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The Gift of Talent That Was Robin Williams
Robin Williams died today. The circumstances don't matter so long as they weren't at someone else's hands, and thankfully as reports go in this breaking story they weren't.
On very few occasions in our lifetimes are we inspired by greatness—those moments when we see, hear, touch as our senses allow something so different, that our perceptions of reality change. That happened to me the night I first glimpsed Robin Williams on TV.
Being Gen X I grew up in Australia in front of a cathode ray screen. As my earliest recollections go, our first TV was a huge wooden box on four legs with a weird looking space-age antenna that coiled like a coat hanger from its sides. It was an HMV brand and its logo was a dog, sitting in front of a gramophone (I had no idea what that was), fixated obviously to the sound of "His Master's Voice".
So my youngest childhood days passed in the black and whiteness of soap operas, dramas, and movies.
But it was a ready diet of US-made sitcoms that gave me sustenance: Gilligan's Island, I Dream of Jeannie, Bewitched, Here's Lucy, Mr. Ed, Addams Family, Dobby Gillis, Gidget, My Three Sons, Honeymooners, Dick Van Dyke, Carol Burnett, Gomer Pyle, F Troop, Get Smart, Brady Bunch, Odd Couple—and that doesn't even touch the epic industry called cartoons (written with mature audiences in mind back then)—of Looney Tunes, Jetsons, and the Flintstones there amongst.
The point is that these shows were pure shtick—rooted in vaudeville. And they shaped my sense of humor then on.
Color TV came in the mid-70s and while some of these shows transferred to its vista, a new era of sitcom was born, typified by the brilliance of MASH, Good Times, Jeffersons, Welcome Back Kotter, Bob Newhart, and Mary Tyler Moore.
But one show, appeared in 1974—a sitcom, that like MASH, sought to infuse humanity within its laughter. This was Happy Days—and it launched stellar careers for its key stars; a show so powerful it interrupted the national news one night with the breaking story: "Will Fonzie jump the shark?"
Proof of its true impact on sitcom tastes though, came with the number of spin-offs it birthed. Two of its greatest were Laverne and Shirley (1976) and Mork and Mindy (1978). And with the latter of course entered full-time, Robin Williams.
The man was speed incarnate and though yes, drugs would infest his life, the metaphor here speaks of his on stage dynamics.
To me, the finest attribute of what I call vaudeville, is the "improv": the ability to conjure up rib cracking humor beyond the script in a routine or skit.
Through my life as a viewer I've witnessed some masters: Jerry Lewis, Lou Costello, Bob Newhart, Carol Burnett, Jonathan Winters, Alan Alda, Tim Conway, Graham Kennedy, Victor Borge—oh heck, you can't forget Lucille Ball.
All it took was a sideways glance, a raised eyebrow, a badly concealed smirk—and the lifejackets would fly, laughter would no longer be canned—it'd be sublime.
So into that mix swept Robin Williams, a man who didn't just fall off scripts, he re-wrote them mid air. His beauty lay in the reactions of his co-stars as they struggled to keep up. Here was no upstaging—with Robin Williams, he was the stage.
The true talent of a comedic wit though, is the pathos that sits inside. Comedy derives from honesty—an overly acute awareness of what makes things tick. It gives it a gorgeous character that becomes self-deprecation and the foundation for the limits of satire.
Blessed as such, Robin Williams also surprised audiences with drama that grabbed at the ankles and tugged hard. Moscow on the Hudson, The World According to Garp, and Goodwill Hunting held me. But two movies particularly caressed my essence: The Birdcage and Good Morning Vietnam. The latter deeply affecting the person and writer I wanted to be.
All this goes to saying in many words what could be addressed so simply: That Robin Williams was a gift in my life and proof that the world offers talent out of its darkest confines.
His wife, Susan Schneider, said today:
This morning I lost my husband and my best friend, while the world lost one of its most beloved artists and beautiful human beings… As he is remembered, it is our hope that the focus will not be on Robin's death, but on the countless moments of joy and laughter he gave to millions.
As history shows, talent—real talent—often comes with great pain to its owner. This is an aspect of our world that I find hard to fathom, but it is ever so true.
All I can pray is that talent continues to rush out at us like a herd of elephants from the thickest of trees; trumpeting with bravado as their feet pound our souls, shaking the stupor from our minds and the melancholy from our bones.
Thank you Robin Williams: What's the bet they're now rolling in the aisles up high?
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ΒARTHOLOMAIOS KOUTLOUMOUSIANOS
by Fr. Demetrios Stratis
Bartholomew Koutloumousianos was born on 22 nd December, in 1722, on the island of Imbros in the northern Aegean , near to the coast of Asia Minor . He received his first schooling on both Imbros and the neighbouring island of Enos .
At the age of 21, in 1793, he went to the Koutloumousiou Monastery on Mount Athos where he professed the monastic life. He was subsequently ordained a deacon and soon after a priest, and it was from the monastery that he took his name. While on Mount Athos and within the environment of Koutloumousiou he widened his knowledge under the instruction of the priest-monks Chrysanthos and Cyrillus and, most significantly, St Nicodemos of the Holy Mountain .
In 1803 Bartholomew returned to his birthplace with the intention of setting up a school there, but this plan had to be postponed when he went to Kidonies in Asia Minor, together with his brother Cyrillus, who was also a priest-monk, to follow a three year course under the tuition of Sarafis and B. Lesbios at the then renowned Kidonies School. He returned to Imbros in 1812 and tried again to establish a school at the Koutloumousiou metochion of the Archangels Michael and Gabriel, but yet again this second attempt had to be abandoned because of a serious outbreak of the plague as well as the negative reception of the local aristocracy and of bishop Nikiphoros Tselepis.
Two years later, in 1814, Bartholomew went to Thessaloniki in response to an invitation by Ioannikios, the Intendant of Mount Athos, to be a tutor. He taught mainly the children of wealthy and well-established families, such as those of Kaftantzoglou and Charissi, and remained in the city for much longer than he had initially anticipated. The outbreak of the Greek War of Independence in 1821 compelled him to flee to Marseilles in order to save his life and he remained there for six years. Then, in 1827, he was invited by the Greek community in Venice to teach at the Flaginio School where he worked for seven years, as a teacher and headmaster, during which time he contributed considerably to its reorganization. Simultaneously he served as priest to St George's church, and was generally active in both the social and publishing domains of the city and as a benefactor to the Greek community in Venice as a whole.
In 1834, on the recommendation of his friends A. Moustoxidis and B. Kapodistrias, he was asked by the Ionian Parliament to teach at the Ecclesiastical School of the Ionian Academy, but two years later, following an invitation by his fellow-compatriots and the intervention of the Ecumenical Patriarch Gregory VI, he returned to Imbros with the hope of continuing his vocational work in the educational sphere. Yet once again he failed to establish a school on the island and in 1837 Patriarch Gregory appointed him as the Principal of the recently founded School of Divinity at Fanari in Istanbul . This school had been set up in order to counteract the sectarian teachings of Theophilus Kairis which were being disseminated by his students, and it closed down shortly after its aims were achieved.
Subsequently, in 1840, Bartholomew was appointed Principal of the Trade School in Chalki where he taught until 1847. It was in this same year that he returned to the Koutloumousiou Monastery and, forever an educator, there also undertook a number of school classes in replacement of the renowned Athonias School which at that time had ceased operating. He died on 16 th August 1851 .
Bartholomew Koutloumousianos was a leading cultural figure of his time, a priest and a teacher, a writer, and editor of liturgical texts that are distinguished among the cultural output of his age. He lived during the period when the ideology of the Enlightenment was rapidly spreading throughout Greece . He maintained a critical attitude towards these freshly imported ideas which he accommodated up to the point that he considered they would serve his purposes. He became acquainted with representatives of the Enlightenment, towards whom he kept a relatively open stance, without distancing himself from the traditional beliefs of the Church and the Ecumenical Patriarchate.
He compiled a Grammar of the Greek Language (1828) and The Little Prayer Book (1829), and with the encouragement of the Governor of newly-liberated Greece , Ioannis Kapodistrias, he drew up an enchiridion of Prayers for every Profession and Trade. Although completed by 1831, his work Synopsis was never published, as neither were his other two texts, Arithmetic and Sermons. Bartholomew also wrote two historical monographs, one on his birthplace, Imbros (1845), and the other on the Monastery of the Holy Virgin at Chalki (1846). For many years he was much involved in the editing and publication of the main liturgical books of the Orthodox Church, the Orologion (1831), the Penticostarion (1837) and the Menaion (1846), thus accomplishing a remarkable task for which he was well-known in both ecclesiastical and cultural society.
Bartholomew's personality and work, which is the subject of the present study, are instrumental in helping us to better comprehend the social circumstances and events of his age, and much previously unknown information from a large volume of unpublished data that has been brought to light in this work also contributes to our understanding of modern Greek spiritual and liturgical life as well as of the history of the Church.
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Park City awaits a Friday decision on fate of Olympic bid
News | December 11, 2018
Jay Hamburger
citynews@parkrecord.com
A sculpture along S.R. 224 in Park City commemorates the community's role during the 2002 Winter Olympics, one of the visible reminders of the games of that year. The United States Olympic Committee on Friday could select a bid city for a future games. Salt Lake City and Denver are the candidate cities.
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Park City, Salt Lake City and the wider Wasatch Mountain region by late on Friday could be selected to carry the United States torch toward another Winter Olympics.
The United States Olympic Committee during meetings this week in San Francisco may select a bid city for a future games, likely those that will be held in 2030. Salt Lake City and Denver are the candidate cities.
The Park City area has a crucial role in the Salt Lake City plans for the games. Park City Mountain Resort, Deer Valley Resort and the Utah Olympic Park are identified as major competition venues, as they were during the Winter Olympics in 2002. The Park City area would also be expected to again be one of the popular gathering places for the Olympic revelry, and any games organizers would see the Park City area as critical to the logistical plans for transportation and security that drive much of the overall preparations.
"The importance of this meeting is we know that this is on the agenda to be discussed. There is a strong chance that we will hear some news as of this Friday," said Colin Hilton, who is the president and CEO of the Utah Olympic Legacy Foundation and a member of the Utah Olympic Exploratory Committee that drafted a report in support of a bid.
Hilton was a high-ranking staffer in the organizing committee that staged the Olympics in 2002 and is an important figure in the talks about a future games. The Utah Olympic Legacy Foundation that he leads maintains the Utah Olympic Park, the Utah Olympic Oval and the Soldier Hollow Nordic Center, three of the venues during the 2002 games. Each of the venues is included in the plans for a future games.
"For me, I don't have a lot of anxiety around it, because I know what we've been doing is really good," Hilton said on Monday about awaiting the decision by the USOC, describing the region as a "living legacy" to the positive impact of an Olympics.
The Utah Olympic Exploratory Committee report outlines the involvement of Park City Mountain Resort, Deer Valley Resort and the Utah Olympic Park in a future games. PCMR is envisioned as the location of snowboarding and freestyle skiing events while Deer Valley is considered as a location for freestyle skiing and ski racing competitions. The lineup could change should the Olympics be awarded to the region, but the report provided a likely scenario for the two resorts. The Utah Olympic Park, meanwhile, would retain its role of hosting the sliding sports, ski jumping and a portion of the Nordic combined competition.
City Hall is also awaiting the decision by the USOC. Mayor Andy Beerman is a member of the Utah Olympic Exploratory Committee and has to date led the municipal government's involvement in the discussions. Park City officials would be expected to mobilize in the months after a Salt Lake City selection as the United States bid city.
Beerman and others at City Hall see another Olympic effort as something that could advance Park City priorities like transportation, housing, sustainability and social equity. Beerman said on Tuesday an environmentally friendly games could be staged in the state, which would align with City Hall's own goals.
"It would be exciting to have an opportunity to bid on another Olympics," the mayor said. "I hope we do get the opportunity."
Related: Park City, Salt Lake City seen as 2026 contingency
A timeline for any City Hall Olympic efforts is not clear, but officials have appeared to be willing to put significant resources into the work. It is also unknown what sort of internal planning will be conducted by the municipal government should a bid be launched. The planning for the games in 2002 is well documented, and it seems officials of today would rely to some degree on the earlier blueprints. One early City Hall decision that could be made is the creation of a municipal position dedicated to Olympic planning, a move that was praised in the 2002 games era.
The County Courthouse would also be expected to make Olympic-related moves in the event that Salt Lake City is selected as the bid city. It seems likely Summit County leaders would also see a games effort as an opportunity to pursue their broader priorities. Other public bodies like the Park City School District would also need to consider blueprints for another games. State legislators whose districts include Park City or parts of Summit County would have a role as well, as would the congressional delegation.
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7 Ed Tech Trends to Watch in 2018
Whenever we analyze the landscape of higher education technology, we find a range of trends in various stages of development. There are topics with real staying power, such as learning space design (which has factored into our trends list for several years). Others have evolved over time: Virtual reality made our list in 2016, then expanded to include augmented and mixed reality in 2017, and this year makes up part of a broader concept of immersive learning. And while some topics, like video, have been around for ages, new developments are putting them into a different light.
To help make sense of it all, we asked a panel of four IT leaders from institutions across the country for their thoughts. Here's what they told us.
Our Panelists
Brian Fodrey
Assistant Dean for Facilities & Information Technology and Chief Information Officer, School of Government, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
David Goodrum
Director of Academic Technology, Information Services, Oregon State University
Thomas Hoover
Chief Information Officer and Dean of the Library, University of Louisiana Monroe
Anu Vedantham
Director of Learning and Teaching Services for FAS Libraries, Harvard Library, Harvard University
1) Data-Driven Institutions
Brian Fodrey: In the age of big data, with leaders focused on making data-driven decisions, having a data and information management strategy in place in IT is no longer just a luxury, but quickly becoming a necessity.
A unified data standardization effort can make all systems and processes better and can be directly managed by assessing how data is collected, cleansed and ultimately stored. Employing a data in-information out mindset forces us to be strategic in why data is being requested, how it is solicited and the manner in which it will inform future offerings, services and/or systems enterprise-wide. Additionally, having reliable data sets also lessens the need for redundant collection points to exist at various application levels, and instead creates a more uniform and positive user experience.
Beyond the capturing and management of data, understanding and recognizing the diversity in where and how all constituents at an institution are consuming various data sets can also lead to learning more about those who value our information, utilize our services and influence how we collect data in the future.
Thomas Hoover: Data and big data have been buzzwords — rightfully so — for the last several years. Universities are making great progress when it comes to using data to help with retention and student success. However, there is still much room for improvement to take advantage of data-driven decision-making across the entire campus.
For instance, data can be used to determine if classrooms are being utilized optimally before new construction projects are kicked off. It can and should be used to determine if aging computer labs should be renewed or transformed into something that is more useful to the university. Efforts like these can not only streamline campus operations, but also ensure that we are making most of the resources we have in the service of teaching and learning.
Another area where data can be used more is GIS data. Historically, GIS data has primarily been used in the hard sciences — but that same data could be analyzed in practically any class on a college campus. Think history, political science, criminal justice, urban planning — there is so much data out there, and we can all do a better job of using it.
David Goodrum: The future of any innovation in teaching and learning is almost always a combination of all — or at least most — of the following: academic discipline, pedagogy, learning environment, data and educational technology. And data-informed research and formative evaluation are the key to avoiding just chasing shiny new objects on the one hand and just staying with what we've always done on the other. The foundational blocks for making any headway in analytics, particularly learning analytics, are: a) institutional (rather than vendor) ownership of data generated by teaching and learning activity; b) transparency of data models created through our data (rather than being proprietary); and c) data and integration standards (such as those shepherded by the IMS Global Learning Consortium).
2) Immersive Learning
Anu Vedantham: Last January, I indulged my curiosity about virtual reality and gamification with a workshop at Harvard organized by Alex Zahlten and presented by Johanna Pirker. It was a joy to spend two days learning the basics of programs such as Unity and PhotoScan. Touching the software hands-on was essential for me to understand why this technology is powerful and how it can be used for more than just first-person-shooter games. Later in the year, for HUBweek, our Cabot Science Library hosted presentations on the Giza Project and the Archaeology of Harvard Yard. My appreciation for the educational potential for VR technologies was deepened after exploring the work of Nicole Mills, who is using VR to capture the feel of different Parisian neighborhoods.
One challenge of this technology is how fast it is moving. Another is that it crosses conceptual boundaries. Is it like watching a movie? Is it like playing a game? Is it like wandering an online landscape without constraint or direction? It has all of these components, which makes it harder to integrate into an educational experience. I'm also interested in how we are exploring other senses — touch, smell and taste — in the context of virtual reality.
3) Digital Course Materials and Assignments
Vedantham: YouTube began in February 2005, and 12 years later, Wikipedia reports 1 billion hours of content watched on the platform each day. The sheer volume of educational video creates challenges for faculty in creating new content, as well as finding and reusing content. During the busy academic semesters, faculty do not have time to watch, curate and clip videos! The cognitive overload of video use can be significant, leading us to look for specialized collections such as Ted Talks and Khan Academy. Harvard's DART initiative is one recent effort to try to help faculty and instructional designers make full use of open access assets created for edX MOOCs.
As we increase dependence on instructional videos, we also need to focus on issues of accessibility for people with a range of needs. I have benefited from the annual Disability Symposium at the University of Pennsylvania for its ability to bring campus together to discuss such issues.
I can skim text material fast to decide if it is worth including in my course. I need a similar tool to assess video content quickly and reliably. Video has emotional and cultural connotations that can be hard for me to predict or control without taking time to watch and digest the content and identify what to include and what to edit out. We need to develop new metaphors for how to work with video content in education in ways similar to the established practices of quotes, paraphrases and adaptations of text content. Our ability to abstract out of specific tools (What do YellowDig, Canvas and Piazza have in common?) and to develop pathways from simple to more complex tools will be needed to maintain momentum.
Goodrum: Digital education is generating new learning opportunities as students engage in online, digital environments and as faculty change educational practices through the use of hybrid courses, personalized instruction, new collaboration models and a wide array of innovative, engaging learning strategies. Furthermore, a 21st century view of learner success requires students to not only be thoughtful consumers of digital content, but effective and collaborative creators of digital media, demonstrating competencies and communicating ideas through dynamic storytelling, data visualization and content curation. As instructors create assignments and develop rubrics for assessing new forms of student work across academic disciplines, faculty and students would benefit from access to new collaborative spaces with the technology and consulting expertise to successfully complete media-rich assignments and projects. One example at Oregon State is in general biology courses, where Senior Instructors Lesley Blair and Mark Lavery infuse their own lectures with media-rich components and have their students include their own media elements in assignments and social media postings. You can follow their journey in changing biology education at vividscience.org and @VividScience on Twitter.
4) Enterprise-wide Video
Goodrum: Being relatively new to Oregon State, I'm lucky to work with Raul Burriel (the streaming media coordinator for Information Services), who was interviewed this past May by Campus Technology about lecture capture, but also mentioned online video platforms that provide enterprise capabilities for recording, managing and delivering videos. In short, at the technological level, institutions are increasingly looking at video holistically. It shouldn't matter where your video was made, what equipment or device was used to make it, or where you're going to use it, because everything should be connected. At the same time, we mustn't conflate everything being connected with needing to buy into one single product. What we should look for is modularity, compatibility, adherence to standards (for formats and integrations as well as data), accessibility and ease of use. We exist in a world today where video equipment and tools are becoming modular and compatible, and the capabilities of consumer smartphones, action cameras and even drones have attracted amateurs and professionals alike. The demand for support for digital fluency is growing; everyone has video tools in their pocket; and communicating via DIY media is increasingly commonplace. An enterprise-wide video strategy can help people throughout the institution convey their work, research and creative activity.
Vedantham: I agree with David on the value of a single video platform that is enterprise-wide. It's a hard goal to achieve, but without it, it's very difficult to streamline and coordinate across departments. Most universities agree that a common e-mail and document-sharing platform makes sense, and I see a common video platform as the next step as we continue to integrate video into our teaching practice.
5) Mobile Tech and the Internet of Things
Fodrey: The work being done across higher education institutions is becoming increasingly mobile, virtualized and geographically dispersed, which affords us to be more collaborative, effective and readily available. Mobile technology provides instant gratification both for efforts inside the classroom and out, but it also increases demands on resources and the expectations of many. Oftentimes, it is managing those expectations that can be the greatest challenge.
The infusion of mobile technologies affords a multitude of opportunities, expanding use cases for how and where people learn and consume information, and allowing institutions to learn more about user behavior in more ways than can be imagined. Mobile technology on a college campus serves a variety of purposes, often with varied levels of success and effectiveness. IT divisions must continue to think about how their systems and infrastructure can scale into platforms and devices that go beyond the traditional and instead into a more competitive, mobile-friendly marketplace.
We must capitalize on the strengths of portability and the BYOD nature of mobile tech, and accept that as a result our faculty, staff and students are going to command new and different support from our IT divisions.
Goodrum: The modern person on the street or in their home may not have the time or attention to understand much about the Internet of Things (unless they ask Siri or Alexa about it), because they are too distracted by their smart-phone, -watch, -exercise tracker, -bulb, -thermostat, -doorlock, -refrigerator with a webcam, etc.
At Oregon State, the College of Agricultural Sciences is developing a precision agriculture curriculum, which is all about generating and using data that will allow farmers to make the best decisions possible. Faculty members in the Department of Biological and Ecological Engineering expect IoT to play a significant role in the generation of data that, when matched with the power of the cloud and scientifically validated algorithms, will allow producers to make smart decisions. Assistant Professor Chet Udell, a faculty member in the department, is developing a multi-term curriculum (funded in part by an Information Systems Learning Innovation Grant) which aims to teach students how to build and develop sensor packages and interact with the cloud, thus putting theory into action. In addition, Professor John Selker runs the Open-Sensing Lab, which focuses on developing environmental sensing projects and research using solid-state sensors of water, atmosphere and soil status. Through the Internet of Agriculture (IoA), the technology for sensors and communication could potentially play a critical role to ensure our ability to feed the human population in 2050.
6) Role of IT
Hoover: IT can and should play a huge role in today's higher education institution. It goes without saying that IT first needs to focus on helping the institution fulfill the university mission and strategic plan. That should be the core responsibility for IT.
IT has the distinct ability to enhance and offer assistance to every department on campus. In this time of decreased public funding for higher education, IT can position itself to be a great resource for the university. On the academic side, IT can streamline the recruitment and enrollment process, as well as assist with retention and helping students to graduate. Those are extremely important areas in states that are moving or have moved to performance-based funding models. On the administrative side, IT can help improve workflow and automate administrative tasks in various departments. As one of my esteemed CIO colleagues says, "IT is the circulatory system of the university."
Another area that IT can play a role is in recruitment. As universities begin to battle for the reduced number of traditional students, a solid information technology infrastructure on a campus could make the difference in which universities students choose. Students are more apt to select a university that invests in technology and uses its information technology innovatively across campus. This is especially true when it comes to technology in the classrooms and collaboration spaces. The bottom line is that students are more apt to choose a university that invests in information technology than a university that just minimally funds technology enhancements across campus.
Fodrey: Due to ever-increasing complexities throughout higher education, IT divisions find themselves juggling a growing service portfolio, addressing seemingly endless challenging fiscal climates and acting as leaders throughout an organization as both service providers and chief innovators.
Put more simply, every project in an organization is in some fashion a technology project — and when IT has a seat at the table, that allows you to ask, what is the organization trying to accomplish? And how can technology support that effort? IT does more than provide the technology, it powers the mission of an institution.
The role IT is to assist in managing organizational change and transform our respective institutions for the future. IT divisions must be able to better predict and deliver what our faculty, staff and students want at the precise moment they want it! This lean-in approach will allow our divisions to help steer the conversation toward a technology footprint that can evolve and that we can best support, as well as divert elsewhere in situations where a technology infusion may take away from the goal or problem being addressed.
Goodrum: Certainly, a key to IT's strategic impact in higher education is to focus on the value proposition, rather than the feature list of the latest technology peaking on the Gartner curve. Can we find a match between needs, delivering value and managing expectations and timelines? There's often a lot of pain when there is a mismatch! Perhaps one analogy would be to consider two appliances that apply detergent and water with the purpose of cleaning: You wouldn't want to put your clothes in the dishwasher and your dishes in the washing machine. Also, as with many of our personal purchases, we too often seek tools with long lists of features, then either avoid using them because they are too complex or only use them for one or two tasks. In our daily lives, we often buy (or receive) things because of convincing marketing, but then leave them in the drawer because the purpose is not a priority or we can't afford the time to learn to use them. Or we buy the tool to satisfy a particular person, when in fact the work will be done by others. The end result of a mismatched technology will be a distraction, or worse, a disruption, keeping everyone from the purpose at hand: teaching and learning, research, service and/or the running of the university.
7) Learning Space Design
Vedantham: Changes in student behavior are informing the design of learning spaces on university and college campuses, often creating pressure on campuses with older building infrastructure. For example, new library spaces now emphasize casual interaction, movable furniture, writable surfaces, transparency and multimedia creation. Our Cabot Science Library with its media studios opened in April 2017 to rave reviews. The 2017 Designing Libraries conference featured us and several other new spaces.
Changes in physical space also require changes in policies (ease of entry, longer hours, friendliness to food, noise and sleep) and an acceptance of the student as a whole person. Connecting library capabilities to classrooms and residential housing multiplies the impact of space investment, enabling course assignments that can be more creative and ambitious. To get there, we need to look at our campuses as an ecosystem of interconnected spaces and ask: How do students experience our buildings over the course of the day? How can we better understand their behaviors and space needs? How can planning conversations be inclusive and flexible to increase the ROI for learning spaces?
As our understanding of neuroscience deepens, we begin to appreciate the emotional aspects of learning space design, and the importance of spaces that build confidence, feel welcoming and create a sense of inspiration and wonder.
Read last year's take on the biggest trends in education technology: "11 Ed Tech Trends to Watch in 2017."
Goodrum: The range of active learning approaches that can be used to foster in-class interaction include: practice and feedback; knowledge application; students making judgements, comparisons, synthesis and analysis; individual and group problem solving; and even student-to-student instruction. There's also substantial research supporting increased use of active learning methods in general. A large-scale comparison of science teaching methods led by University of Washington researcher Scott Freeman showed that courses that include active learning activities in the classroom led to increased student exam scores and decreased failure rates. Various approaches to active learning classrooms have had considerable success at schools such as MIT, North Carolina State, University of Minnesota, University of Iowa, Indiana University and others. At Oregon State, faculty have also looked to address the potential for increasing engagement in even the large lecture hall as they worked to design a new general classroom building, the Learning Innovation Center (LInC). In the LInC, round lecture halls keep students in the last row within 45 feet of the instructor and facing the majority of their fellow students, with researchers studying the impact in an effort called The Geometry of Learning.
Hoover: At the University of Louisiana Monroe, we have completed a deselection of the library's stacks collection. We are in the process now of redesigning those newly created open spaces in the library and forming an information commons for our students. In all of our research and fact gathering there have been some very interesting, and sometimes surprising, findings. Among them: students crave collaboration space; they desire multiple types of seating, which also includes varied seating heights; they want individual study room space and group study room space; students find whiteboard easels very useful in group and individual study work; and they need access to technology that allows for content to be easily shared among a group of students.
We are working closely with our students, faculty and staff to help develop these spaces that will truly meet the needs of our students not only now but for the next five years.


