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Town of Fairview Council Briefs
Christopher Eakin
Jan 15, 2020 • 1 year ago • 5 minute read
Scott Fitzpatrick and Donna Sellers made a presentation to Town Council on behalf of the Fairview Fine Arts Centre and were successful in asking for sponsorship for a contest to find the best portrait painter in Fairview. The subject of the painting will be Mayor Gordon McLeod. CHRIS EAKIN/FAIRVIEW POST/POSTMEDIA NETWORK
Scott Fitzpatrick and Donna Sellers made a presentation to Town Council on behalf of the Fairview Fine Arts Centre and were successful in asking for sponsorship for a contest to find the best portrait painter in Fairview. The subject of the painting will be Mayor Gordon McLeod.CHRIS EAKIN/FAIRVIEW POST/POSTMEDIA NETWORK
The Fairview Fine Arts Centre has a new fundraising event coming up that promises to be some fun for local artists and gives residents a chance to participate.
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They are planning a Fairview portrait artist of the year contest with Mayor Gord MacLeod as the subject of the painting. – MacLeod has agreed sit to allow people to do sketches and take photos at one session. The Fine Arts Centre will also have someone take photos from different angles, which will be posted on line, for anyone not able to attend the sitting to use.
The judging will be done by popular vote at a gala – it will be necessary to buy tickets to get in and space will be limited (the Fine Arts Centre can only accommodate 65=70 people safely). The popular vote will determine the top three portraits, then a panel of judges (still to be chosen) will choose the best of those three. The gala will have food, beverages and entertainment to go along with the voting.
The winning portrait will be hung in the town office for one year, after which the Town will be able to purchase the portrait through negotiation with the artist – if they desire.
Scott Fitzpatrick and Donna Sellers pitched the idea to Town Council Jan. 7, asking the town to sponsor the event to the tune of $1,000, with $500 of that to be prize money for the winning portrait artist, the other $500 to be used for promoting the event.
Council liked the idea of the contest and there were a few jokes made at the expense of Mayor MacLeod – however, they did not want to set a precedent by funding prize money for a contest. They approved a motion to sponsor the contest to the tune of $1,000 with the understanding none of the money is to be used for prizes.
Fitzpatrick said at the moment they are planning to coordinate the contest with the Summer's End Festival.
CAO Daryl Greenhill told council that Canadian deputy Prime Minister Christina Freeland would be in Peace River for a private meeting with the Peace River Chamber of Commerce executive.
Mayor Gord MacLeod told council the Growing the North Conference is coming up Feb. 19-20 – he has found it quite interesting and a good networking opportunity in the past. Councillors Tim Schindel, Bryarly Parker and Stan Golob indicated interest. CAO Greenhill told councillors he will email information to them and asked them to indicate if they plan to attend or not and whether they will require hotel rooms or not.
CAO Greenhill asked council of they would like an opportunity on the agenda to present reports – over and above the committee reports they already do – as an opportunity to share information, problems and opportunities they encounter related to the town.
Council was in agreement it would be a good thing.
CAO Greenhill explained the Town needs to come up with a retention by-law. A recent flood in the basement of the Provincial building forced staff to move everything stored there and when CAO Greenhill reviewed the retention bylaw, he found it is no longer in compliance with Municipal Affairs recommendations – the town is keeping a lot more than required.
Councillor Paul Buck reported on the economic development committee meeting which had a presentation on Brown fields (property contaminated by petrochemicals). He said the presentation was of limited value.
Councillor Bryarly Sych reported on the Fire Department meeting. One item of note was that the fire department has purchased two bulletproof vests because the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) is recommending their use by firefighters. In discussion it was mentioned the fire department believes this may become required rather than just recommended.
Director of Legislative Services Jason Martin presented two policies for council's approval: Community Peace Officer's – Communication System and Community Peace Officers – Known Risks. The first says that a Community Peace Officer shall be equipped with a cell phone and radio to communicate with the town office, RCMP or other required services and the phone will have GPS tracking installed on it. The phone will also remind the officer to check in at intervals during the day, more often if he or she is in a higher risk situation.
The Known Risk policy requires the town to have a reporting system to track individuals or sites within the community that pose a risk should peace officers attend. The information collected would be subject to Freedom of Information and Privacy Legislation. The intent would be for the peace officer to check if sites he or she is about to visit pose a known risk or not and if risk is present, to request an RCMP officer accompany them.
Council approved both policies.
CAO Daryl Greenhill presented a request for decision from Community Services – Health codes covering anti-entrapment devices and design for swimming pools has changed and it is mandatory for swimming pools to update their equipment. CAO Greenhill explained that although the pool is perfectly safe and there is no danger anyone could be trapped at a drain in the pool, the aquatic centre is still forced to make changes to water pumps and pump covers at a cost of $21,500 – as soon as possible. Council approved a motion to follow through with the updates to equipment.
CAO Greenhill also presented a request for decision on tax auction of two properties. The auction date is set for Jan. 15 with reserve prices set as close to market value as possible.
CAO Greenhill said it is possible one owner will pay off the tax arrears before the auction, but the other likely will not. Lot 11, Block 1, Plan 0625915 has an assessed value of $164,100; Lot 13, Block 9, Plan 7520012 has an assessed value of $145,200.
If the auction brings in more money than Is owed to arrears and administrative costs, that extra must be refunded to the owner of the property.
Council approved the date, reserves and procedures for the auction, set by the Municipal Government Act.

