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The Panoptes Project by Laurent Grasso
From October 4 to December 9 at Olivier Malingue in London will take place the Panoptes Project by french artist Laurent Grasso.
By Carmen Mc Intosh	@CrayMc	 Oct 10, 2017
Project for Studies into the Past, Oil and palladium leaf on wood, Courtesy of the artist and Olivier Malingue Gallery © Laurent Grasso ADAGP, Paris, 2016
Based on the myth of Argos Panoptes, a giant covered with a miriad of eyes, the exhibition The Panoptes Project by Laurent Grasso at Olivier Malingue in London is a turbine of artworks that gazes at the visitors with all their creepy eyes. The exhibition highlights Grasso's long-standing interest for the Foucauldian surveillance gaze with Visibility is a Trap (2012), as well as systems for astrological observation, like Specola Vaticana (2014) or the entoptic vision with Vertigo (2007).
Laurent Grasso has decided for this exhibition to put historical pieces by Max Ernst, René Magritte, Francis Picabia, and Odilon Redon among his new and old artworks in a very blury manner. The visitors are trapped in a juxtaposition of eyes that can be connected to the free association of Surrealism, creating a distorted atmosphere through the disturbing presence of inquisitive eyes all around the visitors.
Grasso has already combined historical pieces, especially Surrealists, with his works in other occasions, in this case he creates a path between the concept of seeing with scientific Renaissance treatises about the eye's anatomy, Surrealist approaches to vision as spirituality, and materialist conceptions of the eye as a physical, concrete organ.
The opening in October 2017 will coincide with the gallery's first participation in international art fair Frieze Masters. The fair will take place in Regent's Park and will feature great masters and art galleries, and Frieze Masters Talks featuring Marina Abramović and Lynda Benglis.
Laurent Grasso lives and works between Paris and New York. His exhibitions include: at Palais Fesch-Musée
des Beaux-Arts, Ajaccio; Fondation d'entreprise Hermès, Tokyo; Jeu de Paume, Paris; Museum of Contemporary Art, Montreal; Kunsthaus Baselland, Basel; Bass Museum, Miami; The Black Box Theatre of the Hirshhorn Museum, Washington, D.C; Centre Pompidou and Palais de Tokyo, Paris. His work has been selected for group exhibitions including at Des Moines Art Center, Iowa; MASS MoCA, Massachusetts; Pompidou-Metz, Metz, as well as international biennials, like Gwangju Biennale, South Korea (2012); Manifesta 8, Carthagene and Murcie, Spain (2010); the 9th Sharjah Biennial, United Arab Emirates (2009); the Moscow Biennale, Moscow, Russia (2009) and Busan Biennale, South Korea (2006 and 2004).
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Words are so powerful, aren't they? We have to be very careful how we use words because once something has been said, or a letter or e-mail has been written, those words can't be unsaid and they can't be unwritten. The words we say and the words we write have created a world of their own; a world we may be pleased to have created or a world we might regret creating.
Words create worlds – a truth that is testified to right from the beginning of the Bible because when we go back to Genesis 1 we read the words, "And God said, 'Let there be light'", "And God said, 'Let there be vegetation'", "And God said, 'Let there be human beings'" - and each time he said a word, a world was created.
We create worlds through our words.
It was Rudyard Kipling who said that: "Words are the most powerful drug used by mankind". And he was right. We can do anything with words: we can encourage people, we can destroy people, we can support people, we can lead people in the wrong direction, we can encourage people, or we can undermine people, we can express our love to others or we can reveal something more ugly in our hearts.
Words are at the very heart of our relationship with other people. We rely on words to express ourselves and to receive from other people. Almost everything we do and everything we are revolves around words.
And because words are so vital to our existence, it's perhaps not surprising that, in this passage from John's Gospel, Jesus is called 'the Word of God'. It is through Jesus, the Word of God that God speaks to us and creates a world of beauty, a world of salvation and truth.
It's through Jesus, that illegitimate, refugee Jew, that frail, vulnerable baby born in a manger in Bethlehem, that misunderstood prophet, that most despised of men who ended up hanging on a cross - it's through this Jesus that we are able to enjoy a created world in which we can have a relationship with God.
Without Jesus – the Word of God - the world of salvation and justice and truth simply would not exist.
If we want to make sense of our world, our lives, if we want to make sense of our hopes and joys, if we want to make sense of our disappointments and sufferings, we need to go back 2000 years to that stable in Bethlehem where the Word became a human being and dwelt among us.
I remember quite a few years ago, in a different lifetime, when I worked for Waitrose as a Warehouse Manager and we got a new Marketing Director in the company. He was the type of guy who was at the top of the tree, the sort you wouldn't expect to see from one year to the next. Well, this Director had different ideas. He wanted to spend time finding out how the company really worked so instead of spending all his time at Head Office and talking to the 'men in suits', he went out to the shops and spent time talking to the shop-floor workers and the warehousemen, and the weekend staff to find out what was really going on. We were all really surprised that he would want to get to know people like us but we were really grateful for his efforts and we had a lot of respect for him.
Sometimes, when it comes to our image of God, we might think of him as really distant and aloof. We may have an idea of a God who keeps his distance, who never wants to get involved too much, but would rather organise his universe from a distance. Not a Personal God but some sort of cosmic force – out there – who is to be feared or ignored.
But the truth is very different - and that truth is what the Christmas story is all about. Because the story of Bethlehem is the story of a God who wants to get to know us in a personal way and wants to have a loving relationship with each one of us. As that passage from John's Gospel says: "The Word became flesh and dwelt among us". The Christmas Story is Good News for all of us - the Good News that God loves us and wants to share our lives.
None of us have earned the right to be loved by God: all of us do things wrong and let him down, let ourselves down and let others down. But that is the miracle of Christmas. That is the mystery and depth of the Christian message: that God loves us enough to have been born into humiliating circumstances in a stable in Bethlehem; that God loves us enough to have died on a Cross for us so we might enjoy fullness of life; that God loves us enough to come to us today – even this morning – despite our shortcomings and accept us as his children.
"The Word became flesh and dwelt among us" - because God has something to communicate to us: his unending love.
For most of us, Christmas is a time to look forward to - a time to be with relatives and friends, a time when we open presents, a time for good food and lots of drink.
But there are many people here in Enfield who have been dreading Christmas. People who may have no relatives, people for whom Christmas is a reminder of the pain of grief and sense of loss they feel for those who have died, people who realise that this may be their last Christmas. For still others, this year there may be the threat of redundancy hanging over their heads or the anxiety of wondering where the next mortgage payment will come from.
It is likely that there are people here in this Church this morning who do not feel the joy of last year's Christmas.
But it is to such as us for whom the Christmas message is particularly important. Because the God who came in human form to Bethlehem 2000 years ago came with a purpose: to comfort the lonely, to bind up the broken-hearted, and to bring peace to the fearful and the anxious.
As we come to worship here this morning, the potential is there for us to meet with Jesus in a special way. We can allow God to heal us of the hurts and the pain and the fear and disappointment that so many of us carry. We can allow the God who loves us to comfort us in our troubles, whatever they may be.
"The Word became flesh and dwelt among us". Because our God wants a relationship with us. Because our God wants to comfort those in need.
When we think about Christmas, we tend to have images of 'Away in a manger' and scenes of the Baby Jesus being held by a serene Blessed Virgin Mary. And, in a sense, that is part of Christmas - but a little bit 'picture-postcard' to be too close to the reality. Because there is a real challenge to each one us in the Christmas story too.
Through the Christmas story, God challenges each one of us to give our lives over to him and allow him to be our Lord and Saviour. That baby who was born in a manger 2000 years ago, that man Jesus who died on the Cross, that Word of God who was raised from the dead three days later, is alive and with us this morning by his Holy Spirit. And just as he came to live amongst us 2000 years ago, so by his Spirit he joins us today and challenges us to let him into our lives to give our lives over to him so that we might live for him.
And if we are prepared to do that, so our lives can be transformed. Those without hope can find hope for the future. Those who are sad can receive joy. Those who are sick can receive healing.
Christmas is a time of peace and joy - but it's also a time of challenge. A challenge to find new life in the loving arms of the God who became a human being in Bethlehem all those years ago.
Words create worlds. Words that you and I have spoken or have written have created worlds. At this time of peace and goodwill, it is good for us to reflect on the worlds our words have created and either celebrate them or do what we can to make them right.
But we do not lose sight, this Christmas time, of the world that God has created for us through Jesus: the Word made flesh. A world of positive relationship, a world of comfort, a world of justice and peace and truth.
"The Word became flesh and dwelt among us" A world has been created - and each one of us is invited to participate fully in God's world of love.


