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ARTICLE – I'm a big fan of Jackbox and their quirky, online party games. In my house, these have become a go-to during quarantine and social distancing, as we've hosted virtual games nights with family and friends, near and afar.
Our latest favorite Jackbox game is Drawful. It combines three fun elements in one game: drawing, writing funny quips and arbitrarily choosing your favorite answer.
It starts with every player getting a prompt for something they need to draw. After, you're shown each drawing and must guess what you think it's supposed to be… or really, what you can trick the others into thinking it's supposed to be. Everyone votes on their favorite answer. You get points for guessing the correct answer or tricking others into picking your made-up answer. If you're the artist, you get points when the others guess the actual answer for your drawing.
You can play Drawful with three to eight players and up to 10,000 in the audience. It's available as part of the original Jackbox Party Pack , which also includes four other games (five total) for $24.99. Or you can purchase Drawful 2 as a single, stand-alone game for $9.99.
If you recall, with Jackbox games you use your own device (smart phone, Kindle, tablet, laptop, etc.) as your controller by going to jackbox.tv. With each game you enter your unique game code to play with your pals. You do all your drawings, write your answers and pick your favorite descriptions from the device in your hand.
Jackbox Games are downloadable on several platforms, so how to play them remotely depends on what console you're playing them on. We use Steam and download onto a PC, and then make a Zoom call to friends and share our screen (making sure to share the computer audio, too). Jackbox recently shared an article with greater detail and video tutorials on how to play their games remotely using different platforms.
Jackbox offers seven party packs, as well as four multi-pack bundles and five stand-alone games.
Brooke Hall
Brooke and Mason Hall are a mother-son team. She's a freelance writer with a journalism background. He's a teenager who loves all things electronic, which he often buys secondhand to fiddle with and dissect.


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Air conditioning has become so ubiquitous in modern life that we fail to appreciate it. We simply expect that it will be ready when we require cooling. In case it doesn't work, then we can easily contact our trusted AC technicians. The reality is that it took us a long time to develop air conditioning technology. Humans had to use creative methods of cooling before the advent of the air conditioner. Knowing how difficult it used to be should put everything into perspective.
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1.1 Ice Was The Ultimate Portable Cooler
1.2 Egyptians Of Yesteryears Were Cool And Clever
1.3 Romans Had Many Uses For Their Famed Aqueducts
1.4 Air Conditioning Ushered Summer Blockbuster Movies
1.5 Modern Air Conditioners Were Invented By Carrier's Founder
1.6 The Cost Of The First Residential AC Rivaled That Of A House
1.7 Employee Vacations Were Halted Due To Air Conditioning
1.8 Air Conditioners Affected The Distribution Of Populations In The US
1.9 Human Tolerance To Heat Has Dropped Due To Cooling Systems
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Below are some air conditioning fun facts that history buffs should find interesting:
Ice Was The Ultimate Portable Cooler
Humans have been around for thousands of years yet the air conditioner was only invented in the last century. So how did our ancestors keep cool? Many used ice as their portable cooler. People in Egypt filled trays with water and left these outside overnight where they froze. By morning, these were ready for cooling.
The wealthy citizens of Rome bought ice from traders. These were sold in blocks for the few that could afford the luxury. These would be used to cool homes or make bathing more pleasant in the summer. In Persia, people would get mountain ice in the winter and store them underground for insulation. They built mechanisms that could cool the wind with ice and carry the chilly air to interior spaces.
Egyptians Of Yesteryears Were Cool And Clever
Egypt is right at the top of Africa — a region that is known for its scorching heat. Ancient inhabitants beat the heat with the help of evaporative cooling. The placed soaking wet reeds at their windows. Blowing wind-induced evaporation which in turn cooled the interiors. They were clever enough to use science thousands of years ago.
Romans Had Many Uses For Their Famed Aqueducts
Roman architecture is famous for its intelligent designs, particularly the way that they ensured that every city could benefit from fresh and clean water. These remain engineering marvels considering the tools at their disposal way back when. The surviving structures make it clear just how ambitious these projects were. The water was used in public baths and irrigation. The continuous supply meant that the population could always have drinking water. In some cases, the water from the aqueducts also flowed through the walls of buildings to cool them down.
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Air Conditioning Ushered Summer Blockbuster Movies
Low movie theater sales is not exactly a new phenomenon. Sure, on-demand videos are making them less appealing now but the problem was around since at least the early 1900s. Summer sales were particularly uninspiring at the time because people did not want to stay in packed cinemas that were hot and smelly. When owners began installing air conditioning units, it became possible for crowds to gather while staying cool and relaxed. They could focus on the film instead of the heat. At the time, ACs were too expensive to have one at home. Only the elites were able to afford them. The majority would go to theaters specifically to benefit from the cooling system. This led studios to release their most important films of the year in the summer when bigger audiences will be there to see them.
Modern Air Conditioners Were Invented By Carrier's Founder
Everyone is familiar with the air conditioner brand Carrier. This bears the name of the man who invented modern cooling systems, Willis Carrier. He was a talented engineer who pioneered electric air conditioning in 1902. The very first model was meant as a cooling solution for a printing company. It also controlled humidity to prevent the paper from warping. It even cleaned the air and took care of air circulation. By the next year, his invention would be installed at the New York Stock Exchange — among the earliest adopters.
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The Cost Of The First Residential AC Rivaled That Of A House
Companies were the first ones to use air conditioners because they had the means to splurge on one. They also had the most pressing need as illustrated in the printing company example. It would take 12 years since its invention before the AC could be installed in a home. Back then, the gigantic system measured 20 feet by six feet by seven feet. As expected, the cost was just as massive at $50,000 for the biggest unit. When you factor in the inflation, you are looking at around $600,000 for the air conditioning.
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Employee Vacations Were Halted Due To Air Conditioning
Before the AC was invented, schools and workplaces closed at the peak of summer because the heat was unbearable. This gave people the opportunity to go on vacation with their families for several weeks. While many still honor this tradition, vacations are optional rather than mandatory. Some hot European regions that do not depend on air conditioning still close things down in the summer.
Air Conditioners Affected The Distribution Of Populations In The US
The United States is a big country with each region having its own climate pattern. The southern states of Texas, Florida, Arizona, and Nevada experience stifling heat in the summer. Many feel that these states would probably have smaller populations if not for the AC.
Human Tolerance To Heat Has Dropped Due To Cooling Systems
The body is a fantastic machine that adapts to its environment. Our ancestors were able to live normal lives without air conditioning to keep them comfortable at all times. They developed a high tolerance for heat. Some scientists say that prolonged exposure to ACs have made many unable to cope with high temperatures.
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Time for Carob Harvesting – 03/09/2019
One of the characteristic and widespread tree species of Maltese maquis habitats is the Carob Tree (Siġra tal-Ħarrub, Ceratonia siliqua). The name comes from the Greek word to refer to a horn, due to the shape of the seed pod.
Being indigenous to the Mediterranean region, the carob tree has numerous adaptations, amongst which are deep roots and some leaves shed all year to act as dried organic matter for nutrient cycling. The carob is even part of the local linguistic idiom, often associated with longevity, in idioms such as "xiħ daqs ħarruba". The carob tree is thought to have been introduced in the Maltese Islands in antiquity and later becoming part of the landscape.
Traditionally, the tree has been used as fodder crop, but during the second world war, it was used for human consumption, as a supplement to rationed food. The carob is also relevant for the honey industry, since carobs provide food to honey bees. In fact, carob honey, which is harvested in November, follows the blooming of the carob flowers.
Carob is quite nutritious and a great source of vitamins, protein, iron and calcium. The Cliffs Interpretation Centre produces and packages the carob syrup (Ġulepp tal-Ħarrub) which has been used to soothe sore throats and ease coughs when diluted in hot water and lemon juice.