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The A.L. Closer Report: 8/14
by David Golebiewski
For the purposes of the "Closer Report" (which will be a weekly feature), we'll place the relief aces in one of three categories: Death Grip (these guys have no chance of relinquishing the closer's role; think Mo Rivera), In Control (a good chance of continuing to rack up the saves) and Watch Your Back (the set-up man is planning a coup d'etat as we speak).
Death Grip
Mariano Rivera, Yankees
Mo racked up two saves in three appearances this week, though he did give up a run against the Blue Jays on August 11th (Edwin Encarnacion hit a homer). The former Red's round-tripper marked the first time that the opposition crossed home plate against Rivera since June 12th. He's punching out 10.1 batters per nine innings, with 1.29 BB/9. Rivera's 2.89 WPA is the 4th-best mark in the majors.
Joe Nathan, Twins
Joe gave up a run vs. Detroit on the 7th, but he bounced back to strike out the side against the Royals on the 12th (neither game was a save opportunity). Nathan's K rate (11.75) is nearly two whiffs per nine higher than 2008's mark (9.84), and he has lowered his walk rate to boot (2.39 BB/9 to 2.06 BB/9). His first-pitch strike percentage is 67.9, scores ahead of the 58.2% MLB average.
Joakim Soria, Royals
After seemingly forgetting that Soria was in the bullpen in early July, manager Trey Hillman has started to use the Mexicutioner (a former starter with a deep repertoire) to get six-out saves. Three of Soria's last 5 save ops have been of the six-out variety, a refreshing change (in Hillman's defense, Soria's shoulder woes earlier in the season could have contributed to his usage). Joakim didn't have a banner week, however. He was lit up on the 8th vs. the A's, giving up dingers to Tommy Everidge and Mark Ellis. Soria did rebound against Minnesota yesterday, firing two scoreless innings.
Jonathan Papelbon, Red Sox
Papelbon pitched 2.2 scoreless innings between two appearances on the 7th (Yankees) and the 10th (Detroit), but he gave up 2 runs against the Tigers on the 11th (including a HR to Curtis Granderson). Papelbon's FIP (3.55) is well north of his 2.69 career average, as 50.8% of his pitches are crossing home plate (that's down from 54.5% in '08; Jon's Zone% has dipped each season since 2006).
J.P. Howell, Rays
J.P. twiddled his thumbs this week: he hasn't made an appearance since our last Closer Report. The former Royal (pilfered from K.C. in June of 2006 for excellent-car-jumper-but-bad-ball player Joey Gathright) has punched out 10.54 hitters per nine innings, with excellent secondary offerings (+1.72 runs/100 pitches for the curve, +5.08 runs/100 for the change) and a sneaky mid-80's fastball (+0.96).
Bobby Jenks, White Sox
With his kidney stones issue mercifully behind him, Jenks pitched 3.2 scoreless frames this past week (one save vs. Seattle on the 11th). Bobby hasn't allowed a run in August, a welcome change after a July that saw far too many fireworks for the opposition (8 runs in 7.1 IP). Jenks has rates of 8.55 K/9 and 2.48 BB/9, giving him a 3.55 XFIP. That's lower than 2008's 3.86 figure, despite Bobby's 2009 ERA (3.83) being 1.2 runs higher than his 2008 mark (2.63).
Andrew Bailey, Athletics
Bailey was touched up in the second half of July, but has begun August well. Bailey notched two saves this week, with clean innings against the Royals on the 9th and the Orioles on the 12th. He hasn't walked a batter over his past six innings, and has rates of 10.13 K/9 and 3.09 BB/9 for the season. Bailey throws plenty hard (94 MPH with his fastball), but he doesn't fit the archetypal power reliever mold. The former starter uses his heater around 56% of the time, mixing in cutters over a quarter of the time and curveballs about 15 percent.
David Aardsma, Mariners
Aardsma collected a save against one of his former teams (the White Sox) on August 10th, but the Pale Hose pummeled him for 3 hits and 3 runs (including a HR to Alexei Ramirez) in a blown save op on the 11th. The 27 year-old right-hander continues to rack up K's (10.53 K/9) and walks (5.09) by the bucketful. Safeco suppresses homer production, but Aardsma has been lucky to surrender a 2.9 HR/FB% this season.
Brian Fuentes, Angels
Fuentes got 2 saves this week, closing the door vs. Texas on August 8th and the Rays on the 10th. The lefty hasn't had much success with his slider this season (-0.26 runs/100 pitches), which helps to explain a lower outside-swing% (23.5, 29.4% in 2008) and a higher rate of contact (79.7%, up from 73.4% in '08).
Frank Francisco, Rangers
Watch out for: C.J. Wilson
Francisco appeared just once this week, picking up a save vs. the Indians yesterday (his 16th of the season). Frank's frequent absences (he's been on the DL three times in 2009) might have obscured the type of season that he's having. The 6-3, 230 pound righty has whiffed 10.05 per nine innings, with 2.3 BB/9. The key has been a filthy 86 MPH splitter. The pitch was rarely successful in the past (-0.47 runs/100 value since 2002), but the splitter has a +4.65 figure in 2009. Francisco has increased his usage of the pitch, tossing it 19.1% of the time after throwing the split closer to 10% in past seasons.
Kerry Wood, Indians
Kerry has actually resembled the closer in the free agent catalogue this month. In 4 August frames, Wood has whiffed 4, while walking none and surrendering no runs. As Pitch F/X whiz Harry Pavlidis noted on The Hardball Times, the Texan has scrapped his slider in favor of a cutter in 2009. There hasn't been anything wrong with his new toy (+0.48 runs/100 pitches with the cutter) or his 80 MPH curve. Wood's 96 MPH fastball, however, is another story (-1.15 runs/100 pitches).
Jason Frasor, Blue Jays (Scott Downs back on the DL with a left big toe injury)
Returned to the closer's role with Scott Downs nursing a toe injury, Frasor frazzled hitters with 2.2 innings of spotless pitching this week (including a save vs. the Yankees on August 10th). Frasor's 3.36 K/BB ratio is the best of his career, an uptick keyed by a climb in outside-swing percentage (24.7% in '09, 18.8% career average).
Fernando Rodney, Tigers
Rodney got rocked August 7th vs. the Twins (3 H, 2 R), and got taken deep by Michael Cuddyer on the 9th while collecting a save. Fernando picked up another save yesterday afternoon vs. Boston as well. Rodney's ERA (3.78) is well below 2008's mark (4.91), though he's not really pitching all that differently. His XFIP is 4.19 in '09, which is actually higher than 2008's 4.06.
Jim Johnson, Orioles
Johnson got two saves this week (one against Toronto on the 7th and another vs. Oakland on the 11th), tossing three innings of scoreless relief overall. He throws awfully hard (94.4 MPH), but that doesn't necessarily translate to a ton of missed bats. Johnson's whiffing 6.36 hitters per nine innings, with a 4.19 FIP. He won't be a liability in the role (Johnson does a decent job of limiting the free passes and getting grounders). But, it's also hard to call Johnson a big asset, as a middle reliever cast into a late-inning role in a cut-throat division.
Watch Your Back
No one, at the moment.
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what about francisco rodriguez…….. I havent find him in that list.
When did the Mets move to the AL?


Q - Where can I find Finance and Business Affairs Forms?
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A – Complete the access form located on Finance and Business Affair's website. The form must be approved by your supervisor and submitted to the Finance Information Systems Analyst.
Q - I have an invoice: how do I get it paid?
A - If a purchase order was not required for the items listed on the invoice, you will need to complete a Direct Payment Form. Attach the original invoice to the completed, approved Direct Payment Form and send it to Accounts Payable. The Direct Payment Form is located on Finance and Business Affair's website under on-line forms.
If the invoice is related to a purchase order, you must first ascertain that the purchase order number is referenced on the invoice and then send the invoice to Accounts Payable. If the invoice is for a service, or if the items were shipped directly to the department, you will need to complete a receiving report found on the Purchasing Office website. Do not use a Direct Payment Form if a purchase order was issued.
Q - What is a Direct Payment Form and how and when do I use it?
A - The Direct Payment Form, located on the F&A website, is the medium used to initiate transactions for which a Purchase requisition or purchase order is not required. Examples would include subscriptions, petty cash replenishments, honorariums, memberships, utility bills, Inter-library loans, refunds, expenditure reimbursements, accreditation fees, postage meter refills, cash awards, independent contractors etc. Direct Payment requests must have original backup documentation that confirms the requested payment is a legal liability of the University and must include original signed signatures. Include a contact phone number on all requests.
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A - No. Only original documentation will be accepted as backup for payment. Accounts Payable management must approve any exception.
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The Direct Payment Form should be attached when submitting to Accounts Payable.
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Reimbursements greater than $100 should be submitted to Accounts Payable on a reimbursement form, with a Direct Payment Form attached. Any employee reimbursement should have the original receipt attached.
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If a check has been issued, you will need to submit the correction by completing a Journal Voucher (JV) form found on Finance and Business Affair's website or on the Finance tab in BengalWeb.
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A - The W-9 is an information form required by the IRS when the University makes payments to individuals and unincorporated companies that provide us with services. The form provides us information for submitting our 1099s at year-end so we are in compliance and can avoid penalties. W-9 forms can be found on both the Finance and Purchasing tabs on BengalWeb. If you do not have access to these tabs, the forms can be found on both departments' websites.
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A - If you need the University's Employer/Tax ID number, which is used similarly to your personal social security number, contact Accounting.
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If you do not know your Banner ID number, use your Bengal ID number on all correspondence with Finance and Business Affairs.
Only use the Banner ID number when a request is payable to faculty, staff or a student.
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A – The General Ledger is the core subsystem of the Banner Finance system and is fully integrated with each of the other subsystems that make up the Finance system. A FOAPAL is a unique Banner acronym that represents the key account elements of this system.
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Q - What is a Commodity Code and how do I create a new one Commodity Code?
A – Commodity codes are used in place of accounts codes on all purchase orders. Commodity codes give a more detailed description of the item being purchased. To create a new Commodity code send an email to ramerebe@isu.edu in the email include a detailed description of the nature of the items to be purchased.
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A – You can see the status of your grant account via the Finance tab on BengalWeb by performing a query in the "Check Budget and Expenditure Information" link. There you can enter a query for the parameters you want to see on your account. Queries can be saved so you can run it easily when desired. You can also designate 5 accounts to be displayed graphically on the main page of the Finance tab. This will quickly show your available balance information when you enter the page.
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A –Contact the Grants and Contracts Accounting office at 282-3899. Grant Accounting staff can make sure the budget entered for that grant code is the appropriate budget for that project.


