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Villa Alexandra is located in Makry Gialos. This villa has a garden, a terrace as well as free WiFi.
The villa has a TV and 3 bedrooms. The property also comes with a bathroom with a shower.
Ierapetra is 19 miles from the villa. The nearest airport is Nikos Kazantzakis Airport, 74 miles from Villa Alexandra.
Very spacious villa 1969 feet from the sandy beach featuring a furnished terrace overlooking the Libyan Sea and the olive groves. A fully equipped kitchen with stove, microwave oven and coffee machine is included.
This villa, in south-east of the wonderful island of Crete, on its own grounds of 1.000 m2, enjoys beautiful views of the Mediterranean Sea and is just 600 m from a sandy beach, near the village of Makry Gialos and built on a slope. This contributes to the delightful views. It will comfortably accommodate a large family or a number of couples. There is a spacious terrace and a balcony/roof terrace, giving superb views on an olive grove, distant mountains and Makry Gialos Bay. The villa is perfect for sun and beach lovers. A short 600 m walk will take you to Lagada Beach, quiet, sandy beach, almost 1.5 km long. Number of smaller beaches in the area. You can have a beach entirely to yourself outside peak season. The village of Makry Gialos is 3km away, has an attractive small boulevard, fishing harbour, tavernas and bars. You can enjoy numerous walking routes through picturesque valleys and gorges. The island's historic sites including Knossos and Heraklion are well worth a visit. Excavations and historic sites nearer by from the Minoan civilization up to Venetian times. This charming villa and wonderful island have something for everyone.
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Year6 pupils from Redhill Primary took part in 'Ethical Challenge' organised by the CO-OP store as part of International Fair Trade Fortnight.
The day began by activities in class led by Regional manager James Knight from from the CO-OP, who are the supermarket who promote Fairtrade more than any other. The pupils then learned about the distribution of wealth in the world and how the CO-OP supports this.
The pupils were introduced to the CO-OPs commitment to ethical trading and many of the Fair Trade products available.
This then lead to the company's policy to reduce waste and the children were asked to guess how much waste was produced. With a huge amount of stock in each store everyone thought the amount would be huge but were amazed to learn that, through a range of recycling initiatives and a policy to never send waste to landfill, the store generates less than one wheelie bin of waste each week.
Following the activity everyone was given a Fairtrade goodie bag and began to design posters promoting the Fairtrade initiative which may soon be on display in the local shop.
The behaviour and enthusiasm of all of the pupils was superb and they all agreed they will take the Fairtrade message home to their friends and family.
Attached: The class with regional manager James Knight.


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Ageing population blamed for rising cancer rates
Scots pensioners most at risk of skin cancer
6th April 2015 by Robert Armour
As we live longer many more instances of cancer are being diagnosed warns leading charity
More than 90 people each day in Scotland will be diagnosed with cancer by the end of 2016 – one person every 15 minutes.
Macmillan Cancer Support says cancer diagnosis has increased 18% since 1996, despite research, technology and treatment into the disease extending life expectancy each year.
The rise is being attributed to an ageing population and while there are currently 190,000 people living with cancer in Scotland,that number is expected to double by 2030.
Figures were published by Macmillan as the charity called for the Scottish Government to put in place a long term plan to cope with the increasing number of people being diagnosed with and surviving cancer.
Janice Preston, head of Macmillan in Scotland, said while the NHS is already under real pressure trying to cope with the number of people living with cancer, waiting times targets are being missed.
The charity wants cancer treatment to be a cross-party issue ahead of next year's election.
It is vitally important that we transform the way we deliver cancer care - Janice Preston
She added: "Many patients tell us that while their medical treatment was good, often no-one tells them where to find support coping with the emotional, financial and practical problems cancer can cause.
"It is vitally important that we transform the way we deliver cancer care to make sure our system can meet the needs of the huge numbers of people who will be diagnosed with the illness in the future.
"This means not only ensuring they get the best possible medical care, but that their emotional, practical and financial needs are also met."
Eluned Hughes at Breakthrough Breast Cancer said: "Macmillan is right that cancer must become a cross-party priority ahead of next year's election. Breast cancer remains the most commonly diagnosed cancer in the UK and, with incidence set only to rise, it is incredibly important that those facing or living with a diagnosis receive the best possible treatment.
"While breast cancer survival rates in the UK are improving, there is still a great deal of work to be done to bring them in line with the best in Europe.
"Prevention and early diagnosis are crucial in improving survival rates, but we will only see improvements in these areas with commitment from the government to keep cancer at the top of the health agenda."
A Scottish Government spokeswoman said: "Scotland is committed to leading the way on cancer. Our £30 million Detect Cancer Early programme has resulted in a 4.7% increase in earlier stage diagnosis, and death rates from cancer in Scotland have fallen by 11.4% over the last 10 years.
"We closely monitor health board performance and where performance issues are identified, support teams have been deployed to help boards reduce waiting times, as well as facilitating and sharing best practice among the country's health boards.
"This decisive action, coupled with a £2.5m investment in June to build diagnostic and treatment capacity, is now starting to show real improvements."
Stars urge Scots to Stand up to Cancer
Warning that heart disease progress could be lost
Fears breast cancer progress has slowed as pandemic stalls treatment

