Reading today's news about Iraq -- Obama warns of long-term strikes -- I conclude that the United States is now caught by the Pottery Barn rule -- you broke it, you bought it.
President Barack Obama justified the U.S. military's return to fighting in Iraq Saturday by saying America must act now to prevent genocide, protect its diplomats and provide humanitarian aid to refugees trapped by Islamic State militants on a mountain ridge near the Syrian border.
"This is going to be a long-term project" that won't end and can't succeed unless Iraqis form an inclusive government in Baghdad capable of keeping the country from breaking apart, Obama said at the White House.
As much as they will want to, the United States basically can't just leave Iraq alone anymore -- this artificial construct of a nation with its corrupt central government and divergent, turbulent regions will never be able to withstand attacks from groups like the Islamic State -- and in the unlikely event that they ever do form an inclusive government in Baghdad, then there are still the Kurds and the Iranians and the Syrians and the Saudis all around who will be wanting to pick the bones clean.


We Christians are often unhappy with our prayer lives – or so it seems. I hear this from friends, read it on blogs and have certainly felt it myself.
We seldom feel like we are doing prayer "right" and we may even feel that God is as dissatisfied as we are. We cannot help but recall Jesus' expression of disappointment with His closest friends in the garden, "So you could not keep watch with me for one hour?" (Matthew 26: 40).
What does it mean to have a sluggish prayer life? Why does this happen to us and what can we do about it?
I must admit this topic came to me in a rather humorous way. I recently returned from a weekend stay at the hermitage I frequent – where my spiritual life was anything but sluggish.
Of course, the text was playfully added later. Last night, I was searching online for something a bit more inspirational to go with this photo when I happened upon a blog a deacon had posted on spiritual sluggishness. I decided to have a read.
To be honest, I wasn't particularly edified by the post. However, in my typical ridiculous fashion, I wrote a lengthy and ponderous response – only to discover that the site wouldn't accept my comment!
The slug is a slow-moving creature. Hence, our term "sluggish" is frequently used to describe a lack of activity or a feeling of lethargy, listlessness, weariness or apathy.
Thus, the "sluggish prayer life" may be a state in which we have trouble getting ourselves to pray at all. Or when we do, our efforts feel sleepy and lifeless. We may say our prayers mechanically or start saying them and discover that we are thinking about something else altogether.
We feel aren't getting anywhere with our prayers. Certainly not closer to God.
When this happens, we feel discouraged. "What's wrong with me?" we ask.
Should I try a different type of prayer? Maybe I need to be in a different posture or position. Perhaps I pray better alone, with others, in church, outdoors – anywhere other than where I am right now.
If we are distressed that this condition befalls us, it means that, at some level, we want to pray. If we truly did not care about prayer, we would readily accept its absence or superficial production.
So how is it that something I want to do so very much can elude me in the doing? Where does this sluggishness come from?
Sadly, the sources of spiritual torpor are innumerable. However, to make consideration of them a bit more manageable, we might view them in terms of the basic aspects of our selves, knowing that these aspects continually interact with one another.
So I begin with my body. Too much of this, too little of that and I am tired or lethargic. Illness or injury, major or minor, and my focus turns inward rather than God-ward. It is a capricious thing, this body. I often have no idea why it feels as it does.
As trying as this can be, however, I do not believe that it is the primary culprit in my sluggish prayer life.
And so I move on to my emotional life. If I thought my body was hard to understand and manage, certainly my psychological life is many times more difficult. In addition to all of the conscious thoughts and emotional reactions of the moment, there are many more reactions and memories stored in my brain outside of awareness. Some old memory may be causing a shut-down of response that I know nothing about. What I think is a simple stomach ache may be tension about the future that my organism is automatically anticipating.
Dreadfully complex, but not likely to be the primary culprit either.
And lastly, my spiritual self, undeniably interwoven with the physical and emotional fabric of my being. Sluggishness here emerges from many directions as well, ranging from demons to desires to distractions.
With so many potential root causes, how might we ever find the source of our trouble so that we can address it?
Pardon me. I had to take a break. I was growing tired and sluggish. How easily this happens.
But what occurs to me is that this is not nearly as important as I imagine it to be. Of course, I can make it important – but it doesn't need to be.
If I have a good prayer life, it should feel gratifying to me. I will feel close to God. I will feel consoled and joyful when I pray.
Praying well means praying with the frequency and in the manner of those whose holiness I observe and admire.
There is such a thing as "a good prayer life". There is such a thing as "praying well". I can attain them if I work at it.
Feeling sluggish (apathetic, tired, distracted, etc.) when I pray is bad. Particularly if I don't feel that way when it is time to do other things.
I'm so sorry. I must take another break. I have a dreadful headache. I will return, perhaps tomorrow.
I'm back. My head is still grieving me over the sudden change in weather but, alas, such things happen.
For now, I am interested in that first assumption. If I have a good prayer life, it should feel gratifying to me. I will feel close to God. I will feel consoled and joyful when I pray.
Intellectually, I suspect that most of us can rather quickly identify this expectation as being without basis. Nowhere in the Bible or the Church traditions are we led to believe that the purpose of prayer is to make us feel good. There may be times when it does but this is a side effect, a blessing. It is not the reason we pray.
In fact, great saints in both the Eastern and Western Church have documented for us how prayer can often become "arid" or "empty" as one moves more deeply into the spiritual life. So, at the very least, we should expect this absence of good feeling and sense of God being close. Perhaps we should even give thanks for it.
So I wonder why we don't. Why instead we pass negative judgment on ourselves.
But let's move on to our next assumption. Praying well means praying with the frequency and in the manner of those whose holiness I observe and admire.
Upon closer examination, this too seems rather obviously misleading. No two people can have exactly the same prayer life. Even when the externals of prayer are uniformly shared as in a monastery, each person has an individual relationship with God within that structured prayer. What goes on in the heart of each monk is unique, not to mention what is said or pondered when back in his cell.
Out in the world, our lives are so much more diverse that one person could not pray like another even if they made it their life's goal. And to try , of course, would destroy the entire nature and purpose of praying.
Relationships among people cannot be developed and maintained by imitating others. How can we imagine it would be so with God?
And so it is curious that sometimes this is what we expect of ourselves – and what we imagine God expects of us as well.
Yet a third most fascinating assumption awaits us: that there is such a thing as "a good prayer life" and there is such a thing as "praying well". And I can attain them if I work at it.
With the first two assumptions, I have been operating as though this third assumption were a given. But is it? Is there really such a thing as a "good prayer life"? Is it truly possibly for me to "pray well"?
I am about to call these assumptions into serious question.
"But certainly there is such a thing as a bad prayer life, isn't there?" the reader might ask.
So back to the assumptions. Since we have observed that prayer cannot be rated as "good", either by noticing how it makes us feel or by comparing it with the prayer of others, how can we possibly ascertain if a prayer life, our own or another's, is good?
The notion of "praying well" is bound by the same limitations. While I might most enjoy the prayer that brings me a joyful sense of God's presence, the prayer said faithfully through a time of darkness or intense struggle may well be the better prayer, both in the eyes of God and in its value for my soul.
Yet another part of this third assumption is important to examine: that I can attain the good prayer life (or praying well) if I work at it.
This is one of those notions that demonstrates the rich paradox of Christian spirituality. I will never grow in my prayer life if I do not work at it. Yet working at it will not cause me to grow or attain anything.
So, no, I cannot attain this mythical "good prayer life" by working at it – but still, I must work at it. Apart from God, I can do nothing. And so I pray to be able to pray and trust in His promises.
Ah – there is yet another assumption on the list, a fourth one: feeling sluggish when I pray is bad. Particularly if I don't feel that way when it is time to do other things.
Someone taught me a long time ago a simple but important lesson – that feelings are not bad or wrong. And I think that applies here as well, especially because this sluggishness that descends upon us is not voluntary.
In most cases, what we do when we experience it is much more important than the fact of its occurrence.
When I find myself in spiritual sluggishness, what then am I to do?
I cannot, of course, come up with answers that can help every person under every circumstance – or that can even help me.
But as I type here something is emerging, is it not?
Assumptions about what is "good" prayer, the labeling of my current state as "bad", all of these judgments have no place in my life of prayer.
Yes, yes, of course, I am repenting. And to repent I must turn toward God.
Unfortunately, the negative self-judgments and criticisms that sometimes pass for repentance often result in me turning my focus on myself instead of on Him.
Let's imagine the sluggishness of my prayer as though it were occurring in conversation with a good friend. My friend and I are talking and I begin to yawn, finding I can barely stay awake… What do I do?
Well, this might depend on the circumstances. If it is late in the evening, I might say, "I'm so sorry, dear friend, I want to keep talking but I just can't keep my eyes open. I must get to bed. Can we continue tomorrow?" I give them a hug and we go our separate ways. Soon I am fast asleep and hopefully my friend is not offended.
I am genuinely sorry and try to repair the situation as best I can – but do not need to berate myself in order to repent. Similarly, I do not imagine that God wishes our repentance to consist of self-abasement as much as a loving movement toward Him.
But what if our sluggish temper is such that we feel little motivation to pray? Does that not merit a sharp rebuke from within?
Of course, all people differ in what motivates them but I personally think that the sharp rebuke is vastly overrated, whether in the context of raising children or trying to change one's own behavior.
At best, it seems that the offender's attention is caught for a short time but soon it slips away again and there is a return to old patterns. Nothing has been learned on deeper levels.
With both disorderly children and errant souls, certain practicalities such as routines are often helpful. However, in our prayer lives there is another dimension.
We can bring anything to God.
If I feel too sluggish or tired or irritable to pray, I can tell God that this is the case. After all, I can only begin where I am. And in the telling, I have actually begun my prayer.
I may say more, I may not. I may ask Him what He would have me do, given this state that I'm in.
If having no desire to prayer distresses me, this is not a sign of how "bad" I am. Rather it is a sign of a tiny little wish hidden deep within.
And even the smallest, weakest desire to pray is a prayer. Wanting to pray is the soul calling out for God from wherever it may be – from darkness or light, from boredom or energy.
The very weakest of desires may be little more than a groaning, barely audible, that the torpid soul lets out in response to the Spirit's whisper.
Little slugs that we are, we cannot tell if we are moving forward. And we should not try to.
For we move "by faith, not by sight" (2 Corinthians 5:7).
And God is in charge of our movement on the path. And He Himself is the Path.
May I be content to remain on the Path forever, if He so desires, for He is my love and my hope.
And my prayer is the journey, an unending journey into Him.
*This comment is not meant to suggest that a gifted spiritual father/mother/director is unable to discern whether a person's prayer is progressing as it should. Rather, it is assumed that their guidance comes from the Holy Spirit, not their own human understanding.
This entry was posted in Uncategorized and tagged prayer, sluggishness on October 8, 2016 by mary.


