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Elvis Presley: The King Who Changed America
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Elvis Presley's devilishly handsome looks, iconic voice, contagious moves, and addictive personality set the tone for a brand new era of entertainment. He could serenade with a ballad, belt out a country tune, mesmerize with a gospel song, and make you move like never before with a dance number. Everyone remembers the Las Vegas Elvis for his karate-inspired white jumpsuit, but don't let that define the King; Elvis Presley had an unprecedented cultural impact on America.
Elvis rolled over the music industry like a steamroller. America had never heard anything nor seen anyone like him. They loved it. Elvis didn't see barriers or color. He trashed the piano, brought in the guitar, and set the tone for rock and roll. This, coupled with his hillbilly country twang, became rockabilly. From there, countless other subgenres of rock evolved. He turned on the music, and he got somewhere.
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During a time when legal segregation was the norm, Elvis shocked America by owing his talent to the great black artists. He had a deep respect for and devotion to rhythm and blues. He directed his gratitude to the likes of B.B King, Fats Domino, and Ivory Joe Hunter. Elvis insisted on hiring the brilliant songwriter Claude Demetrius, which resulted in a dramatic shift in the music industry. He challenged the status quo by standing up for equality. Little Richard referred to Elvis as an 'integrator' and a 'blessing' who 'opened the door for black music.'
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Music always struck a chord with Elvis. As a child in Mississippi, he ran to the altar to be closer to the choir. In fact, all three of his Grammy awards were for his gospel work. Ironically, Elvis ruffled the feathers of religious and political groups. Suddenly there was a genuine concern for the well-being of the American people, particularly the youth. His pelvic thrusts, fashion choices, and sexualized performances rendered him a pariah. Performers had never behaved that way. Then again, audiences had never acted in such a manner, either. When 'Hound Dog' began, crowds would scream, girls would go into convulsions, and audiences would literally hyperventilate. Elvis gave audiences a little less conversation and a little more action. Today, such behavior is expected from rock stars. Someone had to be the first. You can thank Elvis.
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Elvis created cultural pandemonium. America had been shot with the rhythm and blues. As a result, record, film, and retail sales rocketed (as did the requests for his ducktail haircut). The moment he graced the stage, inhibitions sailed on by. And so a star was born. It's a pity that the King survives today in pop culture through numerous failed Elvis impersonators. Give credit to this hunk of burning love for stripping all cultural barriers with his outrageous rebellion and libidinous gyrations. Let's be honest; all the greats that followed tried to fill his blue suede shoes.
Like a river flows, surely to the sea, some things are meant to be. Elvis Presley made America fall in love with him. For one man to have such a lasting effect on society is remarkable. He laid the foundation for other great musicians and generations to come. Since the King, anything and everything is acceptable. In the words of John Lennon, 'before Elvis, there was nothing.' So if you happen to listen to 'Hound Dog,' 'Jailhouse Rock,' or 'A Little Less Conversation' — feel it! Look around today and appreciate what he did, and whatever you do, let your body move to the music, just as Elvis did. Cheers to the King of rock and roll.