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The NSA Is Put on Notice Over Encryption Standards
An amendment proposed by the House would remove the requirement that the National Institute of Standards and Technology consult with the NSA on encryption standards.
Justin Elliott
The National Security Agency at night. (Photo: Public Domain)
An amendment adopted by a House committee would, if enacted, take a step toward removing the National Security Agency from the business of meddling with encryption standards that protect security on the Internet.
As we reported with the Guardian and the New York Times last year, the NSA has for years engaged in a multi-front war on encryption, in many cases cracking the technology that is used to protect the confidentiality of intercepted communications. Part of the NSA's efforts centered on the development of encryption standards by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, which sets standards that are adopted by government and industry.
The NSA has for years engaged in a multi-front war on encryption, in many cases cracking the technology that is used to protect the confidentiality of intercepted communications.
Documents provided by Edward Snowden suggest that the NSA inserted a backdoor into one popular encryption standard, prompting NIST to launch an ongoing review of all its existing standards.
The amendmentadopted last week by the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology would remove an existing requirement in the law that NIST consult with the NSA on encryption standards.
In a "Dear Colleague" letter, the amendment's sponsor, Representative Alan Grayson (D-Florida), quoted our story on the NSA from last year.
"NIST, which falls solely under the jurisdiction of the Science, Space, and Technology Committee, has been given 'the mission of developing standards, guidelines, and associated methods and techniques for information systems,'" Grayson wrote. "To violate that charge in a manner that would deliberately lessen standards, and willfully diminish American citizens' and businesses' cyber-security, is appalling and warrants a stern response by this Committee."
Grayson's amendment, which is part of a bill that funds NIST, was approved by a voice vote last Wednesday.
Grayson's office says it is working on a broader reform package to address the problems with NIST and the NSA.
Even if the current bill makes it through the House and Senate and is signed into law, NIST is expected to continue to consult with the NSA on encryption issues. NIST itself does not have a large staff of cryptographic experts. But advocates hope the amendment would signal to NIST that Congress expects the agency to be serious about protecting rather than undermining encryption standards.
"NIST is in no way precluded from interacting with NSA as a result of this amendment, but the message will be clear an agency that subverts the legitimate work of another agency will face consequences," Grayson wrote in his letter to colleagues.
This post originally appeared on ProPublica as "House Committee Puts NSA on Notice Over Encryption Standards" and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.
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El Faro de Trwyn Du (en inglés: Trwyn Du Lighthouse) es un faro entre la punta Dinmor cerca de Penmon y Ynys Seriol o Isla  Puffin, al sudeste de Anglesey, en la entrada norte del estrecho de Menai (referencia: SH 6 44.815) y marcando el paso entre las dos islas en Gales, Reino Unido. Hubo una convocatoria para construir un faro en este lugar desde años atrás por parte marineros en la cercana ciudad de Liverpool, especialmente después de que el barco de vapor Rothsay Castle encalló y se rompió cerca en 1831 con 130 personas muertas. El primer faro fue construido en 1838, a un precio de £ 11,589. El actual faro es 29 m de altura y fue diseñado por James Walker y construido entre 1835 y 1838.