COLUMBIA – The armed guard who fatally shot Anthony Warren on New Year's Day failed his firearms test four times before obtaining his license, according to CPD records.
A wrongful death suit filed in the shooting at a Columbia Waffle House names Robert Moses as the security guard who killed Anthony Warren. Also named is security firm Signal 88.
Court documents identified the guard as R.M. The documents said the guard felt threatened by a crowd with Warren in it. That crowd had gathered after two other men had an argument and struggled over a gun that went off.
To become an armed guard in the city of Columbia, one must submit an application and pass a written exam and shooting test. The standards are determined by the police chief.
CPD records indicate Moses passed the written test with a score of 76 percent, and the shooting test with a .45-caliber Springfield XD handgun.
He failed the shooting test four times in a row with a 9mm SCCY CPX-1 handgun prior to passing, according to the records. CPD does not have records for the year 2016. Records from 2017 and 2018 do not indicate Moses' application was approved by CPD.
Records indicate Moses last applied for his armed guard license — which are good for one year — on Nov. 21, 2017. License records provided for previous years do not list Moses, though CPD is missing some records from 2016.
Warren's family attorney, Julia Bonham, said they are suing for a very specific purpose.
"We want to make sure Anthony's kids and his family are taken care of now that a father was taken away and can't support them," she said.
There are 26 "active" armed guards in the city of Columbia. KOMU-8 contacted the city's Business License Administration. Records show Moses first applied for his license in April 2017, and renewed it in November 2017.
KOMU-8 also reached out to Signal 88, and they were unable to comment at this time.


I am totally against new parking (on or off street) in Brainerd, Baxter, and most other places.
I went to school in another district when younger so all Lincoln School in Brainerd looks like to me is a building that is blighted, poor accessibility, and too expensive to maintain. I use to go there to vote, but the building isn't even suitable for that, elections were moved away years ago. It definitely isn't suitable for housing, from what I learned as a former Brainerd housing commissioner (unless torn down and new housing built in place).
Recently there has been many articles dehumanizing patients and people deemed with mental illness, over acceptance of bad science, and overlooking the rights of everyone.
Brainerd/Baxter currently has at least 3 locked medical facilities. One on state ave in Brainerd and one in Baxter on Grand Oaks run by the State of Minnesota.
The other is at Essentia Health St Joseph's Medical Center in Brainerd.
Cars on the way to be parked in the grass were going through and damaging the North Star Apartments lower parking lot curb even though there was still room in the lot below it.
Looked like not very many from the audience car pooled or walked(other than from where they had parked).
A teacher speaking repeatedly used a word that I've personally worked at not using and that I've told students not to use.
The attorney Ryan has discriminated against people that have a disability and discriminates against people receiving public assistance (which is sometimes forced on people that have a disability) bringing forward civil court cases. Now he is being greedy making the crow wing county board change its budget.
Since I took on a 2nd job I don't always have a camera on me, so I thought I would attempt to say what I seen in words. My dad would sometimes tease about bringing a canoe on a bike. A couple of Weeks ago (Wednesday November 2 2016) I seen a man on a bicycle with a trailer that had a canoe full of packs on the sidewalk going past the courthouse in Brainerd.
My way of fixing a chair.
The before pic is the chair's non broken twin.
The clear green chair is the after almost completed.
I think the Crow Wing County board has made a mistake to get rid of elected offices. The offices now appointed will be the auditor and treasurer.
The auditor handles the elections, and now won't even be elected.
I don't think it matters that they are not "policy makers". The role of these offices is very important to our democracy especially since the auditor handles the voting.
If they want to save money they could turn off the fake bells or save money by using sprinkler system less or by saving energy other ways.