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REMINDER: The Ted Kennedy Shrine Cost Taxpayers $38 Million
Chuck Ross Investigative Reporter
The stated mission of the Edward M. Kennedy Institute is to teach the general public about how the U.S. Senate works, so it's fitting that the shrine to the late Massachusetts Democrat is funded, in part, by $38 million in taxpayers' money.
The $78 million combination museum and interactive civics exhibit was formally dedicated by President Obama on Monday. Besides a section honoring Kennedy's 46-year political career, which ended with his Aug. 25, 2009 death, the Institute will offer a "Senate Immersion Module" which aims to teach visitors how the upper chamber works.
Situated next to the exclusively privately funded John F. Kennedy Presidential Library, the Institute has raised over $80 million in private funding and is set to charge a steep $16 entry fee to adult visitors.
A swanky gala held Sunday likely added more to the Institute's $50 million endowment. There, attendees were given the opportunity to pay $250,000 to join the non-profit's "chairman's circle." Tickets to the event ranged from $50,000 down to $2,500, the Boston Herald reported.
But all of that dough is apparently not enough to keep the 40,000 square foot Institute up and running.
On top of an $18.9 million Defense Department grant doled out in Sept. 2010, the Institute received $13.6 million from the Department of Education, according to USASpending.gov. In the 2009 federal budget, another $5.8 million was appropriated through the Department of Labor and the Department of Health and Human Services.
The state of Massachusetts gave the University of Massachusetts $5 million, earmarked for the Institute. As a senator in 2010, current Sec. of State John Kerry waged an unsuccessful attempt to earmark another $28.9 million for the museum, columnist John Fund wrote on Monday.
Fitting for a career politician known as "the liberal lion."
Kennedy's friends in the Senate are responsible for helping steer so much money to the Institute.
As The New York Times noted Monday, the $18.9 million Defense Department earmark was "funneled through the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee." That panel was once led by Kennedy pals, the late Hawaii Sen. Daniel Inouye and the late Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens, The Times' Carl Hulse noted.
"Here's an unstated lesson: It pays to have friends running the Appropriations Committee," Hulse wrote.
In an interview with The Boston Globe, Institute director Jean F. MacCormack explained that the hefty federal funding is a necessity, despite its massive private haul.
"Why public money? Because you're providing back to the taxpayers an opportunity to participate for free," MacCormack said.
"The children of the taxpayers," she clarified.
While Massachusetts residents under the age of 18 are admitted for free, adults must pay $16. There are discounts for veterans and seniors.
"We got $38 million in federal funding and that came from the Department of Education, of course in support of civic education," MacCormack said. "It's an endowment, so we can spend the earnings, but not the principal." (RELATED: Ted Kennedy Shrine To Cost Taxpayers Lots Of Money)
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Here are answers to questions consumers are asking.
How do I know if Ameritech Financial is the company I do business with?
In addition to the name Ameritech, the company uses the names American Financial Benefits Center, AFB, AF Student Services, and Financial Education Benefits Center (FEBC).
I'm making monthly payments to Ameritech. Are those payments going toward my student loans?
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Why is the FTC suing Ameritech?
According to the FTC, Ameritech failed to deliver on its promise that people could permanently reduce their monthly payments or get total loan forgiveness. The FTC also says the company charged illegal upfront fees. In addition, the FTC alleges the company told people their fees would go toward their student loan balances, but that wasn't true.
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The FTC works to return as much money as possible to consumers. But this case is still in court, so there's no way to know if it will result in refunds. Legal actions take time, so please be patient. As soon as we have updates, we'll post them here.
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Ameritech may have changed your Federal Student Aid (FSA) account information. So you may want to change your login and review your account. Call Ameritech at 1-800-792-8621 or contact your loan servicer to regain control of your account.
How can I check the status of my loans and the security of my account?
I've seen other companies claim they can reduce my student loan debt. How can I protect myself from questionable practices?
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Hi Tanya, this man is Emiliano Zapata: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emiliano_Zapata .
Could it be Jerry, owner of Jerry's Breakfast Place in Long Beach. Seems to be a Hispanic restaurant specializing in some really good looking breakfast burritos in the videos I saw on their Facebook page :-). Got some really good reviews for their breakfast burritos too, lol. Couldn't ever find a last name though.
I absolutely love your response, Phil. Saw it right before heading to the STJ ring this morning. While waiting at a stoplight I received a call from an unfamiliar number. Person left a long message which began: "Hello, this is Jer. I'm calling about your lunch bill.." immediately I though about your comment and I froze. it just seemed too surreal. Turns out this "Jer" was the manager of my locals Togo's where my card got double-charged for one order recently. Lol.. it was a funny moment but you had to be there for just that split instant when "Jer" announced his name. Is Jerry's pic on his FB page? I did see a few guys on there who looked similar to the wall picture. As it turns out Paolo and Mingori have correctly (I think) identified him as one Emiliano Zapato.
No Tanya, no picture that I saw. All I did was Google "breakfast place in long beach", and Jerry's popped up….. and I saw their phone number matched the one in your photo. Then I went to their google street view of the restaurant, panned around to the right, and the exact same mural was on the right side of their establishment….. hence my thought it might be Jerry, lol.
Alas, I'm pretty sure Mingori and Paulo are correct. So much for my detective work, haha!!! But if I'm ever in Long Beach, I may stop by and try a breakfast burrito. They really did look good in the pics I saw :-).
That image of Zapata is sort of iconic, kind of like that famous one of Che Guevara on t shirts and posters. Remember all that news down in Chiapas when the paesanos were in revolt over land issues? They called themselves the Zapatistas.
Zapata was an agrarian reformer during the revolution so his image and idealized self shows up a lot in poorer Mexican neighborhoods.
I've never been much of a fan of graffiti art but I do tend to like mural "art" and the stories that they tell.
I hope you're having an enjoyable week, Tanya.
Thanks for the info, Mingori. Even after most of a lifetime in California (in which the Hispanic population seems to represent a majority regardless of what census figures may say) I had not heard of Zapata but I will have to read up on him more.
I don't know much about Emiliano Zapata except that he was a Mexican revolutionary, but I vividly recall the film "Viva Zapata", which had Marlon Brando in the starring role, and the great Anthony Quinn as Zapata's hot-headed brother. The other notable feature was that my favourite American author, John Steinbeck, wrote the screenplay. The whole film is available on You Tube if you ever have time to watch it!


