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To mark today's day of action on global warming I decided to put on some drones and write this. I've been trying, of course, to disseminate, haven't we all, the idea that since neolithic times atmospheric CO2 has never risen above 275ppm (parts per million). The safe upper limit is 350ppm. Currently we are at 387ppm and rising by 2ppm per year.
Geneva was wonderful—high intellectual level, incredible conversations, extraordinary to share all the diverse research—thanks so much to Martin Leer and his crew. Apart from right at the end, when I was jumped on for having my nose in books. It's not the first time! Funny, because I was the one sticking up for science and the big picture (Humanists so often seem to shoot themselves in the foot, so wedded are they to postmodern poetics...). But apparently, so I hear, non-Western people can't and won't and shouldn't give a hoot about global warming, so immersed are they in their lifeworld. Only rich westerners care. Which is bad, because it shows how alienated they are. And humans are forever and intrinsically a blight on mother nature, so to hell with them. No kidding, these precise sentiments were voiced. (By not-me.)
(Which is ironic, considering new figures that say more Americans than ever doubt or deny global warming.)
Here's to having more than one idea in your head at once. I'm sure all my Nepalese and Tibetan friends would approve. Their lifeworld is global warming, like ours.
ecology, philosophy, culture, science drone, environmentalism, global warming
Swiss timing
I'll be in Geneva on Friday doing a talk at the University of Geneva, called "Ecology as Text, Text as Ecology." I'm going to talk about how Darwinism and deconstruction are intimately intertwined.
Can you believe that chimps have a sense of the uncanny? And that it manifests precisely in a space between obvious cartoons and "normal" alive members of the species? So if you portray them too accurately, they freak out? (See the post below.)
This is precisely what is meant by "strange stranger" in my new project. What is most intimate about our existence as life forms is also what is most uncanny. Any ecological cultural project that has a tin ear for this uncanny quality is not genuinely ecological. He said, provocatively.
Like Humans, Monkeys Fall Into The 'Uncanny Valley'
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The Strange Stranger Has Arrived just in time for The Ecological Thought.
Eliane Radigue, Musical Heroine
Eliane Radigue trailer from Anaïs Prosaïc on Vimeo.
She is a genius. A true explorer of materialism.
ecology, philosophy, culture, science Eliane Radigue, La Monte Young, sound, synthesizers, timbre
Can't Get No Satisficing
Alan Turing's own example of the Turing Test for artificial intelligence is not about human versus nonhuman, but man versus woman — as a gay man, he must have known about performativity. The man must convince the interviewer that he might be a woman, and vice versa. This resembles evolutionary "satisficing": instead of becoming optimal for their environments, life forms do just enough to look and quack like themselves. We could thus imagine how queer ecology might invert the conventional wisdom on virtual reality art such as transgender artist Micha Cardinas's simulations of nonhuman existence, performing as a dragon in the online domain, Second Life. It's not that these simulations demonstrate posthuman platitudes about malleable identity (Cardinas's own estimation), but rather that identity as such is already a simulation — a performative display. At its most hardcore, this might imply that virtuality is hardwired into living substance. It's not just that rabbits are rabbits in name only: it's that whether or not we have words for them, rabbits are deconstructive all the way down — signifying and display happen at every level. Nothing is self-identical. We are embodied, yet without essence. Organicism is both holistic and substantialist, visualizing carbon-based life forms ("organic" in another sense) as the essence of livingness. Queer ecology must go wider, embracing silicon as well as carbon, for instance. DNA is both matter and information. True materialism would be non-substantialist: it would think matter as self-assembling sets of interrelationships in which information is directly inscribed. The garden-variety environmentalisms, with their vitalist webs of life, have ironically strayed from materialism. Queer ecology would go to the end and show how beings exist precisely because they are nothing but relationality, deep down — for the love of matter.
ecology, philosophy, culture, science DNA, ecology, materialism, queer theory


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SPOTLIGHT – Tay takes on the powerhouses
– October 23, 2014Posted in: Features
Tay Wei Ming of Singapore spoke to Badzine of the challenges faced by a member of a small para-badminton team taking on the talent from Malaysia, Indonesia, and elsewhere.
Story and photos by Don Hearn
Singapore's Tay Wei Ming was a double silver medallist on his last trip to Korea, for the 2012 Asian Para-Badminton Championships. As he explains, that was his first tournament in the Standing Category 5 and he was stopped only by the perennial double-gold-winner Cheah Liek Hou.
At the 2014 Incheon Asian Para Games, however, Tay run up against the eventual silver medallists in both singles and – with partner Kelvin Pung Wai Hwa – in doubles. Despite pushing each to three games, the campaign for both him and Pung ended early, on quarter-finals day in Incheon.
After coming up short in their men's doubles quarter-final, Tay spoke to Badzine about his experiences and challenges facing himself and his team-mates.
Badzine: The last time you were in Korea, you won two silvers but this time, it was tougher going. What do you think made the difference?
Tay Wei Ming: This time around, the draw was not so smooth. We had a tough draw for both singles and doubles as well.
Overall, for my performance, I need to be more mentally focussed, more mentally prepared for unforeseen circumstances.
I performed well when I met my Indonesian opponent [Oddie Kurnia Dwi Listyanto] in the second match of the round robin so I'm quite satisfied with that performance.
I have met strong Indonesian players before but I performed well in the Para SEA Games in 2009 and 2011, when I was still competing in Class 4. From the Asian Para-Badminton Championships in 2012, it was during that competition that we were promoted to Class 5.
Of course, when you go up a class, you meet even tougher opponents so you have to train even more, you have to be stronger.
I met the Indonesians 4 months ago at the Indonesian Para-Badminton Championships. They are of course the powerhouses. They swept the top 3 or 4 positions in each of the categories.
The Indonesians are good. They are very mentally strong and of course, the skill level is there. So these two factors, I need to learn from them.
Badzine: Do you think the size of their programme also makes a difference? Is it difficult to get sparring opportunities with a small team like you have in Singapore?
Tay: For para-badminton, I believe the support for sparring partners is not there yet. The reason is that the para-badminton team in Singapore is a very, very small group. It consists really of 3 or 4 players in Singapore. As such, it is very difficult to approach able-bodied players. Right now, there is no collaboration between the national team and our team and some of the players might not be able to handle the level of the able-bodied national players. The gap is maybe too wide. This is a problem we are facing right now.
On top of that we are trying to source young talent and female players. I think in Singapore it is difficult to lure disabled people out to participate in sports. Disabled people in Singapore might lack self-confidence. They might focus on studies more rather than sports so we have to source out the young breed and female players. That's what we're facing now.
For myself, I'm quite fortunate that my coach, Simon Koh, is actually an ex-national coach so he has some contacts in the national youth squad so he takes me to the Singapore Sports School to have a sparring session once or twice a week. So I think that is very helpful to me. I need that kind of exposure I need players of that level to be able to spar with me.
Badzine: Although the level of competition might be similar here to what you would find at the continental or World Championships, do you find a big difference in the feel of the event when you are at something like the Asian Para Games?
Tay: I would say that the World Championships, compared to the Para SEA Games or Asian Para Games, is definitely a higher level: more organized, more prestige. It depends on the publicity of the host country: whether they are able to promote para-badminton and then get members of the public from their country to come into the stadium and support.
I remember that four years ago, when I went to the 1st Asian Para Games in Guangzhou, China was very supportive. I heard that they even gave free tickets to Chinese students to come in to support
That was a knockout tournament, too, and my first opponent was a Chinese player, the world #1.
Wow, I was really amazed. The Chinese students came into the stadium and they morally supported the Chinese player. The whole hall shook. I was overwhelmed.
So I guess it depends on the promotion by the host country and also on how the players get their team-mates, etc. to come and support.
Also the Asian and World Championships are still larger tournaments and they are more properly coordinated in terms of accommodation and transport. There is greater frequency of the buses because there are more countries taking part.
Of course, with the World Championships, Asian players are able to interact with players from Europe. It's a new kind of exposure because we can feel that Asian players have their own style of playing and European players have their own style of playing. We have the opportunity to learn from each other.
Tags: Asian Para Games, multi-sport, Para-Badminton, Player Spotlight

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


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package gearman // import "github.com/nathanaelle/gearman/v2"

import (
	"context"
	"fmt"
	"math/rand"
	"sync"
	"testing"
	"time"

	"github.com/nathanaelle/gearman/v2/protocol"
)

func TestRRClient_simple(t *testing.T) {
	end, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
	defer cancel()

	srv1 := connTest()
	srv2 := connTest()

	defer srv1.Close()
	defer srv2.Close()

	//logger	:= log.New(os.Stderr, "logger: ", log.Lshortfile|log.Ltime)
	cli := RoundRobinClient(end, nil) //logger)
	defer cli.Close()

	cli.AddServers(srv1, srv2)

	r1 := cli.Submit(NewTask("reverse", []byte("test 1")))
	r2 := cli.Submit(NewTask("reverse", []byte("test 2")))
	r3 := cli.Submit(NewTask("reverse", []byte("test 3")))
	r4 := cli.Submit(NewTask("reverse", []byte("test 4")))

	clientSrv(srv1, "H:lap:1", "test 1", "1 tset", t)
	clientSrv(srv2, "H:lap:2", "test 2", "2 tset", t)
	clientSrv(srv1, "H:lap:3", "test 3", "3 tset", t)
	clientSrv(srv2, "H:lap:4", "test 4", "4 tset", t)

	if !validResult(t, []byte("1 tset"), nil)(r1.Value()) {
		return
	}

	if !validResult(t, []byte("2 tset"), nil)(r2.Value()) {
		return
	}

	if !validResult(t, []byte("3 tset"), nil)(r3.Value()) {
		return
	}

	if !validResult(t, []byte("4 tset"), nil)(r4.Value()) {
		return
	}
}

func TestRRClient_but_single(t *testing.T) {
	end, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
	defer cancel()

	srv1 := connTest()

	defer srv1.Close()