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Heather Sweetser 2022 ACTFL National Language Teacher of the Year
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2022 ACTFL National Language Teacher of the Year Announced
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 19, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- ACTFL is pleased to announce the 2022 National Language Teacher of the Year has been awarded to Heather Sweetser, an Arabic instructor at the University of New Mexico (UNM), and a regional finalist representing the Southwest Conference on Language Teaching (SWCOLT). The award presentation was held during the Opening General Session of the 2021 Virtual ACTFL Convention & World Languages Expo on Friday, November 19.
Heather Sweetser, Arabic instructor from New Mexico has been named the 2022 ACTFL National Language Teacher of the Year
Heather Sweetser holds an MA in Arabic, and earned summa cum laude BAs in Arabic, Islamic Studies, and International Studies, all from The Ohio State University. Sweetser has also served as a Lead Instructor for the UNM STARTALK program since 2015, helping heritage speakers work toward state certification. She received the 2020 Innovation in Language Program Direction Award: Online Teaching from the American Association of University Supervisors, Coordinators, and Directors of Language Programs (AAUSC), and was UNM Lecturer of the Year for 2019-2020 In 2020 she was named Teacher of the Year by both the New Mexico Organization of Language Educators (NMOLE), and SWCOLT.
The award for the ACTFL National Language Teacher of the Year elevates the status of the language teaching profession at the state, regional, and national levels by creating opportunities for recognizing the most accomplished members of the profession. The Teacher of the Year becomes a spokesperson for the language profession to increase the visibility of the importance of learning languages and cultures to the general public.
"Congratulations to Heather Sweetser on being named the 2022 ACTFL National Language Teacher of the Year," said Howie Berman, ACTFL Executive Director. "I applaud her tireless dedication and innovative approaches to language education throughout her career. I look forward to collaborating with her next year as she assumes the important role of ACTFL Teacher of the Year at a critical point for the profession."
Learn more about the ACTFL Teacher of the Year Program.
The other four finalists for the annual ACTFL National Language Teacher of the Year Award representing the other geographic regions of the U.S. were:
Jaime Basham, Lander Valley High School, Lander, WY; Pacific Northwest Council for Languages (PNCFL)
Theresa Jensen, Millard North High School, Omaha, NE; Central States Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (CSCTFL)
Ashley Warren, West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District, West Windsor Township, NJ: Northeast Conference on Teaching of Foreign Languages (NECTFL)
Jenniffer Whyte, The Donoho School, Anniston, AL; Southern Conference on Language Teaching (SCOLT)
About ACTFL:
Providing vision, leadership and support for quality teaching and learning of languages, ACTFL is an individual membership organization of more than 13,000 language educators and administrators from elementary through graduate education, as well as government and industry. Since its founding in 1967, ACTFL has become synonymous with innovation, quality, and reliability in meeting the changing needs of language educators and their learners. It is where the world's educators, businesses, and government agencies go to advance the practice of language learning.
ACTFL's work as a trusted, independent center of excellence empowers educators to prepare learners for success in a 21st century global society; helps government agencies build language capacity in the U.S. and abroad; and connects businesses with the resources and relationships they need to succeed.
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Well Keith is at it again, digging up the yard. That man seriously can not sit idle. Whereas that is an attribute I favor it's just often too much to handle at times. Mostly because I am unprepared for his very GRAND plans. Generally come Saturday I am looking forward to having no work to do. Though I have come to understand that while I am busy all day he sits around doing office work and is eager to be active on the weekend. Since we are the reverse I have to rally and be ready to roll with all these plans. He has been talking about creating a tree circle in the back corner of the backyard. So talk turned to action quite suddenly. On Saturday after lunch he decided to proceed with the project. We drove to select the center piece, the crape myrtle, and the accents boxwood and lavender. He marked out the circle digging a small edging to begin his tilling.
The success of this project rests on another separate project also on his list of GRAND plans. We have been wanting to install a flagstone patio between our house and garage since the first month we moved here. It's a poorly used area not fit for much and as he deems it a lousy chunk of grass he has to mow. What grass does grow is trampled as we walk from our drive to the back door. For me it's the only spot for an old English patio garden I find so appealing. Just like every project this one is going to be rather intensive and laborious. The first step was completed earlier this year and turned out great. I just didn't expect to move forward with the patio part this year figuring we'd wait until next year for more digging. Nope. No waiting. He needs a source of excess dirt to raise up the tree circle and this is the only reasonable source to extract the amount he needs to complete his plan. Before he began tilling up the patio area to produce his dirt I suggested that he not waste all that grass. There is a line along our driveway of weedy crabgrass that he killed with some sort of weed killer product. For over a week it has been a brown awful color that constantly reminds me of illness. I find it disturbing to look out the window and see such dead awfulness in sea of growth. Reluctantly he harvested the sod which he had hoped to till into the dirt. He dug up the dead weedy grass and replaced it with the healthy sod. Once all the sod was set he began tilling the dirt to build his tree circle. This man loves to till. He wasn't able to get much more done since the day was coming to an end. Sunday was where the action took place. While I was volunteering at the library he managed to complete the tree circle. The remainder of the day was spent tilling and removing dirt for laying the patio. All the extra dirt was moved to the backyard to build up a berm for blueberry bushes. Occasionally our yard gets a spring flood, well, actually it's the result of runoff. Anyhow every spring after a heavy rain there is a huge rush of water that flows downhill through the back most portion of our backyard. Anything in its way is run over and often washed away. By building a berm like structure we hope this will keep the blueberries from being damaged after the rains.
This tilling and moving of dirt will take several weekends. There's so much to grade and then the whole problem of how to figure out the drainage will certainly keep us busy. By the end of October I hope it is complete. I doubt I'll be able to neglect helping for the next few weekends which means I'm going to be dreadfully beat for the next month. By now we've become quite skilled at setting patios it's just a huge task filled with a lot of "man-hauling" as Keith puts it. Regardless of the name you give it, the task is still huge and time consuming. I keep reminding myself that by "man-hauling" our own patio we're saving $10K. I just hope my body can keep up with the labor. That reminds me I think adding another mile to my daily walk is necessary for the endurance I'll need to maintain pace with this incredible "man-hauling" project.
Here's the circle complete. He does nice work eh?
It does look great. Just be careful. If either of you are injured it will cut into the savings. Is there a gym (or gym access) at Keith's firm? Eric's been playing squash at lunch.


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Molly E. Briles has been hired as a magistrate judge to Vanderburgh Superior Court.
Vanderburgh Superior Court adds magistrate judge to help with heavy caseload Molly E. Briles has been hired as a magistrate judge to Vanderburgh Superior Court. Check out this story on courierpress.com: https://www.courierpress.com/story/news/local/2019/05/31/magistrate-judge-added-help-vanderburgh-superior-court-caseload/1299045001/
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Mark Wilson, Evansville Courier & Press Published 12:24 p.m. CT May 31, 2019 | Updated 12:31 p.m. CT May 31, 2019
Vanderburgh County Superior Court Magistrate Molly Briles (Photo: provided)
EVANSVILLE, Ind. — Molly E. Briles has been hired as a magistrate judge to Vanderburgh Superior Court.
She will bolster the court's seven elected judges and five other magistrate judges, hired to assist with the court's heavy caseload.
Briles has been an associate attorney with the law firm of Ziemer, Staymen, Weitzel, Shoulders, where she practiced family law, mediation, civil litigation and appellate advocacy.
In addition, she has been a guardian ad litem representing children's interests in family law matters. She is active with the Evansville Bar Association's Access to Justice Committee and is a member of the Board of Directors of the Parenting Time Center, and has been awarded for her efforts implementing a local pro bono attorney referral program to represent victims of domestic violence during protective order hearings. She graduated from the University of Southern Indiana in 2007 and in 2012 received her law degree from the Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law.
In April, Governor Eric Holcomb signed a bill allowing the judges of Vanderburgh Superior Court and Vanderburgh Circuit Court to appoint a new magistrate to each court.
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Workers with Feller Towing & Recovery and MCF Construction remove debris as they work to remove one of the two vehicles that have hit a historic home at 414 S.E. Riverside in the last few days, Wednesday, May 29, 2019. MIKE LAWRENCE / COURIER & PRESS, Mike Lawrence
Workers with Feller Towing & Recovery and MCF Construction work to remove the two vehicles that have hit a historic home at 414 S.E. Riverside in the last few days, Wednesday, May 29, 2019. MIKE LAWRENCE / COURIER & PRESS, Mike Lawrence
Workers with Feller Towing & Recovery work to remove one of the two vehicles that have hit a historic home at 414 S.E. Riverside in the last few days, Wednesday, May 29, 2019. MIKE LAWRENCE / COURIER & PRESS, Mike Lawrence
Home owner Josh Tudela, left, looks over damage to a home he owns after two vehicles hit the historic structure at 414 S.E. Riverside in the last few days, Wednesday, May 29, 2019. MIKE LAWRENCE / COURIER & PRESS
Workers with Feller Towing & Recovery and MCF Construction work to remove the two vehicles that have hit a historic home at 414 S.E. Riverside in the last few days, Wednesday, May 29, 2019. MIKE LAWRENCE / COURIER & PRESS
The front of the second vehicle that crashed into the historic home at 414 S.E. Riverside, Wednesday morning, May 29, 2019. MIKE LAWRENCE / COURIER & PRESS, Mike Lawrence
Workers with Feller Towing & Recovery work to remove the two vehicles that have hit a historic home at 414 S.E. Riverside in the last few days, Wednesday, May 29, 2019. MIKE LAWRENCE / COURIER & PRESS
Workers with MCF Construction work to cover damage after remove two vehicles have hit the historic home at 414 S.E. Riverside in the last few days, Wednesday, May 29, 2019. MIKE LAWRENCE / COURIER & PRESS, Mike Lawrence
A second vehicle hit a historic home along the 400 block of SE Riverside Drive in Downtown Evansville, early Wednesday morning, May 29, 2019. The SUV rammed into the white truck that was still left on the scene after hitting the house last Saturday, May 25. SAM OWENS/ COURIER & PRESS
A second car hit a historic Downtown Evansville home was hit by a car a second time. Nancy Drake
Neighbors and bystanders view the damage to a home under renovation at 414 S.E. Riverside after a truck hit the home around midnight Friday night. MIKE LAWRENCE / COURIER & PRESS
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Syndicate's cooperative missions will come with some particularly challenging difficulty settings.
In an interview with Eurogamer, Starbreeze's lead co-op programmer Lars Magnus Lang discussed the challenges his team has faced in designing Syndicate's four-player cooperative mode, and the fear they've made the game way, way too hard.
"If you try to play it as a shooter straight on it will be really hard," Lars explained. "[Players will] need to take a different approach from other shooters where you try to really cooperate and heal and revive each other, almost like an MMO experience."
As it stands, Syndicate's cooperative mode doesn't offer any kind of "Easy" setting. Instead the game uses a three-star system, with one star being the standard "Normal" difficulty and three stars proving to be the most challenging. Through QA testing, however, Lars stated Starbreeze found the standard difficulty doesn't provide much of an obstacle once players started coming up with effective team-based tactics or have picked up enough of the game mechanics from the single-player campaign.
"If you already played it and you're really good at it, you can just run through the maps with other good players," Lars said. "But then we have scripted it differently on the different difficulties, so you will encounter more interesting enemies and have some special events... We have mercenary events and more mini-bosses - a lot more mini-bosses - on three stars, for example."
Lars also noted that Starbreeze believes players will have to dedicate over 50 hours in order to unlock everything in the game, and play through an estimated "80 to 100 missions" successfully to reach 100% completion.
Syndicate is scheduled to hack its way onto PCs, the Xbox 360 and PS3 on February 21st in North America and Feb 24th in Europe.


