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Educate to Innovate: Factors That Influence Innovation: Based on Input from Innovators and Stakeholders (2015)
Chapter: 3 What Is Innovation?
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Suggested Citation:"3 What Is Innovation?." National Academy of Engineering. 2015. Educate to Innovate: Factors That Influence Innovation: Based on Input from Innovators and Stakeholders. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/21698.
WHAT IS INNOVATION?
A key task for the project team was to define innovation and to understand its relationship with entrepreneurship, terms often used interchangeably.1 Drawing from the interviewees' comments, this chapter articulates the distinction and linkage between innovation and entrepreneurship, followed by a more detailed characterization of innovation.
EXPLORING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
There was general agreement on a first-order distinction between innovation and entrepreneurship: Innovation creates societal value (through an existing or new product, process, or service), and entrepreneurship involves realizing the market value of an opportunity, not necessarily an innovation, by making it commercially or socially viable.
I use a garden analogy sometimes. You plant a garden and you can grow these beautiful vegetables and fruits, but if you don't have a plan for harvesting those and getting them to market and realizing the value that you've created, then they just rot in the field. I think that's what happens with a lot of innovation. There's great innovation that's done without a plan for how to actually realize the value from that innovation. But can you have entrepreneurship without innovation? Absolutely, because . . . you can realize value from [opportunities] without having to create that value through innovation.
A number of interviewees and workshop participants viewed entrepreneurship as a way to bring an innovation to market. Jack Hughes put it this way: "an entrepreneur
1 In this report, the term entrepreneurship is used to capture both entrepreneurship and intrapreneurship.
is someone who sees the potential of an innovation and decides to take the risk to bring it to market."
Some innovators felt that innovations can lead naturally to entrepreneurships. Dean Chang explained his view on why it is important to focus primarily on innovation.
It's really important to lead with "innovation" and have it evolve into "entrepreneurship" because innovation is the large end of the funnel that appeals to and actually requires participation by a much broader audience. Nonbusiness, nonengineering, and non-STEM people are every bit as important to include in that innovation process because the process is not as rich and has inferior outcomes without that diversity.
– Dean Chang
Yet another perspective relating innovation and entrepreneurship is that entrepreneurship is one way of innovating, i.e., entrepreneurship itself can lead to an innovation. Innovation in this entrepreneurial style is done "in the context of a startup—that is, finding the customers and gathering resources in an entrepreneurial style [and innovating] while solving the problem," according to Robert Metcalfe.
Amy Salzhauer cautioned that not all innovations can stand by themselves and lead to entrepreneurial ventures. Typically, a successful entrepreneurial venture brings together multiple innovations. She explained: "I don't think [innovation and entrepreneurship] necessarily go together. [People ask me to] comment on what they hope to put into place for their innovations out of their academic lab. But most innovations are not stand-alone companies. They don't qualify for entrepreneurship that follows them all the way through the course of their lifecycle, but they might really do well to be licensed by an existing company or brought together with lots of other technologies to try and build something new. So I find that [how to create an entrepreneurial venture from an innovation] a fraught question, because [the innovators] have hopes that they're just going to start a lot of companies and a lot of money will come in, and statistics don't bear that out."
In summary, although both innovation and entrepreneurship are focused on "value," they differ fundamentally in that innovation focuses on its creation while entrepreneurship focuses on its commercial or social realization. Not all innovations lead to an entrepreneurial venture and not all entrepreneurships are based on one or more innovations. Figure 3-1 illustrates the various associations between innovation and entrepreneurship.
DEFINING INNOVATION
Perspectives about what constitutes innovation vary, but the 60 interviews revealed common features, illustrated in Figure 3-2. The innovators understood that innovation can result in a physical product, a process, or a service that impacts society in a timely manner; it must have impact in the present or near future, because unless the
FIGURE 3-1 Different ways of relating and differentiating innovation and entrepreneurship.
FIGURE 3-2 Characteristics of innovation.
impact is realized, it is not an innovation. Finally, innovations effect some improvement (beyond the creation of something new) and this improvement can be incremental or transformational.
Thus, the following characteristics of innovation emerged from the innovators' comments:
Innovation provides societal value
Innovation is an improvement.
Innovation occurs at the interfaces of different disciplines.
Teamwork is important to the process of innovation.
Innovation is part of an invention-value continuum.
SOCIETAL VALUE
The interviewees felt strongly that innovations must provide societal value. In the words of Ashifi Gogo, "Innovation should be helpful to society—it's great if one makes
a discovery, but it's even better if the discovery can be used to improve individual lives directly as we work to improve humanity's state of being around the world."
Part of the value of an innovation is linked to timely adoption—it should be useful in the near future. In fact, as Chad Mirkin clarified, unless the innovation is actually used by society, it cannot be called an innovation: "Once you decide that you have a technology that can impact the masses, then you have to ask 'Where am I today and how far do I have to go for me to be able to do that?' If the answer is 'With a year and $3 million worth of funding,' then that's very reasonable if the market size is big. If the answer is 'In 60 years, maybe, with half a billion dollars' worth of funding,' you're probably too early, and that is not an innovation!"
R. Graham Cooks cautioned innovators against deceiving themselves into believing that everything they do is socially meaningful or useful: "An innovator is this two-headed kind of a personality where you've got a cowboy on the one side who is unearthing new stuff, and on the other side you need to be careful that it's not self-deception. In other words, if you feel that you have some penchant for innovation, then the big danger is that you'll convince yourself even in cases where the work is trivial or doesn't have the implications that you hoped it would have."
Robert Dennard agreed: "Lots of inventions aren't innovations. I have 62 patents, and only one or two are actually being used, and if it's not used, it's really not innovating very much. So innovation's a breakthrough, something that's really useful and it doesn't have to be patentable, even."
Innovations are typically viewed as "something new." However, all the interviewees and workshop participants emphasized that innovations are improvements, not necessarily just new.
Laurie Dean Baird explained her approach to discern the value of an innovation: "If I look at something that's new and ask 'Is this innovative?' then I ask 'How was this problem solved before? What was the industry standard and how is this different?' And if the answer is that, in addition to being new (the problem or solution), it takes the hassle out of something (i.e., it improves life), then it is innovative."
I don't see innovation being the introduction of something [that is just] new. There are many things new every day, and I wouldn't say they all are innovative. I think to be innovative, something has to be better than the predecessor product, materially better, not just a small percentage better.
In terms of the scale of improvement, innovations can be transformational—for example, creating large-scale changes in the way technology is used or thought about. Mary Lou Jepsen said, "I think of innovation as doing some transformative work in an
area or in a combination of areas that trail blazes in a way that people recognize has moved the ball forward . . . in a way that is a leap."
But it is not necessary that every innovation be groundbreaking or dramatically change the world. Bernard Meyerson referred to "continuous innovators": "The danger is there are other types of innovators that are just as necessary, what I call the continuous innovators. These are the guys who come to work every day and make it 5 to 10 percent better, and there's a terrible undervaluation of that."
INNOVATION AT THE INTERFACES OF DIFFERENT DISCIPLINES
Innovators in all the areas represented—academia, large companies, small businesses, and the arts—agreed that innovation occurs at the interfaces of disciplines and requires the synthesis of knowledge from different fields. Yo-Yo Ma captured this aspect using the concept of the edge effect from ecology: "If you think about where new ideas can come from, you need proximity to density, and if you're at the edge of something you see both sides; you already see over the wall. You could be part of one ecosystem, but you actually are constantly interacting with another ecosystem, and so you see the possibility of what another ecosystem can bring. And . . . if the center uses the knowledge at the edge, the center does benefit."
Chapter 3 provides more detail about the impact of interfaces of disciplines on developing and enhancing an individual's innovation capacity.
Innovation is the result of teamwork, a point often made by the innovators. And it depends on the work of the team as a whole, not the work of one key innovator and other "supporters." Ivan Seidenberg observed: "I get comfort in knowing that life is cumulative, innovation is cumulative, it's not individual. Let's take some of the greatest examples: Let's start with the example everybody's using right now, and I knew him well. Steve Jobs is a genius, but he didn't invent the computer; he didn't invent anything that went into the iPhone, but he made it all work together . . . so what did he invent? Take another example: Bill Gates had enough common sense and enough vision to know that PCs couldn't talk to each other, so he built operating systems to make them talk to each other, but along the way, they didn't work very well when they first came out with them. They (Jobs and Gates) needed a full team and with their superior insights and innovative spirit they made something bigger than any one person could have made. So all I'm getting at is that there's really no one innovator who can innovate all alone. I can't think of any one person that gets it all right. Is there anybody? Is there anybody in the literature that gets it right the whole time?"
Chapter 3 deals with the importance of teamwork for innovation in more detail.
INNOVATION IN THE INVENTION-VALUE CONTINUUM
Innovation is part of a continuum between invention and value. Innovators may start with an invention and then innovate to create value from it, or start with a problem and solve it innovatively.
Innovation was described as the application of inventions to real-world needs. It can also be driven by the concept of marketability or trying to solve a problem. As Robert Fischell said, "Sometimes we see an invention and then we can apply it to another thing, but that doesn't happen very often. Most times, we hear about something and it occurs to us that the way they're doing it is not good, and so we innovate a better way."
John Rogers characterized innovation in the context of technological and market factors: "it is often difficult to describe innovation as strictly one thing or another. It is very much a blend of technology push and market pull in terms of how the innovation is done, especially around completely new classes of technology."
Analysis of the 60 innovators' observations revealed that innovation is an improved product, process, or service that benefits society in a timely and, sometimes, transformational manner. It is a team activity at the intersection of different fields, bringing together diverse ideas, abilities, and/or methods to result in the creation of value.
The next chapter examines what defines and helps shape the people who become successful innovators.
Next: 4 Skills, Experiences, and Environments That Contribute to Innovation: Analysis of the Interviews »
Educate to Innovate: Factors That Influence Innovation: Based on Input from Innovators and Stakeholders Get This Book
Robust innovation in the United States is key to a strong and competitive industry and workforce. Efforts to improve the capacity of individuals and organizations to innovate must be a high national priority to ensure that the United States remains a leader in the global economy. How is the United States preparing its students and workers to innovate and excel? What skills and attributes need to be nurtured?
The aim of the Educate to Innovate project is to expand and improve the innovative capacity of individuals and organizations by identifying critical skills, attributes, and best practices - indeed, cultures - for nurturing them. The project findings will enable educators in industry and at all levels of academia to cultivate the next generation of American innovators and thus ensure that the U.S. workforce remains highly competitive in the face of rapid technological changes. Educate to Innovate summarizes the keynote and plenary presentations from a workshop convened in October 2013. The workshop brought together innovators and leaders from various fields to share insights on innovation and its education. This report continues on to describe the specific skills, experiences, and environments that contribute to the success of innovators, and suggests next steps based on discussion from the workshop.
Front Matter i–xii
1 Introduction 1–4
2 Setting the Stage 5–8
3 What Is Innovation? 9–14
4 Skills, Experiences, and Environments That Contribute to Innovation: Analysis of the Interviews 15–38
5 Key Questions, Takeaways, and Next Steps: Workshop Discussions 39–53
Epilogue 54–56
Appendix A: Workshop Methods and Interviewee Profile 57–58
Appendix B: Interviewee Bios 59–69
Appendix C: Workshop Agenda 70–71
Appendix D: Workshop Participant Bios 72–80
Appendix E: Other Information Desired from the Interview Analysis 81–82
Appendix F: Steering Committee Bios 83–86
Appendix G: Project Team Bios 87–90