	//logger	:= log.New(os.Stderr, "logger: ", log.Lshortfile|log.Ltime)
	cli := RoundRobinClient(end, nil) //logger)
	defer cli.Close()

	cli.AddServers(srv1)

	r1 := cli.Submit(NewTask("reverse", []byte("test 1")))
	r2 := cli.Submit(NewTask("reverse", []byte("test 2")))
	r3 := cli.Submit(NewTask("reverse", []byte("test 3")))

	clientSrv(srv1, "H:lap:1", "test 1", "1 tset", t)
	clientSrv(srv1, "H:lap:2", "test 2", "2 tset", t)
	clientSrv(srv1, "H:lap:3", "test 3", "3 tset", t)

	if !validResult(t, []byte("1 tset"), nil)(r1.Value()) {
		return
	}

	if !validResult(t, []byte("2 tset"), nil)(r2.Value()) {
		return
	}

	if !validResult(t, []byte("3 tset"), nil)(r3.Value()) {
		return
	}

}

func TestRRClient_unordered_result(t *testing.T) {

	wg := new(sync.WaitGroup)
	end, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
	defer cancel()

	srv0 := connTest()
	srv1 := connTest()
	srv2 := connTest()
	defer srv0.Close()
	defer srv1.Close()
	defer srv2.Close()

	//logger	:= log.New(os.Stderr, "logger: ", log.Lshortfile|log.Ltime)
	cli := RoundRobinClient(end, nil) //logger)

	cli.AddServers(srv0, srv1, srv2)

	wg.Add(3)
	go rrclientSrv(srv0, "1", wg, t)
	go rrclientSrv(srv1, "2", wg, t)
	go rrclientSrv(srv2, "3", wg, t)

	for _, idx := range []int{0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9} {
		for _, pre := range []int{1, 2, 3} {
			r := cli.Submit(NewTask("reverse", []byte(fmt.Sprintf("test %02d", idx+pre*10))))
			go func(pre, idx int, r Task, t *testing.T) {
				if !validResult(t, []byte(fmt.Sprintf("%02d tset", idx*10+pre)), nil)(r.Value()) {
					t.Error(fmt.Sprintf("wrong value for %02d", idx+pre*10))
					return
				}
			}(pre, idx, r, t)
		}
	}

	wg.Wait()

}

func clientSrv(srv *testConn, taskid, expected, answer string, t *testing.T) {
	if !validStep(t, srv.Received(), protocol.BuildPacket(protocol.SubmitJob, protocol.Opacify([]byte("reverse")), protocol.Opacify([]byte("")), protocol.Opacify([]byte(expected)))) {
		return
	}
	srv.Send(protocol.BuildPacket(protocol.JobCreated, protocol.Opacify([]byte(taskid))))
	srv.Send(protocol.BuildPacket(protocol.WorkComplete, protocol.Opacify([]byte(taskid)), protocol.Opacify([]byte(answer))))
}

func rrclientSrv(srv *testConn, prefix string, wg *sync.WaitGroup, t *testing.T) {
	defer wg.Done()

	for idx := byte('0'); idx <= '9'; idx++ {
		step := string([]byte{idx})
		res := srv.Received()
		if !validStep(t, res, protocol.BuildPacket(protocol.SubmitJob, protocol.Opacify([]byte("reverse")), protocol.Opacify([]byte("")), protocol.Opacify([]byte("test "+prefix+step)))) {
			return
		}
		taskid := []byte("GPREF:" + prefix + ":" + step)
		srv.Send(protocol.BuildPacket(protocol.JobCreated, protocol.Opacify(taskid)))

		time.Sleep(time.Millisecond * time.Duration(10*rand.Intn(10)))
		srv.Send(protocol.BuildPacket(protocol.WorkComplete, protocol.Opacify(taskid), protocol.Opacify([]byte(step+prefix+" tset"))))
	}
}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


text:
Karel Domin (4. května 1882 Kutná Hora – 10. června 1953 Praha) byl český botanik, vysokoškolský pedagog a nacionalistický politik.

Život
Narodil se v Kutné Hoře, kde jeho otec Karel Domin působil jako učitel na učitelském ústavu. Dědečkem z matčiny strany (a také kmortem u křtu) byl Gustav Adolf Lindner. Karel Domin vystudoval botaniku na České univerzitě v Praze. Po habilitaci v roce 1906 byl roku 1916 jmenován profesorem botaniky. Jeho vědecká činnost se zaměřovala především na taxonomii rostlin, fytogeografii a geobotaniku. Prováděl též floristický výzkum Československa a účastnil se i expedice do jihovýchodní Asie. Věnoval se také ochraně přírody a je považován za člověka, který se nejvíce zasadil o vznik Tatranského národního parku.

V letech 1922–1923 byl děkanem Přírodovědecké fakulty Univerzity Karlovy a v letech 1933–1934 rektorem Univerzity Karlovy. Angažoval se v nacionalistickém hnutí Vlajka, jehož čestným členem se stal roku 1936. Jako rektor se snažil o získání finančních prostředků na rekonstrukci Karolina a angažoval se při takzvané insigniádě, v jejímž rámci stál na straně těch, kteří požadovali vydání univerzitních insignií, které protiprávně zadržovala Německá univerzita v Praze.

V letech 1935 až 1939 byl Karel Domin poslancem Národního shromáždění republiky Československé, do kterého byl zvolen za nacionalistické Národní sjednocení. V době druhé republiky byl členem organizace Akce národní obrody. Po druhé světové válce a nástupu komunistů k moci se již ke své vědecké práci nemohl pro své nacionalistické politické názory vrátit.

V Praze 13 je po něm pojmenována ulice – Dominova. Jeho jméno nese i Dominova skalka.

Dominovo jméno nese i lokalita v západoslovenském pohoří Považský Inovec (D. kopanica, někdy i D. lúka, asi 2 km jižně od Nové Lehoty, GPS 48.6384097N, 17.9701050E) nebo Dominova skalka ve Slavkovském lese.

Zajímavost
Čeněk Šlégl ve filmu Kantor Ideál z roku 1932 hraje roli jistého Karla Domina, majitele zámku.

Odkazy

Reference

Literatura

Externí odkazy

 Ondra Bílek: Karel Domin
 Nakonečný, M.: Sedmdesáté výročí insigniády
 Karel Domin v Kdo byl kdo v našich dějinách ve 20. století

Pedagogové vysokých škol v Česku
Rektoři Univerzity Karlovy
Čeští botanici
Ochránci životního prostředí
Poslanci československého Národního shromáždění
Členové Národního sjednocení
Českoslovenští politici české národnosti
Pohřbení na Vyšehradě
Narození v Kutné Hoře
Narození v roce 1882
Narození 4. května
Úmrtí v Praze
Úmrtí v roce 1953
Úmrtí 10. června
Muži

