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On the Shelves: No Regrets
No Regrets: Experiences of a Presidential Spokesman; By Wimar Witoelar; Equinox Publishing (Asia), Jakarta, 2002; 200 pp
With so many behind-the-scenes type of books available to give the Indonesian public a peek into the daily lives and activities of presidents, prime ministers and other prominent personalities abroad, it is rather odd, and disappointing, that the same cannot be said for Indonesians at the top of the social and political ladder.
No Regrets, a book on the Abdurrahman "Gus Dur" Wahid presidency written by the well-known Indonesian intellectual, columnist and television talk-show host Wimar Witoelar, remedies this situation, if only in part.
To judge by its title, the book deals more with Wimar's own involvement than with the Abdurrahman Wahid presidency, but obviously the personality of the man he served figures prominently in the foreground. This is ultimately a book about Abdurrahman Wahid, or Gus Dur as he is better known, as much as about Wimar (tellingly, the book is dedicated to Gus Dur).
There is of course no dearth in material in writing about Gus Dur, whether it be in his capacity as president of the world's fourth most populous country, as a respected leader of the country's largest Muslim organization Nahdlatul Ulama or as an ordinary citizen who is equally known for his humanistic thinking, his sense of humor and his eccentricities.
And there is probably nobody better suited for the job than Wimar to bring the human side of this controversial character to life, both his strengths and failings.
It would do the reader well to remember that Wimar, like so many other Indonesians, is and has for long been a great admirer of Gus Dur -- so much so that near the end of the book he admits to having belonged to those who supported the issuance from Gus Dur in his final hours of power of a presidential decree seeking to dissolve the House of Representatives and the People's Consultative Assembly, an act that was regarded by many Indonesians as self-serving, undemocratic and unconstitutional.
Wimar, though, regards it as an honor to have been able to serve this man throughout one of the most difficult times of Indonesia's contemporary history and asks how anyone could have any regrets about having encountered such an opportunity. Thus, it seems that although he is no longer a presidential spokesman, Wimar remains to the end, and beyond, Gus Dur's loyal public relations man.
All this, of course, does not detract from the book's merits. One might disagree on points, but No Regrets not only fills a void in this country's needs, but does so in an honest, readable and entertaining way.
Hartoyo Pratiknyo


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3D Printing and 3D Software Discussion Forums Articles 3D Metal Printing Magazine 3D Metal Printing--What's Next?
3D Metal Printing--What's Next?
Source: 3D Metal Printing Magazine September 21, 2017
Recognized additive-manufacturing industry leaders like General Electric, Airbus and Rolls Royce, stalwarts of the aircraft/aerospace industry, have evolved to where they now can start to manipulate the 3D metal-printing process to enable them to repeatably build sound, quality parts. But they recognize that there is still so much to learn, and they lack the resources and knowledge base to explore some of the very basic issues that will allow them to get to the next level, and beyond.
Such is the foundation of the industry-university collaborative research and development efforts that have risen in recent years, none more significant, innovative and industry-driven than the NextManufacturing Center. Born early in 2015 on the campus of Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) in Pittsburgh, PA, the NextManufacturing Center is a collaboration of faculty and students from across the college. And, in July 2016 the center launched a consortium that includes a diverse portfolio of member organizations, all interested in building the future of additive manufacturing.
During our recent visit to the NextManufacturing Center, we learned of its commitment to building the knowledge base needed to expand the use of additive processes throughout manufacturing. And, 3D metal printing is at its center of attention.
In an interview with 3D Metal Printing, NextManufacturing Center director Jack Beuth, a CMU professor of mechanical engineering, notes: "Our mindset is performing the research needed to directly impact additive manufacturing, and we've identified several focus areas that promise to expand the use of 3D metal printing within the next 5 yr., in the aerospace industry and in other industries."
The NextManufacturing Center 3D metal-printing roadmap includes several points of emphasis, including microstructure control and porosity modeling; machine learning and part qualification; topology optimization; and powder spreading and melt-pool geometry.
Beuth highlights the center's focus areas in broad terms:
Process design concurrent with part design
Monitoring and feedback-based control systems
Controlling build microstructure and material properties by location within a part
Expanding the variable sets used to manufacture acceptable parts and eliminate or control internal porosity
Expanding the acceptable range of powder properties, while developing new alloys to take advantage of the rapid solidification rates present during 3D metal printing.
NextManufacturing Center executive director Sandra DeVincent Wolf, flanked by associate director Tony Rollett (right) and director Jack Beuth. "Driven by the needs and demand of the aerospace industry," says Wolf, "we are focused on understanding where the processes need to be in the future…we want to be able to expand the parameter set so manufacturers can more readily make qualified parts."
Closed-Loop Process Control
"Closed-loop process control is coming," Beuth says. "The ability to adapt for variability in the process is a big concern particularly in the aerospace industry. We have projects underway focused on how to manage the large amount of data emanating from the machines, and we have shown some positive results. For example, one of our Ph.D. students, Luke Scime, has developed a machine-learning algorithm that, for each image of the powder bed, analyzes the image to look for spreading failures. His algorithm can identify several types of spreading failures; the next step is to engineer the in-process adjustments needed to overcome those failures."
Other process-control research underway, explains NextManufacturing Center associate director Tony Rollett (a CMU professor of materials science and engineering), addresses the microstructural effects of varying melt-pool cooling rates during the electron-beam powder-bed process, because part temperature can vary during a build.
"Heat is generated as the part builds," Rollett says, "which causes lower cooling rates at the top of the part than at the bottom, and a corresponding difference in material grain size and properties."
Another Ph.D. student, Brian Fisher, collaborating with the University of Texas El Paso, has demonstrated that with a dependable thermal-feedback control system, build parameters can be adjusted to control the cooling rates throughout the build and maintain consistent grain size.
Making Magic in the Lab
The NextManufacturing Center team also is hard at work developing process maps to allow aerospace manufacturers, and other adopters of metal-additive manufacturing, some leeway in how they operate their machines. As explained by the center's executive director Sandra DeVincent Wolf, the machines—laser and electron-beam—can do much more than they currently are asked to do.
"The process-variable sets being used are very narrow," Wolf explains. "We're showing that it's possible to work with a wider range of parameters—beam power and travel speed—and manipulate the process to achieve very specific outcomes. Within 5 yr., we expect that this will become an important skill set in industry."
Two important aspects of bringing this work to life: controlling porosity during the build; and allowing manufacturers to work with a wider variety of powders—varying in particle size and shape—and still yield acceptable parts.
"We've identified the parameter windows for beam power and diameter, speed, layer thickness, path spacing and local part temperature that users need to stay within in order to control porosity," says Rollett. "Research on porosity control has the potential to eliminate concerns with porosity across powder systems and alloys."
We saw evidence of this development work during our tour of the NextManufacturing Center, home to two Arcam S12 electron-beam metal-printing machines, an EOS M 290 laser-sintering metal machine and an ExOne Innovent binder-jetting machine. Also in the lab are polymer printers (Objet and Stratasys models) and finishing equipment, including a GF Machining Solutions wire-EDM machine. In particular, CMU mechanical-engineering Ph.D.-candidate student Zack Francis explained to us the impact of beam-spot size, power and speed on the melt pool and on part quality. Also noted: how high-speed imaging can be used to better understand what goes on during the build.
Most recently, CMU mechanical-engineering Ph.D. student Sneha Narra explained, researchers have begun to understand how to vary process parameters at different locations in the build to customize material characteristics—more ductile in one area of a part, for example, and harder or more impact-resistant in another area. And, fellow mechanical-engineering Ph.D. student Colt Montgomery is looking closely at a fairly common concern regarding 3D metal printing: the challenges of printing overhanging features. A key variable here: being able to change beam-spot size during the build, which gives the user more flexibility with power and velocity. (The students note that not every 3D metal-printing machine offers this capability.)
The NextManufacturing Center facility is home to two Arcam S12 electron-beam metal-printing machines, an EOS M290 laser-sintering metal machine and an ExOne Innovent binder-jetting machine. Also in the lab are polymer printers (Objet and Stratasys models) and finishing equipment, including a GF Machining Solutions wire-EDM machine.
New Powder Alloys on the Horizon
It's also important to understand and prepare for the coming increase in the types of alloys available for 3D metal printing. For the most part, explains Wolf, manufacturers are printing with the same alloys that have been developed for other processes, such as casting and thermal-spray coating. However, that soon may change, she says, thanks in part to a new project, led by CMU assistant professor of materials science and engineering Bryan Webler, to develop new powder alloys designed specifically to take advantage of the high cooling rates of additive manufacturing.
"These new alloys will have unique material properties," Wolf says, "combining strength, corrosion resistance, creep resistance, etc. Aerospace companies and others surely will recognize huge opportunities to improve part performance using these new alloys, which should become available within the next 10 yr."
Computed Tomography Paints Porosity Portraits
A large area of focus for the NextManufacturing Center is powder characterization and porosity, and defect analysis. Among the goals: understanding better how process variables impact part quality, and developing practical guidelines for setting limits on defect size and population so that users can then optimize their processes to work within those boundaries.
Walking me through the process of part-microstructure imaging and analysis in the lab were CMU materials science and engineering Ph.D. students Ross Cunningham and Samikshya Subedi. They're using the latest in supercomputing tools to analyze data collected at the national synchrotron-radiation light-source research facility at Argonne National Laboratory in Chicago, IL.
"Part of our work here centers on powder characterization," Cunningham explains. "We're learning how the raw materials used impact part properties and defects. From the 3D images and models, we're learning how powder porosity transfers to the parts, and have been able to share that knowledge with the powder suppliers. This work also supports the process-mapping projects underway at the NextManufacturing Center—looking at porosity results as the process changes.
"So, you might optimize the process for build rate or part tolerances," Cunningham continues, "but the map might not be optimized for defect population. By better understanding this variable we can help users of the technology better balance their processes accounting for all of the build properties."
Computer Vision Comes to Additive Manufacturing
Lastly, we sat with Elizabeth Holm, CMU professor of materials Science and engineering, to discuss work she's leading for the NextManufacturing Center on automating the process of analyzing microstructural images. Capitalizing on concepts of computer vision, which enables computers to interpret visual images, this technology allows researchers to quickly and accurately analyze data-laden images and organize them by specific features—much more efficiently than can humans.
"The scans become fingerprints that represent the visual content of a material," Holm explains. "Then, we can use that content and do many things that impact additive manufacturing. We can, for example, classify images by the material being processed, and what the processing conditions were that yielded the images. Another application involves characterizing the metal powders that we're printing with. We then can ask, 'Does this batch of powder match the previous batch?' or 'How has recycling changed this powder?' In this way, we can train the system to recognize the powders used most often, quickly evaluate and classify a new batch of powder, and use that data to allow for timely adjustments to be made to the machine setup and processing parameters."
Another application, of particular interest to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), is the ability to use microstructure images—taken, for example, of 3D-printed metal parts—to classify the success of a build.
"The FAA, Holm says, "would like to be able to scan 3D-printed structures and quickly prove-out a process based on this imagery and analysis. The industry needs to be able to efficiently classify successful build microstructures. Today this is done subjectively, by manually examining properties such as grain size and orientation. Our work in computer vision will allow this process to be automated, allowing the FAA and others to efficiently qualify builds, write specifications and establish visual tolerances.
"All of this," concludes Holm, "opens up new avenues for technology development, and material scientists and designers will be working hand in hand to help 3D metal-printing processes evolve."
Seen here with CMU Ph.D. students Ross Cunningham and Tugce Ozturk, NextManufacturing Center associate director Tony Rollett (top) oversees research and development efforts focused on powder characterization and properties. At their disposal: a state-of-the-art computer tomography lab, where NextManufacturing Center projects have addressed, among other issues, how powder porosity transfers to parts and how to alter process maps to optimize defect population in 3D-printed metal parts.
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Election results for the Scarborough Campus Students' Union (SCSU) executive were announced last week, ending a month-long campaign. All of the victorious candidates belonged to the unopposed UniTSC slate.
Jessica Kirk, who currently serves as vice president, equity for the SCSU, was elected president for the upcoming year.
Kirk told The Varsity that she is excited to continue contributing to a long history of student activism, citing the new Ontario budget, which largely eliminates tuition fees for students from low-income families, as an example.
Sitharsana Srithas was elected vice president, external. Srithas served as the Tamil Students' Association president for the past two years.
"I am truly excited to work with students on making UTSC a better campus for all," said Srithas. Srithas said that she wants to see a shuttle bus connecting the UTSC and UTSG to increase accessibility. She also intends to have more options in terms of mental health resources, for those at the Health & Wellness Centre.
Thomas Wood is the incoming vice president, academics & university affairs after having served as an associate to his predecessor.
"I am most excited to start working towards a more accessible academic environment at UTSC by opening up spaces where students can come together and constructively talk about our academic experiences, and ways that these experiences can be improved on," said Wood.
Wood explained that he hopes to see more spaces where students can come together and discuss academic experiences, as well as work to produce more frequent academic fora and exit surveys after dropping courses.
Nafisa Mohamed, who formerly served as a co-president of the African Students' Association, will be taking over as vice-president equity. Mohamed spent this year as the associate to the current vice president equity.
Correction (February 29, 2016, 8:03 pm): A previous version of this article reported that Nafisa Mohamed is currently the co-president of the African Student Association. In fact, she is the former co-president and served in 2014–2015. The Varsity regrets the error.


