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 Président de la République fédérative socialiste de Yougoslavie
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 Liste des présidents de la République de Serbie
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Fun In Action is a small befriending charity set up in 1999. They provide a service to children and young people from disadvantaged lone parent families in Brighton & Hove, by providing extra support to the family, it is strengthened, and from the child's perspective they get a person in their lives who can offer stability, friendship, support, guidance and mentoring.
The charity has an established programme of 1:1 befriending, and run a variety of activities that bring befrienders and children together, but they were looking at how the benefits of the scheme could be further strengthened, particularly from an education perspective. Many of the children struggle in school due to the challenges they face in life, and whilst direct befriending helps, the Charity felt this could be developed further through a structure learning club.
The Community Grant from Fonthill will fund the setting up and running of a Saturday morning Learning Club that will focus on delivering learning support in a fun, inclusive and interactive way. Adding value and support to the children and adults already benefiting from the befriending programme.
We are delighted to be able to make this happen, and look forward to seeing the benefit that the club will bring, helping the participating children to develop the essential life and learning skills they need to succeed in mainstream school and to develop meaningful and healthy lives.


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Preventing Violin-Related Injuries, with Pamela Frank and Howard Nelson
October 23, 2018, 10:53 PM · If you are doing something that is causing you pain, "Don't do that!"
That was one important message from violinist and Curtis-based pedagogue Pamela Frank and New York-based physical therapist Howard Nelson at a wellness workshop they conducted last month at the University of Southern California's Thornton School of Music called Fit as a Fiddle. These days the two of them are giving presentations on performance injury treatment and prevention at music schools and conservatories all over the United States, and they have current residencies at USC, Oberlin and Curtis. USC Thornton actually has an entire program devoted to the Musician's Health and Wellness.
For Frank this is all quite personal -- in 2012 she had a career-threatening injury that was causing severe pain in her neck and numbness in her hand, shutting down her ability to play. Doctors told her she needed neck fusion surgery; instead, she went to Howard Nelson for a physical therapy evaluation and treatment. Two years later, she was completely back to playing. And to give it a storybook ending, Frank and Nelson got married!
Frank's "happy ending" notwithstanding, recovering from performance injury is not a straightforward process that concludes as soon as the muscles have healed and the pain has subsided. Rather, Frank and Nelson present injury prevention as a way of life, involving specific measures as well as constant attention to regular habits that could lead to problems.
Violinist Pamela Frank and physical therapist Howard Nelson analyze the playing position of violist Kevin Hsu at a USC wellness workshop.
One major way to help yourself, they said, is to identify any motions that you do all day long, whether they involve playing the violin or simply sitting at a computer screen, that produce even mild symptoms.
"How you use your body all day can help or hurt you," Nelson said. "Your body adapts to how you use it." Nelson showed pictures of people subjecting their bodies to obvious contortion in real-life situations: slouching over cell phones and computer screens, twisting their legs and sitting diagonally on a park bench, even just lying sideways and holding up their head with one hand to watch T.V.
When it comes to playing, it is helpful to notice: Are your feet flat on the floor, heels down? They should be -- and you may need to find a special chair or a $5 lift for your feet to make that happen. "If you are too tall, stack the chairs," Frank said. Are you straining your spine, by either arching it backward or collapsing forward? Are you tilting to the left at the waist? Are you raising your left shoulder to secure the instrument? Is your bow arm too high, i.e. higher than your shoulder? Is your head bent to the side or forward? Is it locked?
Nelson's introduction to physical therapy came when he was injured himself. He is not a violinist, but a tennis player. Nelson worked his shoulder into such as state that one day he found that he could not toss a ball in the air to serve it. The problem? He was letting his upper arm come out of the socket when rotating his arm. The arm's ball-and-socket joint at the shoulder does not function well when the upper arm moves forward from the socket -- this causes strain. And yet, it's something that many violinists do with their bow arms: if you are bowing with your elbow above your shoulder, you are creating strain on that joint.
It's easy to miss this kind of problem, because if you've learned to play this way, you won't notice it as a problem.
"People do what is familiar, not what is beneficial," Frank said.
This might be one of the reasons why Frank was extremely skeptical, in the beginning, about Nelson's therapeutical approach to her problems. While she was facing an injury so dire that it threatened her career, he was starting with seemingly mundane measures: putting pillows under her arms; trying to correct her head position from being to far forward when she sat in a chair or walked across a room. Given these seemingly simple measures, she said that was ready to ask for a refund.
"We are expecting to have someone do something to us," Frank said. What she discovered, with time and patience, was that "a small adjustment can make a big difference."
For example: that business about her head being too far forward. Try this exercise: sit in a slouched-over position, and then try turning your head. Now sit up straight and try turning your head. It's not hard to discern that "the joints of your neck align better when you are in an upright position," Nelson said.
Frank had been dipping her left shoulder forward for so long that she had a hard time even facing straight-forward. Her left shoulder would drop down, even when she walked across the room. Now Frank can acknowledge that in many ways, re-learning how to walk in a different way helped her even more than fixing anything directly with the violin.
But of course, changing the way she played was an essential part of the equation as well.
To that end, they watched videos of her playing. "If you are ever going to evaluate body mechanics, you have to turn off the sound," Frank said. Ironically, her playing sounded good, despite the fact that her movements were strained and she could not feel her left side, she said. "You should not play with pain, tingling or numbness," she said. "As soon as you feel something, you should pay attention and do something about it."
The changes Frank had to make were profound.
"I basically had to change my personality to recover from this injury," Frank said. They analyzed absolutely everything: when she put on a T-shirt in the morning, she would throw her head forward. She had to learn to keep her head "in neutral" while putting on a shirt. "Everything became an arm exercise -- stop moving the head!" To this day, Frank frequently stands with her hands on her head, a strategy for keeping her posture and muscles in balance. When she was injured, she was actually unable to raise her arms over her shoulders - it took her months to recover that motion.
Another activity to analyze: sleeping. We spend a third of our lives doing it.
