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Writing into Art
Posted on March 18, 2013	by Pedalling Poetry
I really enjoyed our first pre-workshop at the Kelvingrove Art Gallery on Saturday for an upcoming conference at the University of Strathclyde on Ekphrasis, which I have been practising for a while without knowing it had a name! The gaps in my knowledge continue to embarrass me, curses of a liberal education…
The conference, Writing into Art, is aimed at poets and writers in general interested in ekphrasis and at visual artists whose work involves the use of text. Poets from the Clydebuilt poetry scheme were invited to attend a practice-based workshop led by American poet Cole Swensen, that will elicit responses to the collections at Kelvingrove Museum and Art Gallery.
Ekphrasis is the graphic, often dramatic, description of a visual work of art. The word comes from the Greek ek – 'out' and phrasis – 'speak', to proclaim or call an inanimate object by name. Originally it referred to a description of any thing, person, or experience. It has more recently (i.e. in the 19th Century!) been limited to visual arts, though the American Poetry Foundation includes "a scene" in its definition, which leads one on to film and performance, as one of my fellow Clydebuilt poets, Christie Williamson, who frequently writes about both of those, pointed out. I also thought of landscape and nature poetry, and of the recent scheme where Clydebuilt poets wrote about music in the Glasgow Jazz Festival.
Little Brother by Norah Neilston Gray
The traditional view of Ekphrasis as the process of giving a voice in text to a "mute" art object, as given in the excellent discussion lead by poet and academic David Kinloch, who is organising the conference, comes up against difficulty in contemporary art which can include performance art, video installations, and the use of voice, music and text in art. The relationship between literature and the visual arts is an interesting one, which I live daily, writing and working at the Glasgow School of Art. The Romantic and Modernist poets made much use of Ekphrasis in that more traditional meaning, as shown in the Guardian's collection of Ekphrastic poetry, which includes "In the Musée des Beaux Arts" by WH Auden, "Landscape with the Fall of Icarus" by William Carlos Williams, and "Ode on a Grecian Urn" by John Keats, to say nothing of Homer's Iliad, which describes the shield of Achilles. But of course both poetry and art have moved on, as is recognised by the conference organisers.
Notwithstanding debate on the meaning of the genre, and how to practice it, David Kinloch moved us on with two excellent examples, one of Ekphrasis and one of almost anti-Ekphrasis, namely A Cornfield with Cypresses by Paul Durcan and Why I am not a Painter by Frank O'Hara respectively. He then directed us at photographs on the table of works of art within Kelvingrove that were chosen by the museum staff. All were of a more traditional nature, as befits a museum built in the 1900s, though ultimately we are not limited to those for a subject. I was amused to be presented with a mirror from the Museum's Mackintosh Collection, designed by Frances Macdonald in 1896, and nicknamed "The Honesty Mirror" trust me to have come from the Art School, keeper of Mackintosh's most famous building and a pretty good collection of our own, to be presented with that. Still, chance sometimes has to be taken on with an open mind, and of course the title alone is evocative, the object is beautiful, and it was intriguing to be handed a photograph of it, which of course, unlike the object itself, did not reflect the poet! Let's see if this poet can keep herself and her reflections out of a work about it.
Mirror, known as the 'Honesty Mirror', c.1896 (tin, wood, & glass), Macdonald, Frances (1874-1921) / Art Gallery and Museum, Kelvingrove, Glasgow, Scotland / The Bridgeman Art Library
We were then guided around some of the other objects, including many beautiful paintings, and Fulton's wonderful orrery, (a three-dimensional model of the solar system designed and built 1823-33), which intriguingly puts scientific objects on a par with art for the purposes of Ekphrasis in this context. Released, it was liberating to roam free around the museum without being lead by my kids' excited magpie minds, and amusing to run across other poets periodically, examining paintings excessivley and giving a nod of recognition across the gallery, like something out of a John le Carré novel. Above all, it was wonderful to meet up again with so many other Clydebuilt poets outside Mirrorball, especially Vicki Husband and Maggie Rabatski from my Clydebuilt 5 crew, and enjoy the kind of opportunities that follow on from this wonderful scheme. I'm very grateful for this opportunity, not least for giving me deadlines and subjects for writing again. Come along to the conference and see the results! http://writingintoart.wordpress.com/
Fulton's Orrery at the Kelvingrove Museum (photo: Glasgow Life)
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Amanda Kelly says:
The honesty mirror is reminds me of my favourite fairy tale illustrator H J Ford. I imagine this mirror fits in perfectly with the snow white's stepmother. Mirror, Mirror on the wall…
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Meet the DJs Pushing the Percolate Sound
Percolate has a very distinctive booking policy; we always endeavour to book headline artists who we think best embody the sound that we love. At grassroots level this sound is championed by our nearest and dearest. These aren't necessarily DJ's you may have heard of, or people that even push themselves as artists – but they personify everything that we're about and play the tunes that we love.
We asked a handful to describe what they look to achieve with their sets, what they think makes the best kind of party to select for, and to share a track that has been doing damage for them recently…
Cassio Kohl
My philosophy behind the decks? Simple – to have fun! When the crowd is having fun then so am I. That's why I DJ and that's why people go out to party.
The party? It's all about the people who attend and the promoters getting it right. Nights who's vision goes beyond the music – those that grow carefully and nurture the atmosphere – those are the best places to go to and the best parties to play at.
A track currently doing the business for me:
Possibly the best record I bought this year – its fresh, timeless, funky, organic, soulful and always makes me smile!
Love Glove
What we look to achieve behind the decks…It really depends on what time we're playing and who's either side of us. We're definitely lovers of the perfect warm up. A good warm up DJ should ease people on to the floor and set the tone of a party. We love to play slow, but equally aren't scared of upping the BPM – and as we spend a lot of time digging for older records it's amazing to see people dance to tracks they may have never heard – just as if they know them. Ultimately it's also about having as much fun as is possible when we're doing it, otherwise what's the point….
Best kinda party to play for…It's all down to having an open minded crowd that want to have fun. We love a crowd that's open to anything. Disco, house, techno, afrobeat!
Also. Effort in terms of the sound, a decent monitor, well looked after turntables, nice security…and everyone's winning.
The tracks:
An amazing slice of upbeat 80s Miami funk/disco. Found this in an old US released compilation and eventually tracked down a copy of the 12″ from a Japanese dealer. It has everything we love in a disco record. Epic strings, stand out bass-slapping and some retro space age build ups. Almost Jackson 5 territory on the vocals as well. Such a feel good record.
We've included this as 3 different people came over to ask what it was at our last party with DJ Rahaan – we played it in a warm up slightly pitched down. It's on the flip to Sanctified on Midland's new label Re-Graded which focuses on sample based disco-tinged house. We've been fans of Midland for a long time and all the releases on this new off-shoot label are great for the dancefloor.
Aroop Roy
Philosophy behind the decks for me…is to make a raw, visceral connection with the crowd through the music; get people into the zone and keep them there.
The best parties to play at…combine two closely related factors: A) Open minded promoters who have an ear for quality and don't only depend on hype, and B) A crowd that trusts the promoters to deliver the goods and comes more for the event, rather than particular bookings.
Track that has been doing some damage recently:
Great edit of this afro funk killer. From the moment the track starts with the syncopated bass, the tension and groove just keep building. Drives people into a frenzy every single time.
My philosophy behind the decks? Anyone that knows me knows that when playing, first and foremost my main objective is to have a party. I'm not one to critique music or DJ styles too heavily and generally just judge things by the vibe in the room and if everyone's having a good time. That for me is why we go to clubs. If the ladies are dancing then I'm happy.
The party? I believe that what goes in to a party is what comes out of it. If there is love, effort and attention to detail then half the battle is already won. All the people desire then is to have even more of a good time! And providing the perfect soundtrack in these situations is A LOT easier.
A track that has been poppin' off for me:
This guy for me can do no wrong. He seems to get better with every release and shows more and more of what he can do. This was the last track on his EP this year on Numbers (which is great), I played it all summer and even still now if the winter vibe is right.
Swoose
What do I set out to achieve with my sets…I do love older music and anything from 1989-1998 are the glory years for me. The amount of quality music that was made then but didnt get a sniff of daylight is incredible. So finding older gems and playing them to a crowd – while mixing it up with more contemporary stuff would be my main idea I guess. I would try and work out what works well with what and deliver it on the night according the the vibe of the party at that given moment.
The party to select for…I love intimate parties most. You go to these parties expecting a good night, both from the audience's point of view and the DJ's. I think you can relay the message a lot easier when there is 200/300 people in a small, sweaty room with a sweet system. Ive been helping throw parties in intimate spaces around London and nothing beats that intimacy. When I played for Percolate at the 3rd birthday it was the same vibe, everyone was there for a good time.
Doing some damage:
Got to be his one recently. My mate actually passed it onto me as he loves his balearic. Perfect for opening a set or even closing. 24 years young!
DJ Caspa
My philosophy…I always try to make my sets clean and tight, with each mix aiming for that perfect execution between tracks. I learn my music inside out before taking to the club, and depending on where I'm playing – try to have the right tracks to suit the atmosphere. You've got to test the crowd to see if they want to go hard, or play it smooth n groovy – it's always down to the room in front of me.
Best kind of party to play…Depends on a lot of things! Mainly the promoters and the crowd of course. I usually think harder about the music I wanna play for big events. That said, having a party with all your friends there can be just as special – I always love playing for an educated crowd or one with open minds!
A track doing the business:
There are a good few tracks that have stayed in my bag through Summer and into the last few events of this year. One that springs to mind has to be a Defected release called Strobe by these two Dutch guys going by ANOTR. This track has always done the business for me wherever I play it! Screaming vocals and an amazing build up perfect for those peak time hours…
Philosophy behind the decks?
F: Our philosophy is to match the set time, time of day, venue style and who is on before/after us to the music. We like a really wide range of music so enjoy playing different kinds of sets as we get to play different music.
K: We want the crowd to have as much fun as possible, most people go to Clubs/ Parties to dance so we do our best to keep the energy up and get them grooving.
What makes a party the best kind of party to select for?
F: A fun crowd. You always buzz of the crowd and if they aren't engaged or up for a party it can be a hard hour or two.
K: It also always helps if a party has a good sound system and the decks are all set up properly, but yeah a good crowd is definitely the most important thing.
A track to has gone off in your sets recently?
Norma Jean Bell – I'm The Baddest Bitch (K+F Bump Edit)
F: The original of this track is awesome but I couldn't find a chunky enough version for our sets so we created our own version which has been going down really nicely.


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Q: How can I improve this exception retry scenario? I have a web service method I am calling which is 3rd party and outside of my domain. For some reason every now and again the web service fails with a gateway timeout. Its intermittent and a call to it directly after a failed attempt can succeed.
Now I am left with a coding dilemma, I have code that should do the trick, but the code looks like amateur hour, as you'll see below.
Is this really bad code, or acceptable given the usage? If its not acceptable, how can I improve it?
Please try hard to keep a straight face while looking at it.
try
{
    MDO = OperationsWebService.MessageDownload(MI);
}
catch
{
    try
    {
        MDO = OperationsWebService.MessageDownload(MI);
    }
    catch
    {
        try
        {
            MDO = OperationsWebService.MessageDownload(MI);
        }
        catch
        {
            try
            {
                MDO = OperationsWebService.MessageDownload(MI);
            }
            catch
            {
                try
                {
                    MDO = OperationsWebService.MessageDownload(MI);
                }
                catch (Exception ex)
                {
                    // 5 retries, ok now log and deal with the error.
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

A: You can do it in a loop.
Exception firstEx = null;
for(int i=0; i<5; i++)
{
    try
    {
        MDO = OperationsWebService.MessageDownload(MI);
        firstEx = null;
        break;
    }
    catch(Exception ex)
    {
        if (firstEx == null)
        {
            firstEx = ex;
        }
        Thread.Sleep(100 * (i + 1));
    }
}
if (firstEx != null)
{
    throw new Exception("WebService call failed after 5 retries.", firstEx);
}

A: Try a loop, with some kind of limit:
int retryCount = 5;
var done = false;
Exception error = null;
while (!done && retryCount > 0)
{
    try
    {
        MDO = OperationsWebService.MessageDownload(MI);
        done = true;
    }
    catch (Exception ex)
    {
        error = ex;
    }
    if (done)
        break;

    retryCount--;
}

A: Here's another way you might try:
// Easier to change if you decide that 5 retries isn't right for you
Exception exceptionKeeper = null;
for (int i = 0; i < MAX_RETRIES; ++i)
{
    try
    {
       MDO = OperationsWebService.MessageDownload(MI);
       break;  // correct point from Joe - thanks.
    }
    catch (Exception ex)
    {
        exceptionKeeper = ex;
        // 5 retries, ok now log and deal with the error.
    }
}

I think it documents the intent better.  It's less code as well; easier to maintain.

A: All of the answers so far assume that the reaction to any exception should be to retry the operation. This is a good assumption right up until it's a false assumption. You could easily be retrying an operation that is damaging your system, all because you didn't check the exception type.
You should almost never use a bare "catch", nor "catch (Exception ex). Catch a more-specific exception - one you know you can safely recover from.

A: You should use recursion (or a loop), and should only retry if you got the error you expected.
For example:
static void TryExecute<TException>(Action method, Func<TException, bool> retryFilter, int maxRetries) where TException : Exception {
    try {
        method();
    } catch(TException ex) {
        if (maxRetries > 0 && retryFilter(ex))
            TryExecute(method, retryFilter, maxRetries - 1);
        else
            throw;
    }
}

EDIT: With a loop:
static void TryExecute<TException>(Action method, Func<TException, bool> retryFilter, int maxRetries) where TException : Exception {
    while (true) {
        try {
            method();
            return;
        } catch(TException ex) {
            if (maxRetries > 0 && retryFilter(ex))
                maxRetries--;
            else
                throw;
        }
    }
}

You can try to prevent future errors in retryFilter, perhaps by Thread.Sleep.
If the last retry fails, this will throw the last exception.

A: Here is some retry logic we are using. We don't do this a lot and I was going to pull it out and document it as our Retry Pattern/Standard. I had to wing it when I first wrote it so I came here to see if I was doing it correctly. Looks like I was. The version below is fully commented. See below that for an uncommented version.
#region Retry logic for SomeWebService.MyMethod
// The following code wraps SomeWebService.MyMethod in retry logic
// in an attempt to account for network failures, timeouts, etc.

// Declare the return object for SomeWebService.MyMethod outside of
// the following for{} and try{} code so that we have it afterwards.
MyMethodResult result = null;

// This logic will attempt to retry the call to SomeWebService.MyMethod
for (int retryAttempt = 1; retryAttempt <= Config.MaxRetryAttempts; retryAttempt++)
{
    try
    {
        result = SomeWebService.MyMethod(myId);

        // If we didn't get an exception, then that (most likely) means that the
        // call was successful so we can break out of the retry logic.
        break;
    }
    catch (Exception ex)
    {
        // Ideally we want to only catch and act on specific
        // exceptions related to the failure. However, in our
        // testing, we found that the exception could be any type
        // (service unavailable, timeout, database failure, etc.)
        // and attempting to trap every exception that was retryable
        // was burdensome. It was easier to just retry everything
        // regardless of the cause of the exception. YMMV. Do what is
        // appropriate for your scenario.

        // Need to check to see if there will be another retry attempt allowed.
        if (retryAttempt < Config.MaxRetryAttempts)
        {
            // Log that we are re-trying
            Logger.LogEvent(string.Format("Retry attempt #{0} for SomeWebService.MyMethod({1})", retryAttempt, myId);

            // Put the thread to sleep. Rather than using a straight time value for each
            // iteration, we are going to multiply the sleep time by how many times we
            // have currently tried to call the method. This will allow for an easy way to
            // cover a broader range of time without having to use higher retry counts or timeouts.
            // For example, if MaxRetryAttempts = 10 and RetrySleepSeconds = 60, the coverage will
            // be as follows:
            // - Retry #1 - Sleep for 1 minute
            // - Retry #2 - Sleep for 2 minutes (covering three minutes total)
            // - Retry #10 - Sleep for 10 minutes (and will have covered almost an hour of downtime)
            Thread.Sleep(retryAttempt * Config.RetrySleepSeconds * 1000);
        }
        else
        {
            // If we made it here, we have tried to call the method several
            // times without any luck. Time to give up and move on.

            // Moving on could either mean:
            // A) Logging the exception and moving on to the next item.
            Logger.LogError(string.Format("Max Retry Attempts Exceeded for SomeWebService.MyMethod({0})", MyId), ex);
            // B) Throwing the exception for the program to deal with.
            throw new Exception(string.Format("Max Retry Attempts Exceeded for SomeWebService.MyMethod({0})", myId), ex);
            // Or both. Your code, your call.
        }
    }
}
#endregion

I like Samuel Neff's example of using an exception variable to see if it completely failed or not. That would have made some of the evaluations in my logic a little simpler. I could go either way. Not sure that either way has a significant advantage over the other. However, at this point in time, I'm not going to change how we do it. The important thing is to document what you are doing and why so that some idiot doesn't come through behind you and muck with everything.
Just for kicks though, to get a better idea if the code is any shorter or cleaner one way or the other, I pulled out all the comments. They came out exactly the same number of lines. I went ahead and compiled the two versions and ran them through Reflector Code Metrics and got the following:
Metric: Inside-Catch / Outside-For
CodeSize: 197 / 185
CyclomaticComplexity: 3 / 3
Instructions: 79 / 80
Locals: 6 / 7

Final exception logic inside the catch (22 lines):
MyMethodResult result = null;
for (int retryAttempt = 1; retryAttempt <= Config.MaxRetryAttempts; retryAttempt++)
{
    try
    {
        result = SomeWebService.MyMethod(myId);
        break;
    }
    catch (Exception ex)
    {
        if (retryAttempt < Config.MaxRetryAttempts)
        {
            Logger.LogEvent(string.Format("Retry attempt #{0} for SomeWebService.MyMethod({1})", retryAttempt, myId);
            Thread.Sleep(retryAttempt * Config.RetrySleepSeconds * 1000);
        }
        else
        {
            Logger.LogError(string.Format("Max Retry Attempts Exceeded for SomeWebService.MyMethod({0})", MyId), ex);
            throw new Exception(string.Format("Max Retry Attempts Exceeded for SomeWebService.MyMethod({0})", myId), ex);
        }
    }
}

Final exception logic after the for-loop (22 lines):
MyMethodResult result = null;
Exception retryException = null;
for (int retryAttempt = 1; retryAttempt <= Config.MaxRetryAttempts; retryAttempt++)
{
    try
    {
        result = SomeWebService.MyMethod(myId);
        retryException = null;
        break;
    }
    catch (Exception ex)
    {
        retryException = ex;
        Logger.LogEvent(string.Format("Retry attempt #{0} for SomeWebService.MyMethod({1})", retryAttempt, myId);
        Thread.Sleep(retryAttempt * Config.RetrySleepSeconds * 1000);
    }
}
if (retryException != null)
{
    Logger.LogError(string.Format("Max Retry Attempts Exceeded for SomeWebService.MyMethod({0})", MyId), ex);
    throw new Exception(string.Format("Max Retry Attempts Exceeded for SomeWebService.MyMethod({0})", myId), ex);
}

A: I'm using the following generic method for a retry scenario. I especially want to draw attention to the PreserveStackTrace method which helps to preserve the full call stack trace, because (as I learned the hard way) neither throw or throw ex yields the complete call stack trace information.
public static void RetryBeforeThrow<T>(Action action, int retries, int timeout) where T : Exception
{
    int tries = 1;

    do
    {
        try
        {
            action();
            return;
        }
        catch (T ex)
        {
            if (retries <= 0)
            {
                PreserveStackTrace(ex);
                throw;
            }

            Thread.Sleep(timeout);
        }
    }
    while (tries++ < retries);
}

/// <summary>
/// Sets a flag on an <see cref="T:System.Exception"/> so that all the stack trace information is preserved
/// when the exception is re-thrown.
/// </summary>
/// <remarks>This is useful because "throw" removes information, such as the original stack frame.</remarks>
/// <see href="http://weblogs.asp.net/fmarguerie/archive/2008/01/02/rethrowing-exceptions-and-preserving-the-full-call-stack-trace.aspx"/>
public static void PreserveStackTrace(Exception ex)
{
    MethodInfo preserveStackTrace = typeof(Exception).GetMethod("InternalPreserveStackTrace", BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.NonPublic);
    preserveStackTrace.Invoke(ex, null);
}

A: int cnt=0;
bool cont = true;
while (cont)
{
     try
     {
         MDO = OperationsWebService.MessageDownload(MI);
         cont = false;
     }
     catch (Exception ex)
     {
         ++cnt;
         if (cnt == 5)
         {
             // 5 retries, ok now log and deal with the error.
            cont = false;
         }
     }
}

UPDATED : Fixed code based on comments.

A: As everyone else has pointed out the correct approach is to wrap your try/catch inside some loop with a MAX_RETRY of some sort.
You might also consider adding a timeout between each loop iteration. Otherwise you're likely to burn through your retry counter before the transient issue has had a chance to resolve itself.

A: It seems you have the answers you need, but I thought I'd post this link, What is an Action Policy?, that I found to provide a much more elegant solution. Lokad has some rather labyrinthine implementations, but the guy's logic is pretty solid, and the end code you'd end up writing is pretty and simple.

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Logging changes a Killer
Details of proposed new logging rules for public lands (known as IFOAs, Integrated Forestry Operations Approvals) obtained by the North East Forest Alliance (NEFA) and the North Coast Environment Council (NCEC), show the intent is to convert much of the north coast's public forests into 'quasi-plantations', reduce buffers on vital headwater streams and remove protections from most threatened animals and plants.
"We are calling on the Minister for the Environment, Gabrielle Upton, to honour the Government's promise that there will be 'no erosion of environmental values' by urgently intervening to stop the Forestry Corporation and the so-called Environment Protection Authority (EPA) doing a deal which will slash protections for streams and hundreds of plant and animal species, including the koala" NCEC vice-president Susie Russell said.
"It is clear from the documents that the EPA have basically allowed the Forestry Corporation to write their own rules. We don't comprehend how a body responsible for protecting threatened species can consider that it is acceptable to remove requirements to look before logging and to remove and reduce needed protections for hundreds of threatened species" NEFA spokesperson Dailan Pugh said.
Endangered Fleay's Barred Frog currently requires pre-logging surveys and exclusion zones to be created around records, under the proposed rules it will lose all protection and existing exclusion areas will be opened up for logging.
"Protection of buffers on our headwater streams is vital for the health of our rivers and fish. It is grossly irresponsible for the EPA to allow headwater buffers to be reduced from a measly 10 metres to just 5 metres when the scientific evidence is that they should be 30 metres.
"The proposed changes remove the need to look for and protect most threatened plants and animals. Only 14 animal species and populations are to retain their current species-specific protection, 23 are to have their protection removed and 26 are to have their protection significantly reduced.
"Rather than being routine, pre-logging surveys will only be required for 17 threatened plant species at specific localities. Only 77 species and populations of threatened plants will retain their current protections, 326 are to lose all their current protections and 32 species will have their protections significantly reduced.
"It is the height of irresponsibility to open up existing exclusion areas established around records of threatened species for logging. For example not only will the Forestry Corporation no longer be required to undertake scat surveys to identify Koala High Use Areas, but all those identified over the past 20 years will now be able to be logged" Mr. Pugh said.
"The proposal involves the intensification of logging throughout coastal forests. The intent is to retain the Eden alternate coupe clearfelling regime and expand it to a new 140,000 ha North Coast Intensive Zone, where alternative coupes of 50-80ha are clearfelled at 5-10 year intervals" Ms Russell said.
"In a meeting we had with the EPA board the head of the EPA, Barry Buffier, described the North Coast Intensive Zone as creating 'quasi-plantations'. It is astounding that the EPA can condone removing environmental protections to allow thousands of hectares of complex native forests to be converted to simple quasi-plantations dominated by the logging industry's preferred timber species. There is plenty of cleared land where plantations can be established.
"Since 2013 the succession of Environment Ministers, Robyn Parker, Rob Stokes and Mark Speakman, have all assured conservation groups that the new logging rules would result in 'no erosion of environmental values'. It is now apparent that the EPA never intended to honour this promise.
"We are asking the current Environment Minister, Gabrielle Upton, to ensure that there is a genuine independent review of the proposed logging regimes, riparian protections and threatened species provisions, tasked with satisfying her predecessor's promises that there will be no erosion of environmental values.
"Such a review must be undertaken by the best independent experts, without foresters, in an open and transparent process" Ms Russell said.
Further information is available at: http://www.nefa.org.au/.
The ABC have run an initial story: http://ab.co/2syCEEy
Endangered Narrow-leaved Melichrus is only known from Gibberagee State Forest, it currently requires pre-logging surveys and 50m exclusion zones around records, under the proposed rules it will lose all protection and 80ha excluded for this species in current logging in Gibberagee SF will be opened up for logging.
John Button commented 2017-06-08 17:32:18 +1000
Living in Europe, I feel so sad at the silence of the forests, the poverty of species, of animal, bird, plant, insect; life. Australia is so blessed with all those things, yet the governments seeks to remove the flimsy protection in place? Defies belief to know of such attitudes. Please protect the unique qualities of Australia; treasure what we have, that most others don't. Don't trash it


community. Highway cleanups, working on Habitat Houses, and putting together campus-wide events are just a few things that are a part of SAE's community Service. Members also host a dodgeball tournament that benefits the Palmer Home for children. Last year, the members of Sigma Alpha Epsilon hosted a showing of Darius Goes West. Darius and his whole crew came to the showing and spoke to the audience afterwords. In the following weeks, members wrote hand written lettesr to each chapter of SAE encouraging them to host a showing of their own. For more information on Darius Goes West visit the website here.
The following is a Blog Post made by Darius and his crew.
In the final stretch of our first three-week stint on the road, Darius and crew went to Starkville, Mississippi, for a screening organized by Reid Stribling, Justin Bell, Taylor Butler, the SAE fraternity, CAB, and the general Greek community at Mississippi State University.
The hospitality was incredible! When we pulled into town, Reid met up with us and took us to a great restaurant for a late dinner. At the restaurant, we got to hang out with some super-models pictured above.
The screening took place the next day at the venerable Lee Hall Theater, shown here in the background.
After lunch at a Mississippi State dining hall, our hosts took us on a brief tour of campus.
Then we got to eat at Mug Shots, a Starkville institution. Sam Montgomery, the manager at Mug Shots, gave us a free meal before the show, and afterwards he opened up the downstairs bar exclusively for Darius, the crew, and our new MSU friends. You can tell the food's great because in the picture, for the first time on the trip, no one is talking. Thanks, Sam!
The screening itself was HUGE!
Because of great organizing from Reid, Justin, Taylor, Dejanae Banks (CAB), and others, volunteer ushers actually had to turn away more than two hundred people! We're sorry that so many folks didn't get a chance to see the film, but it's a testament to MSU's community organizing capabilities. Plus, a lot of the folks who couldn't come in bought DVDs, so they'll still be able to enjoy Darius Goes West.
The 1,100-capacity theater overflowed with viewers. Some people even chose to stand in the back and watch!
Here, Taylor Butler introduces the film to the largest Darius Goes West audience ever!
You can't even see Darius entering the arena through the thunderous ovation he received after the film.
Everyone stuck around for a marathon Q & A, in which Darius was asked if he was single more than once.
Here's a picture of the crowd giving Darius and the gang one last standing ovation at the end of the question-and-answer –from the second balcony! What a great venue and a great audience!
At the end of the night, Darius said that Starkville definitely stood out as one of his very favorite screenings. It couldn't have happened without help from folks like Reid (in the plaid shirt to the right of Darius), Justin Bell in Goslabi green (bottom left), Georgia Wise, the SAE house Mom (purchaser of TWO miniature RVs!), and the rest of the guys from SAE fraternity. CAB, MSU's Campus Activities Board, was also instrumental in organizing this incredibly successful event.
Thank you so much, Bulldogs!


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The Art of Her Deal: The Untold Story of Melania Trump, by Mary Jordan
From the outside, Melania Trump looks like a woman in over her tastefully balayaged head. At public events, she rarely speaks, but assumes the rictus smolder — like a model who has just spotted a lion over the photographer's shoulder — that inspired a thousand #freemelania signs.
A new, scrupulously reported biography by Washington Post reporter Mary Jordan counters this perception, arguing that the first lady is not a pawn but a player, an accessory in the second as much as the first sense, and a woman able to get what she wants from one of the most powerful and transparently vain men in the world. The book is called The Art of Her Deal.
For this book, Jordan interviewed more than a hundred people, including Melania's Slovenian childhood acquaintances, staff members at Donald Trump's properties, players in the New York and Paris modeling world, and one-time Trump insiders like Chris Christie, Roger Stone and Anthony Scaramucci. She also spoke briefly to the first lady herself in the course of her reporting on the 2016 election. The result is a convincing case that those "who dismiss her as nothing more than an accessory do not understand her or her influence."
Make no mistake: Beauty is the first line in the job description. As Women's Wear Daily reported, Melania was asked in 2005 whether she would be with Donald Trump if he were not rich. "If I weren't beautiful," she replied, "do you think he'd be with me?" That stinging, cynical answer seemed to capture the essence of their exchange: money for beauty, beauty for money.
But in the years since, Melania has had to offer much more than her looks: She has endured a presidential campaign, the humiliations of Stormy Daniels and the Access Hollywood tape, and the daily demands of life in the White House.
Throughout these trials, Jordan characterizes Melania as a canny operator who believed "she had more to gain by standing by her husband than walking away." Jordan writes that after Trump was accused of infidelity and assault, Melania used the fact that he needed her public loyalty and presence in Washington to negotiate a better prenuptial agreement. Melania referred to this process as "taking care of Barron." Jordan reports that she was worried that their son Barron would not be treated as well as Trump's other children. (As Jordan points out, this was perhaps for good reason — Trump has at least once seemed to forget Barron was his, saying of Melania at a 2019 press briefing, "She's got a son.")
Melania has also influenced key policy decisions, mostly having to do with children: She pushed back against child separation at the border and advocated for harsher rules about marketing e-cigarettes to minors.
In the course of her reporting, Jordan finds that Donald Trump is not the only mythmaker in the family. She investigates, for instance, Melania's suggestion that she speaks — in addition to English and Slovenian — French, Italian and German. Jordan concludes that, like Melania's claim to have graduated from university in Slovenia, that section of her CV is likely fabricated or at least seriously exaggerated.
But The Art of Her Dealoffers few scoops in the conventional sense; its major contribution is merely the insistence that Melania is a real person with complicated motivations. This point should be obvious: Isn't everybody, in and out of the White House, complex, striving, conflicted, out for something? The flattening effect of political discourse, the special insipidity of the first lady role, and Melania's own particular remoteness have allowed us either to forget that she has an inner life, or to imagine her as an elegant prisoner.
Women in public life, from Hillary Clinton to Princess Diana, have a way of crystallizing attitudes about women more broadly. Melania speaks rarely and haltingly, and her face expresses emotion only through the narrowing and widening of flame-blue eyes. When she speaks, the planes of her face remain utterly undisturbed. Because of this ruthless blankness, she is better suited than almost any other woman in public to be a projecting screen. Which makes it worth asking: What is it in us that prefers a captive to a collaborator?
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# Award emoji

> - [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-foss/-/merge_requests/1825) in GitLab 8.2.
> - GitLab 9.0 [introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-foss/-/merge_requests/9570) the usage of native emoji if the platform
>   supports them and falls back to images or CSS sprites. This change greatly
>   improved award emoji performance overall.

When you're collaborating online, you get fewer opportunities for high-fives
and thumbs-ups. Emoji can be awarded to [issues](project/issues/index.md), [merge requests](project/merge_requests/index.md),
[snippets](snippets.md), and anywhere you can have a thread.

![Award emoji](img/award_emoji_select.png)

Award emoji make it much easier to give and receive feedback without a long
comment thread.

For information on the relevant API, see [Award Emoji API](../api/award_emoji.md).

## Sort issues and merge requests on vote count

> [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-foss/-/merge_requests/2781) in GitLab 8.5.

You can quickly sort issues and merge requests by the number of votes they
have received. The sort options can be found in the dropdown menu as "Most
popular" and "Least popular".

![Votes sort options](img/award_emoji_votes_sort_options.png)

The total number of votes is not summed up. An issue with 18 upvotes and 5
downvotes is considered more popular than an issue with 17 upvotes and no
downvotes.

## Award emoji for comments

> [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-foss/-/merge_requests/4291) in GitLab 8.9.

Award emoji can also be applied to individual comments when you want to
celebrate an accomplishment or agree with an opinion.

To:

- Add an award emoji, click the smile in the top right of the comment and pick an emoji from the dropdown.
- Remove an award emoji, click the emoji again and the vote will be removed.

![Picking an emoji for a comment](img/award_emoji_comment_picker.png)

![An award emoji has been applied to a comment](img/award_emoji_comment_awarded.png)

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Q: In Deathly Hallows, why did they have to wear Slytherin's locket? Obviously, heavy spoilers for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, do not read if you don't want to be spoiled.
So they find the locket horcrux, and before they figure out how to destroy it, they decide to take turns wearing it. Why on Earth would they do that?
We know (and they quickly figure out) what influence it can have on one's mood, and it eventually leads Ron to give up and abandon Harry and Hermione. Hermione, on the other hand, has a wonderful bag that can take whatever you put in it. Why not just put the Horcrux in the bag? Do we have any information in canon that indicates the Horcrux would have still had such an impact on Hermione's mind?
It seems a pretty suicidal behavior to me to wear a Horcrux which basically makes you weaker, especially if you're on a path to destroy such Horcrux.
ETA
While there are good answers, I feel like I cannot accept one of them yet due to Anthony Grist's first comment to this answer which seem very relevant:
The main thing that bothered me about the whole thing is that Harry has an entirely secure bag hanging around his neck at that point. There's no way he could have forgotten about it since it would have been right there when he hung the locket around his neck too.

A: They didn't want to leave it lying around, in case it got lost or stolen.

'Hm,' said Hermione, looking down at the heavy locket. 'Well, maybe we
ought not to wear it. We can just keep it in the tent.'
'We are not leaving that Horcrux lying around,' Harry stated firmly.
'If we lose it, if it gets stolen –'
'Oh, all right, all right,' said Hermione, and she placed it around
her own neck and tucked it out of sight down the front of her shirt.
'But we'll take turns wearing it, so nobody keeps it on too long.'
'Great,' said Ron irritably, 'and now we've sorted that out, can we
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You may wish to note that despite a wide array of extremely potent and clever spells being used, Harry and crew are able to locate the hidden Horcruxes with relative ease, with the final Horcrux (Nagini) being the hardest to destroy simply because it's with Voldemort at all times.

A: In universe:
Harry (and later when Hermione and Ron took their turns) put it on because that was the safest place to keep it.  As Harry said (page 276 of Scholastic paperback):

"Keep it safe till we work out how to destroy it," Harry replied, and, little though he wanted to, he hung the chain around his own neck,"

My guess is that Harry felt that keeping it anywhere else, even in Hermione's bag, was too big a risk.  Keeping it around one of their necks meant that any situation that needed running or apparating would keep the locket with one of them and not left at the campsite, etc.
Out of universe:
JK Rowling probably needed it to negatively affect Harry, and then Ron, during the trio's journey.

A: The logic of not putting the locket in the bag (plot points aside) is that the bag and thus everything in it could be lost or stolen, which would increase the probability of the locket being lost as well.
Actually wearing the locket minimizes that potential and ensures that they are constantly aware of its location. If it were in the bag there would be an air of uncertainty, though the assumption would be that it is secure. Finally, if for any reason they had to abandon their belongings, as in they were separated from them and couldn't go back, they would still have the locket.

A: The locket was capable of influencing its wearer's thoughts, making them paranoid and possessive.  It was able to influence people to a lesser extent even when they weren't wearing it, as shown when Ron attempts to destroy it.  It's likely that the locket clouded their judgement and prevented them from realizing they could keep it someplace other than around their necks.

A: Well, they wouldn't be able to use Hermiones bag due to the Horcruxes being protected from the Accio command, as just reaching in for small items was proved to be impossible (When harry was looking for the potion).
It also would remove a large chunk of "plot" as it doesn't make for very good storytelling if they just shove the necklace of douche-baggery in a handy compartment. It adds to the drama and changes the dynamic of the group.
Also they did not want to lose it, so the logical answer for them was to wear it.

A: Honestly, Harry was wearing a huge, secure rucksack that he could but the locket in.
On the other hand, He might think it could get lost in 'Hermione Granger's' beaded bag since in the book it said:
"She gave the fragile-looking bag a little shake and it echoed like a cargo hold as a number of heavy objects rolled around inside it."

A: I think the horcruxes are immune to  the accio spell, because it's an obvious one to use if you are looking for a horcrux, ie, just go somewhere and yell accio horcrux. It would be ridiculously easy then to find it. When Harry tries to recover the goblet in the vault, he yells accio to the goblet but it did not work. Also to the sword in the lake. This spell makes it just too easy to acquire things of immense value. So I do not believe they would have been able to access the locket from the bag with an accio type spell.


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This time we are talking with Denise Bailey. For the last 20 years she has been a firefighter in San Francisco and she has seen it all. We are going to talk about trust and being part of a team where you have to go to the extreme on a daily basis. How to have confidence in yourself and your gear. We will also discuss how she deals with stress, death and emotional health.
Denise has been a firefighter in San Francisco for over 20 years now. She has seen it all and if she hasn't, she has talked about it with her brotherhood. When she is talking about her colleagues, she refers to them as brothers, sisters or brotherhood. This is because you literally live in a house together when you are on call and you become so close with each other. It's like a normal household which you stay at for a minimum of 24 hours and everybody has their own tasks. You live with individuals that can have very different opinions sometimes. But no matter the differences, the moment that call comes in, everybody gets up. Because at the end of the day, they all share the same core value: "We are here to help."
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For years she took her body for granted but then she realized she had to fight to keep herself healthy. Not just her physical health but also her mental health. She had a traumatic childhood and became suicidal. Her work as a firefighter was a daily trigger for her PTDS. She went to see a psychiatrist and had several treatments. By doing this she learned to listen more carefully to her own voice and body. This was the beginning of a new journey for Denise. When at work, she would say to people; "We are here to help you, we got you". Now she could finally own it and be there for herself.
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Becoming a Digital Nomad is all about following what your heart tells you to do, and leaping into the unknown. Well, at least that is what most people seem to think, but we cannot claim that statement is absolutely true. Even though you need to have an adventurous spirit, you will also need to think some things through, and one of the most important issues are your banking options.
This is not a sponsored article, and all of the information you will get from here are our opinions and feedback from people in the digital nomad community.
Also, it relates to Americans only, so please notice it might not be the same for individuals of different nationalities.
With that taken care of, let's now focus on the good stuff. One of the first things we would advise you to do is to divide your money into separate accounts. One should be the savings account, checking account which you will use for ATM withdrawals and the one which will serve as your primary credit card. You will find your best options in the article below.
There are so many banks that offer pretty much the same deals, so how can you select the right one? While they might look roughly the same on the surface, once you go deeper into the matter, you will find out that Ally Bank is perhaps your best choice. What are your requirements here? Strong rates, excellent customer service, innovative way of doing business? Ally Bank checks out all of these boxes. They offer a solid 1% interest rate, and there is no minimum deposit required to open account. Some other banks might offer slightly better rates, but as far as the full package goes, Ally Bank should be near the very top of the list.
Barclays Online Savings Account often gets ignored, which is surprising, because they offer some terrific deals. With no monthly maintenance costs, no minimum balance requirements and excellent support center, it's hard to find the flaw in their system. Furthermore, with only a 1.00% APY and rates which are far superior compared to other banks, it's a pure miracle how more nomads aren't inclined to join Barclays.
Unlike the savings account, which is your long-term option, the checking account will serve as your wallet. We all have those tiny daily expenses, but when you find yourself in a foreign country, the last thing you would want to happen is to be stuck with a card that has an ATM fee. Even though it might not seem substantial, trust me when I say, these expenses can creep up out of nowhere. That is why it is crucial to make the right choice when it comes to your checking account, and the best possible option out there has to be Charles Schwab. Why? Let these bullet points provide the answer.
Wire transfers are also completely free of charge with almost every major bank in the world.
No ATM fees what so ever. Don't worry if you see that the ATM still charged you a fee. At the end of the month Charles Schwab will reimburse all your expenses.
Opening up a bank account is fairly simple, without the need to actually physically show up at one of their branches.
Naturally, not everything can be perfect, and just for the sakes of objectivity, let's also point out some not-so-ideal traits of Charles Schwab. Unlike some other banks, they only offer passwords of up to 8 characters maximum, which is kinda weird, especially considering the fact that it's only possible to use letters and numbers, without special characters. Furthermore, in case you're just opening a checking account for the first time, know that it comes tied to Schwab One brokerage account. The good news is that this doesn't add any additional costs and that you're not obliged to use this service in the future.
Other than that, they also have a solid base of satisfied clients, which is a testimony to their greatness. Look no further, you've got your answer right here.
Still, just in case you aren't impressed with what the Charles Schwab has to offer, we will also provide you with an alternative. Although it's relatively young, Simple has already raised a few eyebrows with their unique business plan. Because we live in a digital era, this bank doesn't even have a physical headquarters; everything remains online. However, with no annual fees, nor minimum balance requirements, we believe you won't have a problem with that. Whether you choose to go through the mobile app or computer, you will get push notifications each time your balance changes. The innovative programs within the app allow you to set a budget, which they called Safe-to-spend, with the rest of the cash being stashed away for bills and other expenses. It's definitely a smart idea which can save you a ton of money in the process. Simple does not charge any ATM fees on their part, and also has over 50,000 fee-free ATMs around the world where it's possible to avoid any extra charges. Don't know about you, but that sounds like a mighty fine offering to me.
While you're traveling, you will also have some bigger expenses. No matter if we're talking about plane tickets, a certain gadget, or a field trip, all of these things cost money, but did you know that you can be rewarded even for spending? Well, you probably did, but everything is different when you find yourself in a foreign country. What would be the best credit card for a Digital Nomad? Our advice would be to get the Capital One Quicksilver. The annual fee is set at $0, and it also offers free international transactions. As with many competitors, this card also offers a one-time $100 bonus after you record $500 of spending in the first 3 months. Oh yeah, did we forget to mention that it also offers 1.5% cash back on every purchase? Best of all, the cash back is unlimited. Even more impressive is the fact that these awards don't have an expiration date, and it's possible to redeem your cash back anytime you so desire. What's not to like?
The perfect alternative can be found with Chase Saphire Preffered credit card. The annual fee is free of charge for the first year, and after that period, it's set at $95. However, frequent travelers will appreciate the bonus points which this card offers in abundance. One of the main selling points is certainly a no transaction fee policy, with excellent travel support available 24/7. In case you spend over $4,000 in the first three months, you'll get $625 back through the awesome Chase Ultimate Rewards! Additionally, you'll also earn 2X more points for money spent at restaurants and cafes. It certainly seems that this card is tailor made for a nomadic lifestyle.
At first look, this move seems awfully complicated, but fortunately, there are lots of options out there to help us with this transition. Among similar services, TransferWise stands out as probably the best option. We won't go into details here because that would take ages, but trust me, this option can save you a ton of money. For a fee of only .05% per transaction, they offer better terms than pretty much any forex deal out there. Feel free to visit their website for further information.
These options are truly the best ones currently available, and thousands of people will confirm our story. Just one more tip before the end: Try not to carry all of your cards with you in your wallet, as it raises chances of losing all of them at the same time. There's no need to explain why you wouldn't want this to happen. Have a safe trip and good luck!


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Geghark'unik'  () es una de las diez provincias (marz) de Armenia, situada en el este del país, junto a la frontera con Azerbaiyán. La mayoría de su superficie (5348 km²) está ocupada por el lago Sevan, la mayor atracción turística de la región. La capital provincial es la ciudad de Gavar, de unos 25.000 habitantes; la población total del marz es de 235.600 habitantes (2013).

El territorio de Geghark'unik' incluye el exclave de Artsvashen, situado dentro del territorio azerí, y controlado en la actualidad por este mismo país.

Geografía

La provincia de Gegharkunik está situada en el este de Armenia. Tiene frontera por su parte oriental con los distritos o rayones de Dashkasan y Gadabay, de Azerbaiyán, y con la región de Shahumyan, de la República de Nagorno Karabaj.

Gegharkunik tiene un paisaje montañoso, dominado por las montañas Geghama (3597 m), al oeste, Vardenis (3.521m), al sur, y Miapor, al norte, que se une mediante una cadena de tresmiles (Karaarchac, 3063 m), al este, con la sierra de Murovdag, en Azerbaiyán. Todas estas montañas rodean, en la parte central de la provincia, al lago Sevan, que se halla a una altitud de poco más de 1900 m y tiene una superficie de 1260 km², el 23,5% de la provincia.

El clima es frío y nivoso en invierno, con un verano cálido y húmedo. Las precipitaciones son de 500 a 600 mm en las zonas inferiores a 2000 m y cerca de 1000 mm en las alturas.

La única salida del lago se encuentra en el extremo noroeste, en la ciudad de Seva, donde nace el río Hrazdan, en cuyo descenso de mil metros hasta Ereván se ha instalado el Complejo en cascada Sevan–Hrazdan, siete centrales hidroeléctricas alimentadas con el agua del lago Sevan. La primera de ellas, apenas salir del lago, consiste en una presa que reconduce el agua del río Hrazdan al interior de la montaña. Sevan HPP, nombre de la central, se encuentra a 100 m bajo la superficie, y posee dos turbinas que producen 24 MW. La siguiente, Hrazdan HPP, se encuentra en la provincia de Kotayk.

Cultura

Fortalezas y yacimientos arqueológicos

 Petroglifos del monte Azhdahak: Un gran número de petroglifos prehistóricos encontrados en los alrededores del monte Azhdahak.
 Fortaleza ciclópea de Lchashen, desde el IV milenio a. C. hasta .
 Antiguo observatorio astronómico de  Sevsar, en la vertiente occidental del monte Sevsar, III-I milenio a. C., cerca del lago Sevan.
 Fortaleza de Berdkunk, del I milenio a.C.
 Fortaleza y yacimiento arqueológico de Odzaberd, también conocido como Teyseba, del periodo de Urartu,
 Cementerio de Noraduz, del , con un gran número de jachkares

Iglesias y monasterios

 Monasterio de Shoghagavank, del , en ruinas, dedicado a san Pedro, al oeste de Dzoragyugh.
 Iglesia de San Tadevos, iglesia apostólica de San Judas Tadeo, en Ddmashen, del
 Monasterio de Hatsarat, del , cerca de Gavar
 Complejo monástico de Sevanavank, del
 Monasterio de Hayravank, del , en Hayravank, cerca de Gavar
 Complejo monástico de Makenyats Vank, del
 Monasterio de Kotavank, de la Santa Madre de Dios, del
 Iglesia de Surp Hovhannes, iglesia de San Juan, en Tsaghkashen,
 Monasterio de Vanevan, de 903

Véase también
 Organización territorial de Armenia.

Referencias

Enlaces externos

 Sitio web oficial.
 Guía de viaje por Geghark'unik' en Armeniapedia.org

Provincia de Gegharkunik

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Troy Douglas gets Ajax to sprint
AFC Ajax has added Troy Douglas to its technical team. Troy is an Olympic sprinter from Bermuda who is studying the Master in Coaching at the Johan Cruyff Institute, and whose style of coaching conforms to the principles of performance coaching
We coaches really need this program". With this conviction, Troy Douglas defines his experience on the Master in Coaching at the Johan Cruyff Institute. The charismatic sprinter from Bermuda, which he represented at three Olympic Games before acquiring Dutch nationality and representing The Netherlands at his fourth Games, is part of the AFC Ajax staff. He works there as a performance coach, a new challenging role for him.
"When I came back to the Netherlands after being a sprint coach in Bermuda, I really couldn't say no to this incredible opportunity. I was also curious what this position would mean for my personal development and what I could learn from Ajax, because I always want to keep developing myself, even though I'm 54 years old. My goal is that Ajax brings out the best in me, so that I can bring out the best in Ajax. At the moment, I think I've really found my dream job", Troy says.
Troy Douglas on the track
He is convinced that track and field is the mother of all sports. "That's why I can see the whole athlete", he explains. "Where people only see speed, I can see technique and a stiffness in the hips. I understand what speed means and how more speed can be brought into football. That's why Ajax thought I was the right man for this position".
At the beginning, Troy had not only to adapt to a sport that is practiced as a team, but also to one that is completely different to the one that was his specialty. And the Master in Coaching is helping him to make that change. "I had to get used to the tough football culture and the pressure of performing every week. People really underestimate how rough the football world is. As a famous athlete, I also have a certain responsibility, which adds an extra pressure. But I like it though, because it helps me to improve my performance".
"The content of the Master in Coaching is completely new in the world of coaching. Now I see things in a wider and bigger perspective, which makes me more capable of taking bigger risks"
"At the moment, I'm studying the Master in Coaching at the Johan Cruyff Institute, and since starting the program I have begun to see everything differently. Now I see things in a wider and bigger perspective, which makes me more capable of taking bigger risks", says Troy. "The content of the program is completely new in the world of coaching. We are preparing to lead a new coaching generation, and I am convinced that this kind of program will become compulsory for every coach in the next 20 years. The confrontations and the challenges it offers you is beautiful. I'm a better coach if I know who I am and what I am capable of".
MASTER IN
Coaching Amsterdam (English edition)
The Master in Coaching is developed for everybody who seeks self-knowledge and self-development with the aim to improve oneself as a (sport) coach and/or manager. This 7 month program is based on the vision of Johan Cruyff in which sport coaching is more than using tactical and technical knowledge. It is about yourself, the players & staff, the team and the environment. We believe that you can only coach others if you know how to coach yourself.
Coaching is more than the use of tactical and technical knowledge as per Johan Cruyff's vision. Coaching is about managing oneself, the players & staff, the team and the environment. Each participant's personal background is the base for their further development and better understanding of themselves as a coach and/or manager.
The sport industry has had a growing impact on the global economy over the last 20 years with investment in public infrastructure, mobilizing resources and creating new professions and jobs. Today it is one of the professional sectors with the most economic momentum, creating opportunities for many people who aspire to a future in the world of sports. Sports Management is a field of education concerning the business aspects of sports.
In markets that are becoming increasingly more competitive, sport marketing and sponsorship have become high impact areas for business success. Consequently, there is a growing demand for trained specialists in the whole sports marketing cycle, both in sports companies as well as in sports foundations, associations, federations and organizations.
Football is undoubtedly the most powerful and most popular sport in the world, linking communities, stirring emotions and breaking down cultural barriers. Football has also become one of the most profitable industries, with a significant economic impact in infrastructure development, sponsorships, TV rights and transfers of players.
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A Message to our Community About our Community: A Time for Action
It has always been our goal to create, out of our summer meetings, a community that nourishes and supports a diversity of writers and poets at all stages of their development. We are a seasonal gathering, each member belonging to other home communities, aligned with other institutions. There, many of us are deeply engaged in the classrooms, streets, community centers, the halls of government and, of course, as we are writers, on the page.
Part of our mission has been to erase obstacles for emerging writers of color to attend a workshop such as ours. We are proud of the wide range of voices and stories which populate our alumni pages.
We have always felt that what we were doing addressed the multicultural life of this country in deep ways and we have reason to be proud of the stories, poems, essays, and films that have been produced over fifty years by the staff and participants in this community, including work by some of our most gifted Asian-American, Black, Latinx, disabled and LGBTQ+ writers.
This last painful year has made it clear that what we have been doing has not been enough. New behaviors require new visions.
Our Board of Directors and leadership has been taking a deep look at our policies and practices, formal and informal, in order to strengthen these efforts. This process has been humbling, enlightening, and has revealed that we still have a way to go.
We want to give you an update on our anti-racist goals, to tell you what we have accomplished, and what we continue to work on.
Our Board of Directors continues the important work of giving diverse leaders representation and leadership roles on our Board of Directors. Our literary committee continues to identify and seek to hire more diverse staff writers, agents and editors, and to increase our outreach and scholarships to attract more writers from underrepresented communities.
We changed the name of our workshop by dropping the long-used common place name. We recognize this name has been a painful and derogatory legacy which has been disrespectful to the Native American community and goes against everything we stand for. We will now be known as the Community of Writers. We are pleased to report that the resort where we have our workshops announced this fall that they will also be dropping that name from their organization and marketing materials. For now, we will call the place Olympic Valley or just the Valley.
Through consultations with the Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California Historic Preservation Office and Cultural Resources Office, we have developed a Native American Land-Use Statement. In addition, we are writing a brief History of the Valley to educate our visitors about the indigenous Americans who lived and found a living here in the Valley.
We are deeply committed to building new, and sustaining current, essential partnerships which will help us reach deeper into underserved communities to find poets and writers with voices that contribute to the diversification of the country's narrative. We continue to work to establish and nourish a wide-range of scholarships.
We are developing materials for participants, as well as training staff on sensitivity, inclusion, and other issues, including best practices for workshop leaders.
We are developing policies to assist participants at the workshop to report negative experiences in real-time. Participants are encouraged to use several available ways to give us feedback. We are also developing policies for dealing with those issues as they arise. We want to listen, in order to make our workshops fruitful, enjoyable and safe for all our participants. We know these mechanisms can't solve every issue that arises, but they will help us learn how to make these issues less likely.
We will continue to do what we have done that has worked – raise funds to support writers of color, and work to further diversify our board and staff. We will continue to listen, and keep learning and adapting to make the workshop experience positive, fruitful and inclusive for all our participants.
—The Community of Writers


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Minnesota Board of Animal Health appoints new executive director
The six-member Minnesota Board of Animal Health has named Dr. Marion Garcia as its new executive director and state veterinarian. The Board selected Dr. Garcia to succeed Dr. Beth Thompson, who left the agency in May of this year and served the agency since 2016. Dr. Linda Glaser served in the interim while the Board went through the hiring process. Dr. Garcia will officially start at the end of September.
Dr. Garcia has been a livestock veterinarian in the poultry industry for more than 20 years. She worked for a commercial poultry operation in veterinary school and continued in the industry until accepting her new position with the Board. Prior to veterinary school, she served as a member of the U.S. Army and U.S. Army Reserve until retiring from service in 2020. Dr. Garcia also holds a Master of Veterinary Public Health and Epidemiology and is board certified by the American College of Veterinary Preventive Medicine. She is active in the National Poultry Improvement Plan and was recently elected to represent the Midwest at the national meeting.
"I'm excited to be joining the team at the Board of Animal Health. I have practiced in Minnesota for several years and have a high respect for the state's producers and industry," said State Veterinarian and Executive Director, Dr. Marion Garcia. "I look forward to working with the talented staff at the Board, our partner agencies at the State of Minnesota, and serving the people of this great state."
Dr. Garcia is the tenth executive director to hold the position in the Board's 119-year history. Executive directors are appointed annually by the Board members unless a vacancy occurs, and the position needs to be filled mid-term. For details about other news and events at the Board of Animal Health, visit www.bah.state.mn.us.
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