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Viivi Luik
Being one with the world, i.e. why leave home?
By Aija Sakova
Viivi Luik – Photo by Alar Truu /Õhtuleht / Scanpix
Viivi Luik's collection of essays titled Pildi ilu rikkumise paratamatus (The Inevitability of Ruining the Picture's Beauty), which also includes several pieces written outside of Estonia, was published in 2017. In August, Cornelius Hasselblatt's German translation of Luik's novel Varjuteater (Shadow Theater) was published by Wallstein. Intrigued by the questions of identity, travel, and living abroad that surface in these two works, Luik and I spoke about why it's necessary to leave one's home country from time to time and observe it from afar.
You lived away from Estonia for a great many years: almost 18 in total. In what cities have you lived?
Helsinki, Berlin, Rome, Riga, Stockholm, New York, and for a little while in Switzerland, too, but not that long.
Which of those places are still dear to you today? Or, maybe I'll ask: which of those places would you move to again today?
I might say Rome and Berlin. Not because they're awfully dear to me or anything, but because they are interesting in their contradictoriness. They convey the world's diversity and, in a certain sense, my own two contradictory sides as well. I could speak at long length about how Rome and Berlin are very different but form some kind of a whole for me regardless.
Shadow Theater – which is a novel or a travelogue, however one wishes to name it – is one journey to Rome. In it, you claim that you've always been on your way to Rome, in a sense. The thought of having been born in Soviet Estonia, growing up in the mid-fifties, and feeling that you're on your way to Rome is simultaneously unusual and self-evident.
I believe that when you are a child, even if it was in the fifties, you're entirely indifferent to the whole political system or the fact that borders are closed. It doesn't matter to a child. A child is free. She can reckon that she'll go wherever she pleases. It's not really strange from that perspective.
A child sees a picture of the Colosseum, which you also wrote into Shadow Theater, and that becomes her goal in a way.
Exactly. I've said or written somewhere before that children are children everywhere. What matters to a child is that someone loves her. Even in the most trying conditions, even in a concentration camp, it's important to a child to have that one person who loves and cares for her. Everything else is negligible. To a child, every reality is here and now, just as it was with the Stalinist Estonia I address in the book. To a child, all roads are open and everything is possible at first.
Turning to the Estonian language, you've quoted lines from a poem by Paul-Eerik Rummo: "stuck to an axe by your tongue, stuck to a cold axe by your native tongue".
When you live amidst a small national culture and you know that its language is spoken by very few people, then you're tied to that language in a very exceptional way. Just like how your tongue will stick to a cold axe in an exceptionally painful way. Everyone knows that if you stick your tongue to cold metal, it will freeze to it and will be very painful. It's a common schoolboy trick: they'll always try to find someone younger who hasn't heard of it yet and tell them to give it a try. That's where the axe and tongue metaphor originates.
When a child says her first words in Estonian, she is destined for the Estonian linguistic space. She's stuck to an axe by her tongue and must accept the responsibility it entails. She is born with that responsibility.
I've given much thought to how your writing contains an element of paradox in regards to the Estonian language. Estonian is your means of expression, and still, it's clear that you had to get away from Estonia; had to leave; had to live those 18 years away from here. It's a personal dimension, on the one hand, but there's also something more universal about it. It is obvious that your works, your books, do belong to Estonia, but they also belong outside of Estonia; they belong to world literature, because their conversation partners lie outside of Estonia, for the most part. It's a fascinating paradox. The inevitability of existing and discoursing with literature outside of Estonia and, at the same time, doing so in the Estonian language.
The topic of our interview was the question of why one needs to travel outside of Estonia. I suppose I'll try to answer why it's necessary for someone to have that experience, to have been away, and to have seen everything she lives among today; and where she might otherwise live more consciously.
One thing a person discovers when she has lived elsewhere is, it suddenly becomes clear that in every location around the world there might be a person – no matter what color their skin or what gender or what religion – whom your life could depend upon one day. All this time, that person – let's say a black woman in New York – has existed and lived her own life without you knowing anything about her or she about you. Then one day, some crucial aspects of your life depend precisely upon her. Or else upon a doctor somewhere at the far corner of the world. These dependences upon one another become especially clear during wars. All those people whom we might depend upon one day also exist right now.
Could that also be called being one with the world?
It is discovering your belonging to the world by truly peculiar means, but it's also a discovery of your own homeland in an entirely new way. The recognition helps you to see differently; to realize your home is much better than how you've grown accustomed to it.
In addition to discovering homeland in a new way, this is also the act of discovering yourself in a new way, the understanding that you depend upon others. That makes you less pompous…
It makes you humbler. The perception that all those people and places with whom and with which you'll later come into contact also exist during your childhood, with the exception of those who haven't been born yet – that makes the world very deep and very different. It's the understanding that everything exists at once; that the whole world is happening now and all at the same time.
Is a desire to leave one's home and homeland for some time also something that can be condemned?
No, I certainly don't believe that. The fact that people who do a job and want to become very good at something in their field will move around has always held true. Even now, for instance, there still exist handicraft guilds in Germany, even though they're small. Whoever wants to become a master at some craft must spend at least three years away from their homeland during their journeyman years, i.e. their studies. Only then may they return.
It's an inevitable period of maturing and getting experience, which doesn't mean it must or should only happen in youth. It can be done later, too. It, likewise, doesn't mean someone loses their ties to their homeland. On the contrary. The person develops a new relationship that might be a little more critical, but might also be clearer. It's a little like saying when you're away from home, you're better able to appreciate your homes.
I suppose all those who have traveled and been away have experienced that. As soon as you've gone on a trip, your thoughts start progressing differently and you have the opportunity to look at things in a new light. I wonder if it isn't the same in human relationships, too. When you're too close to a person, you don't see them or what's going on between you as clearly. You no longer see the big picture. When you take a step back, then you can observe. Perhaps it's a little similar to one's homeland.
It is. But, of course, it's quite a different thing when people leave in the hopes of making more money elsewhere. Or when they do so out of contempt or resentment. Then, those who leave see rather quickly that life elsewhere is much harder than at home. Some dare to return then, others don't. Some stay elsewhere to suffer, because it takes courage and strength when you wish to make your own in a foreign land. It takes a lot of work. It's not like you can go abroad and everything will simply fall into your lap. It takes more effort than at home. Going elsewhere with lower goals is no form of growth. Then, we're talking about something else – about a certain kind of growth and expansion.
Aija Sakova (1980) is an Estonian literary scholar and critic. Since 2017, she has been a senior researcher at the Estonian Literary Museum's Estonian Cultural History Archives.
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-- Well-connected scholar and professor with anti-gay ideology, co-founder of NOM, Professor at Princeton, Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, and Senior Fellow at the Witherspoon Institute.
-- Says of transgender people: "There are few superstitious beliefs as absurd as the idea that a woman can be trapped in a man's body & [vice versa]."
--- Promoted piece on "why Islam cannot accept homosexual conduct," adding "Lessons for Christians here too."
-- Decried the NY marriage vote by looking back to a time when being gay was "beneath the dignity of human beings as free and rational creatures."
-- Argued that gay relationships have "no intelligible basis in them for the norms of monogamy, exclusivity, and the pledge of permanence."
-- Suggested that New York Governor Andrew Cuomo shouldn't be considered a Catholic because by signing marriage equality into law, "he has made it clear that he simply does not believe what Catholicism teaches about sexual morality and marriage."
-- Said marriage equality is "about sex," not about love, commitment, and responsibility. Admitted he believes gay relations to be immoral: "The idea that is antithetical to those who are seeking to redefine marriage is that there is something uniquely good and morally upright about the chaste sexual union of husband and wife—something that is absent in sodomitical acts and in other forms sexual behavior that have been traditionally—and in my view correctly—regarded as intrinsically non-marital and, as such, immoral."
-- Calls for "national rebellion" against marriage equality in the United States
-- Drafted the Manhattan Declaration, a manifesto signed by Orthodox, Catholic and Evangelical leaders that "promised resistance to the point of civil disobedience against any legislation that might implicate their churches or charities in abortion, embryo-destructive research or same-sex marriage." (The New York Times, Dec. 16, 2009)
-- Says he and his allies will defy "man-made law" that conflicts with their view on "God's law"
-- Said anti-gay soliders are now suffering under their own version of Don't Ask Don't Tell
-- Diminished trans kids and their need for protection; contrasts trans girls with "real" girls and frames equal access/nondiscrimination laws as blows to responsibility and respectability
-- Sits on the Board of an organization that supports and funds anti-Islam extremists.