"That's a long time to be in a bad position," Frank said. The head and the spine need to stay in neutral during sleep. If you awaken each morning with soreness or pain, it's time to analyze your body position, when you sleep.
Frank said that she always used to sit on the front of her chair, back arched, thinking that this was a position that showed alertness. "I had to learn to sit in the back of the chair, with my feet on the ground," she said. Also, one should not have to stoop to see the music stand, even if when playing chamber music. The stand should be positioned high, not low.
Your spine has curves, and "if you violate those curves for a long period of time, you will suffer," she said. "You want to respect those curves."
For Frank,, learning and living with good body alignment has meant that she never "needs" a massage any more, she no longer gets headaches and any tingling has gone away. But changing so many habits was not easy, and at first it felt bad. She had to remember what she always tells her students, "The way you play is the way you practice." The same goes for how you use your body.
"You can't expect to feel good at the end of the day, when you've done stupid things to you body all day."
When Frank and Nelson work with students, one major thing they address is something that they also had to address with Frank: customizing the violin, viola or other instrument to meet your body, so that your joints can be in a neutral alignment.
"You should look like yourself when you play," Nelson said, "have the instrument meet you."
One of the first questions that Nelson asked Frank was, "Is that the only height of chinrest that exists?"
"We settle for what we have been given or what we have been told," Frank said. Of course, there are many kinds of chinrests; what ultimately worked for her was the adjustable SAS chinrest, which comes with three possible heights.
Of course, as soon as they found the right set up, which allowed Frank to keep her spine straight, not to thrust her head forward, etc. etc. -- actually playing this way felt terrible, she said. It was not what she was used to, and it took great effort to adjust.
"If it feels 'good,' then you aren't doing anything new," Frank said. "You have to leave your ego at the door." One thing she stopped doing was turning her head to look at her left hand.
"Many of us stare at the left hand," she said, but there is no need to do so. "Playing is by feeling and hearing; you're not doing anything by looking. A lot of it is about trust."
Learning the ergonomically "right" way to play is a slow process, and "under pressure and stress, you tend go back to what you know and what is familiar." You know that you've really made the change if, even under pressure, you can keep to your newer, better habits.
"You need to divorce your body from your music-making," Frank said. "I've had to learn to separate the two things." But how do you make the music exciting, while also keeping your own emotions, passion and excitement in check? Musical excitement is created with musical means: rhythm, timing, sound, bow speed, internal dynamics. A good movement pattern can both minimize injury while also actually improving your performance.
Here are a few things you can do to prevent and/or alleviate playing injuries:
Let yourself make mistakes, especially during practice. Insisting on constant "perfection" can cause physical tension.
Try talking while playing, to relax the jaw
"Tune in" to aches and pains - raise your awareness to identify problems
Stop every 20 minutes and rest for one minute. Use a timer to make sure you do it.
Get the lightest case you can, and "your music pocket is not a storage locker!" Frank said. Only carry around the music you need.
If you are carrying your instrument and stop to talk with someone, put it down.
Practice for less hours and more efficiency
Video yourself to see what you are doing, physically. Turn off the sound when you watch, to analyze movement.
It's the accumulation of small measures and actions that can make a big difference in staying well and preventing injury, Frank said.
As part of their residency at USC (and elsewhere), Frank and Nelson are also helping players individually: analyzing their movement patterns and recommending changes to both their playing and their other daily movements, to help them prevent injury or address any injuries they already have. The website for Frank and Nelson is www.fitasafiddle.nyc.
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October 24, 2018 at 08:12 AM · Violinists grow up with chin and shoulder rests that dont often fit them and usually no one tries to play without a shoulder rest as a child. Maybe that is why many dont notice that their setup is wrong for their body?
And it is really hard to find alternatives for small violins. Im from Europe and I had to order the current chinrest from the States for my girls violin as the standard chinrest was uncomfortable for her. Im a GP with quite a lot of knowledge in ergonometry and Im so sorry every time I see that the violin setup is not beneficial for a childs body. The general notion seems to be that the child should fit the violin and not the other way around Im sad to say.
Laura McDermott
October 24, 2018 at 05:24 PM · I love this post.
Francesca Rizzardi
October 24, 2018 at 05:50 PM · This is a great post and very timely for me as I have recently restarted lessons after a few years away from them. What Pamela said about having to pay attention to how she did things away from the violin resonated with me: while working on how I use my bowing shoulder, I noticed that when I brush my teeth, I move that shoulder vigorously. Totally unnecessary!
Craig First
October 24, 2018 at 05:52 PM · @ Francesca - perhaps we should practice using a proper bow hold when brushing as well?
October 24, 2018 at 07:52 PM · Wow, it is great that Pamela Frank is back! I heard about her injury many years ago. Pamela Frank and I were in the violin section of the Youth Symphony of New York. I sat directly behind her for two years!
October 24, 2018 at 09:25 PM · Nice to see some practical advice on injury prevention! I saw a great video with the famous drum teacher and excellent jazz drummer Jim Chapin a few years ago. One of his lines stuck with me - 'If someone tells you "no pain no gain", shoot 'em!'
October 24, 2018 at 11:29 PM · Great article! I absolutely agree with everything! Healthy movement patterns and good technique and musicality go together, so I really think more music teachers should work on these sorts of body and movement awareness skills with their students. I really think that if more people focus on the things said in this article, injury rates should decrease. In addition, I think more teachers should be aware of how technique varies among individuals due to differences in body types and schools of thought. My violin teacher has observed many performances over the years and she has noticed quite a few differences among players with different body types. It's actually quite surprising how much technique varies among players. Of course I'm talking relatively small details here. The rough principles remain mostly the same for everyone.
October 25, 2018 at 04:04 AM · Matt, those are wise words!
October 25, 2018 at 07:04 PM · As someone who has played the violin for 30+ years, I had no idea how my body grew around my violin playing. One of the first things I learned as a young student was to put my left foot forward and my right foot sideways and back. I started dealing with hip issues about 10 years after that because I would always stand that way. I have dealt with those issues until 2 years ago when my Pilates instructor started correcting this and after reflection, I realized it was a manifestation of my violin playing. I don't really have advice on an alternative stance, believe me I've tried, but to have that awareness has made all of the difference for me and I hope it can help someone else. Hip problems are now a thing of the past for me.
October 28, 2018 at 06:20 AM · I feel that many young players are put onto instruments which are too big for them.