The Financial Accountability Act 2009 (part 2, division 2, section 12 Report of Ministerial Office Expenses, refers) requires that on a six monthly basis, a report of expenditure for each ministerial office, in summary format, is tabled in Parliament by the Premier. Expenses include costs for the Minister and staff, and office which is shown separately.
These reports will be due for tabling within five sitting days after 15 February (mid-year report) and by 31 August (end of year report).
The report to be tabled following the end of each financial year will be audited and certified by the Queensland Audit Office.
Ministerial Services will prepare statements as soon as possible after the end of each six monthly period for each Minister and the Premier to review and approve.
Consolidated reports are to be provided by the Director-General to the Premier by 15 February and 15 August each year.
A copy of the mid-year report will be provided to the Queensland Audit Office for information.
In the event of a change of government, the public report for the former Ministerial and former Opposition Offices will be certified by the Director-General, Department of the Premier and Cabinet.
An example of the report is shown below.
This report format may be changed by the Premier from time to time.


Not too much to say except ingredients were mostly fresh and both pastas were cooked fresh. They also didn't skimp on ingredients either which is a plus.
Everything else about this meal was mediocre.
Both pastas were actually cooked well (being not over or undercooked). However it lacked any flavours that made the dishes stand out, with the fettuccine overly bland and the risotto too salty. Ultimately, both pastas seemed like something one could cook up at home.
As mentioned above, risotto was too salty. Contrasted with the bland fettuccine made it even worse.
Also had to ask for bread rolls to be provided (they used to give it out right after you order without asking).
Definitely not a remarkable meal. However it wasn't in any way bad either.
At that price? Probably not. There just isn't enough value added to justify for that kind of price tag.