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Q: from pygtk_image import * ERROR I am new to python and I have question, please. I have python 2.7.3 and I have installed gtk to make GUI. I found a code and I want to test it but I got this error:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<pyshell#0>", line 1, in <module>
from pygtk_image import *
ImportError: No module named pygtk_image

what does this mean? I searched in the internet about how to install pygtk_image, but I did not find a solution. Thank you in advance.

A: Maybe you haven't downloaded all necessary modules for your code.
Try this:
https://github.com/jayrambhia/SimpleCVexamples/blob/master/pygtk_image/pygtk_image.py
Maybe it is the module you are missing.

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...I pay for the cab rental, gas, insurance and administrative fees, taxes and the dispatch system. I might be lucky to get $200 for a 12-hour shift.
So to have some Joe Blow who simply has a car, a valid driver's license and can attest to being properly insured sign up with a computer app and then drive for however long he likes and pick off fares I've patiently waited for on the cabstand makes me blow a gasket.
Uber, the ubiquitous ride-sharing app that connects passengers with drivers for hire, presents an existential threat to the taxi industry. More and more people are abandoning traditional taxi companies in favor of this easy peer-to-peer system. Why call a cab when Uber can generally get you a car more quickly, give you the name of the driver and a photo of the vehicle, tell you how long it will take, as well as the expected fare — and do it more cheaply, to boot?
No wonder cabbies around the world have mounted protests claiming that Uber steals business. Our taxi companies have filed lawsuits, and hackney regulators have threatened sanctions to stop the service. In Cambridge last week, things got heated when the license commission unveiled proposed regulations to kill — uh, regulate — the service. The city claims such regulations are necessary to ensure public safety, standards of service and fair competition. Opponents see the regulations as a desperate attempt to protect a sclerotic, government-created monopoly.
Communities have an absolute interest in regulating transportation. Taxi service is an essential component of public transportation, along with planes, buses, subways, trains and ferries, all of which are regulated. Citizens need to know that when they call for a cab, one will show up, take them safely to their destination, and not overcharge them by taking some convoluted route. Cities and towns --particularly those such as Cambridge and Boston, which rely on tourism — need to know this, too.
Which is why Uber goes right to the heart of everything that is wrong about the traditional, medallion-based taxi industry. Too often, taxis show up late or not at all. The cabs are often filthy and the drivers rude, reckless or clueless. When it's rush hour, or when there's a big event or bad weather, you can never seem to find one. The number of taxi medallions, and thus the number of cabs, is fixed — not by quantitative analysis of need, but by fiat. No wonder medallions can sell for more than $600,000. It's a monopoly created by politicians and run by government, with little incentive to change or innovate. Uber achieves what the taxi industry should have been doing all along: adapting to new technology and looking for ways to improve service.
The fight will continue, but in the end, it's likely that a compromise will be reached. My guess is that taxi companies will adopt dispatching systems built on the Uber model. But the days of the medallion system are numbered. Uber has shown that the system needs to be open and competitive. But drivers for Uber will also have to submit to some form of regulation to ensure safety and quality of service. Right now, when things go wrong, passengers and drivers are on their own. Uber claims that it cannot be held liable when there's an accident or dispute, and that's because it doesn't provide transportation. Like eBay, Uber is a middleman. It just connects buyer to seller. My guess is that this will change, too, once the lawyers and the insurance industry get involved.
Until then, I'm looking at my options. And right now, Uber doesn't look so bad.
Tom LeCompte is a freelance writer in Boston.