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Man in 70s leaves woman 'terrified' after breaking into her home and making comments of 'sexual nature'
Tuesday January 31, 2017, 11:22 AM
A woman was left 'terrified' after a man in his 70s broke into a woman's home and made sexual comments only leaving when she threatened to call the police.
The woman was in her bedroom and when she turned around she saw a man standing in the doorway.
He told her that he had been watching her and then said something which police describe as "inappropriate".
The woman told the man to leave and said she was calling the police. He then left the house.
This was a terrifying ordeal for the victim who feared for her safety, and was left extremely shaken by her encounter with this stranger who gained entry to her home.
DC James Bray, Bexleyheath Police
It happened on August 22 in Page Crescent, Erith and police want any other potential victims to come forward.
The man is described as white, with short grey hair, slim build and about 6ft 1ins tall.
He was wearing a plain white t-shirt and light jeans on the day in question.


There is currently a statewide outbreak of syphilis in Arizona, a bacterial infection that is usually spread by sexual contact.
Medical providers are seeing the largest increase of syphilis cases in women and newborns. A pregnant woman can pass syphilis to her unborn child, which is called congenital syphilis.
In a follow-up on a report in early October, Arizona state health officials report the number of congenital syphilis cases, or syphilis cases in babies has risen to 45 as of today.
Of this total, eight baby deaths have been reported.
Since January 2015, the monthly average of syphilis cases in women have increased by more than 250 percent, with 637 cases reported year-to-date.
Arizona Department of Health recommends pregnant women discuss their risk with a health care provider and get tested. Getting timely testing and treatment can reduce negative health outcomes for mother and baby.
The increase in congenital syphilis in Arizona started in 2014 and was essentially ignored by the Arizona Department of Health Services until now. The increase in congenital syphilis in Arizona occurs in the context of overall increases in rates of syphilis and other STDs in Arizona. The increase is not limited to Arizona. The traditional public health approach to outbreaks of syphilis (and other sexually transmitted diseases) is contact tracing. The belief that making people aware of the symptoms of syphilis and discussions about the risk of syphilis between women and their physicians will address the problem of syphilis shows a shameful lack of understanding of the fundamental principles of public health.


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The Second Stage of Trauma Recovery: Remembrance and Mourning
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If you have not read our article overviewing all three stages of trauma recovery, you can find it here. We have also posted a more in depth article on the first stage of recovery, Establishing Safety, and you can find that here. Both are helpful reads in preparation for the following article which will focus on the second stage of recovery, Remembrance and Mourning. Below is a segment (with some minor edits) from The Stages of Trauma Recovery which provides a general review of what occurs within this second stage.
In the second stage of trauma recovery, survivors may begin to tell the story of their trauma. Survivors choose when they are ready for this step (remember, empowerment and control are key to recovery) as it usually involves recalling the trauma in detail to a mental health provider. Within the safety of the therapeutic alliance, survivors share their trauma and their emotional responses to their trauma. This process can be very intense and at times, terrifying, but it is important to process the trauma in order to move on to the next stage. However, given the delicate nature of this step, safety has to be maintained and if things begin to feel extremely unsafe again, it might be necessary to shift back into stage one. Recovery is NOT linear. Once the challenging work of sharing the trauma has happened, there may be a process of grief and mourning. Survivors often have to mourn the many things, people, and experiences they have lost. Ultimately, this grief and mourning leads to acceptance and in many ways, liberation.
How does trauma processing work?
Through trauma processing, survivors are meant to explore their trauma in as much detail as possible. Though group work can be crucial to the healing process and is a core part of the treatment process at Sanctuary, survivors do not share the details of their trauma with other survivors. Because these details might be triggering and harmful for other survivors to hear, this step happens individually with a therapist. A therapist might ask the survivor to write out a narrative account of their trauma followed by clarifying questions so that there can be a clear understanding of what happened. These methods, and the process of working through the survivor's emotional response to the trauma are part of a specific type of therapy called Cognitive Processing Therapy or CPT. Though these steps may be taken using other modalities as well.
Facing the reality of the trauma can be extremely difficult and it is normal for survivors to go back and forth on some of the details while they are reconstructing the events of their trauma. Dr. Judith Herman, from whose work much of this information is drawn, acknowledges that "acceptance of the full reality seems beyond what any human being can bear." For this reason, all involved with the healing process must get comfortable with uncertainty — it may take time to work through all the facts of the trauma and still there may be gaps in memory and pieces of the story that will never be recovered.
Guilt and shame usually also come up during trauma processing. The survivor may reflect on the narrative and feel "stuck" in the belief that they are to blame for what happened to them. These are challenging and painful feelings to work through but they must be addressed so that ultimately the survivor can come to a place of acceptance that they were not responsible for, nor deserving of, their trauma. Addressing these so-called "stuck points" is another aspect of CPT — and part of the work that happens at Sanctuary.
Mourning what has been lost.
Dr. Herman describes the inevitable "descent into grief" that comes with trauma processing as something that is "dreaded." Once grief is let into the room, it often feels like it is taking up all the space. As anyone who has ever experienced bereavement can attest, there is often a feeling that the grief will never end once it has started; it can feel suffocating. Survivors may be grieving the loss of a safe and happy childhood, the ability to trust others, comfort with intimacy — these are things they did not choose to lose but rather things that were taken from them. Some of these losses are things that can never be recovered, like childhood, while others, like trust and intimacy, can return with time.
This article, though not specifically addressing trauma, does offer some meaningful insight on the process of mourning imperfect caregivers and an imperfect childhood. It illustrates experiences that everyone can relate to whether they have experienced trauma or not.
Though it is sometimes difficult to accept, there are trauma survivors who have harmed others; this is something that will have to be mourned as well — the mourning of choices that cannot be undone. It is important that therapists help survivors take accountability for their actions while also naming the extreme circumstances under which these actions may have been motivated.
The mourning stage is extremely painful, emotional, and often time consuming.
It can sometimes lead to increased thoughts of suicide and self-harm — this may sound discouraging but it is a reality that needs to be mentioned. Trauma recovery is hard work; survivors often have to march into a dark forest of uncertainties on their way to the clearing on the other side. It is so hard but so rewarding.
"Recovery is NOT linear"
This bears repeating. Recovery (any kind of recovery) is messy and imperfect and never happens in a clean straight line. Just as a substance user in recovery may relapse, trauma survivors can experience their symptoms in cycles or waves that come and go. Sometimes, a survivor may move onto the second stage of recovery feeling prepared to open up about their trauma and dig into their painful past. However, one session in or six sessions in, or years into this process, the safety may be disrupted and may need to be reestablished by shifting back to the first stage of recovery. This is part of the long hard work of healing and it is okay. Establishing safety is part of protecting and caring for yourself so that you can continue the work of processing and move on to the third stage of recovery: Reconnection with Ordinary Life. This final stage, perhaps best personified as a big, beautiful, meditative breath, is the space where survivors find themselves after the hard labor of trauma processing. More on reconnection and all that comes with it in the next post.
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Grieving a Lost Childhood by Robin Berman, M.D.
Herman, J. L. (1998). Recovery from psychological trauma. Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, 52(S1), S98–S103
Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence — from domestic abuse to political terror by Judith Herman, M.D.
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With a style that has been variously described as "passionate," "fiercely vigorous," and even "humorous," Brad Edwards has appeared as a soloist before audiences in the United States and Europe. His solo credits include radio and television broadcasts, premieres of new music, guest recitals at colleges and regional workshops, and concertos with student and professional orchestras and wind ensembles. He has twice been featured as a soloist with "Pershing's Own" Army Band at the American Trombone Workshop in Washington D.C. As a member of the Air Force Concert Band he was twice featured as a soloist.
Dr. Edwards begins teaching trombone at Arizona State University in Fall, 2016. Previously, he taught at the University of South Carolina as well as the University of Northern Iowa. Other teaching positions have included Franklin and Marshall University and Kinhaven Music School.
He is best known for his pedagogical books including, Lip Slurs, Lip Slur Melodies as well as the Trombone Craft and Simply Singing for Winds series. He has published a number of pieces through the International Trombone Association Press (available from Warwick Music) including Blue Wolf which has been recorded three times and Four Impromptus for Low Bone Alone, which was selected for the national solo competition of the American Trombone Workshop. More recently, he was commissioned by the state of South Carolina to compose all-state audition solos for all woodwinds and brass on a three-year cycle. He has extended this project into a website, AuditionSolos.com.
In addition to the Air Force Band, Dr. Edwards has held positions as Principal Trombonist of the South Carolina Philharmonic, Symphony Orchestra Augusta and the Waterloo/Cedar Falls Symphony. He has also been the bass trombonist of the Cedar Rapids Symphony and the Arlington Symphony in Virginia. He has performed with such ensembles as the Baltimore Symphony, the Kennedy Center Opera Orchestra, the brass choir of the National Symphony, Hartford Symphony, the Charleston Symphony, the Charlotte Symphony and the Baltimore Opera Orchestra and the Wintergreen and Cabrillo Festival Orchestras.
He has shared the stage with such diverse artists as Ray Charles, Dave Brubeck, Ben Folds, Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Olivia Newton John, Wynona Judd, the Gatlin Brothers, Robert Merrill, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy and Roger Daltry. In 2007, he was selected to be participant at the prestigious Alessi Seminar in New Mexico.
Dr. Edwards holds degrees from the Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University, the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music and the Hartt School of Music. His primary teachers have been Jim Olin, Tony Chipurn, Ronald Borror and Henry Schmidt. He has also studied with Joseph Alessi, Arnold Jacobs, Dave Fedderly and Milt Stevens.


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Q: Jackson Serializaiton/Deserialization by custom property in enum I want to make Jackson work with enums not by name and not by ordinal, but with a custom property I added called "stringId".
I wanted to support this with all Enums in the system so I made an interface called StringIdEnum which the FooEnum will implement.
I'm using Kotlin so I created a property in the interface called stringId which I override in each enum value.
Now I want to make Jackson serialize and deserialize using this stringId field, from what I seen I have several options:

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*Use @JsonProperty annotation on each enum value and make sure it is aligned with the stringId property.
I see two issues with this approach. one it's a lot of annotation to add (we have many enum classes across the system). two I need to make sure the annotation value and the property value should be always the same which can cause issues in the future.

*I tried to use the READ_ENUMS_USING_TO_STRING feature, but because I'm using an interface I can't override the toString in the interface class (I can override it in every enum class but that again seems like a lot of redundant code)

*Implement a custom serializer/deserializer.
The serializer is pretty straightforward, however, I had trouble with the deserializer.
I wanted to register the deserializer on the StringIdEnum interface, but I had an issue getting all the runtime enum values for the actual FooType enum.

StringIdEnum:
interface StringIdEnum {

  val stringId: String
}

enum class FooType(override val stringId: String) : StringIdEnum {
   FOO("FOO"),
   GOO("GOO");
}

A: Managed to get it working:
@JsonSerialize(using = StringIdEnumSerializer::class)
@JsonDeserialize(using = StringIdEnumDeserializer::class)
interface StringIdEnum: DbEnum {

  val stringId: String

}

class StringIdEnumSerializer: StdSerializer<StringIdEnum>(StringIdEnum::class.java) {

  override fun serialize(value: StringIdEnum, gen: JsonGenerator, provider: SerializerProvider) {
    gen.writeString(value.stringId)
  }

}

class StringIdEnumDeserializer : JsonDeserializer<Enum<*>>(), ContextualDeserializer {

  private lateinit var type: JavaType

  override fun deserialize(p: JsonParser, ctxt: DeserializationContext): Enum<*> {
    val t = p.text
    val enumConstants = (type.rawClass as Class<Enum<*>>).enumConstants
    return enumConstants.single { (it as StringIdEnum).stringId == t }
  }

  override fun createContextual(ctxt: DeserializationContext?, property: BeanProperty?): JsonDeserializer<*> {
    val wrapperType: JavaType = property!!.type
    val stringIdEnumDeserializer = StringIdEnumDeserializer()
    stringIdEnumDeserializer.type = wrapperType
    return stringIdEnumDeserializer
  }
}

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What will policymaking look like under the next government?
The election held on March 24th is likely to result in a weak pro-military coalition government (backed by an army-appointed Senate, or upper house) against an assertive anti-junta opposition. This will set the stage for political deadlock, as pro- and anti-junta parties jostle to pass reforms. The new administration will continue to push key policies to reinvigorate the economy, such as the multi-billion-dollar Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC), albeit at a slower pace. Other policies, like those related to social welfare and military spending, will face greater resistance in the House of Representatives (lower house). This will deal occasional blows to investor confidence and public sentiment.
While complete election results will only be announced on May 9th, The Economist Intelligence Unit expects the national legislative election to yield a result favourable to Phalang Pracharat, a political party aligned with the military. This, combined with the fact that the upper house is appointed by the army, will result in the continued leadership of Prayuth Chan-ocha (the current prime minister). Although the Phalang Pracharat-led alliance will able to marshal support to form a government, they will lack a majority in the House of Representatives (the lower house). This will result in a more unstable form of governance than seen under the last five years of junta rule.
Partial policy paralysis
With a weak minority government, policymaking will be no easy feat. Devoid of his absolute powers—particularly Article 44, which granted the junta leader a virtually unchecked right to issue orders until the general election and the installation of a new government—Prayuth will face a tough transition to the concessional nature of parliamentary politics. This will be made more difficult by the opposition's efforts to engineer fractious debates, legislative logjams and confidence motions on contentious issues.
Phalang Pracharat will focus on issues that fit within the constitutionally mandated, junta-drafted National Strategy, which lays out Thailand's development plan for 2017‑37. According to the publicly approved constitution of 2016, no future government can deviate substantially from this strategy. The government will also be able to rely on the support of the army-appointed Senate when it comes to legislation related to the National Strategy, as well as on discussions surrounding organic laws related to the political process or bills concerning an "important problem in the administration of the state affairs". On these matters, the constitution dictates that the Senate and lower house can sit together to pass legislation. The joint-sitting clause will serve as a useful method to deter opposition on these critical issues. However, the government is likely to use the tactic sparingly in order to prevent drastic moves by anti-junta parties, such as a boycott of parliament.
The party will face bigger problems when it comes to passing other new laws or the budget, where opposition parties will have greater room to stymie legislation and propose amendments. Anti-junta parties will be unlikely to succeed in passing their own bills, owing to the power of the Senate to veto legislation passed in the lower house and the requirement that legislation must receive royal assent. Nevertheless, we expect them to be able to block Phalang Pracharat's agenda on certain issues. Issues over which the opposition will have more sway include military spending (which opposition parties are eager to slash); methods to alleviate rural poverty and growing inequality; the nature of fiscal handouts; and the specifics of various welfare measures. Even where the opposition and ruling factions find high-level agreement, such as on the need for education reform, disagreements on policy details will create divisions in parliament that mirror those in society. This will lead to legislative gridlock on issues on which the ruling party is unable to either compromise or call joint sittings.
Holding together
The effectiveness of the opposition's efforts will depend on the degree of consensus between the various anti-junta parties. On certain issues—such as the legalisation of marijuana and LGBT rights—divergence between the opposition parties may create openings that will give Phalang Pracharat room to win over enough votes to pass legislation. However, we do not expect the government to be able to find many such areas.
There is a small risk that the opposition could cobble together enough support to pass a no-confidence motion against the coalition government. However, we do not see this as a likely outcome in the next five years. Opposition parties are likely to respect the recent election result and to engage in the political process, particularly given the high voter turnout and the fact that the majority of the National Assembly (the combined bicameral parliament) remains aligned with the powerful military.
Anti-junta parties will also be aware of the risk that a no-confidence motion, severe disruption of the legislature or renewed mass protests could prompt the military to take back direct control of government (although such an outcome does not form part of our core forecast). Both sides will nonetheless remain mindful of tensions in the public sphere, which may intensify as a result of frustrated reform.
EEConomic concerns
There will be broad policy continuity on major economic issues, even with the presence of an opposition. While the tone of reform will partly be set by the National Strategy, both opposition and military-backed forces will prioritise measures to lift economic growth, which has averaged 3% in the last five years. Notably, the government will continue to pursue policies developing the junta-initiated Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC), a flagship infrastructure scheme aimed at turning the eastern provinces of Chon Buri, Rayong and Chachoengsao into technological and manufacturing hubs. The overarching goal of infrastructure development under the EEC will find support from both pro- and anti-junta factions, particularly given the progress already made.
Still, opposition parties will push to ensure that certain projects, such as a high-speed railway line connecting three major airports near the capital, are reassessed for their economic viability. Such political demands for increased oversight and transparency will lead to delays on some projects and the total abandonment of others, where costs are high. This is likely to irk both domestic and foreign investors. Nevertheless, greater scrutiny over projects will improve the quality of investment and infrastructure development in the long term.
Political in-fighting on such issues, however, will be a bigger dampener on investor sentiment. Signs of gridlock in parliament will compound existing concerns about corruption and political fragility, reducing investors' confidence that promised reforms will be implemented. Others may find a slowdown in regulatory progress a deterrent from doing business in the country altogether—a scenario that even the opposition will be keen to avoid. If signs of weakening investor sentiment surface, the military-aligned government will probably ramp up tax incentives and other schemes to draw investors. This, combined with existing populist pledges, would widen the fiscal deficit, although the country has room for some relaxation of fiscal policy to support economic growth.
The direction of reform initiated by the junta will be upheld under Thailand's next regime. This will ensure that GDP growth fares well during 2019-23, at an annual average of 3.1%, as infrastructure development and investment under the EEC continue to take priority. The transition to a weak pro-military government, the likely outcome of the March election, will nonetheless result in a degree of policy paralysis as the opposition pushes its agenda in the lower house. While we do not expect this to lead to widespread disorder or capital flight, it will hinder the pace of reform in the forecast period and lead to occasional setbacks to investment and stability. However, the country's relatively strong macroeconomic fundamentals—low public debt, a manageable fiscal deficit and a stable currency—will cushion the long-term impact of these on the business environment.
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Q: Zariski dense contains Zariski open? Let $U\subseteq\mathbb A_K^n$ be a Zariski dense subset (here, $K$ is an algebraically closed field). I was told that $U$ then contains a Zariski open and dense subset. However, I can't seem to come up with an easy proof.
Edit: The above is wrong, and not equivalent to what we really used in the course: In fact, we need to prove that there exists a non-constant polynomial $f\in\Bbbk[X_1,\ldots,X_n]\setminus\{0\}$ with $D(f)\cap U$ dense.

A: No, an arbitrary Zariski dense subset need not contain any non-empty Zariski open subset.  Take $S = \mathbb{Z} = \{ \dots, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, \dots \} \subset \mathbb{A}^1_{\mathbb{C}}$.  Since the non-trivial Zariski closed subsets of $\mathbb{A}^1_{\mathbb{C}}$ are the finite sets, it is easy to check that the Zariski closure of $S$ is $\mathbb{A}^1_{\mathbb{C}}$ and that the only open set $U \subset S$ is $U = \emptyset$.
Edit.  You probably want to prove the following stronger statement:  If $U$ is Zariski dense in $\mathbb{A}^n_K$ and $f$ is any non-constant polynomial, then $D(f) \cap U$ is Zariski dense in $\mathbb{A}^n_K$.  Indeed, suppose for contradiction that it were not.  Then $D(f) \cap U \subseteq Z(g)$ for some polynomial $g$ (where $Z(g)$ is the zero locus of $g$).  But then $$U = (D(f) \cap U) \cup (U \setminus D(f)) \subseteq Z(g) \cup Z(f) = Z(fg),$$
contradicting the assumed density of $U$.

A: If $f$ is any non-constant polynomial, then its zero locus is non-empty, and so $D(f)$ is a proper subset of $\mathbb A^n_K$.  So if $U$ is equal to all of $\mathbb A^n_K$ then it is not contained in any such $D(f)$.
If $n > 1$, and if we take $U = \mathbb A^n_K \setminus \text{ the origin }$ (or more generally, the complement of any closed subset of codimension at least two),
then again $U$ is Zariski dense in $\mathbb A^n_K$, but is not contained in $D(f)$ for any non-constant $f$.
So the statement you ask about is not true.  (My guess is that you've misunderstood something.)


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Sega revealed more information at its " Sega Fes 2019″ event in Tokyo on Saturday for the new game in the Sakura Wars ( Sakura Taisen ) franchise revealed last year. The game is still temporarily titled Shin Sakura Taisen (New Sakura Wars), and it will launch this winter for the PlayStation 4. The official Twitter account for the franchise is streaming a promotional video.
Sega also announced that the game will launch in the West in spring 2020, and streamed an English-subtitled promotional video on Saturday.
Bleach manga creator Tite Kubo is the main character designer for the game. Kōhei Tanaka is returning to the franchise to compose the music, Jirō Ishii ( Under the Dog , BBK/BRNK , Monster Strike the Animation anime, 428: Shibuya Scramble and ' Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors ' games) is in charge of story composition, and Ouji Hiroi is credited with the original work.
Sega stated that the game will feature both "adventure" and "battle" game systems, and players will also be able to forge bonds with the game's heroines.
The account also revealed some screenshots.
Ayane Sakura as Sakura Amamiya, a 17-year-old member of the Imperial Assault Force's Flower Division. She is the division's new recruit who looks up to Sakura Shingūji, the top star of the original Flower Division.
Yōhei Azakami as Seijūrō Kamiyama, the protagonist ofShin Sakura Taisen. He is the 20-year-old commander of the Imperial Assault Force's Flower Division. He was a naval special forces ship captain until he was reassigned as the head of the revived division.
Maaya Uchida as Hatsuho Shinonome, a 17-year-old member of the Imperial Assault Force's Flower Division. A typical Edo native born in Tokyo's Shitamachi downtown district, she loves Shitamachi, festivals, and everyone in the district.
Saori Hayami as Clarissa Snowflake, a 16-year-old member of the Imperial Assault Force's Flower Division. Born in Luxembourg, she is a intelligent, literary girl who loves reading books.
Hibiku Yamamura as Azami Mochizuki, a 13-year-old member of the Imperial Assault Force's Flower Division. A descendant of a ninja clan, she has possessed genius-level talent for martial arts, tactics, and handling weapons since she was little.
Ayaka Fukuhara as Anastasia Palma, a 19-year-old member of the Imperial Assault Force's Flower Division. Born in Greece, she was a star on the stages of Europe. She transferred to the Imperial Assault Force.
The game will be an all-new work that "inherits the DNA of the series." The game will take place in the 29th year of the fictionalized "Taisho" period of the franchise in the capital of Tokyo, taking place 12 years after Sakura Wars V . Japan's actual Taisho period only lasted for 15 years, and the kanji used to write "Taisho" in Sakura Wars is different from the kanji used for the real Taisho period.
The game's protagonist is Seijuro Kamiyama, and it follows him as he leads a "New Imperial Assault Force" as Kouma once again appear in the capital, and as Assault Forces are created in towns all over the world.
Sega previously stated that it is planning to release the game simultaneously in Japan and Asia.
Original creator Ouji Hiroi and Sega launched the first game in the franchise for the Sega Saturn in 1996, and the latest game in the series, Sakura Taisen V: Saraba Itoshiki Hito yo , launched for the PlayStation 2 in Japan in 2005. Sakura Taisen V is the only game in the series with an official English release. NIS America released the game under the title Sakura Wars: So Long, My Love in March 2010 for the PS2 and Nintendo Wii. The franchise recently received a new smartphone game in Korea last year.
The multimedia franchise also includes a television anime series, six video anime projects, an anime film, and manga.


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Is it a problem if your baby learns to walk before they have crawled?
When most people think about how a baby learns to move, they immediately think of the major milestones: roll, sit, crawl, stand, walk. The first achievement of these skills can create a lot of excitement, stress, competition and comparison. Delay or alteration of these can sometimes seem like a defining feature of a babies early life.
These are important skills that most babies learn on their way to being able to fully explore their environment, however we should be cautious in considering them as 'must do' steps.
In fact it is reasonably common for infants to 'skip' milestones or perform them out of the established sequence (1. 2. 3.).
A recent article (4.) by Karen Adolf (a well respected Psychologist, Professor and Researcher in Childhood Development) has highlighted how even our research into babies development should move away from a concept of universal milestones and towards a better understanding the individual characteristics of each baby's development. This transition is suggested to help us better understand how and why babies develop skills rather than just understanding the average of many babies development.
When are 'milestones' most useful?
Milestones do provide a useful way to identify delays in motor skills. This is especially true in screening health clinics. Away from the clinical setting though, they can trap us into misunderstanding how babies learn those skills in the first place.
Learning to move is not like walking up a staircase where one step leads to the next and on and on. Simplifying movement to a list of skills that 'should' emerge at specific ages is actually quite deceiving. Learning to move is highly variable, highly influenced by the infants environment and much more complex than a list of activities and ages.
This is a great thing! Imagine if your baby was just pre-programmed and all their skills, strengths and weaknesses were pre-determined! How boring! Also how dis-empowering to you as a parent!
So what should you do if your baby seems to be 'skipping' a milestone?
If you are very concerned about your babies skills and development and have lots of questions, then the best general advice is to see a local registered health professional so that you can get individualised care and attention. Your GP is a good place to start or a professional whose expertise is with babies and development (e.g. a medical specialist, Child Development Service or local Paediatric Physiotherapy provider).
Step two is to switch your thinking from seeing movements as something your baby 'likes' or 'dislikes' to things that are 'becoming easier' and things that are 'still difficult'.
Can you make something difficult easier?
Once you identify things as being 'difficult' (rather than disliked, hated or just weak due to fate) you can then start to work on helping your baby with all their positions by playing with them in a way that will help them practice those emerging skills just as much as they practice the skills they are good at!
Has your baby had more chance to practice the thing they are good at?
Does that position gain them more attention, interaction, access to toys or some other advantage?
Conversely could the 'difficult' skill be that way (at least in part) because of a lack of motivation, opportunity to practice, or some other factor?
What could you do to help them learn something new?
Try putting yourselves in their position and think about what help you would need to convince you to do something that might be a little difficult but also something that potentially gives you access to something you don't currently have!
Don't fall into the 'milestone trap' that your baby will learn to do something just because they are old enough.
See all movement as a skill that needs to be practiced to be improved.
Use your unique knowledge of your own baby to alter their play to help them learn new things!
So this is written by a Physio... What even is Paediatric Physiotherapy?
2. Helping parents to best help their baby learn to independently move and explore their environment!
As with all our blogs, I hope this general information has been useful! Thanks for reading.
Tim has also led a Child Development Service.
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Landieul est un lieu-dit de la commune d'Herbignac, dans le département français de la Loire-Atlantique, en Pays de la Loire.

Localisation
Landieul est situé à l'ouest du bourg, au nord de la route départementale  qui relie Herbignac à Assérac et à l'est du ruisseau de Kerougas. Le lieu-dit comprend lui-même deux hameaux, le Haut et le Bas Landieul.

Toponymie
Selon Gildas Buron, le toponyme Landieul est constitué du breton méridional teul, dérivé de teol, la « tuile » et lann, la « lande ».
Les formes Landieule, Landeule et Lendeule sont attestées depuis 1412.

Histoire
Au cours de la première moitié du , près de  du sud d'Herbignac  accueillent des ateliers de poterie, activité secondaire qui vient compléter les revenus d'une centaine de paysans locaux .

La présence de ces nombreuses batteries de fours à pots semble être justifiée par l'existence de bancs d'argile d'altération d'une puissance atteignant plusieurs mètres et d'une plasticité remarquable.

Au , Landieul demeure le principal foyer de poterie de la commune, comptant, encore en 1850,  en activité.
Les derniers ateliers artisanaux de la commune ont cessé leur activité en 1945, concurrencés par l'industrialisation et délaissés par les artisans dont le nombre diminue à cause de l'exode rural.

Morphologie du lieu-dit et urbanisme
Le village est construit sous la forme d'un coron, constitué de trois rangées parallèles de maisons mitoyennes, dont l'axe nord  compte une dizaine d'habitations faisant face à des jardins et des dépendances, de l'autre côté de la rue.

Une seconde voie  sépare deux alignements d'une dizaine de maisons. Les fours étaient édifiés à la périphérie du village, pour des raisons de sécurité.

Le vocable commun de village décrit un ensemble récemment rénové comprenant un four à pain, une fontaine, un lavoir et une mare.

