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Alex Tomowich (Piano, Theory)
Alex is a passionate, up-and-coming jazz pianist who's been playing piano since 2004. He graduated from the Applied Music program at Mohawk College as an honorary student where he studied Jazz piano from some of the best musicians in Canada. After Mohawk, Alex went on to study music at Humber College where he played with the top ensembles and had the privilege of studying with Kirk MacDonald, Brian Dickinson, Mike Downes, and Robi Botos. In addition to studying jazz piano, Alex studied classical piano where he worked through the Royal Conservatory of Music grades: 1 through 10. Currently, Alex is focusing on the Bach Inventions and Sinfonias, as well as the Chopin Nocturnes.
His rate is $23/30min lesson
Anca Uleia (Piano)
Anca received her Masters in Piano from the Conservatory of Music in Romania, as well as her 2nd pedagogical degree as a piano teacher.
Her rate is $26/30min lesson
Jordan Kane (Piano, Voice, Theory)
As a music educator, I believe that it is my responsibility to provide well-prepared, quality instruction to help each student realize their own potential and abilities. As a post-graduate student, I say to all my potential students that "I hope to instill in you the desire to be diligent in your practice, and to aim for a pure and hygienic utterance of quality whether it is from your vocal cords, or from a man-made instrument". As a true maestro of a musician, the escalating industrial standards within the music industry are always on an incline, as well as the demands for modern learning applications within the field. I have taken the time to procure and blend knowledge of classical, traditional, and contemporary music theories for many musical needs and situations in the industry. I teach them to my clients, students, and perform them for my audience all while keeping my character traits. My passion is music.
Joshua Sinclair (Piano, Theory)
Josh Sinclair is a piano, organ and keyboard player originally from Milton, ON. In high school, he recieved his ARCT in classical piano from the Royal Conservatory of Music while learning jazz at Humber College's community music program, and went on to get a bachelor's degree in jazz piano performance from the University of Toronto. He's also been the Organist and Choir director at Boston Presbyterian Church since 2013. Josh is a very well rounded musician and teacher, with the knowledge to teach classical, jazz, pop, R&B among other genres. Josh likes to see his students both succeed at and enjoy playing music.
His rate is $24/30min
Lee Wallace (Guitar, Piano)
Lee is part of a legacy of great Canadian Jazz Musicians. He studied the guitar with his father, acclaimed bassist Steve Wallace, an alumnus of the Oscar Peterson trio. He keeps a busy performance schedule, appearing in clubs and festivals throughout North America, including regular gigs in venues acrose Toronto. For the past five years he has also been a dedicated piano and guitar teacher. He is an RCM certified piano teacher, and a member of the Ontario Registered Music Teachers Association. He enjoys nurturing the growing passion and creativity of his students and has helped them to succeed, including achieving first class honors results their piano exams.
Lobat Nourdeh (Piano, Theory, Voice)
Lobat Nourdeh started to study music theory and piano at the age of 10. After her diploma she studied composition (song writing, arrangement) in Regional Conservatory of France for seven years. In 1994 she received her A.R.C.T.diploma (piano performer) and in 2011 her level 8 certification of voice from R.C.M in Toronto. Since 1991 Lobat has been teaching piano (up to level 11), Voice, and Theory subjects, in different musical styles such as Jazz, Pop, Classical, Broadway, and Folk. Lobat has composed 4 musical Cds.
Melanie Austria-Silvano (Piano)
Melanie Austria-Silvano has earned the ARCT designation with the Royal Conservatory of Music (RCM). She is an active member of the Ontario Registered Music Teachers Association (ORMTA). She has been teaching for Long and Mcquade-Mississauga since its opening. She was also given the opportunity to perform a solo piece in Japan for the 30th anniversary of the twinning of Kariya city (Japan) and its sister city, Mississauga (Canada). When she isn't playing piano, you may find her playing the Native American flute.
Renata Virdi (Violin, Piano)
Renata received her Masters in Violin from the Conservatory of Music in Latvia as well as her 2nd pedagogical degree as a piano teacher. She has performed with various orchestras in Europe, Middle East and Canada. She also has over 10 years of teaching experience.
Selyne Maia (Piano)
Selyne is a certified teacher for the Peel District School Board. She has been teaching piano for over 10 years, and enjoys incorporating creative teaching techniques in lessons to encourage the learning process. Selyne is also an active performer in the GTA, and has shared the stage with many artists including Carly Rae Jepsen and Dragonette.
Stephanie B. (Voice, Piano)
Stephanie has been performing and singing since the age of twelve. She was chosen for lead roles in musicals and has studied with great mentors such as Juno award winner Rik Emmett (Triumph) and Pat LaBarbera. Her hard work earned her a Scholarship for the Vocal Program at Humber College. Since graduating, she has performed at the Muchmusic Video Awards and her first performance of 2014 was for former President George W. Bush at a private event. Stephanie's strong performances helped her win a Toronto Independent Music Award (TIMA) for Best Live Artist.
Her rate is 24$/30min lesson
Veronica Meza (Voice, Piano)
A graduate of the renowned Humber College Music program, she earned her bachelor of Music degree with a major in voice. She has studied with many of Canada's finest vocalists and educators. Veronica has worked with Grammy Award-Winning Latin music producer Abraham Quintanilla, father and producer of the late Latin super star Selena.
Virginia Najjar (Piano)
Virginia is a graduate from McMaster University with Bachelor of Music degree. She was the piano accompanist for the Mississauga Con Brio Cherubs Choir and enjoys performing at several events. She prepares students for the Royal Conservatory of Music examinations along with theory or teaches for personal interest to gain skills. She is delighted to work with students of all ages.
Her rate is $24/30 min lesson
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Inflammation and Regeneration
Genomics-driven drug discovery based on disease-susceptibility genes
Kyuto Sonehara1 &
Yukinori Okada1,2,3
Inflammation and Regeneration volume 41, Article number: 8 (2021) Cite this article
Genome-wide association studies have identified numerous disease-susceptibility genes. As knowledge of gene–disease associations accumulates, it is becoming increasingly important to translate this knowledge into clinical practice. This challenge involves finding effective drug targets and estimating their potential side effects, which often results in failure of promising clinical trials. Here, we review recent advances and future perspectives in genetics-led drug discovery, with a focus on drug repurposing, Mendelian randomization, and the use of multifaceted omics data.
Since the first completion of human genome sequencing in 2003 [1], many more attempts have been made to elucidate the relationships between human genotypes and phenotypes. One of the approaches that has been widely adopted for this purpose is the genome-wide association study (GWAS) [2, 3]. GWAS is an observational study that is designed to statistically assess associations between traits and tens of millions of genome-wide genetic variants from population samples. Due to the advancement of genotyping technology using single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) microarray, more than 4000 GWASs have been reported globally at the time of this writing [4]. With the increase in the number of studies, the number of samples in each study has also increased, reaching hundreds of thousands of samples in recent years [5,6,7,8,9]. Although these GWASs have identified numerous trait-associated genomic loci, it is still challenging to translate these findings into clinical practice. In this review, we summarize recent advances in disease-susceptibility genes for drug discovery applications.
Significance of the genetic evidence for drug discovery
Despite the tremendous effort and substantial resources dedicated to biomedical research, only a handful of promising academic discoveries have led to new treatments [10]. Such a gap between basic research and clinical practice is a challenge for the entire field of biomedical research and is often referred to as the "valley of death." One of the causes of this gap is the biological differences between human and other model organisms [11,12,13]. Validation in other organisms, such as mice, does not necessarily mean that the results will be replicated in humans. In addition, although validation using human samples is preferable, experiments using cell lines do not reflect systemic effects [14], and interventional clinical trials are at times ethically unfeasible. Investigating the impact of human genetic variation on phenotypes can provide insight into pathophysiology in the human body, which will lead to the discovery of true drug targets. Actually, it is known that drug targets with genetic evidence are more likely to be passed into the Phase III trial or market [15].
One effective approach for enhancing clinical practice is drug repurposing. Drug repurposing is a strategy for finding novel indications for existing approved drugs or drugs in clinical trials [16]. If the safety of the drug has already been confirmed in early-stage clinical trials for its original purpose, repurposing existing drugs requires less cost for testing the safety than developing and implementing novel drugs. The information on disease-susceptibility genes for drug repurposing has been successfully exploited. By utilizing databases of existing approved drug-target genes and protein–protein interactions (PPIs), Okada et al. demonstrated that GWAS-identified rheumatoid arthritis (RA)-susceptibility genes were significantly correlated with the targets of known RA drugs, such as TNF-inhibitors [17] and JAK inhibitors [18], via the PPI networks [19]. This study further revealed that CDK4 and CDK6, which are targets of approved cancer drugs, are potential therapeutic targets for RA. The efficacy of CDK4/6 inhibitors was experimentally validated in animal models of RA [20, 21]. In another example, Imamura et al. demonstrated a significant association in the connectivity of existing drug-target genes and biological type 2 diabetes (T2D) risk genes in PPI networks [22]. They identified KIF11 inhibitor (originally indicated for several types of cancers), GSK3B inhibitor (originally indicated for several types of cancers), and AP-1 inhibitor (originally indicated for RA) as potential candidates for a repurposed treatment of T2D.
The studies that have been described so far mainly focused on the association of genes and drugs for a single disease. The use of existing drug classification systems is a promising approach to systematically assess gene–drug associations for a wide variety of diseases. Malik et al. utilized the Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification System (ATC) to extract multiple drug–disease associations [23]. ATC is a drug classification system in which drugs are classified according to the organ or system on which the active substances act and their therapeutic, pharmacological, and chemical properties. Malik et al. evaluated overlapping between GWAS-identified stroke-susceptibility genes and known drug targets, finding that stroke-risk genes are significantly targeted by drugs that are classified into ATC B: "Blood and blood forming organs," specifically a subcategory, ATC B01: "Antithrombotic agents." To perform the analysis as described above for a gene set, the freely available software GREP (Genome for REPositioning drugs) by Sakaue et al., is useful [24]. GREP quantifies the association of user-defined gene sets with the categories of existing drugs, such as the ATC or International Classification of Diseases diagnostic code. It further suggests drugs that have potential in repurposing to target the given gene set.
Given the need for novel drug development, prioritizing genes as therapeutic targets is a decisive step. Feng et al. devised a pipeline for this prioritization, named "priority index" (Pi), by integrating genome-scale data, disease ontologies, and PPIs [25]. To identify the genes responsible for the GWAS signals, they utilized not only disease-associated GWAS signals but also chromatin marks and expression quantitative trait locus (eQTL) signals. eQTLs are genomic loci that are associated with mRNA expression levels. Then, the list of candidate risk genes was extended to the genes that interact with the directly observed disease-susceptible genes via the PPI networks. Feng et al. applied a Pi pipeline to 16 immunologic traits, finding that 15 of these analytic results were significantly enriched in the targets of approved medications for the corresponding traits. These pioneering studies demonstrate that insight into disease-susceptibility genes are a powerful resource for more efficient drug discovery, and that integration of other biological data is also a key to drug discovery.
Mendelian randomization for identifying drug targets
Suitable targets for therapeutic medications are not limited to genes. Other substances, such as modified proteins or metabolites, are also related to disease states [26], and such substances are called biomarkers. However, biomarkers do not necessarily play a causal role in the disease pathology, as they can be influenced by the disease states or other causes that induce disease states. One approach to solving such a causality problem with the help of genetics is Mendelian randomization (MR) [27, 28]. MR is a genetic epidemiological framework for causal inference between an exposure (i.e., biomarker) and an outcome (i.e., disease state), as if a randomized controlled trial (RCT) had been conducted [29]. Since genotypes are assigned almost independently of environment when they are inherited from parents, those who have genotypes that increase exposure are, in effect, assigned a high dosage of the exposure, independent of other confounding factors. This situation is analogous to that of an RCT. MR provides virtual RCT opportunities without actual intervention (Fig. 1).
Schematic comparison between the randomized controlled trial and Mendelian randomization. Two schematic diagrams are shown for Mendelian randomization separately for the effect direction of the non-reference allele, i.e. protective or causal (risk allele). For simplicity, a single genomic locus is depicted in the diagrams of Mendelian randomization. Note that multiple loci are considered for statistical evaluation in practical settings. In RCT, random assignment of a treatment minimizes the effects of confounders. In MR, random segregation of alleles during gamete formation plays a similar role
Sjaarda et al. conducted a systematic MR analysis of 237 biomarkers to identify the causal mediators of coronary artery disease (CAD) [30]. They found six biomarkers that are suspected to increase the risk of CAD (lipoprotein[a], apolipoprotein E, interleukin-6 receptor, stromal cell−derived factor 1 [CXCL12], apolipoprotein C3, and macrophage colony-stimulating factor 1 [CSF1]). Of these, CXCL12 and CSF1 were novel findings, and higher levels of both biomarkers were linked to an increased risk of CAD. They further utilized MR to estimate whether these candidate causal mediators affect other biomarkers of CAD risk factors, revealing an increasing effect of CSF1 on C-reactive protein levels. They inspected a causal effect of interleukin-1 beta (IL-1β) on CXCL12 and CSF1, indicating that IL-1β is causally related to CSF1 levels. As this study shows, MR analysis facilitates identification of causal relationships among various biomarkers as well as genetic variation.
Chong et al. performed a systematic MR analysis of the human proteome to identify novel causal mediators of stroke [31]. They screened 653 circulating proteins, identifying 7 potentially causal biomarkers (histo-blood group ABO system transferase, coagulation factor XI, scavenger receptor class A5 [SCARA5], tumor necrosis factor–like weak inducer of apoptosis [TNFSF12], cluster of differentiation 40, apolipoprotein[a], and matrix metalloproteinase-12). SCARA5 and TNFSF12 had an especially protective effect on cardioembolic stroke. To assess whether these two potential drug targets for stroke adversely affect other traits, Chong et al. further performed a phenome-wide MR analysis of 679 disease traits. TNFSF12 was revealed to be deleterious for four circulatory system phenotypes, three digestive phenotypes, and one injuries and poisonings phenotype, which suggests that TNFSF12-targeted treatment may cause such diseases. In contrast, SCARA5 had no significant associations with those phenotypes other than having a protective effect on subarachnoid hemorrhage. They reported SCARA5 as a promising target for the treatment of cardioembolic stroke. This study demonstrates the capability of MR to reveal novel therapeutic targets and also elucidate probable side effects.
As discussed, insight into disease-susceptibility genes are translated into clinical practice more effectively when combined with other biological resources, such as the PPI network, transcriptome, and proteome. This is because genetic information provides clues about the causal relationships among multiple traits, which can result in distinct correlations discovered from simple observational studies [32]. Hence, enhancement of multifaceted biological resources will lead to further advances in genetics-led drug discovery. For example, expansion of metabolome studies may reveal disease-causal metabolites through MR analysis, which could expand the range of candidate therapeutic targets [33]. Another potential therapeutic target is microbiota [34, 35]. The interaction between human organs and their microbial composition has received increasing attention [36]. Linking human microbial knowledge to GWAS insight is opening up new perspectives [37,38,39]. As previous studies show, investigating tissue-specific gene functions is an essential approach for the development of therapeutic targets [40, 41]. Integration of insight into disease-susceptibility genes and tissue-specific biological features will lead to precise strategies for treatment [42,43,44,45,46]. Recent advances in single-cell analysis will further reveal cell type-specific effects of genetic variation [47,48,49] and provide precise descriptions of relationships between genotypes and phenotypes.
Another influential factor that will provide advancements in this field is the decreasing cost of whole-genome sequencing. Nowadays, we can sequence an individual's whole genome for less than 1000 U.S. dollars [50], which enables us to investigate the effect of rare variants on phenotypes, whereas most GWASs focus mainly on common variants. Because functional variants are subject to purifying selection, such variants tend to be rare in most populations. In other words, rare variants are more likely to be functional than common variants [51, 52]. By collecting such functional rare variants and phenotypes of carriers of those variants, we can more clearly grasp the functional effect of genotypes on phenotypes [53]. A prominent example is "human knockouts" [54, 55]. If individuals who have a homozygous loss-of-function variant within a gene are found in a population, inspecting their phenotypes closely will reveal how an individual is affected by the inhibited gene. Such observations will lead to the discovery of novel drug targets and provide an estimation of its side effects [56,57,58].
Advances in genotyping technologies, including SNP microarray and next-generation sequencing, have yielded numerous studies concerning the relationships between the genome and a wide range of traits. The next goal for genetics is translating these insights into clinical practice. The increasing number of attempts to achieve this goal includes drug repurposing, prioritization of candidate target genes, and MR-based causal inference. Future discoveries through these efforts will lead to solutions to the present problems that challenge drug development.
Single-nucleotide polymorphism
PPI:
Protein-protein interaction
Anatomical therapeutic chemical classification system
MR:
Mendelian randomization
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Saleheen D, Natarajan P, Armean IM, Zhao W, Rasheed A, Khetarpal SA, et al. Human knockouts and phenotypic analysis in a cohort with a high rate of consanguinity. Nature. 2017;544:235–9.
Khan SS, Shah SJ, Klyachko E, Baldridge AS, Eren M, Place AT, et al. A null mutation in SERPINE1 protects against biological aging in humans. Sci Adv. 2017;3:eaao1617.
McGregor TL, Hunt KA, Yee E, Mason D, Nioi P, Ticau S, et al. Characterising a healthy adult with a rare HAO1 knockout to support a therapeutic strategy for primary hyperoxaluria. eLife. 2020;9:e54363.
Minikel EV, Karczewski KJ, Martin HC, Cummings BB, Whiffin N, Rhodes D, et al. Evaluating drug targets through human loss-of-function genetic variation. Nature. 2020;581:459–64.
KS was supported by the Takeda Science Foundation and Integrated Frontier Research for Medical Science Division, Institute for Open and Transdisciplinary Research Initiatives, Osaka University.
YO was supported by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) KAKENHI (19H01021, 20K21834), and AMED (JP20km0405211, JP20ek0109413, JP20ek0410075, JP20gm4010006, and JP20km0405217), the Takeda Science Foundation, and Bioinformatics Initiative of Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University.
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Kyuto Sonehara & Yukinori Okada
Laboratory of Statistical Immunology, Immunology Frontier Research Center (WPI-IFReC), Osaka University, Suita, 565-0871, Japan
Yukinori Okada
Integrated Frontier Research for Medical Science Division, Institute for Open and Transdisciplinary Research Initiatives, Osaka University, Suita, 565-0871, Japan
Kyuto Sonehara
KS wrote the manuscript. YO revised the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
Correspondence to Yukinori Okada.
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Sam Ochanji August 31, 2019 UK Startup Scape 3D-Mapping 100 Cities For its AR Cloud Infrastructure2019-08-31T16:05:36+00:00 Augmented Reality, Technology No Comment
UK startup Scape Technologies is adding 100 cities to its augmented reality Visual Position System which leverages the device camera to automatically determine its location. Initially, the startup started by operationalizing the 3D replicas of London and San Francisco. The startup has now announced that it has collected Visual Position data for one hundred cities and it is planning to roll out even more cities in the coming months.
Scape AR
Scape's Visual Position Service or VPS is capable of locating devices much more accurately than GPS by using visual cues. The startup says its technology is capable of achieving even a centimeter-accurate localization.
The exciting technology was first previewed early this year. The company is now rolling out its larger plan of covering more cities using its vast and accurate machine-readable 3D maps that will enable city-scale augmented applications.
There are already companies that perform 3D city-mapping but they do it on a much smaller scale such as with mapped individual buildings, landmarks, roads, buildings as well as other limited augmented reality applications. Scape's value-proposition is that its technology maps entire cities, something no other company is providing at this time.
Scape is now planning to extend its mapping to some 100 other cities by leveraging the data it has collected using cameras with computer vision. Scape's technology creates a server-side "shared understanding" of the environments which users' phones can tap into as they are navigating these spaces. The beauty of this data is that it can also support augmented reality overlays thereby creating a digital infrastructure that could in the future support interesting augmented reality applications.
Scape AR Overlay
There are also other market players that are currently in the process of delivering the same concept albeit in smaller areas or a on a smaller scale. Scape is therefore differentiating its product by touting its GPS-beating location accuracy, the scale of its mapping as well as the continuous augmented reality content that could be placed by one user and accessed by another to create something of an "AR Cloud".
This in fact is Scape's unique value proposition and novelty. The fact that it can create a city scope AR Cloud that would enable users or businesses to create augmented reality objects on the streets that virtually any other user can interact with. It creates a virtual layer, an entire new digital world, over whole cities. A restaurant could for example place augmented reality signs in specific positions which prospective customers can interact with to figure out the location, special offers or the menu on offer. The 3D mapping could also be used by urban planners in overlaying virtual changes over sections of cities so as to realistically visualize how those sections would look were those changes to physically come into effect.
Scape's machine-readable maps are likely to be popular with augmented reality developers. However, the company is looking beyond this niche user-group and believes its technology could be put into much broader uses in multiple industries ranging from drones to robotics, enterprise uses and various augmented reality applications. It plans to create a map or cloud that both humans and devices can tap into within the same 'shared understanding' environment. To further boost the location placement and precision of measurements, Scape is planning to use a combination of Euclidian space coordinates and geo-coordinates.
The Scape technology is based on its self-developed computer-vision engine which analyzes images captured by smartphone camera, identifies the captured environments and then derives the spatial position of the device from the visual data. Scape has described its technology as a Google Street View which has been optimized for machines rather than humans.
Apart from pinpointing the location of electronic devices with a degree of accuracy, the Scape interface also enables augmented reality elements to be permanently anchored in the "AR Cloud" so that they are accessible to all augmented reality users.
Scape has already carried out an early demo of its augmented reality tech with its multiplayer augmented reality game Holoscape which demonstrates the possibilities of the AR Cloud. You can watch a demo of this in the preview video above, where a public square is transformed into a drone-laden combat zone for several players that are equipped with a smartphone. Non-players can continue walking through the combat zone without even noticing or getting themselves immersed into the AR experience.
Scape is not the first company to attempt to create a virtual 3D layer over the real world. The US startup 6D.ai has recently launched an AR could platform using its own set of 3D data which must first be scanned by smartphone users. Pokemon Go also takes a similar approach. Google is also reportedly working on its own AR cloud platform.
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Q: Java heap size exception After running 24 hr of my java program it shows exception like this "Exception in thread 1 Out of Memory Error Java  Heap Size" , in my code i am using collection objects like hashmap, array list , vector and all.
This Problem is coming in the section of my code where i'm taking 500 data creating 500( in my db table 90000 data) HashMap at a time & setting this hashmap object into the ArrayList> in finally block i'm setting hashmap object null and passing this arralist object to another method for processing .This is continuing till the 90000 data.
For doing this processing program i'm using thread & from run() method of thread giving while condition true & calling dataprocessing method.

A: This means your heap is full. You have too many and/or heavy objects in memory.
Possible causes:

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*you keep references to unused objects, and create too many of them
 Solution: check for memory leaks

*you actually need all those references, but your heap is too small
 Solution: increase the heap
Since your exception happens after a long time, I believe the first one is probably your problem.

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There are three ways to apply for Suncity Group Macau jobs: via recruitment center, online, and job agencies.
First, you can apply directly to the human resource office.
Then, you can submit these requirement to Suncity Group recruitment center. It is located at the 16th floor of the China Civil Plaza, Alameda Dr. Carlos D'Assumpcao Macau It opens Monday to Saturday, 10:30am – 12:30pm, and 2:00pm to 6:00pm.
While for those who are not in Macau, don't you worry. You can still apply. And you can do that through online. Here are the two options.
One, you can try email job application. All you need to do is secure a digital copy of the above requirement and submit to the Suncity Group's recruitment email address.
Or you can simply visit their job site. In there, you can fill up an application form. Complete all the details needed and just press submit.
Either of the two options is good. But we'd recommend that you do both for higher success.
But, as we'd always advise our friends, always make sure that the job agency you're dealing with is real. When we say real, it must be registered to appropriate government departments.
You should also do your own background check. There a lot of tools online to do that. And you can also around for any record about that job agency.
And one more reminder, do not let those fake job agencies delude you with great offers and promises. It is better safe than be a victim of scam and human trafficking.


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On Blu-ray: Sci-fi in Cinemascope, World Without End (1956)
Word Without End (1956) is an essentially unremarkable 50s sci-fi flick made more interesting by a few elements of its production, cast and design. Now available on Blu-ray from Warner Archive, it is a good-looking film that plays it straight, though there are some unavoidably campy aspects to it.
It's the story of a pioneering space crew who become lost in time after completing the first mission to Mars. Finding themselves forced hundreds of years into a bleak future nuclear wasteland, the crew accepts its fate and tries to make the best of the situation. This involves dealing with the one-eyed, hairy mutants that terrorize all who attempt to set foot above ground and the odd population of apparently more civilized people who live below the Earth's surface.
Terrified of the beasts above, the men and children who have sought refuge underground have begun to shrivel away. Not the women though, who are vibrant, healthy, ready for the burlesque stage and very curious about the hearty, muscular crew that has dropped out of the sky. Jealous of these intergalactic hunks, the men are suspicious, even devious, as they resist the efforts of the crew to fight for life above ground.
Though it is essentially a 'B' movie, the production comes off as 'A' level luxurious, thanks to Cinemascope, Technicolor, elegant, if sparse set design and eye-popping costumes. Those last two were designed by the legendary pin-up artist Alberto Vargas, for the only film in which he would ever participate. For that reason, it isn't surprising that the ladies' dresses in this production don't leave a lot to the imagination (you don't get a close look at anyone bending over or even attempting to sit in the barely legal mini-dresses). These severely constructed garments are more than peek-a-boo frocks though; each is a mini masterpiece of structure and design, and starched so stiff that you half expect them to walk away on their own. Even the considerably more bland male characters below ground get to luxuriate in silky, bejeweled jackets and skull caps.
It makes sense that more established star Hugh Marlowe would be in the lead, but in hindsight the casting appears absurd when charming, hunky Rod Taylor, here in a supporting role, is clearly a more appropriate leading man. When Marlowe jumps into a fight scene with a mutant, you can't help but shake your head at the sight of Taylor standing on the sidelines. This was an early role for the always underrated Australian actor and one of the first hints of how magnetic he could be on the big screen. Amusingly enough, he would get the chance to play a lead with many similarities to this one a few years later in Time Machine (1960), where he would also battle barbaric hairy beasts in the future, though they would live below, rather than above ground (the plots were in fact so similar that H.G. Wells' estate sued the producers of World Without End).
While World Without End is never entirely campy, the outlandish costumes, the absurdity of a population of all anemic men and centerfold women and moments like Lisa Montell's highly expressive conversation with a mutant who is screeching at her from a cave do draw the odd giggle. It's not riotous fun, but it's amusing. Fans of Rod Taylor will not want to miss it.
Many thanks to Warner Archive for providing a copy of the film for review. To order, visit The Warner Archive Collection.
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CT Gov. Ned Lamont Says He Will Announce Improvements to Rail System
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Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont's office said he will announce improvements to the rail system in the State today (2/11/20). According to WTNH the improvement projects will focus on Shoreline East and the Hartford lines in the Nutmeg State.
I'll tell you who is looking forward to the Governor's announcement today and his name is me. Since the Governor was elected I've followed his career closely and I feel like I know pretty much how today will go. He'll sound a lot like a guy who invented trains, came up with the idea to improve transportation infrastructure and dodge questions about how to pay for the improvements.
That's my guess on how it will go, I can't predict the man's every move although I've nailed a few predictions as it relates to Ned. Ned "The Head" as I call him kind of looks like an actor who plays a train conductor on a children's TV show. maybe he can make that his second act after he completes his mission of destroying Connecticut from the inside out.


What are tree support systems, and what is their significance?
A tree, just like us, can and will run into health problems as it lives. Some problems that can occur are structural, like when we use a knee brace to support a previous injury. Trees too need support systems like this, and our arborists can help prescribe preventative solutions for any trees that may be at higher risk due to the way it grew, or some injuries it has incurred over time.
How do tree support systems work?
Some of these mechanisms are better for one problem, but not the other. However, as much as they can help the tree, these structural aids are not always a 100% fail safe solution. It only helps to reduce the hazard, and sometimes the only way to solve the problem is to remove the tree, but we try to avoid this as much as possible. It is recommended that a visual ground inspection of support systems installed by our team is performed annually.
Dynamic Cabling: Think "Free Range Maple," this method allows a tree to continue to grow in relation to wind movement and natural environmental influences. We use this system mostly for less risky trees where we know that the tree can solve the problem on its own with a little help from us. It also does not require drilling and does not cause injury to the tree, the trees thank us for this method.
Steel Cable: A little more invasive for the tree, but a lot more strength and stability. When arborists install a steel cable system into a tree canopy, it is minimizing movement or sometimes stopping it all together. This is especially useful when we believe that a defect in the tree is dangerous to the point that if the tree was to brave a windstorm for another countless time, the limb could fail. Since there is drilling and hardware going into the tree with this method, the points of contact for the hardware must be sound and uncompromised wood, to be strong enough to do the job.
Through Bolt Bracing: Very much like pins, similar to when we break big bones in our body, but this will stay until the end of the tree's life. At points where the tree has separated or cracked we will drill perpendicular to the defect and put large rods through with washers to truly support the entirety of the problem. This is usually a last resort solution when a defect cannot be supported by a cable in the canopy. If at all possible, the bracing will also be given back up from a support cable higher up in the affected limbs.


Still, we take the time and care to study each client like they're our first.
Your goals serve as our blueprint and our compass. From concept development, goal visioning and brand strategy to location scouting, vendor curation & securement, and permit & contract negotiation, our team continuously asks "How will attendees take away the right experience?" And we iterate from there.
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package com.acg12.lib.utils.glide.progress;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Map;

import okhttp3.Interceptor;
import okhttp3.Request;
import okhttp3.Response;
import okhttp3.ResponseBody;

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 * User: kcj
 * Date: 2019/4/1 20:07
 * Description:
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public class ProgressInterceptor implements Interceptor {

    public static final Map<String, ProgressListener> LISTENER_MAP = new HashMap<>();

    //入注册下载监听
    public static void addListener(String url, ProgressListener listener) {
        LISTENER_MAP.put(url, listener);
    }

    //取消注册下载监听
    public static void removeListener(String url) {
        LISTENER_MAP.remove(url);
    }

    @Override
    public Response intercept(Chain chain) throws IOException {
        Request request = chain.request();
        Response response = chain.proceed(request);
        String url = request.url().toString();
        ResponseBody body = response.body();
        Response newResponse = response.newBuilder().body(new ProgressResponseBody(url, body)).build();
        return newResponse;
    }
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Q: Map object in swagger I am trying to create a map object in swagger
definitions:
  foo:
   description: a sample class
   required:
    - param
   properties:
    param:
     type: object
     description: this param is a map<String, Object> where object is a derivative of java.lang.object
     additionalproperties:
       type: object

Swagger is generating the clent stub with the below code
public class foo  {
 private Map<String, Object> param = new HashMap<String, Object>();
 getters();
 setters();
}

but it is also generating a unused and unreferenced import statement
import io.swagger.model.Object;

I am trying to generate the client stub for jax-rs API using the below statement
java -jar "../swagger-codegen/modules/swagger-codegen-cli/target/swagger-codegen-cli.jar" generate -i /../src/main/resources/swagger/swagger.yaml -l jaxrs -o sample

Please do tell me if I am doing it right to create a Map where Object is a reference to Java.lang class


The Audubon Area Ministerial Association has voted to once again begin the process of sponsoring what will be the third Regional Meals From The Heartland Mobile Hunger Fight now scheduled at the Audubon Iowa National Guard Armory for Friday, March 10, 2017. In March of 2013 we hosted the first regional mobile hunger fight which included 622 volunteers of all ages and packed a total of 115,242 meals after raising $25,553. In April of 2015 we hosted the second regional mobile hunger fight which included 660 volunteers of all ages and packed a total of 161,352 meals after raising $32,728. The initial fundraising goal for the 2017 MFTH Mobile Hunger Fight is $30,000. We presently have $13,850 in our MFTH account. Lisa Frederiksen has once again volunteered to be our treasurer. All contributions are tax deductible and can be given to Lisa at the Audubon County Courthouse or to your local Audubon Area Ministerial clergy member. The next MFTH Mobile Hunger Fight meeting will be held at Our Saviour's Lutheran Church on Monday, January 30th at 6 pm. We appreciate all volunteers to help coordinate the hunger fight! If you have any questions please contact Pastor Doug Opp at 712-563-2625 or Pastor Steven Frock at 712-268-2660.


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Blake Trevor is the coolest senior in high school, but he has a secret. A rival student, Doug Magee, finds out his guarded secret and threatens to expose him unless Blake agrees to help him become popular. Blake agrees, and this works for a time, but eventually Blake outsmarts Doug and ruins his popularity while getting himself out of the arrangement with Doug. But there is a twist and it is in that twist kids are most divided about. The moral issues, the school environment, the necessity of lies and concealment, the sympathy for the guilty parties, all are elements of "Blake's Secret" put into 1700 words in page chunks with close reading activities, room at the top and bottom of the pages for annotation (a feature not found in any other reader books) discussion and comprehension questions throughout the book, thought-provoking graphics and after-reading activities that complete the experience for students in a classroom setting. All this in 24 color-glossy pages.
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Tadeusz Teodor Skrzyński herbu Zaremba (ur. 1800 w Łużnej, zm. 1857 w Karlowych Warach) – polski szlachcic, hrabia, pan na Łużnej, Szalowej, Woli Łużańskiej i Moszczenicy, zwolennik równouprawnienia i uwłaszczenia chłopów.

Urodził się jako jedyne dziecko Macieja Skrzyńskiego i jego żony Judyty z Wyszyńskich. W 1818 r. został wybrany na członka Stanów Galicyjskich. W tym samym roku ojciec przekazał mu władzę nad rodowymi włościami. Wypełniając jego wolę dbał o fundacje rodziny Skrzyńskich, których potwierdzenie otrzymał w 1826 r. od cesarza austriackiego Franciszka I. Dochody z nich przeznaczał na posag dla biednych szlachcianek z Łużnej i Szalowej, działalność kapeli dworskiej w Szalowej i zakładu ubogich kalek w Łużnej.

W latach 1834–1839 wzniesiono na jego polecenie neogotycki Pałac w Zagórzanach z licznymi wykuszami i wieżyczkami. Autorem projektu budowli był architekt Franciszek Maria Lanci. Wokół pałacu założył hrabia wielki park w stylu angielskim, w którym zlokalizowano oranżerię z rzadkimi południowymi gatunkami roślin. W późniejszych latach wzniesiono w parku także ptaszarnię i małpiarnię.
W 1839 r. ufundował dom w Mariampolu poecie i geografowi Wincentemu Polowi, który wykładał w prowadzonej przez hrabiego szkole dla szlachcianek. Hrabia Skrzyński związany był także z malarzem, Arturem Grottgerem, którego wielokrotnie gościł w Łużnej i Zagórzanach.

W lutym 1846 r., w czasie rzezi galicyjskiej przybyła do Zagórzan od strony Ciężkowic czerń. Chłopi zniszczyli zabudowania dworskie oraz rozkradli majątek hrabiowski w Łużnej i Woli Łużańskiej. W rabunku uczestniczyli też poddani i słudzy dworscy, który później na piśmie błagali hrabiego o wybaczenie. W odpowiedzi wybaczył im on wszystkie przewinienia. W kolejnych latach stan jego zdrowia znacznie się pogorszył. W 1857 r. wyjechał do sanatorium do Karlowych Warów, gdzie zmarł. Pochowany został w Mauzoleum Skrzyńskich na terenie ogrodu pałacowego w Zagórzanach. Majątek rodowy odziedziczył po nim upośledzony umysłowo syn Władysław.

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To obtain a conventional mortgage, home buyers are required to put down at least 20% of the purchase price or appraised value (whichever is less) as a down payment. If you don't have the necessary time or resources to save a full 20% down payment, you can choose a high-ratio mortgage and buy a home with a down payment of as little as 0%. This option is called a high-ratio mortgage and it requires you to purchase default insurance.
The RSP Home Buyers' Plan (HBP) lets a first-time buyer withdraw up to $20,000 from RSPs for a home purchase. The withdrawn amount must be repaid within 15 years, subject to a minimum annual repayment that is 1/15 of the amount withdrawn. If the full $20,000 is withdrawn, the minimum annual repayment is $1,333. If less than the minimum is repaid in any particular year, the balance is added to the taxpayer's income.
CMHC or Genworth Financial may insure a mortgage for up to 100% of the lending value of the house. Therefore, purchasers do not need a down payment. Eligible borrowers include anyone who buys a home in Canada intending to occupy it as their principal residence.
People who insure a mortgage loan with CMHC or GEMICO pay a premium. The premium is based on the down payment and loan amount. A list of the mortgage insurance premiums can be found here.
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"THE OLIVE: The sacred tree, symbol of athletic games and of peace"
Attended by poets from all 25 countries of the European Union. Up to three poems (a maximum of 68 lines, in two copies) on the stated theme, a photograph and biographical details of each poet participating will be included in a lavish volume to be published by Idrogios Publications.
The poems may or may not have been already published, but must not have received any award at any event in the past in any of the 25 EU countries participating in the "2nd Thessaloniki Poetry Festival". The volume to be published will be of high quality, 21x23cm in size, and will include two facing pages of 42x23cm for the photograph, poems and biographical details of each participant. The greatest care will be taken to ensure the highest aesthetic quality in presentation of this material. During the festival those poets who wish, and who declare an interest in advance, may present lyrics to be set to music (songs), the best of these subsequently forming the basis for a musical CD. The setting of the poets' words to music will be the exclusive responsibility of our own associate composer. A special committee will choose the poems to be recited at the festival. Poets who do not wish to do so need not recite their work, nor will the lyrics set to music be recited. Official languages of the event: English, Greek, French, German, Spanish, Italian. Invitations will be extended to all ambassadors and consuls in Greece of the participating countries, as well as representatives of local authorities, members of parliament, MEPs and other officials. Awards will be bestowed to poets from the participating countries by the Ministries of Culture, Education, Macedonia and Thrace, the Deputy Minister for Sport, the Prefecture of Thessaloniki, the Municipal Council of Thessaloniki and the event sponsors. The event will be covered by the media and copies of videos and photographs will be available to those who request them, as well as certificates of attendance, on parchment, for all participants.


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HMS Upstart (P65) was a Royal Navy U-class submarine built by Vickers-Armstrong.  So far she has been the only ship of the Royal Navy to bear the name Upstart. After the war, she was loaned to the Greek Navy and renamed Amfitriti.

Career

Wartime

Upstart spent most of her wartime career operating off the south coast of France, where she sank the French fishing vessels Grotte de Bethlehem and Torpille, the German auxiliary minelayer Niedersachsen (the former French Guyane) and the German merchant Tolentino (the former French Saumur).  She also launched failed attacks against the French merchant Medjerda and the Italian merchant Pascoli.

Greek service

Upstart survived the war and was loaned to the Greek Navy in 1945, where she was renamed Amfitriti.  She served with the Greek Navy for seven years, and was returned to the Royal Navy in 1952.  She was subsequently sunk as an ASDIC target off the Isle of Wight on 29 July 1959.

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Albert-Birot, Pierre. Société d'étude du XXe siècle
S. I. C.: sons, idées, couleurs, formes [SIC]
Paris: Eds. de la Chronique es lettres françaises, 1973. Reprint of periodical, nos. 1-53/54, Jan 1916-Dec 1919, complete. Illustrated. xiii + 505 pp. Green cloth with gilt titling on spine and front cover. 27 x 21.5 cm. An important early modernist magazine with contributors such as Giillaume Apollinaire, Louis Aragon.....	More
Antin, David, and Rothenberg, Jerome, eds.
Some/Thing. Volume one, number one. Spring 1965
New York: Hawk's Well Press, 1965. The first of four issues of this influential little magazine. Contributors include the editors, Arthur J.O. Anderson. Paul Blackburn, Pauline Chatterton, Charles E. Dibble, George Dowden, Anselm Hollo, David Ignatow, Jackson Mac Low, Rochelle Owens, Armand Schwerner, and Diane Wakoski. Cover drawing in orange.....	More
Some/Thing. Volume one, number two, Winter 1965
New York: Hawk's Well Press, 1965. The second of four issues of this influential little magazine. Cover illustration is a sculpture by Robert Morris. Contributors include the editors, Ted Berrigan, George Brecht, Theodore Enslin, Emin Ercoglu, Clayton Eshleman, David Franks, Frank Kuenstler, Jackson Mac Low, Rochelle Owens, Margaret Randall, Caroll.....	More
Appel, Karel. Dypreau, Jean, et al., eds.
Plus no. 1. Hiver 1957-1958
Bruxelles, 1957. Original lithograph covers in black and red by Karel Appel. The first of 3 issues published between 1957 and 1960. 35 Cobra and other artists and writers, including Alechinsky, Baj, Corneille, Messagier, Scanavino, two D'Haeses, two Pomodoros, Dylan Thomas, and Dotremont. Profusely illustrated in black and white. 24.....	More
Art & Language Foundation, New York. Ramsden, Mel; Charlesworth, Sarah; and Kosuth, Joseph, et al., eds.
The Fox. Number 2, 1975
New York: Art & Language, 1975. Some illustrations. Stiff paper covers.. 28 x 21.5 cm (standard US letter size). Fine to very fine. **This early periodical on conceptual art includes contributions by the editors, Andrew Menard, Adrian Piper, Lizzie Borden, Ian Burn, Terry Atkinson, Karl Beveridge, and others. Printed on.....	More
Bear, Elizabeth, ed. Sharp, Willoughby, pub.
Avalanche number 2. Winter 1971
New York: Kinetcism Press, 1971. Richly illustrated in black and white. 96 pp. Paper covers with photo of Bruce Nauman. 23.8 cm square. Articles and features on Bruce Nauman, Terry Fox, Klaus Rinke, John Van Saun, Dennis Oppenheim, Richard Serra, Yves Klein, Bruce McLean, William Wegman, and Vito Acconci. "Avalanche.....	More
Avalanche number 3. Fall 1971
New York: Kinetcism Press, 1971. Richly illustrated in black and white. 80 pp. Paper covers with photo of Barry Le Va. 23.8 cm square. Articles and features by and on David Tremlett, Bill Beckley, Joel Fisher, Gordon Matta-Clark, Robert Morris, Italo Scanga, Ulrich Ruckriem, George Trakas, and Barry Le Va.....	More
Avalanche number 4. Spring 1972
New York: Kinetcism Press, 1972. Richly illustrated in black and white. 72 pp. Paper covers with photo of Lawrence Weiner. 23.8 cm square. Articles and features by and on Jackie Winsor, Sol LeWitt, Howard Fried, Alice Aycock, Stanley Brouwn, Franz Erhard Walther, Hanne Darboven, Walter de Maria, and Lawrence Weiner.....	More
Avalanche number 5. Summer 1972. John Baldessari's copy
New York: Kinetcism Press, 1972. Richly illustrated in black and white. 52 pp. Paper covers with photo of Yvonne Rainer. 23.8 cm square. Articles and features by and on Braco Dimitrijevic, Joseph Beuys, Jannis Kounellis, Phil Glass, Keith Sonnier, and Yvonne Rainer. "Avalanche "functioned as a gallery without walls that.....	More
Avalanche number 6. Vito Acconci. Fall 1972. John Baldessari's copy
New York: Kinetcism Press, 1972. Entire issue devoted to Vito Acconci with photo of him on the cover. Richly illustrated in black and white. 64 pp. Paper covers. 23.8 cm square. "Avalanche "functioned as a gallery without walls that eschewed architectural and institutional borders." (Gwen Allen: Artists' Magazines: an alternative.....	More
Bear, Liza, editor. Sharp, Willoughby, publisher
Avalanche newspaper, number 9, May-June 1974. Video Performance
New York: Kineticism Press, 1974. This is the first of five very rare tabloid issues printed on uncoated stock. 29 pp. + [7] pp. ads. Approximately 16 x 11-1/2 inches. Features on Vito Acconci, Robert Bell, Joseph Beuys, Ulrike Rosenbach, Dennis Oppenheim, Keith Sonnier, Richard Serra, Chris Burden, Willoughby Sharp.....	More
Bernouard, François; Cocteau, Jean; Paysan, André, eds.
Schéhérazade: album mensuel d'oeuvres d'art et de littérature. No 2, 25 Décembre 1909, 2e édition. [Scheherazade]
Paris: La Belle Edition, 1909. Deluxe edition on Arches paper with deckle edges untrimmed. Illustrations in text by Bonnard, Iribe, Segonzac, Whistler, and others. XLVI + [2] pp. Decorated wrappers. 21 x 21.4 cm. Black ribbon to mark pages attached to head of spine. Texts by the editors, Sacha Guitry.....	More
Burnham, Linda Frye, and Durland, Steven, editors
High performance: the performance art quarterly [subtitle varies]. All original copies. Nos. 1-76, plus out-of-series issue (all pub.; ceased with 76)
Edited and published by Linda Frye Burnham [later Steven Durland]. Los Angeles [nos. 1-44] and Santa Monica [nos. 45-76], 1978-Summer 1997. All issues original, most as new; some extremely rare. **Summer 1992, "The violence and the verdict," is an out-of-series issue. Number 23 is an album of 2 LP records.....	More
High performance: the performance art quarterly [subtitle varies]. Nos. 1-76 plus out-of-series issue (all pub.; ceased with 76)
Edited and published by Linda Frye Burnham [later Steven Durland]. Los Angeles [nos. 1 Santa Monica], 1978-Summer 1997. Numbers 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9 & 10 in saddle-stitched photocopies. All other issues original, most as new. **Summer 1992, "The violence and the verdict," is an out-of-series issue. Number.....	More
[Cage, John] Durland, Steven, editor
High Performance. John Cage 75th birthday celebration, number 38; volume 10, number 2, 1987. Signed by John Cage
Los Angeles, 1967. BOLDLY SIGNED on cover in silver ink by John Cage. "Cage's thoughts on performance," compiled by Richard Kostelanetz, pp. 20-9. A limited number of copies available. May be slight shelf wear. The signatures on the few remaining copies were smudged as Cage signed them and they apparently.....	More
Coplans, John, ed.
Artforum. Vol. XI (11), nos. 1-10 complete. September 1972-June 1973. As new, bound. Sale price through 10/31/2019
New York: Charles Cowles, 1972-1973. This bound volume contains all the year's exceptional issues. Some highlights: September 1972 (11:1) Rosenquist, Matisse, Lissitzky. October (11:2) Oldenburg, Smithson, Larry Bell. November (11:3) di Suvero, photography, Smithson, Pollock Hesse, Man Ray. December (11:4) Bochner, Schlemmer, performance, Man Ray. January 1973 (11:5) film issue.....	More
Coplans, John, ed. Ruscha, Edward
Artforum. March 1964, volume 2, number 9. Twentysix Gasoline Stations. With facsimile of Library of Congress letter rejecting the book
San Francisco, 1964. In 1963, when Ed Ruscha published Twentysix Gasoline Stations, his first book, he sent two copies to the U.S. Copyright Office, one to establish copyright, the other destined for the collection of the Library of Congress. Great! Recognition for the young artist. As you might imagine, LC.....	More
Coplans, John, editor. Artforum, volume XIII [13], number 3, November 1974. LACKS Lynda Benglis ad
Artforum, volume XIII [13], number 3, November 1974. LACKS the controversial Lynda Benglis advertisement.
New York: Artforum, 1974. This issue has become extremely rare, due to a much-sought-after color ad featuring the artist Lynda Benglis in a transgressive pose. The issue also contains articles that may be of interest to other people. In addition to a 6-page article on Ms Benglis, other subjects are.....	More
Coplans, John, editor. Artforum, volume XIII [13], number 3, November 1974. Lynda Benglis issue
Artforum, volume XIII [13], number 3, November 1974. Complete with controversial Lynda Benglis/Paula Cooper Gallery advertisement
New York: Artforum, 1974. This extremely rare, much-sought-after issue features on its second leaf a transgressive color photograph of the artist Lynda Benglis wearing sunglasses with white frames, a modest earring, a challenging expression, a nice coating of body oil, and a very convincing dildo at least a foot long.....	More
Artforum, volume XIII [13], number 3, November 1974. Lynda Benglis ADVERTISEMENT ONLY
New York: Artforum, 1974. This is NOT THE WHOLE ISSUE. IT IS ONLY the much-sought-after color ad featuring the artist Lynda Benglis in a transgressive pose. It is in near-fine condition and will frame well. The all-black left margin has been trimmed about 1.5 cm (3/8-inch), and the piece measures.....	More
Artforum, volume XIII [13], number 3, November 1974. Lynda Benglis issue. Complete, but water-damaged
Coplans, John. Michelson, Annette
Artforum: Eisenstein Brakhage issue. January 1973, volume 11, number 5
New York, 1973. Richly illustrated (part color). 95 pp. 27 x 26.5 cm. The entire issue is devoted to advanced cinema, with articles by Annette Michelson, Sergei Eisenstein(on Mayakovsky), Paul Arthur, Roland Barthes, Phoebe Cohen, Noel Carroll, Rosalind Krauss, Fred Camper, Hollis Frampton, and a Brakhage filmography by Joyce Rheuban.....	More
Danieli, Fidel; Antin, Eleanor; and others, editors
Journal. [Alternate title: LAICA Journal.] Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art. Numbers 1-48, June 1974–1987.Complete
Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art, 1974-1987. Complete run, mostly in fine condition, of one of the liveliest and most interesting art periodicals of the 1970s and 1980s. "The Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art is a new concept designed to be a catalyst for the support and recognition of.....	More
di Prima, Diane, and Jones, LeRoi, editors. The Floating Bear. Cloth edition
The Floating Bear: a newsletter. Numbers 1-37, 1961-1969. Introduction and notes adapted from interviews with Diane di Prima
La Jolla, California: Laurence McGilvery, 1973. Dark blue library buckram. xviii + [2] + 578 pp. + 6 supplementary sheets in 4 issues. 27.2 x 20.7 cm. First-class, oversewn library binding. As new. ISBN 0-910938-29-6. LC No. 72-79790. **From the introduction: "Bear Number One, what I remember about it. We.....	More
di Prima, Diane, and Jones, LeRoi, editors. The Floating Bear. Paper edition
La Jolla, California: Laurence McGilvery, 1973. Four more as-new copies just discovered. Stiff paper covers. xviii + [2] + 578 pp. + 6 supplementary sheets in 4 issues. 27.2 x 20.7 cm. As new. ISBN 0-910938-54-7. LC No. 72-79790. **From the introduction: "Bear Number One, what I remember about it.....	More
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This semester I'm using several recently published studies with one of my classes. Here are two, both of which discuss "whiteness" and "white privilege", albeit from different perspectives and in different contexts.
Timothy Lensmire's book, White folks: Race and identity in rural America (Lensmire, 2017) explores whiteness through in-depth qualitative interviews that the author conducted with people with whom he grew up in the small town of Boonendam, Minnesota. The book draws on interviews with seven people: Delores, Frank, William, Erin, Robert, Libby, and Stan. Lensmire explains in a methodological afterword that these narrative are drawn from a larger study involving 22 participants. The author asked participants to describe moments when they first "noticed that they were white and to narrate experienced in which being white somehow mattered or was important" (p. 92). This led to further discussion of the participants' experiences interacting with people of color across different time periods (the larger study involved people from three generations that took in periods before, during and after the Civil Rights movement).
Lensmire's book employs narrative strategies, in which he uses autoethnographic tellings of his own stories along with those of his participants. He explains that he purposefully did not separate himself from his participants, and did not want to imply in any way that he was in any way superior or different to them (p. 93). This commitment was coupled with a consciousness to the idea that people's experiences were varied and multiple, and that he did not want to employ a white privilege framework that "tends to conceptualize white people as little more than the smooth embodiment of racism and white privilege" (p. 93).
In fact, it was in the context of discussions of "white privilege" that I first came across Lensmire's work. In a lead-authored article (Lensmire et al., 2013), Lensmire and his co-authors discuss applications of Peggy McIntosh's (2000) idea of "the invisible knapsack" as a way to explore white privilege. The authors argue that explorations of white privilege can also undermine antiracist work. Having read this article, I was very interested to read Lensmire's book, and I was not disappointed. It is a short, readable book that has a lot to say, and leaves one with a lot to think about.
In the past, I had used Julie Minikel Lacoque's (2013) article on racial microaggressions reported by the participants of her study of Latin@ students attending a predominantly white university in the US as an example of how critical race theory might be applied in a qualitative study. So I was also interested to read her book (Minikel-Lacocque, 2015) that reported on the larger study and was not disappointed.
Julie Minikel-Lacoque's (2015) book, Getting college ready: Latin@ student experiences of race, access, and belonging at predominantly white universities, explores the experiences of six young people's experiences at a university known as Midwestern University. Minikel-Lacoque provides in-depth narratives that tell the stories of these young people, prior to entering their first year of college, and at points during and after the first year of college. As I turned to the final pages of the book, I started to worry that I would not learn what happened next. Did these students graduate? Did they attain their career aspirations? So I was pleased to see a short afterword in which Minikel-Lacoque reports on the participants two years after the initial interviews. Minikel-Lacoque asserts that the "invisibility of White privilege and power is at the root of many, if not all, of the racial microaggressions discussed in the book" (p. 172), and provides good evidence to support this.
Both of these readable books explore aspects of racialized experience in contemporary US society through the eyes of different individuals. The narratives in both books suggest that peoples' experiences and perceptions are multi-layered and complex. Reading these narratives provides a way to examine the "other" in relation to oneself. In doing so, one hopes, each of us might reconsider the value and importance of engaging in respectful and thoughtful interactions with others in our daily lives. In a fast-paced world that is increasingly characterized by shouting at one another (in person, or through textual means), it's useful to pause, listen, and reflect. Both of these books provide points of entry to do that as we consider how we live in a multi-cultural society and develop greater understanding of others.
Lensmire, T. J. (2017). White folks: Race and identity in rural America. New York & London: Routledge.
Lensmire, T. J., McManimon, S. K., Tierney, J. D., Lee-Nichols, M. E., Casey, Z. A., Lensmire, A., & Davis, B. M. (2013). McIntosh as synecdoche: How teacher education's focus on white privilege undermines antiracism. Harvard Educational Review, 83(3), 410-431.
McIntosh, P. (2000). White privilege and male privilege: A personal account of coming to see correspondences through work in women's studies. In M. L. Andersen & P. H. Collins (Eds.), Race, class, and gender (pp. 95-105): Wadsworth Thomson Learning.
Minikel-Lacocque, J. (2015). Getting college ready: Latin@ student experiences of race, access, and belonging at predominantly white universities. New York: Peter Lang.


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