. Before that, the final host-less Oscars was held in 1989, and that ceremony… didn't go over properly, to place it flippantly.
Now, somewhat than being pushed right into a nook once more, ABC is keen to strive the host-less experiment once more and depend on varied actors and expertise to maintain issues flowing. It's additionally potential that going and not using a host for the second time in a row will result in one other streamlined broadcast, as final yr's Oscars ended up operating 30 minute shorter than the printed from the yr prior.
In any case, whereas there was reportedly speak about bringing again a bunch for this yr's ceremony, it's again to going and not using a host for 2020, so we'll have to attend and see how that unfolds. As for what motion pictures are up for the golden trophies this yr, the Academy Awards nominations will probably be introduced subsequent Monday, January 13, although one simply wants to take a look at the Golden Globe nominees and winners to get an concept of what's among the many better of the perfect from 2019.
The Academy Awards will probably be televised on Sunday, February 9 on ABC, a number of weeks sooner than standard. Stay tuned to Sahiwal for extra information in regards to the awards contenders, and take a look at our 2020 launch schedule to plan your journeys to the theater this yr accordingly.
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A MINE DISASTER IN VIRGINIA.
AN EXPLOSION IMPRISONS 32 MEN, WITH LITTLE HOPE OF THEIR RESCUE.
Coal Field, Va., Feb. 3 -- An explosion occurred at the Grove shaft of the Midlothian coal mines, about a mile and a half from here, at about 1 o'clock this afternoon. Thirty-two men were caught in the shaft, and there is little or no hope that any of them will be got out alive. The gas testers went down nearly to the bottom of the pit three times, but were forced to return on account of the smoke and gas, which were suffocating. They report the pit on fire, but they will make another effort in the morning to search for the unfortunate men. The news of the disaster spread very rapidly, and in a short time a crowd had gathered at the shaft, and the scene was most distressing, as nearly every one had some relative or friend among the entombed miners.
WILLIAM H. MARSHALL, the bottom boss.
The shaft in which the explosion occurred is nearly 600 feet deep, running about three-quarters of a mile in ta lateral direction. The Midlothion Coal Mines belong to the estate of the late H. H. BURROUGHS, of New York, and cost, about 12 years ago, between $400,000 and $500,000.
My husbands 2nd great grandfather was James Brown who appears on the casualty list along with his 2 brothers in law George Jewett and Andrew Watson Jewett. James left behind a young widow and 3 small children, the youngest a 6 month old baby girl, Martha, who was my husband's great grandmother.


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Located in Clayton, New York, Saint Lawrence Spirits is Passionate about Providing High Quality Craft Spirits Distilled with 100% Saint Lawrence River Water.
Saint Lawrence Spirits is family owned and operated. We take pride in our award winning spirits and diverse product line including Vodka, Gin, Absinthe, Moonshine, Whiskey and Bourbon. Our distillers are passionate about providing quality small batch craft spirits with local roots, which starts at Lucky Star Ranch, where we harvest native botanicals & raw materials from our family farm. Local farmers assist with our corn harvest and provide additional grains and raw ingredients to be distilled at Saint Lawrence Spirits. 100% of grains used to make our Moonshine, Whiskey, & Bourbon are sourced from New York State Farms, 90% from right here in Jefferson County!
A meticulously renovated & historic 1937 Manor is home to our farm to table restaurant,"The Château," and our primary tasting room on the St. Lawrence River. Our distillery is home to a 500-gallon Vendome Copper Pot Still, designed especially for Saint Lawrence Spirits production goals of our maximum capacity of 75,000 proof gallons annually. Additionally, we have eight fermenters and a mash cooker, along with our in house bottling and packaging system. In 2018, Saint Lawrence Spirits installed a new vodka column to keep up with increased demand of clear spirits.
We are the first distillery to use St. Lawrence River water to proof down all our spirits, providing The Spirit Of The River In Every Bottle®.
Father & Son Distillers, Jody & Bill Garrett, founded Saint Lawrence Spirits in 2015.
90 Proof. Pine, Peppermint & Citrus.
114 Proof. Navy Strength. Toasted Pine Nuts, Honeysuckle.
Barrel-Aged in Rye Knot Whiskey and Captain's Flask Bourbon Barrels.
130 Proof. Hibiscus, Orange, Grassy.
35 Proof. Hazelnut, Nutmeg, Silky Vanilla. Made with Saint Lawrence Spirits Ryesing Tide Whiskey and Cream from Batavia, NY.
90 Proof. Smooth, Pepper, Ripe Fruit.
90 Proof. Toasted Almond, Light Smoke.
119.1 Proof. Butterscotch, Spice, Peanut. Distiller's Select.
90 Proof'. Sweet Tobacco, Cinnamon.
90 Proof. Toasted Malts, Vanilla, Spice.
CLAYTON, NY - Saint Lawrence Spirits, a premium, small batch distillery located on the Saint Lawrence River in Clayton, NY, released its Navy Strength, Barrel-Aged Downbound Gin on February 1st, 2019.
CLAYTON, NY - November 15, 2018 - Saint Lawrence Spirits has just released the Kentucky Son Straight Bourbon, Icebreaker Whiskey, and Straight Rye Whiskey. These Whiskeys and Bourbon are possibly the most anticipated products since opening their doors, as they have been hibernating in barrels for two years (for almost as long as the Distillery has been up and running).
Saint Lawrence Spirits 400th Barrel being closed for the next two years.
400th Barrel Filled at Saint Lawrence Spirits!
October 5, 2018 - As Fall 2018 creeps up on the 1000 Islands region of New York, Saint Lawrence Spirits is as busy as ever - filling barrels to send into hibernation for the next year (or two!). Over Columbus Day Weekend, Saint Lawrence Spirits Distillers, Bill Garrett and Ben VanTassel, filled their 400th Barrel.
July 17, 2018 - While the Summer in Upstate New York is in full swing, Saint Lawrence Spirits put on their Santa hat and is delivering Christmas in July. They have just bottled their Award-Winning Empire Cream Whiskey, a delicious blend of their Ryesing Tide Whiskey with Upstate Cream Liqueur sourced from Batavia, NY. This delightfully warm and creamy concoction will keep excited customers cozy all winter long.
Fill Copper Mule with ice, Stir in ingredients. Garnish with Rosemary and Grapefruit.
Heat 2 cups water, steep 1/2 cup hibiscus flowers and 1/4 cups earl grey about 15 minutes. Strain. Stir in 2 cups sugar.
Stop by our Distillery or Downtown Clayton Tasting Room for a tasting and a bottle (or two!) of your favorite Saint Lawrence Spirits.
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