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5 Pieces of World Cycling Safety News
UK… Record Number of Cyclist's on Roads of London Highlights Growing Need for Improved Cycling Safety Infrastructure (Info on Cycling Weekly Website)
Cycling Weekly published statistics in the past week which showed that the number of cyclists on London's major road network – over 4 weeks in July and August – grew by 20 percent over the past year. The stats also showed a 173% growth in cycling numbers in London over the past 14 years.
All this goes towards showing how important it is for the capital city to be investing in making sure that the roads of London are as safe as possible for cyclists. British Cycling's Director of Recreation and Partnerships – Stewart Kellett – told Cycling Weekly: 'British Cycling and Transport for London share the same goal of getting more people riding bikes and this partnership will help us to build on the progress of the last few years.
'Britain is now one of the most successful elite cycling nations in the world and almost seven million people in England are now regularly riding bikes for fun, for sport or as a form of transport,' he said.
UK… Guide Dog Cycling Accident Statistics Questioned (Also on the Independent website)
A recent survey by the Guide Dogs for the Blind Association claimed that cyclists are repeatedly hitting blind Londoners and their guide dogs – because they are mounting pavements and jumping red lights.
According to the Independent, cyclists have responded by saying that the statistics are 'dodgy' and the basis of a 'fabricated attack.' The GDBA has now withdrawn their claim suggestion 'one in four' blind members of the London public had encountered such incidents.
A spokesperson for Guide Dogs told the Independent: 'we recognize that the sample size was small and we explained this in the materials for media. It is striking that in London blind and partially sighted people came forward to tell us they had been hit by a cyclist.' The issue is ongoing.
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UK… Bath to Bristol Railway Path Causing Problems between Cyclists and Pedestrians (Also on the Bath Chronicle website)
With developments for the HS2 high-speed railway network said to be set to go ahead, this is a story that holds significant relevance. If HS2 does go ahead, it is widely expected that a cycle network running adjacent to the new tracks will be developed to improve cycling safety – but that may cause some problems.
A new survey detailed in the Bath Chronicle has shown that the Bath to Bristol cycle path is driving a wedge between cyclists and pedestrians in the area.
A member of UWE Britstol's Centre for Transport told the Bath Chronicle that 'government guidelines for shared-use paths are based on research that focuses on the observable conflicts that take place and thus the consensus is that conflict between users is rare. However…the survey highlights the difficulty of designing facilities for a mix of mode users.'
Technology… An Umbrella for Your Bicycle (Also on the Daily Mail website)
Cycling in the rain is not always the most enjoyable experience, but the latest bike gadget can help prevent cold, soggy rides. Given that the Netherlands is perhaps the leading country for successfully implemented cycling infrastructure in the world; it is perhaps unsurprising that it is a Dutch company that is behind the idea.
The umbrella is designed to withstand wind speed gusts of up to 70mph, evidencing its impressive durability. Any wind is filtered over the aerodynamic design of the brolly, which will hold its shape impressively.
A spokesperson for the firm behind the idea – Senz – told the Daily Mail that 'the clamp allows you to attach your umbrella on your bike, while keeping both hands on the handle bars and giving a good sight of traffic.' The clamp product is retailing at around £31.
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Technology with Wheelie Good Guys… 5 Kickstarter Projects Boosting Cycling Safety
For those who aren't aware, Kickstarter provide a platform for product designers and entrepreneurs to access public funding that can enable them to launch a new, innovative product. Those who choose to back an idea are rewarded for their loyalty by the owner of the project.
The reward can be anything from a mention in the product credits if the project makes it to completion; to exclusive access to the first of the products that are made – often at a significantly discounted price.
Continuing the series we've come up with a list of 5 more great cycling themed projects from the Kickstarter website, some of those which have already been fully funded – and some which are still in the earlier stages. You can read the full story cycling safety story here…
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Deutsche Bahn to replace diesel trains with hydrogen alternatives; Green Hydrogen Systems to power the new locomotives
By Molly Burgess on Jan 06, 2022
Deutsche Bahn will have hydrogen-powered trains to replace its fleet of 1,300 diesel locomotives by 2050.
That's the goal unveiled in 2020 under the H2goesRail project which looks to pioneer clean transportation.
Today (Jan 6), however, an update on this landmark project was announced, with Green Hydrogen Systems confirming that it will supply electrolysis equipment for H2goesRail.
In a social media post, the firm said it its GHS HyProvide® A90 electrolyser, with a capacity of 0.5MW, will produce hydrogen to fuel the Siemens train which will run under the project.
It is believed the electrolyser site will be built in 2024 and, once constructed, will have an annual production capacity of approximately 71,000kg of green hydrogen.
On the news, Søren Rudbrik, Chief Operating Officer at Green Hydrogen Systems, said, "As a country with a highly advanced hydrogen research landscape, Germany has the potential to become a global leader in the associated green hydrogen technologies.
"At Green Hydrogen Systems we are working on multiple projects in Germany, and we are thrilled that our electrolysis technology was selected for yet another one which will contribute to Germany's energy transition."
Molly Burgess, News Journalist
As a News Journalist at H2 View, Molly writes about all things hydrogen, with a particular focus on the North America region. She's been with H2 View since the company launched in 2019, and prior to that studied Journalism at the University of Arts London (UAL).
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"Let's not spill more blood!" Over 80k M'sians Sign Petition Urging MOE To Delay Reopening Schools
Source: The Sun Daily & The Straits Times
We can definitely see where these parents are coming from!
Malaysian school students are still confused as to whether they will have to go back to physical classes in their respective schools starting 1 September. Despite the Education Ministry's (MOE) decision, parents of these students are not happy with sending their children to school especially based on the current Covid-19 numbers.
These parents have come together to start a petition urging the MOE to postpone the opening of schools on 1 September. As of 13 August, the petition has garnered over 80k signatures with parents pleading the ministry to postpone the event till Malaysia has achieved herd immunity.
The petition was started before the PICK's decision on vaccinating 12 to 17-year-olds with medical conditions and with no medical issues based on age de-escalation. One of the signatories said the decision was not thought out by the government and will lead to the endangerment of the teachers and students' lives.
"Blood is already on the hands of these callous morons. Let's not allow them to spill more blood, especially those of our teachers and students."
"The situation is far from safe for our children in the schools. We are still far from achieving herd immunity. The adults are not following the SOPs to stay safe, including the politicians."
"Many business units are being asked to close temporarily so why should we risk the lives of our future leaders??"
Should schools continue to reopen considering the latest vaccination decision? Let us know what you think in the comments section!
Also read: "If anything happens, who will be responsible?" M'sians Express Concern Over School Reopening In September
Source: The Sun Daily
Source: Change.org
Related Topics:at riskchildrenconcerneddelayeducation ministryherd immunitymalaysiamoeparentspetitionreopeningreturnsafetyschoolsseptemberstudentsworries


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Q: Help me understand JS + CSS + HTML = Cool UI I have been working on the UI since year or two. Many times i have satisfied myself with the JQuery, YUI and Prototype. But gradually i have been feeling the need to understand how these small things are assembled together.
I am able to find basics of CSS, JS and HTML with good books and blogs. But main mysteries i think lies in the UI component as a whole which is finished product of smart JS, CSS and HTML markup tricks.
Say for example a simple slick sliding div appearing and disparaging on the UI. Classic feature reach tables which are sortable, deletion operation slowly eating the row and stuff.
I would like to get into the basics of how these small small things and patters are implemented and integrated to form whole picture. Can some one guide me into this please.

A: Designing Interfaces an excellent book on user interaction.
UI-patterns.com has a vast wealth of examples.
This "15 Design Patterns" is a good round up of standard patterns.
And finally here's a "40 helpful resources" post.
You'll have to use your experience to flesh out these basic designs, but they're a good example of what you should work towards.

A: The Smashing book is also good.
https://shop.smashingmagazine.com/

A: Very good question but basically it comes to the same result as
questions like
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/158769/best-books-to-learn-about-design
User Interface design books/resources for programmers
@DVK summs it pretty much up in his answer to find more ressources on the specific topic you want to know more about
Good Web Designing Books for Programmers

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The Star Wars Viewing Order Debate: An Essay
Posted by Chris | Jul 1, 2017 | Articles, Blog |
The following article was written by Patreon donor, Mike Clark, in response to episode #98 of Echo Base about the proper viewing order of the Star Wars films for first-time viewers. It was published with his permission and remains as-is with minor edits and proofreading by Andrea Cardama.
I initially started writing this to respond to a letter that the Echo Base podcast received discussing the movie-viewing order in Star Wars (particularly for first timers). A lot of people have strong opinions when it comes to this topic. Most of these opinions are usually always centered around the same justification for watching the original trilogy (OT) first: to preserve the Darth Vader reveal to Luke, and to enthrall the audience watching the movies for the first time.
Interestingly, the letter received by the Echo Base podcast argued in favour of watching the movies in release order from three different perspectives: technical movie-making perspective, historical perspective, and an evolutionary perspective. These perspectives were different from the usual arguments, but I can see why they might make sense.
Before diving further into this discussion and exploring the letter, I wanted to impose two questions for first-time viewers:
Are you watching Star Wars only for "film school"; to learn about the genre, that specific style of movie making, the evolution of special effects, a generational look at how movies have changed over the years, ect.?
Are you watching these movies to be engaged and invested in a complete storyline narrative?
I decided to further explore these ideas and make a case for why watching the Star Wars movies in chronological order makes the most sense for first-timers. This position is probably not the most common or popular amongst vocal Star Wars fans, but I think it is time to make a case for change.
For the remainder of my article it is of utmost importance to understand the context when answering the question of why the Star Wars movies should be watched chronologically.
In a "film school" context, it is obvious that watching the movies as they were produced and released is the best way to study them. This makes the most sense if the goal is to examine how the development of movie-making has evolved, particularly within the Star Wars franchise. In this context, the Star Wars storyline is not the focal point, it is not about the story experience that the fans have been debating, but about the technical and esthetics aspects of the films. It is about their development as a primer/history lesson for film study. Case closed.
The real issue of debate, when deciding viewing order, has everything to do with the context of the story that should be presented to first time viewers: Should this be a version of the story that was revealed to original fans who saw the movies as they came out? Or should this be a new version of the story, which no one before 2005 had the opportunity to see, as the chronological saga (before that point) was still incomplete?
I want to focus on the word 'saga' for a second. This itself refers to chapter stories, or pieces to a much larger narrative, an overall legend, myth, or storyline. Repeat this understanding in your heads; this is our Star Wars saga and it continues to grow and expand.
Star Wars has become larger than its original roots, and for those of us that experienced Star Wars before 1999, and the start of the prequels, we hold the original movies in high reverence and regard. Now, Star Wars is larger than the OT that some of us hold dear to our hearts. One could argue that before the Disney era, when it was just OT and prequel trilogy (PT), that the OT could still be the central focus or only focus for some. In the present day, the story has expanded beyond these two trilogies and to a new ST era that involves the anthology spin-off movies (Rogue One, Han Solo and likely many more which I predict will soon outnumber episodic movies in the future). This OT-centric view and context can no longer be maintained because of the expansion of the universe. The only reason so many wish to hold onto watching the OT first is for the nostalgic value.
We are now more than ever at a crossroads to see Star Wars in a new and greatly expanded way. We have an opportunity to change our views, to allow what we think of as Star Wars to expand, and for our original understanding to be re-centered as we move forward. Just like Yoda once said, "[we] must unlearn what [we] have learned."
This is the overall crux of the argument when it comes to context. Some people believe that the Saga and all of Star Wars is about the OT (about Luke as the primary character and hero). They would say, before the Disney era, that the PT was just back story, but not the story. From this viewpoint, arguments for machete order or other chopped up viewing orders seem justified because they see the audience's experience of the Star Wars story as being only from Luke's perspective. For them, this is the focal point for the story and ultimately how audiences should experience the movies. In fact, some of these chopped up viewings remove movies deemed "undesirable" from the mix, (usually The Phantom Menace). I would say that George Lucas, despite starting at the middle of the story, always had a larger story that he wanted to tell. He didn't have a crystal ball so he had to produce the movies the way he did, in case he never got the chance to do the full story he envisioned. Now that it is complete, he has indicated that it is one big saga, not just centered around one character or an individual perspective alone. With the creation of the ST, the point is made even clearer, strengthening the argument for chronological viewing of the now larger Star Wars story. Based on all of this, an OT/Luke-focused story that has him at the center of the universe no longer makes sense, nor does a chopped-up story narrative.
Let's take this even further and really compare the different viewpoints without the nostalgic bias as much as we can. Let's look at the intention and the setup of the narrative, by its creator, as one big linear storyline. In the first-time viewing context that focuses on the story narrative (not a technical or academic perspective), the only argument to watch the movies in a release order is centered around keeping the Vader Reveal as a surprise for the viewer. This includes any chopped up/machete order, such as (IV,V,I,II,III,VI,VII) or (I,II,IV,V,III,VI,VII). The purpose of all these orders are to preserve the Vader Reveal and treat the PT story as "flashbacks", or background material. This is the focal point for those who saw the movies in the order in which they were released. For this group of viewers, the Vader Reveal is the most important and the most essential twist (much more important than any other twists set up in the chronological linear storyline). The other twists and surprises would be lost, but the Vader Reveal would be saved, because for THIS audience, the story is centered around Luke and the OT.
Having said this, choosing to watch the movies in chronological order is a way to argue that the Vader reveal is not the most important twist or reveal from the narrative story. In fact, an argument could be made that the original twist reveal for the audience may have never been George Lucas' full intent. In this case, I will make an argument as to why the Vader Reveal is not as important as other reveals that are preserved when watching in chronological order, and will discuss the reasons why the PT is a better starting point and introduction into the Star Wars storyline.
As a caveat to those who love the impact of the Vader/Luke scenes of Empire, it can be argued that the impact is not lost with a chronological viewing and a modification of the Vader reveal. The reveal is actually enriched for the audience, something I believe was the intention once the six-movie saga was completed. The audience now knows something Luke does not, and waiting to find out what he will do and how he will react when it is revealed to him builds a different kind of suspense. This is especially true when watching Luke making some of the same mistakes his father, Anakin, was seen doing in the PT. The audience might worry about the potential downfall of Luke, much like Anakin, and might also be worried about what he will do when he learns the truth. The audience, with these concerns, ends up relating more to the concerns of Obi-Wan and Yoda in Empire. The new viewers see a buildup and are unsure how it might turn out, producing a sense of concern and maybe dread. This buildup continues until the conclusion of ROTJ, which I think works better as an overall story narrative.
Let's look at additional reasons why the Vader Reveal is not as important as it once was:
The argument here is preserving the surprise for the audience who has no knowledge of Star Wars. First, I would say this seems fundamentally flawed, or a moot point, because the Vader Reveal is a common pop culture reference. Due to this, most people who aren't kids are already somewhat familiar with it, or probably familiar enough, that the reveal will not be as shocking or a surprise as it was for first timers that saw Empire in 1980. I believe I make a reasonable assumption when I say that the bulk of people who have yet to see or hear of Star Wars in the future will be children. Star Wars is, and always will be, a story designed for kids, with darker adult themes and life lessons. This is not to say we won't ever get more "adult-oriented" Star Wars content, or that there won't be some adults who have never seen Star Wars, but the saga films and major movies put out by Disney and Lucasfilm will always be targeted towards kids and families.
Now, if contextually we are focused on adults instead of children, another point to consider is what movie to show them.
Is the purpose to explain Star Wars to an interested person so they can learn more?
What if I want to hook somebody into the larger Star Wars Universe beyond the films?
What movie should I show them?
While this is an interesting idea too, the context does matter in this argument. For an adult, it will be very subjective to decide which movie. I say just one movie singular because, depending on the adult watching it, they may not want to make the effort to watch all the movies therefore the viewing order you decide may be moot.
If you have a chance to show one of the movies to a kid, I would show them The Phantom Menace, which is the beginning of the chronological story. As a whole the story is designed for kids, so it makes sense that the first introduction would be very kid-friendly and easily accessible for them. Given the opportunity to show an adult one of the movies, I would probably go with The Force Awakens, and treat the rest of the saga as back story. This is because TFA is a modern-day movie, with certain modern-style editing, effects, etc. The problem with the one-movie choice is that the subjectivity exists because each of us has a bias about the movies. When someone asks us what movie they should watch first, each one of us is going to have a different opinion as to which movie they should view. It is always important to remember that the way we think of the movies isn't necessarily how a first-timer will view them.
Which original viewer experience is the genuine one?
Many fans, including myself, did not see the movies in complete release order, because we weren't old enough to even see ANH in theaters. I was 0 when ESB came out, and 3 when ROTJ came out. I saw ESB first and did not know the reveal, so I had the original impact that many describe with such fondness. I then saw ROTJ next, so for me ANH was always "backstory".
Many people have a personal love for the OT in release order because those movies changed their lives, because they saw something on the silver screen they had never witnessed before, and that was why it was so captivating. Keep in mind most of the adults who were moved like that saw ANH in 1977 as a kid or teen. A person today, who has never seen Star Wars, is not going to be moved in the same ways, especially as a grown adult. The main reason is because they have likely seen other movies made in the past 40 years that have been shaped by what Lucas introduced in 1977: fast pacing and editing, getting dropped right into the action at the start, funny humor during serious moments, females taking the lead, laser fights, spaceship battles, and cutting edge special effects. Did I mention laser swords and alien space bars? Many modern sci-fi movies over the last 10-20 years have largely borrowed pieces from the Star Wars formula, so people watching ANH today will not feel the same way as many people did during their first SW experience (regardless of age).
Does the Vader Reveal have any other intrinsic value on its own?
If your focus is watching the movies and story through the perspective that this is Luke's story, then yes it does have an intrinsic value on its own. This only makes sense if you are focused and centered on just the OT. I think we owe it to first-timers to drop our biases and our influences when telling them how to experience the story (no matter what order they watch the movies in).
For those who dislike the PT, my advice is for you not to speak negatively of it to first-time viewers, or be a part of the group think mob mentality. Let that new person watch the story from start to finish, and allow them to draw their own conclusions. I say this because many do not watch the PT since their Star Wars friend have told them that those movies sucked and weren't important. This prevents people from ever watching the full story, or if they do, to be focused only on things from a negative perspective. Again, let them watch and make their own conclusions.
The first part of the argument is done! Now let's flip the coin and make the case for why chronological viewing order is better for first-timers. What is preserved for the new audience member if they watch Star Wars in chronological order?
I would argue that there are much bigger twists, reveals, and saga plot points tied into Revenge Of The Sith, when watching the movies in chronological order. A first-time viewer would discover that Anakin's close friend and confident, is in reality evil. Furthermore, the audience would be rooting for Anakin to fight the dark influences, but would be saddened/shocked to see him fail. It is the downfall of the hero. I still remember watching the way ROTS was set up, it is obvious that Anakin will fall into the hands of the dark side when Mace Windu confronts him. Anakin could have chosen at last second to do the right thing. I remember people telling me (and I did this same thing too), that they were rooting for Anakin not to attack Mace. The only reason it seemed obvious was because we knew what would happen next. The moment Anakin attacks Mace, everything changes, and this would be quite the shocker for first-time viewers.
Almost immediately after the biggest dramatic twist that occurs with Mace, the Jedi purge begins. The heroes the audience had been following for three movies suddenly get wiped out of existence. From both the character plot and the overall story narrative plot, there are many twists that are lost if you watch the movies in release order first, or even IV and V and then going back to the PT as flashbacks. The Fall of the Republic and Anakin Skywalker are major twists which I don't think people, especially children, who have never seen or heard of Star Wars will see coming. Even the reveal of the Skywalker Twins at the end of ROTS, and the cybernetic birth of Darth Vader are surprising and exciting twists. Out of all of those moments, seeing the Chancellor revealed as the big bad is a much bigger twist in the grand scheme of things, and works cinematically in a much bigger way for the audience and the overall story. This reveal allows for the audience to go back and see the breadcrumbs left throughout the movies prior to the reveal.
Watching the PT first also gives a greater gravitas to the efforts made in ANH; the small size of the Rebellion and what they are truly trying to accomplish against the Republic/now Empire. Knowing the Clone Wars history and how the Separatists are now effectively the Rebels, also gives a different perspective of good vs. evil, and removes some of the black/whiteness of the OT. Watching the PT first also shows how menacing and powerful the Sith and the Dark Side of the Force truly are, so the stakes and risks are raised even more for Luke, Obi-Wan and Yoda by the time of the OT. The rhyme and rhythm of the PT vs. the OT, which was done intentionally by Lucas, flows better cinematically when watching the PT first. It allows the events of the OT to be shaped and the arcs of those characters to be introduced.
Another point to the argument would have to be why the PT is a better introduction to the Star Wars Universe versus starting with ANH. Overall, both ANH and TPM have exposition for the story, and both are designed to be standalone movies which don't require further viewing beyond themselves. They both leave the viewer curious about the world they have witnessed, they leave an implied direction for characters to continue onward beyond the movie, and they wrap up their story nicely while still leaving the threat or "bad guy" around, much like old Saturday morning cartoon serials use to do all the time.
So why TPM vs. ANH?
TPM, and the PT as a whole, is meant to be much larger look into the world of Star Wars: how its worlds and people live and operate. It is a way to see how the Jedi, the Galactic Senate, and the Republic work and how they don't always work. It sets up the stakes for everything to come later in both the OT and even the ST, regarding what they are fighting for, the morality issues, the differing viewpoints, etc. The OT and even the ST, from the looks of it, are taking much more micro looks into the Star Wars Universe, while the PT showed the much bigger view of that universe.
TPM is also a great introduction to the one thing that modern movie goers can see distinctively on a Star Wars movie that won't be found in other sci-fi movies or summer blockbusters: Jedi and Lightsabers. These two things are important parts of Star Wars, and you get so much of it in the PT, compared to the other films later. Much like how ANH drops you right into the action but only a blaster fire fight, which plenty of people have seen now in other modern movies, TPM drops you right into the Jedi using the Force and Lightsabers to kick butt. To this day, I still love to watch the opening 10 minutes of TPM, and I think it's a great way to start off the Star Wars movie saga with something that has a truly uniquely Star Wars feel. TPM is of course a stunning visual entry to introduce someone to Star Wars cinematically. It even has proper audience introductions for main characters like R2-D2 and C-3PO, who are likely to be the only characters featured in all the saga movies by conclusion of the ST.
Another good, contextual point (previously mentioned) is that most people who have never seen or heard of Star Wars, who would be viewing these movies for the first time would be younger people. TPM is the perfect first movie for them, it always captures a child's excitement and imagination. Jar Jar is funny to them, the Jedi and Lightsabers are very cool, and the main protagonist is a 9-year-old, who wants to race cars, fly spaceships, and become an awesome Jedi. Kids can relate to young Anakin and his yearning for adventure and exploration, while trying to stay positive and upbeat. TPM is an exciting thrill ride and adventure story, with a beginning, middle, and an end, and as the movie progresses you look beyond the hero characters to realize how much bigger this universe really is.
TPM also introduces the political system to the movie goers, again this is macro level. The politics and governance story is necessary to show what people are fighting to restore later in the rest of the saga films. It gives context to the fighting, and also highlights the mastery of the Sith over manipulation which raises the stakes by the time ROTJ gets viewed, from both the character-driven story and the overall macro level story arc.
The Jedi are given a backstory of their place in the galaxy and how they currently work and operate. They also give a bit of knowledge about what the Force is, but not enough to answer everything, showing us the evolution of the Jedi to the more mystic focuses of the Force by ANH and ESB (the Obi-Wan and Yoda dialogue about the past and the Force having much more weight and meaning for the audience who has already seen the PT and the consequences of all the characters' actions up to that point).
Watching in chronological order also reveals another narrative flow which is the story and focus on family, generations, and legacy. This was always a theme of importance to George Lucas, and is apparent in each trilogy of the main saga where there has been a focus on a new generation of heroes. It also literally focuses on the generations of Skywalkers. The PT is Anakin's story, the OT is Luke's story, and the ST is arguably both Rey and Ben's/Kylo's story. This shows a linage and a generational story complete with family legacies and lessons to be learned. You could also make the same argument regarding the villains of the trilogies as well and the faces of evil. This is again another reason to watch in chronological order, and I believe it is only going to be reinforced as the ST is completed.
This will have greater context as the Star Wars Universe continues to expand with other connected canon material. At some point the focus will not even be on the Skywalker lineage and that family story, but on bigger story themes across Star Wars as a whole. Eventually it won't be limited to just a Luke-centered perspective, so why shoe horn the first time viewer into that forced perspective?
Now we come to what I like to call the "Expanded Viewing Order" as it focuses on the overall Star Wars story being told as the most important point (context especially for children and/or adults who are interested in diving into the larger universe of Star Wars). In my opinion, the expanded viewing order doesn't focus on all the new canon materials such as the books and comics (but you could always include them too). It does, however, focus on the anthology films, and all the Animated Canon Series, Clone Wars and Rebels, as being part of the chronological story that the audience should be exposed to. In my case, I would be showing my kids TPM, then AOTC, followed by the Clone Wars for a while before we even get to ROTS (which is a heavier movie anyway). This builds up the characters of the Jedi: Obi-Wan, Yoda, Anakin, etc., and shows the political story arcs within the Clone Wars too. It keeps that macro focus while also building up the hero characters we are introduced to in the PT. This makes ROTS all that much more of a shocker, and really invests the audience even more into what happens after the PT. I would also throw in all the chronological anthology movies here too (Han Solo, Rogue One), if desired. You certainly could keep this to just a saga-movie-only focus, and just watch the episode movies in chronological order. That is perfectly fine if you want to focus on the main saga story. I would say if you add in the anthology movies, you should add in Clone Wars and Rebels too.
For the Rogue One debate, I don't think it should be someone's first introduction to Star Wars. I think if we are to include Rogue One, then all the other higher level canon material like the animated series should be included too. Otherwise the focus should just be on episodic saga story. Save Rogue One, Han Solo and the two animated series for later.
In summary, if this is a "non-academic" first viewing focused primarily on the story experience and as an introduction to the Star Wars universe, then I say chronological viewing order makes more sense from both a thematic and cinematic story-telling perspective. The saga story is generational, and not just about Luke. The Vader Reveal, to the audience, is no longer the most important reveal in the grand scheme of the story. As the Star Wars saga gets larger, it becomes more clearly a story about different characters and themes through the different trilogies. We are moving beyond just the OT.
As far as opening the Star Wars Universe up to new viewers, especially the bulk of those being younger children, TPM is a better starting movie. If someone is really into the story, spend time with all the canon chronological material including Clone Wars, Rebels, and anthology movies, in chronological order.
If you are concerned an adult may only watch one Star Wars movie and that it may be their last if they don't like it, then have them watch TFA over ANH (since you are not starting from the chronological beginning anyway), and then if they like it they can watch everything else as back story. This might be a more realistic recreation of people's actual first viewing experiences of Star Wars similar to myself and others.
Remember that the way each of us first saw the movies and how those movies made us feel has a lot to do with the product of the times. It has to do with where we were in our lives when we first saw them, and our own biases towards the movies over the years (whether positive or negative). When introducing these movies to someone new, we should try our hardest not to let our own views and opinions color and influence what that new viewer will think. Give someone the proper context for the Star Wars movies and history, etc. and why they were made the way they were, without revealing any story elements, and then let them run right through the chronological story. Let's give people the chance to see these movies in a way that wasn't possible until the last decade. Let's all unlearn what we have learned together, and embrace the change, because we can't stop it. The Star Wars Universe is expanding and its future is as luminous as a Force Ghost.
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Croud expands to MENA with Ooredoo Group
Nisha Patel joins as director of Croud MENA, heading up the global agency's sixth hub.
We are proud to announce that Croud have been appointed by Ooredoo Group, the Qatar-headquartered telecommunications company, as its lead digital agency. The appointment will mark Croud's expansion into the MENA market.
Croud will service Ooredoo Group and its MENA companies – including Qatar, Kuwait and Iraq – with paid search, paid social, programmatic, SEO, CRO and analytics. As the lead agency, we will seek to consolidate marketing efforts across markets, which were previously managed by multiple agencies, with the objective of raising the level of Ooredoo's digital maturity across the group.
Founded in 2011, Croud is a global, full-service, digital marketing agency that has worked with clients such as IWG, Vans, Intuit, Zendesk, and The North Face. Croud has offices in London, Shrewsbury, New York, Los Angeles, Sydney, and Dubai.
Commenting on the win, Ben Knight, Croud's co-founder and CSO said: "This is a huge win for Croud and a further reminder of our ever-expanding global presence. The fact that we were able to win appointment as the lead digital agency for a multi-billion-dollar business based in Qatar, despite having no additional marketing investment from the UK, proves the power, prestige and global reach of our UK business."
Christopher Saldana, director, marketing and media effectiveness, at Ooredoo Group, added: "We were impressed with the global reach Croud has and they were incredibly knowledgeable in the MENA region. The strategic response to the Planning Brief was excellent with some deep market insights, that were translated into their strategic approach. The real differentiator was the Croudie network which will give our digital marketing the flexibility and scale we require to achieve our objectives across the markets, whilst maintaining the Croud level of digital expertise with the UK Team."
Heading up Croud's new MENA hub will be Nisha Patel, who will serve as director of Croud MENA. Nisha has over 15 years of experience working in both London and the MENA within various GroupM agencies, including MEC and Xaxis.
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Phishing Attacks Hit All-Time High Last December: Cybersecurity Trends
Trying to get one more regular story in before the craziness starts tomorrow! According to the Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG), phishing attacks hit an all-time high last December.
Reported by Help Net Security here last week, APWG saw 316,747 phishing attacks in December 2021 — the highest monthly total observed since it began its reporting program in 2004. Overall, the number of phishing attacks has tripled from early 2020.
In the fourth quarter of 2021, the financial sector, which includes banks, became the most frequently attacked cohort, accounting for 23.2 percent of all phishing. Attacks against webmail and software-as-a-service (SaaS) providers remained prevalent as well. Phishing against cryptocurrency targets — such as cryptocurrency exchanges and wallet providers — inched up to represent 6.5 percent of attacks.
Ransomware is up too. Abnormal Security observed 4,200 companies, organizations, and government institutions falling victim to ransomware in Q4 2021, some 36 percent higher than in Q3 2021 and the highest number the company has witnessed over the past two years.
"The overall distribution of ransomware victims indicates that ransomware attacks are industry-agnostic," said Crane Hassold, Director of Threat Intelligence at Abnormal Security.
On the other hand, Business Email Compromise (BEC) attacks (where attackers obtain the email of a trusted person, like the CEO, and use it attempt to commit fraud) declined. Agari found that the average amount requested in wire transfer BEC attacks in Q4 2021 was $50,027, down from $64,353 in Q3 2021. This decrease was because scammers requested fewer big-dollar transfers over $100,000. So, that could be good news or it could be simply that cybercriminals have moved on to other hacking methods.
These and other notable cyber stats are in the article linked above. No surprise (to me, at least) that phishing attacks are at an all-time high, especially given what's going on in the world today.
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Q: Streaming audio not working in Android I'm sure that this question has been asked before but I've been unable to find a solid answer. I'm trying to load a streaming audio from a server. Its a audio/aac file
http://3363.live.streamtheworld.com:80/CHUMFMAACCMP3
The code that I'm using is
private void playAudio(String str) {
  try {
   final String path = str;

   if (path == null || path.length() == 0) {
    Toast.makeText(RadioPlayer.this, "File URL/path is empty",
      Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();

   } else {
    // If the path has not changed, just start the media player

    MediaPlayer mp = new MediaPlayer();

    mp.setAudioStreamType(AudioManager.STREAM_MUSIC);

    try{
     mp.setDataSource(getDataSource(path));
     mp.prepareAsync();
     mp.start();
    }catch(IOException e){
     Log.i("ONCREATE IOEXCEPTION", e.getMessage());
    }catch(Exception e){
     Log.i("ONCREATE EXCEPTION", e.getMessage());
    }

   }
  } catch (Exception e) {
   Log.e("RPLAYER EXCEPTION", "error: " + e.getMessage(), e);

  }
 }

 private String getDataSource(String path) throws IOException {
  if (!URLUtil.isNetworkUrl(path)) {
   return path;
  } else {
   URL url = new URL(path);
   URLConnection cn = url.openConnection();
   cn.connect();
   InputStream stream = cn.getInputStream();
   if (stream == null)
    throw new RuntimeException("stream is null");
   File temp = File.createTempFile("mediaplayertmp", ".dat");
   temp.deleteOnExit();
   String tempPath = temp.getAbsolutePath();
   FileOutputStream out = new FileOutputStream(temp);
   byte buf[] = new byte[128];
   do {
    int numread = stream.read(buf);
    if (numread <= 0)
     break;
    out.write(buf, 0, numread);
   } while (true);
   try {
    stream.close();
   } catch (IOException ex) {
    Log.e("RPLAYER IOEXCEPTION", "error: " + ex.getMessage(), ex);
   }
   return tempPath;
  }
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Is this the correct implementation? I'm not sure where I'm going wrong. Can someone please please help me on this.

A: The method prepareAsync() is asynchronous -- quoting the documentation:

Prepares the player for playback, asynchronously.

You need to call setOnPreparedListener(), supplying a MediaPlayer.OnPreparedListener. Then, in that listener's onPrepared(), you can call start().

A: AAC streaming format is not supported and you cannot directly play Shoutcast stream in Android version less than 2.2..


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Q: Recommended strategy for ASP.NET paging with large data, and optional sorting The project I am currently working requires retrieving/searching from large amount of data, the flow as below:-

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*Enter a keyword and search from about 500,000 members

*Retrieve only top 6 members.

*Allow sorting based on the member country or gender.
Requirements: Using EF5.0

The data is currently displayed using a UserControl and DataBinded using Repeater, will be updated through an UpdatePanel with next, previous button, etc.It is preferably but not limited to using EF5.0, and I am opened to other options (e.g. SqlDataReader) and cast it back to the members object manually.
My current solution calling the Entities with skip by using the page number, i.e.
members = context.Members.Where( conditions here ).Skip(page number * size).Take(size);
My question will be: Is my strategy the industrial / common ways of doing it? Anyone with similar experience can share with me in terms of performance / optimization, is there any other better way to do so?

A: I got really good performance using a stored procedure, instead of a LINQ query.  This saves performance because of the query metadata generation/sql translation.  If you are returning a large result set, disabling change tracking is a good option too.

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Pope Francis released his third apostolic exhortation, titled "Gaudete et Exsultate," on Monday.
Pope Francis issued a scathing rebuke of Catholics who prioritize some church laws and doctrines ― including those condemning abortion ― over fighting for the poor and the oppressed.
"We cannot uphold an ideal of holiness that would ignore injustice in a world where some revel, spend with abandon and live only for the latest consumer goods, even as others look on from afar, living their entire lives in abject poverty," the pope wrote.
He added that he's often heard Catholics talk about the plight of migrants as a "lesser issue," compared to certain "bioethical" concerns. In what looked like an admonishment of anti-refugee sentiment among Christians in Europe and the U.S., Francis condemned the idea that defending migrants should be a secondary concern.
"That a politician looking for votes might say such a thing is understandable, but not a Christian, for whom the only proper attitude is to stand in the shoes of those brothers and sisters of ours who risk their lives to offer a future to their children," he wrote.
"Can we not realize that this is exactly what Jesus demands of us, when he tells us that in welcoming the stranger we welcome him?" he asked, pointing to Matthew 25:35.
A photo illustration of the papal document "Gaudete et Exsultate" (Rejoice and Be Glad).
An apostolic exhortation is one way the pope can formally counsel the Roman Catholic Church around the world. The document released Monday, titled "Gaudete et Exsultate" (Rejoice and Be Glad), is the third such exhortation of Francis' papacy. It was signed March 19, The Associated Press reports.
Francis criticized those who focus only on doctrine without also demonstrating mercy and compassion.
Archbishop Angelo De Donatis, vicar general of Rome, presents the latest apostolic exhortation at the Vatican on April 9, 2018.
Francis is still facing backlash over his second exhortation, the 2016 "Amoris Laetitia" (The Joy of Love), which appeared to suggest that divorced and civilly remarried Catholics could potentially receive Communion. That would be a break from long-standing Catholic tradition. Conservative cardinals and bishops have been pressing Francis to clarify his stance on the matter.
Just last Saturday, several hundred Catholics gathered for a summit in Rome to discuss who may receive Communion. The participants rejected the idea of allowing divorced and civilly remarried individuals to do so and urged "the pope and the bishops to confirm us in the faith." One of Francis' fiercest American critics, Cardinal Raymond Burke, said during the summit that the pope should be corrected if he steps outside the traditional teachings of the church.


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Q: Showing $E_4(z)$ and $E_6(z)$ are algebraically independent over $\mathbb{C}$ Let
$E_4(z)= - \frac{B_4}{8}+ \sum_{n=1}^\infty \sigma_3(n) q^n$
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$E_6(z)= - \frac{B_6}{12}+ \sum_{n=1}^\infty \sigma_5(n) q^n$
How does one show they are algebraically independant over $\mathbb{C}$ ?


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Fabulous news! Dame Gillian Lynne Theatre
'Andrew Lloyd Webber has today announced that the New London Theatre is to be renamed in honour of the trailblazing choreographer Dame Gillian Lynne.
The Theatre will be formally recognised as the Gillian Lynne Theatre later this year and will be the first West End theatre to be named after a woman. It will also be the first theatre in the UK to be named after a choreographer.'
Huge congratulations to Gilly, one of the great choreographers of modern times. She was responsible for Cats, Phantom, Beauty and the Beast and many other successful productions. She's also one of the few people in the world who was ever capable of cajoling Mike into dancing.
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We Gillians are a talented bunch. It must be the name
I tried to get excited but failed immediately as I have no idea who this is.
Have you never seen Cats or Phantom of the Opera?
No, sorry. 'Fraid not.
You'll at least recognise this song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuWpvkN-8CU
Yes, I do.
Phantom of the opera is great. I love it!
-happy dance- great news indeed. 🙂
Isn't it insane how everyone knows the name of the men behind these big musicals, but not hers…? Absurd.
Yes. 😦 I can't help wondering if they would remember the name of a male choreographer or I'm just being overly sensitive to the dismissal of women in the arts?
No one forgets Balanchine 🙂
No, they don't do they? Note to self – make more noise!
davidprosser
Then she deserves the honour for that alone.
Recognition took it's time, but at least it finally arrived!
I once tried to get a dance school named after me but since I can't dance and no one knows who the hell I am, my attempt failed. This is long over due news, however. You're right. It's rather sad that people know the names of the men associated with those musicals but not hers. This will help change that.
Especially in the case of Cats as the choreography was a very important part of the creation of the show.
Osyth
This is marvelous news …. thank you for sharing!
She sounds FABULOUS! Is she alive to see it? Additionally look what fabulous bone structure she has in her face, awesome cheek bones.
She's 92 this year, and her mind is clear as ever. Did you see a documentary called Fabulous Fashionistas about older women who were very stylish? She was one of the women featured in it.
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$15 adult (ages 0-17 free with purchase of adult ticket). Includes museum admission.


Pretty fun show. Was the first show I caught at Coachella this year and was a nice kickoff. As usual the outdoor stage during the day was empty and was able to get right to the front. Luckily it's pretty cool this year or it be fairly miserable. Anyways, Knox was solid - I didn't think the sound was that great but it was catchy and upbeat so it was entertaining and I was never bored.


In only its third year of existence in 2015, this Boston Marathon qualifier saw more than 4,000 full- and half-marathon runners traversing the course through the City of Naperville.
The 4th annual Naperville Women's Half Marathon & 5k from North Central College is open to all runners and walkers.
Walk-a-thon fundraiser for A.D.O.P.T. Pet Shelter that helps provide care for homeless animals.
The 18th annual Jeanine Nicarico Memorial Fund GLOW 5K, a 5K family run/walk to support literacy, fitness and family, will take place on 5th Avenue/Plank Road in Naperville.


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If you want a compact picantón today there are many interesting options, but if you also want it to be tremendously effective and drive "like old times", the Toyota GR Yaris is without a doubt the best product. At the top of the range for the new Yaris, it is a unique model that benefits from the technical and design skills of the WRC. It won't let you down.
As we told you back in the day, fans of the Gran Turismo Sport and Toyota celebrated just a few months ago the arrival of the Toyota Supra A90 to the game, which was joined on November 13, 2020 by the long-awaited Toyota GR Yaris. The most curious thing is that, in little more than a month, Sony claims to have sold 310,000 units of the powerful hatchback in the racing game.
Alongside the good figures for the GR Yaris, which is also available in the WRC 9 video game for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X / S and Microsoft Windows in the Rally Concept specification, the Japanese automaker has also sold almost 1.8 million units of the GR Supra 2019 and 2020 at Gran Turismo Sport.
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Epworth
Updated Guidance for In-Person Worship & Gatherings
As of Ocotber , 2022: No new restrictions in current protocols. Masks continue to be required indoors during worship and in common areas of the building. Coffee hour / fellowship time may resume indoors with additional seating also provided outside.
Small Group Gatherings
External Building Users/Renters
Further Communications
Previous Guidance
In-person worship resumed on July 4, 2021 and was paused between January 2 and February 13, 2022. As of February 20, 2022, we are proceeding with the following safety protocols:
Please pre-register your attendance here to assist with the planning, as well as for contacting tracing purposes.
Masks must be worn by everyone 2+, regardless of vaccination status. Well-fitting respirator masks, such as an N95 or KN95, are strongly recommended and available upon request. (The only exception is the pastor and liturgist, who must be fully vaccinated and remain at least 12 feet away from congregants.)
If you have Covid-19 symptoms (such as cough, congestion, fever or chills, lost of taste or smell, body aches, shortness of breath or sore throat), or within the last two weeks have tested positive for COVID-19 or been in close contact with someone who has tested positive, please stay home and access the worship service via livestream.
Enter through the sanctuary doors (corner of Hopkins/Napa)
Hand sanitizer will be available at the entrance
Nursery care (ages 0-3) will be offered beginning at 9:45am. After the children's message, children will be invited to Godly Play (pre-K to 5th grade) and Youth (6th-12th grade) will be invited to Youth Group.
Bulletins: Access the digital bulletin here. A very limited number of printed copies will be available in the narthex.
Tithes & Offerings: Donate online at www.EpworthBerkeley.org/donate; Mail a check to Epworth at 1953 Hopkins St., Berkeley, CA 94707. After worship, you may also place your offering in the plate located in the narthex.
Ventilation: The Epworth sanctuary is equipped with two 42inch fans which circulate external air flow from the sanctuary entrance and out through the attic.
Holy Communion: We will celebrate Holy Communion on the first Sunday of the month. Individually packaged communion cups containing a wafer and grape juice can be picked up in the narthex/lobby on your way in to worship. If you are worshiping via the livestream, please have a piece of bread or cracker and juice or water ready. In-person worshippers will be invited to partake of their communion elements outside as part of the sending forth from worship.
Coffee/Fellowship on the Front Lawn: Following worship, everyone is invited to the Hopkins Street grassy area for cofffee, tea and light refreshments, as well as special music for a time to chat and reconnect. (No food or drink permitted indoors.)
Livestream Worship will continue. Tune in every Sunday at 10am to participate:
Watch on Facebook Live (no account or login required)
Watch on our YouTube Channel
Watch on our Website
Small Group Gatherings: Group Discernment for Acceptable Risk
Effective May 8, 2022: Epworth small group gatherings (which includes older adult ministries, committees and other church-sponsored ministries) of fully-vaccinated persons may hold their meetings at Epworth indoors and may remove masks in their meeting place given that all of the conditions are met:
Group is not open to the general public*
Group is limited in size to no more than 100 people
Group is limited in access to the same, regularly gathering group*
Additionally, groups must identify a protocol leader who will be responsible for:
Confidentially verifying that the small group wants to proceed under the new principle which allows masks to be removed if conditions are met, being intentional in including everyone who wants to participate
Ensuring that the group adheres to these protocols
Verifying the UP-TO-DATE VACCINATION status** of group members (See City of Berkeley Guidance)
Maintaining a list for contact tracing purposes that identifies the names, dates, times of entry and exit of everyone who enters the indoor space
Maintaining six feet of social distancing between individuals/households when unmasked.
Posting signs promoting self-assessment for symptoms (see document below)
Ensuring that no one entering has fever, cough, congestion, nausea, headache, runny nose, muscle aches or any other COVID-19 symptoms
Communicating to church office that the protocol has been activated, naming the protocol leader and their contact information. Protocol leaders need not submit the information they have collected.
*We know that some groups are open to new persons. In these cases, a new person can either be asked by the group's designated protocol leader to show their vaccination card and ID, or the group can revert to masking for that gathering.
**The City of Berkeley defines UP-TO-DATE vaccination status as "boosted when eligible" (their record shows a booster dose or it has been less than 5 months since their 2nd dose of Moderna or Pfizer vaccine or 2 months ago since their single-dose of J&J vaccine. See Guidance)
Masks must continue to be worn in common areas of the building and during high risk activities, including singing, or in mixed vaccinated/unvaccinated settings. Wind instrument rehearsals/performances remain suspended.
202202 City of Berkeley Required COVID19 Signage
Only use the Hopkins Street entrance. (Construction workers use the Napa Street entrance.)
Sign in and sign out.
Hand sanitizer is available in the lobby.
All in-person gatherings/activities should be scheduled in advance with the church office.
Masks must be worn indoors by everyone, regardless of vaccination status, in common areas of the building.
Children's ministries resumed just after Easter with an after-school camp and will be offering two camp weeks this summer. Godly play resumes with worship. Please check here for summer camp safety protocols.
Our youth continue to gather in masked events and gatherings. Please check here for a complete listing of youth activities and protocols.
Volunteer Church Hosts are available to assist you Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Merrie Bunt, Director of Communications and Building Operations, will continue to work remotely on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, and be in the office Thursdays and Fridays. Please email or call the church in advance so that we can be prepared to best meet your needs.
If Epworth is notified that an employee, vendor, worshipper or other visitor has tested positive for covid-19 (which should be done by contacting the church office or Pastor Kristin), we will follow CDC and Cal/OSHA guidance related to contact tracing and notification.
Groups with prior building use agreements or a previous relationship with Epworth may apply for a new building use agreement. Please indicate your desired meeting days, times and locations for meetings to resume in June 2022 or later here: https://airtable.com/shrYJMXdIpDtXBTv4
Building users/tenants without a previous relationship with Epworth with be considered on a case by case basis as capacity and schedule allows. You may request meeting space here: https://airtable.com/shrsNRhO1JNZVTbH8
Small group gatherings operating under the "Group Discernment for Acceptable Risk" protocol may consume food and drink indoors, though eating and drinking outdoors is encouraged. For all other gatherings including coffee hour, no food or drink should be consumed indoors.
Additional guidance will be share weekly in This Week at Epworth. Please subscribe to our email list here.
In-person Worship guidance (effective from 7/4/21-12/31/21)
1. Please pre-register your attendance here to assist with the planning, as well as for contacting tracing purposes.
2. Safety protocols
As an expression of love and care for everyone in our community, in particular the most vulnerable among us, please observe the following safety protocols:
Masks must be worn by everyone 2+, regardless of vaccination status. (Pastors and liturgists/speakers who are fully vaccinated may be unmasked, but must be 12 feet away from congregants.)
Ushers will direct you to a pew that allows for 6ft physical distancing between individuals/households/pods. (Consider arriving a bit early and entering before 10am to give our ushers time to accommodate you.)
Nursery care (ages 0-3) will be offered beginning at 9:45am. After the children's message, children will be invited to Godly Play (pre-K to 5th grade). Youth group (5th-12th grade) will be led by Sarah Bruno.
If you have a fever, flu-like symptoms, or within the last two weeks have tested positive for COVID-19 or been in close contact with someone who has tested positive, please stay home and access the worship service via livestream.
3. Music and singing
Epworth is a singing, musical congregation. It is one of our strengths and joys. Not being able to sing or make music together has been one of the hardest parts about being separated due to the pandemic. As we return to the sanctuary, we will be able to make music together. Our Do No Harm team has sought to balance our need and desire to sing together with health and safety concerns. Beginning November 28, 2021 The choir may resume sitting together in the choir loft with some social distancing and masking, but can lead us in signing and other music. Congregational singing throughout the service will return.
4. Nursery, Godly Play and Youth Group
Nursery care (ages 0-3) will be available from 9:45 until the conclusion of worship.
Children (pre-k to 5th grade) will be dismissed to Godly Play after the children's time. Parents will meet children at Hopkins entry after the conclusion of worship.
Youth group (6th -12 grade) re-commenced on July 18.
5. Bulletins: Access the digital bulletin here.
A very limited number of printed copies will be available in the narthex.
6. Tithes & Offerings
Donate online at www.EpworthBerkeley.org/donate
Text-to-Give: Text the dollar amount you wish to give to 1-833-276-7680.
Mail a check to Epworth at 1953 Hopkins St., Berkeley, CA 94707.
After worship, you may also place your offering in the plate located in the narthex.
7. Fellowship on the Front Lawn
Following worship, everyone is invited to the Hopkins Street grassy area for special music and time to chat and reconnect. (Coffee/tea and food service will be paused beginning 12/26/2021 for the duration of wintery weather. (No food or drink permitted indoors.)
8. Ventilation
The Epworth sanctuary is equipped with two 42inch fans which circulate external air flow from the sanctuary entrance and out through the attic.
9. Holy Communion
We will celebrate Holy Communion on the first Sunday of the month. Individually packaged communion cups containing a wafer and grape juice can be picked up in the narthex/lobby on your way in to worship. If you are worshiping via the livestream, please have a piece of bread or cracker and juice or water ready.
Tea and Conversations
A+ Lunch Bunch
New Years' Eve Jazz & Poetry Concert


Student Advantage, known for its campus student discount cards, has recently completed a merger of its SA Cash unit with Quentrix, opening more doors for its off-campus SA Cash card program by strengthening its access to universities serviced by major campus card player, Diebold.
With the recent purchase of Quentrix, Student Advantage has acquired the technology that allows colleges using Diebold's CS Gold to offer their campus cards to off-campus merchants more efficiently and securely.
Student Advantage, under its SA Cash brand, expanded its student payment accounts off-campus to include local and national merchants. In February 2003, the company sold its SA Cash technology to Blackboard, but retained the ability to continue to use the technology to offer its SA Cash product line to colleges and universities that use the Diebold Transaction System. In addition, the agreement made Student Advantage the exclusive provider of membership and rewards programs to Blackboard's client base.
Now, with the Quentrix purchase, SA also has access to Diebold's CS Gold university clients.
Quentrix' points-based rewards system is similar to frequent flyer miles. With every purchase, users earn points that can be redeemed for discounts, free merchandise and gift certificates from companies such as Blockbuster and The Sharper Image," said Mr. Hersch.
"This enables merchants to really target their marketing based on student criteria," added Mr. Sozzi. Students, through an online web interface tied to the card, can also view their point balance, see what merchants are offering, and also reload their card, he said.
The Quentrix technology provides a winning solution not only for the off-campus merchants, but for the university too. It allows all off-campus transactions to be communicated to the university through a single connection and central server, thereby minimizing the expense of additional hardware, phone lines and human resources.
Since SA Cash "has been around a number of years, I think about it as the over arching system and Quentrix a very critical component–a technology component–of the SA Cash solution," explained Mr. Sozzi.
Founded in 1992, Student Advantage, works with colleges, universities, campus organizations and more than 15,000 business locations across the country, offering discount cards to students which enable students to make purchases less expensively. Student Advantage cards have also begun merging with a university's campus card. Five years ago, Student Advantage introduced SA Cash which allowed students or parents to put money on their ID card. "It's just a way for schools, instead of managing an off campus debit program, to outsource it to us," said Mr. Sozzi.


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Want to overreact to a rumor?
According to someone over at Millarworld who read this year's Free Comic Book Day entry by Marvel (spoiler follows), Mary Jane joins the Initiative as a superhero called Jackpot.
I'm sure it's a joke or something like that (dream? imaginary story?), but that is the rumor folks are freaking out about right now, so I thought you folks might want to hear it.


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A single handclap in the gateway of the Golkonda Fort in Hyderabad city can be heard 450 feet above in the Royal Palace thanks to ingenious acoustic panels cut in the corners of the arches way before their time in the 1500s. But the call of cleft surgery is even more reaching. Two surgeons separated by 4 decades in age who met the day before can spend an extended lunch deep in conversation about the nuances of approaches to the reconstruction of the infant face. Engrossed in the commonality of task and committed to its exploration and improvement, barriers are non-existent and time flies.
I had the career changing opportunity of visiting Dr Hirji Adenwalla in Thrisur and Drs Gosla Reddy and Raj Reddy in Hyderbad. Both visits as awe inspiring in what they offered. This was all through the personal connections and advice of Tony Markus, British Cleft surgeon, and the generosity of the Future Faces charitable trust to whom I am eternally so grateful.
The Charles Pinto unit for cleft lip and palate in Thrisur resides in the Jubilee Mission Hospital. This was a small affair when Dr Adenwalla started his career there: grown out of a dispensary, the hospital had just 20 beds in 1952. The hospital has now grown to approximately 1800 beds. Dr Adenwalla has surely the largest experience of primary cleft repair in the world: over 10,000 primary operations
In my week with him I attended Dr Adenwalla's clinics and theatres sessions as an observer and surgical assistant. We talked a great deal about the milestones of the development of cleft surgery and the characters of the influential cleft surgeons who built this road. Dr Adenwalla had met many of these people but also has a personal interest in the history of the subject and was a fascinating insight into the process of the progression of the field. These lessons were perhaps most useful in approaching different problems on the operating table and adapting one's approach to the individual case at hand. Every case is different is the message, but by understanding WHY Millard changed his lip repair and WHY Cutting reversed the backcut one can choose to borrow such manipulations when the case calls for it – if not all the time. Dr Adenwalla's advice was key: think about which approach is the right one in your mind – find a philosophy. Then practice it and evaluate it. Don't try to compromise and keep trying several different techniques. Ideally practise it 10,000 times! But adapt it to each case in front of you. It is still the same philosophy. Indeed we talked about classical philosophy, history, surgical development and inter-specialty differences too, over plates of curds, dal (my favourite!) and chapatti, and how the lessons inform one's time in surgery and life.
Dr Adenwalla's team includes the marvellous Dr Narayanan who demonstrated his modifications of the techniques and a beautiful cleft rhinoplasty technique. Dr Rhadhakrishnan and Dr Pasupathy have brought new ideas into the camp and have great hands and patience in explaining their surgical actions. Their results are all stunning
I was sad to left Thrisur and wished it had been longer, obviously. Whilst the time went quickly I felt that I had gained the experience of months elsewhere – we covered the workload of a UK unit for a couple of months in that week.
So on to Hyderabad.
Gosla and Raj have set up an amazing unit in Hyderabad. From bottom up it is a terrific achievement. What is most impressive is the step by step assessment of what they need to do and thorough research, implementation and re-evaluation of their work from the beginning. This is evident in Gosla's PhD thesis on cleft lip repair – chapter by chapter builds on the findings of the previous, each chapter published separately on the way. Now Raj is doing the same with the repair of cleft palates. The same attention to detail is evident in the running of the unit. It is no surprise that KPMG found little to suggest to improve their efficiency.
I was able to learn the basis of the GSR unit's lip and palate repairs and discuss this at length with the two surgeons. After this period I was able to take on cases myself using my preferred Fisher technique of lip closure. I was also able to do a few bilateral cleft lip repairs, which was a rare treat.
I have set up a small project with the institute where we will look at the presentation features of bilateral cleft lips. I hope this will be something we can present in the future.
I left India able to start work as a UK cleft surgery consultant in the knowledge that I was competent enough to undertake the work on my own. I am immensely grateful to Future Faces and the surgeons at the two centres.
Alistair R.M.Cobb FDSRCS FRCS
Cleft Fellow, South Thames Cleft Service


Having spent my Master's in Cambridge writing a dissertation about Austen and Laurence Sterne, I was looking forward with particular delight to reviewing the film adaptation Love and Friendship. I am glad not to be disappointed.
First of all, however, let me give honour where it's due. I cannot for the life of me understand why the film is entitled 'Love and Friendship', when it is entirely based upon another piece of Austen's Juvenilia— Lady Susan. I was confused even watching the film's trailer, which had already made me guess that the references to Love and Friendship would be scarce and that Lady Susan would be the main subject of everyone's attention. I had reread both Lady Susan and Love and Friendship the day before seeing the film to be sure of catching all the references I possibly could. I can safely assure you that whereas the plot of the film follows Lady Susan very faithfully, it contains no reference to Love and Friendship at all. The only possible reason for the film's title is that all of Austen's Juvenilia in Penguin Classics are published as 'Love and Friendship and other Youthful Writings. ' But is it really necessary to insult the audience's intelligence and assume that no one would take the trouble to see a less well-known piece of Austen's Juvenilia? The injustice becomes even more glaring after seeing the film, in which Lady Susan (Kate Beckinsale) reigns supreme.
What follows is a comedy of manners, and Whit Stillman manages to maintain the gentle artificiality of a stage play: characters are introduced with subtitles announcing their name on screen. The film is full of musical pieces from the period, and scenes are filmed almost as stage sets. Yet it is only Lady Susan who seems to realize that the world she inhabits is essentially a stage: 'What a delightful pose', she exclaims more than once. Kate Beckinsale is excellent in her role as Austen's most unconventional heroine, and she positively outshines everyone else. It is hard at times to extend one's sympathy to the rest of the world— as after all they are so gullible that, from Lady Susan's perspective, they have only themselves to blame. Chloë Sevigny is very good as Lady Susan's friend Alicia Johnson, and the only casting I would quarrel with was that of Catherine Vernon, who struck me as a sensible woman in the novel , whereas she struggled to gain any of my sympathy in its film adaptation. There were some additions to Austen's manuscript which were perhaps unnecessary, but on the whole most of them were merely elaborations on things she had left unsaid. Thus the stupidity of some characters was elaborated on, and the issue of Lady Susan's dissipation was made very explicit by the film's ending.
Indeed, the ending scene of the film was the only scene that struck a chord of dissonance from Austen's whole. Whereas Lady Susan the novel ends in a happy ending which punishes the wicked and rewards the good that, as Janet Todd points out, is reminiscent of Mansfield Park (in that it is aware of its own artificialness); Love and Friendship ends more like Woody Allen's Whatever Works, with a self-approving glance at its own conclusion. I suppose that times have changed since Austen's day, and one's characters must be treated less dismissively than one would like. Perhaps that's a pity. Though I dare say I am very old-fashioned about the subject. In any case, the film is a pure pleasure, and if a Jane Austen purist finds still more pleasure in its written original then she has only herself and Austen to blame.
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We are authorised to carry out warranty repairs on Profoto's behalf (subject to terms and conditions), as well as those that are chargeable.
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It is in this roofless performance hall that a Khmer classical dance troupe continues to practice daily, and a troupe of actors attempts to produce a Khmer-language adaptation of Cyrano de Bergerac on a stage overgrown with weeds. Around the theatre, Phnom Penh, the nation's capital and largest city, is being rebuilt and redeveloped. Next door, a casino and resort hotel is being built, the slamming sound of the pile drivers provides a counterpoint to the action in the theatre. Into the situation comes a journalist, Bopha Chheang, who interviews actor Than Nan Doeun, who portrays Cyrano. He and other actors reflect on the great productions of the past but lament the difficulties they are faced in a society that seems to have forgotten they exist. Some of the actors receive a small stipend, around $10 to $15 a month, from the government, and supplement their incomes by appearing in karaoke videos and performing at nightclubs. "Soon people won't know what theatre is," one actor says. "Everyone will be watching ghost films or singing the same lyrics like parrots."
Also interviewed is actress Peng Phan (she appeared in Rithy Panh's One Evening After the War and Rice People), who is wracked with Survivor guilt and is overcome by psychosomatic illness. The reporter's questioning and the activities of the performers are intercut with scenes of men and women sifting through refuse at a garbage dump. At another point, the members of the theatre troupe forage for food in the theatre itself, harvesting bats from the ceiling of the theatre halls and frying the winged mammals in a wok.


AstraZeneca is a global pharmaceutical company with a major UK presence. Their purpose is to push the boundaries of science to deliver life-changing medicines. The way they achieve this is by being science-led to help patients, sharing this passion with the scientific, healthcare and business communities of the UK.
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AstraZeneca was in need of a temporary solution to their chill chain that was ATEX rated. As there was nothing on the market at the time, they approached DGTCS to see how both companies could work together on this unique requirement, all in aid to safe-guard patient safety.
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