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Kuwait: UN expert calls for the full social inclusion of people disabilities by 2035 12/5/2018
Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities
End of Mission Statement by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities, Ms. Catalina Devandas-Aguilar, on her visit to Kuwait 12/5/2018
UN expert to assess situation of persons with disabilities in Kuwait 11/22/2018
UN women's rights experts issue findings on Burkina Faso, Singapore, Paraguay, Nauru, Israel, Kuwait, Kenya, Oman, Norway, DPRK, Monaco and Guatemala 11/20/2017
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women reviews the situation of women in Kuwait 11/1/2017
CEDAW discusses situation of women in Israel, Kuwait, Kenya, and Oman with civil society representatives 10/30/2017
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women to hold sixty-eighth session in Geneva from 23 October to 17 November 10/19/2017
UN women's rights committee to review Burkina Faso, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Guatemala, Israel, Kenya, Kuwait, Monaco, Nauru, Norway, Oman, Paraguay and Singapore 10/19/2017
UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination publishes findings on Canada, Djibouti, Ecuador, Kuwait, New Zealand, Russian Federation, Tajikistan and United Arab Emirates 8/28/2017
Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination concludes its ninety-third session 8/25/2017
Racism and racial discrimination


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We shouldn't be mixing the level of service, quality of software, and changes in features and pricing as a reason to use or not use LinkedIn. OK, LinkedIn has taken us along for a ride, adding and removing features the platform used to have years ago and making it "news". BUT – it would be silly and unproductive of us to walk away from the incredible pool of self-entered professional data. It's just not an option. Besides, we may be getting an adequate search system back, after all!
Apparently, it is hard not just for us, uninformed users, but for LinkedIn itself to ride through so many redesigns and individual roll-outs within such a short period. Let's take a look at the screenshot above, which is THE guide for advanced searching at the moment. This syntax, as in the example, doesn't work; please take a note of it.
title:CMO OR title:"chief marketing" (correct, at the moment).
It would be nice if LinkedIn either implements the syntax it documents or fixes the tip sheet to reflect what it does. Agree?
And here's a new LinkedIn HACK for you.
Step 2. Run a search for people – for example, this.
Given that there are multiple UI versions out there and things are still in flux, this may or may not work for you- sounds like it does, for most!
Tip. If you examine how we have changed the search URL to perform the job title search, you may come up with other "hacks" that will expand the search functionality.
We will tell you how to work with and work around the newly redesigned LinkedIn in the upcoming webinar – Wednesday, March 15, optional practice Thursday March 16, 2017.
Thanks for your latest LI hack. It worked great for me looking for CPA specialists.
Just found your site. Great tips!
The changes on LinkedIn only allows you to view three profiles if you've reached your max.
I was very pleased with the amount of detail for me to utilize in more ways than one.
good information. would love updates as they become available.


Fermanagh Film Club was established in January 2008 by a group of dedicated and enthusiastic volunteers, who wanted to see and share a programme of international films that otherwise would not have been available in their area.
10 years on and the film club celebrates this milestone anniversary as it continues to bring the best cultural cinema to Enniskillen.
The aim of Fermanagh Film Club was very clear from the start - with the nearest cultural cinemas located 70 and 100 miles from Enniskillen, in Belfast and Dublin respectively, it wanted to create the opportunity locally for audiences in the west of Northern Ireland to access films of quality and culture.
Having observed the activity of the long established Sligo Film Society, Fermanagh Film Club started to work with access>CINEMA and became the network's first member located north of the border.
In January 2008, Fermanagh Film Club presented its first screening - the Oscar-winning German drama The Lives of Others.
Fermanagh Film Club currently screens films every 1st and 3rd Wednesday of the month, with the annual film programme normally split into two seasons - spring and autumn.
Its current Spring 2018 season includes films from across the globe including the French romantic drama Rosalie Blum, the Oscar-nominated Russian film Loveless and the recent Irish crowd-pleaser The Drummer and the Keeper.
Screenings are always welcoming to all, whether that be to those who want to "sign up" for the latest season of films, or those who just want to pop along on a particular night if there's a film showing that they would like to see.
Given its geographical location Fermanagh Film Club has in recent years also become an active member of Film Hub Northern Ireland, which is part of the British Film Institute's Film Audience Network (FAN).
This national initiative aims to grow audiences for film across the UK, and the work of Film Hub Northern Ireland aims to put film at the centre of cultural life in Northern Ireland.
Fermanagh Film Club has been successful in securing some funds from the BFI Film Forever project administered through Film Hub NI, as well as support from Fermanagh & Omagh District Council, which has helped the club to continue to grow its activities and audiences.
As well as the regular film screenings it hosts, Fermanagh Film Club has been particularly active in bringing special film events to the local community.
These activities have included screenings for Culture Night, film presentations to coincide with local festivals such as the Fermanagh Live Arts Festival and one-off BFI Neighbourhood Touring Project screenings such as that of the locally produced thriller Bad Day for the Cut.
Recently the club hosted screenings of Oh Mr. Porter! and The Railway Children as part of a Railway Film Weekend, and also hosted a special screening of the Irish film His & Hers to celebrate Cinema Day Northern Ireland, which included a post-screening Q&A with the film's director Ken Wardrop.
So the future of Fermanagh Film Club is looking good.
The club is hosting a special 10th anniversary celebration on January 24th, and as ever all are welcome.
Special congratulations should go to the dedicated team of Ann McDermott, Julian Caithness, Jackie Pennock and Fionnula Curran, who voluntarily organise the club's programme and attend film programming meetings, networking events and screening weekends so that Fermanagh Film Club can continue to bring the best of international cinema to Enniskillen audiences.
Well done to all and here's to the next 10 years.


It cannot be underestimated how important mobile devices are to student applicants. Research shows that 64 percent of students complete at least some part of their college applications on a mobile device. However, the most widely used tools in higher education are not yet compatible with the hyper-mobile world of today. Illinois Tech's primary challenge was trying to yield maximum results from an application that had not been designed with mobile in mind.
In addition to needing an application designed for mobile, Illinois Tech required a flexible application that could easily grow to accommodate the school's varied graduate programs, internal offices, and research experiences.
TargetX's mobile-first Online Application is the first of its kind in the higher education marketplace. Most online applications are designed around outdated paper models that are difficult to read and offer a disjointed user experience. The TargetX Online Application is clean, clear, and easy to use on any mobile device, appealing to the growing number of students who use their phones to apply to college.
Since the success of the Brazilian research project in the summer of 2015-16, Illinois Tech has dramatically expanded its implementation of the Online Application to graduate programs like its Institute of Design and the Law School, as well as internal offices like Student Life and Housing. Now, every program and office shares one unified application process with a consistent look and feel, branding, and user experience, while maintaining the flexibility to embrace what makes each unique.
Welch explains, "The application review process is different across our graduate programs. The questions they have for applicants and the data they collect vary. But, the TargetX Online Application allows each unique entity to create exactly what they need, while maintaining a uniformity within the architecture and design. This is a huge benefit." Welch also loves that each graduate program can be self-sufficient, manage their own communications flow, calculate yields, and run their own data reports with basic training on the platform.
Since the launch of the TargetX Online Application, Illinois Tech has enjoyed a record-breaking surge in applicants.
allows students—throughout the application process—to stay organized, save and track completed pieces, and move easily between sections.