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Venus may have been habitable and had water billions of years ago
Venus was able to maintain stable temperatures ranging from a minimum of about 20 degrees Celsius to a maximum of about 50 degrees Celsius till approximately three billion years ago, according to a NASA study.
By: Tech Desk | New Delhi | Updated: September 24, 2019 8:24:01 am
Artist's representation of Venus with water. (Image source: NASA)
Venus may have had liquid water for 2-3 billion years until a dramatic transformation starting over 700 million years ago resurfaced around 80 per cent of our neighbouring planet, according to a recent study by NASA. The study which was presented at EPSC-DPS Joint Meeting 2019, gives a new view of the climatic history of Venus and may have implications for the habitability of exoplanets in similar orbits.
Around 40 years ago, NASA's Pioneer Venus mission had found some fascinating hints that Earth's 'twisted sister' planet may have once had water worth that of a shallow ocean, according to the study provided by Michael Way of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Science.
To check if Venus might have ever had a stable climate which was capable of supporting liquid water, Way and his colleague Anthony Del Genio created a series of five simulations assuming different levels of water coverage.
In all the five cases, the researchers found that our neighbouring planet was able to maintain stable temperatures ranging from a minimum of about 20 degrees Celsius to a maximum of about 50 degrees Celsius for approximately three billion years.
A temperate climate might even have been maintained on Venus even today had there not been a series of events that led to the release, or 'outgassing', of carbon dioxide which were stored in the rocks of the planet nearly 700-750 million years ago.
"Our hypothesis is that Venus may have had a stable climate for billions of years. It is possible that the near-global resurfacing event is responsible for its transformation from an Earth-like climate to the hellish hot-house we see today," Way said in a statement.
Three of the five scenarios studied by the two NASA researchers assumed that the topography of Venus as seen today and considered a deep ocean averaging 310 metres, a shallow layer of water averaging 10 metres and a small amount of water locked in the soil. To compare, they also included a scenario with the topography of the Earth and a 310-metre ocean and, finally, a world completely covered by an ocean of 158 metres depth.
For simulating the environmental conditions at 4.2 billion years ago, 715 million years ago and today, the researchers adapted a 3D general circulation model to account for the increase in solar radiation because our Sun has warmed up over its lifetime, as well as for changing atmospheric compositions.
Although a lot of researchers believe that Venus is beyond the inner boundary of the habitable zone of the Solar System and it is very close to the Sun to support water in liquid form, the new study suggests otherwise.
"Venus currently has almost twice the solar radiation that we have at Earth. However, in all the scenarios we have modelled, we have found that Venus could still support surface temperatures amenable for liquid water," Way said.
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Approximately 4.2 billion years ago, soon after its formation, Venus would have completed a period of rapid cooling and its atmosphere would have been dominated by carbon-dioxide. If the planet evolved in an Earth-like way over the next 3 billion years, the carbon dioxide would have been drawn down by silicate rocks and locked into the surface, the study said.
By the second epoch modelled at 715 million years ago, the atmosphere would likely have been dominated by nitrogen with trace amounts of carbon dioxide and methane – similar to today's Earth – and these conditions could have remained stable until the present times.
According to the researchers, the cause of the outgassing which led to Venus's dramatic transformation is a mystery, although it probably may be linked to the planet's volcanic activity. One possibility is that large amounts of magma bubbled up, releasing carbon dioxide from molten rocks into the atmosphere.
The magma solidified before reaching the surface and this created a barrier which meant that the gas could not get reabsorbed. The presence of large amounts of carbon dioxide triggered a runaway greenhouse effect, that has resulted in the scorching 462 degree average temperatures found on Venus today, according to the researchers.
"Something happened on Venus where a huge amount of gas was released into the atmosphere and couldn't be re-absorbed by the rocks. On Earth we have some examples of large-scale outgassing, for instance the creation of the Siberian Traps 500 million years ago which is linked to a mass extinction, but nothing on this scale. It completely transformed Venus," Way said.
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Madagascar CELESTINE: what I saw and learned at the Denver Show.
Nearly 15 years ago, at the 2003 Tucson show, a dealer approached me stating that he had a very large and hi end celestine geode from Madagascar that he would like to sell. He did not wish to carry it home. I bought it for $600.
The 2 pix show it. It weighs 48 lbs and has the blocky crystals variety including a 9 cm x 2 cm doubly terminated crystal with an adjacent perpendicular 4 cm crystal, all seen in the pix. Large doubly terminated crystals are very unusual in celestines from this location. Since that purchase, I have become interested in these examples and purchased several others, including 2 at this year's Denver Show.
Jump ahead to this year's Denver Show. I looked for and saw many celestine examples but, surprisingly, very few hi quality intact geode examples. So what is going on?
As most of us know these examples are mined largely by hand from pits dug in tidal flats sands in a remote area of coastal Madagascar. They have been mined since about 1967. There are a couple of crystal types known and all this has been covered, relatively recently, in the MR.
Recently, it seems, many of the hi end examples have had the best crystal areas culled out from the geodes. I saw a number of non geode specimens with hi quality crystals. Smaller examples were selling for $500 - $2500 depending on their size and quality. Larger culled examples with larger hi quality crystals sold for about $2000 to an astounding $35,000 (!) for one example. Did anyone else see that one at the show??
The remainder of these broken up geodes were very common in middlin and lower end dealer's flats, selling for $25 - $100 depending on the usual specimen parameters.
There were also many unbroken up geodes, but they were almost entirely seconds with no really dominant crystals or eye catching aesthetics. Depending on size, these were selling for about $250 - $800. There was a very wide price range for similar examples.
You certainly have some nice geodes there.
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In the year 2003, the State Cabinet of Karnataka acknowledged the necessity of a unified platform for e-Procurement in the state. eProcurement is one of the schemes of Department of Atomic Energy. After that, it created a Steering Committee with a Chairman for providing overall direction and guidance to the project of eProc Karnataka state. The Karnataka State Government also formed a Project Monitoring Committee for offering policy level guidance and support. Get more details on eProcurement Karnataka.
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Q: Starting a container on a Kubernetes cluster from another container I have two docker containers as follows:

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*A web server coded in python

*A python script which performs a computational activity and then terminates

I want to be able to have the web server start the computation script contained in container two. The cluster is being controlled by Kubernetes.
My initial thought is to have the web server signal to Kubernetes to start the computation container. However, there may be alternative and better ways to achieve this.
It may also be possible to use a job queue to line up jobs which Kubernetes polls and starts pods when required.
Is there a way to do this?

A:
My initial thought is to have the web server signal to Kubernetes to start the computation container. However, there may be alternative and better ways to achieve this.

One of the possible ways for this to work would be to:

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*Create a ServiceAccount.

*Assign specific permissions to your ServiceAccount to support your workload (listing jobs, creating jobs, deleting jobs, etc.)