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The Associate Degrees are designed to meet the qualifications of the first two years of a Baccalaureate Degree. A student who transfers from USU-Eastern to a public four year institution of higher education in the State of Utah will be automatically cleared of all general education requirements if he or she has received an Associate Degree (students receiving the Associate of Pre-Engineering may have to take additional general education credits). Most accredited four year institutions of higher education in the United States will accept the Associate degree. Students are advised to examine the catalog of the institution to which they plan to transfer.
Credit for courses numbered 1000 or above earned at USU-Eastern are transferable within the Utah State System of Higher Education and will be carried on the student's transcript by the receiving institution. Acceptance of credit should not be confused with its application toward a specific set of requirements or major. Credit other than that intended wholly to meet the General Education requirements of the receiving institution will be applied on the basis of the appropriateness of credit to a particular institution's specific degree program requirements, as determined by the receiving institution.


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Had he started from third on the grid, where he originally qualified, he would have been in an ideal position to capitalise on the retirement of the two Mercedes drivers and finish ahead of eventual race victor Max Verstappen. Vettel said the Sainz had completely understood what had happened, was relaxed about it and said it was no problem, but the stewards still felt the need to act.
Immediately, both Ferrari and Red Bull responded with double pit-stops for their drivers while Mercedes left Hamilton out - a tactical oversight that was to prove costly.
Hamilton suffered his first race retirement since 2016 at Spielberg, ending a record run of 33 successive races in the points.
"The Grand Prix has become a pillar of Victoria's world-class events and sports calendar and we're proud to again be hosting the season opener in 2019", John Eren, Minister for Tourism and Major Events said.
He added: "It's quite hard without knowing the intricacies of other teams, but the one thing you have to do as a team is win as a team and lose as a team, and that's why we don't often - or hardly at all - talk about individuals in success or failure, because that puts an unfair amount of scrutiny and pressure on that individual".
However, the president appeared to contradict Grisham later Thursday, tweeting that the jacket "refers to the Fake News Media ". A senior administration official told CBS News that as of Friday night, about 500 children in custody of U.S.
Verstappen hit the front after Mercedes kept Hamilton out on track during a virtual safety auto period that followed Bottas's retirement, with the other contenders pitting for fresh tyres.
"These experiences that we have been having and how we've been handling them have really united us more than any year".
'I don't think it's a title decider but I can't predict what will happen. Chief strategist James Vowles acknowledged the blunder, telling Hamilton that it was his mistake. I feel I have the best strategy team behind me. We've had far, far more success than we've had failures and nobody is ideal.
McLaren may talked before the start of the Formula One season about fighting for podiums and possible wins but team boss Zak Brown recognises that it could be years before that happens.
'It's up and down from track to track but I believe we're the best team, ' said Hamilton.
"I think from 2017, we had a better vehicle from the start, we had great results in the beginning of the year", said Vettel. I don't know if that's two or 10, or somewhere in-between. "I think that Ferrari update is working pretty well round here".
'I'm focused on what we do.
McLaren racing director Eric Boullier has left the team this week as part of a restructure of racing management, which has seen Andrea Stella promoted to performance director to head race team operations and former Indycar driver Gil De Ferran made sporting director to oversee the performance of the team and drivers.
"I just have the feeling that this is a hugely significant session", said Sky F1 commentator David Croft.
"Obviously, there was an error that happened to us as a team".
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The crisis will either be defused or reach an ugly finale in coming days, which Bild and other media have dubbed the "Endgame". Rome has started turning away ships with migrants rescued at sea, saying it should not be the sole European Union entry point.
Portugal winger Gelson Martins and left-back Raphael Guerreiro are in contention to play after they returned to full training. They have not faced each other since July 1972, when they drew 1-1 at Rio de Janeiro's Maracana stadium.
The Lakers believe that landing Leonard could help them attract free agents like LeBron James and Paul George this offseason. The latest ESPN story suggested that former first-round pick Josh Hart could be involved in a trade with the Spurs.
Tesla was selling solar through 800 Home Depots, but now it will sell SolarCity products through 90 of its 109 US retail stores. Last week, the company ended its retail partnership with Home Depot (NYSE:HD) and will no longer sell SolarCity products there.
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But other forensic doctors started to hear noises coming from him and realised he was still alive. It seems that this isn't the first time someone had been found in a morgue fridge still alive.
The initial trip took place the day after President Trump signed an executive order aimed at ending family separations. How are you? Whatever the first lady's motivation, her spokeswoman, Stephanie Grisham , says it is hers alone.
James is a 14-time All-Star, a 14-time All-NBA selection, six-time All-Defense selection, a four-time MVP and three-time champion. James is also being pursued by the Lakers, who have enough salary-cap space to sign him and another star player.


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Chance the Rapper's Social Experiment Drops Free 'Surf' Album
LP features guest appearances from Busta Rhymes, Erykah Badu, J. Cole, Big Sean and more
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Chance the Rapper's side project, Donnie Trumpet and the Social Experiment, released their debut album Surf Thursday evening via SoundCloud below and as a free download on iTunes.
The album features numerous guest appearances, though the iTunes track list does not name any features. According to MissInfo, Big Sean, J. Cole, Busta Rhymes, Janelle Monae and Erykah Badu are a few of the big-name collaborators who appear on the album.
Donnie Trumpet and the Social Experiment is a musical collective led by Chance's friend Nico Segal (AKA Donnie Trumpet). While many have anticipated Surf to be the follow-up to Chance's 2013 mixtape Acid Rap, it is primarily Segal's group and fuses hip-hop with free jazz and R&B. "Surf is Nico's project," Chance told the Fader earlier this year. "He was working on it when we decided to be The Social Experiment, so we decided that his project should be first."
The Social Experiment previewed their sound with the reworking of the children's television show Arthur's theme song titled "Wonderful Everyday," which Chance has performed during his solo shows over the past year. The official track features Wyclef Jean and Jessie Ware. The group also debuted a short film for Surf's closing song "Sunday Candy" in April. The dance-heavy film was directed by Austin Vesely and choreographed by Ian Eastwood, who are also both close friends of Chance and Chicagoans.