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Things To Do in West Allotment
Giant leeks were put on show after much secret feeding and top dressing.
At the front of the houses where I lived was an open area which was traffic-free, and where we could play. Washing was strung from one side to the other. It was also the place where the women congregated on summer evenings to chat. They often sat on small wooden stools, or crackets, as they were called. All the traffic came up and down the cobbled back lane. Just about all of it, as I remember, was by horse and cart.
Apart from the wireless, and reading, the women made proggy mats. These were made from old bits of clothing which were cut into small pieces (I had this job) about three inches by half an inch. A wooden frame was set up, covered with hessian and the pieces were poked through the hessian from the wrong side.
The men kept out of the way when this was going in. I suppose they were at the local pub. Dad didn't drink but played billiards. I remember him taking me with him to the local billiard room. There were also reading rooms. That was where folk caught up with the news as the papers were displayed there.
Granda taught himself to play the mandolin. His great love, however, was his allotment. He enjoyed growing vegetables and flowers, particularly huge cactus dahlias and incurve chrysanthemums. A particular feature of the mining district were the leek shows and these are still held in many areas. Giant leeks were put on show after much secret feeding and top dressing. The competition was fierce as the prizes were very substantial. There were a number of cases reported of cheating or destruction of opponent's leeks.
Of course Sundays were for chapel. There were two Methodist Chapels and you belonged to only one. They only came together for Saturday Socials. We went to chapel three times on a Sunday. I can remember coming out of Sunday School with my Uncle George on the morning war was declared. It was a glorious morning and everyone was just standing around. I was six.


I've pushed myself beyond my quilting comfort zone… trying new free motion skills… I still have huge improvements to go. I know that, yet am pleased with where I am right now… Learning new things is a dance between being gentle and kind to yourself about where you are currently and stretching to grow past current skill level! Today I'm spending a little time celebrating how far I've come, rather than beat myself up for not being where I want to be. I'll get there!
Is am adding small pebbles as a filler around the feathers, and this quilting will be done! I can't wait to share it with you all!


I'm looking forward to receiving these. I've got plastic containers for yarn that are much larger, but I've not seen anything like this unless it costs quite a lot more.
I LOVE this site and have ordered a few redwork projects from here! I will be ordering more in the coming year! Keep the great projects coming!!!!


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On November 2, 2001, a driver on the Washington Beltway cut me off in traffic and gave someone else the finger. I remember the date because I thought, The 9/11 era is over.
In fact, the 9/11 era was both transitory and permanent. The political moment in which the United States could have done anything to address basic problems—notably, reliance on imported oil, which then cost about $25 per barrel—was gone within six months. Other consequences of 9/11 will stay with us. It is hard to imagine when airline travel will be "normal" again, or when no American troops will serve in Iraq.
For several years after the attacks, saying that a policy or idea reflected "pre-9/11 thinking" could end the discussion. But by 2005, some people, mainly academics, began arguing carefully that too much alarm over possible terrorism could be self-defeating. They said that 9/11 was a moment of unprecedented shock for America but did not overturn every previous principle of how the United States should deal with other nations or preserve its own liberties.
Early last year, a British Cabinet member announced that his government would stop using the term war on terror, because it united and perversely dignified disparate terrorist groups. The U.S. electorate made essentially the same decision this year, in rejecting Rudy Giuliani's bid for the presidency. His approaches to economic, legal, and foreign-policy questions all began: "On 9/11 … " Seven years afterward, that is no longer enough.


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Astronaut Scott Kelly Describes Using HoloLens in Space
Microsoft's HoloLens virtual reality glasses have come down to earth -- literally. Making his first public appearance since spending nearly a year in space, Captain Scott Kelly today described his use of HoloLens with his NASA colleagues, representing one of several select pilot users of the company's Windows 10-based wearable computing device that renders 3D holograms.
The astronaut's endorsement of HoloLens on stage with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella at the company's inaugural Envision conference in New Orleans came just days after the company made the devices and associated SDKs and APIs available for purchase by qualified software developers, as promised just over a month ago. In addition to announcing the release of the HoloLens Development Edition at last week's Build Conference in San Francisco, Microsoft also said it would be supported in the forthcoming Windows 10 Anniversary Edition, slated for release this summer.
Nadella is an avid proponent of holographic computing, which creates 3D virtual reality type experiences. The company believes HoloLens has the potential to enhance how people work, learn, communicate and play. Nadella emphasized that point to developers at Build last week and reiterated it today in the opening session of Envision, the company's inaugural event to gather business leaders tasked with digital transformation.
"This notion of this new medium of mixed reality that comes to life with HoloLens is reshaping architecture, industrial design and many other fields of operations," Nadella said in his Envision keynote today, following a demonstration of how Ecolab is using it as part of a digital transformation effort to address the shortage of water throughout the world.
Microsoft and NASA last year revealed their plans to test HoloLens for a project called Sidekick, aimed at enabling toe ground crew to provide visual assistance to the astronauts, who had two pairs of the wearable devices in the space station. Using Microsoft's Skype for Business, NASA's ground crew were able to troubleshoot and fix problems in the International Space Station with the benefit of using holographic output.
On stage at Envision, Kelly admitted that when he first saw HoloLens prior to embarking on his historic 340-day space mission he was captivated with the concept but skeptical it would be useful. "Before I flew in space on this mission, I went to Seattle and looked at the HoloLens and was very, very impressed. But I was also a little doubtful we would be able to make this technology work on the space station," Kelly said. "Usually when you're doing anything, there are startup transients and we have a WiFi network up there that isn't always working top notch. But when we turned it on, I was pretty amazed at how seamlessly it worked with their system on board the space station and was very impressed what will in the future be its ability to help us do our work."
At Build last week, Microsoft outlined how a number of early testers have spent the past year running pilot programs that make use of HoloLens ranging from automaker Volvo, Japan Airlines, computer-aided design software supplier Autodesk and a group of researchers from Case Western Reserve University and Cleveland Clinic.
Case Western Reserve University and Cleveland Clinic, which have teamed together to build a new medical school, revealed at last year's Build their intent to test HoloLens. Subsequently at last week's Build event, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine Dean Pamela Davis said the new medical school plans to use HoloLens as part of the curriculum. In her presentation at Build, Davis and two members of her team described how HoloLens will help students get a better understanding of the digestive and nervous systems and how to diagnose a brain tumor.
"Being untethered and able to walk around 3D holographic content gives our students a real advantage," Davis said. "Students have commented that a 15-minute session with HoloLens could have saved them dozens of hours in the cadaveric lab. When we have only four short years to train them, this is invaluable."
Now that HoloLens is in the hands of a broader developer community, it should provide an even better picture of how commercially viable these devices might become.