*Bind your Role to a ServiceAccount

*Run your web-server with earlier created ServiceAccount

*Query the Kubernetes API.

Some of the things to take into consideration:

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*You will need kubectl binary or Kubernetes API Python library inside of a web-server.

*You will need to consider the storage options for the results of your computational python script.

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*As an example: Matthewpalmer.net: Example NFS Persistent Volumes

I've pasted the links I provided in the comment for better visibility:

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*Setting RBAC permissions

*Kubernetes Python client
Also to add I found this article with similar setup:

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*Blog.meain.io: Accessing Kubernetes API from pod

As for an example of such setup:
Create a ServiceAccount
apiVersion: v1
kind: ServiceAccount
metadata:
  name: python-job-sa

This ServiceAccount will be used with the Deployment/Pod that will host your web-server.
Assign specific permissions to your ServiceAccount
apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
kind: Role
metadata:
  namespace: default
  name: python-job-role
rules:
# This will give you access to jobs
- apiGroups: ["batch", "extensions"]
  resources: ["jobs"]
  verbs: ["get", "list", "watch", "create", "update", "patch", "delete"]
# This will give you access to pods
- apiGroups: [""]
  resources: ["pods"]
  verbs: ["get", "list", "watch"]
# This will give you access to pods logs
- apiGroups: [""]
  resources: ["pods/log"]
  verbs: ["get", "list", "watch"]

This is a Role that allows to query the Kubernetes API for the resources like Jobs.
Bind your Role to a ServiceAccount
apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
kind: RoleBinding
metadata:
  name: python-job-rolebinding
  namespace: default
subjects:
- kind: ServiceAccount
  name: python-job-sa
  namespace: default
roleRef:
  kind: Role
  name: python-job-role
  apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io

This RoleBinding will bind your ServiceAccount to your Role and will allow to communicate with Kubernetes API.

A tip!
To isolate the workload, you can use namespace different than default (you will need to have a ServiceAccount, Role and RoleBinding in the same namespace)!

Run your web-server with earlier created ServiceAccount
For the example/testing purposes the google/cloud-sdk:latest image was used. It already has kubectl and python installed.
apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: Deployment
metadata:
  name: cloud-sdk-job
spec:
  selector:
    matchLabels:
      app: cloud-sdk-job
  replicas: 1
  template:
    metadata:
      labels:
        app: cloud-sdk-job
    spec:
      serviceAccountName: python-job-sa # <-- IMPORTANT
      containers:
      - name: cloud-sdk
        image: google/cloud-sdk:latest
        command:
        - sleep
        - "infinity"

Query the Kubernetes API
Querying should be done by your web-server but for an example purpose you can exec into the running Pod and check if the python script to run a Job is running correctly:

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*$ kubectl exec -it WEB-SERVER-POD-NAME -- /bin/bash

Disclaimer!
google/cloud-sdk:latest requires kubernetes python api library to be installed with pip:

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*$ pip3 install kubernetes

The example code to spawn a Job:
from kubernetes import client, config

JOB_NAME = "example-job"
def create_job_object():
    # Configureate Pod template container
    container = client.V1Container(
        name="pi",
        image="perl",
        command=["perl", "-Mbignum=bpi", "-wle", "print bpi(2000)"])
    # Create and configurate a spec section
    template = client.V1PodTemplateSpec(
        metadata=client.V1ObjectMeta(labels={"app": "pi"}),
        spec=client.V1PodSpec(restart_policy="Never", containers=[container]))
    # Create the specification of deployment
    spec = client.V1JobSpec(
        template=template,
        backoff_limit=4)
    # Instantiate the job object
    job = client.V1Job(
        api_version="batch/v1",
        kind="Job",
        metadata=client.V1ObjectMeta(name=JOB_NAME),
        spec=spec)

    return job

def create_job(api_instance, job):
    # Create job
    api_response = api_instance.create_namespaced_job(
        body=job,
        namespace="default")
    print("Job created. status='%s'" % str(api_response.status))

def main():
    # Configs can be set in Configuration class directly or using helper
    # utility. If no argument provided, the config will be loaded from
    # default location.

    # config.load_kube_config()
    config.load_incluster_config() # <-- IMPORTANT
    batch_v1 = client.BatchV1Api()

    # Create a job object with client-python API. The job we
    job = create_job_object()

    create_job(batch_v1, job)

if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()

Above example is from the Kubernetes Python API library:
Github.com: Kubernetes client: Python: Examples

Checking if the Job was scheduled and completed:
NAME          COMPLETIONS   DURATION   AGE
example-job   1/1           9s         10m

Additional resources:

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*Kubernetes.io: Documentation

*Kubernetes.io: Authorization overview

*Kubernetes.io: Jobs

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In this world of consumerism, it seems as if the only thing retailers need to sell products is to have the most desirable and fashionable items in their shops and the eager shoppers will come running. However, retailers face massive competition, and having an inviting shop layout is important for gaining that all important first step- getting shoppers into shops to browse and ultimately buy products. Creating an attractive store layout is a science and an art, and if used correctly will play on the psychology of a shopper and compel them to buy. We've outlined a few shop layout design ideas to help you create an attractive shopping environment and boost sales.
The entrance is one of the most important aspects in shop layout as it is the point of entry of your shop and will have to make that all important first impression. The most important thing to remember is to keep the view into the store clear, as the items on display will entice a shopper to enter. Ensure that the best and most eye catching items are displayed in the front of your shop layout design. A well placed lateral mirror can also help reflect this image to pedestrians coming from the opposite direction. Our sense of smell and hearing have powerful yet subtle psychological effects, so use scents and music discretely to create the correct mood for your shop.
Depending on the type of retail store you have, you should utilise different shop floor layouts. For example a grocery store guides shoppers up and down ordered aisles for ease of shopping – and to encourage shoppers to pick unnecessary things off the shelves on the way. Loop layouts use a central grouping of displays with a square or circular pathway around it to encourage browsing, which is common for clothing shop layouts. This shop layout can spur impulse buying as shoppers can move easily around the store. It's also worth noting that most Western shoppers turn right when entering a store and thus items should be positioned in your shop layout accordingly. Finally, make use of 'speed bumps' in your retail shop layout, which are attention grabbing displays that keep shoppers on the floor for longer.
Ditch racks and stacks that cram as much clothing as possible into a space without displaying them effectively. Rather use display rails that allow clothing and items to face customers as they browse through the shop layout. Think about how you can use shoe hangers, racks or brackets to best display items.