Monuments et patrimoine
L'atelier du potier, situé dans le village est, semble-t-il, un site gallo-romain ; il fait l'objet d'une inscription par les monuments historiques le .

Une campagne de fouilles, menée en  par le service régional de l'archéologie, met au jour deux fours faisant partie d'un ensemble initial en comprenant initialement cinq et ayant appartenu, au début du , l'un à un potier nommé Dalino, et l'autre, jusqu'à l'arrêt de la production en 1945, à son dernier utilisateur nommé Hervoche.

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Hameau ou lieu-dit en Loire-Atlantique

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VDNH: a celebration of Soviet Russia
By Paul Johnson on Jul 06, 2018 in Attractions, Eastern Europe, Europe, Featured, Going Out, Regions, Russia
Located in the Ostankinsky District of Moscow, to the north of the city centre, VDNH lies less than a kilometre from Ostankino Tower, the tallest free-standing structure in Europe. Originally opened in August of 1939, and with a major impetus to revive the area since 2014, this 'Exhibition of Achievements of the National Economy' is one of most popular spaces in the capital, attracting in the region of 25 million visitors each year.
When combined with Ostankino Park, VDNH covers an area of over 300 hectares and can be reached via the VDNH subway station or the Moscow Monorail. At the time of our visit, a large-scale reconstruction of the development was underway which will see the area become the main educational, entertainment, cultural, museum and recreational complex, increasing the visitor numbers to an estimated 40 million people each year.
We began our visit with a new pavilion used for exhibitions, topped by the Worker and Kolkhoz Woman, a famous sculpture that was originally designed for the Soviet pavilion at the 1937 Paris Exposition. The figures are arranged so that their tools form the classic hammer-and-sickle symbol of the Communist Soviet government – symbolism once prominent across the country, representing the labourers and farm workers of the USSR. Indeed, a moving reproduction of the statue was featured in the opening ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, as a symbol of post-World War II Soviet society.
Inside were a number of different exhibitions, including one section devoted to the Soviet poet Vladimir Mayakovsky, a prominent figure of the Russian Futurist movement and a man who Stalin posthumously declared to be "the best and the most talented poet" of the Soviet era.
One of the upper floors was devoted to the Ural mountains, divided into different topics. The Urals were the biggest industrial region in Russia and there was artwork depicting this.
The exhibition focused on the transformation of nature by man, reflected in the works of masters such as Samuil Adlivankin, Yuri Pimenov, Aleksander Labas and Amshey Nurenberg. The artwork of the modern Russian artist Leonid Tishkov – who spent his childhood in the Urals – caught my eye. He has created his own mythology and constructed an artistic universe around it. The picture below, titled 'Learning to Walk', is part of his exciting world of fantastic creatures called The Dabloids which he conceived towards the end of the 1980s.
Visitors could also immerse themselves in the atmosphere of the Sverdlovsk art community of the 1970s and 1980s, which included such original and vivid painters, graphic artists and sculptors as Misha Brusilovsky, Herman Metelev and Andrei Antonov.
After visiting this building, we called at the renewed model of Moscow presented in Pavilion No. 75 on Sirenevaya Alley. Here 9,000 miniature buildings, streets and squares of the capital can be seen on a scale of 1 to 400. This incredible model is also equipped with LED lamps creating the effect of a night city.
Work on the the Model of Moscow began in 1976 and took almost a decade to complete. The miniature buildings are made of different types of wood: maple, birch, red and lemon trees, as well as of rosewood. In 1986, the model was first introduced to the general public.
Work on the renewed model began in 2012 and was finished recently. Make sure you visit and admire one of the shows they display. Here's one to whet your appetite.
The model includes over 20,000 buildings, re-created with astonishing accuracy and covering 368 square metres. The attention to detail is quite incredible – even the clock on Spasskaya Tower strikes on the hour.
Back outside we walked around a number of historical pavilions which were undergoing significant restoration. This comprehensive renovation began in 2014 and covers the restoration of a considerable number of buildings.
Some were covered in scaffolding so not easy to photograph but a few others were more visible. Here's a selection, starting with the pavilions for Ukraine and Belarus. Perhaps someone can help remind me what the other buildings pictured are!
As well as pavilions for different Soviet states, there are also also pavilions to celebrate different industries, such as this one for the meat industry, where the columns are decorated with the heads of bulls, and the building is topped with a sculpture of a man in rubber boots stands fighting to control a bull.
Much of our time was spent in the cosmonaut pavilion. Note there is also a separate space museum which offers an interesting opportunity to see the Soviet side of the space race.
As you enter pavilion, you are reminded of the history of the country's space exploration with two large display boards with pictures of over one hundred Russian cosmonauts.
Inside the main foyer, there is a fantastic globe beneath a magnificent glass cupola. I love maps and globes so this alone was a highlight for me! The picture doesn't really do it justice – it must have been around 15 metres in diameter.
Although many of the exhibits are in Russian, there is a lot to look at here… and, if your Russian is up to it, an interactive robot. Ask the robot whether it thinks robots can take over the world, and it replies with "Robots can conquer the world, but in a good way!".
Among the exhibits are the changing space suits over the years. The orange one seen on the right here is a replica of the one used by Yuri Gagarin, the first human to journey into outer space.
You could easil y spend the day at VDNH and I did come away feeling that we hadn't really managed to do it justice. Back in the 1990s, this was just an area with some shops and tenants. Now it has been completely renovated in order to celebrate the best of Russia. All overhead cables have been removed, and the site is very popular in the winter months since it is then home to the biggest artificial ice skating rink in Europe.
And watch this space for further developments as plans are afoot to construct one of the biggest ferries wheels in the world – with cafeterias, souvenir shops and a branch of Madame Tussauds planned for the same vicinity.
Disclosure: My trip was sponsored by Moscow Seasons – a series of festivals held throughout the year in Moscow, with the support of the Government of Moscow.
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Bimal Paudel says:
It's one of the unique celebration of soviet russia which i haven't listened till now, worthy news.
Paul Johnson says:
Thanks, Bimal… and thank you for dropping by to comment.
Lisa t says:
I love visiting places that are rich with history and stories to tell and this seems like the perfect place. The light display was amazing and very impressive that must have took a lot of hard work and skill to put together. I had never heard of this celebration before but you have captured it well. I will need to check this out and add Russia to my must places to see. I have heard Russian food is delicious too!
Yes, the light displays were very impressive. I'm not sure the videos quite do them justice, but they were definitely worth seeing.
We could learn a lot from the Russians. They are not afraid to celebrate hard work. For them "work" isn't a dirty word. I think that they are right to celebrate industry and production, we are too obsessed with celebrity and fame. It is time that we got back to basics and celebrated the hard graft that puts food on our tables and clothes on our back.
When admiring Soviet Russia, you need to separate the long-suffering people from the Soviet Regime…which killed millions upon millions of their own citizenry.
Oh that cosmonaut pavilion is interesting. Does it have any entrance fees? What are the best times to visit? I'm planning a trip to Moscow but really just visiting a lot of the known tourist places. I've never come across this yet. It's a good thing though I stumbled upon your post.
Yes, I believe you do pay to go in, but I don't know the fees, sorry… we were guests of Moscow Tourism. As for the best times to visit, the place is vast so I don't imagine it ever gets too busy.
In the Soviet years, when I was a child, all who came to Moscow necessarily visited VDNH. It was a city in a city, a holiday city. For children, it was a real fairy tale: the most beautiful houses in Moscow, the most interesting entertainment, the most delicious ice cream!
I would imagine it has changed a lot since, George. They are putting a lot of investment into the area at the moment.
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