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Woman-centred care is focus of NICE menorrhagia guideline
NICE heavy menstrual bleeding guidance highlights the importance of a woman's quality of life and keeping the patient informed, explains Dr Mark Shapley
C onsiderable advances have been made in the management of heavy menstrual bleeding (HMB) over recent years, with the introduction of the levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system (LNG-IUS), and improved surgical techniques for endometrial ablation. Although hysterectomy numbers are falling, there are concerns that rates may still be too high, but not at a high enough level to enable gynaecologists to achieve and maintain surgical competence.
These developments highlighted the need to update the guidelines on menorrhagia produced by the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) in 1998.1 In January 2007, the NICE guideline on HMB2, 3 was published.
How prevalent is heavy menstrual bleeding?
Community surveys have shown a prevalence of HMB of between 4% and 52%, depending on the definition (see below).4,5 Consultation rates with GPs indicate that about 5% of women will consult the doctor each year with HMB.6 It is, therefore, a condition that is commonly encountered in primary care.
What is heavy menstrual bleeding?
There are two methods of defining HMB: within a psychosocial model of healthcare, based on the woman's reported symptoms; or within a biomedical model based on the direct or indirect measurement of the volume of menstrual blood loss.
This has caused considerable controversy, but the NICE guideline has favoured the psychosocial model, focusing on the impact the condition has on a woman's quality of life. According to NICE, 'HMB is defined as excessive menstrual loss that interferes with a woman's physical, social, emotional and/or material quality of life. It can occur alone or with other symptoms. Any interventions should aim to improve quality of life measures.'2 It is an important problem for women, affecting all aspects of well-being, including feelings of femininity, fertility, and sexuality.
How robust is the evidence?
One of the difficulties in producing recommendations is the lack of studies in primary care. There is no evidence on history taking and physical examination.3 The evidence base improves for investigations, but the majority of studies on HMB are based on interventions within secondary care populations. The lowest level of evidence in the NICE classification is Grade D [GPP] (good practice point) and is based on expert opinion provided by the experiences of the members of the guideline development group. It is this level that applies to most of the recommendations for primary care, with the exception of therapy.
History taking
Patients often present to their GP with a disorganised history of illness and multiple symptoms.7 Part of the role of the primary care clinician is to define the presenting condition so that the appropriate guideline for management may be used. Once the problem has been established, it is important to detect symptoms that may indicate other significant pathology requiring action, as well as initiate pharmaceutical treatment.
The red flag symptoms are:2
intermenstrual bleeding—the recommendations concerning this symptom are derived from the NICE guideline on referral for suspected cancer8
postcoital bleeding—this has a greater association with sexually transmitted disease than with cervical cancer9
pelvic pain—suggestive of pelvic inflammatory disease and endometriosis
pressure symptoms such as bladder disturbance and a feeling of fullness in the abdomen or pelvis—these raise the possibility of the presence of large fibroids.
There may also be other factors present that will determine treatment options, such as fertility and the need for contraception, the need for opportunistic cervical screening, age, and likelihood of the onset of the menopause.
Patient-centred care
Patient representatives were present within the guideline development group and it was clear that there is a need for clinicians to provide holistic and personalised care. They must respect the right of a woman to be involved in the decision-making process and recognise the feelings of fear, anxiety, and vulnerability that she may have, as well as the presence of ambivalence (positive and negative feelings resulting in difficulties in expressing a clear opinion).
It is a principle of primary care that a procedure should only be undertaken if it will change the management of the case. It is important to take a good medical history at presentation to exclude red flag symptoms, which may indicate a significant structural or histological abnormality. If there are no such symptoms, and the woman does not request a pelvic examination, there is no need to perform one prior to initiating pharmaceutical treatment, except in the circumstances listed in Box 1.
Box 1: Indications for pelvic examination
Red flag symptoms — intermenstrual bleeding, postcoital bleeding, pelvic pain, and pressure symptoms
Before LNG-IUS fitting
Prior to referral for structural investigation
Prior to undertaking histological investigation or referring the patient for investigation elsewhere
In the case of failure of treatment
HMB=heavy menstrual bleeding; LNG-IUS=levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system
It is clinically difficult to diagnose anaemia and, therefore, it is recommended that all women with HMB have a full blood count.2 There is no need to undertake routine testing for ferritin levels or perform hormone analysis (sex or thyroid, unless other signs and symptoms of thyroid disease are present).
Tests for coagulation disorders (such as von Willebrand's disease) should be undertaken in women who have had HMB since menarche, and who have a family history suggestive of a coagulation disorder. They may also have a personal history of a bleeding tendency (such as recurrent epistaxis or bleeding post-operatively, including after dental extraction).
The first-line investigation for structural abnormalities is a transvaginal ultrasound scan (see Box 2).
Immediate referral to a specialist should be offered: if the scan shows intracavity fibroids, if the uterine length is greater than 12 cm, or if the uterus is palpable abdominally. At referral, pharmaceutical therapy should be initiated or changed but it is unlikely to be beneficial and surgical treatment of the fibroids will probably be needed. Saline ultrasonography and magnetic resonance imaging are not recommended on health economic analysis.
Investigation for histological abnormality is aimed at excluding the diagnosis of endometrial hyperplasia with cytological atypia or endometrial cancer. Heavy menstrual bleeding has a poor positive predictive value for these conditions in primary care populations. The NICE guideline suggests that endometrial biopsy need only be undertaken in women with persistent intermenstrual bleeding, or in women aged 45 years and over, in whom medical treatment has failed or is ineffective.2 There is no recommendation as to how the biopsy should be taken (whether by endometrial sample or hysteroscopy), except that it should not be done by dilatation and curettage, which has a higher complication rate than endometrial sampling and is less accurate than hysteroscopy.
Box 2: Indications for a transvaginal ultrasound scan
The uterus is palpable abdominally
Vaginal examination reveals a mass of uncertain origin
Failed pharmaceutical treatment
Pharmaceutical treatment
The NICE guideline2, 3 is generally the same as the RCOG 1998 guideline,1 except that use of the LNG-IUS has been given much greater emphasis in the former. Two systematic reviews10, 11demonstrated the effectiveness of the LNG-IUS, and economic modelling showed it to be the most cost-effective pharmaceutical method, provided long-term use was anticipated.3 It should be considered first in women in whom hormonal treatment is acceptable.2
Tranexamic acid, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, and the combined oral contraceptive pill should be given equal second consideration. The first two drugs should be given equal first consideration in women who do not wish to use hormones. High-dose norethisterone (15 mg daily from days 5 to 26 of the menstrual cycle), or long-acting progestogens (depot medroxyprogesterone acetate 150 mg every 12 weeks) is the third option in women for whom hormonal treatment is acceptable.
Other pharmaceutical treatments are not recommended because they are either ineffective (e.g. low-dose oral progestogens given during the luteal phase), or there is a high incidence of side-effects (e.g. danazol).3
In women with small fibroids (less than 3 cm in diameter), or who have none, treatment by endometrial ablation should be considered first. It should, however, be remembered that the woman should have completed her family (the procedure increases the risk of placenta accreta). She will need to use contraception following the surgery (it is not a method of contraception).
For women with large fibroids (greater than 3 cm in diameter) uterine artery embolisation, myomectomy, and hysterectomy should be considered. The first two techniques will enable the woman to retain her uterus and potentially her fertility. If a hysterectomy is decided upon, the vaginal route should be considered before the abdominal approach as it carries a lower complication rate and faster recovery time.3
The NICE guideline2,3 puts the woman at the centre of care and emphasises that good care is underpinned by respect and information. There is an excellent patient information booklet on understanding the guidance available free from the NICE website.12 Primary care trusts, in combination with practice-based commissioners, must now develop care pathways to meet the needs of women.
NICE implementation tools
NICE has developed the following tools to support implementation of its guideline on the management of urinary incontinence in women. They are now available to download from the NICE website: www.nice.org.uk.
Implementation advice
The implementation advice document contains suggested actions for implementing the guideline. It aims to help implementers identify recommendations in the guideline that are not part of current practice, and should be used alongside the costing report and template.
The slides are aimed at supporting organisations to raise awareness of the guidelines at a local level and can be edited to cater for local audiences. They do not cover all the recommendations from the guideline but contain key messages, and should be used in conjunction with the Quick Reference Guide.
Costing tools
National cost reports and local cost templates for the guideline have also been produced. Costing reports are estimates of the national cost impact arising from implementation based on assumptions about current practice, and predictions of how it might change following implementation of the guideline. Costing templates are spreadsheets that allow individual NHS organisations and local health economies to estimate the costs of implementation taking into account local variation from the national estimates, and they quickly assess the impact the guideline may have on local budgets.
Audit criteria
The audit criteria and audit reporting template have been developed to assist NHS trusts to determine whether the service is implementing, and is in compliance with, the clinical guideline. Users can cut and paste the criteria into their own programmes or they can use the template provided.
Practice-based commissioing take home messages
Modern developments offer more non-surgical options to manage HMB
Key tariff prices:1
total hysterectomy = £2633
non-surgical treatment of fibroids (admitted) = £460
gynaecology outpatient attendance = £138 (new), £76 (follow-up)
As HMB is a common condition, savings could be easily produced by a local GPwSI seeing patients and offering non-surgical treatments (e.g. LNG-IUS for HMB) and undercutting the tariff price
Gynaecology was one of the six areas identified in the White Paper that seeks to move more work out of hospitals into the community2
1 www.dh.gov.uk/paymentbyresults
2 Department of Health. Our Health, Our Care, Our Say: a new direction for community services. London: Department of Health, 2006
Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. The initial management of menorrhagia. Evidence-based Guidelines, No 1. London: RCOG, 1998.
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence. Heavy menstrual bleeding. Clinical guideline 44. London: NICE, 2007.
National Collaborating Centre for Women's and Children's Health. Heavy Menstrual Bleeding. London: Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, 2007.
Harlow S, Campbell O. Epidemiology of menstrual disorders in developing countries: a systematic review. BJOG 2004; 111 (1): 6–16.
Shapley M, Jordan K, Croft P. An epidemiological survey of symptoms of menstrual loss in the community. Br J Gen Pract 2004; 54 (502): 359–363.
Office of Population Census and Surveys. Morbidity Statistics from General Practice. Fourth National Morbidity Study 1991–92. London: HMSO, 1995.
Balint M. The doctor, his patient and the illness. Second edition. London: Pitman Medical, 1965.
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence. Referral guidelines for suspected cancer. Clinical guideline 27. London: NICE, 2005.
Shapley M, Jordan J, Croft P. A systematic review of postcoital bleeding and risk of cervical cancer. Br J Gen Pract 2006; 56: 453–460.
Stewart A, Cummins C, Gold L et al. The effectiveness of the levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system in menorrhagia: a systematic review. BJOG 2001; 108 (1): 74–86.
Lethaby A, Cooke I, Rees M. Progesterone or progestogen-releasing intrauterine systems for heavy menstrual bleeding. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2005; (4): CD002126.
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence. Heavy menstrual bleeding: Understanding NICE guidance CG44. London: NICE, 2007.G

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    Signal

new Signal()

Signals are what Phaser uses to handle events and event dispatching.
You can listen for a Signal by binding a callback / function to it.
This is done by using either Signal.add or Signal.addOnce.

For example you can listen for a touch or click event from the Input Manager
by using its onDown Signal:

game.input.onDown.add(function() { ... });

Rather than inline your function, you can pass a reference:

game.input.onDown.add(clicked, this);
function clicked () { ... }

In this case the second argument (this) is the context in which your function should be called.

Now every time the InputManager dispatches the onDown signal (or event), your function
will be called.

Very often a Signal will send arguments to your function.
This is specific to the Signal itself.
If you're unsure then check the documentation, or failing that simply do:

Signal.add(function() { console.log(arguments); })

and it will log all of the arguments your function received from the Signal.

Sprites have lots of default signals you can listen to in their Events class, such as:

sprite.events.onKilled

Which is called automatically whenever the Sprite is killed.
There are lots of other events, see the Events component for a list.

As well as listening to pre-defined Signals you can also create your own:

var mySignal = new Phaser.Signal();

This creates a new Signal. You can bind a callback to it:

mySignal.add(myCallback, this);

and then finally when ready you can dispatch the Signal:

mySignal.dispatch(your arguments);

And your callback will be invoked. See the dispatch method for more details.

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Members

active :boolean

Is the Signal active? Only active signals will broadcast dispatched events.

Setting this property during a dispatch will only affect the next dispatch. To stop the propagation of a signal from a listener use halt.

Default Value:

true

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    core/Signal.js, line 100

memorize :boolean

Memorize the previously dispatched event?

If an event has been memorized it is automatically dispatched when a new listener is added with add or addOnce.
Use forget to clear any currently memorized event.

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    core/Signal.js, line 84

Methods

add(listener, listenerContext, priority, args) → {Phaser.SignalBinding}

Add an event listener for this signal.

An event listener is a callback with a related context and priority.

You can optionally provide extra arguments which will be passed to the callback after any internal parameters.

For example: Phaser.Key.onDown when dispatched will send the Phaser.Key object that caused the signal as the first parameter.
Any arguments you've specified after priority will be sent as well:

fireButton.onDown.add(shoot, this, 0, 'lazer', 100);

When onDown dispatches it will call the shoot callback passing it: Phaser.Key, 'lazer', 100.

Where the first parameter is the one that Key.onDown dispatches internally and 'lazer',
and the value 100 were the custom arguments given in the call to 'add'.

Parameters:

		Name

		Type

		Argument

		Default

		Description

                listener

function

The function to call when this Signal is dispatched.

                listenerContext

object

                    <optional>

The context under which the listener will be executed (i.e. the object that should represent the this variable).

                priority

number

                    <optional>

The priority level of the event listener. Listeners with higher priority will be executed before listeners with lower priority. Listeners with same priority level will be executed at the same order as they were added (default = 0)

                args

any

                    <optional>

                    <repeatable>

                    (none)

Additional arguments to pass to the callback (listener) function. They will be appended after any arguments usually dispatched.

Returns:

Phaser.SignalBinding

 -

An Object representing the binding between the Signal and listener.

Source -
    core/Signal.js, line 232

addOnce(listener, listenerContext, priority, args) → {Phaser.SignalBinding}

Add a one-time listener - the listener is automatically removed after the first execution.

If there is as memorized event then it will be dispatched and
the listener will be removed immediately.

Parameters:

		Name

		Type

		Argument

		Default

		Description

                listener

function

The function to call when this Signal is dispatched.

                listenerContext

object

                    <optional>

The context under which the listener will be executed (i.e. the object that should represent the this variable).

                priority

number

                    <optional>

The priority level of the event listener. Listeners with higher priority will be executed before listeners with lower priority. Listeners with same priority level will be executed at the same order as they were added (default = 0)

                args

any

                    <optional>

                    <repeatable>

                    (none)

Additional arguments to pass to the callback (listener) function. They will be appended after any arguments usually dispatched.

Returns:

Phaser.SignalBinding

 -

An Object representing the binding between the Signal and listener.

Source -
    core/Signal.js, line 274

dispatch(params)

Dispatch / broadcast the event to all listeners.

To create an instance-bound dispatch for this Signal, use boundDispatch.

Parameters:

		Name

		Type

		Argument

		Description

                params

any

                    <optional>

Parameters that should be passed to each handler.

Source -
    core/Signal.js, line 395

dispose()

Dispose the signal - no more events can be dispatched.

This removes all event listeners and clears references to external objects.
Calling methods on a disposed objects results in undefined behavior.

Source -
    core/Signal.js, line 451

forget()

Forget the currently memorized event, if any.

Source -
    core/Signal.js, line 437

getNumListeners() → {integer}

Gets the total number of listeners attached to this Signal.

Returns:

integer

 -

Number of listeners attached to the Signal.

Source -
    core/Signal.js, line 369

halt()

Stop propagation of the event, blocking the dispatch to next listener on the queue.

This should be called only during event dispatch as calling it before/after dispatch won't affect another broadcast.
See active to enable/disable the signal entirely.

Source -
    core/Signal.js, line 381

has(listener, context) → {boolean}

Check if a specific listener is attached.

Parameters:

		Name

		Type

		Argument

		Description

                listener

function

Signal handler function.

                context

object

                    <optional>

Context on which listener will be executed (object that should represent the this variable inside listener function).

Returns:

boolean

 -

If Signal has the specified listener.

Source -
    core/Signal.js, line 218

remove(listener, context) → {function}

Remove a single event listener.

Parameters:

		Name

		Type

		Argument

		Default

		Description

                listener

function

Handler function that should be removed.

                context

object

                    <optional>

                    null

Execution context (since you can add the same handler multiple times if executing in a different context).

Returns:

function

 -

Listener handler function.

Source -
    core/Signal.js, line 305

removeAll(context)

Remove all event listeners.

Parameters:

		Name

		Type

		Argument

		Default

		Description

                context

object

                    <optional>

                    null

If specified only listeners for the given context will be removed.

Source -
    core/Signal.js, line 329

toString() → {string}

A string representation of the object.

Returns:

string

 -

String representation of the object.

Source -
    core/Signal.js, line 471

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package extracells.container;

import net.minecraft.entity.player.EntityPlayer;
import net.minecraft.inventory.Container;
import net.minecraft.inventory.IInventory;
import net.minecraft.inventory.Slot;
import net.minecraft.item.ItemStack;
import extracells.container.slot.SlotRespective;
import extracells.part.PartDrive;

public class ContainerDrive extends Container {
	PartDrive part;
	public ContainerDrive(PartDrive part, EntityPlayer player) {
		this.part = part;
		for (int i = 0; i < 2; i++) {
			for (int j = 0; j < 3; j++) {
				addSlotToContainer(new SlotRespective(part.getInventory(), j
						+ i * 3, 18 + 71 - i * 18, j * 18 - 4));
			}
		}
		bindPlayerInventory(player.inventory);
	}

	protected void bindPlayerInventory(IInventory inventoryPlayer) {
		for (int i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
			for (int j = 0; j < 9; j++) {
				addSlotToContainer(new Slot(inventoryPlayer, j + i * 9 + 9,
						8 + j * 18, i * 18 + 63));
			}
		}

		for (int i = 0; i < 9; i++) {
			addSlotToContainer(new Slot(inventoryPlayer, i, 8 + i * 18, 121));
		}
	}

	@Override
	public boolean canInteractWith(EntityPlayer entityplayer) {
		return part.isValid();
	}

	@Override
	public ItemStack transferStackInSlot(EntityPlayer player, int slotnumber) {
		ItemStack itemstack = null;
		Slot slot = (Slot) this.inventorySlots.get(slotnumber);

		if (slot != null && slot.getHasStack()) {
			ItemStack itemstack1 = slot.getStack();
			itemstack = itemstack1.copy();

			if (slotnumber < 36) {
				if (!mergeItemStack(itemstack1, 36, this.inventorySlots.size(),
						true)) {
					return null;
				}
			} else if (!mergeItemStack(itemstack1, 0, 36, false)) {
				return null;
			}

			if (itemstack1.stackSize == 0) {
				slot.putStack(null);
			} else {
				slot.onSlotChanged();
			}
		}

		return itemstack;
	}
}


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Home Cover Stories The Enduring Legacy of William Scheide
The Enduring Legacy of William Scheide
When he died at the age of 100 in 2014 in Princeton, William H. Scheide was one of the region's most prominent philanthropists, scholars, and musicians. He funded Princeton buildings, founded international organizations devoted to the work of Johann Sebastian Bach, and regularly worked out on both a grand piano and an organ he kept in his living room — where he shunned practicing scales or exercises so he could play only music.
The Chronicle for Philanthropy fittingly portrayed him as "an oil heir who supported some of the most important court fights of the civil-rights era as a key donor to the NAACP Legal Defense Fund . . . Inheriting the fortune his grandfather made in a 19th-century Pennsylvania oil boom, Scheide devoted most of his life to philanthropic and artistic pursuits that also included classical music and rare books. (He) paid for his family's library to be reconstructed at Princeton University, his alma mater, as the Scheide Library, now home to one of the world's finest rare-book collections. The NAACP legal fund said he was its longest-serving board member and most generous individual donor. His widow, Judith Scheide, said he gave $6 million to the organization in the last two decades."
The chief vehicle for his philanthropy was the Scheide Fund, founded when he was 28. Yet despite the corporate sound of its name and having an executive director, it was a private entity through which Scheide financed what he chose to support — and with sublime independence to pursue his own passions and values.
By the terms of his will, it ceased to exist upon his death.
Seated in her living room on Library Place, Judy Scheide talks about the man behind the philanthropist. "It was always an adventure," she says.
It was 2003 when 89 year-old Scheide married Judy McCartin, but their adventure started earlier and followed the end of their earlier marriages. Her husband, Peter McCartin, died in 1986. Scheide's first wife was Lorna Riggs, a social activist with whom he had three children. They married in 1940 and separated in 1966. He married his second wife, Gertrude, in 1971. She died in 2002.
Judy says she met Bill after she became an associate director of campaign relations at Princeton University in 1984. But it was her social awareness, master's degree in English literature from the University of Minnesota (1962), and an exposure to the older forms of English literature that built the connection.
"When I was hired," says Judy, "I decided to join the friends of the library and the friends of the museum. I thought that by joining organizations like those, I would meet the people I needed to know. The friends of the library always invited Bill and his wife to their events, and they came. At a library event, I was surprised and fascinated to spot the 'Blickling Homilies,' a collection of medieval sermons written in the 900s. I had read about it as a graduate student. And there it was in a case. It belonged to Bill. That was how I met him."
Judy says she got to know Bill more some years later, when her Princeton University assignment consisted of monitoring annual giving among alumni classes, including Bill's Class of 1936. The class had elected Bill vice president in charge of annual giving for the endowment. "He was so thrilled!" Judy reports. "He blurted out, 'Finally, I'm a big man on campus!'"
"His first task was to write a letter asking his classmates to include the Princeton endowment in their wills. He was very concerned because his class ranked among the 10 lowest donors. Bill consulted sample solicitation letters and came up with his own draft. Dodo [the nickname of Bill's wife, Gertrude] called me and told me that I had to tell Bill not to send it."
"The sample letter began 'Dear Colleagues.' Bill had crossed that out and wanted to substitute the name of each member of the class…. 'Dear Buzz,' or whoever. He went on to say something like 'I was surprised that '36 was among the lowest 10 donors, and I now plan to leave $25,000. You should also contribute. So fork it over, Buzz. We want to be one of the top 10."
"I told Dodo that Bill's letter was great. He sent it and people loved it. Money and pledges poured in. Bill would never tell anybody all of this. He thought it was nobody's business."
Without questioning whose business it is, Judy tells about his marriage proposal on a flight returning from the first meeting of the Leipzig Bach Archive in Germany in 2003. "We were sitting in the first row, and Bill turned to me abruptly, and said, 'I think we should get married.' Actually, I had thought he might ask me. I told him I would think it over. Before we left the plane, I told him 'yes.'"
"He wrote the most wonderful wedding invitation," she says, sharing a copy. It is in his down-to-earth style, inviting guests to the reception at Jasna Polana country club. He calls the site "a secret magic castle deep in the vast mysterious forests surrounding Princeton," and adds, "Only specially chosen people may be admitted, but never fear for YOU are indeed most welcome."
"Bill's money came from his grandfather, William T.," she says about the source of the philanthropy. "William T. was born in Philadelphia, the son of a baker. He grew up in Titusville, in western Pennsylvania, the center of the oil industry. There, he befriended a man from Ohio by the name John D. Rockefeller.
"John D. had been a Sunday school teacher," Judy continues. "He loved the biblical story of Joseph, who interpreted Pharaoh's dream about seven fat cows and seven lean ones as a warning to store grain in times of plenty in order to use it in times of famine. John D. thought that there was money to be made by applying Joseph's advice to oil. He proposed to William T., then 22, that they buy up oil, and store it, rather than develop oil wells themselves.
"At first they arranged for the oil to be stored in empty liquor barrels. That's why the unit for measuring oil is called a 'barrel.' At first, those barrels were transported in unsteady horse-drawn carts. Looking for something more stable, they switched to pipelines."
"William T. was to be in charge of the pipelines that would transport the oil to the barges that would carry it to its destinations. He would be the vice president of the new company. John D. proposed that they call the company 'Standard Oil.'"
"In 1869 Standard Oil sold at 11 cents a share," Judy says. 'William T., Bill's grandfather, bought shares every month. By 1889 his holdings were worth a million dollars. He didn't need more, retired at age 42, and began collecting books. He never went to college."
Bill's father, John H., (Princeton Class of 1896) expanded William T.'s library in Titusville, Pennsylvania, acquiring recognized treasures. When his father died in 1942, Bill inherited the family fortune, as well as the library, and continued to enlarge its holdings. After their marriage, Judy accompanied him to auctions in search of additional acquisitions.
In 1959 Bill provided for the library established by his father and grandfather to be replicated in quarters he donated to Princeton's Firestone Library. The original bookcases, tables, assorted furnishings, rugs, and windows from Titusville, Pennsylvania, were moved to Princeton. The library's treasures by then included the first printed Bibles, early editions of works by Shakespeare and Milton, a copy of the Declaration of Independence, significant classical music manuscripts, and a trove of rare books, as well as Emily Dickinson's recipe for chocolate pudding. Donated to the university by Bill's will, the library, valued at more than $200 million, was the largest gift to Princeton University in its history at the time.
Immediately after graduating from Princeton in 1936, Bill made his mark in music. His Princeton major was in history, since Princeton offered no music degree when Bill graduated. He was the first American to publish scholarly articles in Germany's "Bach-Jahrbuch," an annual periodical of Bach-related research. After earning a master's degree in music from Columbia University, he taught musicology at Cornell University, where he began to compile the arias included in Bach's cantatas. In the 1940s he founded the Bach Aria Group to perform those pieces in concert; the ensemble endured until 1980.
Bill acquired the famous 1748 portrait of Bach. After years in the Bach family, the painting ended up in a junk shop and landed in England when it was bought and smuggled out of Germany by a Jewish refugee during the rise of Nazism. It was purchased by Scheide in 1951 and hung in his living room. Following the terms of Bill's will, Judy returned it to the Leipzig Bach Archive. A true-to-the-original photographic copy of the masterful painting now replaces it in the Scheide home.
Blending music, philanthropy, and local needs was Bill's practice in the series of seven January concerts he devised to celebrate his birthdays from 2008 to 2014. For each of these Bill imported the personnel of a European orchestra to Princeton, along with their instruments, and provided for their stay in the United States. Included in the programs were compositions by Bill himself. Judy enthusiastically welcomed audiences. Income from the concerts went to local entities.
The range of beneficiaries is a snapshot of Bill's local interests. Recipients included the Scheide Center for Youth Development at Isles, a family-oriented Trenton organization; Centurion Ministries, an organization devoted to freeing falsely convicted individuals from prison; the Princeton Arts Council; helping the underinsured using the facilities of Princeton's University Medical Center; the Princeton Public Library; the Community Park swimming pool; and Westminster Choir College of Rider University.
Bill's guidance for philanthropic decisions came from his father, Judy says. "Bill's father, [John Scheide] made sure that Bill understood that he would inherit a lot of money, and that he was to be the steward for that wealth. The money, he pointed out, did not really belong to him; Bill was to use it for others."
Bill was not interested in material possessions for their own sake. He never had a yacht. His car was a Volkswagen bug. Until the end of his life he practiced martial arts. A photo in the living room shows him triumphantly lifting an ambitious-sized barbell.
A prominent example of Bill's following his father's advice on how to handle his fortune was his involvement in the landmark Supreme Court decision declaring school segregation unconstitutional. With millions of dollars of support over a period of more than a decade, Bill helped eventual U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall pave the way to desegregation in the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education ruling. Once the decision was reached, Bill contributed to seeing that it was carried out.
Attempting to list all of Bill's beneficiaries is a task of considerable proportions. Anne O'Neill, who became executive director of the Scheide Fund in 2007, provides a list of his gifts by categories. Gifts include entities ranging from local to international. Many of the gifts amount to millions of dollars. Rather than trying to list all the beneficiaries, we summarize their range.
Here are the statistics for the 72 recipients named on O'Neill's list. Arts, including music and visual arts: 11 recipients. Civil rights: 7 recipients. Education/Princeton University: 8 recipients. Education/Other: 11 recipients. Environment: 5 recipients. Health and Disabilities: 12 recipients. Poverty and Relief: 15 recipients. Religion: 3 recipients.
From her intimate insights into how Bill managed his wealth, O'Neill has advice both for those seeking financial support and for those in a position to provide it. She counsels support seekers, "Your task is to find your own Bill Scheide." For billionaires, she suggests, "You can be the next Bill Scheide."
#b#The Last Will#/b#
As expected, Scheide's Last Will and Testament shows provisions for his family and close associates. Yet the philanthropist provides some lasting support for the area and one special artist.
The will "bequeaths the sum of $3 million in trust" to Judy Scheide "to collect the income there from and to distribute said income no less frequently than annually" to tax-exempt institutions or organizations, selected "solely in the absolute discretion of the trustee."
It then stipulates that all books, manuscripts, furniture, furnishings, and "pictures and objects of art" in the Scheide Library in Princeton University's Firestone Library "be part of a conditional gift" to the Trustees of Princeton University.
Included in the collection are the first six printed editions of the Bible; the original printing of the Declaration of Independence; Shakespeare's first, second, third, and fourth folios; significant autograph music manuscripts of Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, and Wagner; and an autograph 1856 speech by Abraham Lincoln on the problems of slavery.
The conditions call for the university trustees to pay all estate, inheritance, legacy, success, or transfers taxes related to the collection; pay for it to be inventoried and appraised; and to keep the collection intact. Another item in the will provides funds for collection maintenance.
In a few personal touches, the will deliberately specifies the transfer of specific objects to specific individuals. A black and white Ansel Adams photograph went to his niece, photographer Natasha D'Schommer, and his Bosen Dorfer piano went to his wife.
And then there is a final tribute to one of Scheide's favorite artists: Mark Laycock, former longtime conductor of the Princeton Symphony Orchestra. A generous gift was bestowed to him by Scheide "in acknowledgement of all the pleasure his music has brought to me over the years and I designate him the Scheide Conductor Laureate." Laycock returned to Princeton on multiple occasions to conduct Scheide's birthday concerts.
— Dan Aubrey
Go Inside This Week's Issue of U.S. 1: January 13, 2021


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Latest Motors News
Motoring Tips & Advice
Potters Bar E-edition
Herts Mavericks
The Forum Herts
Sonisphere Festival
Eastern Electrics
Herts Jazz Festival
Rhythms of the World
Folkstock
Folk by the Oak
Standon Calling
Christmas Church Services
Welwyn Hatfield Life
Target stamps
Uber driver 'took advantage' of Welwyn Garden City man falling asleep to charge £120 more
Charlotte McLaughlin
Nicholas with his daughter, sister and niece. Picture: Nicholas Moon.
A man from Welwyn Garden City is claiming that his Uber driver took advantage of him when he was asleep and ended up charging him £120 more than the quoted maximum rate.
The latest Uber journey
Nicholas Moon was coming home from his Christmas work party in the early hours of Friday, December 13 from Central London when he missed the last train.
When he was looking for a taxi home from Pancras Road, he thought it was fair that Uber quoted him around £80 maximum rate at a 2.0 Surge for the 24.26 miles, 49 minute journey to his Peartree home.
Nicholas told the Welwyn Hatfield Times: "While I had a few drinks, I was not obnoxiously drunk and fully aware.
"My Uber arrived, a white BMW 5-Series driven by Patryk from Enfield ,and after a few minutes of conversation with my driver, I fell asleep in the front seat of the Uber.
Previous Uber journey
"I eventually made it home, but I was not happy on receiving the detailed receipt or the fact that we appeared to have only started heading home once I woke up the other side of Hertford, a town past my destination address."
He thinks that the driver took him out of the way on purpose, as he went out from London towards Uxbridge then took the M25 towards St Albans then went across to Potters Bar but did not take the A1(M) towards Welwyn Garden City. Instead the driver took the A10 to Hertford.
In the end, he went on a 65.88 mile ride - more than double the estimated route - that took one hour and 30 minutes and cost £206.48.
He said he was given credit for Uber worth £100, after he complained a few times, but was not refunded the full £126.48 difference on his journey.
Even after he complained a few more times, he was not given any explanation for the charge or the wrong route. He then contested it through his PayPal's fraud service and was given £100 back.
Asked if he would be using his credit from Uber, Nicholas firmly replied "no".
"I'm not going to use them again," he said. "They haven't been very helpful and now I'm aware [from social media] that I'm not the only one this has been done to."
He said in future that he would be sticking to a black cab service or getting a local reliable taxi firm.
Uber was approached for a comment but have so far not responded.
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Debenhams shuts its doors for the last time in Welwyn Garden City
Welwyn Garden City mother protected by bouncers after man demands $500
Work begins on new Welwyn Garden City homes
Burglary at primary school in Welwyn Garden City
Latest from the Welwyn Hatfield Times
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Tesco wants to help Potters Bar charities
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Rugby star Bryan Habana (South Africa) joins Laureus World Sports Academy
February 22, 2020 South African Sports
Ahead of the 20th Laureus World Sports Awards Berlin, star and legendary South African rugby player Bryan Habana had the honor of becoming a member of Laureus World Sports Academy.
Bryan Habana was warmly welcomed
Considered one of the greatest rugby players of all time, Bryan Habana was inspired to participate in the sport, seeing South African President Nelson Mandela and Francois Pienaar, captain The South African rugby team lifted the trophy for the rugby world championship team in 1995. Sitting in the stands at Ellis Park, he dared to dream of becoming one of the top scorers in top contests of this sport.
Bryan Habana was the star of the Rugby World Cup (World Cup) in 2007, scoring eight times (try) to help the South African team become world champions. With 8 goals, Bryan Habana set the tournament's record on par with the performance of rugby star Jonah Lomu (New Zealand). He was also voted the World Footballer of the World Championship in 2007. With 67 goals, Bryan was second in the list of all-time scorers. When he became a world champion, he also won many titles at other prestigious competitions such as Tri Nations, a Lions Series of England and Ireland and the European Cup.
In 2009, Bryan Habana was selected as the Ambassador for the Laureus Sport for Good Program and for the past decade, he has been a devoted member of the Laureus family, spending time visiting programs around the world, improving awareness and call for funding to support the transformation of these programs. Bryan Habana joins the current 68-member family of Laureus World Sports Academy.
The Laureus Sport for Good program has raised over 150 million EUR for the Sports for Development field over the past 20 years. Together with partners, the Laureus Sport for Good program has been approaching and helping to change the lives of nearly 6 million children and young people since 2000. Currently, this program supports more than 200 programs in more than 40 countries, using the power of sport to change lives.
Bryan Habana, rugby, South African, South African football


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Chichu Art Museum (japansk: 地中美術館) er et museum der ligger på den sydlige del af øen Naoshima i præfekturet Kagawa, Japan. Det er tegnet af den japanske arkiktekt Tadao Ando og blev indviet den 18. juli, 2004.

Baggrund
Museet, der delvist ligger under jorden, er ejet af Naoshima Fukutake Art Museum Foundation. Museet er et af flere kunstrelaterede projekter på øen Naoshima, som tiltrækker mange turister.

Udstillede værker
Museet har faste udstillinger af Walter De Maria, James Turrell og Claude Monet.

Walter de Maria
 "Time/Timeless/No Time," 2004 - granit, mahogni, bladguld, beton

Claude Monet
 "Water Lilies," 1914-17 - olie på lærred, 200×200 cm
 "Water Lilies, Reflections of Weeping Willows," 1916-19 - olie på lærred, 100×200 cm
 "Water-Lily Pond," 1917-19 - olie på lærred, 100×200 cm
 "Water-Lily Pond," c.1915-1926 - olie på lærred, diptykon, hver del: 200×300 cm

James Turrell
 Afrum, Pale Blue," 1968 - projektor
 "Open Field," 2000 - fluorescerende lys, neonrør
 "Open Sky," 2004 - LED, xenon lampe

Chichu Garden
Mellem billetkontoret og selve museet finder man Chichu Garden. Et område på ca. 400 m2 med omkring 150 forskellige typer af planter og 40 forskellige træer, der enten er med på Monets værker eller som var samlet af kunstneren igennem hans liv.

Kunstmuseer
Museer i Japan

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The Dynamic Vertical Scaling [[CAT]] provides a structure for a system that can dynamically scale resources up and down to facilitate the processing of varying workload. That is, the processing capacity of a single resource is adjusted to the current workload. It is initiated by a controller that monitors the resource utilization and evaluates predefined performance criteria against a threshold that triggers an up or down scaling. ==Example== [[File:Dynamic_Vertical_Scaling.png|frame|right|Example CloudScale Architectural Template instantiation for Dynamic Vertical Scaling.]] Assume a book shop system that consists of three components: The book shop frontend, the book shop management and the book shop database, which is vertically scalable. That is, the CPU frequency can be increased to 4.0 GHz in case the response time is greather than 3.0 seconds. The roles' constraints assure the characteristics of dynamic vertical scaling: * The components, whose resources are scaled up and down, are running in a VM. ==Context== A system that has to deal with varying workload. ==Problem== A system has to deal with a varying workload, i.e. periodic or random and unexpected workload. A static scaling of the system would lead to an under- or overprovision of resources. In turn, this leads to a performance lack or in high costs for the costumer as he pays for resources in non-peak phases that are not needed. Another option would be to reject requests that are not processable because the resources are fully utilized. However, from the costumers view it is not desirable as he looses clients and therefore profit. Also, the provider could add resources when a peak load occurs. However, it is not beneficial as the provision of further resources results in a latency until they can be used. In the worst case, the resource is available when the peak phase is over. Furthermore, the removal of the resources after workload decrease produces additional costs and effort. ==Solution== Use a cloud environment with VMs in which the components of the system are running. The VMs include a controller monitoring the resource utilization and checks whether a predefined performance criterion exceeds a threshold. When a component needs more capacity of a resource, the VM adds free capacity for this component. In case, the workload decreases and the component doesn't need the whole resource capacity, the VM can delete resources, so that they are available for other components. ==Structure== In the following figure, we provide the CAT type for Dynamic Vertical Scaling: [[File:DynamicVerticalScalingType.png|frame|none|Dynamic Vertical Scaling CloudScale Architectural Template type.]] ==Dynamics== Assume a system implemented according the Dynamic Vertical Scaling structure. Suddenly a high amount of requests occur aiming at the vertically scalable component. Depending on which resource can be scaled up (add CPU core, increse CPU frequency, increase memory) and how much of the resource is currently physical available on the server, the VM would add resources for the processing of the requests. When the load decreases and the VM doens't need the additional resources anymore, these resources are freed and therefore made available for other VMs running on the server. ==Known Uses== OnApp Cloud ==Consequences== We identified the following benefits for Dynamic Vertical Scaling: * Fast provision of more resources. * Lower resource and configuration costs. We are aware of the following liabilities for Dynamic Vertical Scaling: * Limited by the amount of the physical servers' free resources on which the VM is running. * Whether the system has to reboot after VM resizing depends on the operating system. In this case, the latency is high till the resource is available. ==References== * Erl, T., Puttini, R., Mahmood, Z. "Cloud Computing: Concepts, Technology & Architecture". Prentice Hall Press, 2013. * Fehling, C., Leymann, F., Retter, R., Schupeck, W., Arbitter, P. "Cloud Computing Patterns. Fundamentals to Design, Build, and Manage Cloud Applications". Springer, 2014. * Furht, B., Escalante, A. "Handbook of Cloud Computing". Springer, 2010. * Dutta, S., Gera, S., Verma, A., Viswanathan, B. "SmartScale: Automatic Application Scaling in Enterprise Clouds". In Rong Chang, ed., 'IEEE CLOUD' , IEEE, , pp. 221-228.
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