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This Philips 4K Ultra HDTV intelligently dims the screen's backlight to match every video frame. You'll enjoy strain-free viewing with bright whites, beautifully vivid colors and dark, rich blacks.
Meet the Philips 75" 4K Ultra HD TV with HDR. Experience 4K ultra high definition resolution for ultra-sharp images, while the High Dynamic Range (HDR) technology lets you experience more detail and captivating colors. A rich selection of online services are available wirelessly with Net TV. Enjoy movies, pictures, infotainment and other online content directly on your TV whenever you like. Wireless screencasting (not supported on Apple/iOS devices) allows you to seamlessly mirror content from your smart device directly to your TV. The Philips 75PFL5603/F7 also features Sonic Emotion Premium which creates a rich 3D Surround Sound for the ultimate home theater experience.
4K UltraHD: 4 times the resolution of Full HD brings your viewing experience to a whole new level. Enjoy every detail and the breathtaking beauty of the pictures.
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Summer weather not only brings high temperatures, but increases the chances of fires erupting in forests and grasslands across this country. Many of the wildfires that rage originate by careless people throwing burning cigarettes out of automobile windows or leaving campfires burning. Those fires that originate naturally are usually caused by lightning strikes.
To fight these wildfires that crop up each fire season, the U.S. Forest Service relies on ground forces called 'hot shot' crews, and also on firefighting aircraft that battle the blazes from the sky by dropping water, water enhancers such as foams and gels, and specially formulated fire retardants onto the blazes raging on the ground.
Last summer on June 3, a firefighting aircraft, the Lockheed Martin P2V, crashed near the Nevada border, killing both the pilot and co-pilot. In Minden, Nevada, on the same day, another P2V had to make an emergency landing when its landing gear failed to deploy. These two planes, as well as most of the Forest Service's air tankers, were more than fifty years old.
The National Transportation Safety Board reports that twenty-two people have died over the past decade in air tanker crashes, and just last year, six people perished.
The majority of these air tankers are third generation military aircraft that were designed for other purposes and were retrofitted to fight wildfires across the United States. These planes fly in some of the harshest conditions in the most difficult flying conditions available, as well.
Congress as well as the Forest Service realize the need to update the fleet of air tankers, but as of yet, no money has been allocated to do so. Although President Obama's 2013 budget does include $24 million to update the air tanker fleet, critics say that's a fraction of what's needed to modernize the fleet.
The head of Aviation Safety with the Forest Service said, "It's a monetary issue, absolutely. The cost, the engineering and the development-they're costly."
Until the funds are allocated to purchase new air tankers, the aging firefighting aircraft will keep flying, and ... keep crashing.