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Q: Display thumbnails that link to full-size image in a lightbox (without two separate image files) I am displaying a number images in the standard HTML format. I don't know the size of the image. Some are small in size, but others are quite large.

What I'd like to do..

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*Scale the images down without distorting it (if wider or taller than 250px x 250px).

*The user should be able to click on the image to view the full-size in a lightbox.

I saw the lightbox jQuery plug-in, but it seems to require separate thumbnail images. Is there a way to still take advantage of that?
I'm using the latest Chrome, so I can use HTML5/CSS3/jQuery/etc for this project.

A: A few advices:
Whenever you have to deal with thumbnails/full scale images, you have to provide both because using full image as previews impacts overall loading performance [think about mobile devices].
If you have control on the server, consider using some on demand scaling [e.g. GD library in PHP] or preemptive caching of thumbnails [better and more scalable option].
One last thing: about you using Chrome, consider there would be people stuck with IE8 or so, think about the audience of your website and not only your testing environment then.

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The rich get richer, but not in ABC's new Lucky 7. Its group of lottery winners are all up-against-it employees of a Queens, NY gas station/convenience store. The series premieres at the end of the network's all-new Tuesday lineup, which launches on Sept. 24th. And our review is here.


Writers put so much time into polishing their work.
Hours can be poured into as single sentence.
you become convinced that you've spelled it wrong.
This is why we spend hours staring at a notebook or computer screen alone.
It's got everything we have.
Read it. Then we'll talk.
even as I try to swat them away.
to guide the lost and lonely onward?
It's wonderful, being a light in that thick black night.
You'll just get smacked in the face a lot by bugs.
because the waiter brings Coke instead of Sprite.
giving you malaria in your mosquito bite.
Nope! Here's some awkwardness instead. You just missed her!
or a new Ice Age now occurs.
or a passing football hit you in the head.
and in real life, you're actually scared of the walking dead.
or aliens could decide they want to bring you along.
because I can pull plot devices out of things I see.
for giving me my anxiety.
leaving darkness and shadow to obscure the earth.
at the drawn-out absence of the light.
but not to any human ears.
unaware, and comfortable in their belief of a rising sun each morn.
and add their cries to the growing cacophony.
But the humans yet sleep.
nothing rises above the nearby hills to chase away the shadows.
as they fear for the worst.
and the darkness would trap them forever.
as they await whatever is to come.
and the light begins to seep back into the world.
as their fears are hidden away with the darkness.
is getting the stupid animals to shut up.
flapping spastically and cackling as they chase each other.
gliding with a shhhh that cuts through the white noise.
then faint lines that sink back into the smooth liquid.
a light breeze tossing the tree branches and grass.
with the warm caress of sunlight on my cheek.
his laughter echoes across the lake.
This is the third time.
He must really like his own jokes.
That might last 10 minutes.
In the meantime, my eyes close again.
The lady awaits her Lover's arrival.
Her brown hair pinned up in a tidy fashion atop her head, reveals the soft curve of her neck, awaiting a soft kiss.
A deep Shadow collecting at her tiny waist, before falling in the thick curtain at her feet.
Allowing the highest amount of skin to show.
A site that will surely excite her lover, when he comes.
Knowing that she will practically glow and it's dim, poor lighting.
It will attract her lover all the more.


Coca-Cola is reporting strong profit and revenue numbers, thanks in part to rising demand for Diet Coke and Coca-Cola Zero Sugar in North America.
The maker of Sprite, Fanta and Powerade earned $2.32 billion, or 54 cents per share, for the three months ended June 29. A year earlier the Atlanta company earned $1.37 billion, or 32 cents per share.
Revenue slipped to $8.93 billion from $9.7 billion on bottling refranchising efforts, but still beat forecasts for $8.54 billion.
In North America, sparkling soft drink volume edged up 1 percent on double-digit growth in Coca-Cola Zero Sugar. Water, enhanced water and sports drinks climbed 5 percent, helped by strong growth in Powerade. Juice volume fell, mostly on package downsizing across the portfolio and deprioritizing lower-margin juice drink brands. Tea volume dropped primarily due to package downsizing in Gold Peak tea.
Coke and rival PepsiCo are trying to diversify their drink offerings to be more aligned with changing tastes. But the companies are also still trying to boost sales of their namesake brands. Coca-Cola has tried rebranding Diet Coke with slimmer, taller cans and flavors. It also renamed Coke Zero to Coke Zero Sugar. It has also been pushing into sparking, flavored waters with its Dasani brand, following the surging popularity of drinks like La Croix.
PepsiCo, which has made similar moves, said earlier this month its sales volume declined in North America for the second quarter.