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While this is very useful for manual checks it doesn't provide automatic health reporting. And the recent abrupt failure of the backup hard disk in a friend's machine reminded me of the importance of such monitoring. I therefore decided to implement an automated solution on top of NetBSD's S.M.A.R.T. support.
echo "Disk $disk has $relocated relocated sectors."
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Following UCU's declaration last month of a trade dispute over USS at 69 universities, the union's Higher Education Committee (HEC) on Friday set out a timetable for two ballots calling for industrial action in the autumn – one over USS in pre-1992 universities and another over pay across the whole HE sector.
The ballots will be disaggregated (i.e. institutions will be polled separately) and run alongside each other from 9th September to 30th October. For the UCU announcement see: https://ucu.org.uk/article/10187/Universities-on-strike-warning-as-UCU-announces-pay-and-pension-ballots?list=1676
Many of you will have noticed that USS has been much in the news in past weeks and in particular that a parliamentary select committee is investigating the governance of the scheme in the light of recent whistle-blower revelations. UCU also recently addressed letters to university employers updating them on the motions passed at Congress relating to pension contribution increases and requesting that employers cover the total cost of any additional contributions called for by USS Board.
In light of these ongoing developments, we think it important to send around some links and information for those looking to stay up-to-date on the dispute and hear from the parties involved.
On the parliamentary inquiry, please see here: https://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/work-and-pensions-committee/news-parliament-2017/the-pensions-regulator-17-19/
The President of the Sheffield branch of UCU and national USS negotiator Sam Marsh has composed a recent overview briefing with up-to-date information on the dispute here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTeSm0s4Yms&feature=youtu.be
Professor Jane Hutton, one of the three USS trustee directors nominated by UCU, appeared on the BBC 4 Today programme outlining her concerns about governance failings at USS. A recording is available here:
https://ucu.org.uk/article/10180/Professor-Hutton-speaks-to-Radio-4-on-USS-failings
Finally, you can access our own university's response on 19th June to UCU's trade dispute letter here:
https://www.staffnet.manchester.ac.uk/news/display/?id=22151.
In the latter response, the University of Manchester indicates a preference for USS's Option 3 for finalising the 2018 valuation. If accepted by employers and the Pensions Regulator, this would see members' pension contributions increase from 8.8% to 9.6% in October and employers' contributions go up from 19.5% to 21.1%, with no change in benefits; this arrangement would hold for for two years and the next valuation would be brought forward to 2020, by which time the Joint Expert Panel (JEP) will have submitted its second report on USS governance and the schemes' valuation methodology.
This is not in line with the UCU's 'No Detriment' policy and, more importantly, does not implement the full slate of recommendations from the first, September 2018, report of the JEP, which was set up by UCU and UUK in exchange for ending the industrial dispute last year. Importantly, the letter indicates that the University rejects UCU's demand that employers absorb all the cost of any extra contributions, rather than passing them on to members. As UCU's incoming General Secretary, Jo Grady, indicated in an email message to members on June 24th: "Instead of holding USS to account, employers are willing to make us pay more and more for the same pension."
Transfer from fixed term to open ended contracts
It has come to our attention that some UCU members are receiving incorrect information from HR and management regarding their conversion from fixed-term contracts to open-ended (subject to funding and project end dates) contracts after four years.
If you have been in continuous employment with the University on fixed-term contracts for four years with at least one contract renewal, your contract should convert automatically into an open-ended, funding-contingent contract as you are subject to the provisions set out in the University's Contracts of Employment Policy – see HERE.
If you qualify for an open-ended contract and haven't had this confirmed, you should contact HR. Feel free to use this TEMPLATE
email and send it to Karen Heaton, the Director of HR, Karen.heaton@manchester.ac.uk, who will then refer your request to Faculty HR. You should then receive a response within 21 days.
Meeting for Language Tutors and Language Based Area Studies
We have arranged an informal meeting at 12pm in the Lime Cafe, Samuel Alexander Building this Monday 24th June to discuss how we push forward and organise around the various issues affecting language staff in LBAS and ULC. Blanca, Olivier, & Neil will be joined by David, Pierre and Luke from the UMUCU branch executive committee, and we would like anyone else interested in the affected areas to join us.
Already we have seen some activity, for example through requesting to see contracts, and asking for confirmation of permanence after 4 years. We want to discuss how we get more people involved in doing those things and what other things we can do. We also want to ensure all language staff are connected in to the network and that as many as possible are in UCU.
We think the key issues are:
Arrangements for leave
Fixed term contracts, and fake permanent subject to funding posts
10 month contracts
Promotion procedures and problems around grading.
Proposed restructure
We would like to have groups working around each of these areas, so if you are particularly keen to see progress on any of those issues, or if you just generally want to help us be more organised in either of the two areas, then please come along.
Following the disappointing failure of employers and USS to accept and implement the recommendations of the Joint Expert Panel set up by UUK and UCU after the USS strikes last year and the decision at UCU's HE Sector Conference two weekends ago to uphold the union's No Deficit/No Detriment position, Paul Bridge, UCU's Head of Higher Education, has sent the University of Manchester and other USS employers letters declaring a trade dispute. Please click HERE for the letter.
Declaring a trade dispute is a precursor to a statutory ballot on industrial action, the timing of which will be discussed at UCU's Higher Education Committee later this month. Every effort will be made by UCU nationally to reach an agreement with employers before calling for industrial action to defend our pensions, and we have written to the President, Dame Nancy Rothwell, and Registrar, Patrick Hackett, saying we would be pleased to discuss the matter with them locally.
New online PDRs
It seems the University is moving to an online PDR process that UCU has not been consulted about. Emails being sent to staff say this new process uses the "standard" PDR form. If this is correct, and the online form is essentially the same as the paper version we agreed three years ago, we do not at present see any reason for a fuss. However, it will be a different matter if management are trying to introduce some other type of PREP or "research expectations" process that we have not agreed to.
Therefore, if you are asked to complete an online form, please first compare it with the paper form we have negotiated, which is available at http://documents.manchester.ac.uk/DocuInfo.aspx?DocID=42 Then, if they are different, let us know before continuing. We have no objection in principle to an online process, but the specifics of the form must be appropriate for academics and be agreed with UMUCU.
Please also remember that the PDR process is meant to be supportive and helpful and that, while management must offer all staff PDRs, participation is NOT compulsory. Therefore, if you are made to feel under any pressure to participate against your wishes, please contact the UMUCU office.
More performance management
We are again receiving reports of staff being summoned to meetings with their line manager to account for their performance. For example, colleagues who have several publications have been told none of them are good enough and that they will be "performance managed" if they do not get a REF 3* publication by April. Apparently, the line managers concerned are claiming that these meetings are part of the normal PDR process, but they are not; such aggressive performance management is inconsistent with the letter and the spirit of the agreed PDR process. Therefore, if this happens to you, please alert UMUCU so we can bring the matter up in our next Joint Negotiation Committee meeting with the Senior Leadership Team, and do not feel obliged to attend any further meetings before seeking union advice and representation.
Staff Survey – Let's tell management what we think
The biennial university Staff Survey goes live today. You may remember that the infamous M2020 mass redundancy programme was announced just one week after the end of the last Staff Survey in 2017 – a rather suspicious timing the Senior Leadership Team repeatedly assured us was completely unplanned. Despite the fact that this bad news for hundreds of staff was not yet known, the proportion of staff who answered positively to the question, "To what extent do you agree the President's Senior Leadership Team listen to and respond to the views of staff" was only 47%, down from 51% in 2015 and the lowest satisfaction score recorded in the Survey. We will look forward to seeing the response to this question in this year's Survey.
There will be an Emergency General Meeting (EGM) next Wednesday, Feb 13th, 12:30-1:30, in the Chemistry Building Room G54, to update members on the current pay ballot and USS negotiations.
The ballot on industrial action over pay and equality ends on February 22nd which means we have just two weeks left to Get The Vote Out and ensure the turnout is over 50%.
Regarding USS, the news is not good. As you know, the Joint Expert Panel (JEP) set up by UCU and UUK completely vindicated our strikes last year and the criticisms very many people, not just UCU, have leveled against the flawed valuation approach adopted by the USS. The JEP panelists came to the unanimous conclusion that current benefits could be maintained with manageable increases in contributions of 1.1% by members and 2.1% by employers – a judgement that has now been endorsed not just by First Actuarial, UCU's advisors, but also by UUK's actuarial advisors, Aon.
It is also quite clear that in the recent UUK consultation the majority if not all pre-92 universities have also come down on the side of implementing the JEP recommendations. Even the University of Manchester, which up till now has always been one of the most hardline employers, is now taking this view as can be seen from its submission posted on Staffnet on Jan 25th
However, despite this widespread support for a sensible settlement, it looks like the dispute may be about to flare up again because of the intransigence of the USS Chief Executive, Bill Galvin, and actuary, Mercers, who are (stupidly in our view) refuting the wealth of expert opinion and resisting implementation of the JEP proposals in what looks like a desperate attempt to salvage their professional reputations in the face of myriad criticisms.
If Bill Galvin gets his way, the current USS member contributions of 8% for members and 18% for employers would have to increase to as much as 11.7% for members and 24.9% for employers in April 2020, or benefits (i.e. pensions) will have to be reduced. This would wreck the USS pension scheme.
We are astonished to learn that the final guidance on the REF 2021 permits the submission of outputs of former staff made redundant! This is cynical and outrageous. UCU nationally is opposed to the new proposal and has written to higher education institutions calling for them to rule out implementing this proposal in their REF code of practice. We expect the University of Manchester to agree with this but if anyone knows of a department intending to submit REF outputs for staff who have been made redundant, please let the UMUCU office know.
Pay and equality ballot: vote YES for strike action and YES for action short of a strike
University employers have refused to improve their 2018 pay offer of 2% despite the fact that inflation has risen again. In July the CPI measure of inflation rose from 2.4% to 2.5% while RPI reached 3.2%. CPI is not expected to drop below the Bank of England's 2% target until some time in the first half of 2019, which means we are facing yet another fall in real pay despite the fact that university balance sheets continue to show the kind of surpluses many private companies can only dream of.
UCU is therefore balloting members nationally on industrial action to support our joint pay claim with the other four UK HE sector trade unions, which includes:
a 7.5% or £1500 increase in pay, whichever is greater, to catch up on the massive 21% cut in real pay we have experienced since 2010,
action to close the Gender Pay Gap by 2020,
action on casualisation and precarious contracts,
recognition of excessive workloads and stress.
Your ballot paper should arrive in the week after August 30th and a successful vote for action can only proceed if at least 50% of members vote. Therefore, please do not delay, please post your vote back promptly. You can check that your postal address is up to date by using this link.
As was demonstrated by the Staffnet news item on 7th June, Update on pay negotiations, which scandalously presented the 2% offer as an above inflation pay increase, we cannot expect any generosity or sympathy from the University's (very well paid) Senior Leadership Team. This outrageous claim, which was reached by adding the average incremental pay increase awarded to staff to the 2% offer, just goes to show how out of touch they are and how little they truly value staff – 44% of whom are at the top of their grade, so will receive no incremental increase this year, and rely entirely on annual pay settlements to maintain their and their families' standard of living.
Therefore, please look out for your ballot paper and vote YES to strike action and YES to action short of a strike.
Further information, including posters and leaflets, can be found here: https://www.ucu.org.uk/he2018
Support for UMSU
Statement in support of UMSU
UMUCU offer full support to the University of Manchester Students' Union for the action taken by your officers in painting over the "If" poem by Rudyard Kipling and replacing it with "Still I rise" by Maya Angelou. We believe the Students' Union officers should have been consulted over the choice of poem, and that any such public display of poetry should be sensitive to Equality and Diversity Issues and be reflective of our diverse student body. We further understand that this action has led to thoroughly reprehensible abuse and death threats via social media that we completely deplore.
USS Dispute Latest Update
Consultative ballot result
The result of the members consultation on accepting the latest proposal on ending the dispute from the employers was as follows:
Total balloted: 53,415
Total votes cast: 33,973
Total number valid votes: 33,913
Turnout: 63.5%
Yes to accept the UUK offer 21,683 (64%)
No to reject the UUK offer 12,230 (36%)
In line with the decision of members all current and future industrial action is suspended but the union will keep the legal strike mandate live until the agreement between UCU and UUK is noted by USS.
Update, Tuesday 20th March
We have produced a leaflet, HERE which gives an update on the dispute which you can share with staff and students to help explain the current situation. In addition, UCU gives answers to a number of FAQs on the dispute and related matters here.
We will update you on further developments, and plans for future action, later in the week.
UMUCU Executive
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Ordering Our Lives
"Azmaveth son of Adiel was in charge of the palace treasuries. Jonathan son of Uzziah was in charge of the regional treasuries throughout the towns, villages, and fortresses of Israel. Ezri son of Kelub was in charge of the field workers who farmed the king's lands. Shimei from Ramah was in charge of the king's vineyards. Zabdi from Shepham was responsible for the grapes and the supplies of wine. Baal-hanan from Geder was in charge of the king's olive groves and sycamore-fig trees in the foothills of Judah. Joash was responsible for the supplies of olive oil. Shitrai from Sharon was in charge of the cattle on the Sharon Plain. Shaphat son of Adlai was responsible for the cattle in the valleys. Obil the Ishmaelite was in charge of the camels. Jehdeiah from Meronoth was in charge of the donkeys. Jaziz the Hagrite was in charge of the king's flocks of sheep and goats. All these officials were overseers of King David's property." 1 Chronicles 27:25-34 (NLT)
Perspective:
King David had accumulated wealth during his reign as king. Yet, it wasn't just his military feats that were at the forefront of his thoughts. Everything from the king's lands to olive oil, cattle, money, and various towns had overseers. It was organized and no one wondered who was in charge of the different areas. This pattern was consistent in how David managed his affairs in his life. He found qualified people to oversee areas so he could focus on the pressing issues that needed his attention. He didn't try to do it all because he knew he couldn't.
While we may not have a country to oversee, we all have areas in our lives that need attention. Are the things in your life in order? It is a good question for all of us to consider. You may not need to organize your sock drawer, but take a moment to examine the things in your life that matter. Areas such as finances, possessions, family, health and the future need attention. The leadership lesson we can glean from King David can be applied to areas in our lives where we oversee others, but it is also important to apply those same lessons in ordering our private world. When things are properly attended to, then it frees us up to focus on the things that matter most. We can't manage everything either, so sometimes it is in our best interest to delegate or eliminate the things that crowd our life. Instead of putting it off, make the phone call, create a system in your home to help manage getting your kids to school, or clean up that garage so that you have less excess to manage. When we do, we realize we don't have to do it all because it has already been done. It frees us to focus on the things that matter.
Scripture quotations marked (NLT) are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2007 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.
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1 Thessalonians 5:16-24 (Part of the series).
Preached by Pastor Tim Holwerda on December 16, 2018 (Sunday Morning).
1 Thessalonians 2:1-9 (Part of the Missional Habits series).
Preached by Pastor Tim Holwerda on February 25, 2018 (Sunday Evening).