I would like to share with you a few words about one of the most unique tennis academies I have ever been to, which is Barcelona Tennis Academy. What sets it apart from other academies is its psychologically informed tennis coaching, which is huge for peak performance in tennis.
The key feature of its basic programme is that it provides a direct approach to training mental toughness and positive life skills, which is fully integrated with tennis practice and instruction. It is tied to regular on-site training and competitions, proceeds along with physical skills development and aims to complement and enhance technical and fitness instruction. Hands-on tennis instruction is consistently combined with on-court mental coaching.
That such a mix is hugely effective is a no brainer, yet how they do it on a day-to-day basis is quite remarkable. They are really into the psychology of the growth mindset, which not only perfectly complements the Spanish style of the game, but also I think is the optimal mentality to have to excel at tennis.
The coaches are amazing – total tennis aficionados, full of passion for the game and, crucially, very open to all fresh and modern, sports and psychology research ideas. They design cutting-edge, fully personalised trainings totally tailored to the player's needs. This combo of tennis and psychology is truly powerful.
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The Office of Risk Management is responsible for managing risk and liability, including citizen claims. We are also responsible for the occupational safety and health programs for employees of the City of Newport News.
If you have been involved in an accident or incident with a city vehicle, this office's claims adjusters will assist you in resolving the situation as quickly as possible.
Our safety personnel play an active role in protecting the safety and health of city employees. We conduct facility inspections and provide training to employees to ensure the city's compliance with OSHA and state regulations.