Loowit Brewing is a microbrewery and tasting room located in downtown Vancouver, just a stones throw from the Columbia River. The tasting room has a comfortable feel and great wood bar top made of cedar and fir. Aside from drinking in-house brews, activities include a steel-tip dartboard and a free-play Street Fighter II machine.


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Q: React Native | TextInput I came across a project in React native. My problem is that when I click on it, it focuses on TextInput and opens and closes the keyboard immediately. This happens again when I move to a new page. It happens only at the first click. It returns to normal in the following ones. Has anyone encountered this situation before?
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From the Publisher that brought you popular Young Adults short story series Children of Time, Children of Two Futures, The Magaram Legends, Chains of Darkness, and Song of Teeth.
IS THERE REALLY A DIFFERENCE TO THE PARAGON AND THE PARIAH?
Years of failure have finally culminated in a bitter success as Madrigale Audler has spliced energy with another person for the first time, allowing her to generate an emerald aura around her body that she can burst to make a concussive explosion all around her.
The problem, however, is that the person she was able to bond with in order to generate this energy is a member of the most cutthroat group of bandits the splicers have ever encountered.
Now with this thief as her hostage, she must harbor him as a secret fugitive so he can't leave her custody until he has answered the questions that plague her. How could an outsider learn the arcane secrets of splicing auras? Are there other renegade splicers in the wilderness? And, most importantly, why does her aura show that she connects more easily with vicious criminals than with her own partner accompanying her on this mission?
As she and her partner, Logan, approach the village where they were sent to spread the word and influence of splicers, she must find a way to make the bandit appear like a harmless visitor while also protecting an entire population from his murderous potential.


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Magazine for Dance Vol. 1/2019, premiere on May 9th, 2019 in the frame of Antistatic Festival at Kick`s space, Sofia.
Magazine for Dance is an annual edition that aims to offer a contemporary perspective on dance today in all its forms covering ballet, contemporary dance and performance as well as dance culture. The project was launched in 2019 as an initiative of Brain Store Project within Performance Situation Room programme line of Life Long Burning and has been carried out in partnership with Nomad Dance Academy Bulgaria. The first number of the annual magazine was co-financed by Culture Programme of Sofia Municipality and by National Culture Fund.
Magazine for Dance is the only Bulgarian print media entirely dedicated to dance. Its mission is to build bridges between different genres, dance communities and audiences, between the international and the Bulgarian scene, and to be a platform for discussing and presenting the processes, ideas, events and personalities that shape the face of the diverse dance world today.
The aim of the magazine is to be accessible to wide and diverse audiences and in 120 full-colour pages to offer a variety of content that highlights current processes and events and presents interesting perspectives on important issues and ideas in dance. It engages international and Bulgarian authors from different generations and uses different genres - reviews, interviews, essays, portraits, theoretical and research articles, etc.
The print run of Magazine for Dance #1 is 1,000 copies. It is distributed in specialized book stores, dance centres, venues and events.
The cover topic of Magazine for Dance #1 is Beauty in Dance. The art of dance has always been associated with a normative ideal of a beautiful human body. It is expected to represent the beauty of the movement, to be emotionally expressive and to have impactful imagery. With this widely recognized topic, the magazine raises the question of how beauty in dance is evaluated and how the conception of it has changed in the course of historical transformations of this art form. A feature article written by the dance researcher Mira Todorova discusses this subject matter. Next to it, in a special survey on the topic 12 Bulgarian and international contemporary dance artists and one philosopher give their answer to the question "What is beauty in dance, choreography and performance for you?". Among the respondents are Galina Borissova (BG), Willy Prager (BG), Christian Bakalov (BG/BE), Mark Tompkins (USA/FR), deufert&plischke (GER), Doris Uhlich (AUT), Dimitris Papaioannou (GRE) a.o.
The content of the magazine is divided in several rubrics.
The rubric HIGHLIGHTS outlines some current processes and events. Here the German dance writer Arnd Wesemann presents some of the most interesting "masters of choreography" in the contemporary European dance scene. The editor-in-chief Angelina Georgieva conducts interviews with Mira Todorova, artistic director of DNK-Space for Contemporary Dance and Performance in Sofia, and with Zhivko Zhelyazkov, artistic director of the newly opened Derida Stage for dance and performance, who talk about their year's programme and about the challenges in running spaces for independent contemporary performing arts nowadays. A special interview with the initiators of Magazine for Dance – performance artists and organizers Iva Sveshtarova, Willy Prager and Stephan Shtereff – discusses the needs for such publication and presents their work within the European network Life Long Burning. The rubric includes also articles on some important for Bulgarian dance accents – such as the revival of the state ballet company in the city of Stara Zagora, the situation of the independent contemporary dance in the city of Burgas as seen from the perspective of the artists etc.
The rubric PROFILES features dance artists who have drawn the attention in the current season or who will have guest-performances by the end of the year. In #1 these are Petya Koleva from Ballet Arabesque (Sofia); the Canada based Bulgarian choreographer Maria Kefirova who will be artist-in-residency at DNK this autumn and a special portrait article is dedicated to Steam Room collective which has become part of Creative Crossroads programme line of Life Long Burning project.
The rubric IN THE STUDIO aims to present new ways of working in the field of dance and choreography. It starts with the figure of the dramaturge which is not that popular in Bulgarian context. It is discussed in an interview with the renowned dramaturge in the field of dance and choreography Ivana Ivkovic from BAD Co, Croatia.
The rubric REVIEWS aims at fostering the critical writing about dance and publishes reviews on new productions in the sphere of contemporary dance and ballet by emerging and established dance critics.
The rubric THEORIES presents provoking ideas in the field of dance theory. Magazine for Dance # 1 publishes a translation of Marten Spangberg famous text "Postdance".
The rubric PERSPECTIVES is dedicated on new developments in dance education in Europe and Bulgaria.
The rubric DANCE CULTURE presents some new styles who have been recently introduced in the Sofia urban dance scene and the people who work passionately to make them popular and to build various dance communities around them.
The rubric FESTIVALS gives a preview on forthcoming important international dance festivals in Bulgaria.
The rubric CALENDAR recommends to the audiences a selection of dance events in Bulgaria and Europe that take place by the end of 2019.
The main material in the rubric TRADITIONS is an article by the dance artist and historian Stefan Hristov on some not quite known facts around the beginnings of professional ballet in Bulgaria in the 1920's and the role of international ballet artists and teachers in this process. The 100thanniversary of Bauhaus is also highlighted here with a photo of the VR-installation "Das totale Tanztheater".
The aim of the last rubric in the magazine – ANTOLOGY –is to offer for the first time in Bulgarian emblematic texts about dance in 20thand 21stcentury. It starts with a translation of an excerpt of John Martin's "Characteristics of Modern Dance".
The Magazine had a premiere with a public presentation in the frame of Antistatic Festival for Contemporary Dance and Performance. It drew a lot of attention in the media and within the wider dance community and public and the premiere was attended by ar. 100 people. The appearance of the first issue of this new publication was covered by more than 20 publications in ca. 10 local and national media, including interviews with the producers and with the editor in-chief for the Bulgarian National Television.
The public presentations of the Magazine at dance events and festivals give wider publicity and visibility and they continue throughout the year. Forthcoming presentations of the issues are at Water - International Dance Festival in the city of Burgas (August 31st), One Dance Week in Plovdiv (September 21st), Moving Body Festival in Varna (October 19th), State Opera Stara Zgora ( December 5th) and in the frame of Sofia International Literature Festival ( December 12th) .
Besides the print edition, a website of Magazine for Dance was launched under dancemag.eu. It presents the concept and the content of the current edition, gives free access to some of the articles and publishes news about events featured in the magazine and about its public presentations. The Magazine maintains contact with its audiences throughout the year also through its profiles on Facebook www.facebook.com/dancemageu/ and Instagram www.instagram.com/dancemageu.
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Cornell University's College of Architecture, Art and Planning has unveiled a 12-piece versatile furniture series designed for the school's New York City space in Manhattan's financial district. Created by Hong Kong-based architecture office CL3 and interdisciplinary design studio Lim + Lu (founding partners of which are Cornell alumni), each piece has been inspired both by their New York context and intuitive operation by a global user.
Founder of CL3, William Lim, as well as both founding partners of Lim+Lu, Vincent Lim and Elaine Lu, are alumni of Cornell University's College of Architecture, Art and Planning. The two design studios were invited to design pieces specifically for Cornell University's space located in the financial district in Manhattan. When engaged by the Dean of the college for this project, the three thought it would be a great way to give back to their alma mater.
Lim + Lu noted that the pushcart is uniquely New York and has become an ubiquitous part of the city's landscape. At every turn and corner, the pushcarts are transporting goods in, out, and around the city. Although it is inherently New York, the pushcart represents matters at a larger scale — globalisation.
The design journey began by examining the inherent qualities of these pushcarts and how they are used on a daily basis. They are sometimes used in an upright manner and at other times adopt a more reclined position. This bipolar characteristic of the pushcart presented the opportunity to design a furniture series that could also have multiple personalities. For example, a piece that functions as a three-seater sofa in its reclined position may transform into a coat rack when it's upright. When a piece is in one posture, one can notice subtle hints that it can be used in another stance. This exploration resulted in 12 pieces of multi-purpose portable furniture.
Due to the bespoke nature of these furniture pieces, its context was crucial to the success of the project. William Lim of CL3 commented: "We always like to approach our designs within context. Our practice is rooted in the principles of Asian design. We blend an intuitive sense of light, balance and proportion with contemporary solutions and innovative materials to produce design that are versatile. That's what we have done with this range: we have thought about the true purpose of the furniture. How it will become part of Cornell's fabric, go beyond the primary usage, and spread out within the context it has been placed within."
Vincent Lim of Lim + Lu added "This has been a fun journey. As alumni we have been peering back into our old school and thought what could we give back. Thinking back to our time as students and how we used the spaces around Cornell, to come together to share ideas. These have a nice function and form element to them, also to apply the Cornell crest to the structure adds a nice sense of pride. Unveiling these in May is a great time to coincide with the 29th annual ICFF platform for global design, where we also have a booth showing our other designs."
Kent Kleinman, Gale and Ira Drukier Dean of Cornell AAP commented: "Each piece is a hybrid; a modular urban element that functions as a kind of infrastructure, mated to a customized artifact specific to particular program. Taken together, they are a microcosm of Cornell's famous lessons in college urbanism."
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El SMS Köln fue un crucero ligero de la clase Kolberg de la Armada Imperial Alemana.