S is for Salmon and Sympathy!
Salmon is the common name for several species of fish in the family Salmonidae. Salmon live along the coasts of both the North Atlantic.
Typically, salmon are anadromous: they are born in fresh water, migrate to the ocean, then return to fresh water to reproduce.
Salmon is a highly nutritious food. Of course, it is high in protein, and the "good fats." But did you know that a 4 oz serving of wild salmon provides a full day's requirement of vitamin D? It is one of the few foods that can make that claim. That same piece of fish contains over half of the necessary B12, niacin, and selenium, and is an excellent source of B6 and magnesium. Salmon has omega 3, vitamin A.
Salmon fishing is a major part of recreation for the residents of my hometown of Deer Lake. One of the most enjoyed by my husband.
Some of my best memories focus around Big Falls, Newfoundland. Here the salmon is fantastic. Yes it is wonderful to taste the salmon but it is also a joy to watch nature in action.
It is so refreshing to sit around the falls and watch people fly fishing for a salmon. It is also simply amazing to watch the salmon jump the falls. On one occasion a huge salmon tried to jump the falls and landed in my sister's lap. Everyone I know has a story to tell about the salmon jumping the falls. How magnificent the fight, how splendid to see a salmon fly mid-air, spectacular sights and sounds of the falls.
Thes two pictures above is from the magazine from my home province.
So here is my Newfie lingo coming out now.
It is such a joy and contentment perfect strangers on the waters just light up a conversation and become fast friends. Why, who would have known that a salmon the bonding ingredient to a conversation.
Around the falls watching salmon people in the like – camaraderie of nature open up their heart as unto a therapist. The joys of life and the tragedies that are still fresh in their mind and just opened up to you about. Sincere sympathy is the return in the conversation. Though you may have just met them for the first time it is a genuine response.
Sympathy is an extension of empathic concern, or the perception, understanding, and reaction to the distress or need of another human being. This empathic concern is driven by a switch in viewpoint, from a personal perspective with the perspective of another group or individual who is in need.
Sometimes we forget sympathy, harmony as this story of frustration illustrates.
Zig Ziglar tells a story of a successful big city businessman named Mr. B. Who ends up being late to work one day because of traffic. In the process he misses an important phone call. Irritated at traffic, Mr. B. calls in one of his managers into his office and yells at him about some missing reports he needed YESTERDAY! And guess what….the manager leaves the office noticeably upset.
He stomps right past his secretary and closes the door. She rings in his office and tells him she has an urgent message. He snarls at her, "My door was closed! Can't you see I'm busy? Leave me alone." The secretary doesn't know what hit her. Now SHE is upset and she spends the rest of the day stewing about it is wondering what she did that was so wrong.
The teenager storms upstairs and heads to his bedroom. And guess who should cross his path but the family pet, "Fluffy" the cat. Without warning the teenager swings his foot back and lets' fly. He gives Fluffy the cat a swift kick across the room. Fur flies as the cat skitters under the table wondering what it did that was so wrong.
We ought to live in harmony with one another; be sympathetic, love as brothers, be compassionate and humble. Actually to Be understanding of one another on an emotional level.
Father's mother's I can tell you, your daughter is not talking about facts. What she wants you to understand is her emotions, how she feels. She is reminding you that you need to try to understand where she is, not factual, but emotionally.
Sympathy and compassion should go hand in hand.
Be compassionate and humble. Compassion is having a fellow feeling for. It's allowing our heart to ache when someone else's heart aches. That's compassion.
Sympathy is also very important when we see tragedies and death has affected our neighbors and friends.
Or keep your loved one from your side.