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaWikipedia


text:
Pakistan Day celebrations
Pulwama spillover
ZIYA US SALAM
Pakistan High Commissioner Sohail Mahmood on Pakistan National Day in New Delhi in 2018. This year India decided to boycott the celebration protesting against the invitation extended to the Hurriyat Conference. Photo: PTI
Security officials outside the Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi intimidate guests, including journalists, on the occasion of the Pakistan National Day celebrations.
For some years now, the Pakistan National Day (March 23) celebrations at the Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi have been more of a minor irritant than a cause for bonding. Successive Indian governments have sought to underplay the event by deputing a relatively junior Minister to attend the celebrations. In 2014, the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government, too, stuck to that path when it deputed Minister of State for External Affairs V.K. Singh to attend the first such celebration after Narendra Modi became Prime Minister.
The next year, too, V.K. Singh attended the event, which was attended by Kashmiri leaders Yaseen Malik, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Syed Ali Shah Geelani. The then envoy, Abdul Basit, sought to claim that the Indian government was not against confabulation with the Kashmiri leaders. "I do not think the Indian government is objecting. I would rather suggest to my media friends not to make an issue out of a non-issue," he is reported to have said then.
In succeeding years, Ministers Prakash Javadekar, M.J. Akbar and G.S. Shekhawat represented India at the celebrations in the High Commission. In no small measure did their presence send a message that the event was being removed from the priority list of the Ministry of External Affairs. Yet, every year, a Minister represented the government without fail. However, this year the Indian government decided to boycott the celebrations on March 22.
The event commemorates the Lahore Resolution, which was signed on March 23, 1940, and laid the foundation for a separate state of Pakistan. The day also marks the adoption of Pakistan's first Constitution in 1956.
Journalists who were invited by the Pakistan High Commission complained that security officials (most of them from the Delhi Police) were standing outside the High Commission and asking them to leave as the Indian government had decided to boycott the event in response to an invitation extended by Pakistan to 30-odd leaders of the Hurriyat. "We are very clear that any attempt by the Pakistan High Commission or the Pakistani leadership to engage with the Hurriyat representatives will not be taken lightly," a spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs said.
Also, the event was held under the shadow of the Pulwama attack, which left more than 40 soldiers dead. The invitation to the Hurriyat for the function has been a sore point between the two countries. India has objected to the Hurriyat leaders' presence and insisted that Pakistan talk directly with the Indian government to solve the Kashmir imbroglio. Pakistan, on the other hand, has been keen to pick the Hurriyat's brains. No Hurriyat leader, however, showed up this year.
Significantly, no separatist leader could possibly make it to the event as many were in jail or under house arrest. Those who were free thought it prudent to stay away.
Complaint to Editors Guild
The guests were asked not just for their car registration number, as is the wont, but also their professional details, including the name of the organisation they work for, designation, address and contact details. Those who did not provide these details were denied access to the High Commission.
A senior journalist drew the attention of the Editors Guild to this, stating: "Last evening outside the Pakistan High Commission, masked men claiming to be part of the security apparatus prevented guests, which included many journalists and editors, from entering the HC [High Commission] to attend Pakistan National Day…. These masked men were taking down names of guests and car numbers and aggressively asking [them] not to attend the function due to Pulwama terror attack. This was quite threatening in its implications and it was clearly an attempt to prevent journalists from doing their job. This is highly unusual. If EGI [Editors Guild of India] does not forcefully react to this bizarre incident then the security agencies could get emboldened to prevent the media from entering any mission in the future, too, if the GOI [Government of India] is having indifferent relations with that country."
The decision to boycott the celebrations, however, failed to bring down the number of guests at the event. Reportedly, around 600 guests were present for the evening, around 60 of whom were from the Chinese embassy.
It was claimed that the celebrations were subdued this year in comparison with previous years. However, a video shared by Major General Asif Ghafoor, Director General of the Inter-Services Public Relations, from his personal account, shows the High Commission officials in good spirits and responding to the cries of "Pakistan Zindabad!" with fervour. The event, as is the tradition, got under way with the playing of the national anthems of India and Pakistan.
On the occasion, High Commissioner Sohail Mahmood reiterated the need for India and Pakistan to resolve long-pending issues peacefully through dialogue. "The founding fathers of Pakistan and India had envisaged amicable relations between the countries," he said. According to him, "the lack of engagement created a dangerous vacuum and serious risks for the relationship". Even as he urged for "the long winter" in bilateral relations to come to an early end, Mahmood said there was a need to reassure citizens of the two countries to consolidate the process of de-escalation, and stabilise the ties. "Our two countries passed through a very difficult time recently. Prime Minister Imran Khan's decision to release Wing Commander Abhinandan, [the] return of the two High Commissioners to their respective missions and bilateral meetings for the operationalisation of the Kartarpur Corridor are steps in the right direction," Mahmood stated.
However, barely a week after Mahmood's statement, the proposed meeting to discuss the Kartarpur Corridor connecting Sikh shrines in both countries was rescheduled as India objected to the presence of two Khalistani separatists on the Pakistani panel. Stating that the Kartarpur facility should not be used to further anti-India propaganda, India objected to the presence of Maninder Singh Tara and Gopal Singh Chawla on the panel; the latter is said to be close to Lashkar-e-Taiba chief Hafiz Saeed.
Interestingly, in a twist to the celebrations, a message from Prime Minister Modi to his Pakistan counterpart, Imran Khan, came out on social media. In the message, Modi extended his felicitations to the people of Pakistan: "It was time for the people of the subcontinent to work together for a democratic, peaceful, progressive and prosperous region, in an atmosphere free of terror and violence."
Imran Khan responded in a tweet, saying: "As we celebrate the Pakistan National Day, I believe it is time to begin a comprehensive dialogue with India to address and resolve all issues, especially the central issue of Kashmir, and forge a new relationship based on peace and prosperity for all our people."
While the message was hailed by China as a step towards peace in the region, India sought to underplay it, calling it a routine message forwarded as part of protocol.
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mfa or no mfa? opinions, please.
Does a ''Gallery' not look somehow...at their 'work'?
Sheesh...I should stay out of this!
> how committed they are.
away from my own work. Please let me know your thoughts on this.
are good and sufficient reasons to get your degree.
ceramics, as you already know.
It's like that with galleries: Some combination of credentials.
more selective in who they choose.
that to be one of them.
Well, this topic ought to get plenty of responses.
is good work professionaly presented.
gallery owner I have talked with is primarily concerned with the work.
artist present themselves and their work in a professional manner.
I'm not as sure about the efficacy of that path for a potter/ceramist.
expect to be able to get a full time teaching job at the college level.
enough to get such a job; you will most certainly have to move.
opportunities to stay on as an artist resident to develope your work.
dilligent work and a willingness to go wherever is needed.
already well established ceramics work.
it may or may not bring - I'd say DO IT!
experience of ways of making and attitudes I wouldn't consider now.
and then maybe I can take myself and my work a bit more seriously too.
Hope you get the scholarship!
while, of course, firmly gripping and gloriously waving about your MFA. DO IT!
>own work. Please let me know your thoughts on this.
I would vote for the MFA. One thing it gives you is freedom.
school who said I really don't need an MFA because I will never teach.
them through the hard times that we are in of late.
Also they both really enjoyed the journey through a good program.
My 2 cents worth. Remember advice is worth what you pay for it.
employer does not mesentery knows all the secrets of ceramics.
This is life and if you can learn!
> read opinions from other clayarters on the pros and cons of this move.
of your graduate school experience.
world, for whatever that is worth.
will be one of the best investments of your life.
will chime in with their considered opinions.
teaching. I was very fortunate to be hired straight out of school.
After 25 years of teaching I'm still hooked!
resources and opportunities that the right graduate program will provide.
>Does a ''Gallery' not look somehow...at their 'work'?
less of a risk offering exhibition space and opportunity to newcomers.
they need to know they are making a sound investment.
yes, I learned the hard way.
turn up with completely different work for exhibition!
for another 10 years, because of the perceived lack of maturity and polish.
Academe... A degree from one institution is not comparable to the next.
But this is the UK... Maybe it is different in the USA?
doing and exhibiting your work, you WILL GET A TEACHING JOB."
don't have the MA/MFA credentials and are seeking professorships).
decision to go to graduate school.
Subject: Re: MFA or no MFA? Opinions, please.
> based on your experience and observation.
getting teaching jobs all have teaching jobs now. It is as simple as that.
> head of a whole art department, like MacKenzie was.
institutions, and only with VERY well known artists.
for the horribly misguided testing programs being used in K-12 today.
a good teacher and/or artist and/or scholar.
>to go to graduate school.
a whole art department, like MacKenzie was.
>for the horribly misguided testing programs being used in K-12 today.
these processes and experiences will make me a better candidate.
standardized/binary answer (yes/no) to a non-standardized world.


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As Ganim Contemplates A New Administration, Employee Indigestion Rises In City Hall
November 21, 2019 LennieGrimaldi Analysis and Comment, City Politics, News and Events35 Comments
Ch-Ch-Ch Changes. Turn and face the strain. That stuttering chorus by David Bowie may well be in the heads of dozens of city employees wondering about their employment future. Who's staying? Who's going? Who's arriving?
Mayor's Office? Police Department? Public Facilities? Labor Relations? Chief Administrative Office?
Mayor Joe Ganim is expected to roll out some specific personnel decisions next week as a new four-year term approaches in about 10 days. For some discretionary appointees of the mayor that Thanksgiving bird won't be the cause of the holiday agita.
Others will say phew!
One of the prominent moves Ganim's expected to make is elevating Labor Relations Director Janene Hawkins to chief administrative officer, a position that oversees department heads.
Ganim survived a scare this election cycle that he had never experienced before as mayor. Elected in 1991, Ganim did not have a primary in the next four election cycles as an incumbent, blowing through the general election with roughly 80 percent of the vote. One of the hallmarks of Ganim's decade-long popularity was the strength of his department heads.
A 2003 conviction on public corruption charges forced him from office. In a remarkable comeback, voters returned him to office in 2015.
A solid piece of the electorate had changed in 12 years. In some ways, Ganim was time-warped in his perceived popularity. After implementing a revaluation of taxable property that was put off by his predecessor, the tax bite in some neighborhoods set off prehistoric noises.
Within a year he was running for governor, with a dubious record to run on, that seemed more like a system discharge from his anticipated run for governor in 2002 that never materialized.
Many voters were bewildered. Ganim was mauled across the state in a primary run against Ned Lamont. He only won Bridgeport, but even that showed some serious storm clouds. Lamont carried a number of precincts, particularly in Marilyn Moore's 22nd State Senate District.
Moore entered the race for mayor in January 2019. Although Ganim started paying attention to home cooking, he didn't see the brewing anger in some neighborhoods. On September 10 Moore won a close primary race at the polls, but fell to the political establishment's absentee ballot operation.
The general election was a different story with Moore as a write-in candidate lacking a ballot line. After the primary scare Ganim took nothing for granted in the general election. He won handily.
He cannot afford to take anything for granted in his second term. He must pay attention to city business. Part of that includes a restructuring of government, both in the short and long term.
Next week a new picture will begin to emerge.
Meanwhile, some city employees will load up on antacids waiting for the news.
Janene HawkinsJoe GanimMarilyn MooreNed Lamont
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Local Eyes says:
Look at the budget. Personnel costs are Bridgeport's biggest expense. Reducing them is the best way to contain taxes.
His record of reducing expenses is the best kept secret of his current term. He wrote the playbook and his next steps will be seen next week, right?
Unfortunately, Bridgeport is still in the pension business which prioritizes the past at the expense of the present and future. He's a slave to fixed costs. What's been done cannot be undone without a bulldozer.
But avoiding an expected tax increase is within his grasp and he can expect cheers if it happens.
Ron Mackey says:
Mayor Joe Ganim's appointments should reflect the racial makeup of the City instead of al of white out of towners. David Dunn has been employ by the City of Bridgeport back during time that John C. Mandanici was the mayor, Dunn has been with the City for 40 years, it's time to put Dunn out to pasture.
Adding value is the work of saints.
Subtracting value is the work of sinners.
Based on your story line, isn't Dunn the one who hired you?
Harvey Weintraub says:
Joe is taking a page out of his JG 1 playbook.Trim the fat at the start of your term,make headlines..then slowly hand out new jobs to recent supporters,space the hires out and do it quietly over the next six months or so.Nothing changes.
Taking a page out of your own play book is called repetition.
It's something winners do when it's worked before.
Donald Day says:
Ron, why would Mayor Ganim get rid of David Dunn and lose those political patronage jobs that are filled through the font door of the Civil Service office?
Don, Dunn takes care of Ganim's and Mario's slush fund for jobs when they need reward a campaign donor or a friend who needs a job.
FRANK CUCCARO says:
Lennie,
you have a blog so people can have a healthy debate. Stop blocking my posts every time it goes against ur boy and his people… Grow some balls. I took a picture of my comment. I'll post it on Facebook and Instagram where more than 5 people actually read.
Robert Teixeira says:
WOW 🙂 Lennie took that post and??? Lennie in the blue. Your post in black. Joe's the Gilbert Ball 🙂
Frank, did you feel it? 🙂
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jZD9g_nD2c
Kelvin Ayala says:
It's funny, For years I've been asked whey I don't work for the city of Bridgeport, be it economic development, business resource office, direct administrative staff, etc.
My answer remains the same. I have yet to see a job posting from the city for qualified local talent to apply for. My guess is Janene will become CAO to keep up his quota. He'll replace here with someone from the attorney office, likely white. We have Zero Latinos represented withing city government who make over 100k who have any influence on the outcome of major decisions. I'm also exhausted of seeing people who do not live in the city of Bridgeport getting these appointed jobs.
Most didn't know but former CAO Kim Staley, who may have been a BPT Native, lived in Bloomfield,CT and commuted over an hour to work.
Conversations change when you have to live in this community and make decision that impact it.
Why wait for a job posting when you can just grab it?
Power isn't granted. It's taken!
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In any language, Only 1 can be the best.
Maria Pereira says:
As most know, Mayor Toni Harp in New Haven lost her re-election bid.
Since Mayor Toni Harp is out of a job, so is Tom McCarthy. He needs a place to land which means he will likely become the Director of Labor Relations replacing Janine Hawkins who still has out of state plates on her car after serving as the Director of Labor Relations for four years.
Pastor Janine Hawkins will serve as CAO, John Gomes will remain as Deputy CAO, and I believe Pastor Gaston will fill the long vacant Assistant Deputy CAO position vacated when Gina Malheiro was demoted and sent to Siberia AKA the Port Authority.
There will be three Black people filling all three CAO positions, and the only other high level Black administrative member will be OPM Nestor Nwko. Only one woman with two members of the clergy which is highly inappropriate. You are either a member of the clergy or a political appointee. You should not be both.
Chief of Staff Dan Shamus, Director of Finance Ken Flatto, Director of Public Facilities John Ricci, Director of Special Projects Danny Roach, Director of Specisl Projects Ed Adams, City Attorney Chris Meyer, Director of Economic Development Tom Gil, Director of Civil Service David Dunn, Director of Communications Rowena White, BFD Chief Thode, Director of Emergency Operations, Director of Labor Relations Tom McCarthy, and more are all White with only one woman appointed to a cabinet level position.
The two high level Hispanic appointees are Chief A.J. Perez and Health Director Maritza Bond. Again, one woman.
If anyone can add positions I may have forgotten please feel free to do so.
The largest voter demographic in Bridgeport is Hispanic with the Black demographic following close behind and 50% of our population is made up of women.
Does Mayor Ganim's administration in any way reflect Bridgeport's demographics?
There are only three women in high level administrative positions out of about 20 positions.
There are only two Hispanics. Period.
I find this troubling.
Let Darwin and not quotas determine the mix of Bridgeport employees.
If we want to reflect city demographics we need a few gun owners, a few public housing tenants, some working poor and some homeless people.
Jimfox says:
Not one midget!
Maria, I don't remember seeing McCarthy's name on any of Joe's fundraiser declaration pages over the last year,And I can't recall ever seeing McCarthy support Joe at all as a matter of fact.He and Finch were attached at the hip, and still are. Joe also made him choose his council position or his job 4 years ago, I'd be surprised if Joe offered him the Labor relation position again.
Mario Testa will take care of loyalist Tom McCarthy.
Yes, good point, I'm sure he will. Same old Bpt,it never ends.
Mario Testa didn't push McCarthy under the Bus, Mario was driving the Bus!
Also Maria, I noticed a day or two after Election Day, Manny Mouhtino started clearing that piece of land in your district on Huntington Turnpike. Did he get the go ahead to ruin that lovely stretch of rd with a strip mall?
Yes. He fought numerous battles in court and prevailed each time.
I figured as much, wonder how much he stuffed in the campaigns coffers to make this happen?
Manny Mouhtino did not donate a single dollar to Joe Ganim's gubernatorial or mayoral campaign.
He knows what many of us that helped Ganim get elected in 2015 know, we made a mistake in supporting him.
And you'll make an even bigger mistake if you bring that attitude to City
Council chambers……….. ><}}}*< – – –
Don't direct any of your gibberish at me.
If some of Ganim's City employees who where working on his campaign and their job was funded by the Federal Government, would Ganim be in violation of the Hatch Act?
Now that the internet has put every bit of information at your fingertips, isn't asking a question obsolete?
It must be 5 o'clock somewhere with the replies coming back at you.
Antonio Dawson says:
I might be wrong but Gomes is Cape Verdean but also speaks fluent Spanish
John Gomes speaks fluent Portuguese and is Cape Verdean which is considered to be Black.
Cape Verde is a stable semi-presidential representative democratic republic. It is among the most democratic nations in Africa.
A little late with this, but I just read the Mayor and a bunch of city counselors are on vacation…. errr at a conference this week?.. Why??.. We are a failing city that can't even find our schools, and some on the council think it's ok to take a vacation for a few days on our dime??.. And why are some there if their term expires in a week anyway??.. Another example of a big "FU"to the taxpayers. Way to start off the new term Joe, get a handle on this shit.
*** Fund our schools
This is what I mean about the kids being used as a tool for an attack. Without a specific idea to better the school system, other than new or renovated buildings just saying fund the school is bull. Because according to Maria since Joe was first reelected the state had (BBOE) had made 50 million in cuts. If Joe gave the BBOE 50 million today BBOE would be at the same failing level is was before Joe was elected. And I know no one will say BBOE was not failing our students then. Not to mention according to Maria out BBOE was overfunded and was giving the city (Finch) money, and since Bill wanted to State to takeover the BBOE when it was overfunded. WILL YOU MAKE YOUR OWN OPINION AS TO WHY OUR SCHOOLS ARE FAILING? Start with a reasonable number of students per teacher, per class, Teacher that actually teach coupled with Technology to aid the teacher in their workload and the students in their education. JS People.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3h5jcI-MFI
Ernie Newton says:
Havey
I'm still here. lol
Its not vacation,Its the National League Of Cities conference which the City of Bridgeport in a member. Elected official from around the country attend and share ideas on issues. Housing, Education, Infrastructure etc.


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Choi Hong-man  (30 de octubre de 1980), a menudo occidentalizado como Hong-man Choi, es un luchador de ssireum, kickboxer y artista marcial mixto surcoreano. Choi ganó el K-1 World Grand Prix 2005 in Seoul venciendo a Kaoklai Kaennorsing en la final. Mide 2,18 m, y pesa entre 140 kg y 175,5 kg.

Carrera profesional

Ssireum (hasta 2004)

En el Campeonato de Ssireum 2003, ganó el título contra su rival de mucho tiempo, Kim Young-hyun. Un año después, llegó a la final nuevamente, donde fue derrotado por Kim. En todos los estilos de deportes de combate, no existen registros de una pelea con tales proporciones físicas entre dos atletas. Choi pesaba 175,5 kg con una altura de 2,18 m, Kim pesaba 167,8 kg con una altura de 2,17 m. Incluso el campeonato de peso pesado de la AMB entre Nikolay Valuev (2,13 m con 146,2 kg) y Jameel McCline (1,98 m con 121,7 kg), que se considera un récord en el boxeo en términos de físico, no posee la envergadura de este combate.

K-1 (2005-2008)

Preparado para su carrera de kickboxing por el luchador de K-1 Nicholas Pettas, debutó en la lucha de K-1 en el evento World GP 2005 en Seúl en marzo de 2005, el cual ganó en la final contra Kaoklai Kaennorsing. En la Eliminación Final, derrotó a Bob Sapp con una decisión de 2-0, y finalmente perdió ante Remy Bonjasky en la Final del Gran Premio Mundial.

Recibió su apodo de «Techno Goliat» (테크노 골리앗) cuando era luchador de ssireum en Corea del Sur, ya que después de una victoria bailaba música techno. Se le conoce en la televisión japonesa y en los artículos de noticias como el «Monstruo coreano» (コ リ ア ン ・ モ ン ス タ ー).

Comenzó la temporada 2006 en el K-1 World GP en Las Vegas con una victoria por decisión unánime sobre Sylvester Terkay, también conocido como «The Predator». Su nuevo entrenador fue el exluchador japonés coreano de K-1 Kin Taiei (también conocido como Taiei Kin).

Una de las peleas más notables de Choi fue contra el campeón mundial de K-1, Semmy Schilt, en el evento World GP 2006 en Seúl. La pelea fue única debido al enorme tamaño y peso de ambos luchadores (Schilt: 2,12 m y 128 kg, Choi 2,18 m y 161 kg). Choi ganó la pelea por decisión 2-0, pero fue una victoria disputada.

El 30 de septiembre de 2006, Choi luchó contra Jérôme Le Banner en las eliminaciones finales y perdió después de 3 asaltos y 1 asalto adicional por puntos. Después de la pelea, Le Banner dijo: «Es peligroso, sus rodillas ya están casi al nivel de mi cabeza, ¡no es humano! Pero es un buen tipo y me gusta, es muy duro, quizá el tipo más fuerte en K-1, y tiene huesos duros, cuando lo pateé, ¡me dolió la pierna! ¡Estoy seguro de que con más experiencia, en dos años nadie podrá noquearlo!»

El 4 de marzo de 2007, en el Gran Premio Mundial de Yokohama, fue eliminado por primera vez en su carrera. Mighty Mo aterrizó su característico volado directo a la barbilla y Choi no pudo volver a ponerse de pie. En esta pelea pesó 165,4 kg, fue muy lento y muchos dicen que fue su peor actuación. El propio Choi declaró en una entrevista unos seis meses después: «En ese momento, no estaba en forma, por lo que no entrené en absoluto».

El 5 de agosto en el Gran Premio Mundial de Asia en Hong Kong, venció a Gary Goodridge por KO a las 1:34 en la primera ronda. Pesaba 163,5 kg. Notable en esta pelea fue su guardia. Desde su debut en K-1 en 2005, ha peleado con una guardia ortodoxa. Sin embargo, en esta pelea, adoptó por primera vez una guardia zurda. Esta fue una estrategia de su entrenador Kin Taiei para un eventual reencuentro con Mighty Mo (para bloquear mejor su peligroso volado de derecha).

El 29 de septiembre en K-1 Final Eliminations en Seúl, luchando con una guardia zurda nuevamente, redimió su derrota anterior y derrotó a Mighty Mo por decisión. La victoria fue difícil porque Mo pudo conectar muchos golpes directos en la cabeza de Choi, mientras que el surcoreano falló la mayoría de sus golpes. Sin embargo, debido a una patada que Choi le dio a la ingle de Mighty Mo en el segundo asalto, inexplicablemente se dictaminó una caída con conteo incluido. Mighty Mo fue citado en la entrevista posterior a la pelea: «Él (Choi) parecía un poco más fuerte porque lo golpeé con algunos buenos golpes y no se cayó, así que me sorprendió, en realidad fue más fuerte a que como lo golpeé antes. Debe haber estado practicando para recibir golpes».

En el torneo World Grand Prix Final 2007, el 8 de diciembre, volvió a perder por decisión ante Jérôme Le Banner. Choi fue anunciado por Jimmy Lennon Jr. con un peso de 166,6 kg, el peso más pesado de su carrera K-1 (2005-2008). Después de la pelea Choi dijo: «Él (Jérôme) ha sido mi oponente más duro, quien fue capaz de resistir mis poderosos golpes y contraatacar con velocidad. Admiro su fuerza física y estoy seguro que con más experiencia podrá vencer él».

El 27 de septiembre regresó a K-1, en K-1 final Elimination in Seoul, y luchó contra el actual campeón de peso pesado Badr Hari. Después de tres asaltos, la esquina de Choi tiró la toalla debido a una lesión en las costillas. Aunque Hari no pudo tumbar a Choi con dos fuertes golpes lanzados en el primer y segundo asaltos, en el tercer asalto comenzó a apuntar a la caja torácica de Choi con puñetazos y patadas. Un dato notable es que entre los años 2008 y 2009, Hari peleó 14 combates y solo perdió 3 de ellos, uno por descalificación contra Remy Bonjasky, dos por KO contra Alistair Overeem y Semmy Schilt, y de sus 11 victorias, ganó 8 veces por KO en el primer asalto. Choi declaró antes de su pelea contra Hari: «Es un gran peleador, pero seré diferente de los que cayeron en el primer asalto». Choi fue el único de los 11 oponentes derrotados de Hari entre 2008 y 2009 que pudo recibir sus mejores golpes y patadas en la cabeza, el cuerpo y las piernas sin caer ni una vez. Hari dijo después de la pelea, «traté de noquearlo en el primer asalto, pero tiene un mentón muy fuerte».

Desde su última pelea, Choi ha perdido mucho peso. Fue anunciado con un peso de 149 kg.

Choi fue elegido como primer peleador de reserva contra Ray Sefo en las Finales del Campeonato K-1 de 2008, que perdió por decisión unánime. La versión en inglés de la pelea de HDNet Fights fue comentada por Michael Schiavello y Mike Kogan, el co-comentarista fue Kimbo Slice. Slice dijo que vio a Choi el día anterior en el desayuno y señaló lo grande y enorme que es. Slice: «Hong-man es un tipo realmente grande, es muy alto. Pelear contra él sería un verdadero desafío para cualquier peleador». En los últimos 23 segundos de la pelea, Sefo conectó un derechazo muy fuerte a la mandíbula de Choi, pero el coreano lo tomó sin ningún daño. Sefo noqueó a muchos oponentes con la misma mano derecha, incluidos Jérôme Le Banner, Gary Goodridge y Ruslan Karaev. Schiavello señaló como el mismo golpe rompió la mandíbula de Le Banner en cuatro lugares, y Kogan declaró: «Para crédito de Choi, no creo que la gente se dé cuenta del poder de los golpes de Sefo. Eso aterrizó al ras de su mandíbula, y Choi simplemente se sacudió y siguió avanzando, eso es ridículo».

Carrera de artes marciales mixtas (2006-2009)

K-1 Dynamite

El 31 de diciembre, Choi peleó su primera pelea de artes marciales mixtas en K-1 Dynamite, enfrentándose a la ex estrella de televisión Bobby Ologun, a quien Choi superó por un amplio margen. Ologun cargó y falló una patada voladora, luego de lo cual Choi lo arrastró al centro del cuadrilátero y lo golpeó. Como Ologun parecía negarse a defenderse, el árbitro detuvo el partido en solo 16 segundos con una victoria para el coreano.

Choi estaba programado para enfrentarse al ex campeón de World Wrestling Entertainment, New Japan Pro-Wrestling y National Collegiate Athletic Association, Brock Lesnar, en el evento de promoción combinada K-1 Dynamite! USA, un evento pago por evento en Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, el 2 de junio de 2007. Sin embargo, según se ha informado, debido a un tumor benigno en su glándula pituitaria, a Choi se le negó su licencia de boxeador de California el 23 de mayo de 2007. Diez días antes del evento programado, Choi fue reemplazado en la pelea por su compañero luchador surcoreano Kim Min-soo.

Se confirmó su pelea contra el ex campeón de peso pesado de Pride Fiódor Yemeliánenko en Yarennoka en la víspera de Año Nuevo. Choi abrió la pelea aterrizando sobre Fedor durante un intento de derribo, después de lo cual el ruso intentó una armbar desde abajo sin éxito. La secuencia se repitió, solo que en la segunda vez Fedor mostró la diferencia en experiencia y sujetó firmemente el brazo, lo que obligó a Choi a rendirse en el minuto 1:54.

Choi peleó de nuevo en Dynamite!! 2008, siendo programado para pelear contra Mirko «Cro Cop» Filipovic. La pelea fue más larga, ya que a Cro Cop, un peleador especialista en K-1, le resultó difícil atacar a un Choi más grande. Conectó varias patadas bajas durante el asalto, lo que eventualmente causó suficiente daño para que la pelea se detuviera con un TKO para Cro Cop.

DREAM

El próximo combate de MMA de Choi sería para la promoción DREAM. Se enfrentó al jugador de béisbol retirado José Canseco en un combate de AMM el 26 de mayo de 2009 como parte de su Torneo Super Hulk. Choi venció a Canseco en 1 minuto 17 segundos.

El surcoreano avanzó a las semifinales en DREAM 11 y se enfrentó a Ikuhisa Minowa, un luchador japonés familiarizado con las grandes diferencias de tamaño. En el primer asalto Minowa recurrió a derribos y movimientos creativos para llevar la lucha a ras de piso, pero Choi usó su tamaño y fuerza para impedir su plan de juego; eventualmente, Minowa inmovilizó a Choi en una posición lateral y conectó golpes de rodilla, a lo que el surcoreano respondió bajando a ras de piso en una posición superior y golpeando a través de la guardia de Minowa. En el siguiente asalto, Minowa derribó a Choi e inmediatamente realizó un gancho al tobillo, logrando que se rindiera.

Se esperaba que Choi participara en DREAM 14, que se suponía que tendría lugar en Seúl, Corea del Sur. Sin embargo, muchos factores, incluido el problema de que muchas de las principales estrellas coreanas como Denis Kang y el mismo Choi no estaban disponibles en abril, contribuyeron a la cancelación del evento.

Servicio militar e inactividad (2008-2015)

En abril de 2008, Choi se unió al ejército coreano para su servicio militar de 21 meses. Después de fallar dos pruebas médicas, fue relevado de su servicio militar. La razón principal fue un problema con la vista en su ojo izquierdo, que fue el resultado de un tumor cerebral. El 9 de junio, finalmente se extirpó el tumor mediante cirugía.

Choi no participó en ninguna competencia entre octubre de 2009 y julio de 2015. Apareció con frecuencia en programas de televisión, programas de juegos y algunas películas durante esos años. Muchos críticos creen que nunca alcanzó su mejor forma después de este largo descanso. A pesar de que técnicamente era muy limitado y en su mayoría perdió ante los mejores luchadores de K-1 y AMM, sus mayores fortalezas fueron su muy buena barbilla, su resistencia general a golpes y patadas, y un golpe de rodilla muy fuerte de muay thai. Peleadores como Carlos Toyota o David Mihajlov no tienen un índice de nocaut o poder de golpe similar al de Badr Hari, Jérôme Le Banner o Mighty Mo. Solo Mo pudo noquearlo durante el tiempo de Choi en K-1 (2005-2008), aunque el surcoreano afirmó que no había entrenado y que no estaba en forma en ese momento, y respaldó esta afirmación en la revancha al no solo aparecer en plena forma contra Mo, sino también recibiendo sus mejores golpes. Durante sus mejores días, Choi también pudo recibir todos los golpes y patadas de Bob Sapp, Semmy Schilt y Remy Bonjasky sin ser derribado ni derrotado ni una sola vez. Le Banner tuvo cuatro peleas con Mark Hunt, y lo derribó un total de tres veces, una con fuertes patadas en las piernas, otra con una patada en la cabeza y otra con un contragolpe en la cabeza, y Hunt recibió una cuenta de ocho cada vez. Hunt es considerado uno de los luchadores más resistentes en K-1 y AMM, pero aun así fue derribado por Le Banner tres veces, y también fue noqueado por una patada en el hígado de Schilt. Schilt noqueó a muchos de sus oponentes con puñetazos y patadas, y Le Banner tuvo con más del 80 % la tasa de nocaut más alta de todo K-1. Choi recibió todos los ataques a la cabeza, el cuerpo y las piernas de Le Banner y Schilt, nunca cayó al suelo y nunca recibió una cuenta de ocho en su pelea con el neerlandés y en sus dos peleas con el francés.

Regreso

Road Fighting Championship

En julio de 2015, luego de 5 años y 9 meses de inactividad en el deporte de combate, dio su regreso ante el peleador brasileño Carlos Toyota, con un peso de 140 kg, el más bajo hasta el día de hoy. Perdió por nocaut en el primer asalto (múltiples golpes en la cara y la mandíbula). Toyota fue el segundo luchador además de Mighty Mo que noqueó a Choi con golpes en la cabeza.

El 26 de diciembre de 2015 compitió en el Torneo de Peso Abierto ROAD FC 027 en China. Su oponente en cuartos de final fue el chino Luo Quanchao. Choi pudo ganar la pelea por nocaut técnico en el primer asalto y avanzar a las semifinales.

En abril de 2016, luchó contra Aorigele, a quien derrotó por nocaut en el primer asalto. Choi pesaba 157 kg.

El 24 de septiembre de 2016, Choi, con un nuevo peso de pelea de 161,5 kg, compitió en la final del Torneo de peso abierto. A pesar de la intensa preparación contra Mighty Mo, quien lo noqueó con un fuerte golpe en la cabeza en 2007, Choi no pudo evitar otra derrota por nocaut con un golpe a la cabeza de Mo.

Kickboxing

El 6 de noviembre de 2016, Choi regresó a un ring de kickboxing por primera vez desde diciembre de 2008. En el evento Silk Road Hero Kickboxing en China, perdió por decisión unánime ante el chino Zhou Zhipeng. Choi pesaba 160 kg, mientras que Zhou pesaba solo 72 kg con una altura de 1,78 m.

El 27 de noviembre de 2017. En el evento de la AFC en Corea del Sur, derrotó al japonés Noboru Uchida por una victoria unánime por puntos.

El 15 de noviembre de 2018, luchó en el evento chino MAS FIGHT contra el luchador de wushu Yi Long, de 80 kg y 1,76 m. La pelea fue anotada bajo extrañas circunstancias como una victoria por nocaut técnico para los chinos. Yi pateó a Choi con una patada giratoria por debajo de la cintura al minuto 1:30 del primer asalto, después de lo cual Choi se sentó en el suelo con el rostro dolorido y permaneció allí durante varios minutos. El árbitro fue Tony Weeks, conocido en el boxeo y quien, entre otras peleas famosas, arbitró la pelea por el Campeonato Mundial Peso Pesado entre Wladimir Klitschko y Tyson Fury en Düsseldorf, noviembre de 2015, cuando Fury destronó al antiguo campeón Klitschko. Choi se quejó con Weeks de que Yi lo había pateado en la ingle, pero Weeks no estuvo de acuerdo y consideró que el comportamiento de Choi se negaba a pelear. Varias imágenes y fotos en cámara lenta muestran que, si bien la patada de Yi no fue claramente en la ingle, estaba debajo de la línea del cinturón.