Construcción
El Köln fue encargado con el nombre Ersatz Schwalbe y fue puesto en grada en 1908 en los astilleros Germaniawerft de Kiel. Con el número de construcción 191.Fue botado el 5 de junio de 1909. Tenía una eslora de 130,5 m, 15 m de manga, y 5 m calado de 5,58 m.. Desplazaba 4350 t, y podía alcanzar una velocidad máxima de 26,8 nudos. Su armamento principal, consistía en 12 cañones de 105 mm de tiro rápido, y su tripulación, la formaban 380 hombres en tiempo de paz y 485 en combate.

Historial
Fue asignado al servicio active el 16 de junio de 1911.

El SMS Köln fue el buque insignia del vicealmirante Leberecht Maass durante la batalla de la bahía de Heligoland del 28 de agosto de 1914, su última batalla.  Diseñado para atacar a patrullas alemanas en la costa noroeste de Alemania, la fuerza Harwich británica estaba compuesta por dos cruceros ligeros y 31 destructores bajo el mando de Reginald Tyrwhitt, que realizaron un ataque sobre los buques alemanes que se encontraban en la base naval de Heligoland, con la cobertura de  la escuadra de cruceros de batalla del vicealmirante David Beatty, compuesta por los cruceros de batalla New Zealand y Invincible y tres cruceros. La fuerza Harwich hundió un torpedero alemán en torno a las 7 de la mañana del 28 de agosto, y los alemanes, desplegaron al escenario de combate a toda prisa a los cruceros SMS Frauenlob y SMS Stettin.  A ellos, se unieron poco después una escuadra compuesta por otros cuatro cruceros ligeros procedentes de Wilhelmshaven, incluido el SMS Köln bajo el mando del capitán Meidinger. Debido a la poca profundidad, los cruceros de batalla alemanes, debieron permanecer en Wilhelmshaven incapaces de zarpar, por lo que no pudieron prestar su apoyo.

El SMS Köln se enfrentó al crucero ligero británico HMS Arethusa y ocho destructores, que se estaban enfrentando al crucero ligero alemán  SMS Mainz. Fuera de alcance, y con el HMS Arethusa duramente dañado, el comandante Tyrwhitt solicitó ayuda. La escuadra de Beatty, a unas 25 millas al norte, arribó a las 12:40, sorprendiendo completamente a los alemanes. La superior velocidad y potencia de fuego de los cruceros de batalla británicos, fue decisiva, y los alemanes, perdieron los cruceros ligeros SMS Mainz, SMS Köln, y SMS Ariadne. Otros tres cruceros ligeros alemanes, escaparon severamente dañados. Los alemanes, tuvieron unas bajas de 712 muertos y 419 prisioneros.

El SMS Köln se hundió en torno a las 14:30. De su tripulación, de en torno a 485, unos 200 sobrevivieron inicialmente al hundimiento, pero todos excepto uno, murieron ahogados poco después. El único superviviente, un fogonero, logró aferrarse a los restos de un buque salvavidas, durante 76 horas, antes de ser rescatado. Los restos del bote salvavidas, llegaron a la isla de Norderney y hoy en día, se exhiben en un lateral de la puerta medieval de  Eigelsteintorburg en la ciudad de Colonia.

Véase también

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Enlaces externos

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Our Psychology Team Canberra
Dr Eryn Davies and Jenna Keen have brought together a team of highly qualified, professional and motivated psychologists to serve the community and support you. With regular training attendance, our team ensure that they are across new research and development within the psychological field. Our practice also provides opportunity for other psychologists to develop, through the provision of supervision and the development of conferences.
Dr Eryn Davies
Clinical Psychologist | Director
Dr Eryn Davies began her psychology studies with an interest in Autism and Asperger's and went on to complete her doctoral studies through the University of Southern Queensland with a specialisation and thesis focusing on attachment in the early toddler/preschool years and parents mental health. While further pursuing her passion and training within the Autism field, Eryn was able to combine her knowledge and skills in Autism assessment, therapy and family support with her doctoral training in attachment and trauma theory, including exposure therapy. This has led to Eryn providing comprehensive assessment and therapeutic support to children, adolescents and adults on the Autism Spectrum while maintaining her therapeutic trauma work with children and adults.
Dr Davies currently provides developmental trauma assessments for government and private agencies, and comprehensive Autism and Learning Assessments for families and schools intermixed with therapy. This specialisation has developed not only from her original studies, but 12 years experience in the public and private sectors of mental health, including Child and Adolescent Mental Health teams, Paediatric Community teams and Care and Protection and Canberra Hospital teams.
Dr Davies initially expanded her established practice from Corinna Chambers Psychologists to be the co-director of Canberra Psychology Centre for Children and Families. However Dr Davies soon developed a focus on community commitment and psychological assessment and care that lead to the new team of Capital Psychology Clinic with co-director Jenna Keen. Eryn is very excited to be able to provide a high level of community support and involvement through the new practice while still maintaining her commitment to comprehensive assessment and care for those on the Autism Spectrum or with trauma backgrounds. Dr Davies also enjoys presenting at mental health forums and conferences to support her colleagues.
While not in the office, you may see Eryn skiing or riding in the mountains or participating in triathlons and fun runs with her family.
Jenna Keen
After completing her Masters degree in Clinical Psychology, Jenna has focused her passion of early intervention into a career working with children and their families. She went on to gain clinical endorsement, with an emphasis on developmental delays and behavioural issues.
Jenna has worked in hospital, community health and private practice settings, across a range of psychological difficulties. She enjoys working in a cross spectrum multi discipline environments and continues to engage with paediatricians, psychiatrists, occupational therapists, speech therapists and dieticians to ensure a holistic approach to client health.
Jenna's strengths are working with families in the assessment and diagnosis of developmental delays, learning disorders and attention difficulties (ADHD), conducting and reporting on cognitive, learning, behaviour and adaptive assessments. Jenna prides herself on the establishment of best-practice, evidenced-based assessments and treatment approaches at Capital Psychology Clinic.
Therapeutically, Jenna is very experienced in the support of perinatal and infant issues, such as post-natal depression, preparation and adjustment to parenting, sleep and settling, attachment and bonding. Jenna is also skilled in various evidence-based therapeutic individual and group approaches, such as Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Mindfulness and Solution Focused approaches, and programs such as Circle of Security and Cool Kids.
Jenna's academic research has been published in the journal "Mental Health and Substance Use" on "Personality factors as predictors of programme completion of drug therapeutic communities".
In 2016 Jenna realised her goal of providing a family focused psychology service to the Canberra region by engaging with Dr Eryn Davies and creating Capital Psychology Clinic. Jenna is a mother and wife to a growing family who enjoys working within the community.
Nicholas Catto
Nicholas is committed to working with young people, their families, and adults from a variety of backgrounds to achieve their psychological well-being. He is particularly interested in supporting young people who are engaged in substance misuse and who also experience mental health challenges. Nicholas also has expertise in working with adults who are confronted with psychological issues and have trouble coping with them.
His experience in working in child and adolescent and adult mental health services has honed his skills in treating a range of psychological difficulties (e.g. anxiety, depression, psychosis, trauma, bi-polar, obsessive compulsive disorder, emotion regulation). Nicholas provides a range of quality, evidence based, psychological services including cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), exposure and response prevention (EX/RP), dialectical behaviour therapy informed (DBT-informed), and motivational interviewing.
Sherylyn Crisp
Sherylyn Crisp is an experienced psychologist who is passionate about working with children, adolescents, adults and families. She has a background in providing therapy and assessments in schools, working in public mental health and youth clinics, as well as many years working in private practice. Sherylyn has also worked in rural and remote communities.
Sherylyn has experience in providing individual, family and group based interventions using a range of evidence-based psychological therapies that include Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Graded Exposure Therapy, Interpersonal Psychotherapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and group programs such as Cool Kids. Sherylyn has extensive experience providing psychological intervention in the areas of anxiety, OCD, depression, Autism, ADHD, behavioural issues, sleep issues, stress management, learning disorders, resilience building, grief and trauma.
Sherylyn's focus as a psychologist has been on providing holistic evidence-based interventions for clients of all ages. She understands the importance of providing a positive non-judgemental environment in which people can feel safe to explore and work on issues to improve their mental health and wellbeing.
Cari Macleod
Cari is passionate about her work with children of all ages, teenagers and their families. Cari is particularly experienced in supporting children and adolescents with autism and attentional/behavioural issues. Cari works from a child-centred approach, focusing on strengths as well as challenges and sees supporting families and collaboration with schools and other health professionals as central to her work. Cari is also skilled at helping young people with toileting issues, e.g. Encopresis, Enuresis, anxiety, phobias, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, depression and more generally, at supporting children and their families through times of crisis. Cari uses evidenced-based techniques from Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Compassion-Focused Therapy and Motivational Interviewing to provide the best care for her clients.
Cari is one of our trained facilitiators of the Secret Agent Society, a group-based program to assist children with social and emotional skills. She has also delivered parenting support programs including Tuning into Kids and Circle of Security across a variety of public and private health settings.
Emily Brichacek
Emily enjoys working with children, adolescents and adults using a range of evidence-based therapeutic interventions. She has experience working in private and community based settings. Most recently Emily was working in a specialised service for adolescents and young adults. Emily uses a variety of treatment approaches including cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), motivational interviewing and mindfulness techniques. She is skilled at tailoring interventions to best suit the needs and strengths of each individual. Emily is passionate about assisting people to reach their full potential through the development of effective coping strategies they can draw on throughout the rest of their lives. She views collaboration with individuals' support systems as an important aspect of her work, actively engaging with families and other treating health professionals to ensure a holistic and comprehensive approach to treatment.
Emily can assist people who are experiencing a range of psychological difficulties including depression, anxiety disorders, panic attacks, specific phobias, relationship issues, sleep problems, behavioural issues and school-based difficulties such as exam stress, bullying and social skill building.
Caroline Henry
Caroline is passionate about working with young children, adolescents, couples, adults and families. Caroline is a registered Non-Directive Pregnancy Support Counsellor, trained in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Family Therapy. Caroline has a background in teaching and counselling in schools and a Masters degree in Educational Psychology.
Caroline provides therapy for children and families with behavioural and emotional issues including anger and defiance, anxiety, depression, sleep issues, adjustment issues, school-based difficulties and social skills. Caroline also works with parents to foster positive family relationships and implement targeted behaviour management strategies.
Emma Smadbeck
Emma is a registered psychologist who is currently working toward her endorsement as a clinical psychologist and her PhD in Clinical Psychology at the ANU. Her research focuses on ways to improve psychological wellbeing in adolescents through a positive psychology framework. Emma is passionate about working with children and their families using evidence-based therapeutic interventions. She has experience working with clients who are undergoing difficulties related to anxiety, depression, oppositional defiant disorder, ADHD, social skills challenges, behavioural issues, sleep problems, ASD, acquired head injury, encopresis, and OCD.
She has experience providing individual, family and group based interventions using Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), solution focused therapy, and parent training and frequently incorporates techniques from other areas such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Positive Psychotherapy (PPT). She has trained at the Sydney Children's Hospital and at a specialised research clinic focused on children with defiant behaviour and is passionate about the crucial role of early intervention on development of positive mental health later in life.
Dr Megan Carters
Megan is passionate about working with children, adolescents, young adults and families. She is experienced in working with individuals and families affected by anxiety, depression, stress, disordered eating, body image concerns, self-esteem, bullying, anger, sleep problems, behavioural issues and social skills difficulties.
Megan is experienced in using several evidence based treatment approaches including Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Family-Based Treatment for eating disorders, parent training and mindfulness-based approaches. Megan has a background in the public health system, and has trained at Canberra Hospital and Sydney Children's Hospital.
Catherine Bylett
Cath has experience working with people of varying ages, backgrounds and challenges. Her clinical experience has included working with individuals, families and groups suffering from a range of disorders: depression and other mood disorders; anxiety, panic and stress; low self-esteem; relationship problems; traumatic life events; substance misuse and addiction; anger management; grief and loss; and life dissatisfaction. Cath's work history includes a range of roles in human resources in the corporate sector for over 13 years, working to raise awareness of autism in a not-for-profit organisation, and working with adolescents in a boarding house. She is also a qualified distance running coach, tailoring training programs in coaching children, adolescents and adults to face challenges, overcome obstacles and reach their personal goals.
Vanessa Inglis
Vanessa has worked with adults in a variety of settings including private practice and community based agencies. She values establishing a safe and supportive therapeutic relationship that encourages a collaborative exploration of symptoms and causes of psychological distress. She has over 20 years experience in the effective treatment of depression, anxiety (including OCD), trauma, drug and alcohol addiction, grief and loss, and stress management. She has worked extensively with victims of childhood sexual assault and domestic violence. She can assist with the management of adult ADHD and psychotic illnesses.
Stephanie Horlyck
Stephanie's work is guided by her belief that all people are valuable and capable. She works within a positive psychology perspective and is passionate about empowering individuals and families, helping them work through their current difficulties and reach their full potential. She has extensive experience working with children, adolescents, adults and families and has worked in the public, educational and private sectors. Stephanie supports people experiencing a wide range of psychological difficulties, including current and past trauma, anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, learning and behavioural difficulties, and life change. Stephanie also has qualifications in teaching and nursing.
Frances Price
Frances has experience working with children and families in both the school and private practice setting. As well as working with children, Frances is passionate about empowering adolescents and young adults to cope with adversity and reach their potential.
Working within a positive psychology framework, Frances uses evidence-based therapies including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), solution focused therapy as well as attachment and mindfulness based techniques in her work. Frances has experience working in the areas of anxiety, depression, behavioural difficulties, ADHD, resilience building, social skills, selective mutism, exam stress and specific phobias.
Nicola Cohen
Nicola specialises in working with children, adolescents and their families, in addition to young adults (ages 5-35). Nicola has a strength in conducting cognitive and behavioural assessments across all ages to assess for specific learning disorders (e.g. dyslexia), intellectual giftedness or impairment, ADHD, Autism, and other behavioural disorders.
Therapeutically, Nicola uses evidence-based practices such as Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, mindfulness and compassion-based work, and also applies play and art therapy where appropriate. Nicola believes in working with the entire family, in addition to collaborating with schools and other health professionals to provide holistic, consistent and client-centered support to her clients. Nicola has a particular interest in the treatment of anxiety disorders (particularly Obsessive Compulsive Disorder) and phobias in children and young adults, in addition to post-natal depression and anxiety. She is also skilled in helping clients with mood disorders, social, emotional and behavioural problems, parenting skills, eating disorders, trauma, and sleep and relationship issues.