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'Extreme urgent need': Starvation haunts Ethiopia's Tigray
By CARA ANNAJanuary 17, 2021 GMT
In this Thursday Dec.31, 2020, photo provided by Medecins Sans Frontieres, a Medecins Sans Frontieres staff member speks to a patient in Adigrat, in Tigray, northern Ethiopia. From "emaciated" refugees to crops burned on the brink of harvest, starvation threatens the survivors of more than two months of fighting in Ethiopia's Tigray region. Authorities say more than 4.5 million people, or nearly the entire population, need emergency food. The first humanitarian workers to arrive after weeks of pleading with Ethiopia for access describe weakened children dying from diarrhea after drinking from rivers, and shops that were looted or depleted weeks ago. (Medecins Sans Frontieres via AP)
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — From "emaciated" refugees to crops burned on the brink of harvest, starvation threatens the survivors of more than two months of fighting in Ethiopia's Tigray region.
The first humanitarian workers to arrive after pleading with the Ethiopian government for access describe weakened children dying from diarrhea after drinking from rivers. Shops were looted or depleted weeks ago. A local official told a Jan. 1 crisis meeting of government and aid workers that hungry people had asked for "a single biscuit."
More than 4.5 million people, nearly the region's entire population, need emergency food, participants say. At their next meeting on Jan. 8, a Tigray administrator warned that without aid, "hundreds of thousands might starve to death" and some already had, according to minutes obtained by The Associated Press.
"There is an extreme urgent need — I don't know what more words in English to use — to rapidly scale up the humanitarian response because the population is dying every day as we speak," Mari Carmen Vinoles, head of the emergency unit for Doctors Without Borders, told the AP.
But pockets of fighting, resistance from some officials and sheer destruction stand in the way of a massive food delivery effort. To send 15-kilogram (33-pound) rations to 4.5 million people would require more than 2,000 trucks, the meeting's minutes said, while some local responders are reduced to getting around on foot.
The specter of hunger is sensitive in Ethiopia, which transformed into one of the world's fastest-growing economies in the decades since images of starvation there in the 1980s led to a global outcry. Drought, conflict and government denial contributed to the famine, which swept through Tigray and killed an estimated 1 million people.
The largely agricultural Tigray region of about 5 million people already had a food security problem amid a locust outbreak when Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Nov. 4 announced fighting between his forces and those of the defiant regional government. Tigray leaders dominated Ethiopia for almost three decades but were sidelined after Abiy introduced reforms that won him the Nobel Peace Prize in 2019.
Thousands of people have been killed in the conflict. More than 50,000 have fled into Sudan, where one doctor has said newer arrivals show signs of starvation. Others shelter in rugged terrain. A woman who recently left Tigray described sleeping in caves with people who brought cattle, goats and the grain they had managed to harvest.
"It is a daily reality to hear people dying with the fighting consequences, lack of food," a letter by the Catholic bishop of Adigrat said this month.
Hospitals and other health centers, crucial in treating malnutrition, have been destroyed. In markets, food is "not available or extremely limited," the United Nations says.
Though Ethiopia's prime minister declared victory in late November, its military and allied fighters remain active amid the presence of troops from neighboring Eritrea, a bitter enemy of the now-fugitive officials who once led the region.
Fear keeps many people from venturing out. Others flee. Tigray's new officials say more than 2 million people have been displaced, a number the U.S. government's Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance calls "staggering." The U.N. says the number of people reached with aid is "extremely low."
A senior Ethiopian government official, Redwan Hussein, did not respond to a request for comment on Tigray colleagues warning of starvation.
In the northern Shire area near Eritrea, which has seen some of the worst fighting, up to 10% of the children whose arms were measured met the diagnostic criteria for severe acute malnutrition, with scores of children affected, a U.N. source said. Sharing the concern of many humanitarian workers about jeopardizing access, the source spoke on condition of anonymity.
Near Shire town are camps housing nearly 100,000 refugees who have fled over the years from Eritrea. Some who have walked into town "are emaciated, begging for aid that is not available," U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi said Thursday.
Food has been a target. Analyzing satellite imagery of the Shire area, a U.K.-based research group found two warehouse-style structures in the U.N. World Food Program compound at one refugee camp had been "very specifically destroyed." The DX Open Network could not tell by whom. It reported a new attack Saturday.
It's challenging to verify events in Tigray as communications links remain poor and almost no journalists are allowed.
In the towns of Adigrat, Adwa and Axum, "the level of civilian casualties is extremely high in the places we have been able to access," the Doctors Without Borders emergency official Vinoles said. She cited the fighting and lack of health care.
Hunger is "very concerning," she said, and even water is scarce: Just two of 21 wells still work in Adigrat, a city of more than 140,000, forcing many people to drink from the river. With sanitation suffering, disease follows.
"You go 10 kilometers (6 miles) from the city and it's a complete disaster," with no food, Vinoles said.
Humanitarian workers struggle to gauge the extent of need.
"Not being able to travel off main highways, it always poses the question of what's happening with people still off-limits," said Panos Navrozidis, Action Against Hunger's director in Ethiopia.
Before the conflict, Ethiopia's national disaster management body classified some Tigray woredas, or administrative areas, as priority one hotspots for food insecurity. If some already had high malnutrition numbers, "two-and-a-half months into the crisis, it's a safe assumption that thousands of children and mothers are in immediate need," Navrozidis said.
The Famine Early Warning Systems Network, funded and managed by the U.S., says parts of central and eastern Tigray are likely in Emergency Phase 4, a step below famine.
The next few months are critical, John Shumlansky, the Catholic Relief Services representative in Ethiopia, said. His group so far has given up to 70,000 people in Tigray a three-month food supply, he said.
Asked whether combatants use hunger as a weapon, one concern among aid workers, Shumlansky dismissed it by Ethiopian defense forces and police. With others, he didn't know.
"I don't think they have food either, though," he said.