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Great Women Animators Project
Heather Smith talks about The Great Women Animators project, a growing international archive showcasing women animators throughout history.
By Sharon Katz | Thursday, October 8, 2015 at 10:46am
In 2D, Art, Preservation | ANIMATIONWorld, Blog Post | Blogs: Ambling Around | Geographic Region: All
The Great Women Animators project is a database that makes evident the substantial contribution of women animators to the world of animation. Heather Smith has managed to chase down information dating back as far as the 1910s, so it's also a terrific resource for information on the history of animation itself. I recently interviewed Heather Smith by email.
Ambling Around: What inspired you to take on this project? And how long have you been working on it?
Heather Smith: I started Great Women Animators when I was approached about facilitating an educational screening series at Quickdraw Animation Society in Calgary, Canada. The work I was seeing in typical screening contexts was lacking female representation and the history and knowledge of these animators' careers was difficult to access. As soon as I started I was overwhelmed by the amazing work I had never seen from women in the field of animation.
I've been working on the project for a little over a year now. The initial stages mostly consisted of gathering names and working from there. I began to have so much information that I started the website mostly as a method of organizing this research. The more I work on it, the more it seems evident that there is a gap it fills as a resource.
Ambling Around: I would completely agree. I'm amazed at how many animators there are on the site who I've never heard of. I particularly like that you've included those who worked pretty much behind the scenes for small and big studios as well as showcasing the independent and experimental animators.
But we before we delve further into the project, I'm curious to know a little more about you. How long have you been working in animation, and how did you come to it?
Heather Smith: I started gaining interest in making animations while I was studying drawing at the Alberta College of Art and Design. I remember being introduced to the work of Norman McLaren and William Kentridge and I saw such diversity in the medium's ability to translate drawings into moving images, and that was incredibly exciting to me. I experimented with some techniques over the last ten years, but it's only been over the last three where I've become more invested in learning and using it as a significant part of my ongoing drawing practice.
Ambling Around: Tell me a little about your drawing practice. For example, the drawings from 2015 seem very figurative yet there are also dream-like elements that make me wonder at the ideas that lie behind the imagery.
Heather Smith: My drawings typically use mid-century historical representations of femininity - from lifestyle magazines to thrift store postcards. Inevitably they become steeped in nostalgia which is a personal response, as well as an aesthetic associated with reverie or dream. I work in a representational style as a method of connecting to this material and filtering it through a contemporary lens. Naturally the way the images are drawn lends itself to animation. I also explore printmaking, small-run publishing, and illustration in my work.
Ambling Around: Now we know a little about you, let's go back to the Women Animator's project. Which animators were the most exciting discoveries for you? Do you have any intriguing anecdotes?
Heather Smith: I was most excited by the work I discovered from the later 1960s and 70s. I'm not sure if that's because I found the techniques interesting or the content itself - but the range of style and approach during these decades is really inspiring to me. Sally Cruikshank, Suzan Pitt, Gisele Ansorge are among my favorites.
I think some of the most interesting moments of this research are when you read about a film in an article or interview and you dig and dig to try and find something to see online, and then you come across new animators and even more films you can't find. There's so much work that hasn't been digitized and that's incredibly exciting for the future of archiving this field.
Ambling Around: I can only imagine the treasure troves waiting to be discovered as more and more work is digitized. I suppose the really big question is what happens to the work that isn't being digitized? If it's in a collection like V-Tape, then at least it's archived but if it's still in the artist's own collection, much of it might be lost over time. Do you know of any national video bank that families who inherit works could donate them to?
Heather Smith: I know that the National Film Board of Canada has been very active in their existing archives and I assume they are active in acquisitions of animators' work. The British Film Institute has an impressive archive and even independent resources like UbuWeb are great for hosting rare/unseen works.
Ambling Around: Going back to the artists who have really inspired you, can you share some online links of their work? Or if those aren't available, a still image or two? What is it about their work that you find most compelling?
Heather Smith: You can see Sally Cruikshank's work on Youtube and on Vimeo. And you can find Suzan Pitt's work on Youtube. Both Cruikshank and Pitt are female animators who seem to knowingly investigate their identity through imaginary characters. This perspective, especially from the era they began working, is incredibly rich because of their relationship to feminism. The surrealist nature of their animations is founded in fiction (a staple in animated film), but also uses the form to talk about their bodies, realities, and personal narratives.
Heather Smith continues to add newly discovered material to the website. It's an ongoing project, and a labour of love. Do get in touch with her if you know of a great woman animator who is not yet represented on the site. Her contact information can be found on the site under the About tab.
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Please hold my shoes while I take a plunge in the stream of consciousness ... The other day, for the first time in years, I saw a Rolls-Royce with a chauffeur. It was a Rolls Phantom. It was black and dazzling, and parked with the motor running under the Orleans Street Viaduct, right near where the homeless guy used to sleep.
I was struck by the juxtaposition -- millionaire's motor car in the homeless man's lair. What a country.
A Congressional Budget Office analysis says that, thanks to President Bush and Congress cutting taxes on capital, the top 1 percent of households in 2003 owned 57.5 percent of all corporate wealth.
That's what we wanted, wasn't it? I mean, we're better off if about a dozen guys who get pedicures on a regular basis own all the stocks and all the banks. Soon every company will own every company. You won't be able to buy a ravioli without a percentage going to Bill Gates.
Unless you work for government, you've probably been downsized, bought out, laid off or outsourced. There's a good chance you work for a profitable company that has been squeezed to turn out greater profits, usually by cutting the work force.
Wages and benefits for the average working person fell behind the rate of inflation last year for the first time since 1996. But you knew that already, don't you? You already felt it.
A millionaire wouldn't have. A millionaire has cushions -- plush, suede cushions.
I mean, the cost of heating and air-conditioning a millionaire's McMansion goes through the roof, but it feels like the slightest little, teeny-tiny itch to these guys. The rest of us get agita and stare at the checkbook for hours, hoping we've made a mistake in our own favor.
President Bush says we're addicted to oil.
And here I was thinking we were addicted to SUVs with lousy fuel-efficiency standards that Congress refuses to raise!
Jeeves found a CNN story: A Merrill Lynch-Capgemini study estimating that one out of every 125 Americans is a millionaire.
I assume there are more now.
1. Has $1 million or more at his/her disposal.
2. Can buy macadamia nuts any time he/she likes.
I'm grateful for little things -- health, good kids, a fairly dry basement and a beagle that barks when the religious people are about a block away and knocking on doors.
Besides, being a millionaire is not what it used to be.
Why do you think yesterday's drawing was the last for Lotto?
The Maryland Lottery is doing away with Lotto because having a million dollars is like riding the MTA's No. 10 bus -- it doesn't go as far as it used to.
People lost interest in betting to win a mere million.
A reader of this column once presented the odds of winning the Lotto jackpot in unique fashion.
"I was sitting here dreaming of winning the Lotto jackpot and going to Hawaii and watching half-naked girls do the hula, grass skirts, beautiful beaches," wrote Charlie Alsruhe, then of Parkville. "I read that the odds were about 7 million-to-1 for winning. But I couldn't relate to such a large number so I did some calculating."
Charlie examined the Baltimore-area phone book -- the white pages. He found that each page had about 550 entries, and that the entire book held about 1 million.
"It would take a stack of seven telephone books to make about 7 million [entries]. Now, pick just one [entry] from the whole stack, and that's your odds of winning. Fat chance! No hula, no beach, no Hawaii. I'm going outside now to watch the grass grow."
I told Charlie to let the grass grow and make himself a skirt.
I'm assuming he never won Lotto -- or never even bothered to play it after the thing with the phone books.
I think Charlie felt the way a lot of people around here felt: Why play Lotto, with such lousy odds, for a mere million?
Apparently, a lot of people would rather take a chance on a much bigger prize -- life-altering, mind-spinning sums in the hundreds of millions -- at even lousier odds. The multistate lotteries attract more suckers than the piddly Lotto did. So, Lotto is dead.
The good news, for those of us of modest monetary ambition, is that the Lottery will replace Lotto with a new game. It's called Multi-Match, and it sounds like a better match for my betting tastes. You get more of a chance to win the smaller prizes -- 1 in 8.5, according to officials, instead of the 1 in 27 for any prize in Lotto.
A grand here, five grand there ... If that happens to me, I'll no longer hide from the religious people who knock on my door. I'll greet them and treat them to macadamia nuts.


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"I shall call modern the art which devotes its 'little technical expertise' (son 'petit technique'), as Diderot used to say, to present the fact that the unpresentable exists. To make visible that there is something which can be conceived and which can neither be seen nor made visible: this is what is at stake in modern painting".
"Local tone, drawing, the mixing of colors, linear perspective, the nature of the support and that of the instrument, the treatment, the display, the museum: the avant-gardes are perpetually flushing out artifices of presentation which make it possible to subordinate thought to the gaze and to turn it away from the unpresentable".
A lot of water (so to speak) has passed under the art bridge since Lyotard made the above statement in 1982. Art continually serves as a bridge metaphorically, for society, by which anyone, anywhere, may figuratively cross the river of time/history and learn of the distinct visions harbored by artists of different epochs. Today more than ever we need this art bridge in order to enter into intelligent dialogue and sensitive reflection concerning meaning in life. Looking backwards we are able to move forward with fresh insight. Art enables us simultaneously to see ourselves and our relationship to various contexts. Art is both mirror and window allowing all those that engage with it to experience anew within and beyond themselves. Within a space we encounter form and image and are transformed as a result of the challenge to all our faculties of sense and reason.
Painting has held a central position in these encounters in the history of both eastern and western art. The two dimensional image has undergone countless transformations as cultures within societies have developed. This is especially true of the modern era in the west, which ushered in rapid changes in painting as the forum of ideas spawned by the enlightenment continued to accelerate at breathtaking speed. Ideas concerning issues of representation, content and form grew at an exponential rate, particularly at the close of the 19th century.
In recent decades painting experienced numerous deaths as theory proclaimed the medium redundant, favouring instead art forms preoccupied with concept and space. There is little surprise these days as painting proclaims it's umpteenth resurrection and return to prominence. Painters are not dismayed at these occurrences. They keep painting because of their unswerving belief in the power and promise of the medium. They know intuitively what some theorists refuse to acknowledge. The production of paintings both in the east and west continues at an unprecedented rate. This should not surprise anyone; painting by virtue of its image/object dialectic continues to offer unlimited possibilities to those looking to sail in uncharted waters.
Of all the painting modes, abstract, or should I say instead, non figurative painting continues to, nearly one hundred years after its emergence to present artists with the greatest opportunity to fulfill Lyotards urgent call of attempting to present the unpresentable; of engaging with the sublime. One prominent artist saw this and stated that, "Abstract painting is not just another school or movement or style but the first truly unmannered and untrammeled and unentangled, styleless, universal painting"2. This universal quality gives to abstract painting its pre-eminence, eloquence and power.
Since the sixties art has been railroaded increasingly up the obscure track of anthropology. This was a direct result of social concerns in the west with identity, environment and the return to realism and figuration in art. The end result is a situation where the public is inundated with endless collections of objects and photographs documenting the minutiae of humane life. We are continually presented the trivial and banal aspects of human existence… to what end I ask? How are we transformed by this kind of art, these fictions that are contrived for the public. In amongst these endless displays of 'life as art' we become disillusioned and seek emancipation. We search, often unconsciously for silence, profundity, contemplation and exaltation in amongst the seeming pointlessness of contemporary life. Ad Reinhardt stated the case admirably when he said, "The one thing to say about art and life is that art is art and life is life, that art is not life and life is not art… the one assault on fine art is the ceaseless attempt to subserve it as a means to some other end or value"3. So then, art and painting in particular have a purpose and that is to direct our attention back to that which is unseen, which is beyond our grasp, away from the material and all its banality, to experience the 'transcendent'.
One Korean artist that continues to paint with these issues in mind is Seok In Ko. His recent work is a continuation of his explorations of a contemporary sublime. These paintings clearly stand against figuration and life as art. The artist has stated his concern with modernist ideals in painting dealing with absence and presence and paintings ability to act as a vehicle to demonstrate an endlessly renewable vision. Seok In Ko is an artist straddling two worlds. Having completed 4 years of study in Melbourne, Australia he has found a way of painting that combines both an eastern and western discourse. The influences of the New York School and Minimalism have molded the direction his painting has taken. In particular the work and ideas of Jackson Pollock, Barnett Newman, Frank Stella and Sean Scully have left an indelible impression on his work. Simultaneously, ideas of Buddhism and Zen are firmly embedded in his work. The artist studied Buddhist philosophy for many years and doesn't see any contradiction with this situation. He sees many of these ideas as being complimentary whether from east or west. The artist states that, "my prime concern in these paintings is to widen my investigation of the sublime in hybrid painting forms". The question he continually asks is, what is possible if I combine oppositional elements in the work as a unified field? The outcome of his inquiry is, in his words, "this kind of field remains a visual paradox appearing to reconcile disparate elements whilst simultaneously showing their separate natures. The result is harmonious discord leading to contemplation as the push/pull tension of the panels captivate the spectators' gaze and create a kind of hybrid visual poetry"4. These present works are a continuation of the experimentation undertaken during his doctorate completed in May 2001. The main difference between the Australian paintings and his current work is the restricted scale and the materials used to construct the painting supports.
The Australian paintings are constructed from wood and fabric and are configured mostly as multi-panel works including diptych and triptych formats with some single panel works. Most of the works combine both flat and curved (convex) structures with surfaces covered in linen. These paintings are enigmatic due to the marks used during the painting process. Each panel surface consists of rows of paint strokes painted either horizontally or vertically. The paintings range in scale from small icon-sized pieces to large figure plus sized works; all executed in either oil or acrylics. The effect of these shaped/flat combo paintings is one of tension at the points where the eye can discern discontinuity between panel surface and painted mark. Issues concerning object/image and the relationship between form and representation are called into question in these works. These paintings hover between that which is seemingly recognizable and the unfamiliar. The use of repetition in pattern and a reduced colour palette (predominantly, browns, oranges, blues and blacks) is employed with the goal of bringing the gaze to the surface only to disallow entry into pictorial depth.
This new body of work has been created with previous issues in mind but with a change in the materials and methodology used to construct the paintings. These paintings are also modular, each work consisting of multiple pieces arranged together in undulating patterns. Instead of wood and fabric these paintings are fashioned from earthenware clay pressed into molds and then kiln fired. The surface of many of these pieces has been deliberately imprinted with the pattern of various thickly textured fabrics. All of these works have been constructed as maquettes, with the artists' intention of expanding the scale of the paintings in another body of work at a future date. This is a collection of models, a preview of what is yet to come. All of the paintings are different shapes ranging between square and extended rectangles. A unique aspect of these works is the combination of hand painted clay modules. The pieces are assembled like a jigsaw puzzle then hand painted with acrylic paint and finally mounted to a backing board. Each painting consists of an undulating wave-like pattern in alternating sections or strips, which serves to create tension within the work. A similar range of colours is used for these paintings as was used in the Australian works.
How do these new paintings by Seok In Ko qualify as sublime? In what way do they engage with and fulfill Lyotards mandate? According to Lyotard there are five conditions that a painting must meet in order to qualify for sublime status. 'The work must be formless in that it presents an image disallowing recognition to the viewer. The work must be highly allusive in character. The paintings presentation of something will in fact be revealed as a 'negative' something. The work will in fact enable us to see by making it impossible to see. The work will cause discomfort (pain) by refusing the viewer entry to the work'5.
Examining the attributes of these new works it is clear that these paintings fulfill the criteria for sublime. There is in fact no point of entry for recognition of a defined subject by the viewer of these new images. Each work alludes to a multitude of possible subjects. These subjects remain in the realm of the viewers' imagination. We look and see a landscape, mountains or hills perhaps in one work and a winter scene in another. In yet another, we see a fence or ocean waves. We shift our position in relation to the work, now close up, now further away, now directly in front, now at an angle to the side. The paintings change as we move in relation to them. We thought we saw something, only to realize the painting has presented yet another allusion. We see the presentation of something made manifest, only to see it disappear. These paintings are in agreement with Barnett Newman's declaration, "We are creating images whose reality is self-evident and which are devoid of the props and crutches that evoke associations with outmoded images, both sublime and beautiful"6. These paintings are undulations; undulating surfaces that speak of many things… sublime undulations… alternately allowing and refusing us entry, yet offering hope with each encounter, of the promise of… 'something'.
1 Jean-Francois Lyotard, What is Postmodernism?, Critique, no. 419, Paris, 1982.
2 Ad Reinhardt, Art as Art, Art international, VI, no. 10, Lugano, December 1962.
4 Seok In Ko, Reconciling Opposites: Representations of Ideas of the Physical and the Metaphysical as Abstract Painting, Doctoral Thesis, RMIT, Melbourne, May 2001.
5 Jean-Francois Lyotard, What is Postmodernism?, Critique, no. 419, Paris, 1982.


The OPTA Conference Committee is seeking presentation proposals for the 2019 Annual Conference. Bring your transformative knowledge and physical therapy expertise to TRANSFORM: OPTA's 2019 Annual Conference in Columbus. TRANSFORM is about advancing the physical therapy practice by evaluating significant and evolving topics. Physical therapists, physical therapist assistants, and students will enhance their skills and join in constructive concept exchanges through innovative educational sessions. Don't miss out on this opportunity to feature essential and progressive practices that will influence patient outcomes and the future of our profession.
Proposal topics of interest for the conference that link evidence and practice (LEAP) include, but are not limited to, the items listed below. Topics will be grouped into tracks, including a track specifically for Early Professionals. We're looking for your best proposals on a wide range of important topics.
Transform Talk: 15-minute presentations designed to engage and inspire in a TED-Talk style session. These talks are evidence-based, concise, and transformative.
Learning Objectives: 2-4 objectives following the document "Writing Effective Learning Objectives for Your OPTA Conference Presentation"
Incomplete submissions will not be considered for review by the Conference Committee. Please gather all submission requirements prior to entering the submission portal below.
Submissions will be accepted electronically by the OPTA office via our web-based portal. First consideration will be given to current APTA/OPTA members. Selection of proposals will be based on evidence basis, proposal clarity, probable interest to participants, and logistical feasibility. Speaker biographies will appear in promotional materials as submitted to the web-based portal. Proposals should not include any promotional content.
Submissions will be accepted online via the submission portal below (NOW CLOSED.) You will receive an email confirmation that your proposal has been received. Please note: You cannot save your work and return to the submission portal. Submissions are due by Monday, November 26, 2018.
Presentation proposals will be reviewed by the Conference Committee during the month of November. Letters of acceptance or denial will be sent via email.


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/**
 @header ECGroupNoticeMessage.h
 @abstract 群组通知回调事件的类说明
 */

#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>

/**
 * 群组通知消息类型枚举
 */
typedef NS_ENUM(NSUInteger, ECGroupMessageType) {

    /** 群组解散 */
    ECGroupMessageType_Dissmiss,

    /** 邀请加入 */
    ECGroupMessageType_Invite,

    /** 申请加入 */
    ECGroupMessageType_Propose,

    /** 加入群组 */
    ECGroupMessageType_Join,

    /** 退出群组 */
    ECGroupMessageType_Quit,

    /** 提出成员 */
    ECGroupMessageType_RemoveMember,

    /** 验证邀请 */
    ECGroupMessageType_ReplyInvite,

    /** 验证加入 */
    ECGroupMessageType_ReplyJoin,

    /** 群组信息修改 */
    ECGroupMessageType_ModifyGroup,

    /** 管理员更改 */
    ECGroupMessageType_ChangeAdmin,

    /** 角色更改 */
    ECGroupMessageType_ChangeMemberRole
};

#pragma mark - 群组通知消息基类
/**
 * 群组通知消息基类
 */
@interface ECGroupNoticeMessage : NSObject

/**
 @brief 通知消息发送账号
 */
@property (nonatomic, copy) NSString *sender;

/**
 @brief 群组ID
 */
@property (nonatomic, copy) NSString *groupId;

/**
 @brief 群组名
 */
@property (nonatomic, copy) NSString *groupName;

/**
 @brief 群组类型
 */
@property (nonatomic, readonly) ECGroupMessageType messageType;

/**
 @brief 消息时间
 */
@property (nonatomic, copy) NSString *dateCreated;

/**
 @brief 是否已读
 */
@property (nonatomic, assign) BOOL isRead;

/**
 @brief 是否讨论组/群组 1 讨论组 2 群组
 */
@property (nonatomic, assign) BOOL isDiscuss;
@end

#pragma mark - 解散群组
/**
 * 解散群组
 */
@interface ECDismissGroupMsg : ECGroupNoticeMessage
@end

#pragma mark - 收到邀请
/**
 * 收到邀请
 */
@interface ECInviterMsg : ECGroupNoticeMessage

/**
 @brief 管理员
 */
@property (nonatomic, copy) NSString *admin;

/**
 @brief 昵称
 */
@property (nonatomic, copy) NSString *nickName;

/**
 @brief 邀请理由
 */
@property (nonatomic, copy) NSString *declared;

/**
 @brief 是否需要验证 0不需要确认 1需要确认
 */
@property (nonatomic, assign) NSInteger confirm;
@end

#pragma mark - 收到申请
/**
 * 收到申请
 */
@interface ECProposerMsg : ECGroupNoticeMessage

/**
 @brief 申请者id
 */
@property (nonatomic, copy) NSString *proposer;

/**
 @brief 昵称
 */
@property (nonatomic, copy) NSString *nickName;

/**
 @brief 申请理由
 */
@property (nonatomic, copy) NSString *declared;

/**
 @brief 是否需要验证 0不需要确认 1需要确认
 */
@property (nonatomic, assign) NSInteger confirm;
@end

#pragma mark - 管理员更改
/**
 * 管理员更改
 */
@interface ECChangeAdminMsg : ECGroupNoticeMessage

/**
 @brief 管理员账号
 */
@property (nonatomic, copy) NSString *member;

/**
 @brief 管理员昵称
 */
@property (nonatomic, copy) NSString *nickName;

@end

#pragma mark - 有成员加入
/**
 * 有成员加入
 */
@interface ECJoinGroupMsg : ECGroupNoticeMessage

/**
 @brief 加入成员
 */
@property (nonatomic, copy) NSString *member;

/**
 @brief 昵称
 */
@property (nonatomic, copy) NSString *nickName;

/**
 @brief
 */
@property (nonatomic, copy) NSString *declared;
@end

#pragma mark - 退出群组
/**
 * 退出群组
 */
@interface ECQuitGroupMsg : ECGroupNoticeMessage

/**
 @brief 退出的成员
 */
@property (nonatomic, copy) NSString *member;

/**
 @brief 昵称
 */
@property (nonatomic, copy) NSString *nickName;
@end

#pragma mark - 移除成员
/**
 * 移除成员
 */
@interface ECRemoveMemberMsg : ECGroupNoticeMessage

/**
 @brief 移除的成员
 */
@property (nonatomic, copy) NSString *member;

/**
 @brief 昵称
 */
@property (nonatomic, copy) NSString *nickName;
@end

#pragma mark - 答复申请加入
/**
 * 答复申请加入
 */
@interface ECReplyJoinGroupMsg : ECGroupNoticeMessage

/**
 @brief 管理员
 */
@property (nonatomic, copy) NSString *admin;

/**
 @brief 是否需要验证 1拒绝 2同意
 */
@property (nonatomic, assign) NSInteger confirm;

/**
 @brief 加入的成员
 */
@property (nonatomic, copy) NSString *member;

/**
 @brief 昵称
 */
@property (nonatomic, copy) NSString *nickName;
@end

#pragma mark - 答复邀请加入
/**
 * 答复邀请加入
 */
@interface ECReplyInviteGroupMsg : ECGroupNoticeMessage

/**
 @brief 管理员
 */
@property (nonatomic, copy) NSString *admin;

/**
 @brief 是否需要验证 1拒绝 2同意
 */
@property (nonatomic, assign) NSInteger confirm;

/**
 @brief 加入的成员
 */
@property (nonatomic, copy) NSString *member;

/**
 @brief 昵称
 */
@property (nonatomic, copy) NSString *nickName;
@end

#pragma mark - 群组信息修改
/**
 * 群组信息修改
 */
@interface ECModifyGroupMsg : ECGroupNoticeMessage

/**
 @brief 修改者
 */
@property (nonatomic, copy) NSString *member;

/**
 @brief 群组修改的信息
 */
@property (nonatomic, copy) NSDictionary *modifyDic;
@end

#pragma mark - 角色信息修改
/**
 * 修改成员角色信息
 */
@interface ECChangeMemberRoleMsg : ECGroupNoticeMessage

/**
 @brief 修改的成员voip号
 */
@property (nonatomic, copy) NSString *member;

/**
 @brief 昵称
 */
@property (nonatomic, copy) NSString *nickName;

/**
 @brief 1角色 2管理者 3成员
 */
@property (nonatomic, copy) NSDictionary *roleDic;
@end

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La contea di Montgomery in inglese Montgomery County è una contea dello Stato del Tennessee, negli Stati Uniti. La popolazione al censimento del 2000 era di 134 768 abitanti. Il capoluogo di contea è Clarksville.

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One of the great privileges and duties of practicing Christians is to do charitable deeds. Virtually all Christians agree on this point. There is, however, a great divide in Christendom between those who believe that charitable giving should be a voluntary, private-sector ministry and those who believe that a government welfare state should oversee a mandatory redistribution of wealth.
It has become fashionable in recent years to ask, "What would Jesus do?" Christ delineated two separate spheres of activity, the sacred and the secular. He told his followers, "Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's" (Mark 12:17). Jesus clearly believed in the separation of church and state. He never enlisted the help of the state in carrying out his mission. According to the gospel record, Jesus' only contacts with government were when government sought to deprive him of each individual's God-given rights — his life (the crucifixion), his liberty (his arrest), or his property (taxes). Given these facts, it seems unlikely that he would pick government as an ally or the instrument with which to perform Christian works.
A Bible passage often cited by those who claim biblical support for the redistribution of wealth is Jesus' encounter with a rich man in Mark 10. The rich man asked how he could attain eternal life. Jesus told him, "go thy way, sell whatever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, take up the cross, and follow me" (v. 21).
The relationship between Jesus and the rich man was entirely consensual and free. Christ offered the man a voluntary contract, a quid pro quo: you give away your earthly all, and I'll give you everlasting life. The rich man was completely free to accept or reject the deal and its terms. When he elected to decline the offer, Jesus let him depart in peace. If he had said to his disciples, "Let's go to the governor and petition him to redistribute the young man's wealth to the poor," then the Christian redistributionists could cite this incident to substantiate their position. That is not, however, what the Scriptures record.
In Luke 12, a man asked Jesus to command his brother to share his inheritance with him. The Lord emphatically declined, pointedly asking, "Man, who made me a judge or a divider over you?" (v. 14). If he whom Christians accept as the only begotten Son of God and the Savior of mankind did not feel qualified or justified to command the redistribution of one person's property to another, then how can those who profess to be his followers believe that they have the right, the wisdom, or the moral authority to endorse government's massive, complex, forced redistribution of trillions of dollars among millions of people?
Many Christians claim that socialism is compatible with Christianity on the basis of Acts 4:32-37, 5:1-10. This is the account of the Apostle Peter's Christian community sharing a common purse. First, it should be noted that membership in this church was voluntary, whereas all citizens are compulsorily drafted into the welfare state. Second, it is a mistake to construe this story as a repudiation of property rights.
As you may recall, a married couple, Ananias and Sapphira, were struck dead after it was discovered that they had withheld the proceeds from the sale of their real estate from the common purse. Far from denying the right of private property, Peter explicitly reaffirmed it, stating, "Whiles it [your land] remained, was it not thine own? And after it was sold, was it not in thine own power?" (Acts 5:4). The couple would have been entitled to keep their property if they had not voluntarily contracted to exchange it for full membership in the society of believers. By conniving to receive the benefits of membership without honestly paying for them, they had attempted to defraud the community. Ananias and Sapphira were punished because they were dishonest cheats.
Nothing written herein should be interpreted as minimizing the obligation of Christians to perform charitable deeds. In his parable of the Good Samaritan, Jesus clearly shows the two proper ways for Christians to practice charity. The first option is to minister directly and personally to those who need help, as the Samaritan did when he tended to the wounded traveler. The second option is to make a donation (a voluntary contribution, not a tax) to help others care for those in need (Luke 10:33-35) as the Samaritan did when he had to leave to attend to his pre-existing responsibilities. Try to picture the Good Samaritan spotting the wounded man and then demanding money from other passersby on the road to give him money to pay for the wounded man's care. It isn't a very inspiring picture, is it? Yet the process of compelling others to support various welfare agendas is the fundamental essence of the welfare state—give or else.
The correct answer for a Christian to give when asked, "Who bears the responsibility for doing charitable deeds?" is "I do." Answers such as "the rich" or "society" are evasions of individual responsibility. It is not a Christian duty or prerogative to force others to join us in charitable endeavors. It is erroneous for us to suppose that we are doing God's will by compelling or trying to compel others to do good deeds. We are accountable to God and we receive our heavenly reward for what we do, not for what we make others do. Paul teaches each of us to "work out [our] own salvation" (Phil. 2:12).
Eventually, we (meaning all Americans, not just Christians) need to dismantle the welfare state that is bankrupting our country. We should not, however, begin to balance the budget on the backs of the poor. Let us first eliminate the myriad federal programs that redistribute money to the rich and powerful. Using government force to redistribute wealth is never justifiable on biblical grounds, but the greater moral outrage is the obscene practice of what we economists call "rent-seeking," whereby well-connected and well-funded special interests use the power of government to divert money into their own pockets.
We should cut off the flow of money from the federal treasury to the prosperous — bailouts and handouts to corporations, subsidies to wealthy agribusinesses, grants to politically connected universities, etc. Afterward, can figure out how to phase out government welfare programs and devolve care for the poor to the private sector, especially the churches, where — at least, from a Christian's perspective — it rightly belongs.
Editor's Note: A longer version of this essay was first published by The Center for Vision & Values at Grove City College.


Note: As of Salesforce Winter '17, the CreateSDoc method is no longer supported. In this document, all instances of the CreateSDoc method have been replaced with the newer CreateSDocSync method. This method still uses the same parameters as the old CreateSDoc method, and works exactly the same as the old method; the only difference is that you now must call CreateSDocSync rather than CreateSDoc to guarantee proper functionality with Winter '17 and subsequent releases. If you have existing code that uses CreateSDoc calls, please replace all instances of CreateSDoc with CreateSDocSync.
To use the CreateSDocSync method, you will need to be on version 2.266 or later. For instructions on upgrading, please see our guide on upgrading S-Docs to the latest version.
If you are looking for a way to generate multiple S-Docs (in batch) from an object list view, or you want a document to be automatically generated and emailed when a field value has changed or a date has passed, this article will help you configure S-Docs to meet your requirements.
For example, when a user changes an opportunity stage field to "send quote" you can configure S-Docs to generate a PDF quote along with a customize cover letter and email it to the opportunity contact. Users would not need to click on any buttons, or choose any templates. Whenever the field value is changed, even from a mobile device, the process is invoked and the documents are generated and optionally emailed.
When using the S-Docs API in batch mode, a user can select multiple records at once from a list view and send each record a custom invitation email to an event. The possibilities to further automate and distribute your documents are unlimited.
The S-Docs REST API is leveraged to invoke document generation programmatically. This powerful feature means that documents can be created in the background (synchronously) without any user involvement whenever defined criteria are met.
1) A workflow rule, time-based workflow rule, or mass update button changes a field value that acts as a trigger to generate an S-Doc.
Add your Salesforce domain to the list of remote sites (within Setup).
Option A: Add a custom list button that updates the field in step 1 in bulk (and therefore generates/emails docs in bulk).
The S-Docs templates used in this automation need to be completely defined, meaning they must have all the needed merged fields to generate properly without user input. This won't work on any S-Docs template that prompts for user input during the generation process. For example, if you intend to email a document based on a workflow rule, then you need to use an S-Doc HTML template that defines the email body along with the "to", "cc", "subject" fields in order to form a valid email. Without all the field values defined, the document won't be able to generate correctly. These fields can be set dynamically, but must be defined in the S-Docs HTML template.
Since S-Docs runs on the Salesforce platform, it is subject to Salesforce governor limits. To help prevent reaching those limits, we suggest batch document creation is limited to 50 records per invocation. You can generate many more documents, but you should group them into batches of 50 or less records per invocation.
We're excited about this feature and welcome your questions, suggestions and feedback.
The S-Docs API method (CreateSDocSync) can be called from within a Salesforce trigger or an APEX class. It needs to be preceded by the namespace "SDOC." and the class name "SDBatch". The method can be called with 2 or 3 parameters depending on the use case.
Option 1: Context User: This is the simpler call and can be used for basic workflow and batch processing. It requires a valid session id at time of invocation.
Option 2: As User: This signature allows for time-based workflow, or where you need to specify that the invocation run under a specific user id. It leverages JWT Bearer Assertion flow and therefore requires some additional admin setup. Click here to read about this setup.
Sessionid: A valid session id is used to generate and send documents. In APEX, you can use UserInfo.getSessionId() to retrieve the current user's session id. The document and email will be generated and sent from the given user context. NOTE: This may not work for time-based workflow, as the user may have logged out or the sessionid has expired when the invocation occurs. For time based workflow, you should leverage the second call method in which you specify the username parameter.
Username: (used in 2nd call signature only) The Salesforce username (not record id) that you want to use to generate and email the documents. The username is a unique identifier and is in the form of an email. Additional setup steps (described below) are needed to leverage this feature. User needs to be an active Salesforce user and have been granted API access in their user profile. S-Docs will create a new session whenever invoked in this manner.
doclist= (required) comma delimited list of Salesforce ids. These are the S-Docs template ids. Note, they will change from sandbox to production.
Sendemail= (optional) If set to 1, then the generated documents will be emailed. If you are using this option, one of the templates included in the doclist parameter should have the "Template Format" field set to "HTML". This document will then comprise the email body of the outbound email. This template should also set the "to", "cc", "subject" fields. This is found under the "set advanced properties" button on the template editor.
Aid= (optional). Comma delimited list of Salesforce record Ids for any attachments to be included in the outbound email.
Did= (optional). Comma delimited list of Salesforce record Ids for any Documents to be included in the outbound email.
The following can be used in your code with an immediate workflow action or a batch update process. In this example, we will send an email (with no attachments) for a given lead.
The following would generate a document on account (without email). This could be used as part of your trigger when a field is updated.
Salesforce requires a remote site to be authorized for the REST callout, even if it's in the same instance. Therefore, you need to go to Setup > Security Controls > Remote Site Settings and add an entry for your own server (eg. https://na1.salesforce.com ). Make sure the Active checkbox is checked. If you are using my domains, it is critical that you add the exact my domain registered (it is case sensitive. Go to Setup > Domain Management > My Domain and copy/paste the exact domain into the remote site setting.
You need to add a field (checkbox or other) to your object that controls when an S-Doc is generated, such as SDocs_Send_Intro__c. It would also be helpful to add a timestamp field called SDocs_Intro_Sent_Date__c that would record when the generation occurred.
A simple trigger would use the SDOCS REST api to generate and optionally email the documents you specify. You can pass in multiple S-Doc template ids into the doclist parameter. You can also include attachment ids, and/or Salesforce document ids if needed. In your code, you can dynamically set the template used based on any criteria (e.g., language preference), you would need to update the trigger below accordingly.
The next example can be used with a time-based workflow, or if you want to specify the user who will be used to generate (and optionally email) the document. In this case, we pass a blank sessionid and a valid username. If you were to pass both paramaters, the session id would be used unless it's null, in which case the specified user would be used.
Note: Additional configuration steps are needed (described below) prior to being able to leverage this method.
Here is a sample Salesforce trigger that would send an email (and attachment) as the owner of the record whenever a picklist value was selected.
This option requires setting a few things up in order to work without any preauthorization (as required by Salesforce). Click here to read about this setup.


OMNITEL is the leading mobile operator in Lithuania. Its voice is reserved yet friendly, its communication is innovative and clear.
Our task was to adapt the Christmas campaign for BTL channels, to be inline with ATL. The concept: Every Santa Claus (that is, everyone who buys Christmas presents) deserves a Christmas gift himself/herself.
The delightful campaign included a bunch of special offers: if you buy a phone with a certain plan, you receive a gift (a smart wristband, earphones or speakers). The variety of gifts had to go together, but not be overshadowed by festive details (gift paper, Christmas decorations, etc.).
The media included posters, stickers, cards and other printed material; as well as adapted POSM for OMNITEL showrooms (the poster was animated and used as decoration) and a Christmas gift catalogue.
The Christmas campaign was cheerful yet smart enough to go inline with the client's main communication.


Who needs abroad when we got this weather, so nice. I did get a little burnt today tho, and I'm already super tanned by Manx standards, so normal people must be suffering.
Their use of disposable underpants is sensible.
My slow pony made that post infinitely more enjoyable.
You could always just set it free, though. If it's cute someone will take it in.
Make it so number one, make it so.
Jordy laforges eye wear is something I'd like to see on the very near future.
Just checking out the Chinese moon pictures when I see this beauty of a headline from last month.
The guy who hired me, and is the nephew of the owner of our company just resigned. He did not like me and I believe wanted to let me go after my first couple of months. Apparently he was a bit of a social outcast, and he didn't have many friendly relationships. I'm not sure what kind of political bs went on in the background, but wouldn't giving up 200k a year working for family have to be something taken pretty goddamned serious?
I had no problems with her logic or even the actions...until she started lying.
What kind of message is it sending to the rest of the employees though? I mean I am independently wealthy and enjoy working here but if it went to **** I'd leave with my dignity.
He left his dignity behind?
So, you're not coming to the Indy 500?
Stop giving it almond milk, or whatever you people use.
i get to pick Oberbrunner's avatar for the next week. What's my play?


Face up to what you're avoiding. It's not gonna go away.
I discovered a truly bomb looking New Moon in Pisces Spread from Queer of Cups that was customized to current astrological events and because I secretly enjoy a wig snatching, I chose the Tarot of the Crone for the reading because it's the ultimate New Moon deck.
By all means, let us carry out our mission this week but let us not sacrifice the vision that drives it.
Waking up is hard to do.
It's time to wake up and commit to the new direction opening up.
I've been moved to more intentionally explore space- space I inhabit, space I make, the space around me- and all that's in it and specifically not in it.
Rest is hard, and other fights I lost to the moon.
Grappling with my uncomfortable relationship to allowing myself nourishing, guiltless, rest.
So what happens after you successfully hold new boundaries? A lesson in siege recovery.
Checking in with my own journey for the New Moon in Capricorn I am asked to unlearn control and allow space for inspiration to take over.
Sitting with the Motherpeace Tarot and the Ceridwen's Cauldron spread for evaluating creative process.
A full moon reading for the new year that welcomes shift to achieve purpose.


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We know that science is at the center of contentious debate on a number of issues such as climate change and vaccine safety. But if The Big Bang Theory—America's most popular sitcom about a group of lovable physicists—is a testament to anything, it's that science is also a welcome and inescapable part of people's lives. And funders who care about science and civic life want to make sure this positive trend continues. The question is: How do we continue reaching new and diverse audiences with science content that sparks curiosity and learning?
Earlier this month, in collaboration with the Rita Allen Foundation, Media Impact Funders presented a webinar exploring how popular culture can elevate the public's understanding of science. It offered funders a glimpse into how two foundations—the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and the Simons Foundation—are supporting and disseminating science content to a broad audience.
For two decades, Weber—who spoke at our film funder gathering at the Sundance Film Festival this year—has led Sloan's program for the Public Understanding of Science, Technology & Economics, which uses diverse media forms to connect science and humanities and educate the public. "I think of what we do as a nonprofit multimedia company for science, with an array of culture-defining products that include books, radio, film, television, theater, new media—all trying to get science into the discussion," Weber says.
The program's strategy focuses on "putting science into play" in whatever media format that works. Typically, books are "where you can dig into the most detail," Weber says. They're small grants, but seed investments that then become the basis for other media deployment. "The most important thing to emphasize is that these projects all work synergistically," he says, and the various media forms will work together to "ratchet up the score" to tell these stories.
For example, in 2014 Sloan awarded a grant to Margot Lee Shetterly to write Hidden Figures, about three black female mathematicians who worked at NASA at the start of the Cold War. From that, the screenplay for the story became the basis for the Oscar-nominated film released in 2016.
One answer to that lies in the program's support of Inventing Tomorrow, a powerful story about creative problem-solving that premiered at Sundance this year. The film follows high school scientists from India, Hawaii, Mexico and Indonesia—all driven to solve real environmental problems in their own communities—on their journeys to the International Science and Engineering Festival.
The webinar was the latest in a series of conversations aimed at building a network of funders who are increasingly focusing on connections between science and civic life, and who want to engage more with research and practice around effective science communication and engagement. Last October, we hosted a webinar in collaboration with the Academy of Arts and Sciences on the Public Face of Science, a multi-year project that explores the intersection of science and civic life. That conversation offered funders a preview of research on public attitudes ranging from general perceptions to the influence of demographics on views on specific issues. We also gathered in November at the Sackler Colloquium on the Science of Science Communication III to delve deeper into issues of science communication, specifically around the National Academy of Sciences' report, Communicating Science Effectively: A Research Agenda.
Funders interested in learning more about the latest research and practice are invited to attend our annual Media Impact Forum on May 10 in Philadelphia, where we will be focusing on two distinct but related topics: excellent practice in the communications of scientific information and new ideas in the science of communications. From its earliest days, the American republic has relied on scientific inquiry to propel our nation forward, in all facets of our life–in commerce, national defense, social policy and creative expression, among many other areas. Our Media Impact Forum will help philanthropy focus on the special role of science in our national debates, the importance of sharpening the communications of science, and broader issues about how to understand when communications and storytelling make a difference. Register today for this funder-only event. Not a funder? We'll be livestreaming the day's programming. Go to mediafunders.org for more details.
Questions? Email us at info@mediafunders.org.


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What Makes an Iconic Summer Hit?
In 1978, it was Andy Gibb's "Shadow Dancing." In 1988, "Roll With It" by Steve Winwood. In 1998, it was Brandy & Monica's "The Boy is Mine." In 2008, Katy Perry's "I Kissed a Girl."
"It" is the top hit of the summer, as measured by Billboard.
The competition is heating up for 2018, with top songs bouncing around Billboard's Songs of the Summer chart by the week.
In the digital era, even music discovery app Shazam is offering an opinion about which songs will reach "top hit" status by Labor Day.
We all know a catchy summer tune when we hear one, but what makes a summer hit? Here, we break down some of the biggest features these blockbuster songs have in common. Then, we'll see whether history is useful in predicting 2018's song of the summer.
Tempo has an astounding impact on the energy and pace of a song. Too slow, and audiences tune out; too fast, and audiences flee, feeling overwhelmed.
There's a sweet spot for top summer hit tempo, and it may be closely linked to our physiology. "We know that 60 bpm [beats per minute] works. We know that 64 bpm works," songwriter Stephan Moccio, who wrote the Miley Cyrus summer hit "Wrecking Ball," tells the CBC. "Our hearts beat at certain specific rhythms."
Coordinating the tempo of a song to the most common heartbeat rhythms, Moccio implies, has a certain effect on our mental and emotional processes — and can drive our affinity for certain songs.
Whether or not the heart is involved, tempo can set the emotional tenor of a song before the first chord is struck. "Tempo clearly determines whether music sounds sad or happy," concluded the authors of a 2016 study published in Frontiers of Computational Neuroscience, which tracked the relationships that connect tempo, note value (the perceived length of notes in relationship to the underlying beat) and emotional responses.
Finding the right tempo doesn't just make a summer song relatable. It also makes it adaptable.
"It wants to be high energy enough to dance to and chill enough to hang out to," Scott Harris, who co-writes with singer Shawn Mendes, tells the CBC. A song that fits in only one type of summer venue is far less likely to become a hit than one that blends well into both high-energy and low-energy environments.
But tempo isn't enough. "You still have to write those notes in successions," Moccio said. "You still have to take those twelve different tones and come up with a melody, somehow."
As it turns out, there are predictable patterns to the melodies in summer hits, as well.
We've already dissected what makes an irresistible earworm. Many of the principles that apply to the hook of a top summer hit apply to the song more broadly, as well: the rising melodic lines, the choice of time signature, the use of repetition.
But the structure of a summer hit by itself is at once familiar and unique. "If there's one particular trend that crops up again and again, it's the 6415 chord loop, otherwise known as the A minor, F, C, G sequence," Lucy Doyle wrote for M Magazine in 2017. Doyle named "Despacito" and The Cranberries' "Zombie" as just two well-known songs that use this particular chord progression.
Minor keys are becoming more popular, musicologist Richard Witts told Doyle. In 2017, every song on the August Top Ten list was in a minor key except one ("Your Song" by Rita Ora). "It really comes from the use of a more sophisticated repertoire of harmonies that originate from rhythm and blues, and jazz," said Witts.
As repertoire becomes more sophisticated, summer hits are starting to have that "little something extra" that makes them unpredictable, whether it's unusual instrumentation, distinctive voices or the 30-second guitar introduction that made "Despacito" a surprise hit for many musicologists, including Witts.
And the hook, of course, plays a role in turning a summer release into a summer hit. Currently, a wide range of top summer hits use a hook that reappears in the chorus. "When the real chorus comes round, the audience's ear has heard it before so it seems even more hooky," musicologist Joe Bennett told Doyle.
Many summer hits stick in our memories as belonging to a particular season because they're specifically summer-themed. It's easy to imagine listening to songs about the beach or bonfires when the days are long and warm — and when we've been trained for decades to associate summer-themed lyrics with their analogous season.
"In the 60s, pop built a micro industry around the notion that kids had even more leisure time in the summer and needed a soundtrack for it," Chicago Tribune music writer Greg Kot wrote for the BBC in 2014. The result was a long string of hits with overtly summer-themed lyrics, from Brian Hyland's "Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini" to The Beach Boys' long list of surf and summer driving-themed hits.
But summer hits "don't have to be quite so literal," said Kot. "What unites most of them through the last couple of decades is that they're energetic and at least sound upbeat, even when they're not." Like the need for an upbeat-yet-chill tempo, upbeat-yet-chill lyrics lend themselves well to a wide range of summer settings, from lounging by the pool to a wild dance party.
Today, the most common summer hit lyrics focus on romantic relationships. A data analysis of lyrics in the biggest summer hits turned up four words used more often than any others: "love," "baby," "feel," and "time," musicologist Joe Bennett told Doyle. And they nearly always are paired with a rhyming word.
Above all, "lyrics have to be sincere," Moccio says. "And that requires vulnerability, which requires pain, which requires work."
How Do Shazam's 'Song of the Summer' Candidates Stack Up?
At this point, we have a model that's potentially robust enough to be predictive. Any good song of the summer candidate should have:
A tempo that can fit both high-energy and chill moods
A melody with a little something extra
Upbeat-yet-chill lyrics that reveal vulnerability
So, let's return to Shazam's predictions for song of the summer. Billboard's Kevin Rutherford notes that, at the time of selection, five of Shazam's 10 predictions were already charting in the Hot 100's top 10:
Drake's "Nice for What"
Childish Gambino's "This Is America"
Ariana Grande's "No Tears Left to Cry"
Ella Mai's "Boo'd Up"
Cardi B, Bad Bunny and J Balvin's "I Like It"
Let's run each of these five frontrunners through our model to see whether any of them have what it takes to become the iconic track for summer 2018.
'Nice for What?'
At first glance, this song doesn't seem to fit the bill at all.
At 93 BPM, Drake's big summer hit moves a little fast for low-energy moods. And while that Lauryn Hill sample gives the listener some lyrical vulnerability ("There for me, there for me, said you'd be there for me / Cry for me, cry for me, you said you'd die for me"), those sped-up, stepped-on vocals reduce Hill's lines to mere texture. Drake isn't offering up any vulnerability in his verses.
All that said, the song is irresistible. "It's fast instead of slow; its chorus is memorable but inimitable; it's structurally unsound, opting to meander rather than repeat," writes Rolling Stone's Brendan Klinkenberg. "There's a lot that shouldn't work, from the bounce-indebted beat to the very idea of a Drake-led female empowerment anthem. And yet, it's clearly working."
'This Is America'
Childish Gambino's first No. 1 hit is an important song, but it's not the song of the summer. The lyrical content and the tempo nullify any possibility of attaching the all-important word "chill" to this track.
Vanity Fair's Josh Duboff makes the point that the song's message, the accompanying video and Donald Glover's visibility will keep "This Is America" at the forefront of cultural conversations for months. But trying to attach song-of-the-summer status to the track does it a disservice. We should be talking about it as song of the year.
'No Tears Left to Cry'
Ariana Grande's entry to the song-of-the-summer competition follows our rubric to near perfection.
First, that tempo. Even at 122 BPM, the song wouldn't be out of place on a dance floor or by the poolside. It's malleable enough to fit most moods.
So are the lyrics. While "No Tears Left to Cry" implies a sad story, the lyrics actually tell an optimistic one ("Right now, I'm in a state of mind / I wanna be in, like, all the time / Ain't got no tears left to cry / So I'm pickin' it up, pickin' it up"). Vulnerability? Check. Still upbeat? Check.
Finally, there's that chorus melody. As writer Robert Joffred points out, it's an unusually long melody for pop music. "The initial chord progressions starts vi-V-IV-V," Joffred writes. "Super common, nothing special. This repeats. BUT THEN! The progression switches to I-ii-vi. This isn't unheard of but it's certainly not a common progression."
Those are the first three measures in the chorus. The fourth measure, he notes, adds one more twist: "[W]e ride out the I chord until the verse begins. This is a very rare case (in top 40 music) where we hear a long-form progression."
That's what we're talking about when we say a melody "with a little something extra."
'Boo'd Up'
Back to heartbeat rhythms. At 82 BPM, "Boo'd Up" has the tempo of a quickened pulse. That hi-hat topper and those handclaps are reminiscent of an earlier generation of R&B, too, so the song is able to communicate chill, romance, anticipation and nostalgia all at once.
All of those themes were present at the moment of the song's inspiration, says songwriter Joelle James. She tells Fader that, originally, she wrote the song to a Johnny Gill sample. But she wasn't actually trying to evoke old school R&B, nor was she trying to build around an invented phrase.
Instead, she was just trying to express something fundamental to herself. "All I knew was that I was in a situation where I wanted to tell this boy how I felt about him and I really couldn't," James says. "The only way I could was through music and a song. I wrote it and it literally almost wrote itself. I started off the first line, 'Feelings, so deep in my feelings,' and the whole thing kind of wrote itself from a real raw, authentic place that I was feeling at the moment."
If it's not the song of the summer, "Boo'd Up" will at least be the soundtrack to thousands of summer romances.
'I Like It'
Cardi B, Bad Bunny and J Balvin hack the model a little bit by sampling Pete Rodriguez's boogaloo classic "I Like It Like That." That means the song doesn't have to create its high-energy-but-chill vibe from scratch, but build upon an older version of it.
"The Rodriguez sample grants the song both vigor and intergenerational appeal; even family members who may balk at Cardi's more brazen lines will be charmed into a two-step by the familiar Rodriguez refrain," The Atlantic's Hannah Giorgis writes. "The homage may be calculated, but its success—like Cardi's—is irrefutable."
Throw the model out with "I Like It." The lyrics are triumphant rather than sincere and vulnerable. The melody you've heard before. The tempo doesn't even tolerate chill moods.
But the moment that dragging bass first drops in? You know you're hearing a special song.
Music is a uniquely and universally human endeavor. So, while analyzing common features can help us understand how top summer hits are made, the real key to song-of-the-summer status might always be how the track speaks to us, collectively, in its given moment.
That's why "I Like It" is the song of the summer.
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The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked the government of President Muhammadu Buhari to "immediately take meaningful steps to implement several judgments obtained by SERAP against the Federal Government."
According to SERAP some of the judgements expected to be obeyed include verdicts to raise money to fund the budget, reduce the growing level of borrowing, and address the escalating rule of law crisis in the country.
In a statement on Wednesday, the organisation said, "unless the judgments are immediately implemented, SERAP will consider pursuing contempt proceedings against the Federal Government in national courts, and international sanctions against the administration for its persistent disobedience of court judgments."
According to the organization, "among the several judgments the Buhari administration has failed to obey is the judgment by the ECOWAS Court of Justice in Abuja, which awarded N30m as compensation for the ill-treatment of journalist Agba Jalingo, who faced trumped-up and politically motivated charges of treason."
The statement, read in part: "Another judgment the Buhari administration is failing to implement is the judgment by the ECOWAS Court which found the government responsible for abuses by oil companies and directed it to hold to account the companies and other perpetrators of oil pollution in the Niger Delta."
"We urge President Buhari to without further delay publicly instruct the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice Mr Abubakar Malami (SAN) to ensure the effective implementation of all of the judgments obtained by SERAP and other outstanding judgments."
Femi Falana (SAN) who presented SERAP Law Report to the public on Wednesday at the Media Briefing organized by SERAP in collaboration with the MacArthur Foundation, USA, said: "We are surprised that the Buhari administration took a swipe at SERAP for going to court to challenge acts of corruption and official impunity. In any country that professes to practice rule of law, it is height of 'primitivity' for government to challenge the act of going to court by the citizens."
"This was firmly rooted in the case of Ojukwu v Gov of Lagos State which was decided during the military era. The victory over the military junta came through protests and other acts challenging official impunity in court and other lawful fora.
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"It is quite ironical that those who have protested against misrule and impunity are the past are now in bed with those in government and clamps down on attempt protest by the citizens."
The Media Briefing titled "Rule of Law Crisis: How failure of the Buhari government to enforce court judgements is contributing to grand corruption and impunity in Nigeria" was held at the Radisson Hotel, Isaac John Street, GRA, Ikeja, Lagos.
Falana also said: "SERAP has embarked on public interest litigation in order to promote accountability and transparency in line with the tenets of the rule of law and constitutionalism. The publication of SERAP Law Report could not have come at a better time than now that anti-democratic forces are bent on imposing fascism on the country.
"It is sad to note that many of the judgments delivered in favour of SERAP have been ignored by the Federal Government contrary to Section 287 of the Constitution which has imposed a binding obligation on all authorities and persons in Nigeria to comply with the verdicts of all courts. I enjoin SERAP to take advantage of the provisions of the law to enforce the judgments without any further delay."
SERAP also added, "The failure and/or refusal to enforce and implement legally binding judgments of court is entirely inconsistent and incompatible with Nigeria's international human rights obligations."
The statement, read further: "It is unacceptable to take the court, which is the guardian of justice in this country, for a ride. A democratic state based on the rule of law cannot exist or function if the government routinely ignores and/or fails to abide by court orders.
"The persistent and deliberate disobedience of judges' decisions would, ultimately, shatter citizens' confidence and trust in the ability of the justice system to render justice for victims of corruption and human rights violations.
"Obedience to the rule of law by all citizens but more particularly those who publicly took oath of office to protect and preserve the Constitution is a desideratum to good governance and respect for the rule of law. In a constitutional democracy like ours, this is meant to be the norm."
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"The implementation of these judgments will be a special moment for the government's anti-corruption agenda and the supremacy of the rule of law in Nigeria, as it would go a long way in protecting the integrity of our legal system.
"Implementing the judgments will provide the government the much-needed resources to fund national budgets, reduce the growing level of borrowing, and serve as effective deterrent to corrupt public officials and improve public confidence and trust in the administration's oft-repeated commitment to fight corruption, respect human rights and observe the rule of law."
It said: "Implementing the judgments will also would be in keeping with Nigerians' expectations, and entirely consistent with President Buhari's oft-expressed commitment to 'kill' corruption–whether by public officials or private contractors—and help to build citizens' trust and confidence in the ability of this government to take head-on the systemic corruption in Nigeria.
"In his inaugural speech on May 29, 2015 President Muhammadu Buhari stated that 'insecurity, pervasive corruption, the hitherto unending and seemingly impossible fuel and power shortages are the immediate concerns'.
"Unfortunately, President Buhari's government has made little to no progress in fulfilling the promises made to Nigerians to fight grand corruption, end impunity of perpetrators, respect the rule of law, and ensure access of socially and economically vulnerable Nigerians to basic public goods and services.
"The government's promise to fight corruption and end impunity imposes a moral and legal responsibility to protect the rule of law, ensure sustainable development and full respect for Nigerians' constitutionally and internationally guaranteed human rights, as well as to obey court judgments.
"The promises also impose a responsibility to ensure transparency and accountability at all levels of government, and mean that government and public officials should timely and consistently respond to Freedom of Information requests from Nigerians.
"Lack of progress in the fight against grand corruption and the promise to obey the rule of law is further buttressed by the fact that many high-ranking officials suspected of corruption rarely end up in jail, as suspects continue to exploit the flaws in the justice system to the point where individuals are profiting from their crimes.
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"The government's disdain for the rule of law is also illustrated by the tendency to pick and choose which court orders it complies with. This selective application of the rule of law invariably undermines the independence and integrity of the judiciary, and is counter-productive to the government's own fight against corruption.
"Other high-profile judgments obtained by SERAP that the Federal Government is refusing and/or failing to obey include the following: The first of such judgments is the judgment by Honourable Justice Hadiza Rabiu Shagari delivered on 5 July, 2017 ordering the Federal Government to tell Nigerians about the stolen asset it allegedly recovered, with details of the amounts recovered."
"The second judgment, by Hon. Justice Mohammed Idris, on 26 February, 2016 ordered the Federal Government to publish details on the spending of stolen funds recovered by successive governments since the return of democracy in 1999.
"The third judgment, by Hon. Justice Oguntoyinbo on 26 November, 2019 ordered the Federal Government to challenge the legality of states' pension laws permitting former governors now serving as ministers and members of the National Assembly to collect such pensions, and to recover pensions already collected by them."
The statement added: "The fourth judgment, by Hon. Justice Mohammed Idris on 28 May 2018, ordered the Federal Government to prosecute senior lawmakers suspected of padding and stealing N481 billion from the 2016 budget; and to widely publish the report of investigations into the alleged padding of the 2016 budget.
"The fifth judgment, by Hon. by Justice Obiozor, on 4 July 2019 ordered the Federal Government to publish the names of companies and contractors who collected public funds since 1999 but failed to execute any electricity projects."
"The sixth judgment, by the ECOWAS Court of Justice in Abuja, delivered on 19 November, 2009 ordered the Nigerian authorities to provide free and quality education to all Nigerian children without discrimination."
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We have spent the last two weeks testing Christmas toasties, attaching clips to the van and buying rope lights. When Christmas comes we intend to be ready for it. If there is any funny business I'll be making a playlist as well, and it will have the Pogues. It won't have East 17 though, that would be too much.
This one positively reeks of Christmas, and even Barny, sworn believer that Camembert is just rubbish Brie, has had to admit it's good. To avoid the classic problem of dry turkey buy it fresh, slice thinly (about 1cm) and season, then pan fry in a hot pan with oil till just barely cooked (no pink visible on any pieces plus 30 secs).
Butter the outsides of the bread, then spread cranberry sauce on one half.
Chop the Camembert onto the other half, aiming to cover most of the bread.
Arrange a generous amount of your freshly fried turkey on the Camembert, add the cranberried slice and pop in you press until the cheese is melted.
Camembert has a very low melting point so it will cook faster than your average toastie, and the turkey will speed everything up if it's hot.
First, crumble the Stilton into a blender, pop in the cream cheese and blitz. This is such a cunning way to make Stilton a) even posher and b) even better: it mellows and gives it an amazing smoothness when melted, whilst allowing the other flavours to come through. It's also the shizzle on cheese scones.
Spread butter on the outside of the bread, then add a generous layer of pâté to one side and coat that with piccalilli. Slice your beef as thinly as you possibly can, add in generous quantities over the piccalilli, apply the top slice and toast. This keeps piccalilli in the centre and prevents sogginess. Barny doesn't like Stilton, I don't like piccalilli and we both like this toastie. Just saying.
This mostly started as a joke, but gosh dangit the cheeky thing went and turned out to be pretty good. It's also soon to be vastly improved when a shipment of home-made mincemeat reaches us courtesy of Barny's Mum.
Butter the outside of your bread again, then add a solid layer of mincemeat. Toast until golden brown, then quarter and serve with a generous side of brandy butter. We have had some problems getting the brandy butter involved, as clearly the butter is best cold while the toastie is hot. Using it on the toastie meant the sugar burned and no delicious cold contrast. As a side dollop it becomes sharing-friendly, or if we could somehow get it inside the toastie after cooking… never fear, we're not about to let some delicious, melty, flavoursome treat distract us from whatever I was trying to do.
There is also an inconsistency in what I regard as thin and thick. I leave you to ponder it.


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The distribucion of electron densiy in the HII regions of the galaxies M51 and NGC 4449
Author/s: Gutiérrez, L.; Beckman, J. E.
Reference: (2010) The Galaxy-wide Distributions of Mean Electron Density in the H II Regions of M51 and NGC 4449. The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Volume 708, Issue 2, pp. L107-L111
Caption figure 1: Electron density v. radius de of an HII region, in logarithmic units, for the HII regions in the spiral galaxy M51, showing the relation between these two parameters ( i.e. the electron density varies as the inverse square root of the radius)
Using images of the Advanced Camera for Surveys" of the Hubble SpaceTelescope we have analyzed the global physical parameters of thepopulations of HII regions in two galaxies: M51 and NGC 4449. M51 is a large spiral, in which we have measured and catalogued the Halpha luminosities, the radii, and the positions of more than 2000 of its HIIregions, while NGC 4449 is a dwarf irregular, in which we have catalogued over 200 HII regions. From these measurements we have obtained the mean electron densities, and have derived two simple but powerful relations. The electron density n_e of an HII region at a given distance from the centre of its galaxy varies as a function of the radius R of the region according to the relation n_e is proportional to 1/R1/2 and the electron density in regions with the same radius but distributed across the galaxy at different distances r from its centre vary according to the relation n_e is proportional to e^- r/r(s) where r(s) is a constant for a given galaxy, which is termed the scale length. We have found the values for the scale lengths in the two galaxies, and in both cases they correspond tl the scale lengths of the neutral hydrogen in the discs, indicating that the HII regions are in pressure equilibrium. These relations are new, and set interesting constraints on our models of the interaction of the hot stars which ionize the HII regions with their surrounding gas.


A prolonged drought lasting two decades or longer.
1. The term megadrought is normally used to describe the drought's length, not its severity. In scientific literature the term is used to describe decades-long or multi-decadal droughts. Multi-year droughts, such as the Dust Bowl drought of the 1930s, are generally not described as megadroughts.
2. Past megadroughts have been associated with persistent multiyear La Niña conditions (i.e. cooler than normal water temperatures in the tropical eastern Pacific Ocean).


I've been testing for O since CD 8. Today, CD 11 I tested around 2pm and saw it was getting close and figured tomorrow would be +.
Then, around 10:15 I got some strong O pains and tested again. Got this.
My question is, is it reliable since it was late evening and is it + ?
Re: Can I trust it?
I would count it as positive. I bet by tomorrow you'll have the test line darker than the control. Evening tests should be reliable, it's the early morning ones that can sometimes be a little off. I should probably add that I had two days of almost/borderline positives this month before my definite positive... So I guess my vote would be count it as positive as long as tomorrow's look positive, too. I guess there's always the possibility that they could be borderline for a couple of days.
Also, when I first opened this, I freaked out because I thought it was a hpt! I nearly had a heart attack, and then I was like, wait.... She couldn't possibly be at the end of another cycle already! Lol. Hopefully in a couple of weeks, though.
I screwed up my cycle this month by taking b6, so I think I just O'd today, a week late. So we'll be pretty close this time around!
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I'm sorry you O'd late but I'm glad we'll be close this cycle. That's why I'm weary of supplements , they throw my body off big time. I remember taking Vitex yrs ago in hopes for an earlier O and I ended up with a 50 day cycle! After that, I stay away. I picked up a prenatal yesterday, (nature made) they were BOGO and I started taking it but I'm hoping it doesn't mess anything up.
I'm sorry I didn't mean to give you a heart attack. LOL But yes, hopefully within the next few weeks we can both have said heart attack.
CD 11 is early for me to see a positive so that's why I wanted to make sure. I was always told to test between 2-8pm for accurate results but these O pains were annoying so I checked. I'll test again tomorrow too! FX'd for both of us!
Wow, I heard vitex can change things quite a bit, so I've avoided it. As far as I know, prenatals shouldn't change anything. They haven't for me anyway. Fingers crossed we see those bfp's in a couple weeks!
OPK is blazing + today! A day earlier than last month so that's good. FX'd!
Hi I noticed your post and thought I would share cause I have some test that look like your pic! would you consider my test to be positive?
The 4th one up from the bottom looks + to me. Good Luck!!


Having a real grown up job is mentally exhausting. I'd forgotten how much it can wear you out to have actual responsibilities. For eight and a half solid hours, I am currently learning at least a bazillion and a half new things every day. By the time I get home, I don't even want to keep my eyes open. I definitely don't want to make dinner. But I live with another person in my house who never forgets about eating dinner, ahem, tea. Something has to be done.
As usual, Nigella Lawson solves all my problems. This recipe is a pizzaesque concoction that takes about five minutes of actual effort and thirty minutes to cook. And there's a good chance that you'll have most, if not all, of the ingredients already in your kitchen. Nigella is a genius.
Think savoury Dutch pancake topped with cheese and pepperoni. The crust is fluffy and eggy and super cheesy. Did I mention it takes five minutes? It's post-work zombie-proof and super tasty. One pie is plenty for two people. It all comes together with one bowl and a whisk, then you can top it with whatever you want, and make it perfect for you.
Sometimes it's best to keep things simple. Don't overthink it. And always, always eat pizza. Any way you can get it.
Preheat your oven to 400 and lightly spray a 9-inch pie pan with oil.
Beat the egg, flour, salt, and milk in a small mixing bowl until smooth.
Pour batter into pie pan and bake for 30 minutes. It will become puffy and golden.
Remove the pan from the oven and add remaining cheese and all your favorite toppings.
Return pan to the oven for about 2 or 3 minutes to melt the cheese and warm your toppings.
This looks amazing!!! SO totally want that for dinner tonight!
I bet you have everything already in your kitchen to make that happen! That's how brilliant it is.