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From mishti to marijuana, this is what counts as "essential" during the lockdown
Because different cultures have different needs, governments across the world are making exceptions for relief from the COVID stress
Raj Aditya Chaudhuri
Published: Apr 03, 2020 | 13:53:48 IST
W for weed; W for well-being. Coincidence? Photo: Unsplash
One thing is for sure, this viral pandemic has made us take a cold, hard look at what is absolutely essential to us. Most countries around the world are currently operating with only a skeletal set of essential services without which life simply wouldn't be possible. Adversity truly does focus the mind. Simple joys such as going to restaurants and bars, attending a concert, hitting the gym, taking an international flight to go on holiday or even just commuting to work have been relegated to a long list of "luxuries" we have had to leave behind in 2019, all thanks to COVID-19.
For most countries, the list of these essential services is pretty standard. The roster usually includes healthcare, energy providers, communications, food supply chains, law and order forces, some government services, critical manufacturing, financial services, basic civic services and defense. But not all societies are even and what might seem frivolous to someone in Brazil could be essential to someone in China. Here is a list of some of the unusual "essential services" from around the world that reveal a lot about the local cultures.
Essential services helping the world cope with the coronavirus lockdown
Cannabis in The Netherlands
The local government has flip-flopped on keeping coffee shops and cafes selling cannabis open. They initially shut them down but reversed course a few days later. Sex shops remain closed but bicycle stores in the cycling-mad country remain open.
Wine in France
Élysée Palace decided it was too much to ask its citizens to do without the services that make the French who they are. So boulangeries selling baguettes remain open for business as do wine merchants, delis selling cheese, butcheries, tobacco shops and dry cleaners.
Fries in Belgium
The country that gave the world fries (the ones the French have appropriated) can't do without them even in a time of crisis. So restaurants and food stands selling fries can remain open for business. The government also decided hair salons were too important to do without but ruled that hairdressers would have to coif up customers from an impossible distance of 1.5m (5ft). It was only at the insistence of the union that represents hair salons in the country that the government decided to ask them to shut down.
Guns and liquor in the United States
March was a record-breaking month for #gun sales in the #US, as gun stores remained open as "essential" businesses amid the #coronavirus crisis. 🧐😷 pic.twitter.com/cKCEr3USnG
— THE HERETIC (@admit2sin) April 3, 2020
The US Department of Homeland Security announced gun stores to be an essential service in the country. Stores selling the weapons in the city of Los Angeles immediately reopened for business. Golf courses in Arizona, Ohio, Florida, North Carolina, and South Carolina remain open as these states classified the sport as an essential activity that could be enjoyed while keeping your social distance from other golfers. California and Colorado reversed their decision to close down cannabis dispensaries. Now, the two along with the 31 other American states where recreational use of marijuana is legal, have decided the dispensaries provide an essential service. Liquor stores are absolutely necessary to provide New York some relief during this difficult time while Floridians can still look to a higher power for guidance at their church services that the state has deemed essential.
Alcohol in the United Kingdom
While bars and pubs remain closed, off-license liquor stores (carry and go) are essential to the Brits and remain open across the country. Bicycle shops are also open for business.
Churches in Brazil
The President ruled that church services are an essential service for the "survival, health and safety" of the population. Some states, including Rio De Janeiro, have gone against the ruling and closed churches down anyway but many across the country remain open.
Sweets, fish and alcohol in parts of India
Closer home, the state of West Bengal has decided Bengalis cannot do without their daily dose of mishti (sweetmeats) so now these shops will remain open all afternoon. And to protect consumers from rising prices as a result of the state-wide lockdown, the West Bengal government will provide an essential service and sell raw fish to consumers directly through an app. In Kerala, while liquor stores are closed, the government is also providing an essential service to a very specific portion of the population, alcoholics. The state will provide a minimum amount of drink to those going through withdrawal symptoms due to the statewide shutdown of liquor stores.


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Нужно либо кешировать его, и обновлять по требованию (модуль - инвентарь пользователя), либо же, что лучше, сделать его загрузку ПОСЛЕ загрузки файла шаблона (видел подобную реализацию подобных модулей не раз)
Такой долгой загрузка после добавления нескольких функций, а именно:
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Может что-то не так в коде? Можно ускорить загрузку нужных мне данных?

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Remote Hydrography Conference Rescheduled for May 2020
Remote Hydrography Conference Rescheduled for May 2020 - 16/09/2019
The Hydrographic Society UK has recently decided to reschedule its two-day Remote Hydrography conference (originally due to take place in late October 2019) for 6-7 May 2020. The venue remains the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton. A revised Call for Abstracts for the new dates will be issued very shortly, with a deadline of 31 December 2019, and the programme is to be confirmed in February. Potential speakers who have already submitted an abstract do not need to do so again, unless they wish to take the opportunity to update it.
Opportunities for Demonstrations
With the obvious exception of the dates, all arrangements for exhibitors and sponsors remain unchanged. However, subject to the approval of the relevant authorities, the longer days and milder weather which May will hopefully bring, may now also offer some opportunities for demonstrations in the adjacent dock. Please contact helen@ths.org.uk if you would like to explore this further.
Hydrographic Surveying in the Midst of a Paradigm Shift
Hydrographic surveying is in the midst of a paradigm shift, the Hydrographic Society UK states. According to the society the development and adoption of disruptive technologies and solutions are increasing survey capacity, capabilities and productivity like never before, whilst simultaneously reducing the risks and costs involved.
Autonomous and unmanned aerial, surface and underwater survey platforms, remote survey command and support services, and techniques such as satellite-derived bathymetry, crowdsourced bathymetry, artificial intelligence, machine learning and forward-looking sonar are revolutionizing data collection, processing, analysis and presentation.
"Through an inspiring programme of keynote speakers, presentations and panel-led discussions, this two-day conference will focus on the latest innovations, applications and deployments in remote and automated hydrography. It will consider the novel approaches, efficiencies and benefits offered to the commercial survey industry, alongside the opportunities for enhanced seafloor exploration and mapping and navigational safety and the implementation of e-Navigation and autonomous shipping," the Hydrographic Society says.
For further information visit www.ths.org.uk or contact helen@ths.org.uk
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## 0.10.1 (2017-05-16)

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## 0.10.0 (2017-05-14)

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## 0.9.1 (2017-01-21)

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## 0.9.0 (2016-10-23)

* **Breaking change:** Now requires Node v6
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* **Improvements:** Updated Travis definition and test targets
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### 0.4.1 (2015-08-07)

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### 0.3.2 (2015-07-24)

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  * make it possible to define defaults ([072455ef](https://github.com/voxpelli/node-format-microformat/commit/072455ef7c6776ba9502bb56be294b771f50107b))

### 0.3.1 (2015-07-22)

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### 0.2.2 (2015-07-21)

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### 0.2.1 (2015-07-21)

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## 0.2.0 (2015-07-20)

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* **main:**
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### 0.1.2 (2015-07-16)

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### 0.1.1 (2015-07-07)

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* **main:**
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* **main:**
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  * support the slug property ([361b030b](https://github.com/voxpelli/node-format-microformat/commit/361b030b8a1f809f8071614911ef3352e06fee7f))

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У (, тж. 干; , Нго) — удельное царство эпохи Весны и Осени (Период Чуньцю) в древнем Китае. Располагалось в нижнем течении реки Янцзы (с центром в совр. Чжэцзян). Археологи свидетельствуют, что местное население имело общее происхождение с народом царства Юэ, то есть было юэсским.

Исторический очерк
С царствования Шоумэна в 585 до н. э. У упоминается в летописях, при этом правитель именуется ваном. Начиная с этого времени, существование всех правителей У (за исключением Фугая — младшего брата Хэлюя, который правил всего несколько месяцев) подтверждено археологически. Эпиграфические свидетельства сообщают о многочисленных родственных связях с правящим домом царства Цай, а также Сун (единичный факт, см. Ляо-ван ниже).

Вся письменная история У, вплоть до завоевания царством Юэ, занимает около 100 лет.

Царство У достигло могущества при князе Хэлюе 闔閭, которого иногда причисляют к гегемонам-ба. В 506 г. до н. э. У совершило нападение на царство Чу и захватило его столицу, Ин 郢. Среди пленённых членов царской семьи оказалась мать чуского вана Чжао. Его отец и братья были убиты, в то время как сам он оказался в изгнании и смог вернуться на престол только при поддержке армии царства Цинь.

В царстве У при Хэлюе служил и написал свой знаменитый трактат известный полководец Сунь-цзы, выходец из царства Ци. Знаменитыми советниками Хэлюя были выходцы из царства Чу: министр Пи и У Цзысюй. Согласно традиционным описаниям, У Цзысюй пошёл на службу в царство У с целью отомстить за смерть своего отца. Среди трёх походов на царство Чу (511, 506, 504 гг. до н.э.) именно второй, возглавленный им, оказался наиболее резонансным. Чжао-ван, снова занявший престол, в 504 г. до н.э. был снова вынужден бежать, перенеся столицу Чу из Ин в Жо 鄀. В том же году наследный принц Чжунлэй одержал морскую победу над царством Чу. Известно, что он был женат на дочери Цзин-гуна из Ци 齐景公, однако умер раньше своего отца.

В 496 г. до н. э. У напало на своего южного соседа, царство Юэ. Из-за местонахождения к югу от центральных регионов Чжоу У и Юэ зачастую упоминаются в паре (吳越 или 干越). Археология свидетельствует, что местное население обоих царств имело общее происхождение, однако народы У и Юэ в традиционных источниках описываются как враждующие.