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Power BI desktop or online?
In this post I am going to discuss how to design a dashboard in Power BI. What makes a good dashboard work? I think a good dashboard tells you immediately how you are doing. Not just "show me the numbers". KPI's are just as important. What is a measure without a target?
I have been very curious about Azure Data Lake. So I started experimenting with it. In this post I share with you my thoughts about it.
When you are creating Power BI reports. Do you develop them online or in desktop mode? If you are doing pure self service BI for quick prototyping, it doesn't matter all that much. However, if you use live connections, you may want to use Desktop since you can easily switch between test and production servers.
Sometimes innovations take you by suprise. I just started using a Windows Phone and I was at my parents, checking out the maps app. I was always a big fan of the Google Maps app on Android and how well it predicts traffic jams, so I was curious to see how Bing would handle this.
Visual Studio's configuration manager is a beautiful thing to have. You set up your connection strings to dev, test and production (if applicable for a developer) and you can deploy easily to these environments. If you are not aware of this, try it out, it's a great feature.
Should you call it a junk dimension?
Are you doing all the work?


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Stardew Valley 1.5 update could be ready for Nintendo Switch by end of January
The long-awaited feature packed update for Stardew Valley which is scheduled for early next year could be coming to the Nintendo Switch by the end of January. The news was announced by the game's creator Concerned Ape on Twitter. He said that the 1.5 update could be ready for consoles by the end of January, but he can not guarantee it at present. The update brings with it a number of New Game updates including a Beach Farm as well as split screen (local) co-op mode, and much more. You can read the full list of changes here,
The 1.5 update will be coming to consoles early next year. It's possible it could be ready by the end of January but I can't guarantee that yet. Mobile has no release estimate yet.
— ConcernedApe (@ConcernedApe) December 27, 2020
Tags:1.5 updatenintendo switchStardew Valleyvideo games
4 thoughts on "Stardew Valley 1.5 update could be ready for Nintendo Switch by end of January"
JasonJMcKayla December 29, 2020 at 2:23 am
C'mon give us a sequel already. We want Stardew 2!!
AOD December 31, 2020 at 11:52 pm
Literally only one person is making the game…
Mana January 12, 2021 at 12:31 am
Who the hell wants Stardew Valley 2?! We want updates that improve the game, not new games omg.
ramblinghomo January 1, 2021 at 1:58 pm
Fell in love with this game over Christmas again. Looking forward to the update. I got to give the guy credit, he's supported this game for far longer than most AAA developers and at no extra cost to the players. I'll be waiting patiently to see what he does next.
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29th Electoral Cycle Communique for Chief Official Agents, Issue Twenty
Finalized Interpretation Bulletin, Polling Division Review, CEO Directives
Interpretation Bulletin – Advertising on the Internet
You will know that my office has been working on a variety of Interpretation Bulletins and CEO Directives to offer increased clarity and understanding of our legislation and processes in advance of the next election. While we will distributing most of these over the coming months, there is one that may have an impact on your planning for next year, so I wanted to provide it to you as soon as possible.
Attached is ESKIB-2019/03 Advertising on the Internet. This bulletin has an impact on the types of advertising expenses which are subject to the registered political party annual limit and which must be reported on your RPP annual return. In certain circumstances, you will be required to include advertising costs associated with YouTube, Facebook or other social media platforms if they meet the definition of a "broadcast." This interpretation bulletin will also be available on our website at https://www.elections.sk.ca/candidates-political-parties/bulletins-circulars/.
If you have questions or comments, please contact Jennifer Colin, Deputy Chief Electoral Officer (306.787.4061 or [email protected]).
Polling Division Review Update
A comprehensive review of polling divisions used in the last general election has been a key project for our team over the past six months. I am really pleased with the success of the project to-date. In terms of numbers, 52 percent of polling divisions used in the last election have been altered with the bulk of the changes being made in rural constituencies.
Province-wide, there will be 210 fewer polling divisions in use during the next election. One key goal was to reduce travel time for voters and, based on our calculations, we have reduced the total overall distance voters will have to travel by 110,000 kms and reduced travel time by over five minutes in some constituencies. I believe that these changes will have a significant impact on voter travel times and voter convenience.
Shape files for the new polling divisions will be published by the end of the calendar year. New maps reflecting the changes will be available to registered political parties in early 2020.
CEO Directive Review
As we have been doing with interpretation bulletins, I would like to share a number of CEO Directives with you for comment. Attached you will find seven directives for your review. They are:
Authorized By on Social Media
CEODIR-2018-001 – Goods and Supplies from Previous Elections
CEODIR-2018-002 Goods Purchased but Not Used
CEODIR-2018-004 Expenses Incurred Outside of Election Period
CEODIR-2018-005 Donations in Kind of $200 or Less
Crowdfunding for Collection of Political Contributions
Please note that these directives are still in draft form and may change in content (based on your feedback), format and numbering/sequence. Following your review and subsequent revisions (if needed), my office will finalize these and provide them to you in the same manner as the earlier-referenced Interpretation Bulletin. Should you have questions, please contact Jennifer at the information listed above. If you have feedback, please provide it by October 15, 2019.
Thanks for your attention to these important matters. I look forward to working with you more closely over the coming year as we all prepare for the next provincial general election.
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2019.09.20 Communique (v1.0) FINAL (ERROR)