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Q: Калькулятор строк Как сделать функцию калькулятор строк, которая принимает любое количество строк и проводит операцию если такая есть?
calc('3', '+', '2') === '5'

calc('6', '/', '3') === '2'

calc('2', '+', '2', '*', '2') === '8'

Я попытался перевести все в массив и создать 100 условий для каждой операции, но есть проблемы. Как это можно сделать.
function calc(first, ...rest) {

}

A: calc('(', '2', '+', '2', ')', '*', '2'); //8
function calc(...args) {
    return eval(args.join(''));
}


The OpenELEC project just announced that OpenELEC 4.0 Beta 2 has been released.
If you are currently running the 3.2.4 version or earlier it is recommended that you perform a clean installation. This is because the XBMC 12 (Frodo) and XBMC 13 (Gotham) configurations are not totally compatible with each other.
If you are already running OpenELEC 4.0 Beta 1 the most simple way to upgrade is to go to System – OpenELEC – System – Check for updates now and let OE update itself. Super-easy and quick.
This version runs very well on Haswell NUCs. My only issues are with live TV when watching HD channels, but this might be due to the tuner I'm using (PCTV 290e). I've tried different backends, different frontends, OE and Ubuntu Linux and no matter what, it gets pixelated every now and then. Especially so, if I open the menus on top of the live TV screen.


Helping wineries and related businesses solve problems and get things done.
I specialize in helping entrepreneurs and family businesses achieve their goals. Currently, I serve as the General Manager of J Dusi Wines, and consult on the side. I've worked in a variety of leadership roles in the local wine industry since 1992.


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Q: Python script works well on its own, but crashes when running it form another script using Tkinter I would like to execute a python script sequence.py by clicking a button on usercontrol.py, all the necessary code I want to initiate is located in sequence.py main() function sequentially.
The script sequence.py works fine by itself, and if I try to call the script from another script simply like this test.py:
import sequence as sq

sq.main()

it will also run fine.
But if I try to run it by clicking a button in usercontrol.py which contains variuos Tkinter GUI elements:
import sequence as sq
import tkinter as tk
import customtkinter

class App(customtkinter.CTk):
    def __init__(self):
        super().__init__()
             .... CODE ....
             self.start_button_1 = customtkinter.CTkButton(master=self.frame_1, text="Start", command=sq.main)
             .... CODE ....

if __name__ == "__main__":
    app = App()
    app.mainloop()

It will crash at the crucial first steps of sequence.py.
While I think this has more to do with Tkinter, I am trying to automate a legacy software using pywinauto, the huge stack of code in sequence.py works entirely fine, except the main thing where It should open the process for automation, the window is not opened, I get a back telling me that there is no process to move windows, then after that the windows appears.
sequence.py code:
import time, pywinauto
from pywinauto import application
from pywinauto.keyboard import send_keys

def main():
    # Step 1: Connects to the Application, creates directories and calibrates the main window to user monitor settings
    main_processName = "EFrame2"
    try:
    .... CODE (works fine) ....
    except Exception:
        user_name = input('Name: ')
        user_password = input('Password: ')
        send_keys('^%e') # CTRL + ALT + E shortcut to open the application
        time.sleep(5)
        main_pid = application.process_from_module(module = main_processName)
        main_process = application.Application().connect(process = main_pid, timeout=10)
        main_dlg = main_process.window(class_name="TFormMDI")
        monitor_set_position(main_dlg) # it crashes at this function because main_dlg it not shown
        connect_sequence(main_process, main_pid, user_name, user_password)
        pass
if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()

The most frustrating thing, is that all variables are returning the values as it should on debug mode.. It still finds the process and connects to it. Then I get the Traceback, and instantly the Windows that should be shown prior - appears.
To summarize, using a tkinter button to initiate the script with pywinauto somehow doesn't work when launching a new process, maybe this could be a processing/thread problem? Any pointers to solving this issue are welcome.
EDIT 1 (adding Traceback if needed):
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\linas\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311-32\Lib\site-packages\pywinauto\application.py", line 250, in __resolve_control
    ctrl = wait_until_passes(
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Users\linas\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311-32\Lib\site-packages\pywinauto\timings.py", line 458, in wait_until_passes
    raise err
pywinauto.timings.TimeoutError

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\linas\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311-32\Lib\tkinter\__init__.py", line 1948, in __call__
    return self.func(*args)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Users\linas\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311-32\Lib\site-packages\customtkinter\windows\widgets\ctk_button.py", line 553, in _clicked
    self._command()
  File "c:\Dokumentai\auto\module\sequence.py", line 567, in main
    monitor_set_position(main_dlg)
  File "c:\Dokumentai\auto\module\sequence.py", line 95, in monitor_set_position
    main_dlg.move_window(x=0, y=0, width=800, height=800, repaint=True)
    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Users\linas\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311-32\Lib\site-packages\pywinauto\application.py", line 396, in __getattribute__
    ctrls = self.__resolve_control(self.criteria)
            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Users\linas\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311-32\Lib\site-packages\pywinauto\application.py", line 261, in __resolve_control
    raise e.original_exception
  File "C:\Users\linas\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311-32\Lib\site-packages\pywinauto\timings.py", line 436, in wait_until_passes
    func_val = func(*args, **kwargs)
               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Users\linas\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311-32\Lib\site-packages\pywinauto\application.py", line 203, in __get_ctrl
    dialog = self.backend.generic_wrapper_class(findwindows.find_element(**criteria[0]))
                                                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Users\linas\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311-32\Lib\site-packages\pywinauto\findwindows.py", line 87, in find_element
    raise ElementNotFoundError(kwargs)
pywinauto.findwindows.ElementNotFoundError: {'class_name': 'TFormMDI', 'backend': 'win32', 'process': 10812}

A: Answering my own question, if someone would have a similar issue in the future with Tkinter.
The problem was Threading, in my sequence.py, I was using timing functions like time.sleep(5), and it was causing problems, lagging ant etc. when using on a single thread together with GUI. I don't understand the details about threading, I am beginner myself, but you can probably count on this youtube video to help you out.
The ultimate change that I have done that fixed everything for me is in usercontrol.py, I have changed the command of the button and put the start script into a function:
import sequence as sq
import tkinter as tk
import customtkinter
import threading

class App(customtkinter.CTk):
    def __init__(self):
        super().__init__()
             .... CODE ....
             self.start_button_1 = customtkinter.CTkButton(master=self.frame_1, text="Start", command=lambda: threading.Thread(target=self.initiate_weekly_report_module).start())
             .... CODE ....
    def initiate_weekly_report_module(self):
        sq.main()

if __name__ == "__main__":
    app = App()
    app.mainloop()