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Elana Meyers Taylor Gets Her Fifth Straight Podium Finish In Bobsled With New Track Record
By Karen Price | Jan. 26, 2019, 11:12 a.m. (ET)
(L-R) Lauren Gibbs and Elana Meyers Taylor compete in bobsled at the women's bobsled World Cup on Jan. 26, 2019 in St. Moritz, Switzerland.
Three-time Olympian Elana Meyers Taylor and Lauren Gibbs teamed up to win the Olympic silver medal in PyeongChang nearly a year ago, and on Saturday they partnered again to not only win the world cup bobsled event in St. Moritz, Switzerland, but also set a new track record.
This is Meyers Taylor's fifth world cup podium in a row but her first win of the season. Not counting a race in December in which Meyers Taylor was disqualified for her sled being underweight, she has reached the podium in all seven two-woman bobsled competitions she's competed in since Jan. 13, 2018.
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Paired together for the first time this season, Meyers Taylor and Gibbs posted the fastest start time (5.36 seconds) and the first overall time of the first heat (1:08.09), with Germany's Stephanie Schneider and Lisa Sophie Gericke just behind them with a time of 1:08.21.
Then on the second run the U.S. Olympic teammates were even faster, finishing in a record 1:08.02 for a total time of 2:16.11. Germans occupied the next three spots, with Schneider and Gericke finishing in second place, .60 seconds behind, and 2018 Olympic champion Mariama Jamanka and Franziska Bertels in third.
Switzerland has historically been good to Meyers Taylor. Her last world cup victory before Saturday also came at the St. Moritz track on Jan. 13, 2018, paired with Lolo Jones. She also won her three prior two-woman races there, dating back to 2016.
So far this season Meyers Taylor has also won one silver and three bronze medals while paired last weekend with "Next Olympic Hopeful" finalist Sylvia Hoffman and Lake Kwaza.
This is the last weekend of world cup racing in Europe before the circuit moves to North America.
Karen Price is a reporter from Pittsburgh who has covered Olympic sports for various publications. She is a freelance contributor to TeamUSA.org on behalf of Red Line Editorial, Inc.
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A Feast for Crows
A Song of Ice and Fire #4
Genre – fantasy
Read on 26th Apr '14
Rated on 26th Apr '14
The Lannisters are in power on the Iron Throne. The war in the Seven Kingdoms has burned itself out, but in its bitter aftermath new conflicts spark to life. The Martells of Dorne and the Starks of Winterfell seek vengeance for their dead. Euron Crow's Eye, as black a pirate as ever raised a sail, returns from the smoking ruins of Valyria to claim the Iron Isles. From the icy north, where Others threaten the Wall, apprentice Maester Samwell Tarly brings a mysterious babe in arms to the Citadel. As plots, intrigue and battle threaten to engulf Westeros, victory will go to the men and women possessed of the coldest steel and the coldest hearts.
A Feast For Crows by George R. R. Martin
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TECH SCENE JUMPS TO SAVE "HOMELESS" STARTUPS AFTER THINKTANK'S ABRUPT CLOSURE
Ashlyn Haines
EvoNexus, other incubators offer free space for 11 "homeless" companies
BY BRITTANY MEILING
JULY 11, 2019, The Union-Tribune
Ian Christopher, left, and Benji Koltai founded Galley Solutions, a software tool for restaurants and corporate kitchens. Galley was accepted into ThinkTank in June.
(K.C. Alfred/The San Diego Union-Tribune)
San Diego tech companies are rallying to support 11 local startups that were recently abandoned by the now-defunct incubator ThinkTank Innovation.
Tech giant Seismic, startup incubator EvoNexus and marketing tech company Zeeto all stepped up to offer the startups free space and other support while the fledgling companies figure out their next move.
The startups found themselves homeless earlier this week when ThinkTank unexpectedly ceased operations due to a pending lawsuit involving founder Mark Bernier.
ThinkTank, founded last year, was a favorite among entrepreneurs for its generous model. Founders got free office space for at least six months, with the potential to stay up to two years. And unlike most incubators and accelerators, ThinkTank did not ask for an ownership stake in the startups they housed.
The incubator had just accepted a new group of startups in June, including popular kitchen tech startup Galley Solutions.
But entrepreneurs had barely unpacked their bags before getting word that it was all over. The startups were notified Monday morning that ThinkTank was shutting down effective immediately. Bernier is facing a lawsuit involving his venture capital fund VentureMoney, and a pending case alleges he participated in securities fraud and operated as an unlicensed broker and investment adviser, among several other allegations.
Bernier denies the allegations but said the lawsuit had a significant impact on his business, forcing him to shut it down.
"We were all worried our keycards wouldn't work and we'd be locked out," said Ian Christopher, co-founder at Galley.
The incubator occupied a large stretch of WeWork Aventine in La Jolla, housing more than 75 people as of December. The startups started scrambling to look for a new place to work.
First, WeWork swooped in and told the startups they could stay free-of-charge until the end of the month. Then, a Union- Tribune story about ThinkTank's closure published Tuesday, and more help started pouring in.
Zeeto, a marketing tech company in downtown San Diego, offered the startups unused office space in their lower levels for free. Seismic, a rising software star that just reached a $1 billion valuation, offered to house all the startups at a temporary office space near their headquarters. The company had already leased the space to accommodate their fast growth, and had room to spare for the next two to three months.
Other tech company executives started calling to provide support, including connecting founders to local resources that might be able to help. Perhaps less altruistically motivated, real estate brokers started calling, too, offering low rates.
Then Mark Lee, founder of insurance tech startup Enroll Hero (and unofficial ring leader of the displaced group of startups), got a call from EvoNexus.
Rory Moore, CEO at EvoNexus, said he wanted to give the fledgling companies extra time to sort out their next move, so he met with his board as soon as he heard the news of ThinkTank's closure. The EvoNexus board agreed to offer the startups free office space — and all the amenities of the incubator — for three months.
"We have a plan that will give them a place to land, and it's totally free — no strings attached," Moore said. "It will give them time to get their affairs in order and move on, but also help them while they're here. If they want to remain here, they have the opportunity to apply to one of our programs."
Lee said the startups are a bit staggered.
"It's a very generous offer from the best-known accelerator in San Diego," Lee said. "It's awesome that they're doing it. And collectively we've seen an outpouring of community interest to help since the article went out."
Justin Ramers, co-founder of startup TeamVibe, said he hadn't learned the specifics yet but was interested in taking EvoNexus up on their offer. According to Lee and Christopher, several other startups at ThinkTank are also planning to accept EvoNexus' help. "It's very cool of them to step up," Ramers said. "It's not like it's free for them. There are a lot of costs involved in making this offer. It's not just about good PR; it's about helping the local startup community."
But not everyone's on board. EvoNexus takes an ownership stake in the startups they house, and some of the startup founders don't plan on applying because of it. While the three-month offer is free for the startups, uprooting every 90 days isn't feasible for everyone, Lee said. Some are considering moving into Zeeto. Some are pondering Seismic. Galley, which now employs 11 people, is planning to stay at WeWork and pay for office space.
Regardless of where they end up, the startup founders said the experience has left them unexpectedly positive.
"Before all this happened, we sort of worked in silos and kept our heads down," Christopher said. "We didn't engage with the other companies here that much. But this has been catalytic for building relationships. It's brought us together."
Just in the past two days, Christopher said the startups have banded together, offering each other help on things like fundraising and finding new customers.
And the whole experience has given Christopher a new take on San Diego's startup scene. People's generosity took him by surprise.
"Honestly, I was turned off to the startup scene in a lot of ways before this," Christopher said. "But the fact that EvoNexus would step up; that other companies are stepping up … it's a cool outcome. The closure of ThinkTank felt like a black mark on the startup scene, and people want to rally to fix it. It's restoring my faith."
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We are, or at least should be, a people of vision and faith.
Though referencing Church callings, this same guidance is more than appropriate for the less formal callings we receive in day-to-day life such as as mother, father, son, daughter, friend, and so on…possibly even asking ourselves whether or not we've been called into the world into the right time or the right place.
I currently work in shipbuilding and maintenance. Nimitz Class aircraft carriers, one of the most complex pieces of machinery ever designed by man, were designed before I was born. With the technology of the day they certainly had an idea about what the ship would ultimately look like but not necessarily what it would look like at each interim stage of construction. In other words, they had final drawings but not a drawing for every conceivable intermediate stage of construction. During construction, I'm sure they uncovered issues for which they hadn't explicitly planned. Regardless, they knew what the final product was supposed to look like and what it was supposed to do so they could, with that vision in mind, develop solutions to satisfy the end goal. The "goal" was not to solve the particular problem of the day but to build a warship.
The point I'm attempting to make is that for tasks or trials so complex we must maintain a vision of the end goal while dealing with routine, or not so routine, challenges be they small or large, simple or serious. Dealing with or solving daily trials and challenges isn't and shouldn't be the actual goal. If we spend our lives reveling in problem solving then we may just miss the point.
In this comparison there are parallels with the Plan of Salvation. When we live our lives with a Christ centered focus, we are looking forward to the end goal, to be like Him. When we lose ourselves in day-to-day trials, we may come to feel buried beyond the hope of rescue or possibly even numbed to the point of not feeling at all.
Manufacturers building parts for a ship may not know all the details of the final ship design. Regardless they design their parts against standards that will ensure the final component will fit in the space provided and perform the function for which it's intended. They know the functionality that they provide will support the ultimate mission of the ship. This is not really that much different than the guidance, or "specifications," we get from the Scriptures telling us how to best live our lives and truly become more Christ-like.
In our lives, today, we should be working to ensure we're meeting the "specifications" to ensure that we will fit in the final design which the Lord has envisioned. We may not be able to see right now how or where we will fit but the Scriptures provide all we need to know about the functionality we should provide.
As ships age, and for aircraft carriers this is a 50 year life-cycle, new technologies emerge, new threats emerge, and we are able to then take the original design and adapt it to perform functions that were not previously envisioned by its designers. Knowing and understanding the scriptural "specifications" can allow us to be molded by our Creator who, in difference to ship designers, actually does know what we each individually need to meet our ultimate design.
As we move through our lives, we'll face trials and challenges. Some divinely inspired, some a result of our own actions, and some a result of the actions and agency of others. Regardless of the source, we cannot allow ourselves to become so lost in the struggle that it's all we see. We're counseled to fast, pray, and read the Scriptures because those are the things that will help us to see, and hopefully have a vision of, the real goal. We're counseled to serve one another because it allows us to see ourselves as He sees us.
Each day we change. Each day we learn more about ourselves. The world around us also changes and the Lord gives us experience and help so that we have what we need to become what He knows we already are…children of an immortal and eternal Father in Heaven.
Regardless of the challenges we face each day, our goal should be the same; to try and see what He sees in us and others – to support one another along the journey of life – to care for one another.
Depression, anger, and frustration are all feelings that can result from seeing solutions to life's problems as finish lines vice refining steps along the path. We shouldn't ever feel that we are just one or two decisions away from an "easy" life. If we do, we will quickly find disappointment and despair. We are here to be tried and challenged and that really isn't a bad thing.
In this week's "Come Follow Me" lesson, President Ezra Taft Benson teaches that "Men and women who turn their lives over to God will discover that He can make a lot more out of their lives than they can" (Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Ezra Taft Benson , 42). Adapting a comment commonly attributed to Michelangelo; the Master Sculptor, in this case referring to our Father in Heaven, is regularly chipping away the unnecessary stone to reveal the work of art that is already present within the stone – within each of us. We need to have faith enough to be obedient and let Him do it.
Make a choice to be of "good cheer" and trust the Lord in the face of adversity and trial. He may not solve the problem for you. He may not give you what you want. He will however give you what you need.