Book 19/25 in the 2011 Reading Challenge. Date completed: August 26, 2011.
Before I Fall is the story of the last day of Samantha Kingston's life. I have been trying to stay away from young adult titles (aside from my Hunger Games obsession) but I spotted this book cover on Pinterest and was intrigued. I know, I just can't help myself though - I judge books' readworthiness by their covers.
Samantha Kingston is a popular high school senior with a trio of best friends and a dreamy (although kind of a meat-head) boyfriend. Before I Fall starts out on the first of a "Groundhog Day"-style repetition of Friday, February 12. Samantha relives Cupid Day seven times before she finally "figures things out" and ends the cycle.
I'm not going to lie. I didn't like this book in the beginning. First of all, she starts out as a snooty brat teenager - the type of girl I spent my high school years avoiding. At one point she refers to the special needs students in the cafeteria as something along the lines of "the short bus parade dribbling their applesauce." That pissed me off, if I'm being quite honest. I spent a lot of time in high school as a T.A. with the disabled students, so I'm a touch over-sensitive, but come on. Seriously!
Even as I tried not to get into the book, with it's long chapters (277 pages are split into only seven chapters - each of which is a new play-out of February 12) and it's teen-speak and all of the high school drama and ridiculous-ness... Plus, I felt like it was a blatant, modern-day rip off of Groundhog Day, and I actually quite enjoyed that movie through my youth and even still today. I found, though, that as each chapter went by, Samantha Kingston became more and more bearable, so that by the end I was really rooting for her and appreciating her ordeal. By the end I didn't want to set the book down any more, the anticipation to see how things would turn out for Sam was just killing me!


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HAVANA — During another October 53 years ago, a young Fidel Castro played Cuba off the world's two superpowers. The Soviets installed nukes on the island, the Americans demanded their removal, and Castro ended up with a U.S. promise not to invade, assuring the survival of his Cuban revolution.
This week it seemed like the Khrushchev era all over again, minus the scary red buttons. Moscow signed off on $1.4 billion in loans for a massive upgradeat two Cuban power plants. Russian cultural officials announced plans to build an art museum in the center of Havana. And Cuba's state media cheered Russian airstrikes in Syria, depicting the intervention as a decisive, overdue effort to crush the Islamic State and end the civil war.


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Trademark May Protect Non-Functional Elements of an Expired Patent
By R. David Donoghue on July 31, 2017
Posted in Pleading Requirements
Solo Cup Operating Corp. v. Lollicup USA, Inc., No. 16 C 8041, Slip Op. (N.D. Ill. May 17, 2017) (Lefkow, J.).
Judge Lefkow granted plaintiff Solo Cup's Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss several of defendant Lollicup's counterclaims in this trademark dispute involving Solo Cup's product configuration mark or trade dress for…
Court Allows Joinder of BitTorrent Does for Early Stages of Case
Posted in Federal Rules, Pleading Requirements
Purzel Video GmbH v. Does 1-99, No. 13 C 2501, Slip Op. (N.D. Ill. Aug. 16, 2013) (Gottschall, J.).
Judge Gottschall denied various Doe defendants' motions to quash third party subpoenas to their respective internet service providers (ISPs) as well as motions to sever and dismiss individual Does from this action. This is a …
Copyright Act Preempts Misappropriation Claim
Posted in Local Rules
Morningware, Inc. v. Hearthware Home Prods., Inc., No. 09 C 4348, Slip Op. (N.D. Ill. Sep. 4, 2012) (St. Eve, J.).
Judge St. Eve granted in part plaintiff Morningware's motion for summary judgment as to defendant Hearthware's Deceptive Trade Practices Act, Lanham Act and related state law counterclaims.
As an initial matter, the parties' …
Unfair Competition Not Preempted by Lanham Act
Persis Int'l, Inc. v. Burgett, Inc., No. 09 C 7451, Slip Op. (N.D. Ill. Sep. 26, 2011) (Guzman, J.).
Judge Guzman granted in part plaintiffs' (collectively "Persis") motion to dismiss defendant Burgett's counterclaim in this Lanham Act case involving the SOHMER mark. The Court dismissed Burgett's cancellation proceeding because it was based upon the submission of an allegedly fraudulent document in a separate trademark proceeding.
The Court dismissed two declaratory judgment claims related to a separate mark because they were unrelated to the case and were duplicative of claims in another ongoing case. The Court also dismissed a declaratory judgment claim regarding the SOHMER mark as duplicative of the existing claims and answer.
The Court allowed Burgett's trademark infringement claim because it alleged that it owned the mark and the relevant tire and even if it later assigned the mark, its right to pursue past damages did not necessarily flow with the assignment. The Court also allowed Burgett's unfair competition claim. Illinois unfair competition is not preempted by the Lanham Act, although it can be proven with the same or similar facts.
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Contract Claims Sound in Copyright
Posted in Jurisdiction
Schrock v. Learning Curve Int'l, Inc., No. 04 C 6927, Slip Op. (N.D. Ill. Sep. 29, 2010) (Kocoras, J.)
Judge Kocoras denied defendant's Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(1) motion to dismiss for lack of subject matter jurisdiction and Rule 56 motion for summary judgment in this copyright and contract dispute involving photographs of Thomas & Friends characters – trains from the island of Sodor well-known to those like me with young children.
First, plaintiff's claims sounded in copyright regardless of whether the Court used the "face of the complaint" test or the "principal and controlling issue" test both of which have been used by the Seventh Circuit. The complaint and the issues expressed in it made clear that copyrights were at the heart of the dispute. The Complaint alleged that plaintiff authored photographs and copyrighted them, entered an agreement with defendants, and that defendant's use of the photographs violated the agreement.
Second, the Court denied summary judgment as to the contract claim because there was a question of material fact as to whether a binding agreement was formed between the parties and the Court held that in the event the trier of fact determined a valid contract exists, the agreement was not barred by the statute of frauds because plaintiff had fully performed his obligations pursuant to the agreement.
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Passing Off Claims Preempted by Copyright Claims
Cyber Websmith v. Am. Dental Assoc., No. 09 C 6198, Slip Op. (N.D. Ill. Aug. 4, 2010) (Dow, J.).
Judge Dow granted defendants' Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss plaintiff's Lanham Act and Illinois Deceptive Trade Practices Act claims. Both were essentially reverse passing off claims – defendants allegedly represented plaintiff's website templates as their own. And reverse passing off claims based upon copyrighted works rarely survive preemption claims. Pleading consumer confusion was not enough to avoid preemption in this case.
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Tort Claims Preempted by Patent Claims Absent Objective & Subjective Bad Faith
Viskase Companies, Inc. v. World Pac Int'l AG, No. 09 C 5022, Slip Op. (N.D. Ill. May 10, 2010) (Bucklo, J.).
Judge Bucklo granted declaratory judgment defendants' (collectively "World Pac") motion to dismiss declaratory judgment plaintiff Viskase's state law tort claims as preempted by Viskase's declaratory judgment patent claims. Patent holders have a basic right to assert their patents. In order to make tort claims based upon patent assertions, therefore, Viskase had to show that defendants acted in bad faith in asserting their patents, both objectively and subjectively. Viskase's general statement of bad faith did not meet the Twombly/Iqbal pleading standards. Furthermore, defendants need not have stated in their assertion letters to third parties that Viskase objected to defendants' claims.
The Court had specific jurisdiction over foreign defendant World Pac. World Pac's filing for U.S. patents and its enforcement letters regarding the patents-in-suite created specific jurisdiction.
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Unjust Enrichment Claim Based Upon Non-US Acts Not Preempted by Copyright Act
By R. David Donoghue on December 30, 2009
Zimnicki v. Neo-Neon Int'l, Ltd., No. 06 C 4879 (N.D. Ill. Nov. 9, 2009) (Norgle, J.)
Judge Norgle denied defendant Neo-Neon International's ("Neo-Neon") Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(c) motion for judgment on the pleadings regarding plaintiff's unjust enrichment claim in this copyright dispute. Plaintiff sued Neo-Neon and others for alleged infringement of plaintiff's copyrighted decorative holiday lighting products. Plaintiff also asserted an unjust enrichment claim against Neo-Neon alleging that Neo-Neon profited from making, using and selling products based upon plaintiff's designs. The unjust enrichment claim met the first prong of the preemption test because plaintiff admitted the designs at issue were copyrighted. But the second prong was not met. Neo-Neon's accused acts occurred outside the US, in China. Because the alleged acts were extraterritorial, they did not fall within the exclusive rights granted to copyright holders pursuant to §106. This was true even though the same acts in the US would presumably have been covered and, therefore, preempted.
* Click here for more on this case in the Blog's archives.
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Copyright Statutory Damages: Infringement Must Start After Registration
By R. David Donoghue on September 21, 2009
Cassetica Software, Inc. v. Computer Sciences Corp., No. 09 C 0003, Slip Op. (N.D. Ill. Jun. 18, 2009) (Kendall, J.).
Judge Kendall granted defendant CSC's Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss. Plaintiff Cassetica asserted patent infringement, breach of contract, violation of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act ("CFAA"), and related state law claims based upon CSC's alleged continued use of Cassetica's NotesMedic software after the end the parties' contract for the software. The Court dismissed each claim as follows:
* Copyright Infringement: Cassetica's copyright claim was dismissed because Cassetica could not recover its claimed statutory damages. Cassetica registered its copyright after CSC's alleged infringement began. It did not matter that CSC's alleged infringement allegedly continued after the registration.
* Breach of Contract: Because CSC's alleged breach occurred after the contract terminated there was no longer a contract to be breached and, therefore, no claim.
* CFAA: There was no "damage" as defined by the CFAA. The CFAA defines damages as harm to a computer system's data. But Cassetica alleged copying of electronic information, not that any of its data was lost or harmed. Otherwise, Cassetica only made bare allegations that its data was harmed without any factual statement.
* Other State Law Claims: Cassetica's conversion, trespass to chattels and unjust enrichment claims were all preempted by the copyright law because each state law claim was based upon the alleged downloads of the NotesMedic software.
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Allegation of Registration Without Certificate Sufficient for Copyright Claim
Stereo Optical Co., Inc. v. Judy, No. 08 C 2512, 2008 WL 4185689 (N.D. Ill. Sep. 8, 2008) (Kocoras, J.).
Judge Kocoras granted in part defendants' Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss plaintiff's copyright, trade secret and related state law claims. The Court noted that the Seventh Circuit required a registered copyright, not just pre-registration, to file a copyright complaint. But the Court held that it was sufficient to allege the registration and did not dismiss the claim because the registration was not attached. The Court did note, however, that the registration requirement was jurisdictional and the motion, therefore, should have been styled a Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(1) motion for lack of jurisdiction.
The Court also denied defendants' motion to dismiss plaintiff's trade secret complaints. While plaintiff did not specifically identified the allegedly misappropriated trade secrets they did allege misappropriation of customer lists, vision test methodologies and other information that could be trade secrets.
Finally, the Court dismissed plaintiff's unjust enrichment claim because it was preempted by the copyright and trade secret claims. The alleged unjust enrichment sought damages for either the alleged copyright infringement or the alleged trade secret misappropriation. Plaintiff's other state claims, however, required additional elements and were not preempted.
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Q: Adding JList to show basic DB information My goal is to put a JList with the data from my DB over the 2 JTextFields, but i dont know how to do it. Do you guys and girls know what the mistake is and how I can fix it?
(The Variable personList has all the Data in it. Just need to put it in JList. But this Variable personList is a ArrayList.)
public class Datenbank2 extends JFrame {

public Datenbank2() {
    super("Datenbank der Lehrlinge 1 Lehrjahr");

    JPanel centerPanel = new JPanel();
    JPanel southPanel = new JPanel();
    JPanel linkesPanel = new JPanel();

    this.setBounds(600, 300, 500, 450);
    this.setDefaultCloseOperation(EXIT_ON_CLOSE);

    try {
        Class.forName("org.sqlite.JDBC");
        Connection connection = DriverManager
                .getConnection("jdbc:sqlite:C://Users/N-YP/workspace/UebungJava/ch/nyp/uebungen/datenbanken/SqLiteDB.db");
        Statement statement = connection.createStatement();

        ResultSet rs = statement.executeQuery("SELECT * FROM Person");

        ArrayList<JLabel> personList = new ArrayList<JLabel>();

        while (rs.next()) {
            String vorname = rs.getString("Vorname");
            String nachname = rs.getString("Nachname");
            personList.add(new JLabel(vorname + " " + nachname));
            System.out.println(vorname + "  " + nachname);
        }

        JTextField eingVorname = new JTextField();
        JTextField eingNachname = new JTextField();
        eingVorname.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(230, 30));
        eingNachname.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(230, 30));

        BorderLayout borderLayout = new BorderLayout();
        this.getContentPane().setLayout(borderLayout);

        this.add(centerPanel, BorderLayout.CENTER);
        this.add(southPanel, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
        centerPanel.add(linkesPanel, BorderLayout.WEST);
        FlowLayout flowLayout = new FlowLayout();

        centerPanel.setLayout(flowLayout);
        for (JLabel personLabel : personList) {
            centerPanel.add(personLabel);
        }

        southPanel.setLayout(flowLayout);
        southPanel.add(eingVorname);
        southPanel.add(eingNachname);
    }

    catch (Exception exc) {
        exc.printStackTrace();
        System.exit(0);
        System.out
                .println("Datenbank geöffnet (muss später aber wieder geschlossen werden).");

    }
}

public static void main(String[] args) {
    Datenbank2 javamitdb = new Datenbank2();
    javamitdb.setVisible(true);
}

}
Thank you and have a nice Day.

A: Well use DefaultListModel and its addElement() method in your while loop to add each result, like the following:
listModel = new DefaultListModel();
while (rs.next()) {
        String vorname = rs.getString("Vorname");
        String nachname = rs.getString("Nachname");
        listModel.addElement(vorname + " " + nachname);
        System.out.println(vorname + "  " + nachname);
    }
//then create a list with this model
list = new JList(listModel);

Take a look at How to Use Lists for further information.

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Q: Android shared transition from Fragment to parent Activity how I could do a transition from an ImageView in a Fragment to an ImageView in the parent Activity, where the Fragment is.
Background is, that I have just one Activity in my App and a lot of Fragments. So if I change a Fragment to another then I want a shared transition to the Toolbar which is on the Activity.
How is that behavior possible?


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Suwon Civic Stadium (hangul: 수원종합운동장) är en fotbollsarena i Suwon, Sydkorea. Arenan är hemmaplan för Suwon FC i K League Classic och den tar  åskådare.

Arenan byggdes år 1971 som en friidrottsarena men används idag främst för fotboll. Arenan är en del av Suwon Sports Complex som även har en basebollplan och en inomhusarena för volleyboll och handboll.

Den första professionella fotbollsklubben som flyttade till arenan var Yukong Elephants år 1987 och de använde den som sin hemmaplan fram till 1990. Efter att klubben Suwon Samsung Bluewings bildats 1995 använde de arenan som sin hemmaplan från och med debuten i K League 1996. I samband med Fotbolls-VM 2002 byggdes Suwon World Cup Stadium i samma stad och Bluewings flyttade sin verksamhet dit istället. En helt ny klubb, Suwon FC, bildades 2003 och har sedan dess använt Suwon Civic Stadium som sin hemmaarena.

Arenan har möjlighet att rymma upp mot  åskådare vid behov och spelplanen är omringad av en åtta banor bred löparbana på 400 meter.

Referenser
Suwon Civic Stadium på worldstadiums.com

Externa länkar
Officiell webbplats för Suwon Sports Complex

Sportanläggningar i Sydkorea
Sportanläggningar invigda 1971
Suwon


Established in 2012, V Toria Rhonda Vineyard & Winery is a pioneering family owned and operated winery. We pride ourselves in quality, taste and innovation in product and packaging. Proud to have created the first winery with a vineyard, yes a passion fruit vineyard in the Caribbean.
The property was first established as an Orange Orchard by her grandfather who managed the estate and grew other crops such as cocoa and coffee. Then it was turned into a sugar cane field for a few years and part of this property is currently in the process of being established as the first Vineyard and Winery in Trinidad and Tobago and the Caribbean.
Our packaging can stand up to any international wine bottle with a new innovative cork called "the Zork Closure" and using full bodied shrink sleeve labels, setting our products apart from the other wines as the eye-catching 360 degree graphics creates great consumer appeal. V Toria Rhonda Vineyard & Winery is proud to be the first in the Caribbean region to use The Zork Closures.
Our Love Affair Wine, produced from Sorrel, Concord grapes, and spices; springs a rich colour throughout the wine.
Perception is a sweet medium-bodied style wine produced from Pomegranate, Zinfandel grapes and spices.
Indulge with our new choco postcards that good for more than eating.
Yes, you can post our choco bars, only add a stamp with address.
Perfect keepsake that stands on your desk with memories.
In celebration of Borough Day, First Citizens Bank Point Fortin will be hosting a private event.
Join us at RT Morshead in Tobago and enjoy our unique blend of fruit wines blended with various grape varietals.
Enjoy our unique blend of fruit wines blended with various grape varietals with your friends, family or co-workers. You will learn about out wines, the winery, our upcoming vineyard and have an evening of fun and laughter.


VEHICLES from days gone by will be taking centre stage at Leicester's Abbey Pumping Station later this month.
The museum's annual Urban Steam Festival will bring together vintage vehicles, old road rollers and steam traction engines for a weekend of nostalgia on June 23-24.
The pumping station's magnificent Gimson beam engines will be in steam, its narrow gauge railway will be offering train rides, and visitors will be able to enjoy a bag of chips from a coal-fired 1930s fish and chip van.
There will be live music, demonstrations of rural crafts, and a chance to shop for handmade gifts in the craft tent.
Abbey Pumping Station's Urban Steam Festival takes place on Saturday 23 June and Sunday 24 June.
Opening hours are 1pm to 5pm on the Saturday, and 12noon to 5pm on the Sunday.
Admission is £3.50 for adults, with no charge for children. A small charge will be made for rides on the narrow gauge steam railway.
Refreshments will be available in the café, and picnic tables are provided for visitors who want to bring their own food and drink.


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Synetic's Rock-Infused Take on 'Dorian Gray'
by Charles T. Downey | Saturday, September 28, 2013
Joseph Carlson (Lord Henry), Dallas Tolentino (Dorian Gray), Robert Bowen Smith (Basil), and Ensemble
in The Picture of Dorian Gray, 2013 (photo by Koko Lanham, Synetic Theater)
It has been an Oscar Wilde kind of year, albeit in an unsatisfactory sense. After Theodore Morrison's disappointing new opera Oscar at Santa Fe Opera this summer, Synetic Theater has created a new stage adaptation of Oscar Wilde's novel The Picture of Dorian Gray, which opened on Friday night. Wilde's strength, the one-line zinger, at which he remains almost unparalleled, is happily on display, with most of the book's best aphorisms placed in the dialogue, but this version, overburdened with orgiastic rock ballet sections, lost its luster and turned boring not long into the second half -- oddly, for a company that specializes in physical, fast-paced theater.
Wilde was constrained to soft-pedal the book's examination of homosexual attraction, something that artistic director Paata Tsikurishvili's adaptation may have over-corrected, an example of getting it wrong when trying to make it right. Dallas Tolentino had the right kind of beautiful emptiness as Dorian Gray, doubled by the silent living portrait of Philip Fletcher. Although the concept has interest, the lengthy fights between the two of them (choreographed by Ben Cunis) eventually made Wilde's subtle metaphor for the division of body and soul into something too literal and thus heavy-handed. Joseph Carlson was delightfully wicked as Lord Henry Wotton, with costume and hair designed to make him look exactly like Giovanni Boldini's portrait of Robert de Montesquiou. Lord Henry is a decadent aesthete who gives Dorian a book that teaches him every kind of debauchery, and the offensive book, unnamed, was apparently J.-K. Huysmans's À rebours, whose protagonist is likely based on the real-life Montesquiou.
Jennifer Perry, Synetic Brings Artistry to 'The Picture of Dorian Gray (Broadway World, September 28)
Yvonne French, 'The Picture of Dorian Gray' at Synetic Theater by Yvonne French (D.C. Metro Theater Arts, September 27)
That a lot from the novel had to be omitted is hardly a surprise; it is the additions that one questions. Not least, perhaps looking for a way to include more of the physical action the company is known for, the show includes not one, but two orgy scenes. The latter is added into the events in the opium den and uses flung paint as a metaphor for -- well, let's leave it at that. Between the neon paint, the leather-fetish outfits, and the ear-blasting music, this was much more 90s rave or depraved dance club than the ostensibly still Victorian English setting. If this semi-updating succeeded in making Dorian Gray seem even more trivial and superficial, I am not sure it made him any more sympathetic. The performances are all generally good, with Robert Bowen Smith's Basil Hayward, the artist who paints the fatal portrait, himself a portrait of artistic narcissism. The theme of self-reflection is reinforced in the play's most charming scene, when the cast, watching Sybil Vane's performance, is seated across from the audience, as our reflection. Overall, though, the adaptation did not seem to work, in spite of some impressive staging (set design, heavy on the theme of frames for obvious reasons, by Daniel Pinha) and video effects (multimedia design by Riki K., lighting design by Colin K. Bills).
This production continues through November 3, at Synetic Theater in Crystal City.
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Q: Chartboost Android integration - how to listen for ad loaded I'm now integrating many ad services in my Android app, and it's the time for Chartboost.
I've just integrated AdMob, Ironsource, InMobi, MoPub, Vungle, UnityAds and Facebook, but in the Chartboost getting started guide I noticed a big difference on how to integrate it.
For example all previous services have listeners for ad loaded, started, finished, closed and in case of rewarded video, rewarded.
I don't see any of these listeners on Chartboost.
So how can I listen for ad loaded and rewarded?
I have an Activity only for showing ads, and I choose what service to use in onCreate method.
This is the docs https://answers.chartboost.com/en-us/child_article/android.
Can anyone put an example? Thank you in advance

A: I think you are looking for the delegate callbacks for the Chartboost. Please check the guide here https://answers.chartboost.com/en-us/child_article/android-2


Here is a 3 minute YouTube clip How fiction makes our brains better. It shows how different areas of the brain are influenced by reading fiction.
"Fiction has two uses. Firstly, it's a gateway drug to reading. The drive to know what happens next, to want to turn the page, the need to keep going, even if it's hard, because someone's in trouble and you have to know how it's all going to end … that's a very real drive. And it forces you to learn new words, to think new thoughts, to keep going. To discover that reading per se is pleasurable. Once you learn that, you're on the road to reading everything. And reading is key. There were noises made briefly, a few years ago, about the idea that we were living in a post-literate world, in which the ability to make sense out of written words was somehow redundant, but those days are gone: words are more important than they ever were: we navigate the world with words, and as the world slips onto the web, we need to follow, to communicate and to comprehend what we are reading. People who cannot understand each other cannot exchange ideas, cannot communicate, and translation programs only go so far.
Empathy is a tool for building people into groups, for allowing us to function as more than self-obsessed individuals."
Sorry for the long quote but Gaiman makes the case for fiction so well.
As part of a fortnightly WIRED session students have the opportunity to select and borrow books and then consolidate their reading skills during a sustained silent reading session.
In order to further your son's reading habits and increase his brain power, please encourage him to read regularly as part of his homework regime.


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Summertime, tour time
Growing up, giving back
Stewart Smith, a tour guide with Cambridge Historical Tours, speaks about his favorite campus facts and tour questions. He is pictured in Harvard Square outside the Harvard Lampoon.
Stephanie Mitchell/Harvard Staff Photographer
A guide to the guides of Harvard Square
By Sarah Sweeney Harvard Staff Writer
Date August 20, 2015 January 5, 2018
When most students vacate the University at the end of May, they make room for a new cohort: the tourists!
Summer in Harvard Square is a bustling mix of street musicians, artists, city residents, and visitors from around the globe clamoring to see the famous College. Whether arriving in droves by bus or in small groups stepping off the subway, tourists are everywhere, and here to greet them and show them around campus are tour guides. They are young and old, current Harvard students, alumni, and actors. Some have even "traveled" through time. Curious? So were we.
Here are several of the tour guides manning the front lines of the tourist invasion, with their thoughts on the tour-guide life and the University itself.
Photo by Stephanie Mitchell/Harvard Staff Photographer
Who: Vincent Dixon, Harvard Extension School '75, Ed.M. '77; works for Cambridge Advantage Tours
Resides: Winchester, Mass.
Why tours? After careers in business and politics, Dixon was asked to give tours in his former hometown of Cambridge. "One, giving tours does generate some income," he said, "and two, Harvard is, more than ever, kind of a translation between a world of ignorance and a world of inspiration. I have the opportunity to give people the details that make Harvard what it is, and inspire them."
Favorite spot: The John Harvard Statue. "It's called the 'statue of three lies,' but for a University dedicated to veritas, or truth, I call it 'the statue of three truths.' Those truths are that the man represented is dressed as a minister in the local Calvinist tradition … and President [Drew] Faust dresses in a distinguished black gown at Commencement and other major convocation events; secondly, John Harvard as a Calvinist minister was in an important sense a founder of Massachusetts, a church state; and lastly, 1638 is the first year that degree candidates were admitted — first degrees were granted in 1642."
Fun fact: Dixon has given tours to Kim Campbell, the only female prime minister of Canada, and he continued giving tours through the Occupy Movement: "I negotiated the allowance of tours," he said. "I said, 'Look, I'm a Harvard alumnus. I'm not a threat.'"
Call of duty: Youngsters interested in applying to Harvard often visit three to four years in advance of graduating high school, Dixon said, "and as an alumnus, I have a deep sense of responsibility to represent the University well."
Who: Kara Birkenmayer, Harvard College student; works for the Harvard Information Center
Resides: Cambridge, Mass.
Tour guiding for: A month
Why tours? "Giving tours has always been something that I've wanted to do because I was so terrified of it. Public speaking is one thing when you've got a written-out, prepared speech that you deliver to a panel of judges. But if you're speaking to tourists who are asking questions, where you have to think in the moment, change up a few details here and there, that's different. And I think it's a hugely beneficial life skill, really. I knew it would be a challenge that would be very beneficial."
Favorite spot: Widener Library. "Giving tours has made me appreciate Harvard so much more. When I walk into Memorial Hall and see the expressions on people's faces, and I say, 'Teddy Roosevelt was here'; 'Winston Churchill spoke here'; 'Lady Gaga was here,' it brings home the fact that I am in such a huge, internationally acclaimed institution. And I think that Widener especially epitomizes that. I stun myself every time I say that we have 16.8 million volumes in over 70 libraries. That just absolutely blows my mind. I think it's really incredible. That's why I like Widener."
Common inquiry: "I've been asked a few times: How did I get in? I don't know, nobody knows. It's not as if it's a recipe."
Say what? "I had an entertaining conversation with a little boy who was asking me about the Harvard sports team, what we were called. I said the Harvard Crimson, and that we don't have a proper mascot. He said, 'My dad told me you were the Harvard Snails.' Either that's a really lame joke, or he's ill-informed. But cute, anyway."
Favorite fact: "My favorite fact is one that isn't from the official tour. Around the 1970s, someone tried to steal the Gutenberg Bible from Widener. He managed to get past the alarm systems. He was actually busy exiting, but he was doing so by rope from the roof, and he fell. He fell, and he was found the next morning unconscious. The Bible was in his rucksack. Apparently, the binding was slightly damaged, but it was fine."
Who: Stewart Smith, actor, works for Cambridge Historical Tours, portraying Clement G. Morgan, a son of slaves and a graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Law School, the first African-American to hold degrees from both Schools
Resides: Allston, Mass.
Tour guiding for: "A year and some change."
Why tours? Stewart, who leads tours as Morgan, said: "I get to talk about history with people who actually want to listen to what I have to say."
Common inquiries: "I get a lot of simple inquiries. 'How much is tuition?' 'What is the student population?'"
Favorite stop: The Lampoon Castle, designed to resemble the face of a surprised Soviet guard. "I love that story because it's a great thing to do," said Smith. Additionally, there's the rivalry between the Harvard Lampoon and the Harvard Crimson, with elaborate pranks carried out by the two organizations. Notably, the theft of the building's copper ibis — a gift from former Lampoon writer William Randolph Hearst — which was donated to a representative of the Soviet Union at the United Nations. However, the Lampoon was able to retrieve the bird before it was sent to Russia.
Who: Annie Manhardt, first-year Harvard Law School student; works for the Harvard Information Center
Resides: Newton, Mass.
Why tours? "I wanted to work part-time over the summer and get to know people in the community here. So I looked online and found this job. It's been really good for me to learn about the campus and about the student experience, and get to know people at Harvard. It's helped me get more comfortable, so I'm not as nervous going into the school year."
Favorite tour stop: "Dudley Hall. It's the part of the tour where I talk about Radcliffe College and women's history at the University — how they were integrated, slowly."
Common inquiry: "How do you get into Harvard?"
Weirdest inquiry: "One time someone asked me where the nearest microwave was."
Luke Roberts '16 (from right) works with Fabienne Douyon and Adrianna Brown, both fifth-graders at Benjamin Banneker Charter Public School in Cambridge, as part of PBHA's Cambridge Youth Enrichment Program.


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