Решающее сражение произошло в Цзуйли, нападение было отбито. Хэлюй получил ранение, осложнение от которого и стало причиной его скорой смерти. Месть его сына Фучая 夫差 вану царства Юэ Гоуцзяню вместе с её последствиями стали наиболее популярным сюжетом истории этих двух царств. В результате очередной атаки в 494 г. до н.э. Гоуцзянь, окруженный на горе Куайцзи, был пленён, но по совету министра Пи оставлен в живых. У Цзысюй, протестовавший против этого, был вынужден совершить самоубийство. Вопреки совету последнего в царстве Юэ была сохранена автономия.

При правлении Фучая царство У достигло пика своего могущества. Оно одержало победу над царством Ци при Айлине 艾陵 и навязало свои условия Дин-гуну царства Цзинь 晉定公 при подписании соглашения 482 г. до н.э. в Хуанчи 黃池.

В отсутствие Фучая царство Юэ совершило нападение на У. Согласно Цзо чжуань (Ай, 13) Фучай, получивший это известие, от ярости перерезал горло семи присутствующим в его шатре.

В 482 г. до н.э. войска Юэ приблизились к столице У. В 473 году до н. э. царство У было завоёвано.

Правители У
Дом Уского Тай Бо. Описан в гл.31 «Исторических записок» Сыма Цяня.

 Тай-бо, дядя чжоуского Вэнь-вана, удел пожалован У-ваном.
 Чжун-юн.
 Цзи-цзянь.
 Шу-да.
 Чжоу-чжан.
 Сюн-сюй.
 Гэ-сян.
 Цян Цзю-и.
 Юй-цяо И-у.
 Гэ-лу.
 Чжоу-яо.
 Цюй-юй.
 И-у.
 Цинь-чу.
 цзюнь Чжуань.
 По-гао.
 Цзюй-би (Гоу-би). Уп.655 до н. э.
 Цюй-ци.
 Шоу-мэн (ван). 585—561 до н. э.
 Чжу-фань (ван). 560—548 до н. э.
 Юй-цзи (ван). 547—531 до н. э.
 Юй-мэн. 530—527 до н. э.
 ван Ляо. 526—515 до н. э. (предположительно в браке с дочерью Цзин-гуна из царства Сун: мемориальная надпись на бронзе из гробницы в Гуши 固始县, Хэнань, обнаружена в 1978)
 Хэ-лу (Хэлюй). 514—496 до н. э.
 Фу-ча (Фучай). 495—473 до н. э.

Синификация
Исследование эпиграфических памятников региона свидетельствует, что до правления Фучая в царстве У был распространён «птичий» шрифт няошу, которому отдавалось предпочтение на юго-восточных территориях современного Китая, в том числе в царстве Юэ. С воцарением Фучая в У наступает стилистический перелом: стиль надписей меняется в сторону близости к Серединным Царствам, дистанцируясь от юго-восточного.

Юэцзюэ шу и Гунъян чжуань (англ.) утверждают, что царство У является «варварским», однако оказалось вовлечено в дела Серединных Царств благодаря уважению, выказанному У Цзысюю (吳者,夷狄也,而救中邦).

Ранние литературные источники
Существует только два сохранившихся текста, которые рассказывают историю царства У в обязательном соединении с Юэ: «Юэцзюэ шу» и «Летопись У и Юэ» (У-Юэ чуньцю).

Юэцзюэ шу представляет собой антологию эпохи Хань, включающую материалы ранних периодов. Её ценностью является редакторская беспристрастность и уважение к стилистике первоисточников: составители не пытаются привести к общему знаменателю конфликтующие свидетельства, а также сохраняют лексические особенности более ранних текстов, оставляя примерное хронологическое разделение антологии на её составляющие.

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THE POP CULTURE RAG VOL. 9
Tue, Jun 14, 2016
Beyoncé Wins CFDA Fashion Icon Of The Year
In what should come as a surprise to absolutely no one, Beyoncé won an award for being a visionary and fashion icon (just check out her resumé of style from the last few decades). Attending the award ceremony in a wide brimmed hat and a suit we will all attempt to recreate in the next year, Beyoncé shared her personal history with fashion, and how designer names and brands ignored women like her when she was starting out in Destiny's Child.
"High-end labels didn't really want to dress four black, country, curvy girls, and we couldn't afford designer dresses and couture," she said. "My mother and my uncle, God rest his soul, made all of our first costumes, individually sewing hundreds of crystals and pearls, putting so much passion and love into every small detail. When I wore these clothes I felt like Khaleesi. I had an extra suit of armor. It was so much deeper than any brand name. "
Beyoncé continued her acceptance speech about the future of fashion, and the culture she would like to see. "I encourage you to not forget this power you have or to take it lightly. We have the opportunity to contribute to a society where any girl can look at a billboard or magazine cover and see her own reflection."
Beyoncé (of course) is right:representation and visibility are just as important in fashion as they are in film and television. Women deserve to see faces and bodies and skin tones that look like their own. As Beyoncé said--within fashion and designing there is power, and they have an opportunity to encourage inclusivity in an industry that has always lacked it. (And if the world of fashion is going to Listen to anyone--you better believe it's this Dream Girl). @Fashion Peeps: This is your final warning--you know she gives you lifffeeeee.
Olivia Wilde Speaks About Reproductive Choice
This week, actress and activist Olivia Wilde hosted the Voices of Courage Benefit, put on by the Physicians for Reproductive Health, and it was a major gift to us all. The benefit honors doctors who are providing safe abortions and are making a difference in the world of women's reproductive health. Wilde, who is currently 5 months pregnant and the mother of 2-year-old Otis, shared her thoughts on the night (and her admiration for Dr. Colleen McNicholas) in an Instagram post the following day.
"I was deeply honored to host their event tonight, as they recognized the heroic doctors on the front lines of the battle to provide safe, and affordable reproductive healthcare to women nationwide," she wrote.
Wilde has been vocal about her pro-choice politics, and spoke to Cosmopolitan magazine about how abortion access is not only a women's issue, but a class issue as well. As a privileged white woman who is also a public figure, we applaud Wilde's commitment to an inclusive fight for the rights of women all across the country, from all backgrounds. "It always boils down to a class issue. It would be ignorant to ignore that that is what this is all about, and so it's really important for those of us who have access to health care and have access to abortion to speak up for the people who are in Oklahoma" she told Cosmopolitan. "It's our job, because they're losing that battle." (A lil context for ya: In May, lawmakers approved a bill that would make abortions illegal, and any doctor who performed them could lose their medical license. Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin has since vetoed the bill.)
In a time where women's reproductive rights need intense encouragement and support, we love Wilde's openness and pride expressed on this topic, as well as her knowledge that this is not a matter of personal opinions about abortion; it's about what is the safest option for women.
"NO MATTER WHAT YOU BELIEVE, here's the thing: abortion isn't going to stop. People are going to find a way, whether it's safe and legal, or potentially deadly. So let's not let ideology get in the way of evidence. Let's take care of each other and work hard to stop the stripping of our reproductive rights." Here, here!
Gabrielle Union Explains What A Period Is To The Paparazzi
Okay, so, major news is circulating about talented actress/world's coolest basketball wife, Gabrielle Union. The big headline? She gets her period. And at times it makes her a little bloaty. That is all. You're welcome.
While we may sound (and totally, 100% are) sarcastic right now, the paparazzi wasn't as wise. What, so taking pictures of the bloaty actress and selling them as early bump pics wasn't a solid idea?? Union took to Twitter to shut the pregnancy rumors down, and give a beginner's lesson on the female anatomy. And thus, became our favorite rant in feminist history, full of hashtags and uterus jokes we hope to use in our everyday life. Some highlights include:
"Lmaooo...Newsflash! Women have these things. Called periods. On occasion there is bloating...and breathing. Meanwhile I'm enjoying cocktails."
"Didn't realize my uterus needed a publicist to account for its comings & goings (uterus hijinks! Whatta rascal) #periodwatch #bloatnotbaby"
"I also have never responded to the COUNTLESS fake pregnancies I've been given over the years but I just SO love writing 'uterus' UTERUS JOY!"
Uterus joy, indeed! Read her lesson in full below, and a reminder to the paps: women get periods, k?
Adele Reminds A (Famous) Skeptic That Her Voice Is 100% Real
In the words of Seth Meyers and Amy Poehler: reaaaallly? Like, out of all the famous singers in the world, you're going to question Adele's authenticity? Really? Have you ever watched any live performance of hers, ever? Really? (One more time, let's go- ) Reallllyyyyy?
Yes, really. Music producer Tony Visconti, who has worked with artists like David Bowie and Paul McCartney, recently shared his thoughts on the current state of pop in an interview last week.
"You turn the radio on and it's fluff, you are listening to 90 percent computerized voices," he said. "We know Adele has a great voice but it's even questionable if that is actually her voice or how much has been manipulated. We don't know." He continued on, saying "There's a sound to pop now that is so perfect it's boring."
Adele did not take Visconti's words lightly, referencing him at her recent show in Paris, in between belting out her hits with her incredible, nay, PERFECT voice. "Some dickhead tried to say that my voice was not me on record," she said. "Dude, suck my dick." *snaps*
It seems like Visconti got the picture (without actually wanting to take responsibility). He made a statement to Billboard regarding the incident. "I'm sorry that what I said in regards to what's being played on radio was misconstrued," he said. "Yet I cannot apologize for something taken the wrong way. If Adele has taken my comments as offensive that was certainly not my intent. Adele has a great voice and it brings pleasure to millions."
Thanks for the non-apology, Visconti, but we doubt Adele needs it. She's, ya know, pretty busy at the moment, and has no time to let anyone say that her voice is inauthentic or "fluffy"--she has worked hard at her (yep - pretty successful) career, and will defend her accomplishments the Adele way (with a lil' sass and charm). Hashtag inspired?! Same.
Ilana Glazer Doesn't Let A Creeper Lie To Broad City Fans
Broad City's Ilana Glazer isn't cool with the whole dudes-lying-to-impress-and-sleep-with-girls deal, and especially not when it involves her show.
Image by Internet Week New York via Wikimedia Commons
Glazer was recently performing some of her new comedy material at a Lower East Side bar, when she told a story that gave us, in her own words, "douche chills." A man named Zach Jobin (yup, our girl used his full name) has been telling women that he was a writer on Broad City for years, posting Instagram photos of him and the stars that Glazer believes he took after an Upright Citizens Brigade comedy show. On one fateful date, he told the lie to Ilana's friend of a friend...ruh roh. Doesn't Z-Jay know that when you spread a lie, it will always come back to bite you? We certainly do.
Glazer's recollection of the story is hilarious (and yes, totally creepy), but there is an underlying frustration that she (and the listener, TBH) feels. Broad City is a show primarily written by women--a.k.a. the thing that makes it so great--so it's pretty obnoxious and insulting when a dude tries to take credit for it. Also, if Glazer and her co-star Jacobsen are kind enough to stop and take a cute pic with a fan, discovering that he has manipulated it probs feels pretty Yuck City.
Listen to Glazer's full story here. Oh, and note to Zach: if you just led with "my favorite show is Broad City," we're sure you'd spark some great first date conversation. No need to go overboard.
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Cristina Alcalde is Vice President of Institutional Diversity and Inclusion and Professor of Global and Intercultural Studies at Miami University. Her publications include MeToo and Beyond; Peruvian Lives across Borders; The Woman in the Violence; Provocations: A Transnational Reader in the History of Feminist Thought; and Dismantling Institutional Whiteness: Emerging Forms of Leadership in Higher Education (forthcoming). Her writings on the experiences of women of color and leadership have also recently appeared in Ms. Magazine and Inside Higher Ed.
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Catherine White Berheide is the Tisch Distinguished Professor at Skidmore College and PI for the College's NSF ADVANCE PAID grant. A sociologist of work, her most recent publications examine the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on faculty. The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching has twice named her a Carnegie Scholar. In 2003, she won the American Sociological Association Section on Teaching and Learning Hans O. Mauksch Award for distinguished contributions to undergraduate sociology.
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Susan C. Faircloth (an enrolled member of the Coharie Tribe of North Carolina) is Professor and Director of the School of Education at Colorado State University. Dr. Faircloth's research interests include: Indigenous education, the education of culturally and linguistically diverse students with special educational needs, and the moral and ethical dimensions of school leadership. She has published widely in such journals as Educational Administration Quarterly, Harvard Educational Review, The Journal of Special Education Leadership, International Studies in Educational Administration, Values and Ethics in Educational Administration, Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, Rural Special Education Quarterly, and Journal of Disability Policy Studies.
Arne R. Flaten is Head of the Patti and Rusty Rueff School of Design, Art, and Performance and Professor of Art History at Purdue University. Growing up in a diplomatic family, Arne Flaten (Ph.D., Indiana University-Bloomington) lived and studied in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. His research has been supported by the Fulbright Commission; the Getty Research Institute; the Kress Foundation; the National Gallery of Art, Washington; the NEH; the NEA, and the Renaissance Society of America. A member of Phi Beta Kappa, Flaten was elected to the European Academy of Science and Arts—Salzburg in 2014.
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Carolyn R. Hodges is Professor of German Emerita and Vice Provost and Dean Emerita, Graduate School, University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Her research areas are leadership in higher education and Germany and the African diaspora. She currently serves on the board of the Georgiana Simpson Society for German Diaspora Studies. Her most recent book, co-authored with Olga M. Welch, is Truth Without Tears: African American Women Deans Share Lessons in Leadership (Harvard Education Press, 2018).
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Vicente M. Lechuga is an Associate Professor of Higher Education at Texas A&M University. His research agenda focuses, in part, on mentoring students and faculty of underrepresented or minoritized backgrounds. He has authored several peer-reviewed articles on mentoring and presented his work at peer-reviewed conferences and invited talks. His most recent work on the topic focuses on culturally responsive mentoring of graduate students, which considers culturally sensitive mentoring practices and behaviors that can be practiced by both faculty of color and white faculty. He is currently engaged in a project that examines, in part, women in engineering's mentoring experiences at Research I institutions.
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Beth McNeil joined Purdue in 2019 as the Dean of Libraries and School of Information Studies and Esther Ellis Norton Professor of Library Science. She is the author of Fundamentals of Library Supervision (2017), Core Competencies (2002), co-author of Advocacy, Outreach and the Nations Libraries: A Call for Action (2010), Patron Behavior in Libraries: A Handbook of Positive Approaches to Negative Situations (1996), and journal articles on library management, supervision, and human resources topics. She holds a Ph.D. in human sciences from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and M.S. in library and information science and A.B., English, from the University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign.
Krishna Nemali is Assistant Professor of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture at Purdue University. Dr. Nemali has responsibility for extension, research, and teaching activities related to Controlled Environment Horticulture. He has published nearly 30 scientific articles and 25 extension publications and received several federal and industry grants. He is a recipient of Diversity Unsung Hero Award, Purdue University Cooperative Extension Specialists Association (PUCESA) Early Career Award and recognized as scholarship of engagement fellow, societal impact fellow, and entrepreneurial learning academy fellow at Purdue University.