It has been nearly one full year since the day His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej passed away, but tears have not dried from the faces of the Thai people who continue to cherish His Majesty's benevolence. King Power presents this special edition which brings together stories about the royal cremation ceremonies of His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej, which is a significant royal event based on ancient royal traditions. This edition also presents museums and exhibitions where you can learn about His Majesty's kindness, talents, skills, and remarkable ideas which have laid a solid foundation for the country and the people. When you visit these places, you will be touched beyond words by His Majesty's generosity, and be inspired by His Majesty's exemplary dedication and royal duties. This is a final farewell to our beloved late King who had dedicated himself to the improvement of the country and the people throughout his life. Forever and always, the memories about His Majesty will remain clear in the hearts of the Thai people.


Deanna Bowen is a descendant of the Alabama and Kentucky-born African American pioneers of the Amber Valley and Campsie, Alberta, Canada. She holds a Masters of Visual Studies from the University of Toronto (2008) and a Diploma of Fine Arts from the Emily Carr University of Art + Design (1994). Her interdisciplinary works have been shown in Canada, the U.S. and Europe, and at numerous film festivals and galleries including the Institute of Contemporary Art at the University of Pennsylvania; McMaster Museum of Art in Hamilton, Ontario; Kassel Documentary Film and Video Festival; and The Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University.
Bowen's practice revolves around historical research of American slavery, migration and diaspora studies. This research informs the production of a range of interdisciplinary conceptual works that incorporate genealogical and historical research, writing, storytelling, blogging, film and video production, computer-based animation, performance for stage and camera, photography, sculpture, experimental audio composition and drawing.
Bowen teaches studio, video art and ethnographic documentary production in the Department of Arts, Culture and Media at the University of Toronto Scarborough.
The 2014 jury consisted of Charles Gaines, artist and faculty at the California Institute of the Arts, Los Angeles; Clara Kim, Independent Curator, Los Angeles; Aram Moshayedi, Curator, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; and Karyn Olivier, artist and faculty at the Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia.