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Nancy Hoffman named director of Office of the President
Hoffman, who had been vice provost for undergraduate studies at Temple University, will serve on President Vartan Gregorian's senior and executive staffs, will participate in policy discussions with senior officers and represent the president.
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Nancy Hoffman has been named director of the Office of the President of Brown University. As director, Hoffman is a member of President Vartan Gregorian's senior and executive staffs. She attends all meetings of the Brown Corporation - the University's governing body - and its Advisory and Executive Committee. She also participates in policy discussions with senior officers, represents the president as requested, and takes responsibility for the president's staff. Her duties also include expediting the office's administrative decisions and setting agendas for executive staff meetings. With the exception of senior officers who meet regularly with the president, others seeking agenda meetings with the president will arrange them with Hoffman.
Until Jan. 1, when her appointment became effective, Hoffman had been vice provost for undergraduate studies at Temple University in Philadelphia since 1993, and a member of Temple's English department. In Philadelphia and nationally, Hoffman has been engaged in improving public education, especially in ensuring the collegiate success of inner-city public school graduates. At Brown, she is a member of the education department.
Hoffman holds a B.A. and Ph.D. in comparative literature from the University of California-Berkeley. From 1991-93, she directed Temple's Honors Program and was a Presidential Fellow from 1992-93. She also has been academic services dean at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and program officer at the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education, and she ran the Center for the Improvement of Teaching at the University of Massachusetts-Boston. As an ACE fellow in 1985, Hoffman spent several months studying the curriculum at Brown.
Hoffman has taught at the University of Massachusetts-Boston, where she was a founder of its College of Public and Community Service; the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Portland State University in Oregon, and in the University of California system.
Hoffman's writings focus on education policy and women's studies. She is the author of Spenser's Pastorals and Woman's True Profession: Voices from the History of Teaching. With Florence Howe she edited Women Working: Stories and Poems. She co-edited two volumes of Women's Studies Quarterly: Women, Girls and the Culture of Education (with Lyn Brown); and Women, Race and Culture (with Jean Griffin).


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Goodyear to Acquire Cooper Tire
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co will acquire Cooper Tire & Rubber Company for approximately $2.8 billion to double its presence in North America and China. Goodyear said the deal also broadens the distribution for Cooper replacement tires through its retail store network.
Under the terms of the deal, Cooper shareholders will receive $41.75 per share in cash and a fixed exchange ratio of 0.907 shares of Goodyear common stock. The implied cash and stock consideration for Cooper shareholders is $54.36 per share, representing a premium of 24% to its closing price on February 19.
Watch a message from Goodyear Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President Rich Kramer.
Source: Goodyear
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Credit Union Student Choice, a business partner of Credit Union Resources, is hosting a webinar Jan. 27, at 2 p.m. The webinar will address all facets of the National Credit Union Administration's letter (LCU2013-15) issued in mid-December regarding supervisory guidance of private student loans.
While the additional regulatory requirements will bring about new challenges, Credit Union Student Choice says they are over all pleased with NCUA's directive for several reasons, most important of which is the much-needed clarity that it will bring to examiners, credit unions and Student Choice.
Credit union controls – Outlined within the guidance are a multitude of items that credit unions should have completed and/or have in place in order to maintain full control and understanding of their private student lending program.
Portfolio evaluation and analysis – Enhanced reporting requirements will provide stronger controls for credit unions and greater transparency for examiners. This webinar will review the type of reporting that is currently available through Student Choice and also discuss additional reporting that will be required moving forward.
Accounting – The guidance contains several items of note in relation to loan loss allowance and income recognition.
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The 18th and 19th centuries had Vienna. The 20th century had the East Village. One would be hard pressed to find another square mile that has contributed so much to contemporary popular music.
And here's two more songs to add to the canon. Singer Teddy Thompson, the second Warby Parker x Standard Sounds Artist-in-Residence checked into The Standard, East Village, gazed out over the hallowed village rooftops, and wrote these charming ditties. While the English-raised, New York-based singer is the progeny of 60s folk-rock legends Richard and Linda Thompson, he's carved out a sound and style all his own. A talented vocalist and song writer, he's not too hard on our Warby Parker be-speckled eyes either.
Legendary film music supervisor Randall Poster (who soundtracked, just to name a few, Kids, Rushmore, Velvet Goldmine, 200 Cigarettes, The Thomas Crowne Affair, Boys Don't Cry, Zoolander, The Royal Tenenbaums, Somethings Gotta Give, The Aviator, The Squid and the Whale, Lost, The Darjeeling Limited, The Hangover, Moonrise Kingdom, Boardwalk Empire, Spring Breakers, and Skyfall) and the mastermind behind Standard Sounds in the East Village, Annie Ohayon, have selected six artists to spend a week at each of the properties and compose two original songs a piece. The artists, whose work will be packaged in a limited-edition LP just in time for Xmas, include Sophie Auster, Nikki Lane, Teddy Thompson, Cillie Barnes, Goldspot's Sidd Kholsa, and one other, very special surprise.


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RECLAIM Act of 2019
May 7, 2019 - U.S. Senator Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., and U.S. Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., have introduced legislation in the U.S. Senate that seeks to provide opportunities for coal reclamation and economic development in communities that have been adversely impacted by the downturn in the coal industry.
The Revitalizing the Economy of Coal Communities by Leveraging Local Activities and Investing More (RECLAIM) Act of 2019 would release $1 billion from the existing Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund balance to help communities that have traditionally relied on coal production for jobs or have recently experienced significant coal job losses.
The funds are currently set to go towards reclamation projects, but the RECLAIM Act would stipulate that the states use the money on reclamation projects which would create conditions favorable to economic development. In total, $195 million would be distributed to states with Abandoned Mine Land (AML) programs each year from 2020 to 2024, including West Virginia and Virginia.
In addition to Manchin, Kaine and Warner, U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, U.S. Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., and U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill, also are co-sponsoring the measure.
"The RECLAIM Act is an investment in the coal communities that have done the heavy lifting that produced the energy that powered our country to greatness," Manchin said last week. "These bills will provide a boost to struggling coal communities to help diversify their economies without a dime of taxpayer money."
"Mine reclamation supports hundreds of jobs in Virginia each year, strengthens our economy, and helps clean up the environment," Kaine added. "This bill would let money already sitting in the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund be used to boost economic development in coal communities."
"As technologies evolve and our economy changes, we cannot forget about the coal mining communities that for years fueled our nation," Warner said. "The RECLAIM Act reiterates our economic commitment to these mining communities by fast-tracking the release of $1 billion from the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund and using it to fund projects that reinvigorate communities, promote economic growth and counteract the environmental effects of coal mining locally."
Manchin, Kaine and Warner are hoping to gain bipartisan support for this important act. Passage of the RECLAIM Act would provide an economic boost to coal-producing communities across southern West Virginia and Southwest Virginia that are still struggling to create new jobs and economic development opportunities. Such reclamation projects also help to clean up the environment, as noted by Warner.
Despite the deep partisan divide in Washington, we would hope that helping communities adversely impacted by the downturn in the coal industry is something that all lawmakers can agree upon.
The RECLAIM Act merits full consideration in Congress.


Lehigh Defense .45 ACP Controlled Fracturing Ammunition is machined from 100% solid bar stock copper and perfect for causing maximum damage on impact. The projectile is one piece of copper machined into a base and three fracturing "wings." This one metal, two-part design means that upon impact, the wings break off of the base and penetrate at angles while the base continues on its path through the target.


On 26 March 1941 she was destroyed by an accidental explosion and fire, near Sambro Island just off Halifax. Two Officers and 17 men were lost.
On the morning of 26 March 1941, as the OTTER sailed only 24 nautical miles from Halifax, an explosion and a fire ripped through the vessel. Soon the crew of the steel hulled, but wooden superstructure, vessel recognized that the fire was too much and the captain ordered to abandon ship.
The crew barely fit into the two lifeboats and one carley float. Rescue was close at hand, as a Polish freighter and a Royal Navy submarine was nearby. However, due to the extremely heavy seas, rescue proved to be very difficult. In fact, one of the lifeboats was flipped by an unusually large wave when a polish freighter came alongside. The already waterlogged sailors were flung into the icy water, and some were never seen again. Once they were rescued, some were in such bad shape they never even survived the trip into Halifax, despite the efforts of the Polish merchantmen who took turns applying artificial respiration and trying to warm the men.
A British Submarine also found the carley float with 15 men on it. However, by the time they rescued the men only four were still alive.
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The lesson introduces students to precise word choice for use in their writing. Unfortunately, many students have become accustomed to using tired, worn-out words when communicating with others, whether when texting a friend or describing an experience. While lower level students are continuing to learn new words to increase their vocabulary, it is also a perfect time for students to understand precise word choice to supplement those words and enhance their communication and writing skills. The lesson encourages students to use a variety of grade-level words and precise word choice to better describe an experience or an event in their life.
The lesson encourages students to use a variety of grade-level words and precise word choice to better describe an experience or an event in their life. It will help your students expand their lexicon and learn the importance of using precise, descriptive vocabulary in their writing. While lower level students are continuing to learn new words to increase their vocabulary, it is never too early for students to understand the importance of precise word choice to supplement those words and enhance their communication and writing skills. The lesson also gives students the opportunity to work with a thesaurus.
Display the word nice. Ask: What do you think about in your mind if someone tells you it is a "nice" day? What if they tell you it is a "nice" day in the winter? What if they tell you it's a "nice" day in the summer?
Allow for responses and discussion. Ask: What do you think about in your mind if someone says you are a "nice" person? What if they say you are wearing a "nice" shirt?
Allow for responses and discussion. Ask: What are some other words you can use instead of nice?
Allow for responses. Introduce Precise Word Choice.
Distribute Precise Word Choice (1-3) content pages. Read and review the information with the students. During the reading of the content, ask students to share a sentence using an old, worn out word and then changing using a new precise word. In addition, discuss how some slang words may become old and worn out. Save the final question for the lesson closing. Use the additional resources to enhance understanding.
monstrate the use of a thesaurus either from a paper book or via a word processing program, or Internet. Allow students to practice using a thesaurus with current reading content.
Distribute Activity pages. Read and review the instructions. Pair students. Distribute supplies, including thesaurus. Allow students time to choose the words, use the thesaurus, and write new sentences for each word.
Students may use past tenses of words. Once completed student pairs share their sentences with the class.


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In this conversation lesson, students learn vocabulary about intellectual property rights and then discuss the topic in small groups. Teach the vocabulary and then have students do the conversation questions.
Recommended terms to teach:
trade secret
Conversation Questions
1. In the United States, books published after 2002 will become part of the public domain 70 years after the death of the author. If a book is created by a corporation, it will expire 95 years after publication or 120 years after creation, whichever expires first. Additionally, all sound recordings are copyrighted until 70 years after the death of the author, at which point they will become public domain [source]. What do you think of these copyright limits? When do you think books, movies, and music should become part of the public domain? Discuss with your group.
2. Is piracy common in your country? What types of products are pirated? What does the government do to try to combat the sale of pirated goods? Is there a large black market in your country? Tell your group about it.
3. Is piracy the same as theft? Why or why not? Do you think most people think piracy is the same as theft, or do you think people view theft and piracy as two separate things?
4. What do you think the punishment should be for people who sell pirated goods? What do you think the punishment should be for people who buy pirated goods?
5. Is internet piracy something that can be eliminated? Why or why not? What do you think governments should do about internet piracy?
6. In general, patents last for 20 years in the United States, Europe, Canada, and many other countries worldwide. What are the advantages and disadvantages to having a 20-year patent term? What do you think patent terms should be? Should the patent term for pharmaceutical products be the same as it is for everything else? Why or why not? Discuss with your group.
7. Some people feel that certain developing regions of the world should not be subject to copyright law. What do you think? Should certain impoverished countries or regions be allowed to pirate software, books, etc.?
Also see these business English conversation lessons.
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Can a waiver of the Miranda Rights be inferred from a statement to the police?
The following excerpt is from The People v. Martinez, B211420, Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. BA325247 (Cal. App. 2010):
statement to the police." (Berghuis v. Thompkins, supra, 130 S.Ct. at p. 2264.) Courts can infer a waiver of Miranda rights "'from the actions and words of the person interrogated.' [Citation.]" (Id. at p. 2254.) "Any waiver, express or implied, may be contradicted by an invocation at any time. If the right to counsel or the right to remain silent is invoked at any point during questioning, further interrogation must cease." (Id. at pp. 2263-2264.)
When reviewing the voluntariness of a defendant's statements, or of improper police conduct, is the Miranda waiver violation or Miranda waiver violated? (California, United States of America)
Does a suspect who has received and understood the Miranda warning, and has not invoked his Miranda rights, waives his right to remain silent by making an uncoerced statement to the police? (California, United States of America)
Is a defendant's claim that his statements to police should have been suppressed because the police ignored his invocation of a right to counsel under Miranda? (California, United States of America)
Under what procedural safeguards under the Miranda Miranda, or otherwise, does a suspect have to be warned that he has a right to remain silent, that any statement he makes may be used as evidence against him? (California, United States of America)
Does a waiver of Miranda have to be made with a full awareness of the nature of the Miranda right being abandoned? (California, United States of America)
Is a motion to suppress certain incriminatory statements taken by the police from petitioner allegedly in violation of his Miranda rights denied? (California, United States of America)
How have courts interpreted the Miranda rights of a defendant's Miranda waiver? (California, United States of America)
Is a waiver of a defendant's right to testify a personal waiver of that right? (California, United States of America)
Is counsel incompetent in denying a defendant's motion to exclude his statements to the police in violation of Miranda v. Miranda? (California, United States of America)
How have the courts interpreted the Miranda Miranda Miranda Statement? (California, United States of America)