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Josh Brent Back in Cowboys' Active Roster for First Time Since Fatal Drunk Driving Accident
In December of 2012, Dallas Cowboys' running back Josh Brent was behind the wheel during a fatal drunk driving car crash that killed friend and teammate Jerry Brown. In January of this year, Brent, who tested nearly two times the legal limit of .08, was sentenced by the judge to 180 days in jail followed by 10 years of probation.
According to a recent news article from ESPN, Brent spent nearly five months in jail and then 45 days at an alcohol and drug rehabilitation center before being released back into the community to start his probation. The Dallas Cowboys have reactivated Brent, and he is eligible to play for the team again after sitting out a 10-game suspension imposed by the NFL.
Brent says his goal in returning was to make sure Jerry Brown's death was not in vain. He also said that Brown was a great player and had a great future in the NFL before being killed in the drunk driving car accident.
Brent has recently signed a one-year contract extension that did not include a signing bonus. Brent says that he is just glad to have another chance to play after his mistake took Brown away from his daughter and mother. Meanwhile, Cowboys' vice president said the decision to reinstate Brent was only about football and not making sure he has a good support system, and that if he wasn't one of the best 53 players available to the team, he would not be playing.
As our Boston drunk driving accident lawyers understand, while people use the term accident, a drunk driving collision is not merely an accident. Drinking to the point of intoxication and then getting behind the wheel is a negligent act that can have serious consequences to others on the road and sidewalks.
In order to prove a negligence case, the driver must have owed plaintiff a duty to act in a reasonable and prudent manner to avoid foreseeable harm to foreseeable persons and property. It is well established that all drivers owe such a duty to people likely to be injured, including people in other cars on the road and pedestrians.
It is also well established that driving drunk constitutes a breach of driver's duty of due care. Breach and duty are the first of four elements in any car accident negligence lawsuit filed in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
The next two elements are causation and damages. In cases where liability is not an issue, such as rear end collisions, damages are the main area in which people will fight about the case. There are a variety of things that comprise damages in a car accident lawsuit. Pain and suffering is generally always sought as part of compensatory damages.
Compensatory damages are the normal measure of damages in our legal system and include pain and suffering, medical bills, cost of future medical care, and lost wages. If there is a surviving spouse; he or she may have a valid claim for loss of consortium. This involves the loss of intimacy in a marriage as a result of the accident.
If you have been injured in a Boston drunk driving accident, call for a free and confidential appointment at 1-888-367-2900.
Josh Brent reflects on Jerry Brown, November 13, 2014, ESPN
Alleged Drunk Driver Crashes into Saugus Massachusetts Home, Aug. 21, 2014, Boston Drunk Driving Accident Lawyer Blog


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Zenrez raises another $6 million to take on ClassPass
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The growing fitness boutique industry sees inefficiencies when there are empty spots in a workout class. Studios often have to pay the yoga teacher the same whether there are five people or 15 who attend a session.
Several startups have tried to solve this problem, by offering discounted passes to meet demand. ClassPass gained early traction with consumers, but San Francisco-based Zenrez says that they have a better business model because it focuses on the needs of studios.
And they're announcing $6 million in Series A funding from ARTIS Ventures, Precursor Ventures, Transmedia Capital and more. We reported on their seed round last summer.
CEO Matt Capizzi told TechCrunch that what sets them apart is their "studio-centric approach." Instead of just focusing on the best deals for consumers, Zenrez keeps the studio needs in mind, by offering the discounted classes just the night before, so that they aren't withholding spaces for the people who paid full-price. "We're helping studios fill their excess spots."
Stuart Peterson, co-founder at ARTIS Ventures, said he invested because "the fitness market is huge and in desperate need for a proven yield management solution." He believes that Zenrez has the right model and that the team "understands the nuances that have tripped up many from the outside like ClassPass and Groupon."
But from a consumer perspective, it's more expensive for the classes, which is why Capizzi feels this is best for "those folks who are not yet in a routine." Zenrez lets users purchase individual classes, whereas ClassPass has class packs.
There are no membership fees, but Zenrez takes a 25% commission on every booking.
The company expects to move beyond classes and may offer discounted workshops, teacher training and private sessions. But it will all "stay under the roof of fitness," said Capizzi.
When I look at the San Francisco offerings, it appears that there is a bit of overlap with the studios available on Zenrez and ClassPass. Competitor MoveWith also has comparable solutions, with the booking is centered around instructors.
ClassPass has experimented with its business model and raised its price points so many times that it has upset consumers. The company used to offer "unlimited" classes, but canceled this last year.
Some of these displaced users may be looking at alternative options and the investors are hoping they'll wind up at Zenrez.


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Nottingham Business School shortlisted for Business School of the Year
Nottingham Business School (NBS) has been shortlisted for Business School of the Year in the Times Higher Education Awards.
Nottingham Business School has been shortlisted for Business School of the Year in the Times Higher Education awards
The awards are widely recognised as the Oscars of the higher education sector and celebrate the talent, dedication and innovation of individuals and teams across all aspects of university life.
NBS, at Nottingham Trent University, has been shortlisted for providing a transformative student experience.
Professor Baback Yazdani, Dean of Nottingham Business School, said: "At NBS, we believe in the value of combining academic excellence with real and positive impact on business and society.
"Our colleagues work tirelessly with every student to create a truly exceptional student experience tailored to the needs of each learner. The result is that our graduates are very successful and sought after by employers across the country and the world.
"Being shortlisted for the Times Higher Education Business School of the Year Award is a recognition and an endorsement of this great work and will encourage our team and students along this journey. That's why NBS is internationally recognised as a business school for business."
The school's successful award submission focused on:
NBS' Personalisation Programme: Courses at NBS are personalised to the learner's individual needs, experience and ambitions
#NBSdiscover Week #WeAreNBS: A week long project-based activity to welcome the new intake of first year undergraduates students and introduce them to national policy level debates surrounding the demise of Britain's High Streets.
Experiential Learning: NBS is the fourth largest provider of year-long placement opportunities in business and management and all programmes have compulsory experiential learning opportunities.
The winners of the Times Higher Education Awards will be announced on Thursday 29 November at the Grosvenor House Hotel.
Last year Nottingham Trent University won University of the Year 2017 in the Times Higher Education awards.
Nottingham Business School is internationally recognised as a business school which combines academic excellence with impact on business and society and is considered amongst the 1% of the world's business schools that hold both EQUIS and AACSB accreditations. NBS is also amongst the top 20 UK schools by ranking according to Guardian University League Tables 2019, and in the top 95 European Business Schools as ranked by the FT and amongst the top 10 for both graduate level employability (DLHE) and for student satisfaction (NSS) and as part of NTU holds the TEF Gold award.
NBS' MSc in Management has been ranked by the Financial Times as the 93rd best Master in Management in the world (MiM).
NBS courses are also accredited by all relevant chartered professional bodies.
NBS is the leading business school in Europe for personalised and experiential learning. Each and every one of its 5,500 students has their learning experience increasingly tailored to their aspirations through the use of academic and industry mentors, analytics, and a comprehensive range of personal development and experiential learning opportunities.
A leader in integrating experiential learning into the fabric of all courses at all levels, NBS' pioneering in-company degrees benefit some 200 students through direct sponsorship by blue-chip companies.
Nottingham Trent University was named University of the Year 2017 at the Times Higher Education Awards and Modern University of the Year in the Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2018.
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Molecule sheds light on autoimmune disease status
Scientists have for the first time identified a protein in the blood that can be used to accurately monitor the disease status of lupus and a range of other autoimmune diseases.
ntu.ac.uk/about-us/news/news-articles/2020/01/molecule-sheds-light-on-autoimmune-disease-status
Nottingham Law School to train Crown Prosecution Service solicitor apprentices
Nottingham Law School (NLS) is to deliver Solicitor Apprenticeships for the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) after being awarded one of only two UK contracts.
ntu.ac.uk/about-us/news/news-articles/2020/01/nottingham-law-school-to-train-crown-prosecution-service-solicitor-apprentices


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R.I.P. Composer, Pianist and Jazz Crusader Joe Sample
Joe Sample at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 2011. His last solo album, "Children of the Sun," is to be released this fall. (Credit: Jean-Christophe Bott/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images)
Joe Sample, who became a jazz star in the 1960s as the pianist with the Jazz Crusaders and an even bigger star a decade later when he began playing electric keyboards and the group simplified its name to the Crusaders, died on Friday in Houston. He was 75.
The cause was mesothelioma, said his manager, Patrick Rains.
The Jazz Crusaders, who played the muscular, bluesy variation on bebop known as hard bop, had their roots in Houston, where Mr. Sample, the tenor saxophonist Wilton Felder and the drummer Nesbert Hooper (better known by the self-explanatory first name Stix) began performing together as the Swingsters while in high school.
Mr. Sample met the trombonist Wayne Henderson at Texas Southern University and added him, the bassist Henry Wilson and the flutist Hubert Laws — who would soon achieve considerable fame on his own — to the group, which changed its name to the Modern Jazz Sextet.
The band worked in the Houston area for several years but did not have much success until Mr. Sample, Mr. Felder, Mr. Hooper and Mr. Henderson moved to Los Angeles and changed their name to the Jazz Crusaders, a reference to the drummer Art Blakey's seminal hard-bop ensemble, the Jazz Messengers. Their first album, "Freedom Sound," released on the Pacific Jazz label in 1961, sold well, and they recorded prolifically for the rest of the decade, with all four members contributing compositions, while performing to enthusiastic audiences and critical praise.
In the early 1970s, as the audience for jazz declined, the band underwent yet another name change, this one signifying a change in musical direction. Augmenting their sound with electric guitar and electric bass, with Mr. Sample playing mostly electric keyboards, the Jazz Crusaders became the Crusaders. Their first album under that name, "Crusaders 1," featuring four compositions by Mr. Sample, was released on the Blue Thumb label in 1972.
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BMW's Electric Scooter Blends Eco Cred With Combustion Performance
Know this: A "Bimmer" has four wheels, and a "Beemer" or "Beamer" has two. What we have here is an electric Beemer, BMW's EV scooter called the C evolution. The scooter began as a concept in 2011, and BMW unveiled the production model in London last week.
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The C evolution (lower case "e") runs on 11 kW of continuous output, and 35 kW at peak output. Top speed is around 74 mph and acceleration is similar to 600cc scooters, which can typically hit 60 mph in under seven seconds. Redline for the electric motor is around 10,000 rpm, where it'll hit 47 peak horsepower, and continuous output is around 10 horsepower, all without the delay of torque buildup.
The production model will feature a drivetrain swing arm with a liquid-cooled alternator set behind the lithium-ion batteries, which are set in the same storage modules as the BMW i3. Unlike the i3, the C's batteries are air-cooled, with the body's aerodynamics creating an air shaft that flows through the center of the batteries' die-cast aluminum casing, along cooling ribs that facilitate heat dissipation.
The batteries' eight kilowatt-hours give the scooter around 100 kilometers, or 62 miles, of range, slightly more if the regenerative coasting and braking are used to their potential. The regeneration activates when the throttle grip is closed, at which point the alternator creates drag torque, something like engine braking, which gets transformed into charge.
BMW says that the batteries will charge from empty to full capacity in under three hours using a household socket. If you're on the road and happen upon an EV charging station with J1772 ports, an adapter sits behind the front footwell that will allow you to charge from there. The cool part is that you'll probably be the only two-wheeler at the station EV station.
The charge also feeds a thin-film transistor (TFT) instrument cluster, which displays the battery charge state and energy balance – a "progress bar" that tells whether energy is currently being recuperated, or converted into forward propulsion.
For the non-EV exclusive features, the C has spring travel of 115 millimeters at front and rear. The brakes will come with ABS attached to the wheels' twin disc brake system and 2-piston floating calipers. Metzeler Feelgreen tires wrap the 5-spoke light alloy die-cast wheels, which measure 3.5 x 15 inches in the front, and 4.5 x 15 inches in the rear.
BMW wants to market the scooter for personal use, and as an infrastructure of vehicle sharing firms. Look for production sometime soon, although don't hold your breath for a U.S.-spec version for a while.
Alexander George is from New Jersey and lives in San Francisco.
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Hi! I'm Wes, and I work for Research In Motion® (RIM®) and I'm a BlackBerry® Segment Leader for Public Sector – which means I spend the majority of my time thinking about how mobile solutions can make a difference in government agencies today. Of interest to others in the same area of occupation is this year's Public Sector Forum at BlackBerry World™, being held on May 5th, 2011. This annual event focuses on best practices in wireless mobility, networking with peers and the future of the BlackBerry solution for the Public Sector.
Meet the finalists of the Public Sector Wireless Achievement Awards in an interactive discussion on managing large-scale BlackBerry deployments, delivering mobile applications, and meeting business needs with mobility. In this session, we'll cover the following topics: responding to the demand for mobile access to organizational data, deploying mobile applications, scaling deployments from small user groups to an enterprise-scale user population, balancing security needs with user demands and what makes a successful deployment.
For more details, view Session WB22 in the online session catalog.
in managing growth. Join this session to discuss security challenges and how controls in the BlackBerry® Enterprise Server – as well as third party solutions – can help to address these needs.
For more details, view Session WB24 in the online session catalog.
We'll also be doing a general overview of BlackBerry solutions used in the Public Sector – sharing some insight into wireless trends and how different mobility solutions can help to drive your business needs (Session WB21). Also, the hot topic of Applications at Work in the Public Sector will explore how organizations at the federal, state/provincial and local levels of government are using the BlackBerry solution as a complete mobility platform (Session WB23).
If you'd like to find out more about our public sector offerings, check out the video above for a look at how the Baltimore Police Department is using BlackBerry today.
If you have questions about applications and deployments, hardware and software, and mobile solutions for field service to emergency responsiveness – we'd love to meet you this week at BlackBerry World 2011! Register now, and we'll see you soon!
Introducing BlackBerry Balance! 2011 Wireless Achievement Awards Winners Announced!


Coyotes of Yosemite are beautiful animals, not the somewhat mangy character you see down at lower elevations. They are also probably a bit overabundant. Unlike bears, they don't tend to eat a lot of our food directly, though they easily become inveterate beggars and must not be fed under any circumstances. More commonly, though, they get food from us in a secondary way. Our habits lead to huge increases in the ground squirrel populations which makes for easy hunting in many places where people are common. In addition, like the ravens, coyotes enjoy a delicious meal of fresh or not so fresh road kill.
Despite that, they are fascinating animals, active all year long. In the winter, it's quite easy to track coyotes and I have followed their tracks for miles. They will just stick to the line of march, varying by only a few degrees left and right unless they see a hapless squirrel and decide to make a dash for it. They use our roadways in the winter to facilitate their hunting. The high snow banks that trap squirrels in the road bed and coyotes will often cruise the road for miles. You'll also see coyote tracks in the forest, loping along presumably trying to catch a short-legged squirrel foundering the snow. Because of that, a few inches of snow is good news for the coyote. It slows him down little, but impedes progress for the squirrel dramatically.
Two signs that you're following a coyote rather than a domestic dog are: 1) the coyote track doesn't wander aimlessly like Fido who has been stuck inside all day. The coyote is down to business and sticks to plan. 2) the coyote always puts his hind foot in the same spot as the forefoot was. He is an incredibly efficient snow traveler because of this and, again, the well-fed Fido is too distracted by the outdoors to worry about such minor efficiencies.
You can also watch them in winter in the meadows with their heads down, listening for little guys scurrying about in the subnivean layer. The coyote pauses, crouches and then leaps in the air in an arc, coming down jaws first, peircing the snow and hoping to come up with something other than ice and grass in his mouth.


If you've ever wanted to play a strange cross between Pac-Man and Qix, this is the game for you! :) This game involves moving around the playing field in a Pac-Man like manner, but instead of collecting dots, the object is to trace around squares. The game's graphics are nothing special ... if you like squares, you'll find plenty of them here. But the game plays well and is tougher than it looks!
them! Squarex is addictive fun for all ages.
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With Soprano impatiens, it could not get any easier
The Soprano series has become a superstar to me, giving dazzling partnerships with hydrangeas, camellias, azaleas, hostas and ferns.
Mini Me Watermelon is a magical new coleus for 2023
October 14, 2022 at 6:34 a.m.
The small colorful leaves, described as watermelon to coral-colored with chartreuse accents, are absolutely stunning.
'One in a Melon' a dreamy new coneflower for 2023
October 4, 2022 at 3:22 p.m.
It is a thoroughbred in all aspects. It is tall, reaching 24 to 26 inches with a 20-inch spread. The flowers are huge, with many exceeding 5 inches.
The color white makes moonlit garden enchanting and magical
July 27, 2022 at 6:33 a.m.
When spring arrives every year with all of its glorious purples, pinks, yellows and reds, the color guaranteed to catch your eye every time is white.
On Gardening: Rush for Blue Mohawk
June 22, 2022 at 6:32 a.m.
A display at the recent garden tour caused quite a stir thanks to a thrilling plant that's not really new at all.
Graceful Tut family creates true container elegance
Prince Tut and the dwarf exquisite Queen Tut papyrus grasses have put the proverbial ta-da in The Garden Guy's containers this year.
Let Heart to Heart caladiums create the unexpected in your garden
The Garden Guy made a trip across town to chat with son James and came away giddy on one hand and grumpy on the other because I had been scooped...
On Gardening: Aqua blue pots on a hill the 'peace' de resistance
May 6, 2022 at 6:39 a.m.
Aqua blue pots in the landscape and staggered on the side of a hill were not my idea, but my bride's, the person who pops up on my phone as...
Augusta Lavender heliotrope sweeping awards across the country
February 25, 2022 at 6:35 a.m.
There is a good chance you aren't familiar with heliotropes. Botanically speaking, they are in the borage or forget-me-not family.
2022 color of the year, "Orchid Flower" adds thrill to garden
Put this color into your landscape and it will catch the visitor's eye and thrill beyond expectations.


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Q: Facing issue while git checkout in Jenkins I am getting below error while performing checkout in Jenkins on Bitbucket. It was working fine earlier, but is now giving errors. Nothing has been changed configuration wise.
Warning: A secret was passed to "checkout" using Groovy String interpolation, which is insecure.
     Affected argument(s) used the following variable(s): [bitbucketCreds_PSW, bitbucketCreds]
     See https://jenkins.io/redirect/groovy-string-interpolation for details.
The recommended git tool is: NONE
Warning: CredentialId "****" could not be found.
> git rev-parse --resolve-git-dir
E:\Jenkins\workspace\Deployment_Pipelines\ODI_INC_Deployment_Pipeline@2\.git # timeout=10
Fetching changes from the remote Git repository
> git config remote.origin.url https://xyz/abc.git # timeout=10
Using shallow fetch with depth 1
Fetching upstream changes from https://xyz/abc.git
> git --version # timeout=10
> git --version # 'git version 2.27.0.windows.1'
> git fetch --no-tags --force --progress --depth=1 -- https://xyz/abc.git
+refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/* # timeout=10
ERROR: Error fetching remote repo 'origin'
hudson.plugins.git.GitException: Failed to fetch from https://xyz/abc.git
at hudson.plugins.git.GitSCM.fetchFrom(GitSCM.java:1003)
at hudson.plugins.git.GitSCM.retrieveChanges(GitSCM.java:1244)
at hudson.plugins.git.GitSCM.checkout(GitSCM.java:1308)
at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.steps.scm.SCMStep.checkout(SCMStep.java:129)
at
    org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.steps.SynchronousNonBlockingStepExecution.lambda$start$0(SynchronousNonBlockingStepExecution.java:47)
at java.base/java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:515)
Caused by: hudson.plugins.git.GitException: Command "git fetch --no-tags --force --progress --depth=1 -- https://xyz/abc.git +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*" returned status code 128:
stdout:
stderr: fatal: unable to access 'https://xyz/abc.git': Failed to connect to xyz port 443: Timed out

Jenkins stage steps :
    checkout([$class: 'GitSCM',
  branches: [[name: '*/master']],
  doGenerateSubmoduleConfigurations: false,
  extensions: [
   [$class: 'CloneOption', depth: 1, honorRefspec: true, noTags: true, reference: '', shallow:
    true],
   [$class: 'SparseCheckoutPaths',  sparseCheckoutPaths: [[path: 'PQR/Deploy'], [path:
   'Pipelines/Deploy']]]
    ],
    submoduleCfg: [],
    userRemoteConfigs: [
    [name: 'origin', credentialsId: 'SB_Jira', url: 'https://xyz/abc.git']
    ]
    ]

A: The issue got resolved after adding proxy details in git config.

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaStackExchange


Mecha Fridays: Construction of life-sized Unicorn Gundam in full swing, also the RX-78-2 will be wielding a spoon in a new exclusive kit.
Bandai is looking to hit their intended deadline of erecting (heh) a new life-sized Gundam statue in the form of the RX-0 Gundam Unicorn in front of the Diver City Tokyo Plaza which also house the Gundam Base Tokyo entertainment and showcase facility. Posted by Taghobby and Photozou.jp user ShonanPai the images depict the back view of the RX-0 Gundam Unicorn's head and as well as the boosters which leads us to think that the statue might feature more armaments other than the base RX-0 Gundam Unicorn model.
On the other hand a new iteration which will be added to the millions of already existing iteration of the titular RX-78-2 Gundam will be produced as part of a promotion deal with Curry House Coco Ichibanya which will be giving the High Grade version of the RX-78-2 Gundam gunpla kit a new weapon…a Spoon.
AN ACTUAL, USABLE, FULLY FUNCTIONING SPOON.
So how do you get to take home this another iteration to add to your many versions of the RX-78-2 you ask? Well first you'd have to join a raffle by actually purchasing JPY 900 worth of Curry House CocoIchi's products, submit a receipt as your entry and hopefully be one of the 1000 chosen few to own one of this very limited edition kit, if you really are that hell bent on getting it that is.
Anyway for full info about the Curry House CocoIchi promotion, you can check out their promotional website at Ichibanya.co.jp the site also shows more of the prizes from the promo and more details on how to join.
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Q: Ash shell - How to do while loop inside a function? For a specific reason I have to do an infinite loop inside a function and then run the function as a daemon,
#!/bin/sh
lol(){
while true
do
    echo "looping..."
    sleep 2
done
}
lol() &

that script doesn't work, it gives me the following error:
/tmp/test: line 9: syntax error: unexpected "&"

How do I do an infinite loop inside a function in ash ?

A: You're just starting the function wrong -- it's nothing to do with the loop:
lol &

Parenthesis are used only at function definition time, not for invocation.


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Q: Transpose results of a sql query How to transpose this display.
SeqNo   Step        Date        By
1       Quoted      2018-03-01  Person1
2       Checked     2018-03-02  Person2
3       Authorized  2018-03-02  Person3
4       Approved    2018-03-03  Person4

Into this display.
1               2               3               4
Quoted          Checked         Authorized      Approved
2018-03-01      2018-03-02      2018-03-02      2018-03-03
Person1         Person2         Person3         Person4

A: You'll have to use combination of unpivot and pivot syntax to achieve your result and also end up casting everything in to same compatible datatype like varchar(max)
live demo here
See query below
create table srcTable (SeqNo int,  Step varchar(10), [Date] date,  [By] varchar(10));
insert into srcTable values
(1,'Quoted','2018-03-01','Person1')
,(2,'Checked','2018-03-02','Person2')
,(3,'Authorized','2018-03-02','Person3')
,(4,'Approved','2018-03-03','Person4')

select [1],[2],[3],[4] from
(
    select
        SeqNo,
        [c2]=cast(Step as varchar(max)) ,
        [c3]=cast([Date] as varchar(max)),
        [c4]=cast([By] as varchar(max))
    from
         srcTable
    )s
unpivot
(
    value for data in ([c2],[c3],[c4])
)up
pivot
(
    max(value) for SeqNo in ([1],[2],[3],[4])
   )p


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In view of announcement in the Monetary Policy Statement, the Reserve Bank of India hereby notifies these guidelines, framed under Section 9(a) of the Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002 (SARFAESI Act) to provide for the proper management of the business of the borrower to enable the Securitisation Company or Reconstruction Company (SC/RC) to realise their dues from the borrowers, by effecting change in or take over of the management of the business of the borrower and related matters.
1 . Short Title and Commencement.--
(a) These guidelines shall be known as "The Change in or Take Over of the Management of the business of the borrower by Securitisation Companies and Reconstruction Companies (Reserve Bank) Guidelines, 2010".
(b) These guidelines shall come into force with effect from April 21, 2010.
For the purpose of these guidelines:
(i) ''''change in management'''' means effecting change by the borrower at the instance of SC/RC in the person who has responsibility for the whole or substantially whole of the management of the business of the borrower and / or other relevant personnel.
(ii) The term ''''Takeover of management" means taking over of the responsibility for the management of the business of the borrower with or without effecting change in management personnel of the borrower by the SC/RC.
2 . Object of the Guidelines.--
The objective of these guidelines is to ensure fairness, transparency, non-discrimination and non arbitrariness in the action of Securitisation Companies or Reconstruction Companies and to build in a system of checks and balances while effecting change in or take over of the management of the business of the borrower by the SC/RCs under Section 9(a) of the SARFAESI Act. The SC/RCs shall follow these guidelines while exercising the powers conferred on them under Section 9(a) of the SARFAESI Act, 2002.
3 . Powers of SC/RC and Scope of the Guidelines.--
An SC/RC may resort to change in or take over of the management of the business of the borrower for the purpose of realization of its dues from the borrower subject to the provisions of these guidelines. The SC/RCs resorting to take over of management of the business of the borrower shall do so after complying with the manner of takeover of the management in accordance with the provisions of Section 15 of the SARFAESI Act. On realization of its dues in full, the SC/RC shall restore the management of the business to the borrower...


Protecting your hearing is a lot like eating the right way. It's hard to know where to begin even though it sounds like a smart idea. If there aren't any apparent noise risks and you don't consider your daily environment to be particularly noisy, this is especially true. But your ears and senses can be stressed by day-to-day living, so your auditory acuity can be maintained if you apply these tips.
Using hearing protection is the most practical and simple way to safeguard your ears. This means taking basic actions to reduce the amount of loud and damaging noises you're exposed to.
Neither form of hearing protection is inherently better than the other. There are advantages to each style. What's significant is that you find some hearing protection that you feel comfortable with.
But how can you tell when to wear hearing protection? We're used to connecting harmful noise with painful noise. But much lower levels of sound can injure your ears than you might think. After just a couple hours, for example, the sounds of traffic are enough to injure your ears. A vital step in safeguarding your hearing, then, is knowing when sound becomes dangerous.
85 decibels (dB): This level of sound is harmful after about two hours of exposure. Your hairdryer or a busy city street are both situations where you will find this volume of sound.
Over 100 dB: This is where you can injure your hearing very quickly. Anything above this threshold can injure your hearing in minutes or seconds. As an example, jet engines and rock concerts will injure your hearing in 30 seconds.
95-100 dB: This is about the noise level you'd get from farm equipment or the normal volume of your earbuds. After about 15-20 minutes this level of sound becomes harmful.
Now that we have a general understanding of what volume of sound may be dangerous, we can take some steps to ensure we minimize our exposure. The trick is that, once you're out in the real world, it can be challenging to determine what's loud and what isn't.
A smartphone with earbuds is commonly the way people listen to music nowadays. This creates a risky scenario for your hearing. Over time, earbuds set to a substantially high volume can cause considerable injury to your ears.
So keeping an eye on the volume control means safeguarding your ears. You should not raise the volume in order to drown out sounds somewhere else. And we recommend using apps or settings to ensure that your volume never accidentally become hazardously high.
If your hearing begins to decline, earbuds can become a negative feedback loop; you could find yourself constantly increasing the volume of your earbuds in order to compensate for your faltering hearing, doing more damage to your ears in the process.
You might think of a hearing test as something you get when your hearing has already begun to decline. The issue is that it's not always easy to detect a problem in your ears without a baseline to compare results to.
It would be ideal if you could constantly protect your ears without any problems. But challenges are always going to be there. So safeguard your ears whenever you can, as often as possible. You should also get your hearing tested routinely. Use these suggestions to improve your chances.


The First Amendment Clinic gives students experience in many aspects of a First Amendment and media law practice, primarily concentrating on press freedom and access issues. The clinic's primary goal is to teach aspiring lawyers how to help journalists defend their rights and promote government accountability. Clinic students will be involved in all aspects of a media law practice, particularly emphasizing interviewing and counseling media clients, drafting of legal documents such as briefs, pleadings, and motions, and representing clients in various legal settings. .
Student attorneys are certified to practice in the clinic by the Arizona Supreme Court. Student attorneys will be involved in all aspects of a media law practice, particularly emphasizing interviewing and counseling media clients, drafting of appropriate legal documents such as briefs, pleadings and motions, and representing clients in various legal settings.
The First Amendment Clinic is a one semester course.
For other information, please contact the Executive Director, Gregg.Leslie@asu.edu.


ChantillyExpat.com › News › News › Local Events › ChantillyExpat.com Presents.... Cinderella - the evidence!
Home News News Local Events ChantillyExpat.com Presents.... Cinderella - the evidence!
I do hope those that came along to see our production enjoyed it. Everyone involved, both behind the scenes and on stage were really proud of what we achieved, and had a great amount of fun staging the show.
I've put up some photos taken at various stages throughout the show, with albums for the behind the scenes shots, for the rehearsals, and from the shows themselves. Please do take a look and relive the show.
I have produced a DVD of the show, taken on the Friday night. It's not a professional production by any stretch but just a recording of the whole show. If you would be interested in obtaining a copy, maybe because you missed it, or because you'd like to see it again, please email me at panto@chantillyexpat.com.


July has been a whirlwind tour of a month. It began with a trip to Lisbon, continued with a wedding, some new work prospects, attending some inspiring arts events and ended with a trip to Venice, an exhibition launch and sadly, the theft of my brand new bicycle. So mixed emotions! Here it is in pictures..
On 11th April, me and 'the gals' went to London for the day for an art trip. It was a wonderful day of food, art and fun and we all left feeling inspired and exhausted.
We began our trip at The Photographers' Gallery, to check out the newly open Deutsche Borse Photography Prize exhibition. There was a real mix of work, but I was particularly fond of Richard Mosse's infrared work and photograms by Jochen Lempert. I have seen Richard Mosse's work frequently in recent months and this use of infrared film fascinates me. When I was studying, I spent a lot of time in the darkroom creating photograms and I was amused by Lempert's tiny frogs! Jochen's work didn't immediately grab me and I wondered what he was trying to achieve, but after spending some time going around his area of the exhibition, it really grew on me. His humorous and observant use of patterns in nature was refreshing.
Next up was the Halcyon Gallery, for the Dale Chihuly exhibition 'Beyond The Object'. It was bright and beautiful and highly skilled work. It baffled us and we did a lot of gawping upwards. The work lit up our imaginations and led to much speculation as to what the work was based upon. Jellyfish, coral, flowers..
When leaving The Photographers' Gallery, we passed Managing Director of Liberty, Ed Burstell, but unfortunately only realised once he was long gone, why we recognised him. We then moved on to browse the majority of Liberty, enjoying their displays and new designs 'House of Hackey' which were playful designs surrounding animals. I loved their spring gardening displays, with their blossom-beehive-geometric shapes.
I've recently started doing some Front of House work for Northampton Contemporary Gallery, on an ad hoc basis. During my first shift I was in charge of protecting the beautiful artworks of Pip&Pop. These stunning installations are by Australian artist Tanya Schultz.
As it was during the Easter Holidays, there were a lot of under 10s pressing their noses against the gallery windows looking in with awe on their faces. The ones who came inside were equally excited and many of those just wanted to touch the installations. I really don't blame them. They were big mounds of brightly coloured and neon sugars, embellished with glitter, flashing lights, rotating objects.
On Saturday 22nd March I went to visit the Chiharu Shiota Exhibition with my friend Ash. I was really glad we went as it was an impressive body of work. It's hard to describe the atmosphere the installations created without going yourself, but in a word: creepy.
I like how these two almost line up!


The people listed here generously contributed their thoughts, creative energy, organizing, skill, in kind, and financial support. In the spirit of this project we are not listing how much people contributed or what they contributed specifically. They say it takes a village. In our case it takes the world. Thank you to all listed here!


Get Rid of Moths In Your Clothes and Closet – Cleaning Required!
A customer recently brought us three sweaters and each had one or two holes is them. What could have caused this problem? We don't have equipment here that punches holes in clothes so we sent one of the sweaters to a garment testing lab to learn why this happened.
The report said moths had caused the holes and if you look carefully at the photo to the right, you can see the holes and the uneven pattern made by moths eating the wool.
1. Remove all clothes from the closet and launder or dry clean all of them.
2. Vacuum the closet thoroughly, getting into all of the corners and cracks.
3. Place moth repellent, cedar blocks, lavender or tansy inside the closet. Moth balls can be used but should not contact the fabric. Place moth balls from a hanger on the inside or garments bags because the fumes are typically heavier then air and tend to move to the bottom of the closet. Follow safety instructions on repellents carefully.
4. Check for signs of moths regularly and replace the repellents when the odor fades.
5. Clean the inside of closets regularly to prevent the build up of dust and debris that might attract moths.
Most dry cleaners (including Marky's Dry Cleaners) have moth bags available for a small charge that can help with this.
Here is a link to Wiki.Answers.com for their view on getting rid of moths.
We Can Improve Improve the Water Repellency of Your Rain Coat, Sleeping Bag, Jacket or Hat.


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Q: Error in changing of direction of listcntrl in MFC I have a problem that I have a form which includes three pages (or forms), two pages are Persian in RTL direction and one of them is LTR. I set my parent form in RTL mode like this:
if (Create( CWnd::FromHandle(hWndParent),
        WS_SYSMENU | WS_POPUP | WS_CAPTION | DS_MODALFRAME | WS_VISIBLE    | DS_CONTEXTHELP ,
        WS_EX_LAYOUTRTL | WS_EX_CONTROLPARENT | WS_EX_WINDOWEDGE | WS_EX_DLGMODALFRAME ) == 0 )
        return IDCANCEL;

And all of my  pages turn into the RTL mode. In that English page I have a listcntrl that have to be in LTR mode, so I write this code in the English page class:
LONG lStyle = ::GetWindowLong(GetDlgItem(IDC_LST_ITEMS)->m_hWnd,GWL_EXSTYLE);
lStyle &= ~WS_EX_LAYOUTRTL;
::SetWindowLong(GetDlgItem(IDC_LST_ITEMS)->m_hWnd, GWL_EXSTYLE, lStyle);

Actually all the items included in my list control change to LTR, but my header and column are RTL.
How can I fix this problem?

A: You can change the flag in dialog editor's "Properties Window". In dialog editor, open the target dialog, click the ListView control, hit F4 key, set "Right Align Text" to false for ListView control.
If you change it through code, you probably also need the handle to ListView's header control:
HWND hHeader = ListView_GetHeader(hListView);
LONG lStyle = ::GetWindowLong(hHeader, GWL_EXSTYLE);
lStyle &= ~WS_EX_LAYOUTRTL;
::SetWindowLong(hHeader, GWL_EXSTYLE, lStyle);


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NintenGen: Nintendo Switch - Big Competition Coming with Googlebox?
Nintendo Switch - Big Competition Coming with Googlebox?
A big development could be in the works with Phil Harrison joining Google. Lets discuss the possible outcome of Google getting involved in the dedicated console market.


South India is a multi linguistic cultural region of India in which it covers the important Indian states like Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu. These all states have their own charm in the form of tourism. Every state has so much to offers to its guests and that is why South India is the totally different from Northern port of India. Here you finds the different languages, culture, traditions, cuisines, clothes, way of living, all different. Simple yet fascinating. As far as the tourism is concerned the states like Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka have already made their bench marks all over the world. South India is also popular for its traditional Ayurvedic Treatments. In South India you will find the every important aspect of tourism like culture, ayurveda, historical temples, backwaters, beaches, hill stations, tea / spice / rubber plantation and most important is hospitality of offer their guests. In South India you find the multi religion population, which are mainly consist of the hindus, muslims, Christians are the main among them. Education standard of south India is also among the best educated states of India. You find south Indian doctors, scientists, engineers are always in demand all over the world and working in big organizations like NASA etc. South India always remains the most important part of India as far as the tourism is concerned.