Healthy habits that keep me motivated and will keep you motivated too!
As of recent I feel like I've been on a motivational high, whether that be for my own motivation or talking to others about how they can get and keep motivated on a daily basis.
What generally keeps me motivated may not necessarily work for someone else, so I've collated a list of 7 healthy habits to get you motivated and keep you motivated too, which should be useful for everyone.
Why do you want what you want in life? Why do you do what you do in life?
This is one which you may have already heard of so to stress the importance of it, I'm going to write about this again.
This is a crucial factor in helping you find motivation and remain motivated. No matter what it is you do in life, or what you want to do, if you focus on your why it doesn't matter what other factors change in your life-the why will always bring you back to your focus!
To share an example of my own; WHY do I have a blog or WHY am I writing a novel?
I want to help people, so I incorporate important topics into my blog from time to time, and with my novel I want to share aspects of my own story, incorporating it into fiction, to help others too.
Focusing on your why is made so much easier when you have healthy thoughts to back it up.
Something I do every morning is set time aside to speak into existence some daily affirmations, just a solid and quick reminder that on that day I can achieve everything that I want to achieve. Something I've touched on before, is starting your day on a high note like listening to an uplifting motivational video on YouTube (as an example) rather than listening to music, or checking your social media platforms. Removing yourself from outside influence and focusing on enhancing your thoughts for the day, has a way of adjusting your focus and remaining positive throughout the day.
When I say more 'me' time, I literally mean being as selfish as possible and focusing on what exactly it is that you want to do. A huge factor in being demotivated, is by placing way too much focus on others to constantly support them. Although this is a great thing to do, it's important to remind yourself that you come first! Without this fundamental focus, you'll never reach your own goals, nor will you truly be able to help others.
Another way of looking at this, is that the more time you set aside for yourself, the more valuable that time is and therefore your less likely to waste it.
The reason I'm personally able to be so motivated, is because I value the time I set aside for myself in the morning by not being distracted and not allowing myself to break away from my morning routine. I also value the time I put aside daily or weekly to write my novel or create a new blog post and by ensuring that I'm focused on these important things in my life, I keep my phone on silent and tune out from any outside distraction.
On the topic of surroundings and distractions (or lack of!) having an environment which keeps you highly motivated and moving forward is extremely vital to your head space, which overall will impact your thoughts and most importantly keeps you focused on your 'why'.
It's important to always ensure that the space around you is protected, therefore who you share your space with is vital. A lack of motivation can often be caused by surrounding yourself with people who don't have the same push as you and therefore that comfortable mindset others have, will have a way of distracting you or putting your force forward on hold.
Try surrounding yourself more with people who support your vision. They don't necessarily have to see your vision but knowing they support it is the right kind of energy that you need. Always remember what's meant for you, is only be meant for you. Protect that and don't always feel like you have to share that vision with others.
This is one of those habits that will never get old, no matter what your focus is and I feel like this is a self-explanatory habit overall.
Daily, weekly, monthly and yearly goals are paramount to you finding and keeping motivated.
Set your eyes on the prize and work towards your goals in every aspect of your life. You'll find that your goals will help push you to reinforce 'why' you set those particular goals in the first place.
If you struggle to set or to keep to your goals, set yourself smaller targets and work your way up from there. A goal doesn't necessarily have to be that you've gained something physically, but more so that you have remained focus on the end prize and that is completely enough! Don't downplay your success in whatever form that may be by comparing yourself with others.
Focus on yourself; maybe that in itself can be your daily, weekly or monthly goal?
"If you can't fly, then run. If you can't run, then walk. If you can't walk, then crawl. But whatever you do, you have to keep moving forward. " -Martin Luther King Jr.


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WHO Names Deadly Virus From China As 'COVID-19'
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Mikail Mumuni
The UN health agency on Tuesday announced that "COVID-19" will be the official name of the deadly virus from China, saying the disease represented a "very grave threat" for the world but there was a "realistic chance" of stopping it.
"We now have a name for the disease and it's COVID-19," World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters in Geneva.
Tedros said that "co" stands for "corona", "vi" for "virus" and "d" for "disease", while "19" was for the year, as the outbreak was first identified on December 31.
Tedros said the name had been chosen to avoid references to a specific geographical location, animal species or group of people in line with international recommendations for naming aimed at preventing stigmatisation.
WHO had earlier given the virus the temporary name of "2019-nCoV acute respiratory disease" and China's National Health Commission this week said it was temporarily calling it "novel coronavirus pneumonia" or NCP.
Under a set of guidelines issued in 2015, WHO advises against using place names such as Ebola and Zika — where those diseases were first identified and which are now inevitably linked to them in the public mind.
More general names such as "Middle East Respiratory Syndrome" or "Spanish flu" are also now avoided as they can stigmatise entire regions or ethnic groups.
WHO also notes that using animal species in the name can create confusion, such as in 2009 when H1N1 was popularly referred to as "swine flu".
This had a major impact on the pork industry even though the disease was being spread by people rather than pigs.
People's names — usually the scientists who identified the disease — are also banned, as are "terms that incite undue fear" such as "unknown" or "fatal", the WHO said.
– 'More powerful' than terrorist attack –
The virus has killed more than 1,000 people, infected over 42,000 and reached some 25 countries, with the WHO declaring a global health emergency.
Addressing scientists at the first international conference on combating the virus earlier on Tuesday, Tedros warned that the virus was a "very grave threat".
"Viruses can have more powerful consequences than any terrorist action," he told reporters later.
About 400 scientists were taking part in the two-day international meeting in Geneva called to review how the virus is transmitted and possible vaccines against it.
"We are not defenceless," Tedros said, adding: "If we invest now… we have a realistic chance of stopping this outbreak."
Participants will also discuss the source of the virus, which is thought to have originated in bats and reached humans via other "intermediary" species such as snakes or pangolins.
WHO sent an advance team to China this week for an international mission to examine the epidemic.
It was unclear, however, whether the team would be able to visit Wuhan, a city in central China which has been under lockdown after the outbreak was registered in a food and live animal market in the city.
– Roadmap for research –
No specific treatment or vaccine against the virus exists, and WHO has repeatedly urged countries to share data in order to further research into the disease.
"That is especially true in relation to the sharing of samples and sequences. To defeat this outbreak, we need open and equitable sharing, according to the principles of fairness and equity," Tedros told the scientific conference.
He said he hoped the scientists could agree a roadmap "around which researchers and donors will align".
Several teams of experts in Australia, Britain, China, France, Germany, and the United States are racing to develop a vaccine — a process that normally takes years.
Efforts to come up with a vaccine are being led by the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), a body established in 2017 to finance costly biotechnology research in the wake of an Ebola outbreak in West Africa that killed more than 11,000 people.
Ultimately, however, scientists may end up in the same situation they were during the 2002-03 outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) — which died out before a vaccine could be fully developed.
A close cousin of COVID-19, SARS spread around the world and killed nearly 800.
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For Kole Shettima and Amina Saliu on their special anniversaries – Tunde Akanni, PhD
Sir Kesington Adebutu: The White Knight fighting for education in Nigeria – By Boladale Adekoya


DENVER (AP) — Colorado has a new, more colorful state logo.
Gov. Jared Polis unveiled the image, modeled on the design of the state flag, to reporters Tuesday at the state Capitol. It will replace the green snow-topped triangular mountain that debuted in 2013 at a cost of $2.4 million.
Polis said the new image was developed internally at no additional cost and has been used by the state's economic development office to promote Colorado for over a year. It has mountains too but also an evergreen tree along with some yellow to symbolize the state's sunshine and wheat crops, blue for its water and red for its soil and rocks.
Polis said the new image better represents the whole state and will be phased into use as materials with the old logo need to be replaced.