The design of the building required conformance with the UC Berkeley master plan, but the building developed its own identity by utilizing unique materials that correlate the use of the building. Facade elements include large bronze cast Asian grilles, which provide shading and an iconic feature to the building. The stone cladding utilizes an open joint hanging system, resulting in clean sightlines and integration of adjacent materials, including flat seam copper panels, bronze clad window wall and lead-coated copper accent panels at the parapet area. Although there is significant mass to the building, the facade materials, sightlines and Asian pattern in the bronze grilles diminish the visual mass.
Axis Facades provided material applications and sourcing, schematic design, design development, construction documents, and construction administration of all facade elements and waterproofing.


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Wearable Device Seeks to Objectively Measure Parkinson's Symptoms
Kristen Thometz | May 17, 2018 4:27 pm
The PKG provides clinicians with objective measurements of Parkinson's symptoms. (Courtesy of Global Kinetics Corporation)
In addition to reviewing a patient's medical history and conducting in-person assessments, clinicians who treat Parkinson's disease rely on patients' accounts of their symptoms. But sometimes, those symptoms are difficult to distinguish. Tremors and dyskinesia, for example, are both types of involuntary movement, but indicate different treatment regimens, says Dr. Aikaterini Markopoulou, a movement disorder specialist at NorthShore University HealthSystem. "Having an objective means that could help distinguish between the two would be very helpful," she said.
Researchers are hoping a wearable medical device, called the Personal KinetiGraph, or PKG, can provide clinicians with objective measures of symptoms, including tremor, dyskinesia and bradykinesia (the slowness of movement).
"It's often been a challenge, particularly as the disease progresses, for clinicians to understand what is happening with patients when the patients aren't in front of them," said John Schellhorn, CEO of Global Kinetics Corporation, an Australian-based digital health company. "Every Parkinson's patient deserves an objective measurement for when they sit down with their specialist. This is supplemental to the examination."
The PKG watch is designed to be worn continuously by a patient for a week and tracks all of their movements. The device can also be programmed to remind a patient when to take their medications, and require them to swipe the face of the watch after they've done so, according to Schellhorn.
At the end of the week, the patient returns the device to their clinician, who receives an hourly report of the patient's symptoms over the past week.
"What a PKG could do is show the physician exactly what is happening relative to the patient's bradykinesia relative to when they take their drugs and how often," he said. In other words, clinicians can see exactly when a patient's medication is reducing a specific symptom, as well as when medication wears off and another symptom begins.
Markopoulou says the PKG allowed her to distinguish between the tremors and dyskinesia experienced by her patient Maria-Paz Salas. "With repeated wearing of the device and frequent clinic visits, I've been able to significantly decrease her (medication) requirement and better control her symptoms," she said.
Salas, 54, who lives in Rogers Park and teaches social justice and global education classes at Sacred Heart School, was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease at age 45. She says the device provides a better "snapshot" of her symptoms than her visits to the doctor every three months which focus on how she's doing that day.
"What if I had a bad day, a bad hour? Or what if I've been great?" she said.
Markopoulou says she's used the device about 40 times with various patients – some of whom have used the device multiple times – in addition to regular clinical visits.
"In my opinion, (the PKG) would help significantly improve the treatment of Parkinson's in addition to the other means of standard assessment that we use as of now," she said, but adds there needs to be a "more longitudinal assessment over months or even years, given how the disease progresses, to help figure out how effective (the PKG) is in comparison to the classic way of history taking and assessment in the office."
Researchers have collected more than 3 million hours of continuous Parkinson's measurements from more than 25,000 Parkinson's patients globally, according to Schellhorn.
Last month, Global Kinetics Corporation received funding from The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research, Shake It Up Australia Foundation and Parkinson's Victoria to support a global clinical trial of 225 patients with Parkinson's disease.
The trial will be open to patients who are under age 75, have had Parkinson's disease for more than three years and/or are currently taking at least three daily doses of levodopa. Researchers are still determining U.S. recruitment sites, which will be listed on the MJFF Fox Trial Finder website.
Contact Kristen Thometz: @kristenthometz | kthometz@wttw.com | (773) 509-5452
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LaMarcus Aldridge posted a tribute message to Manu Ginobili on word Ginobili was going to retire.
Aldridge tweeted, "I competed against you for 9 years. I sat through countless pregame meetings discussing how not to let you go to your left hand because when you do, you're impossible to stop! Then, I became your teammate and got to witness first hand how you bring way more value to a team than just scoring. You're a ultimate competitor and a "team first" kind of guy. You lift the culture in an organization just by simply being around. You were even successful in getting me to participate in more team activities than I have in my entire career. It was an honor competing against you, but even better competing with you on my side. Thanks Manu!"


Maria Hanl studied at the Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna and the Slade School of Fine Art, London.
« Maria Hanl's works refer to those points where our system deceives us, obscures the senses, or euphemistically veils its violent side. There, where it goes no further or tips over into the absurd, where something breaks off or bends too far, crumbles or fades – where the system ends or collapses.
The artist finds metaphorical constellations for how these processes are interwoven with our everyday life, which are able to capture or describe precisely these inexplicable states of exhaustion in a phenomenon.
Maria Hanl is interested in the fact that our sociological system consists of numerous different systems, which we encounter on a daily basis but view separately because each one only comprises a small, often very specific realm of knowledge or operational measures. Hence, they always connect to numerous areas of life but due to their properties exclude all of the others at the same time.
The systems – and this is what Maria Hanl's works demonstrate – are per se already exhausted and limited because of their constitution. The artist implicates the autopoeitic loop of self-creation in a contradiction, for what happens when the condition for the creation of the respective system is no longer confirmed?
Excerpt from the text by Synne Genzmer: The Beautiful Form, The Time, The Collapse / On the Communication of Systems in the Works of Maria Hanl.
*Niklas Luhmann, Psychic and Social Systems, in "Introduction to Systems Theory", ed. Dirk Baecker, trans. Peter Gilgen (Cambridge: Polity Press, 2013), 190 –191.
Installation : jersey de coton, métal.
Installation: photographies, métal, aimants, vase et impression digitale sur textile.


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Q: Flutter web - Fade in when scroll down I want to build a portfolio website with flutter and I can't find fade-in animation while scrolling down,
there are animatedBox and a lot of animation but none of them have listeners for fading in while scrolling down.
Can anyone help me with this? An example would be more helpful.
Thank you

A: After a while, I find a way to do that, we should use the scrollController and mediaQuery for riching this goal,

source code
import 'package:flutter/material.dart';

void main() => runApp(MyApp());

class MyApp extends StatelessWidget {
  // This widget is the root of your application.
  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return MaterialApp(
      title: 'Ali Azimoshan',
      debugShowCheckedModeBanner: false,
      home: MyHomePage(),
    );
  }
}

class MyHomePage extends StatefulWidget {
  @override
  _MyHomePageState createState() => _MyHomePageState();
}

class _MyHomePageState extends State<MyHomePage> {
  ScrollController _scrollController;
  var selectedSlide;

  imageBox() {
    return Container(
      width: MediaQuery.of(context).size.width,
      height: MediaQuery.of(context).size.height,
      child: Row(
        mainAxisAlignment: MainAxisAlignment.center,
        children: [
          Container(
            width: MediaQuery.of(context).size.width / 3,
            height: MediaQuery.of(context).size.height / 3,
            decoration: BoxDecoration(
              image: DecorationImage(
                image: AssetImage(
                  'assets/images/image-1.jpg',
                ),
              ),
            ),
          ),
          Container(
            width: MediaQuery.of(context).size.width / 3,
            height: MediaQuery.of(context).size.height / 3,
            decoration: BoxDecoration(
              image: DecorationImage(
                image: AssetImage(
                  'assets/images/image-2.jpg',
                ),
              ),
            ),
          ),
          Container(
            width: MediaQuery.of(context).size.width / 3,
            height: MediaQuery.of(context).size.height / 3,
            decoration: BoxDecoration(
              image: DecorationImage(
                image: AssetImage(
                  'assets/images/image-3.jpg',
                ),
              ),
            ),
          ),
        ],
      ),
    );
  }

  List allSlides = [
    {'widget': Widget, 'selected': false},
    {'widget': Widget, 'selected': false},
    {'widget': Widget, 'selected': false},
    {'widget': Widget, 'selected': false},
    {'widget': Widget, 'selected': false},
    {'widget': Widget, 'selected': false},
    {'widget': Widget, 'selected': false},
    {'widget': Widget, 'selected': false},
    {'widget': Widget, 'selected': false}
  ];

  @override
  void initState() {
    super.initState();
    _scrollController = ScrollController();
    _scrollController.addListener(changeSelector);
    setState(() {
      selectedSlide = allSlides[0];
      selectedSlide['selected'] = true;
    });
  }

  changeSelector() {
    var maxScrollVal = _scrollController.position.maxScrollExtent;

    var divisor = (maxScrollVal / allSlides.length) + 20;

    var scrollValue = _scrollController.offset.round();
    var slideValue = (scrollValue / divisor).round();

    // var currentSlide = allSlides.indexWhere((slide) => slide['selected']);

    setState(() {
      // allSlides[currentSlide]['selected'] = false;
      selectedSlide = allSlides[slideValue];
      selectedSlide['selected'] = true;
    });
  }

  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return Scaffold(
      body: Row(
        children: <Widget>[
          Container(
            width: MediaQuery.of(context).size.width,
            child: ListView(
              controller: _scrollController,
              children: allSlides.map((element) {
                return getCards(element);
              }).toList(),
            ),
          )
        ],
      ),
    );
  }

  Widget getCards(slide) {
    return Padding(
      padding: EdgeInsets.all(0),
      child: AnimatedCrossFade(
        firstChild: imageBox(),
        duration: Duration(seconds: 1),
        secondChild: Container(
          width: MediaQuery.of(context).size.width,
          height: MediaQuery.of(context).size.height,
          color: Colors.transparent,
        ),
        crossFadeState: slide['selected']
            ? CrossFadeState.showFirst
            : CrossFadeState.showSecond,
      ),
    );
  }
}

A: Ok here's a little demo
here's the code
import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
import 'package:transparent_image/transparent_image.dart';

class overall extends StatefulWidget {
  @override
  _HomePageState createState() => _HomePageState();
}

class _HomePageState extends State<overall> {
  double offset = 0;

  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    final height = MediaQuery.of(context).size.height;
    final width = MediaQuery.of(context).size.width;
    final nameStyle = Theme.of(context).textTheme.headline2;
    final descriptionStyle = Theme.of(context).textTheme.headline4;
    final workStyle = Theme.of(context).textTheme.headline6;

    return Material(
      child: NotificationListener<ScrollNotification>(
        onNotification: updateOffsetAccordingToScroll,
        child: ScrollConfiguration(
          behavior: NoScrollGlow(),
          child: Stack(
            children: <Widget>[
              Positioned(
                top: -.45 * offset,
                child: FadeInImage.memoryNetwork(
                  placeholder: kTransparentImage,
                  image: backgroundImage,
                  height: height,
                  width: width,
                  fit: BoxFit.fitWidth,
                ),
              ),
              Positioned(
                top: -.25 * offset,
                child: SizedBox(
                  height: height,
                  width: width,
                  child: Align(
                      alignment: Alignment(0, 0),
                      child: Column(
                        mainAxisAlignment: MainAxisAlignment.center,
                        crossAxisAlignment: CrossAxisAlignment.center,
                        children: <Widget>[
                          circleIcon(profileicon, 100),
                          Text(
                            'My Name',
                            style: nameStyle.copyWith(
                              color: Colors.white,
                            ),
                          ),
                          SizedBox(height: 20),
                          Text(
                            'Representing my core values here',
                            style: descriptionStyle.copyWith(
                              color: Colors.white,
                            ),
                          ),
                          Padding(
                            padding: const EdgeInsets.only(top: 18.0),
                            child: Text(
                              "Currently Working with",
                              style: workStyle.copyWith(
                                color: Colors.white,
                              ),
                            ),
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The Duke University community can rest assured that the KKK isn't running around campus, as if that was ever a threat in 2015.
The Chronicle reports that the administration has determined the noose hanging from a tree last month "was caused by a lack of cultural awareness and was not a statement related to racism." Or a hoax, as suggested by the school's earlier refusal to identify the perp's motivation.
My purpose in hanging the noose was merely to take some pictures with my friends together with the noose, and then texting it to some others inviting them to come and "hang out" with us –– because it was such a nice day outside. If there was ever a pun with unintended consequences –– this was certainly one. In addition, when I left I carelessly forgot the noose hanging on the tree for the rest of the afternoon and the evening rather than discarding it, as I should have. As a result, people saw it and because of the historical meaning of a noose in the South, a fact that because of my background and heritage I was completely unaware of, conclusions were made that whomever had made the noose did it for racist reasons. This led – completely justifiably — to the student demonstrations, and the school's expression of disgust of my actions. The Duke Community should take pride in the spirit that unfolded and was demonstrated by the student body during those peaceful demonstrations.
First, there's no explanation whether the open letter was required by the administration or suggested by the student, who "has gone through the student conduct process and after receiving a sanction is eligible to return to campus next semester." Basically, if there was a quid pro quo.
The parts about "my background and heritage," and how the community "completely justifiably" embarked on a progressive wish list of funding and training in response, sound like they were written by race activists.
Despite the revelation that the act had no racial connotation, [Vice President for Student Affairs Larry] Moneta said Friday that the problems identified by students after the incident will still need to be addressed.


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Celinés Toribio (nacida el 7 de marzo de 1975 en Santo Domingo) es una actriz, presentadora y modelo dominicana.

Durante su carrera ha entrevistado a muchas celebridades latinas, incluyendo a Ricky Martin, Luis Miguel, Celia Cruz y Michelle Rodríguez, entre muchos otros. Se mudó a Los Ángeles en 2006 para dedicarse a la actuación con Arturo Mendoza, un profesor de actuación que ha trabajado con Salma Hayek, Benicio del Toro, y Laurence Fishburne.

Ha aparecido como modelo en importantes publicaciones, como el New York Post, la revista Stuff, El Diario La Prensa, La Source Magazine y Listín Diario.

Toribio fue seleccionada por la fanaticada en los EE. UU. y América Latina como una entre los "50 Más Bellos" de People en Español.

Primeros años
Toribio nació en Santo Domingo, República Dominicana el 7 de marzo de 1975. Es hija de Héctor Toribio y Dalila Almánzar, emigró junto a su familia a Estados Unidos cuando tenía tan sólo 16 años. Desde niña se interesó por la comunicación, estudió comunicación e inglés cuando llegó a Miami. En 1996 se graduó del Lehman College en la Universidad de la Ciudad de Nueva York con una Licenciatura en Comunicación de Masas y teatro.

Carrera
Toribio comenzó su carrera en televisión en 1995 como presentadora del programa de variedades y entretenimiento "Sábado al mediodía", junto al cubano Luis Velasco y también fue utilizada como reportera de entretenimiento en el noticiero local de WXTV en el segmento "Galería", dedicado a la vida y carrera de los famosos, y "Mi Gente", un segmento semanal donde entrevistaba personalidades latinas. Durante la estadía de Toribio en WXTV, hizo varias apariciones en eventos latinos locales, como por ejemplo en los desfiles de orgullo puertorriqueño y dominicano, respectivamente.

En 1997, Toribio recibió exposición nacional en Univision, la cadena de televisión en español dominante de EE. UU., como anfitriona para la cobertura del Festival de la Calle Ocho de Miami, en la Pequeña Habana. Más tarde, se convirtió en reportera del programa semanal "Fuera de Serie", de Univision y reportera de entretenimiento para El gordo y la flaca, revista de entretenimiento y chismes del espectáculo diario de la misna cadena.

De 2002 a 2006, Toribio fue presentadora de un programa de la Liga Mayor de Béisbol en ESPN Deportes llamado "Sabor a béisbol". Fox Sports la incluyó en sus especial de televisión sobre los latinos en el béisbol. Ella es la única mujer en haber sido presentadora o anfitriona de un programa de televisión producido por Major League Baseball. Toribio también pasó un tiempo como co-conductora del programa de radio matutino hispano en Nueva York llamado "Coco y Celinés".

El 13 de septiembre de 2008 fue presentadora de la "FIESTA 2008", un importante concierto dirigido a la comunidad latina llevado a cabo en Central Park de Nueva York, presentado por People en Español y patrocinado por la cadena ABC, Maybelline, y Verizon.

Se estrenó como actriz en la película dominicana Los locos también piensan de Luisito Martí, estrenada en la República Dominicana en 2005.

En junio de 2008, trabajó con Vin Diesel en un cortometraje que forma parte de la película Fast & Furious.

En 2009 Toribio tuvo una participación en La soga junto a Manny Pérez.

También protagonizó junto a Michelle Rodríguez en la película dominicana histórica Trópico de sangre que se estrenó en el Festival de Cine Latino de Nueva York el 29 de julio de 2010, película que retrata la tragedia de las Hermanas Mirabal.

En 2013, se Celinés se embarcó en un ambicioso proyecto al producir y actuar en la película dominicana María Montez: La película, que cuenta la vida de la diva dominicana María Montez y que está planeada para ser lanzada en 2014.

Filmografía
Cine

Televisión
 Sabor a béisbol
 Primer Impacto
 El gordo y la flaca
 American Latino

Radio
 Llegaron las mujeres
 Jullian Michaels en español
 Coco y Celines de 6am-10am

Reconocimientos
 Nombrada una de "Los 50 Más Bellos" por la revista People en Español.
 Reconocida como una de las latinas más exitosas en EE. UU. por el Senado del Estado de Nueva York y la Asamblea de Nueva York
 Distinguida como una de las personalidades de los medios de comunicación más populares entre latinoamericanos en EE. UU. por el programa "Extra" de la cadena NBC.
 Mejor Presentadora de Televisión Hispana en los Premios ACE.
 Mujer del Año, periódico El Diario de Nueva York.

Vida personal
Toribio se casó con su mánager Giancarlo Chersich en 2009. Chersich le propuso matrimonio en mayo de 2008 en Cannes, Francia.
El 25 de diciembre de 2017, después de más de un año de rumores, Celinés informó públicamente su separación de Giancarlo Cherisch, a través de un vídeo en Instagram en el que juntos se prometieron amistad hasta que la muerte los separe. Toribio tiene una academia en el Bronx, Nueva York, donde su personal enseña modelaje, actuación y danza. Además tiene su propia compañía, Celinés Toribio Enterprises, donde produce los calendarios y negocia con diferentes empresas para ser su imagen.

Referencias

Enlaces externos

Nacidos en Santo Domingo
Presentadores de televisión de la República Dominicana
Actores de República Dominicana
Actores de cine de República Dominicana
Modelos de República Dominicana
Productores de cine de República Dominicana
Locutores de República Dominicana

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Hair The traditional connotation of "long hair" in English meant, roughly, someone artistically knowledgeable or wise, an aesthete. As a descriptive term, it has been applied to Merovingians andclassical music enthusiasts, as well as hippies and aesthetes.
Hair length is measured (in centimeters or inches) from the line of the scalp on the forehead up over the highest point of the skull to its termination. In cosmetology, hair lengths are usually categorized according to the part of the body where the bulk of the longest hair terminates: chin level, shoulder length, mid-back level, waist length, hip-length, classic length (extends to almost upper thigh-length, where the legs meet the buttocks), thigh-length, knee-length and ankle/floor length hair. Hair usually takes about two years to reach shoulder length, and at approximately 80–90 cm (32–36 inches) for most people, waist-length hair usually takes about seven years to grow, including occasional trims.
The maximum hair length that is possible to reach is about 15 cm for infants (below the age of 1), about 60 cm for children (below the age of 13), and generally 100 cm for adults. Documentation for decrease of the maximum length with age cannot be found in the literature. Some individuals can reach excessive lengths. Lengths greater than 150 cm are frequently observed in long hair contests. Xie Qiuping had the longest documented hair in the world, measuring 5.627 m (18 ft 5.54 in) in May 2004. The maximum terminal hair length depends on the length of the Aganen (period of hair growth) for the individual. Waist-length hair or longer is only possible to reach for people with long Aganen. The Aganen lasts between 2 and 7 years, for some individuals even longer, and follows by shorter catagen (transition) and telogen (resting) periods. Between 85% and 90% of the hair strains are in anagen.
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Steve Goodin, a.k.a Demen1, is one of the best known poster and flyer designers. He is 29 years old and currently live in Sacramento, California USA. He is currently working in the Creative department as a Motion Graphics Designer for a new media agency here in Sacramento known as Wirestone. He has been working in the Motion Graphics field for about four years now and he is constantly learning something new and he feel very blessed to be able to do the work he do. Steve Goodin is pretty pro with meshing together the strengths of 3D software and photoshop to produce some freaking amazing posters. There is no missing his unique design style and highly detailed typography. I just collect some of his work and I'll share with you. Check it out!


Today's post is sponsored by Gibbs Smith but all thoughts and opinions are 100% my own!
Say goodbye to winter with this fun snowflake craft, perfect for all ages. Inspired by the Snowflakes for all Seasons craft book, you can make the perfect paper snowflakes while enjoying edible chocolate snowflakes. This book has tons of templates to make snowflakes for Christmas, St. Patrick's Day, Easter and many more occasions. I love that it teaches you how to fold your paper in order to cut the perfect snowflake. How fun would it be to throw a Disney Frozen themed party or play date and have the kiddos cut snowflakes from this book and craft up edible snowflakes for their cupcakes?! I'd score major points with my 3 year old!
Step 1: Print out Snowflake Printable. Place a piece of parchment paper on top of the printable.
Step 2: Melt blue Candy Melts according to package and scoop into a piping bag. Cut the tip off of the piping bag and trace the snowflakes on the parchment paper. Place the parchment paper with chocolate snowflakes in the refrigerator to harden.
Step 3: While the snowflakes are hardening, cut out snowflakes together with help from the fun book Snowflakes for all Seasons.
Step 4: Once snowflakes are hardened, place on tops of cupcakes and enjoy!


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Ground controlled interception radars in operation Neptune / Overlord. The Allied Invasion of France, June 1944.
This accounts starts by introducing the organisation that made it all possible – the Telecommunications Research Establishment (TRE). TRE started as a small group of scientists within the Bawdsey research Group under the British Air Ministry Research Group and was located at Orfordness, Suffolk, England. Here they worked on the development of a Chain Home (CH) radar which later was to be credited for the survival of the United Kingdom in the 1940- Battle of Britain. They were relocated to the Isle of Purbeck at Worth Matravers, Dorset, in May 1940. In fear of a *'Bruneval style raid on Dorset, TRE and its supporting Telecommunications Flying Unit (TFU) at RAF Station Hurn, moved on 25th May, 1942, to Malvern and Defford respectively. From here TRE responded successfully to the many questions "can you do it and when can we have it?" One of the many concerns of those planning the inevitable invasion of the Continent was the need of forward warning and control radar. This equipment must be in a position prior to the beach landings of Allied forces – thus the concept evolved of installing suitable radar equipment on floating vessels in the Channel. These vessels became knows as Fighter Direction Tenders (FDTs).
The two Ground Controlled Interception (GCI) radar systems installed on the FDTs were developed by TRE – Ait Ministry Experimental Station (AMES) Type 11 and Type 15. The Type 15 radar antenna was developed at Worth Matravers and built at Christchurch in December 1940. The AMES Type 11 system was developed by TRE following the Bruneval raid. It had many similarities to the sophisticated German "Wurzburg" radar system, parts of which were captured during the raid.
This section covers the development of FDTs and their use n the invasion of the Continent. Reports are also included on the GCI Radar Convoys that landed on the assault beaches to assume the duties carried out by the FDTs. TRE was also active in many other inter-related areas of radar systems development in support of the "D-Day" invasion. The following come to mind: the OBOE navigational system for improved bombing accuracy used extensively to soften enemy defences in the landing areas; the continuing development in the field of radio countermeasures (electronic warfare) through the use of counter and counter-counter measures to stay one step ahead of the enemy's systems; the mobile radar systems which would follow the battle line once established on the Continent; and the mobile, personal and aircraft beacons used primarily for photo-recce over-flights. In their development it was necessary to ensure that final products were compatible with those used by other Allied forces.
The FDTs in addition to all other applications of radar equipment, had one thin in common – a good percentage of the radar officers and technicians were members of the Royal Canadian Air Force, attached to the Royal Air Force as Radio Direction Finding (RDF) personnel. Their input is included in the following paragraphs.
*On 27th February 1942 a British raid at Bruneval on the Cherbourg peninsula captured apparatus from a German Wurzburg radar installation and brought it to Worth Matravers for study by TRE.
The concept of using ground radar installations on floating vessels was initially tested during the invasion of Sicily in July 1943. An RAF mobile GCI unit was temporarily mounted on Landing Ship Tank (LST) 305 fro use in the Mediterranean Theatre. Results were so successful that the AOC-in-C Fighter Command recommended that similar vessels be converted and equipp3d for landings in Europe. Fighter Command had originally recommended the conversion of four LST's to be used by Combined Operations. At a meeting with the Admiralty in November, 1943, it was decided that only thre4e vessels were to be equipped to perform interception and raid reporting functions, under the code name "Becky". Specifications were prepared and by the middle of February 1944 conversion of the three LSTs had been completed.
The LSTs selected for FDT conversion were part of the 112 made available to the Royal Navy during World War 11 under the US lend-lease programme. They were built in USA for use in assault landings on enemy beaches and were originally designed to carry eighteen 30-ton tanks or 27 three ton trucks and 8 jeeps or 177 troops. Upon conversion to the FDT role, the LST would have a displacement of 3700 tons and a length of 328 feet, comparable in size to a Naval cruiser. The vessel would carry a Naval crew of 8 officers and 92 ratings in addition to 19 Air Force officers and 157 airmen.
The conversion of the three LSTs wad carried out by John Brown's Shipyard on the Clyde in Scotland. The work included welding shut the bow unloading doors and covering the hatches with armoured plate. Three hundred tons of pig iron were secured to the main deck to slow roll action of the vessel. A new deck was laid over the vehicle cargo space to contain the operational accommodation for the Filter Room, Communications Office, Cypher Office, Air Control Room and Radar Receiving Room. A Direction Finding Office was provided forward for the installation of Naval D/F equipment. Space was provided at the aft end of the tank deck for the Transmitter Room, Transceiver Rooms, Aircraft D/F, Radio Counter-Measures Office and W/T Storeroom. A Bridge Visual Direction position and a bridge Plot House were constructed above the deck.
Two GCI radar systems were installed on each FDT – a Type 15 GCI forward and a Type 11 GCI amidships. The radar aerials were 30 ft above water level which limited the accuracy of aircraft height readings The Type 11 radar on 520 Mc/s were provided as an alternative if the 200 Mc/s band was seriously jammed. Mk111 IFF (Identification, Friend or Foe) was installed to provide identification only when Air Movements Liaison Section information did not provide the answer. The IFF was normally left switched off. Airborne Interception (AI) Beacons were installed on the FDTs to aid the control of night fighters. Each FDT carried 1.5 meter Mark IV and 10 centimetre Mark VIII A1 Beacons. Finally, many channels of VHF/R/T and W/T were installed to provide the essential communications.
Sea trials were carried out in the Ailsa Craig area which included radar calibration and communications tests. It was necessary to raise the Type 11 antenna to eliminate a 20 degree "blind" area either side of the bow. Otherwise the tests were generally acceptable.
During April 19454 exercises took place off the Humber coast with No 12 Fighter Group Sector. These included the use of *"window" (known as "chaff" by the US Forces). Exercises were continued in May 1944 with No 11 Fighter Group Sector and Naval Authorities in the Portsmouth and Portland areas. By the end of May the FDTs were ready for action and they sailed from Cowes, on the Isle of Wight, to join the Assault Task Forces at 2200 hours on 5th June 1944.
*Window – metallic strips cut to a half wavelength of the enemy's detecting radar systems. Dispersed from an aircraft, the radar return would simulate a large formation of aircraft.
During the assault and until GCI facilities became established ashore, the control of fighters operating in the assault area and the main shipping area would be exercised from the three FDTs.
In the main shipping route for the control of those fighters detailed to operate in that area.
FDT 217 acted as the co-ordinating vessel to order reinforcements, if necessary, depending upon which part of the assault area was being attached. As dawn broke, the beaches were being bombed by RAF aircraft and the Allied cruisers and destroyers commenced shelling. All three FDTs commenced radar watch at H-hour (07.25 hours) on 06 June and were immediately in contact with the fighter aircraft providing air defence to the armada.