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The high-ceilinged lounge and study, with a library above the east mezzanine. All the furniture— including the two inbuilt desks—was custom- designed in local hardwood and painted metal.
Chennai, formerly known as Madras, isn't an easy city to live in. Traffic can be torturous and the summer heat can be daunting. But that's where Niels Schoenfelder set up his architectural practice, Mancini Enterprises. His wife Malavika Shivakumar is a partner with Vastrakala, the Chennai-based atelier that creates and exports hand-embroidered textiles (under the name Lesage Intérieurs) to leading interior and fashion designers. So when Schoenfelder decided to build a weekend getaway for his family, which includes the couple's two young children, he chose a location that was 150 kilometres south of the city, on the outskirts of the former French colony of Puducherry. The drive along Tamil Nadu's East Coast Road is scenic, with glimpses of the sea on the way.
While Puducherry is a sleepy colonial town compared to Chennai's bustling industrial cityscape, wouldn't it be as hot and humid? Not necessarily, as Schoenfelder points out. While his building may look like a miniature fort, it's open at both ends, so the air circulates through it continuously. This cross-ventilation ensures that the breeze from the sea, which is only a few hundred metres away, wafts through the home all day. "It's so comfortable that we always go barefoot in the house," he says.
In a thoughtful touch, the small windows on the north and south are hinged in such a way that they catch the breeze and funnel it directly where needed; the desks on the first floor are among the beneficiaries of this little innovation. The house was envisioned in the shape of an eight-metre cube. In fact, Schoenfelder informally refers to the home as "S8", where S stands for the names of the owners. While this geometric design may sound severely minimalist (and "completely devoid of conventional markers of luxury," as he puts it), it's been designed to be eminently liveable.
"In the days before modernist architects tried to reinvent the medium, many buildings had a deep-rooted coherence of technique, material, craft, space, decor… but these aren't always the brightest, lightest or easiest options," says Schoenfelder, adding, "most buildings benefit equally from shadows, the mass, and the depth of surfaces." That's the underlying principle behind the unconventional but rugged simplicity of the house. The material used for construction makes it clear. "The walls are clay brick covered in lime plaster, with a hand-applied finish that results in a slightly uneven surface that's cool to the touch," says Schoenfelder. The rooms are small, the walls thick, and the staircase to the mezzanine seems to be organically built into the walls. Contrary to popular trends, the living room is upstairs, while the bedrooms are on the ground floor. Like the rest of the house, the bathrooms—with their Jaquar fittings—have been tastefully appointed.
The east-facing facade of the house in Puducherry overlooks a garden with a variety of exotic plants such as yucca and plumeria. The shutters are made of reclaimed teak wood.
There's another reason why Schoenfelder chose this particular site. He met his wife-to-be on the location, more than a decade ago. In those days, he had just begun to establish his architectural practice in India.
Born and trained as an architect in Germany, Schoenfelder interned in Paris before arriving in India to supervise a renovation project in Puducherry. At the time, it was proposed that the 18th-century villa of the mayor be converted into a heritage hotel. Together with fellow architect Eric Locicero and the owners, Schoenfelder designed contemporary extensions and interiors while restoring the building, which had previously been considered beyond repair. Once the project was successfully completed, he could have returned to Europe. Indeed, that was the original plan. But as luck would have it, he chose to stay on.
It may seem a cliche to expound on the merits of sustainable living, but there's no denying that it's the need of the day. Since Schoenfelder feels strongly about the need to be reliant on local material and manpower, he has extended this philosophy to his own house. Right from the handmade furniture to the clay brick walls covered in lime plaster, to the hand-polished concrete floors and the slate used in countertops and some areas of the floor, the focus was on employing locally sourced material and labour.
The boulders in the sand garden in front of the house, for instance, were moved there from a quarry nearby. Even the wood used in construction was reclaimed from older buildings, so it bears the unmistakable signs of daily wear and tear—as seen in the sliding teak shutters at the entrance, for example. But Schoenfelder feels it only adds character, and rightly so.
The furnishings, on the other hand, are an eclectic mix, and include a cocktail table made of reclaimed Anjan wood and milled steel; rosewood-and-cane French colonial armchairs; and a rug from Shyam Ahuja. Many of the textiles are from Vastrakala, carefully chosen by Shivakumar. In the studio, the vintage Hindi movie posters were sourced from Mumbai's evocatively named Chor Bazaar, while an antique swivel chair was fortuitously discovered at a local thrift shop, as was an English colonial table.
Isn't the remote location a problem? Not at all, according to Schoenfelder. The building happens to be adjacent to the 35-acre Dune Eco Beach Hotel (also designed by Schoenfelder), and a gate opens directly on to the property. So the family has access to the resort's spa, swimming pool, and restaurant. All in all, the weekends have become something to look forward to.
The homeowners standing next to an antique Burmese lacquer grain tray from Apparao Galleries; the dining table is a 19th- century British colonial piece.
The ground floor living space looks north into the living alcove. The cushions and upholstery for the lounge chairs are from Vastrakala.
The ground floor dining area looks west towards the kitchenette. The decor includes camel-skin chairs and a custom-designed dining table. The carpet is from Apparao Galleries.
The alcove in the master bedroom faces southwest; the furnishings include cotton drill blinds and a chequered ikat bedspread from Kalpa Druma.
The master bathroom has a custom hand-polished chalk-cement finish; the cabinetry is of local hardwood.
The patio, which has black slate flooring, sits an antique planter's chair. The granite boulders in the garden were brought in from a nearby quarry.


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Algernord Lanier Washington (Fort Myers, Florida; 1 de julio de 1976), más conocido por su nombre artístico Plies, es un rapero estadounidense.

Comienzos
Al principio Plies se negó a rapear porque opinaba que el no tenía estilo para el rap finalmente decidió que podría rapear lanzando su segundo sencillo "Hypnotized" con Akon

The Real Testament
Primer álbum del cantante dado a conocer el 7 de agosto de 2007 con sus sencillos "Shawty" con T-Pain, llegó a estar en el Billboard Hot Rap Tracks y alcanzando el Hot 100 de popularidad, su segundo sencillo "Hypnotyzed" llegó al 3° en Rap chart y el 14 en el Hot 100.

Definition of Real
Es el 2° álbum de plies fue sacado el 10 de junio de 2008, en este están sus éxitos más famosos como "Bust it Baby 2" con Ne-Yo, también esta su otro éxito "Please excuse my hands" con The Dream y Jamie Foxx, otro éxito es "Who Hotter Than Me", entre otros cantantes esta Keysha Cole, Ne-yo, Jamie Foxx entre otros.

Da REAList
Es el tercer álbum de Plies fue sacado el 16 de diciembre de 2008 su éxito más notable es "Put It on Ya" con Chris J.Entre otros éxitos están "All Black","Co-Defendant".

Diary of a REALIST
Plies ha revelado que dependiendo el éxito de su tercer álbum Da REAlist sacara su cuarto álbum ,Slip-n-Slide Records autorizó que Plies lo hará.La fecha será en mayo de 2009.

Problemas legales
Plies fue arrestado el 2 de julio, del 2006 por porte ilegal de armas
cuando dos de sus miembros fueron arrestados bajo sospechas de asesinato después de que estalló un tiroteo en 238 west club nocturno en Gainesville, Florida. Plies estaba en el concierto cuando fue informado que su show iba a retrasarse 15 minutos para dar más tiempo a Lil Boosie para seguir tocando. En respuesta el grupo de Plies abrió fuego sobre la multitud resultando 5 personas lesionadas sin tratamiento de heridas. Poco después Plies fue obligado a pagar 100,000 para salir bajo fianza.

Plies se dio a conocer al público con el sencillo Shawty con T-Pain. Esta canción inmediatamente se puso en las listas de popularidad y se convirtió en uno de las canciones más sonadas en la radio de todo el país. El después sacó su segundo sencillo "Hypnotized" con la participación de Akon, el álbum The Real Testament, salió a la venta el 7 de agosto, del 2007. el sencillo también fue un hit en las listas de popularidad. Actualmente Plies firmó para Atlantic Records.

Controversia
Cuando Lil Bossie tocaba al parecer excedió el tiempo y los miembros del grupo de Plies abrieron fuego, Plies trato de mejorar su imagen pagando una multa de 100000 de dólares USD.Ultmimamente a Plies se le ve con una pandilla pero el niega algún contacto con ella.

Álbumes
 2007: The Real Testament
 2008: Definition of Real
 2008: Da REAList
 2009: Diary of a REALIST
 2010: Goon Affiliated

Mixtapes
 2006: 100% Real Nigga

Sencillos
 2007: "Shawty" (featuring T-Pain)
 2007: "Hypnotized" (featuring Akon)
 2008: "I Am the Club"
 2008: "Bust It Baby"
 2008: "Bust It Baby Pt. 2" (featuring Ne-Yo)
 2008: "Who Hotter Than Me"
 2008: "Please Excuse My Hands" (featuring The Dream & Jamie Foxx)
 2009: "Gotta Be"
 2009: "Cuarto Album" en desarrollo.

Sencillos como participación
 2007: "I'm So Hood" (DJ Khaled featuring Trick Daddy, Rick Ross, Plies, & T-Pain).
 2008:"Out here grinding con DJ Khaled ft Akon, Rick Ross, Bird Man y Plies.
 2008: "Aint sayin nothing" ([Fat Joe]] featuring Cool & Dre, Plies.
 2011: "Welcome To My Hood" (DJ Khaled featuring T-Pain, Rick Ross, Plies & Lil Wayne.
 2017: "Heart and mind" Kodak Black & Plies

Premios
BET Hip-Hop Awards[11]
2008: Ringtone of the Year ("Bust It Baby Pt 2") with Ne-Yo (Nominated)
2008: People's Champ Award ("Bust It Baby Pt 2") with Ne-Yo (Nominated)
2008: Best Collaboration ("Bust It Baby Pt 2") with Ne-Yo (Nominated)
Ozone Awards[12]
2008: Best Rap Album, The Real Testament (Nominado)
2008: Best Rap/R&B Collaboration, "Bust It Baby Pt. 2" with Ne-Yo (Nominated)
2008: Club Banger of the Year, "I'm So Hood" with DJ Khaled, Trick Daddy, T-Pain and Rick Ross (Nominado)

Referencias

Raperos de Estados Unidos
Southern rap

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12/23/11 WWE Smackdown Recap
by Brad Hoy
Big Show kicks off Smackdown by making his way to the ring to cut a promo, he began saying that he thought he would be standing in the ring holding the title and he can't believe Bryan is champ. Show then went on to say how he really felt about losing the World heavyweight championship, only to be interrupted by Mark Henry who began taking the mick saying that Show had the shortest rain as champ. Daniel Bryan then made his way to the ring to confront the two giants, Bryan strangely began to what can only be described as burying himself by saying how short, unintelligent, weak, ugly and uncharismatic he is. This was the backed up by saying he is a great wrestler and that he is the world heavyweight champion. Henry and Show argue about who should get a rematch, Teddy Long then came out and announced that the two big men will face one another to determine the number one contender.
Cody Rhodes Vs Zack Ryder
The match was an average one considering the potential quality of the superstars; however the match did seem to get better as it went on. After some close pin falls, we saw Booker T grab a microphone, stand on the announce table and begin to sing "Cody the red nose reindeer". Yes that's right wrestling fans, the five time WCW champion was singing Christmas carols whilst standing on the announce table, Bookers singing unsurprisingly distracted Rhodes allowing Ryder to hit the Rough Ryder and get the win
Next was a backstage segment where Santino Marella explained that now Ryder is US champ he won't have enough time to assist Teddy and therefore Santino said that he would like to apply or the position. Aksana then interrupted the two (I couldn't really make out what she was saying to Teddy but I'm sure I didn't miss much). Then Vickie and Dolph were next to approach the GM, Dolph told teddy that when he is ready he will take his rematch with Ryder. Nevertheless, in the mean time why doesn't teddy let him face Bryan to show what a great wrestler truly is, Dolph also added that the people want to see it (Hell yeah we do!). Long agrees with Ziggler and grants him the match later tonight.
Big Show Vs Mark Henry (No.1 contenders match)
Once both Show and Henry were in the ring, David Otunga came out and interrupted before the bell rang. Otunga said Henry wasn't medically cleared due to blood pressure issues from previous injuries in his leg and called off the match. Big Show clocked Otunga with the WMD, both Henry and Show then left the ring.
Teddy Long was seen walking around backstage when The Miz approached him to ask what he was doing tonight. Teddy told Miz that he wasn't booked for a match to night, this angered Miz in which he began to brag about how many PPV main events he'd been in. He then told Teddy he would disrupt the show and wait in the ring until Teddy found someone for him to wrestle.
The Miz then made his way to the ring where he taunted the locker room by sayin that no wanted to face him and how Smackdown has no face, no crossover superstar that can be on both Smackdown and Raw. As The Miz began to gloat about his success in and out of the ring, Sheamus's music hit (big pop)…
Sheamus Vs The Miz
The match was unfortunately a relatively short one where both athletes set a fast pace. Sheamus got the win in the end via a Brogue kick after reversing the face crushing finale.
Wade Barrett came out and cut an in-ring promo on Randy Orton; saying how he is in Randy's head. A few clips were shown where Barrett had got the upper hand in past matches. After he wished the crowd a "happy Christmas," he left the ring and Orton came out to attack him. They began to fight at ringside, but it soon turned into a refreshing and lengthy backstage brawl (haven't seen one of them in a while). Orton eventually beat Barrett down enough to hit Barrett with an RKO on top of a car.
Kofi Kingston Vs Primo
The match between the two fast paced high-flyers was a solid entertaining one. It was good to see Primo getting a bit more air time as he has a lot to prove, whether that big in single or more than likely tag team competition. There were also some good spots throughout the contest, which ended with Kofi landing Trouble in Paradise to pick up the win.
Daniel Bryan Vs Dolph Ziggler
The match started very well, with both wrestlers showing off their technical ability. The match had some great spots and the two really demonstrated why they are both the future of the business. Jack Swagger then made his way to ringside to support Ziggler, the Big Show then came to the ring to level the playing field and after some more great spots and excellent wrestling, Jack Swagger and Big Show began fighting each other in the middle of the ring. Teddy Long then came out and made it a tag team match. Why couldn't the WWE just let two of the best wrestlers have a great match one on one, without it being ruined by adding two pointless superstars which contribute nothing to anything.
Daniel Bryan & Big Show vs. Dolph Ziggler & Jack Swagger
From here on, the match simply wasn't as good, there were some entertaining moments but it just couldn't keep up with the first of the two matches. Daniel Bryan reversed the ankle lock into the LeBell lock, which Swagger had no choice but to tap out.
Overall, it was a quality show, which consisted of some very good matches and entertaining segments. I think the highlight of Smackdown was quite obviously Bryan Vs Ziggler, I honestly believe this could have been a PPV main event match and I hope it is some day in the near future.
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Greg holds Master's Degrees in Applied Economics and Modern Middle Eastern Studies from the University of Michigan and Bachelor's Degree in Interdisciplinary Studies from Bethany College, West Virginia.
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ASTR Working Session Calls for Papers "Trans-cultural, trans-national, trans-species histories in performance"
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Since their first American Society for The Theatre Research (ASTR) Working Group session at the 2010 conference in Seattle, the Performance and Ecology Working Group has spawned symposia, anthologies, and publications. Foremost among those is a new volume that grew out of the 2010 session: Readings in Performance and Ecology, eds., Wendy Arons and Theresa J. May (Palgrave 2012). The Working Group has continued valuable research on numerous fronts, including "Earth Matters on Stage" conference at Carnegie Mellon University (2012) and "Staging Sustainability" at York University (2011).
"The rising tide of this focused research indicate not only a growing concern and mounting artistic will in the realm of ecological sensibility, but also faith in the imagination as a critical aspect of our individual and collective ecological identities."
This year, as part of ASTR's "Theatrical Histories" focus, they turn their attention to trans-cultural, trans-national, and trans-species performance in anticipation of a second volume of ecocritical writings on theatre and performance. The questions for the upcoming 2012 Working Group session, that will take place November 1st.- 4th 2012 include:
How do transcultural and transnational performances re-map our understanding of what May has called "ecodramaturgy"?
What constitutes "theatre of species" (Chaudhuri) and how might these trans-species performances rearrange or reinterpret understandings of representation?
How do the material characteristics of artistic sites condition the aesthetics of the work produced?
What kinds of geological and geographical histories emerge alongside socio-cultural storytelling?
How do intersecting histories – indigenous, place-based, community-driven – play out on stage in performance?
How do ecological transitions, transmigrations, transmutations, transformations and transference shape artistic practice and meaning-making in the theatre?
Other questions, approaches and topics that clearly address trans-national, trans-cultural, trans-species topics in performance.
Please send Abstracts as word attachments to both Working Group conveners below by May 31, 2012:
Theresa May, University of Oregon ( tmay33 [at] uoregon [dot] edu)
Nelson Gray, University of Victoria ( ncgray [at] uvic [dot] ca)
More info: http://www.astr.org/conference/2012-working-session-cfps
Cultura21 is a transversal, translocal network, constituted of an international level grounded in several Cultura21 organizations around the world.
Cultura21′s international network, launched in April 2007, offers the online and offline platform for exchanges and mutual learning among its members.
The activities of Cultura21 at the international level are coordinated by a team representing the different Cultura21 organizations worldwide, and currently constituted of:
– Sacha Kagan (based in Lüneburg, Germany) and Rana Öztürk (based in Berlin, Germany)
– Oleg Koefoed and Kajsa Paludan (both based in Copenhagen, Denmark)
– Hans Dieleman (based in Mexico-City, Mexico)
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Ian McEwan: Can UK literary fiction ever "do" climate?
January 18, 2010 news, RSA Arts & EcologyAnticipation, Art Form, Atonement, Brilliant Talent, British Novel, Cement Garden, Climate, Cognitive Psychology, Conservativism, Culture Sections, Doubt, Ecology, Guardians, High Culture, Ian Mcewan, Literary Establishment, Literary Fiction, Martin Amis, Novelist, Old Art, Pronouncements, Radio Four, Trickery, Utterances, Weighty Subjects
There is a sense of anticipation about Ian McEwan's new novel, Solar, out in a few weeks. Well… maybe we better not get our hopes up.
Of course I hope to be proved wrong. As a young novelist, McEwan was extraordinarily radical; The Cement Garden was scary, edgy and transgressive. He remains, without doubt, a brilliant talent. However as with Martin Amis, he's been part of the literary establishment's drift towards neo-conservativism, most visibly with his anti-Islamic pronouncements.
Acrtually, that's less the problem; it's as much that his books have become more conservative in their scope. Atonement, say, may have been a brilliantly constructed piece of work, but it was about polishing the form. The grand British novel is an old art form; despite a few post-modern pieces of trickery, it has settled down at the start of the 21st century as a form that tells stories in very conventional start-to-finish ways. The truth is, though Atonement appeared to encounter ideas of cognitive psychology, of how we can deceive ourselves, it was hardly a novel of ideas. The ideas were a device around which a novel hung. Whether McEwan has the will to encounter ideas about climate in a novel remains to be seen.
I thought my views on McEwan being able to write about climate were pessimistic until I came across Paul Kingsnorth of The Dark Mountain Project writing about him:
McEwan, over the last few years, seems to have been nominated by the guardians of our high culture (the broadsheets, Radio Four and the kind of people who hang around at Soho literary parties) as the Grand Old Man of contemporary letters. Every new novel is pored over and dissected in the TLS by professors of literature. McEwan is interviewed glowingly in broadsheet culture sections, and given thousands of words to muse ponderously on weighty subjects like September 11th or climate change. His utterances are quoted reverently by the kind of people who think that straight-bat banalities become profundities when uttered by novelists rather than cabbies.
And the whole thing is a fraud. That someone as dull and weightless as McEwan can be christened as some kind of literary godhead just shows how callow and flaccid the English novel is at this moment in history. McEwan is a man with nothing to say, who says it at great length, and is admired for it by people who have nothing to say either and enjoy reading about others like themselves. His style is as conservative as his worldview, which is narrrow, secular and bourgeois to a tee.
The trouble with McEwan's conservatism of form is that it leaves the novelist increasingly hamstrung when it comes to tackling something big and real like climate change. How do you tackle new ideas when you're still tinkering with an old machine? Ian McEwan has been on one of the Cape Farewell expeditions. He remains involved with the organisation and has written passionately in the newspapers about the need for us to tackle climate.
But when it was announced that he was writing a book about the subject, McEwan himself back-pedalled, to say it wasn't "about" climate change; that climate change science was the milieu it was set in, it was "the background hum".
Reasonably, this may be seen as an artists' natural inclination not to be boxed in by assumptions about what his work is about. But it's also the product of the kind of formalistic conservatism McEwan and his peers have embraced. Great British novels usually aren't "about" very much. Maybe they shouldn't have to be. Maybe to have climate as "the background hum" is enough.
Interestingly, though, while the grand names of British literary fiction have become increasingly strait-jacketed by the form, it's the ungainlily-named genre Young Adult that has become the radical one in the last decade. Keen to keep up with the rampant imaginings of teenagers, novelists like Mark Haddon and Philip Pullman appeared far less constrained by a sense of what novels should be like. As a consequence, it's in Young Adult fiction, rather than literary fiction, that you currently find the novels of ideas – especially when it comes to climate change.
Saci Lloyd's The Carbon Diaries tackled the idea of how teenagers personal carbon budgets in the near future of 2015 (clue: not very well) head on. Kate Thompson's new book The White Horse Trick also takes on climate with no sense that it's a "difficult" subject. In fact, Young Adult fiction allows itself to use all the tricks that literary fiction deems gauche, but which are actually extremely useful when deailng with subjects as big as the environment and our future.
Kate Thompson's rambunctious children's book is set in two separate existences, one of which is an apocalyptic future in which Ireland's topsoil is washed away by storms and its inhabitants struggle to survive in a Burren-like future in which trees are cut down too quickly to replace themselves. Characters cross from there to the Celtic mythic landscape of the West Coast, of Tir na n'Og, the land of eternal youth. As the Independent's critic Nicola Baird notes approvingly, Thompson pulls off "the impossible":
Despite the heavy theme, this is a positive tale that helps readers envision different ways of living. It does so without once lecturing about energy efficiency or using the bus.
It's a matter of some pride that the book owes its life partly to a residency oragnised by the RSA Arts & Ecology Centre and Situations in Bristol. Kate Thompson kindly opens the book with a dedication which underscores the importance of that residency.
I'm sure Kate Thompson would not want her work compared to that of Ian McEwan's any more than McEwan would relish having his work discussed in the context of Young Adult fiction. All the same, it's continually interesting how different art forms feel empowered, or unempowered, to tackle the weighty subject of climate. If McEwan's novel really does fail to get to grips with a subject he himself has harrangued politicians to take more seriously, then does it leave British literary fiction looking increasingly irrelevant; the fodder of genteel book groups rather than the real and urgent world?
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Some successful women credit an all-girls education with giving them the confidence to shoot for any goal. Can female work spaces offer professional women the same advantage?
After eight years of running a marketing business out of her home, the need for a professional networking space drove Felena Hanson to create Hera Hub in 2011, a shared workspace for female entrepreneurs named for the Greek goddess of women.
"Women crave community," said Hanson, who said she felt isolated and distracted when working from home. According to an internal survey, Hera Hub members say they are 60 percent more productive in the shared workspace than when they work at home.
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When exploring franchise opportunities, Hanson looks for bigger cities that have a strong focus on female entrepreneurs. To find those populations, she seeks out female business organizations such as the National Association of Women Business Owners that already have structures in place but lack physical space for meetings and events.
"Thinking big is important," said Hanson, "because life is too short to do anything else." It's a difficult lesson she learned in her early twenties following a car accident in which she broke 27 bones. After recovering, Hanson got her MBA and started her own business.
When she decided to open Hera Hub, Hanson did her research by touring co-ed workspaces on both coasts. She found many of them to be colder spaces with a lot of concrete and brick that tended to be loud, competitive and male-dominated. "I didn't feel like I necessarily fit into those cultures, so I decided to go build my own space," she said.
Unlike the other spaces she visited, Hera Hub features spa-like settings with fountains, candles, and soft music in what Hanson calls "a safe and supportive setting." Men are welcome—Hera Hub has one male among its 300 members—but the space is decidedly female focused.
"It's about creating an environment that is attractive to women but also builds a strong sense of collaboration and community," Hanson said.
The space also provides networking opportunities that are often lacking for female entrepreneurs. "If you're going to build a highly scalable business, you need a team," she said. However, many female business owners are either solo-preneurs or too busy juggling work and families to attend after-hours events. Hera Hub creates networking opportunities within work hours.
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Over My Dead Body: What STAND BY ME Reveals About Stephen King
Of all of Stephen King's protagonists, has there ever been a more perfectly Stephen King protagonist than Gordie Lachance?
By Meredith Borders Jun. 23, 2016
In honor of Swiss Army Man, which you can buy tickets for here, we're proud to present Over My Dead Body, a week-long series of articles on films that prominently feature corpses.
"The most important things lie too close to wherever your secret heart is buried, like landmarks to a treasure your enemies would love to steal away." – Stephen King, "The Body"
Stephen King writes himself. Again and again, his protagonists are writers, middle-aged men, fathers, husbands, residents of Maine. "Writing is necessary for my sanity. As a writer, I can externalize my fears and night terrors on paper, which is what people pay shrinks a small fortune to do. In my case, they pay me, for psychoanalyzing myself in print. And in the process, I'm able to 'write myself sane,' as that fine poet Anne Sexton put it," King said in a June 1983 Playboy interview. We can track Stephen King's demons through his work: addiction, daddy issues, "white-liberal guilt" as he phrased it in the same interview.
And of every Stephen King protagonist Stephen King has ever written, we can learn the most about him from twelve-going-on-thirteen-year-old Gordie Lachance, from King's novella "The Body" in the four-part anthology Different Seasons. The novella was adapted with unusual fidelity in Rob Reiner's 1986 film Stand By Me, and Gordie was played by the fourteen-year-old, fresh-faced Wil Wheaton, an actor who, with his sharp eyes, dark brows and beard, grew to bear a passing resemblance to King himself.
Gordie's a kid aimlessly moving through his summer vacation in Castle Rock, Maine. He's a writer, a smart kid with small dreams – taking shop courses and putting little stock in school – in large part because his father has no faith in him. His big brother Dennis was the star of the family, a man who distinguished himself in the Army and won the lion's share of Mr. Lachance's attention. When Dennis died in a Jeep accident, Gordie became "the Invisible Boy." "He hates me," Gordie says in a heartbreaking scene with River Phoenix's Chris. Chris' reply is both comforting and somehow worse: "He doesn't hate you. He just doesn't know you."
King's own history with his father may differ in details but remains the same in consequence: his dad split on him when he was a kid, and never showed any interest in following his life, even his career once he became a wealthy, internationally famous author.
He said, literally, that he was going out to the grocery store for a pack of cigarettes, and he didn't take any of his things with him. That was in 1949, and none of us have heard of the bastard since…The wound itself has healed, but that doesn't preclude an interest in how and why it was inflicted.
from King's June 1983 Playboy interview
Like King, Gordie was bullied, hounded to misery by thugs like Ace Merrill, Billy Tessio and Charlie Morgan. Hounded to violence, as he points a gun at the thugs after being pushed to his absolute limit (though in the story, it's Chris who wields the weapon, protecting Gordie from the older kids).
…I often felt unhappy and different, estranged from other kids my age. I was a fat kid – husky was the euphemism they used in the clothing store – and pretty poorly coordinated, always the last picked when we chose teams. At times, particularly in my teams, I felt violent, as if I wanted to lash out at the world, but that rage I kept hidden.
We see so much of King in Gordie, a young, troubled but talented boy with what King calls "a morbid imagination." Gordie, with his neatly typed out or spontaneously spun tales that entertain his friends on their long journey. "I'd been writing since I was twelve, seriously if pretty badly at first," King said of himself, and despite his otherwise unambitious tendencies, Gordie takes his craft just as seriously, even if his parents and teachers don't. But above all more subtle similarities, there's one unmissable quality that "The Body" and Stand By Me share with King's real life, and it's the tragedy that works as a seed for both stories.
Gordie and his friends – and the bullies that follow them – are searching for the body of Ray Brower, a kid their age from a town forty miles away, who had been picking blueberries when he was hit by a train and killed. His body wasn't recovered, and Gordie, Chris, Teddy and Vern (Corey Feldman and Jerry O'Connell) set out to find what was left of this boy they never knew, this boy very like them. They think this discovery will make them famous – "They'll probably pin a medal on you, Vern." "Everybody is gonna be so jazzed about what we found!" – but their search soon becomes something more personal, a way to fight against the injustices of their own lives, a way to speak for a kid who can't speak for himself anymore, in a time when no one listened to kids anyway.
In Danse Macabre, King's non-fiction book about horror, he relays the following story, first told at an Ides of Mohonk panel in March of 1979:
During the course of the panel discussion I told a story that my mother had told me about myself – the event occurred when I was barely four, so perhaps I can be excused for remembering her story of it, but not the actual event.
According to Mom, I had gone off to play at a neighbor's house – a house that was near a railroad line. About an hour after I left I came back (she said), as white as a ghost. I would not speak for the rest of the day; I would not tell her why I'd not waited to be picked up or phoned that I wanted to come home; I would not tell her why my chum's mom hadn't walked me back but had allowed me to come alone.
It turned out that the kid I had been playing with had been run over by a freight train while playing on or crossing the tracks (years later, my mother told me they had picked up the pieces in a wicker basket). My mom never knew if I had been near him when it happened, if it had occurred before I even arrived, or if I had wandered away after it happened. Perhaps she had her own ideas on the subject. But as I've said, I have no memory of the incident at all; only of having been told about it some years after the fact.
There's a moment, in both "The Body" and Stand By Me, that is one of the most vivid, resonant passages Stephen King has ever written. It has always struck me as dreadfully true, an observation plucked from experience rather than imagination, even an imagination as lively as King's.
It's the thing with the Keds.
His feet were bare, and a few feet behind him, caught in tall blackberry brambles, I saw a pair of filthy low-topped Keds. For a moment I was puzzled – why was he here and his tennies there? Then I realized, and the realization was like a dirty punch below the belt. My wife, my kids, my friends – they all think that having an imagination like mine must be quite nice; aside from making all this dough, I can have a little mind-movie whenever things get dull. Mostly they're right. But every now and then it turns around and bites the shit out of you with these long teeth, teeth that have been filed to points like the teeth of a cannibal. You see things you'd just as soon not see, things that keep you awake until first light. I saw one of those things now, saw it with absolute clarity and certainty. He had been knocked spang out of his Keds. The train had knocked him out of his Keds just as it had knocked the life out of his body.
That finally rammed it all the way home for me. The kid was dead. The kid wasn't sick, the kid wasn't sleeping. The kid wasn't going to get up in the morning anymore or get the runs from eating too many apples or catch poison ivy or wear out the eraser on the end of his Ticonderoga No. 2 during a hard math test. The kid was dead; stone dead.
It's easy to chalk up everything Stephen King has ever written to this tragic, forgotten moment of his childhood, especially these two paragraphs, heartbreakingly real, too believable to be dismissed. But King doesn't want to let us off that easy. From Danse Macabre:
I offered my train story mostly so the questioner wouldn't be totally disappointed, finishing just as I have here, by saying that I could not actually remember the incident. To which the third panel member, Janet Jeppson (who is a psychiatrist as well as a novelist), said: 'But you've been writing about it ever since.'
There was an approving murmur from the audience. Here was a pigeonhole where I could be filed… here was a by-God motive. I wrote 'Salem's Lot, The Shining, and destroyed the world by plague in The Stand because I saw this kid run over by a slow freight in the days of my impressionable youth. I believe this is a totally specious idea – such shoot-from-the-hip psychological judgments are little more than jumped-up astrology.
Well, he's the boss, and if he says this early trauma has nothing to do with Salem's Lot, The Shining and The Stand, I believe him. But "The Body"? It seems far less specious to suggest that Ray Brower was inspired by that unnamed chum of four-year-old Stephen King, or that Gordan Lachance grew up to be King himself…or that The Dark Tower's Blaine the Mono is the train that knocked a little boy out of his Keds sixty-five years ago.
Meredith Borders
Meredith is the Managing Editor of FANGORIA and the owner of City Acre Brewing in Houston. She talks about SMALLVILLE more than you'd probably prefer. She used to be here, and then she wasn't, and now she sometimes is again.
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Imaginary Everything — шостий студійний альбом гурту Math the Band. Альбом був випущений у 2005 році. Даний альбом вважається альбомом з майже рекордною кількістю пісень, бо до нього увійшли 24 композиції.

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 Haircuts And New Shoes For Everyone
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 Peanut Butter, Jelly And Banana Sandwiches
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 Vampires And Teen Mothers Together Forever
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