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Surviving Syria's Civil War With Heavy Metal
Armed with a cellphone and borrowed camera, a young Syrian seeks refuge in a rockumentary.
By Daniel J. Gerstle
Bashar Haroun and his metal band Chaos at Buzz Cafe in Aleppo, on December 24.
On a scorching August day in 2011, in the city of Homs, the Syrian conflict nearly swallowed Monzer Darwish. The 23-year-old graphic designer, who grew up in nearby Hama, had stopped at a cafe with his fiancée, only to take cover in the establishment at the sound of screaming outside. When they finally ventured into the street, they heard a pop—pop, pop, and someone fell. Then everyone ran. "The whole street was literally on fire," he recalled.
"Heavy metal here is at war with the war itself."
Fleeing the violence, Darwish wrestled with the kinds of questions many face during war. What do you do if you don't want to take a side? If you don't want to take up arms? If you want to keep your community from being torn apart? If you can't escape? Many of his friends found themselves in a similar situation, and they sought emotional refuge through music, even live heavy-metal concerts near the frontlines. Reconnecting with these peers, Darwish decided to film how this alternative community—musicians and fans alike—was surviving amid the country's three-year civil war.
Heavy metal, with its macabre poetry, thundering elegies, and violent moshing, has often resonated with young people and helped them express solidarity with one another during periods of political and social tension. But Darwish wanted to show how Syria's "metal heads" and alternative youth, like their peers in Iraq and Afghanistan, are turning to the music not only as a way to cope with mass trauma, but also as a means of conducting a brutally honest dialogue about how to survive war and reform society.
The result: a rockumentary called Syrian Metal Is War. For much of the last year, Darwish has crisscrossed the country to film every metal musician he can find. He's uploaded a trailer to YouTube, and he hopes to screen a rough cut of the full film in Beirut by late spring.
Syria's "distinct cultures are now united under a tremendous wave of destruction, and I find that to be crucial to the film since, as the name indicates, metal here is at war with the war itself," Darwish told me over email from Latakia. "The film could bring us praise, appreciation, and support, or it could bring us doom, more destruction, and loss. Yet either way, we're going through with it until the end. This is beyond myself or anyone working with me. This is the cause of a community within Syria dealing with pain and hardships … grief and hopelessness."
Darwish's mission is in keeping with heavy metal's history. When the genre emerged in the West, musicians deployed their loud, theatrical, and physical music to protest war and moral bankruptcy. Black Sabbath, whose members were often falsely accused of being Satanists, actually called for peace in the group's 1971 classic, "Children of the Grave": Must the world live in the shadow of atomic fear?… If you want a better place to live in, spread the words today / Show the world that love is still alive; you must be brave / or you children of today are children of the grave.
Syrian heavy-metal fans often cite the operatic singer Jack Power, who formed metal cover bands in the 1980s and 90s, as the pioneer of the genre in the country. In 2003, Nu.Clear.Dawn, combining choral vocals with keyboard and heavy guitar, became the first Syrian heavy-metal band to release an original album. That same year, the guitarist Rawad Massih created The Hourglass, the first Syrian metal band to tour outside the country. Within a couple years, mainstream performers like Gene Band and Anas & Friends, which modeled their music after Western hard rock, were catering to the party crowd in the Syrian capital of Damascus. Meanwhile, alternative musicians like Fadi Massamiri were experimenting with darker approaches, collecting ideas from Scandinavian death and doom metal and American hard-core thrash. Soon, cafes in Aleppo and Latakia were hosting underground mosh parties featuring bands like Slumpark Correctional, while those in Damascus hosted studio outfits like Eulen, which churned out keyboard-laced dirges, distributed through YouTube. While some of these groups remain in Syria, the fighting has scattered others as far as Dubai, Jordan, and Turkey. The Hourglass' Massih, for instance, has departed for Beirut, where the more mainstream hard-rock band Tanjaret Daghet has been making a name for Syrian refugee rock.
Monzer Darwish prepares to film near the site of an explosion.
Darwish grew up listening to Western heavy metal, Syrian metal bands like Nu.Clear.Dawn and The Hourglass, and Arabic music, and has tried his hand at the piano, oud, and guitar. He discovered metal after listening to Metallica's "Battery" to calm his nerves, and has since found inspiration in the work of Samantha Escarbe of Virgin Black, Mikael Akerfeldt of Opeth, and John Petrucci of Dream Theater.
Even before the Syrian war broke out, government officials and community leaders moved to disperse these bands and the music scene they had established. It wasn't just that singers were spinning poetry that denounced war and corruption. The authorities, like those in many other Middle Eastern countries, accused metal musicians and fans of immorality and devil-worship.
In 2009, for instance, Bashar Haroun, a Syrian heavy-metal producer and performer, released a doom-metal track with his Aleppo-based band Orion titled, "Of Freedom and the Moor": For freedom through war / We lose our reason and chances no more / We will stand as one / Together and on our own / Nothing but our unity / Nowhere but our home. Shortly thereafter, Syrian authorities jailed him for allegedly encouraging a "Satanic movement," citing as evidence a T-shirt of his with skulls on it and a poster he had of the Norwegian black-metal artist Burzum.
Now, the same government that, prior to the war, condemned, threatened, and jailed heavy-metal musicians for their sonic storytelling is battling extremists who have also banned non-Islamic music and targeted musicians in parts of rebel-held Syria, in a conflict that has killed 150,000. Is music really more sinful than such devastating violence? Darwish wants his film to focus on these kinds of questions, not on the politics of the civil war.
"Sometimes I find myself forced to use my cellphone for outdoor filming in excessively dangerous parts of the country since it's easier to hide in case I get stopped by armed forces," Darwish said, "and sometimes a borrowed camera from a friend for indoor interviews and concert footage." Mostly self-taught, Darwish collects cellphone clips from the front, DSLR clips from the road, and SLR clips from safer areas on a hard disk and cuts his film on a laptop at home—so long as the power stays on. "The lack of electricity is truly annoying," Darwish added. "For a while I even found myself going from one city to another just to follow the electricity … and that alone puts me at risk of getting blown to pieces along with my gear and footage."
"Today Aleppo is a shattered city," Massih writes on YouTube. "This very basement that we used to rehearse in is in an abandoned area now, or maybe destroyed."
His film follows Syria's metal pioneers from the cultural hub of Aleppo to the studio hub of Damascus, and to refuges as far as Beirut. Living between cities and unable to find other work in a broken economy, he has had to sacrifice almost everything to cover the costs of the film. "I had to sell many of my things," Darwish told me.
In 2013, Haroun created "Live Under Siege," a series of metal concerts at Buzz Cafe and other venues in Aleppo to urge underground youth not to turn against each other as fierce fighting broke out in the city. Darwish came to not only film the daring performances but also to play guitar, jamming beneath a noose someone hung satirically from the ceiling. One show took place on Christmas Eve, during one of the heaviest bombardments Aleppo witnessed during the war.
Monzer Darwish with members of the band chaos at Buzz Cafe in Aleppo, on December 24.
"I think [Darwish's filmmaking] is very important work," Massih told me by email from Beirut, "because it mixes the wars that are happening on the same ground and how they intersect. First, there is the war of being a heavy-metal musician in a small, 'third-world' country like Syria, and the problems you face here. The second war is the Syrian war itself, which is in my opinion a proxy war, and Syrians from all sides are just tools in it." (In the video below, Massih and drummer Aram Kalousdian finalize the musical arrangements for the song "Play the Pawn" in Aleppo in January 2012, before the city experienced its worst violence. "Today Aleppo is a shattered city," Massih writes on YouTube. "This very basement (Aram's) that we used to rehearse in is in an abandoned area now, or maybe destroyed.")
Why would Darwish risk so much to make a film about the heavy-metal scene in Syria's toughest, most divided cities? He says it's worth it to document how—when the country's warring factions are clamoring for young people to join the fight, to contribute to the inhumanity—Syrian youth are instead choosing to peacefully preserve humanity through art.
"My family and fiancée worry about me and my well-being," said Darwish, who has no plans to leave Syria. "I often find them in fear of me dying, yet they are quite supportive of me doing the things I do best in life."
"They still believe in me and the movie," he added.


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Distribución geográfica
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White Fright; Or, Why Are There No Black People in Haunted House Movies?
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The Black Die Young: The Internal Struggle of a Black Horror Movie Fan
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Interview with the Black Guy
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The Black Death: A Brief History of Black People Dying in Horror Movies
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Boss Up Here: The Revolutionary Legacy of Night of the Living Dead's Ben
Originally written for Salem Horror Fest One of my earliest memories of genuine horror fandom came in the mid-'80s when I popped a VHS tape of George Romero's Night of...
Today, the status of African Americans in horror films is tied intrinsically to the status of African Americans in cinema as a whole. That is, it has come a...
Ever since 2009's Paranormal Activity wrested the horror crown away from the Saw franchise, fright films featuring ghosts or demonic entities have ruled the genre, churning out hit after...
Originally published on MadAtoms.com You've seen him in every horror movie since 1984: the black guy who hangs out with a group of white people he has nothing in common...
Black Horror 101: A Brief History of African Americans in Horror Cinema
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Black Is Boo-Tiful When Jordan Peeele's Get Out became a breakout success in 2017, earning him the first Original Screenplay Oscar awarded to an African-American, "black horror movies" suddenly became...
Snakes on the Brain: Racial Representation in Snakes on a Plane
Like every other Internet gnome trolling the Web for treasure, I traced the progress of the film Snakes on a Plane for months, drinking in the online parodies and...


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package grapheditor_beta;

import edu.uci.ics.jung.algorithms.layout.AbstractLayout;
import edu.uci.ics.jung.algorithms.layout.StaticLayout;
import edu.uci.ics.jung.graph.DirectedSparseGraph;
import edu.uci.ics.jung.graph.Graph;
import edu.uci.ics.jung.visualization.GraphZoomScrollPane;
import edu.uci.ics.jung.visualization.VisualizationViewer;
import edu.uci.ics.jung.visualization.annotations.AnnotationControls;
import edu.uci.ics.jung.visualization.control.EditingModalGraphMouse;
import edu.uci.ics.jung.visualization.control.ModalGraphMouse;
import edu.uci.ics.jung.visualization.decorators.ToStringLabeller;
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.Graphics2D;
import java.awt.Paint;
import java.awt.Toolkit;
import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
import java.awt.print.PageFormat;
import java.awt.print.Printable;
import java.awt.print.PrinterException;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Random;
import java.util.Scanner;
import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
import javax.swing.ImageIcon;
import javax.swing.JComboBox;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JOptionPane;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import org.apache.commons.collections15.Transformer;
import org.apache.commons.collections15.functors.MapTransformer;
import org.apache.commons.collections15.map.LazyMap;

/**
 *
 * @author John Gasparis
 */
public final class GraphEditor implements Printable, GraphImpl {

    private final Graph<Number, Number> graph;
    private AbstractLayout<Number, Number> layout;
    private VisualizationViewer<Number, Number> visual;
    private GraphZoomScrollPane graphZoomPanel;
    private JPanel controls;
    private final VertexFactory vertexFactory;
    private final EdgeFactory edgeFactory;
    private final TransformerImpl tVertex;
    private Number[][] array;
    private static GraphEditor editor = null;

    public static void create(JFrame frame) {
        editor = new GraphEditor(frame);
    }

    /*
     *Class which implements Graph Editor
     *
     */
    private GraphEditor(JFrame frame) {

        graph = new DirectedSparseGraph<>();
        vertexFactory = new VertexFactory();
        edgeFactory = new EdgeFactory();
        tVertex = new TransformerImpl();

        createLayoutViewer();
        createZoomPanel();
        createGUI(frame);

    }

    /*
     *Creates the layout and the viewer
     *
     */
    @Override
    public void createLayoutViewer() {

        layout = new StaticLayout<>(graph, new Dimension(600, 600));

        visual = new VisualizationViewer<>(layout);

        visual.setBackground(Color.white);

        visual.getRenderContext().setVertexLabelTransformer(MapTransformer.<Number, String>getInstance(
                LazyMap.<Number, String>decorate(new HashMap<>(), new ToStringLabeller<>())));

        visual.getRenderContext().setEdgeLabelTransformer(MapTransformer.<Number, String>getInstance(
                LazyMap.<Number, String>decorate(new HashMap<>(), new ToStringLabeller<>())));

        visual.setVertexToolTipTransformer(visual.getRenderContext().getVertexLabelTransformer());

        final EditingModalGraphMouse<Number, Number> graphMouse =
                new EditingModalGraphMouse<>(visual.getRenderContext(), vertexFactory, edgeFactory);

        visual.setGraphMouse(graphMouse);
        visual.addKeyListener(graphMouse.getModeKeyListener());
        graphMouse.setMode(ModalGraphMouse.Mode.EDITING);

        AnnotationControls<Number, Number> annotationControls =
                new AnnotationControls<>(graphMouse.getAnnotatingPlugin());
        controls = new JPanel();

        JComboBox modeBox = graphMouse.getModeComboBox();
        controls.add(modeBox);
        controls.add(annotationControls.getAnnotationsToolBar());

    }

    /*
     *Creates the GraphZoomScrollPane
     *
     */
    @Override
    public void createZoomPanel() {
        graphZoomPanel = new GraphZoomScrollPane(visual);
        graphZoomPanel.repaint();
    }

    /*
     *Creates the appropriate gui
     *
     */
    private void createGUI(JFrame frame) {

        GraphGUI gui = new GraphGUI(frame, this);
        gui.setVisible(true);
        gui.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.DISPOSE_ON_CLOSE);
        gui.setResizable(false);
        gui.setSize(800, 600);

        Dimension screen = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getScreenSize();
        int x = (screen.width / 2) - (gui.getWidth() / 2);
        int y = (screen.height / 2) - (gui.getHeight() / 2);
        gui.setLocation(x, y);
    }

    /*
     *Clears the zoomPanel
     *
     */
    @Override
    public void clearZoomPanel() {
        graphZoomPanel.removeAll();
        graphZoomPanel.repaint();
    }

     /*
     *Writes the graph into an image file(jpg)
     *
     */
    @Override
    public void writeImage(File file) {
        int width = visual.getWidth();
        int height = visual.getHeight();

        BufferedImage bufferedImage = new BufferedImage(width, height,
                BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_RGB);

        Graphics2D graphics2D = bufferedImage.createGraphics();
        visual.paint(graphics2D);
        graphics2D.dispose();

        try {
            ImageIO.write(bufferedImage, "jpeg", file);
        } catch (Exception e) {
            JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "Error while saving image", "Error",  JOptionPane.ERROR_MESSAGE , new ImageIcon("images/icon.gif"));
        }
    }

     /*
     *Prints the graph
     *
     */
    @Override
    public int print(Graphics graphics, PageFormat pageFormat, int index) throws PrinterException {

        if (index > 0) {
            return Printable.NO_SUCH_PAGE;
        } else {
            Graphics2D graphics2D = (Graphics2D) graphics;
            visual.setDoubleBuffered(false);
            graphics2D.translate(pageFormat.getImageableX(), pageFormat.getImageableY());

            visual.paint(graphics2D);
            visual.setDoubleBuffered(true);

            return Printable.PAGE_EXISTS;
        }
    }

    @Override
    public void reset() {
        vertexFactory.reset();
        edgeFactory.reset();
    }

    /*
     *Makes nodes red
     *
     */
    @Override
    public void trasnformGraphDefault() {
        visual.getRenderContext().setVertexFillPaintTransformer(new Transformer<Number, Paint>() {

            @Override
            public Paint transform(Number arg0) {
                return Color.red;
            }
        });

        visual.repaint();
    }

    /*
     *Paints the node according to which strongly connected components belongs
     *
     */
    @Override
    public void transformGraph(File f, boolean type) {

        Scanner in;
        List<List<Number>> vec = new ArrayList<>();
        int safe;
        String temp;

        if (type) {
            try {

                in = new Scanner(f);
                safe = -1;
                while (in.hasNext()) {

                    temp = in.next();

                    if (temp.equals("Strongly")) {
                        vec.add(new ArrayList<>());
                        safe++;
                    }

                    try {
                        int k = Integer.parseInt(temp);
                        vec.get(safe).add((Number) k);
                    }
                    catch (NumberFormatException nfe) { }
                }
            }

            catch (FileNotFoundException ex) {
                JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "Error while opening the file...", "Error",  JOptionPane.ERROR_MESSAGE , new ImageIcon("images/icon.gif"));
            }

            tVertex.setNumbers(vec);
        }

        visual.getRenderContext().setVertexFillPaintTransformer(tVertex);
        visual.repaint();

        SCCImpl scc = new SCCImpl(vec, array);
        scc.setSize(800, 600);
        scc.setVisible(true);
        scc.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.DISPOSE_ON_CLOSE);
    }

    @Override
    public GraphZoomScrollPane getGraphZoomScrollPane() {
        return graphZoomPanel;
    }

    @Override
    public JPanel getPanel() {
        return controls;
    }

    @Override
    public Graph<Number, Number> getGraph() {
        return graph;
    }

    public VisualizationViewer<Number, Number> getViewer() {
        return visual;
    }

    @Override
    public void setArray(Number[][] ar) {
        array = new Number[ar.length][ar.length];

        for (int i = 0; i < ar.length; i++) {
            System.arraycopy(ar[i], 0, array[i], 0, ar.length);
        }
    }
    /*
     *Transform implementation
     *
     */
    private class TransformerImpl implements Transformer<Number, Paint> {

        private List<List<Number>> vNumbers;

        @Override
        public Paint transform(Number arg0) {

            Random r = new Random();
            float f1, f2, f3;
            Iterator<List<Number>> itF = vNumbers.iterator();
            int level = -1;
            boolean found;

            while (itF.hasNext()) {
                found = false;
                level++;
                Iterator<Number> itS = itF.next().iterator();

                while (itS.hasNext()) {
                    if (itS.next() == arg0) {
                        found = true;
                    }
                }

                if (found) {
                    break;
                }
            }

            r.setSeed(level * 101);
            f1 = (Math.abs(r.nextFloat())) % 255 + 1;
            f2 = (Math.abs(r.nextFloat())) % 255 + 1;
            f3 = (Math.abs(r.nextFloat())) % 255 + 1;
            return Color.getHSBColor(f1, f2, f3);
        }

        public void setNumbers(List<List<Number>> v) {
            vNumbers = v;
        }
    }

}


You wouldn't expect to find a collection of adorable gifts for kids in a store filled with items that call to mind world travel and quirky design, but that's exactly what they have. Stuffed animals (unicorns!), cute patches, cookie cutters, and vintage-esq games aside, they have Super Hero Capes. Yes, you read that right. Super. Hero. Capes. Need we say more?
Creative types will love the funky, kitschy treasure trove of items that can be found at ShopSCAD. Every item has been designed by a Savannah College of Art and Design student or faculty member, past and present, including illustrated children's books and hand sewn stuffed animals. This is also a great spot to grab a gift for a younger sibling or child of a SCAD grad while supporting hard working artists.
There is no greater gift for a child than the gift of reading. Far off lands, daring sword fights, a prince in disguise – you get the drift. Kids want to live Where The Wild Things Are, and the collection at E. Shaver will help them get there. Fuel their imagination with mythical monsters, Ripley's Believe It or Not!, and Wizardology. They'll disappear into another world before the desserts are brought out.


One of the best things about volunteering (and the list is LONG) is getting a "behind the scenes" look at how local people really live. The smells and sounds and sights behind the safaris and sailing trips – these are the bits that really make me feel connected … and alive. And here in Zanzibar – we are literally living and working right smack in the middle of two villages.
The African Impact volunteers (who come from all over the world) – five dolphin & marine focused and six others working on the local education project – live in Jambiani at "Grand", a cluster of white-washed bungalows nestled right up against the Indian ocean. I can hear the waves from my simple twin bed in the room I share with two other volunteers. We eat delicious collective meals at a long wooden table situated under a steeply vaulted ceiling constructed from palm fronds and rope made from coconuts. Oh – and it's outside. With a view of the pale blue-green ocean. Though it's far from luxurious, it's not too shabby.
Jambiani is situated on a long, white sand beach with a few hotels scattered here and there. But we spend more time in the village behind the beach front … swinging by the "Marine shop" for cold soda and ginger digestive biscuits that are inevitably softened by the salty sea air. Even better – every Wednesday we get to have "local meal" at one of the villager's homes. One of the beautiful women cooks up bowls of soft, seasoned potatoes and curried cabbage and roughly chopped vegetables cooked with fragrant ginger and tomatoes along with squid and chicken and freshly made chapatti (the local flat bread that resembles a thick tortilla). Flasks of hot spice tea are passed around to fill a mish-mash of mugs and the entire dinner is usually followed by bittersweet oranges and, when we're lucky, freshly made "doughnuts" (fried dough laden with sugar and fresh cinnamon). We gobble down all this delicious fare seated cross-legged on packed sand "floors" – usually under the stars, often with our generous hostess looking on to make sure everyone has enough to eat. As you may guess – it's a weekly highlight.
The marine & dolphin volunteers also get to spend a lot of our time in another village 25 minutes away… Kizimkaze is the local fishing village from which we launch our dolphin monitoring boat and head out into the wild blue. We get to know these villagers quite well as it's terribly important that we gain their respect so we can function effectively in their midst. The marine project manager has done a terrific job of befriending the locals… Mr. Pandu (or Mr. Beard as we lovingly call him – referring to the long soul patch that falls from his chin) is our main point of contact – renting us his boats and communicating with the local fishermen to help supply us with critical information for our fishing practice research.
We assess local fishing methods to determine how the locals handle endangered species. Sadly – concern for conservation isn't really on their radar … like with the dolphins it's all about the mighty dollar (or shillings in local currency) so they'll fish for and catch anything. For instance we recently walked up to their fish cleaning area (a huge cement slab upon which voracious, skinny local cats inevitably perch) and found them cleaning a handful of small reef sharks – and sadly several were pregnant … their tiny little shark babies falling out of their stomachs when the fisherman's massive knife opened their bellies. With time the project managers hope to educate these men about the ills of these practices. But for now we merely take out our iPhones and photograph the carnage.
On a happier note, we also got a fabulous village tour from endearlingly well-intentioned Rama, our very own Conservation Club Assistant Supervisor (the first and only!). He is perhaps 14 years old and he showed up for our tour sporting a jaunty, homemade banana leaf hat. At first he appeared shy, speaking toward the sandy ground in a quiet voice. But as soon as he got rolling about the local banana and coconut harvests he couldn't be stopped. I had no idea there was so much to say about banana varieties and so many things to do with coconuts!
He walked us around his village, joyously showing us the "dump" (where the villages just throw their waste … a sad sight to see), the senior villager's home, the chicken "coops" and other important highlights. He then led us to his own home where he lives with his mother and siblings. We toured their lovely little cement brick house with the open air "living room" and then he pointed to the corner. There stood the toilet – a huge luxury in these parts. He explained proudly that he and his brother had saved for over two years in order to purchase it for his mother. As he escorted us out of the tiny house and, with a huge toothy grin on his face, he insisted we snap a picture of he and his family … which to this day remains one of my favorite from the trip.
The memories I will hold from these local interactions will remain forever vivid – likely even more so than the colorful sunsets and stunning, multi-hued ocean views. Sadly, I haven't had an easy time grasping Swahili, but I hope that the communication – be it smiles or thumbs held up or small bows of gratitude – has conveyed to these lovely people how much I appreciate, adore and respect them.
Like many of my volunteer experiences, my time here in Zanzibar is nearly impossible to condense into a few paragraphs. There's just so much to share… So I'll just try to cobble together a few stories and see where that takes us.
The first day "on project" started early as the other four volunteers and our project coordinator and I crammed into the van to get to Kizimkaze – a small fishing village where our "headquarters" are located. We hurtled down the road at breakneck speed (as one does in Tanzania … fast driving seems to be a thing), with some hip hop tunes by local African artists blaring from the speakers. When we arrived, we tumbled out and headed to the "office" … a portion of an open-air restaurant with the most amazing view where the volunteer team completes our data entry and hangs out between trips out into the ocean and over to the fish market.
Morning view from the fishing village.
After we arrived around 6:45am, we all piled into a medium-sized, fiber boat with a small motor and headed out looking for dolphins … and tourists. Part of the project I'm working on is dedicated to assessing how the local tourist boat drivers behave among the dolphins with the goal of helping preserve the dolphins and their local habitat. More on that later.
That first sight of the dolphins was magic – seeing their shimmering bodies gliding through the aquamarine water is something I'll never see without my breath catching. But at the same time, I felt like crying. They were being harassed by the boats who were zooming toward and, at one point, over them. Finned, masked, snorkled tourists would throw themselves in the water as soon as they neared, hoping to get as close as possible to these beautiful beasts.
I sat slack-jawed, and soon began to steam. And then I started feeling super self-righteous and judgemental. How could these idiotic tourists behave with so little intelligence and care – so little grace? THEY were the animals… And I grumbled about the boat drivers … screaming under my breath (is that even possible?) as they gunned their motors at the first sight of a fin, screaming off to beat their competition, positioning their boats to trap the poor dolphins so they couldn't escape. It was mayhem. It was chaos. It was … just really very, very sad.
But that is why we were there. These boat drivers don't really know any better. They've never been trained to understand dolphins or safety or environmental respect. They are there for the job. They are there to make money. And these, I promise you, are not judgemental words. I have seen how these people live. It's not poverty per se … most of those I've seen living on this island don't live with much but they have a village life that works. They have food to eat and a roof over their head. And a community that works together to provide. They seem happy. Very happy actually. But – I would imagine a boat driving job is in high demand. And happy clients means more tips, more job security. And a client who actually gets to swim with dolphins is a happy, tip-paying client.
Many might think, well why can't you just tell them how to behave? But with every day I spend doing developmental volunteer work – I learn that nothing is as simple as it might seem. It takes time. It takes understanding behavior. And gaining trust and respect. This project I'm working with started over two years ago and we are now just starting to work on workshops that will be given to these men. So they will hopefully be more CAREful with the dolphins. But this education won't likely happen right away. Politics and language barriers and custom … everything comes into play.
So we will continue to drive our boat out into the ocean and unpack our clipboards and count the number of times the dolphins surface amidst the chaos. And the number of times the boats drive at high speed in their midst. And my eyes will likely continue to well up as I watch this dance. And I'll just have to continue to hope that what we're doing will ultimately make a difference. God I hope we can make a difference.
Postnote: apologies for the lack of photos on this one. Dolphins are very, very difficult to photograph. Especially in these circumstances. And I didn't feel the silly tourists and the busy boats warranted a picture.
A few steps out my front door.
OK – I'll admit it. I have been almost ceaseless lazy since I arrived in Zanzibar five days ago. I attribute my sloth to a multitude of things … a dodgy stomach upon arrival, not one but two days in which I allowed the sun to burn me to a crisp (you'd think I would have learned the first time) … leaving me writhing in bed all night – my legs resembling sticks of cinnamon chewing gum (ruddy red covered with a thin veil of white, chalky dust – which in this case is the powdery sand that infiltrates everything). But really – I think my body just needed a break. Day after day of hauling donkey legs around in dilapidated wheelbarrows in 100 degree heat will slow a girl down.
So I decided to listen to my body and, for the most part, just chill out. This M.O. is fairly foreign to me … the one who views being uber productive and "getting sh*t done" as a badge of honor. Thankfully – Zanzibar seems as if it was built expressly for relaxation – and the beach on which I'm staying continues to offer up ample entertainment no less than a few slow footsteps outside my door.
On the first morning … gassy mopeds whizzed by followed by slower bicycles laden with one boy, two boys, three boys (but never girls …?). A few other gangly teenagers sat in an old, box-like contraption as a poor, skinny donkey ran them down the beach, weaving about to avoid the shallow waves. Multitudes of local kids ran around – some trying to impress with cartwheels and back flips off low sand hills.
And then there is the daily parade of animals. I already mentioned Zawadi – the sweet, skinny dog who welcomed me on my first day (I later learned her name is really Lilly but I'm sticking with Zawadi as she continues to be a huge blessing) and ceaselessly greets me every morning – often hanging by my lazy side for most of the day.
But in addition to my sweet canine friend I have encountered … a herd of cows out for a morning stroll, a pack of puppies who, along with their watchful mother, tore across the beach to literally nip at my heals (that is, until they spotted the meandering cows … then they were off like beagles after a fox). There are errant goats and a scattering of roosters.
Puppies! I mean … come on!!
And let's not forget the tiny, pale beige crabs who almost blend in with the oatmeal-colored sand – until a wisp of wind blows their cover, picking them up off the ground and floating them in every direction for all to see. When they land, they look momentarily discombobulated and then start their magical, skittering dance again.
With all this entertainment, I have to say that perhaps my most treasured sighting came earlier this morning – right before noon. I was reclining on a chaise lounge (covered in 100 SPF and set up square under a solid thatched covering, thank-you-very-much) when I glanced up from my tattered paperback murder mystery (which I was happy to find amongst all the German and Dutch version of Dan Brown books left on the hotel's heavy oak tables).
As I gazed at the large wooden boat that I had looked at day after day from this very perch, I spotted a man climb aboard. Which wasn't too out of the ordinary – except it was low tide and the old boat was teetering on its side, stuck in the sand. As I watched, the man stood on one of the boat's benches and became very still. Then he slowly lowered himself down to kneel – and then prostrated himself on the narrow piece of wood. Then he rose and started again. The wind was blowing the heavy leaves surrounding me but it felt as if silence descended. I couldn't look away … even though I felt like I was an interloper. He continued with his prayers, rising and falling… rising and falling. And then he stood – silent and still. Then, he held onto the boat, threw his legs over the side, delicately jumped into the shallow blue water and sauntered away.
A beautiful boat for prayer.
"Ahhh – you are very most welcome to Zanzibar, Kathryn!" sang Abu when I told him it was my fist visit to his country. I use the word "sing" because I want to find some way to describe the magical manner of speaking of this jolly African man who gathered me at the airport upon my arrival. Waiting with a simply drawn sign and a huge smile on his face, Abu greeted me like a long lost friend and when he gently added, "You will please sit next to me in the front seat?" – I became immediately smitten with Zanzibar and its people.
When I didn't think he could get any more cheerful, he abruptly pulled his minivan to the side of the road in front of a pretty woman wearing a bright blue and yellow printed kanga* draped over her head and another printed one around her body. "Who might this be?" Abu asked gleefully. Before I could answer, he continued, "Ah it my beautiful wife!!" I rolled down the window when we stopped and gave her the paper parcel Abu handed me – receiving her warm greeting and desperately wishing I had learned more Swahili before I arrived in Zanzibar. "Hello!" I responded enthusiastically … and we were off.
Soon Abu stopped his minivan again – escorting me to an array of rickity roadside tables laden with fruit. He helped me pick out a bunch of tiny bright yellow bananas and diminutive mangoes ("Sorry my friend, not in season right now," he, warned, "but delicious!") and a few green oranges. We then continued our journey – slowing down as the skies opened and hard rain poured down for a hot minute, shuttling past gangs of children coming from school – all dresssed in various uniforms, usually bright royal blue, and looking impossibly starched and perfect in the humid afternoon sun.
The first hour of our trip sped by so I wanted to be sure to ask the myriad of questions on my mind. "Abu … do you like seafood?" I queried. "Ahhhh – how very much do I love seafood!" he responded … spending the next few minutes talking about his favorite varieties. And then I asked the million dollar question. "And what about octopus?" "AAIIHHH!!" he cried – his eyes rolling back and his already huge grin taking over the rest of his face. He could hardly contain himself – such was his love of this delicacy. So we spent the rest of the ride talking about his beloved eight-footed sea creature along with the spices his lovely wife uses (chief among them ginger, cinnamon, cardamom … it is Spice Island after all) and every other culinary question I could think to ask.
When we finally pulled up at the Matemwe Beach Village, I was sad to say goodbye to my new friend. But he had erased any concern I had about being by myself on this island for the next several days. I felt utterly welcomed. And I'm happy to report that the warm people who work here where I am staying have carried on Abu's tradition of warmth and friendliness. And I can't wait to tell you about my best new friend Zawadi** … the local dog who adopted me on my second day here, staying by my side throughout the morning and afternoon – as if placed into my life to make sure I know I am not alone. Stay tuned!
* Try as I might, I could not figure out an accurate description of the local Muslim dress worn by women in Zanzibar. I don't believe it's called a traditional hijab or a buibui – so I chose "kanga" which is a brightly colored square of fabric or sarong.
There are countless commands given during a lion walk. And I'm using the word "command" intentionally. Our highly trained lion handlers are not giving mere suggestions. When I hear "watch your back" – I quickly look over my shoulder, determine which way a lion will be passing and step aside – giving him or her a wide berth.
"OK, we go," is another command – meaning it's time to move on to another location. This might be because it's simply time to get the lions moving again after a lazy session on the banks of the Zambezi. Or it might be because one of the scouts has spotted wild elephant or buffalo in the area and we need to scram. Regardless of the reasoning, when I hear these instructions, I listen.
The words "C'mon, C'mon" are not a command directed at us. This one is for the lions. The handlers use it to get them moving. As volunteers, we are encouraged to call it out when the lions are lollygagging or lounging too long. These words are inevitably sung out countless times as we traipse through the bush. And at some point, the lions usually drag themselves away from their spots in the shade or their perches on the banks of the river and lumber along after us. Though I often think to myself that they look like they'd much rather stay put.
As my time here in Zambia comes to a close, I'm becoming more reflective. And the other day one of the handlers, Cephas (a biblical name pronounced "Kay-fass"), called out to us, "OK, we go." And I thought to myself, "Yeah… OK, we go" – not thinking about unfolding myself up off the comfortable, shaded log I was sitting on but rather that it's getting close to the time when I'll need to depart. To move on from Zambia. And as I sit here typing, gazing out at the still river during my mini-break on Bovu Island, I feel like I want to throw up. I don't want to leave Zambia. I want to stay put. It hasn't been long enough. How can the next part of this journey possibly live up to this past month? These people I've met – the handlers and the project staff and the volunteers – how can anyone possibly compare to them? And the lions!? What about the lions? Will I ever get to stroke a lion's hot-from-the-Zambian-sun fur as it slides past me again? And… cue the tears. Dammit.
Of course I have no idea what's to come. No doubt there will be magic and mayhem and mystery and all of that. For now – I think I just need to try to behave as I do during my beloved lion walks. Be present. Stop thinking about what transpired in the past or what may happen in the future. Because I might just miss something. Like a brilliant black and white kingfisher dive-bombing fish in the Zambezi. Or a mama baboon quickly scurrying across the lawn, her twin babies clinging to her stomach. Or, god forbid, a call from my new friend Happy telling me to watch my back because a naughty lion is galloping toward me – looking overly interested in tumbling into my bare ankles.
"Don't panic," Cara said to Nina, another volunteer walking with our group on this morning's lion walk. A few moments before I had thought I'd heard something suspicious but I shook it off… there are always odd noises out in the bush. But then we heard some loud rustling and then an even louder trumpet call … definitely an elephant. Soon after that one of our guides, Sunday, came crashing through a heavily treed area, running faster than I've ever seen him run. And then, from Cara …" RUN!!!" I hadn't realized that I had grabbed someone's arm, gripping it tightly during the melee. I can't even recall at this point whose arm it was. But I quickly dropped it and took off after Cara and Nina and Sunday – speedily negotiating heavily-thorned bushes that I traditionally walked gingerly around. We only ran for a minute or two at the most, until we were out of harm's way, but it felt like an eternity. I didn't even give a second thought to where the lions were during our sprint. None of us did. Safety was all that mattered.
So – quite an interesting start to the day it would seem. However, in actuality my day had started much earlier. At around 5:30 in the morning I had rolled over, searched for my headlamp and peered at my iPhone to discover the time. Figuring the sun would soon rise I decided to start my day and, since it was a rare morning with power, I quickly opened Facebook to see what was happening on the other side of the world. The first post I read made me sit up straight. My dear friend Amy's father had passed away suddenly. And she wrote the most beautiful tribute … tinged with sadness but also brimming with deep love. Reading about the passing of this man I never knew really struck me hard. And reminded me of the preciousness and fragility of life. Again. Just yesterday I read a post from another friend, announcing the return of her cancer. While I am thankful that I only know a handful of women who were diagnosed with breast cancer around the same time as me, I am saddened that this makes two who have had a reoccurrence. Sobering. Very sobering.
So between the news of death and cancer and this morning's threatening walk … today I am left a bit … how to explain it? Obviously saddened by the news and a bit rattled by the walk. But really? Alive. Newly aware and appreciative of my lot in life. My zest for sucking up every ounce of life every second of every day is reinvigorated. And I know this will wane again as time goes by. But for now … I find myself grinning as I collect fresh elephant dung to make toys for the lions and can't wait for what's next – whatever that may be.


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What's on for World Cup today?!
We are down to 12 teams in the Round of 16!
What an entertaining weekend! 7 goals in regulation for France vs. Argentina and 2 penalty shoot outs in one day between Spain and Russia and Croatia and Denmark.
Argentina, Portugal, Spain and Denmark have all gone home!
The match between Brazil and Mexico this morning at 9am Ja time is highly anticipated.
In the afternoon, Japan is up versus Belgium.
Stay tuned to Suga Lifestyle's Facebook page for World Cup Russia updates!
Today is D-Day for Lionel Messi and Argentina!
Argentina's coach has been sidelined! He has allegedly been putting players in positions they are not accustomed to or played in, hence the poor results so far. Messi and his team will be in charge of choosing persons to play versus Nigeria today in their match of elimination, since they currently sit at the bottom of the table. A convincing win over Nigeria is a MUST, but Argentina's fate of moving beyond the group stage also depends on the Croatia-Iceland match.
So Denmark and Australia will play hard to move on from Group C today as they face France and Peru respectively at 9am Ja time, but all eyes will be on Group D at 1pm Ja time!
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Wozniacki Wins the Australian Open and her 1st Grand Slam Title!
The moment when Caroline Wozniacki won her 1st Grand Slam title at the Australian Open last night.
The moment of Wozniacki's tennis life occurred last night! She surely proved Suga wrong. After being on the circuit for 12 years with tough losses, she finally came through in an epic 3-setter versus Simona Halep and won 7-6, 3-6, 6-4.
What made the difference last night? Wozniacki played a smart game, had a strong serve and went for every ball, consistently getting it back over the net. It set the tone early in the match giving her the initial break for her to go up 2-0 in the 1st set.
Halep came back strong to make the 1st set a tiebreak but still lost it. She had to work hard to earn the 2nd set. She does well when she has to fight from behind.
What was the game changer?
Even though Halep took a medical time out during the match, in the 3rd set, Halep was up 4-3 and Wozniacki took a medical time out to strap up her left knee. Halep probably had too much time to think. Wozniacki came back from the medical time out and broke her to make it 4-all in the 3rd and held her serve to go up 5-4. Then at 5-4 (15-15) with Halep on serve, the umpire made a horrible call to overrule the linesman who called Wozniacki's ball out. The umpire said that they had to replay the point. Halep challenged the call and was right, so was the linesman, because the ball was indeed out. Halep went up 30-0 with a chance to get closer to 5-all. But emotions of anger probably set in and she followed up that play with a double-fault, making it 30-30. Then Wozniacki won an amazing rally for match point and followed through with it to win her first Grand Slam title!
Congratulations to both ladies for putting it all out there. It was obviously a devastating loss for Simona Halep who was clearly physically drained from her hard road to the finals and after what was like a final with Angelique Kerber in the semis. Halep still has some growing to do emotionally. She is not a different Simona just yet. Hopefully we will see her follow through in more finals in the future.
The women's field without Serena Williams is definitely stepping up and it's great to see.
Congrats again to Caroline Wozniacki for never giving up and winning her 1st Grand slam title and reclaiming World #1!


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Bog plants and bird feeder
there are things to wonder about everywhere!
Just after mid-May, the alders and cottonwoods were suddenly (so it seemed) in full leaf, the fresh, bright green a pleasant contrast with the dark conifers. Even the blueberries and other understory shrubs made a new layer of green above the mosses. Hermit thrushes added their welcome voices to the canopy and fox sparrows tuned up in the thickets.
Early in the fourth week of May, I poked around in some low-elevation bogs (muskegs). Several species were beginning to flower—bog blueberry with deep pink buds and young flowers, bog laurel with broad, pink petals, and bog rosemary with small, pink flowers. The white flowers of trailing raspberry (or five-leaf bramble) starred the mosses under the scattered trees. The distinctive few-flowered sedge was surprisingly colorful, with vibrant green leaves and a yellowish inflorescence. An unidentified sedge with pale green leaves was common but only a few were yet in flower. Labrador tea, lupines, and buckbean were budding. Round-leaf sundews were still just tiny rosettes, their sticky, insect-catching leaves glittering in the sun.
I found a single specimen of a weird little herb (Geocaulon lividum) sometimes called bastard toadflax , but also known as pumpkinberry or timberberry or other common names. Seldom common, it is nevertheless widely distributed across northern North America. It's a hemiparasite—getting some of its nutrition from its green leaves and some by parasitizing the roots of other plants. It's not fussy about its host plants; it parasitizes anything and everything from pine trees and blueberry bushes to asters and horsetails to sedges and grasses and even others of its own species.
Photo by David Bergeson
This plant makes only a few small inflorescences; each inflorescence typically has three flowers, usually one female flower in the middle, flanked by two male flowers that drop off eventually. The open flowers are dull yellowish-green with purple marks and I'm guessing they are pollinated by flies or beetles. The orange-red fruits are few, each one with a single seed. Very little seems to be known about seed germination and dispersal. But the seeds are sometimes harvested and cached by Arctic ground squirrels up north and presumably eaten, perhaps sometimes dispersed, by other rodents. It seems likely that birds would take the colorful, fleshy fruit and potentially disperse the seeds.
The fruit has plenty of sugar in it, especially when fully ripe at the end of the season (usually late summer). Estimates of sugar content found that each fruit has about thirty milligrams of sugar, which is more than blueberries or most other fruits in Southeast. Despite the sugar content, the fruit is reported to be just barely edible or tasteless to humans.
Here at home, there's lots of action on the pond. As many as five male mallards gather, all good pals now that their lady friends are incubating eggs. That changes, though, when one late-nesting (or re-nesting) couple shows up, and the male of that pair harasses the peaceful gang, keeping them well away from his mate.
The bird feeders are busy places. Siskins, juncos, chickadees, and nuthatches visit the seed feeder that hangs over the pond. A jay slams into the side of that feeder, knocking cascades of seeds down for the ducks.
The peanut-butter feeders are the most fun. They're just little blocks of wood with pits drilled into them, to hold a small gob of peanut butter. Chickadees and nuthatches went crazy over them, but now the juncos almost monopolize them. Juncos are not nearly as agile as the smaller birds, but they cling and stretch (and often fall off) to get a nice bite. Sometimes they perch on the deck railing and fly up to stab and grab out a bill-full.
The jay does the stab-and-grab method too, but he's a bit rougher, hitting one of the smaller peanut-butter feeders hard enough to knock it off its hanger, so it fell to the deck and broke into four pieces. But that's not the end of the jay's mischief. It has started to come to the deck railing to scarf up leftover bits of cat food that I commonly leave out for a raven. One day that jay made off with a whole set of chicken ribs, a load that it could barely carry to a nearby tree. The raven was out of luck again.
Author onthetrailsjuneauPosted on May 24, 2020 May 24, 2020 Tags bird feeders, hemiparasites, juneau, mallards, mary willson, timberberry, toadflax
Columbia Spotted Frogs
a glimpse of some little-known local amphibians
A friend told me about a place where frogs were breeding, so I went to look. Not a frog in sight, except for a pair of legs disappearing under an algal mat. But I went back a few hours later, when the day had warmed up, and there they were—at least a dozen of them. The males were singing, if one can call it that: the 'song' is a series of grunts, and different males sang on slightly different pitches. Occasionally an eager male approached another frog and tried to grab it from behind, which is the usual position for fertilizing eggs as they emerge from a female. Males have sturdy forearms and strong thumbs for the purpose of holding a female in an embrace called amplexus. But as I watched, the male was kicked off by the presumed female; either she wasn't ready to mate or 'she' was really another 'he'.
Those singing frogs are probably Columbia spotted frogs, which are native to Southeast Alaska, occurring chiefly in the transboundary river valleys. How they got to Juneau is not known—possibly with help from humans. However, in recent years, they have been seen in several places in the Mendenhall Valley and, a few years ago, specimens were sent to an expert for genetic analysis, which determined the species identity.
Photo by Kerry Howard
Columbia spotted frogs hibernate in ponds, springs, beaver dams, and under stream cut-banks where it doesn't freeze and moisture has adequate dissolved oxygen for them to breathe (through the skin). However, they are not dormant in winter; they can move around, sometimes several meters underwater to a new wintering spot. Come spring, males emerge first; they (unusual for amphibians) then choose an egg-laying site in warm, shallow water. Later-emerging females (up to 100mm long) find the males' chosen sites. They are larger than males (up to about 70mm) and can lay hundreds of eggs in a globular mass.
Each fertilized egg is surrounded by two jelly layers and takes up to three weeks to hatch; the time is shorter when the water is warm. The tadpoles are about eight millimeters long when they hatch. They can grow up to ninety millimeters (total length) by the time they lose their tails, grow legs, and look like little frogs, but some transform at smaller sizes. If conditions are right, they may transform in their first summer, but otherwise they can hibernate until the next year. The froglets grow but don't become sexually mature for two to six years, depending on conditions. Males mature at an earlier age than females but have shorter lives, on average. Adults can live for several years: in some regions up to about twelve years for females and ten years for males, but elsewhere just seven years for females and three for males.
The frogs feed primarily on a variety of small insects but also eat snails, worms, and (rarely) a tadpole. Tadpoles are typically herbivorous: they scrape vegetation and filter the fragments; they also filter detritus and occasionally scrape a dying tadpole.
Spotted frogs show a fair degree of site fidelity for breeding and hibernation. They can travel quite long distances overland, from a hibernation site to a breeding site. Then they may move to a summer feeding site and eventually back to a hibernation site. Travels up to about six hundred meters long have been recorded.
This species, along with other amphibians in North America, is at risk from a lethal fungus infection that has decimated other amphibian populations. Spotted frogs (and our western toads, wood frogs, and other native amphibians) are legally protected: one is not allowed to "hold, transport, or release" them without a permit from ADFG.
Author onthetrailsjuneauPosted on May 24, 2020 Tags alaska, columbia spotted frog, frog, juneau, mary willson, Rana luteiventris


Home Lifestyle Is Apple Cider Vinegar Good for Weight Loss?
Apple Cider Vinegar offers countless health benefits. Apple cider vinegar is easily available and you make sure that you buy apple cider vinegar and keep it at your home. The main component of apple cider vinegar is acetic acid. We looked at the findings of some animal studies which showed that apple cider vinegar promotes weight loss in a number of ways. What do you actually mean when you say you want to lose weight? We don't know what you have answered, but, generally, we have seen that most of the people want to lose fat when they say they want to lose weight.
Acetic acid found in the apple cider vinegar helps promote fat burning. Basically, consistent use of acetic acid increases the genes responsible for fat burning. Which automatically leads to less body fat buildup. You must have seen some celebrities like Megan Fox talking about their apple cider vinegar diets. They tell us how apple cider vinegar has helped them achieve their weight loss goals. So, go and buy apple cider vinegar now, if you really want to enjoy a number of health benefits it offers. Most of the people who want to lose weight, cannot control their hunger. When you are eating food after every 2 or 3 hours it actually means more calories. When you consume apple cider vinegar, you will have more control over your hunger. The acetic acid help you control your appetite which significantly lowers your food intake. When your food intake reduces, you will stop gaining more weight. But you need to do something about the fat already stored in your body. Studies have shown that consistent use of apple cider vinegar can help reduce belly fat storage and liver fat.
These days we hear about a lot of weight loss programs. We have seen that most of the weight loss products contain ingredients which give you the feeling of satiety and you don't feel like eating anything for 2 to 3 hours or even more. You can achieve the same thing by using apple cider vinegar. Just buy apple cider vinegar and make it an important part of your diet. Apple cider vinegar gives you feeling of fullness. Moreover, pectin found in apples suppresses your appetite and makes you feel more satisfied. Apple cider vinegar also contains pectin. Another study found that taking vinegar with a high carb food significantly lowers blood sugar response after 1 hour of eating.
Some diet experts recommend drinking vinegar before eating meal. They are of view that it reduces blood sugar spikes that generally occur after eating a high carb meal. People who are already following a weight loss program may know that how important it is to control blood sugar. Acetic acid found in apple cider vinegar helps control blood sugar. According to the findings of a study, taking 2 tablespoon of apple cider vinegar before bedtime can reduce fasting blood sugar in the morning by 4%. Basically, the high carb meal you eat contains disaccharidases and acetic acid stops it from being absorbed into the blood.
You can also research on your own to see if apple cider vinegar can really help you with your weight loss objectives. Internet is full of researches and studies which establish a direct relation between apple cider vinegar and losing weight. So, don't wonder if you see someone buying apple cider vinegar in the market. Now the health benefits of apple cider vinegar are widely recognized. Don't hesitate to buy apple cider vinegar because it is too low in calories. You will be surprised to know tablespoon of apple cider vinegar contains only 3 calories.


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Quindici anni e incinta (Fifteen and Pregnant) è un film televisivo drammatico americano del 1998 con Kirsten Dunst, Park Overall e David Andrews. Basato su una storia vera, la Dunst interpreta una ragazza di 15 anni incinta. Il film è stato presentato in anteprima su Lifetime nel 1998.

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Il film inizia con la quattordicenne Tina che fa sesso con il suo nuovo ragazzo, Ray. Ray in seguito termina la sua relazione con Tina, dicendole che deve concentrarsi sui suoi obiettivi atletici. Quando Tina scopre che il suo ciclo è iniziato, ne è estremamente sollevata. Al suo 15º compleanno, Tina è scoraggiata perché un altro compleanno è passato e non ha un ragazzo.

Tra Tina e sua madre sorgono tensioni quando sono in macchina insieme e ascoltano un programma radiofonico in cui il commentatore fa commenti sull'alto numero di adolescenti che rimangono incinte. La madre di Tina chiede a sua figlia se conosce qualcuno che è sessualmente attivo o se è mai stata sessualmente attiva. Tina è evasiva e dà una risposta non impegnativa. Lei e la sua amica Laurie, una giovane madre rimasta incinta a diciassette anni, frequentano una clinica per la salute sessuale dove viene confermato che Tina sta aspettando un bambino.

Tutto arriva a una svolta quando Laurie dice a Tina di dire a sua madre della gravidanza. Sua madre, una cristiana conservatrice, è scioccata ma a causa delle sue convinzioni decide di aiutare sua figlia. Suo padre è meno turbato e conforta sua figlia. Quando Tina lo dice a Ray, lui finge di essere felice. Tina inizia ad andare a "lezioni di parto"

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AlphaFold è un programma di intelligenza artificiale sviluppato da DeepMind (Alphabet/Google) per predire la struttura tridimensionale delle proteine.
Il programma è stato progettato come un sistema di deep learning.

il software di AlphaFold è stato rilasciato in due versioni. La prima nel 2018 AlphaFold 1 col quale un'equipe di ricercatori si è posizionata al primo posto del 13° Critical Assessment of Techniques for Protein Structure Prediction (Valutazione critica di tecniche per la predizione della struttura delle proteine).

Con la versione AlphaFold 2 del 2020 si posiziona nuovamente al 1º posto nel torneo CASP.. L'equipe ha raggiunto un livello di accuratezza distaccando nettamente tutti gli altri
Ha raggiunto un ponteggio superiore a 90 per circa i 2/3 delle proteine del Global distance test di CASP, un test che misura il grado di un programma computazionale di predire una struttura proteica- comparata ad una struttura determinata in un esperimento di laboratorio, con valore 100 come riscontro perfetto.

Il 22 luglio 2021 viene pubblicato la base dati AlphaFold Protein Structure Database con uno sforzo congiunto tra alphafold e EMBL-EBI (Istituto europeo di bioinformatica) che contiene quasi tutte le strutture proteiche predette (365.000 ca.) del proteoma umano UniProt e di 20 organismi modello

Il 28 luglio 2022 vengono pubblicate le strutture di oltre 200 milioni di proteine.

Sempre nel 2022, il software rivale Meta AI ha predetto la struttura di 600 milioni di proteine.

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 Open access to protein structure predictions for the human proteome and 20 other key organisms presso l'istituto European Bioinformatics Institute
 CASP 14
 AlphaFold: The making of a scientific breakthrough, DeepMind, via YouTube.
 ColabFold (), version for homooligomeric prediction and complexes
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Sony is not waterproof
by Nick Farrell on14 September 2015
Will not guarantee you if you get it wet
All those adverts with pictures of a Sony in a glass of water might be a little misleading.
Sony has changed its guidelines where it admits that its Xperia Z5 smartphone is not exactly waterproof and putting it in water will void the warrantly.
Waterproofing has long been a key selling point of the Xperia line and it is actually waterproof. The Z5 has a high IP68 rating for water and dust resistance. This means that it has to be tested by being immersed in fresh water for 30 minutes in depths of up to 1.5 metres.
But Sony now says: "The IP rating of your device was achieved in laboratory conditions in standby mode, so you should not use the device underwater."
It cannot guarantee that swimming and snapping photos will not damage your handset, because it did not test the phone in every possible scenario.
The updated guidelines apply to all three models of the Xperia Z5 and you can read them for yourself on the official Sony website. "You should not put the device completely underwater or expose it to seawater, salt water, chlorinated water or liquids such as drinks," it says.
We had one of our readers, who got his Sony wet, knocked back on the warranty, so we do not advise you allow it anywhere near water, despite the adverts.
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