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Dana Tulodziecki is Associate Professor of Philosophy (College of Liberal Arts) and a current University Faculty Scholar at Purdue University. She works in History and Philosophy of Science and has published widely on scientific progress and theory-change. She is an elected member of the Committee for Integrated History and Philosophy of Science and President-Elect of the Midwest Junto for the History of Science. Her work integrating philosophy of science and historical case studies has been featured on NPR, CNN, Washington Post, History Channel, Popular Mechanics, HowStuffWorks, Radio France, and other venues.
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Olga M. Welch is Professor of Instructional Leadership Emerita and Dean Emerita, School of Education, Duquesne University. Her research focus is educational leadership in secondary schools and higher education. She currently serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Negro Education. Her most recent book, co-authored with Carolyn R. Hodges, is Truth Without Tears: African American Women Deans Share Lessons in Leadership (Harvard Education Press, 2018).
Yuehwern Yih is Professor of Industrial Engineering at Purdue University and currently serves as the Academic Director of LASER PULSE ($70 million USAID funded program). She has vast experience in cross-sector collaboration to provide evidence-based research to support field-driven challenges in global development. Some of her work includes an integrated food system for HIV patients in Kenya, an integrated medical supply chain for maternal/child health in Uganda, and a last-mile humanitarian supply chain management system in South Sudan. Dr. Yih received her Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She is an IISE Fellow and an ELATE Fellow.
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"LGBT Youth and Families: the Foundation of a Healthy Future" is the topic of the Gay and Lesbian Medical Association's (GLMA) 18th Annual Conference. Hundreds of LGBT physicians, medical students and other health care professionals are expected to converge August 10-12 in Vancouver, BC to focus on changing family structures. Programs are designed to examine ways that physicians can cross cultural and generational boundaries to improve the health care of LGBT youth.
The largest event of its kind, the conference will be held at the Hyatt Regency Vancouver, located in the heart of the city's downtown. Interactive plenary sessions, lectures, panel presentations, and small-group discussions will also investigate other areas of medicine relevant to the LGBT community, including primary care, mental health, lesbian health, HIV/AIDS, geriatric and special interest issues.
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I've mentioned before my love of TV animation. I'm the kid who never grew up, I guess, and who still thinks a Saturday morning watching Cartoon Network with a bowl of Cap'n Crunch makes for a pretty good time.
But the flagship program was DuckTales.
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The AV Club website recently posted a wonderful article that discusses the history of the show, how it came into being, and what its particular strengths were. Part of it had to do with the strength of the source material, the comic books of Carl Barks and Dan Rossa. But credit must also be given to the creative team, which strove to be the absolute best at what it did. That attitude was a direct result of the Disney leadership change in 1984.
I urge you to read the article. What I took away from it, as it looked back at the show from the perspective of a quarter century removed, was that it was amazing to see what had been made possible in terms of animation as entertainment – how much was possible, how much was achieved…and yet, how much of it has been squandered away since.
The fall was probably unavoidable. Part of it due to changing management at Disney – the article fails to mention it, but the decline of The Disney Afternoon coincides with the death of company president Frank Wells in a plane crash and the change in philosophy of the management team that Michael Eisner replaced him with. The changing media landscape was also a consideration – Disney was in the end competing with itself, as syndicated programming on air would draw customers away from Disney's own cable channel, as well as competition from others in syndication like Fox and Warner Brothers, cable channels like Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network, and finally, that new-fangled thing you're now reading this on -the Internet.
But it's my own take that DuckTales was the trailblazer for that era. I believe if Disney's gamble failed, then Warner Brothers doesn't team up with Steven Spielberg, and shows like Tiny Toon Adventures, Animaniacs, Batman the Animated Series, and their descendants never get made.
No Nickelodeon animation. No Spongebob. No Doug (which, ironically, ended up being one of the last shows to be included in The Disney Afternoon).
No Cartoon Network. No Ben 10. No Adult Swim. No Robot Chicken. No Toonami. And Futurama stays cancelled forever.
If you think about, Scrooge's Number One Dime really did turn out to be a pretty powerful thing.
Buried deep inside the article was something else that caught my attention – a quote from another blogger, Kevin Johnson at Total Media Bridge, about the depth of the writing and characterization on the show.
This is a series about adults and kids relating to each other, but remaining adults and kids, instead of trying to play at each other's levels.
There's a reason this caught my eye. My ex-wife is a schoolteacher who works with middle school students. One day, she called me and complained that my writer friends in Hollywood were ruining her life. She asked me to pass them a question – why does it seem that all entertainment programming aimed at children portrays adults as objects of ridicule, especially if in positions of authority. At first I didn't agree, but a quick spin through the dial on The Disney Channel, Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network seemed to bear her out. All authority figures – parents, teacher, business owners, police – were routinely shown as bumbling idiots who were easily outwitted, unaware of what was obviously happening right in front of them, and deserving of such treatment.
When I passed on these question and asked for the reasoning, Bob Schooley, executive producer of Nickelodeons award-winning The Penguins of Madagascar and co-creator of Kim Possible was gracious enough to reply. He explained that it stemmed from a desire to provide the target audience with wish fulfillment and empowerment, especially in a world where their real lives provided them very little of that. Kids watched it and felt, vicariously, they were better, if just for a little while.
Schooley's argument has merit, but I wonder if there's too much of a good thing in that regard. As I recently asked my friends on Facebook, try to name any single show on any Disney network, animated or live action that is now currently airing that has its characters interact the way they do on DuckTales.
As far as I can see, I believe the only two might be Doc McStuffins and the new show Sophia the First. Another show that came to mind, Jake and the Never-Land Pirates, sadly doesn't work – all the adult characters are pirates and again, are treated as dim-witted buffoons, easily defeated by children. Note that these shows air on the newest Disney network, Disney Junior. The target audience? Ages 2-6.
Disney XD? Nope. Most programs there don't even show adults, or are aimed at adults in the target audience.
We won't even waste any time discussing ANY show currently airing on the Disney Channel, as they adopted a sitcom-based philosophy in the late 1990's that everyone older that 18 was a buffoon not to be trusted or respected. Formulaic live-action sitcom after formulaic sitcom, all hammering home that same message. And yes, that even includes the attitude towards adults on their animated hit, Phineas and Ferb.
So, a quarter-century later, on three networks owned by the creator of this style of character interaction, I can only find an hour each day for this type of adult/youth relationship. One hour out of a possible 72.
If there were more DuckTales-style character relationships in shows, would more kids perceive a message that they were empowered, but that the adults in their life were not always objects of contempt and could work with them to solve problems?
Perhaps children receive such a steady diet of contempt for authority in the media they consume that it bleeds over into reality for them and makes them cynical in their real-life interactions.
Now that would be the ultimate sad irony – something conceived as a way to entertain children somehow becomes the vehicle to train an entire generation to be cynical upon arrival at adulthood.
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Hey there! Firstly I want to thank you for commenting on my blog. Glad you enjoyed the piece!
Secondly, I want to comment on this post (and, consequently, the comment you left). What's odd about Schooley's comment (and I spoke with him as well) is that… well, it isn't as if Ducktales doesn't have a copious amount of wish fulfillment and empowerment for kids as well. The nephews constantly and thoroughly get Scrooge and others out of trouble. The reward, in the case of Ducktales, is respect and even admiration. Scrooge finds common ground with his nephews, bonds with them, and DEPENDS on them.
Most other shows don't have that. I love Phineas and Ferb as a comic piece of animation, but even there, keeping the mother ignorant of the boys' shenanigans is part of the glut of cartoons of kids "in the know" while parents remain distant squares. I'd guess the new MLP has a bit of an adult sheen to it, although that's been slowly dissipating over the years. Avatar/Legends of Korra does a good job respecting both sides though.
MLP? I must admit, since I spend more time writing than watching these days, I'm not as familiar with all the shows as I should be, and will thus be embarassed when you spell out that acronym, to be sure.
I did find another show that has the child/adult dichotomy similar to DuckTales – the Dreamworks series Dragons: Riders of Berk. But in both cases, I'm now curious. They have rich source material to draw upon – the Carl Barks comics, and the book series by Cressida Cowell. There were nine books in the series by the time the film premiered – a dozen by the time the follow-up series did. I believe the writers are determined to show the teens trying to be responsible, a part of the community.
In the other shows, there is an anarchist streak. Now, there is a precedent for anarchy in animation – the Looney Tunes thrived on it. And it was usually underdog getting one over on a superior foe – which IS the initial dichotomy that appears in the "kids versus adult authority figure" that is prevalent in much animation AND live-action aimed for pre-teens and tweens since the mid-90's. But perhaps what I'm seeing different isn't so much the target as the tone of the comedy?
Here's an interesting thought. In the early 90's, Fox premiered the sketch comedy show In Living Color, featuring the Wayans Brothers, and Jim Carrey, among others. The tone of the comedy was, to put it mildly, a lot harsher. It was funny – but it was "kick in the groin" and "You're much stupider than we are, especially if you don't get these jokes" funny. I wonder, if you interviewed Butch Hartman, if he would agree that ILC was an influence on Fairly OddParents.
I see you call out the Nick series, but Disney has been doing this formula with live action sitcoms starting with Even Stevens (how anyone ever saw anything special in either Shia Lebeouf or Christy Carlson Romano is still a mystery to me this day), through Lizzie Maguire, That's So Raven, Hannah Montana, Wizards of Waverley Place, Jessie, A.N.T. Farm, Shake It Up, Austin and Ally, Zeke and Luther, Pair of Kings, Kickin It, and now something called (and I kid you not) Dog with a Blog. I guess man's best friend is now in on the joke of punking hapless adults.
The thing is, before Even Stevens, the sitcoms on the Disney channel didn't use that formula (The famous Jett Jackson, for exaample). So this was a conscious choice by the network to move in this direction, and to stay with this formula starting at the turn of the century. Here's a question – was there a change in Disney Channel management at that time that ordered the change in formula?
Finally, no discussion of this would be complete without mentioning the spiritual parent of all of these shows – the much beloved and equally maligned Saved By The Bell.
Please understand, I like animated shows that are adventure oriented – The DC Animated block, Ben-10 and Star Wars: The Clone Wars on Cartoon Network are all well written, as are the Transformer shows on The Hub and the new iteration of TMNT on Nick. But they all know their target demo – older, male-oriented, and action oriented. Only Ben-10 shows a bit of the "Kid versus Adult" edge -and when he does, the character usually gets thrashed.
One of my writer friends has messaged me to take a look at the Hub's shows based on the the Hasbro Toy Lines (My Little Pony, Care Bears, Strawberry Shortcake, and Littlest Pet Shop). I plan on taking a precautionary insulin shot beforehand, just in case.
But CN is also home to a series of shows that, f'm not sure about. Where would you say Adventure Time fits in the model? Regular Show? Gumball?Are these more along the lines of the "stupid character shows" instead?
But I also enjoy snarky humor. Animaniacs, in reruns twenty years later is still as funny as it was in its original run – which is an incredible feat of writing, if you think about it. I'm a huge fan of Robot Chicken. But there's a reason Saturday Night Live was on late, and why blue shows in Vegas started at 1 p.m. and why Adult Swim starts when it does. It's adult humor. But I believe it is having a much heavier influence on programming on children-oriented cable networks than many parents, who don't watch these shows with their kids, perceive.
This will be an interesting topic to explore further. I look forward to continuing our discussion over time, and to following your work.


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Published: April 1, 2019 12:23:53 am
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Mohammad Zaman writes a measured opinion piece in The Daily Star on the Bangladesh government's decision to relocate approximately 1,00,000 Rohingya refugees to Bhasan Char — a remote, uninhabited island, about a three to four hour-long boat ride away from the mainland. Pointing out that such random relocation is not a solution to "overcrowding" of refugees, he writes, "The relocation of 100,000 refugees, only one-tenth of the refugee population in Cox's Bazar, is not going to ease congestion or overcrowding in the camps as claimed by the government nor reduce and/or minimise the growing conflict with the host population. Even if dispersal and resettlement was required to lessen the pressure on the squalid settlements in the camps, why relocate such a huge number of refugee population to an inaccessible and physically hostile environment on a remote island in the Bay of Bengal?" He acknowledges the fact that the government has made an effort to show the refugees, via videos, where they are headed and the pros and cons. However, he says that in private, "they seem to have no interest in moving to the distant and isolated char in the Bay of Bengal." Instead, he says, "The overwhelming preference is to remain in Ukhiya, which is a safe haven for the refugees, and is not too far from the Myanmar border. The proximity to Myanmar keeps them socially and culturally alive as Rohingya people." The article concludes by clarifying that, "overcrowding is a common experience in refugee camps globally… The dispersal and relocation to Bhasan Char or other alternative settlements in the future may give the wrong signal to Myanmar that Bangladesh is perhaps slowly absorbing the refugee population. Thus, the relocation to Bhasan Char may potentially complicate refugee repatriation and resettlement."
Pak welfare policy
An editorial in Dawn takes an objective view of Prime Minister Imran Khan's government's decision to seek amendment — announced last week — to Article 38 (d) of the country's Constitution. The editorial says that it would aim "to redefine access to food, shelter, clothing, health and education as a fundamental right" and "would certainly, in a legal sense, change the relationship of the state with its citizenry. Along with this, Mr Khan also announced an increase in the amount of money the state intends to spend on underprivileged segments of society — from Rs 80bn to Rs 120bn by 2020." The editorial recognises the soundness of the decision but, it says, "The problem is with the path forward." The editorial reminds readers that, "In the past, too, we have heard the prime minister speak about stunting in children and malnutrition, and the distribution of poultry as income support for low-income households." However, it adds, "To date, there is scant evidence that much has been done to follow up on these announcements. To earnestly improve access to food, shelter, clothing, health and education, far more than constitutional amendments will be required." The editorial claims that to get such initiatives off the ground, the first thing required would be "numbers in parliament to make this amendment to the constitution". But it is quick to point out how, "Given the kind of relationship that Mr Khan and his government have with the opposition parties, this looks like a challenging task."
Nepal amends service rules
An editorial in The Himalayan Times takes a look at the Nepal government's decision, taken last week in a cabinet meeting, to amend their Civil Service Rules. The new amendment, which would allow families of civil servants who die while serving the government to claim the complete amount, will also have a retrospective effect: Families of those who've died before the rules were amended, can also claim full pension amount. But the editorial gives context to why such an amendment has been pushed: "The new provision is being introduced to benefit the spouse of Yubraj Dahal, under-secretary at the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers, who died in a chopper crash on February 27 in Taplejung. Dahal had not completed 20 years of service. It is apparent that the government is looking for options to support Dahal's family, whose financial status is weak." The editorial says that "such a decision will incur a huge financial liability to the government coffers" which, the editorial states, is already under strain. It argues that no rule or law should be changed, "simply to provide monetary benefits to someone who is close to the corridors of power." The editorial says that, "Instead of amending the Civil Service Rules, which is certain to increase additional liability to the government, ex gratia payment can be made to the affected families."
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Martin Necas NHL Player Prop Bets - Insights, Tips, and Trends
Martin Necas faces both a goals and an assists props bet in Monday's game with the Blue Jackets. Here's a breakdown of his prop bets this season:
Martin Necas Prop Bets (3/22/2021)
Martin Necas Prop Bets vs. Blue Jackets
In 16.7% of his games this season (five of 30), Necas has collected more than 0.5 goals.
Necas' average prop bet for goals is an over/under of 0.5 per game. He has posted 0.3 fewer goals per game than that average.
Necas has gone over on goals prop bets in just 22.2% of his games (four of 18).
Necas has racked up more than 0.5 goals -- his season-long average goals prop bet over/under -- in five of his 30 games (16.7%).
Opponents of the Blue Jackets have scored 3.1 goals per game this season, the 11th-most against any NHL squad.
Monday's assists prop bet total for Necas (0.5) equals his season-long assists average.
Necas has recorded more than 0.5 assists in 14 out of 30 games this season (46.7%).
Necas has averaged the same number of assists per game as his average assists prop bet over/under of 0.5.
Necas has covered his assists prop bet totals in just eight out of 17 opportunities (47.1%).
Teams are averaging 5.3 assists per game against the Blue Jackets this season, the ninth-most given up by a squad.


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