El 11 de junio de 2019, perdió ante David Mihajlov de Hungría, quien lo envió al suelo con varios golpes en la cabeza a los 49 segundos del primer asalto, y el árbitro detuvo la pelea después de un breve conteo. Choi pesaba 150 kg y Mihajlov 110 kg. Aparte de Mighty Mo en 2007 y 2016 y Carlos Toyota en 2015, Mihajlov fue el tercer hombre en noquear a Choi con golpes a la cabeza.

Campeonatos y logros

Ssireum

 41° Cheonhajangsa Ssireum Championship in 2003 (campeón)

Kickboxing

 K-1
 K-1 World Grand Prix 2005 in Seoul (campeón)

Artes marciales mixtas

 DREAM
  DREAM 11 Super Hulk 2009 (semifinalista)

 Road Fighting Championship
 Road FC 2016 (subcampeón)

Registro de kickboxing

Registro de artes marciales mixtas

Referencias

Enlaces externos

Kickboxers de Corea del Sur
Practicantes de artes marciales mixtas de Corea del Sur


The social work staff at Lowell Middlesex Academy Charter School is available by phone or appointment to provide students and families with information and supportive services that will foster academic success. The school encourages and supports family involvement and recognizes the diversity of family structures, circumstances, and cultural backgrounds. Families are respected as important decision makers for their children's education and the school believes that developing school-family partnerships is critical to the success of each student. Please feel free to contact the social work staff with any issues of concern. Contact numbers for the social work support staff are listed below.


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Nina Otero Community » About Us » Who was Nina Otero Warren
By Priscilla Solis Ybarra, Ph.D.
Adelina (Nina) Otero Warren—suffragist, educator, politician, entrepreneur, and writer-- was born in 1881 in La Constancia, New Mexico, near Los Lunas. She was the second child of Manuel B. Otero and Eloisa Luna Otero. Both her parents had deep roots in New Mexico, with her mother's family claiming descent from some of the earliest colonizers of New Mexico and her father's family dating back to Spanish pioneers of the eighteenth century. The Lunas and Oteros still controlled large land holdings and influenced culture and politics at the time of Nina's birth. During her childhood, Nina enjoyed the benefits of a wealthy and influential family.
Her family experienced the tragedy of her father's untimely death when Nina was just four months short of her second birthday. He was killed in a land dispute at the age of 23. At the time of Manuel B. Otero's death, Nina's mother was pregnant with her third child. Nina and her two young brothers would grow up without their father, but the extended Luna and Otero clans oversaw the well-being of the small family. After a mourning period, the young Eloisa met and eventually married Alfred Maurice Bergere in 1886. Bergere was an Englishman of Italian descent who had immigrated to the U.S. at age sixteen. Eloisa and Bergere would go on to have nine more children, creating a houseful of four boys and eight girls.
The Bergeres educated their children, including eldest daughter Nina. She studied at St. Vincent's Academy in Albuquerque until the age of eleven, when she was sent to Maryville College of the Sacred Heart in St. Louis, Missouri. Nina returned home at age thirteen, after spending two years improving her language skills and learning lessons about the family and community duties of women current at that time. Once home, she shared her lessons with her younger brothers and sisters and took advantage of her position as an older sibling in order to instruct their behavior. She would continue this role through to the end of her life, with her younger siblings and nieces and nephews always looking up to her for advice. She also took great pride in living on a working rancho and spent many hours on horseback, observing the many activities of ranch life and cultivating her independent spirit. She would later describe ranch duties and traditions in her book Old Spain in Our Southwest.
When Nina was sixteen, the Bergere clan moved to Santa Fe. Eloisa's cousin Miguel Antonio Otero II had been appointed the territorial governor, and he convinced Alfred Bergere to take an appointment as a judicial clerk. The move to Santa Fe also gave the older children, including Nina, closer access to the vibrant society and culture at the capital. She soon became a regular guest at many of the social gatherings in the region, distinguishing herself as attractive, intelligent, witty, vibrant, and respectable. Yet, even with all her charms and wide network of friends and acquaintances, she did not meet her husband until 1907 when she was 26. The young man was Rawson D. Warren, a first lieutenant and the commanding officer of the Fifth U.S. Cavalry stationed at Fort Wingate. He was 35 years old, and his intelligence and steadiness appealed to Nina. They were married at Santa Fe on June 25, 1908, and she then accompanied him to Fort Wingate, near Gallup, New Mexico. However, they did not prove to be a good match, and Nina left Warren after two years of struggling under the strictures of army life and conventional marriage.
Once she left her marriage, Nina returned to Santa Fe to begin a new and independent period of her life. She described herself as a widow and threw herself into local political and social life once again. She started as an observer, as women could not vote, but she soon developed an interest in changing things. However, her early involvement in suffragist politics was interrupted by the illness and eventual death of her mother. After her mother died of heart failure in 1914, her stepfather Alfred Bergere relied on the eldest daughter of the clan to help look after the house and her many younger siblings, the youngest being eight-year-old Joe. With her sister Anita, Nina helped Alfred with the children and the house, although her primary interests lay in politics. Nina proved a good role model for her younger siblings, demonstrating independence even in an era when women could not vote. Her family history and connections made her central to the suffragist movement in New Mexico, not to mention her personal passion for the cause. The woman's vote was finally approved in 1920 due to the hard work of Nina and many other women like her in New Mexico. Not one to sit back and enjoy a victory, she immediately launched a campaign to be the Republican Party nominee for the U.S. House of Representatives. She ran a historic campaign, winning the nomination but losing the race for the seat by less than nine percent, and the experience established her as a leader committed to the welfare of her fellow New Mexicans.
Her notoriety as a suffragist and the respect she gained from her run for U.S. Congress led to her twelve-year tenure as Superintendent of Public Schools in Santa Fe County. She took this next period of her professional life very seriously and worked hard to improve the schools by recruiting better teachers, closely monitoring school maintenance and increasing teacher salaries. However, her most significant contribution during this era involved her negotiation of the American impact on what she identified as the Spanish culture. She realized that pressure from the federal government required the schools to Americanize—to assimilate to American culture and values—yet she also realized that local Spanish culture offered a deep history and rich culture in the region. During her time as superintendent, she set about trying to strike a balance between curricular requirements on the one hand and Spanish cultural values on the other. She gained a great deal of respect from parents, teachers, and pupils for her efforts on this front.
Always an educator, Nina wanted to offer the public a permanent record of the Spanish culture in New Mexico that she saw vanishing all too quickly. Encouraged by her acquaintance Mary Hunter Austin, she wrote a book titled Old Spain in Our Southwest in 1936 as a sourcebook for young adults, and she also offered a critique of assimilation within its pages. Her criticism of imperialism is of course not without its ironies, given the history of Spanish colonization of American Indian lands. However, her writings still offer a window on the ways that Mexican Americans attempted to balance the influence of American culture with the traditions that prevailed in New Mexico during the Spanish and Mexican periods.
Nina's later life found her homesteading a ranch she called "Las Dos" with her friend and companion Mamie Meadors. She and Meadors also ran a real estate agency together, and she remained a visible part of Santa Fe politics and society. For her family, she remained an advisor and matriarch. Although she never remarried or had children of her own, her younger siblings and nieces and nephews sought her out and received her help and advice. They also often visited Las Dos for family reunions, including her sister Estella Bergere Leopold and her "favorite brother-in-law," the conservationist Aldo Leopold, and their children. She died on January 3, 1965.
Otero, Nina. Old Spain in Our Southwest. New York: Harcourt, Brace, and Company, 1936.
Whaley, Charlotte T. Nina Otero Warren of Santa Fe. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1994.


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N.Y. sheriff says he won't enforce Cuomo's Thanksgiving orders: 'Your house is your castle'
By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times
A New York sheriff on Saturday slammed Gov. Andrew Cuomo's executive order limiting indoor gatherings due to the coronavirus as government overreach and assured residents that law enforcement has no constitutional authority to enforce it.
"With regard to the Thanksgiving Executive Order, the Fulton County Sheriff's Office will NOT be enforcing it against our County residents," Fulton County Sheriff Richard Giardino wrote in a statement. "Frankly, I am not sure it could sustain a Constitutional challenge in Court for several reasons including your house is your castle. And as a Sheriff with a law degree I couldn't in good faith attempt to defend it Court, so I won't.
"Who and how many people you invite in to your home is your business, unlike outdoor gatherings which may receive a police response if disorderly or other violations of public nuisance laws occur," he continued. "We have limited resources and we have to set priorities, so obtaining a Search Warrant to enter your home to see how many Turkey or Tofu eaters are present is not a priority. We won't be doing that."
Sheriff Giardino told the Albany Times Union that his statement posted to Facebook Saturday wasn't meant to be political, but a lesson in "common sense." He said he trusts Fulton County residents to use their own judgment when it comes to celebrating the holidays.
"So don't feel a need to hide cars, cover with leaves or walk 3 blocks so your house doesn't become a target of the Governors EO," read his statement, adding that the "constant barrage of Government Regulations and control over your daily lives" had worsened the devastation of the pandemic.
His statement came after Mr. Cuomo announced a ban on indoor gatherings of more than 10 people at private residences.
Rich Azzopardi, senior adviser to the governor, denounced Sheriff Giardino's comments.
"Politicians acting like politicians and ignoring what the actual experts say has been fueling the spread of this virus is what plunged this country in this continued public health crisis in the first place," Mr. Azzopardi told the Times Union. "We urge everyone to continue to be smart and act responsibly. We know this makes people unhappy, but better unhappy then sick or worse."


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Čínské jméno Ma Jüan má více známých nositelů:

 Ma Jüan (generál) (14 př. n. l. – 49 n. l.), generál říše Chan,
 Ma Jüan (malíř) (cca 1160/65 – 1225), malíř v říši Sung,
 Ma Jüan (soudkyně), místopředsedkyně Nejvyššího lidového soudu ČLR,
 Ma Jüan (spisovatel) (* 1953).

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CONCERT REVIEW: THIRTY SECONDS TO MARS | BUDWEISER STAGE
By jeanycrux June 8, 2018 June 8, 2018
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Words by: Tyson Clarke
The countdown finally reached the end as Thirty Seconds to Mars brought their "Monolith Tour" to Toronto's Budweiser Stage on June 6th 2018. The tour is in support of the bands 5th studio album, America. Alongside Thirty Seconds to Mars were some of the brightest young groups in the indie/alternative scene: Joywave, Misterwives, and Walk the Moon. Though it was a chilly spring night, the weather did not stop the near 10 000 fans from partying the night away.
As the house lights turned off, a giant LED rectangle box lowered to the center of the stage. Everything was black, as the intro for "Monolith" began. Suddenly the box raised up and splits into 5 screens, as Thirty Seconds to Mars emerge from underneath. The band was greeted by an irruption from the crowd, mainly from women yelling "I love you" and "you're so sexy" as Jared Leto took a look into the audience and said "Toronto make some fucking noise" before jumping into "Up in the Air" and "Kings and Queens".
"Hello! Hold on, I have to take my glasses off so I can see you. Make some noise if you're having fun tonight. How many of you are seeing Thirty Seconds to Mars for the first time? Thank you, and also what the fuck took you so long? How many of you have seen us before? We were in this same venue last year, and we just had to come back. We missed you" Leto said "Hail to the Victor". It was the first night of the tour, and their biggest headline tour the band has ever embarked on thus far, so Jared Leto made sure to remind the crowd of their appreciation often throughout the set. "I had no idea the first night of the tour was probably gonna be the best night of the tour. Seriously, I wasn't expecting this kind of energy. Maybe we can make this a yearly thing? We're like your two crazy uncles that won't stop visiting" said Leto before playing a cover of Rihanna's "Stay".
Crowd participation was a big thing with all of the bands on the bill, but Thirty Seconds to Mars took it to another level. The band brought fans up on stage on three different occasions. At one point a young boy named Logan was brought up on stage to dance with the band during their latest single, "Rescue Me". To close out the show Leto basically grabbed everyone he could reach to come up on stage because there were about 50 fans up there during "Closer to the Edge". Midway through the song Jared Leto stopped to thank the crowd one last time "holy fucking shit, I need to stop and say thank you so much. What a fucking audience" he said before finishing the song and wrapped up the set, leaving the crowd with no encore and praying that they return next year as promised.
Jared Leto has a larger than life ambiance to him on stage. He came on stage in a red blazer, red pants, red gloves, sunglasses and a cape, and watching him storm around on stage almost makes it seem like he's a real super hero. Guitarist, Tomo Millicevic was missing from the bands performance which only left Jared and his brother behind the kit, Shannon Leto. It's a very large stage for one guy to fill, but Leto not only succeeded, but exceled at filling the stage and giving everyone a show.
This is the perfect outdoor amphitheatre summer tour. All four bands have infectious energy that makes it impossible to stand still. There are good vibes all around. This tour is just getting started so if it's coming to your city grab a few friends, and get ready for a great summer night.
TSTM Setlist:
Monolith (Intro)
Dangerous Night
Hail to the Victor
The Kill
Stay (Rihanna cover)
Great Wide Open
Closer to the Edge
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Q: Lower bound of the length of a sum of vectors in $\mathbb{R}^n$ Let $x_1,x_2,\dots,x_k$ be vectors in $\mathbb{R}^n$ and $y=\Sigma^k_{i=1}x_i'$, where $x_i'$ denotes $x_i$ or $-x_i$. Does there always exist an appropriate choice of plus or minus for each $x_i'$ such that $\sqrt{n}|y|\geq \Sigma^k_{i=1}|x_i|$? (Here $|\cdot|$ stands for the common Euclidean norm.)

A: Let $\epsilon \in \{0,1\}^k$ (such that $x_i'=  \epsilon_i x_i$).
Then, we have :
\begin{align*}
\left\| \sum_{i=1}^k \epsilon_i x_i \right\|^2 &= \sum_{i=1}^n \|x_i\|^2 + 2 \sum_{i=1}^n \epsilon_i \left\langle x_i, \sum_{j=1}^{i-1} \epsilon_jx_j \right\rangle
\end{align*}
We can choose the $(\epsilon_i)$ inductively such that :
$$\forall i \in \{1,2,\ldots,n\}, \epsilon_i \left\langle x_i, \sum_{j=1}^{i-1} \epsilon_jx_j \right\rangle \geq 0$$
Then, we have :
$$\left\| \sum_{i=1}^k \epsilon_i x_i \right\|^2 \geq \sum_{i=1}^n \|x_i\|^2$$
and therefore
$$\sqrt n\left\| \sum_{i=1}^k \epsilon_i x_i \right\|\geq \sum_{i=1}^n \|x_i\|$$

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Guía de Isora is on the island of Tenerife. Its attractive landscape, a spring-like average temperature of 24ºC, and the island's modern communications infrastructures, combined with its top-quality hotels, make this enclave the perfect setting in which to hold an international conference for documentary professionals.
The market will be held on 30 and 31 of January 2018 in Guía de Isora (Tenerife) as part of the MiradasDoc International Documentary Film Festival. It is an indispensable and welcoming meeting point for documentary professionals: 2 days of laid back, informal meetings with buyers, commissioning editors and the genre's newest talents.
Catalogue with projects under development and completed documentaries.
The participation fee for all producers attending MIRADAS Market is 50.00€ (EUR).
Accreditation, printed catalogues, and MIRADASDOC totebag.


Crowdsourced from across the capital, Château Tooting is no ordinary wine. If you live in London and have a vine or two growing in your garden, you can join the Urban Wine Company. Or even if you haven't, because they'll advise you what to grow and how to care for it.
Then, on the appointed day at the end of September, you bring your harvest to their collection point (a youth club in, naturally, Tooting) to be weighed and assessed. If judged worthy, it gets made into the Grand Vin of Chateau Tooting, and you're entitled to a bottle for every two kilos of grapes you put in.
This still leaves a few for actual sale, though not many, and we've bought all the 2016 they had left. Being made from practically every grape variety found in England, both white and red, it's a rosé. And, incredibly, rather a good one, with a delightfully aromatic nose and typically English flavours of grapefruit and redcurrant.
Light in body but full in flavour, this dry wine suits being served quite cold (8°C) to emphasise its zingy freshness. Give the pouch just a minute or two out of the fridge to warm up before pouring. However, if the glass fogs then the wine is still too cold.
It smelt quite reductive on first opening though that soon blew off with air, so if you do manage to acquire one of the few remaining bottles of this wine you should decant it. Ten or fifteen minutes should do it, but longer won't hurt. You don't need an actual decanter: just slosh it out into a jug then pour it back into the bottle.
Perfect for enjoying on its own, the best pairing for this wine is probably sunshine. Sadly that's rather out of season right now, but I find that drinking this wine (and marvelling at how it came to be) cheers me up in much the same way!


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The Hon Michael McCormack MP Deputy Prime Minister Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development
Let the play begin in the new Warragamba Civic park
A new play space for people of all ages and abilities has opened in Wollondilly, thanks to a $350,000 investment from the Federal Liberal and Nationals Government.
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development Michael McCormack said the project delivered more accessible equipment for people with a disability.
"The play space has sensory items to stimulate one of a person's five senses, caters to people who are frail and has a fenced play space for children," Mr McCormack said.
Federal Member for Hume Angus Taylor, who attended today's opening, said the Liberal and Nationals Government's $350,000 funding had delivered an important community facility for Wollondilly.
"This inclusive play space supported 35 full-time jobs during construction and creates two ongoing roles," Mr Taylor said.
Deputy Premier and Minister for Regional New South Wales John Barilaro said the new facility would encourage greater participation and revitalise the Warragamba town centre.
"The new play space will attract more tourists, families, children, older Australians and people with a disability, boosting the local economy through extra spending in local businesses," Mr Barilaro said.
Mayor of Wollondilly Matthew Deeth said the new play space is an outcome of 10 years of Warragamba community lobbying, becoming reality through joint funding from the Australian Government, the New South Wales Government, Wollondilly Shire Council and Touched by Olivia Foundation.
"The community has driven this project and they are pleased it is complete. It will promote social inclusion and encourage physical activities for improved local community wellbeing," Cr Deeth said.
The Federal Liberal and Nationals Government invested $350,000 in the $1.495 million project. The New South Wales Government provided $360,000, Wollondilly Shire Council $770,000 and Touched by Olivia Foundation $15,000.
Federal Member for Hume
The Hon John Barilaro MP
NSW Deputy Premier
Cr Matthew Deeth
Mayor of Wollondilly


Start with a cliché: "The only people who like change are babies." Second cliché: "Business is like a shark—it will die if it does not keep moving." The thing that makes a cliché a thing that is oft repeated is that it is based on truth. Generally speaking, people don't like to change. If you have technology that you and your company have used for 10 years, you know that there have been improvements. Somewhere out there is technology that if you don't take advantage of it, your competitors will and they will have an advantage.
The thing is, that people won't like change. And a change in technology will almost certainly increase the phobia people have regarding change. Often, even people who are not comfortable with technology in other parts of their lives can learn how to use technology at work, but asking them to learn something different can create fear that is real.
One of the first steps in transitioning from one kind of technology to another, as recommended in Forbe's magazine is to choose products that are intuitive to use. Are there choices at the top of the screen that make sense? Are the instructions to get started short and easy to understand? If the answer is no to either of those questions, you are likely to face some pushback in the transition process. You want tech that people may be slow when they first use it (or not, if you're lucky), but they can transition through it without reading the manual cover to cover.
One of the first things to do when you have chosen the new technology is make certain people are trained in its use. Understand that when you transition from one technological tool to another, some productivity will likely be lost. You're changing from comfortable loafers you've worn for years to new shoes. There are going to be blisters.
Spend some time training—and how much training and how effective it is should be a part of how you determine if you want to purchase certain technology. The better the training, the more user friendly the tech will prove to be, and the faster people can get past the newness.
Training does not have to mean you need to give up a day of work to go over everything. Training can be spending the last hour of a workday learning how to use something new. Training can be sending work home with people—depending on the intuitiveness of the new tech. Another part of the training package is the tech support that goes with the new technology. Is someone available to help employees, IT staff, and management learn how to make it through a roadblock? If only certain people can call with problems; if they have a limited number of calls or minutes they can spend, then ask if the new tech will really be easy to transition to.
3. Decide: How Important are Bells and Whistles?
There is a belief that with technology 20% of the features and tools that are part of the software that you acquire will get 80% of the work done. The other 20% of the work is important, and it has to be done, but if it is difficult to do that first 80% of the job the tech may not really be a good fit. It makes more sense if the first 80% of the work you get done is the easiest and most intuitive. Then, if the last 20% is more involved to finish, that is all right.
Getting the first 80% of the job done should be the focus. Sometimes people, especially people comfortable with technology, get lost in the fancy stuff, the bells and whistles, when the person who will rely on the software every day does not care about the bells and whistles.
You have to stress that using new technology is important to the organization. You have to stress that you are not the guinea pigs—other people have used this technology and found it to be useful. You have to have your management team use the new technology if it is appropriate. Commend people for their efforts to try the new technology. All of these things are important in supporting the switch.
Prior to making the switch, have trusted people who tend to be enthusiastic about new technology try it out. These people provide two important things: 1. They help find trouble spots and can demonstrate that the new technology works, 2. They can be troubleshooters when others dive in. Both can be very important in getting buy in and maintaining and improving productivity.
The only thing worse than requiring institutional changes in technology is making no change at all because it is hard. Of course it is hard. Most things worth doing and providing good results are hard at first. Take the time the vet your choices, then slowly but firmly implement the change. Your organization will be better off for the trouble.


Christmas approaches, and the reckoning begins. Have these pets been nice or naughty? Only one man can judge them.
1. "Even when I'm sleeping??"
2. "Let's see how far away from Santa I can get while still being in the photo."
3. Literally no one looks happy to be here.
4. "OMG ARE THOSE CANDY CANES?"
5. "I can't believe we wore the same hat. How embarrassing."
6. "He said I'm a good boy!"
7. Halloween is more their speed.
8. "I knew you were real. I knew it."
9. Like a reindeer caught in the headlights.
10. Someone is getting coal in their stocking this year.
11. Hey, Santa, your polar bear is melting.
12. "You expect me to believe that this is the real Santa Claus? Please."
13. "I've been the goodest of good dogs, I promise."
14. Santa's beard looks fluffier than usual.
15. "You've got ten seconds to take the photo before I bolt."
16. "Last year's Santa was way better."
17. "This chair is cozy as heck. How about I get one of these for Christmas?"
18. "I get to meet Santa AND wear this cool hat? Score!"
19. "Listen, Santa, I'm as confused by this as you are."
20. "You smell like cookies!"
21. "Is this guy licensed?"
22. "My revenge will be swift and merciless."
23. Happy holidays, or whatever.
It's time for more hilarious photos of pets during the holidays. Start with this gallery of pets who are meh about Santa and then scroll through this list of 20 clues that cats invented Christmas.


An imperial city of Morocco, Marrakech, meaning 'Land of God', is the third largest city of the country sandwiched between the snowy peaks of Atlas Mountains and the incredible heat of the Sahara Desert. The city is essentially split into a historical section and a modern, European district. The winding, narrow alleyways of the old city are filled with local stores while the modern district is the place to visit for designer shopping and a surprisingly cosmopolitan experience.
An economy-sized vehicle is perfect for getting around in Marrakech and the surrounding areas.
In comparison to some other cities in the country, Marrakech roads are of a high standard throughout the vast majority of the city, especially in the modern district.
It is highly recommended to avoid driving at night; the streets are often overtaken with performers and locals alike and can be almost impossible to pass through safely.
Due to the size and scale of the city, it is advised to park your vehicle on the outskirts as the main streets are very often busy and can result in damaged cars.
To experience a traditional Moroccan night, Djemaa El-Fna is the place to visit. Dancers and musicians litter the street making for an exciting and immersive evening of intrigue. The fun doesn't stop when the sun rises however as snake charmers take over the streets for some compelling entertainment.
One of the most interesting places to visit in the city is the Saadian Tombs which went undiscovered until the 20th Century. Untouched for hundreds of years, they contain various examples of Moroccan tiling and traditional decoration, along with the tombs of Christians and Jews from hundreds of years previously.
For peace away from the hectic city, the Majorelle Gardens will offer respite and relaxation at all times of the day. There is a huge number of international plants on show, with the main highlight of the collection coming from the many variations of cactus.
A creepy, quiet and compelling historical landmark to visit comes from the once luxurious El Badi Palace that now lies in ruin. There are tunnels running beneath the palace that are open for the public to explore and it is fascinating to see how such a palace could fall into shambles.
Marrakech-Menara Airport is serviced from most major airports around Europe including low-cost airlines. Based 3 miles from the city centre, a journey should take from 15 to 20 minutes by car. Terminal one is a modern airport with many facilities whilst modernisation is also occurring across the rest of the port.


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Q: Flashing/ blinking a textbox with one command button I know this Code for creating a flashing Cell with two command buttons:
Sub start_time()
Application.OnTime Now + TimeValue("00:00:01"), "next_moment"
End Sub

Sub end_time()
Application.OnTime Now + TimeValue("00:00:01"), "next_moment", , False
End Sub

Sub next_moment()
If Worksheets("Sheet1").Cells(1, 1).Interior.ColorIndex = 6 Then
Worksheets("Sheet1").Cells(1, 1).Interior.ColorIndex = 0
Else
Worksheets("Sheet1").Cells(1, 1).Interior.ColorIndex = 6
End If
start_time
End Sub

VBA Code for First Command Button ("Start Blinking")

Private Sub CommandButton1_Click()
Call start_time
End Sub

VBA Code for Second Command Button ("Stop Blinking")

Private Sub CommandButton2_Click()
Call end_time
End Sub

What I want to do now is to make a TextBox flash, which stops automatically after 10 seconds.This should also be controlled by a command button. But in this case only by one, because the blinking stops automatically. My idea was to work with the background color of the TextBox, but I could not implement it.

A: In Sheet
Sub CommandButton1_Click()
    If PlayStopMacro = True Then
    PlayStopMacro = False
    Sheets("Sheet1").CommandButton1.BackColor = vbRed
    Else
    PlayStopMacro = True
    Sheets("Sheet1").CommandButton1.BackColor = vbGreen
    next_moment
    Application.OnTime Now + TimeValue("00:00:05"), "StopMacro"
    'Keep thi odd number to keep textbox backcolor white
    End If
End Sub

in Module
Public PlayStopMacro As Boolean

Sub next_moment()
If PlayStopMacro = True Then
    If Sheets("Sheet1").TextBox1.BackColor <> RGB(255, 255, 255) Then
    Sheets("Sheet1").TextBox1.BackColor = RGB(255, 255, 255)
    Sheets("Sheet1").TextBox1.ForeColor = RGB(0, 0, 0)
    Else

    Sheets("Sheet1").TextBox1.BackColor = RGB(0, 0, 0)
    Sheets("Sheet1").TextBox1.ForeColor = RGB(255, 255, 255)
    End If
    Application.OnTime Now + TimeValue("00:00:01"), "next_moment"
End If
End Sub

Sub StopMacro()
PlayStopMacro = False
Sheets("Sheet1").CommandButton1.BackColor = vbRed
End Sub

A: Try this (put it all in the same module)
Option Explicit
Public dteStartTime As Date

Sub start_time()
Application.OnTime Now + TimeValue("00:00:01"), "next_moment"
End Sub

Sub end_time()
On Error Resume Next
Application.OnTime Now + TimeValue("00:00:01"), "next_moment", , False
On Error GoTo 0
End Sub

Sub next_moment()
If Worksheets("Sheet1").Cells(1, 1).Interior.ColorIndex = 6 Then
Worksheets("Sheet1").Cells(1, 1).Interior.ColorIndex = 0
Else
Worksheets("Sheet1").Cells(1, 1).Interior.ColorIndex = 6
End If
If dteStartTime + TimeValue("00:00:10") <= Now Then
  end_time
Else
  start_time
End If

End Sub

Sub CommandButton1_Click()
dteStartTime = Now
Call start_time
End Sub

A: You can declare a Public counter variable (x) which counts to 10 and then stops calling start_time. This means that end_time can be removed from the code:
Public x

Sub Button1_Click()
Cells.Clear
Cells(1, 1) = 1
x = 1
start_time
End Sub

Sub start_time()
Application.OnTime Now + TimeValue("00:00:01"), "next_moment"
End Sub

Sub next_moment()
With Cells(1, 1).Interior
  If .ColorIndex = 6 Then
    .ColorIndex = 0
  Else
    .ColorIndex = 6
  End If
End With
x = x + 1
Cells(1, 1) = x
If x < 10 Then start_time
End Sub

The with statement makes the code more manageable. The cells(1,1) value keeps track of the counter, and these can be removed.


As a child of the 1950's, I often accompanied my family on cross-country trips, before, during and after the development of America's amazing Interstate Highway System. The path of our car would wind its way along clogged, two lane roads, through tiny towns. All along our route, there were traffic jams, while cars were halted. Huge mounds of red clay were in the process of being moved, by massive bulldozers and road graders.
The Book of James reminds me that faith is not just a noun. It is also a verb. Faith is not just an intellectual belief that I hold. It is a passionate conviction that has taken hold of me. Believing prayer transforms my faith into a passionate conviction, moving it from my head, to my heart, while bending my knees, and my will.
When you pray, you show signs of life. The only way for prayer to be unable to work is for you to refuse to pray. Jesus told His disciples to ask. Prayer is no more complicated than that.
You may lead or attend a death defying church. Just because it exists does not mean that it is alive. A body of believers is not life giving, until it carries out the same work as The Founder of the church.
Jesus prayed while on earth. In Heaven, seated at the right hand of The Father. He continues to intercede for His church. When you follow Jesus, you either enter into a life of prayer, or you become lifeless. The Body of Christ is either a praying church, or it is a headless corpse, not a living body.
Note to Self: Believing prayer is a sign of your living faith. When you stop praying, you stop believing. Eventually, you stop working, and living. Bending your knees and your will, are vital signs of your living faith, and prepare you for the work that matters, intercession. Jesus did it. He still does it. He has called you to it. When you are prayerless, you are leaning on your shovel, and drifting off course into a spiritual coma. TALK LESS! PRAY MORE!


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