text:
package repo

import (
	"bytes"
	"io/ioutil"
	"path"
	"path/filepath"
	"strings"

	"github.com/gogits/gogs/modules/base"
	"github.com/gogits/gogs/modules/git"
	"github.com/gogits/gogs/modules/log"
	"github.com/gogits/gogs/modules/middleware"
)

const (
	HOME base.TplName = "repo/home"
)

func Home(ctx *middleware.Context) {
	ctx.Data["Title"] = ctx.Repo.Repository.Name

	branchName := ctx.Repo.BranchName
	userName := ctx.Repo.Owner.Name
	repoName := ctx.Repo.Repository.Name

	repoLink := ctx.Repo.RepoLink
	branchLink := ctx.Repo.RepoLink + "/src/" + branchName
	rawLink := ctx.Repo.RepoLink + "/raw/" + branchName

	// Get tree path
	treename := ctx.Params("*")

	if len(treename) > 0 && treename[len(treename)-1] == '/' {
		ctx.Redirect(repoLink + "/src/" + branchName + "/" + treename[:len(treename)-1])
		return
	}

	ctx.Data["IsRepoToolbarSource"] = true

	isViewBranch := ctx.Repo.IsBranch
	ctx.Data["IsViewBranch"] = isViewBranch

	treePath := treename
	if len(treePath) != 0 {
		treePath = treePath + "/"
	}

	entry, err := ctx.Repo.Commit.GetTreeEntryByPath(treename)
	if err != nil && err != git.ErrNotExist {
		ctx.Handle(404, "GetTreeEntryByPath", err)
		return
	}

	if len(treename) != 0 && entry == nil {
		ctx.Handle(404, "repo.Home", nil)
		return
	}

	if entry != nil && !entry.IsDir() {
		blob := entry.Blob()

		if dataRc, err := blob.Data(); err != nil {
			ctx.Handle(404, "blob.Data", err)
			return
		} else {
			ctx.Data["FileSize"] = blob.Size()
			ctx.Data["IsFile"] = true
			ctx.Data["FileName"] = blob.Name()
			ext := path.Ext(blob.Name())
			if len(ext) > 0 {
				ext = ext[1:]
			}
			ctx.Data["FileExt"] = ext
			ctx.Data["FileLink"] = rawLink + "/" + treename

			buf := make([]byte, 1024)
			n, _ := dataRc.Read(buf)
			if n > 0 {
				buf = buf[:n]
			}

			_, isTextFile := base.IsTextFile(buf)
			_, isImageFile := base.IsImageFile(buf)
			ctx.Data["IsFileText"] = isTextFile

			switch {
			case isImageFile:
				ctx.Data["IsImageFile"] = true
			case isTextFile:
				d, _ := ioutil.ReadAll(dataRc)
				buf = append(buf, d...)
				readmeExist := base.IsMarkdownFile(blob.Name()) || base.IsReadmeFile(blob.Name())
				ctx.Data["ReadmeExist"] = readmeExist
				if readmeExist {
					ctx.Data["FileContent"] = string(base.RenderMarkdown(buf, ""))
				} else {
					if err, content := base.ToUtf8WithErr(buf); err != nil {
						if err != nil {
							log.Error(4, "Convert content encoding: %s", err)
						}
						ctx.Data["FileContent"] = string(buf)
					} else {
						ctx.Data["FileContent"] = content
					}
				}
			}
		}
	} else {
		// Directory and file list.
		tree, err := ctx.Repo.Commit.SubTree(treename)
		if err != nil {
			ctx.Handle(404, "SubTree", err)
			return
		}
		entries, err := tree.ListEntries(treename)
		if err != nil {
			ctx.Handle(500, "ListEntries", err)
			return
		}
		entries.Sort()

		files := make([][]interface{}, 0, len(entries))

		for _, te := range entries {
			c, err := ctx.Repo.Commit.GetCommitOfRelPath(filepath.Join(treePath, te.Name()))
			if err != nil {
				ctx.Handle(404, "GetCommitOfRelPath", err)
				return
			}

			files = append(files, []interface{}{te, c})
		}

		ctx.Data["Files"] = files

		var readmeFile *git.Blob

		for _, f := range entries {
			if f.IsDir() || !base.IsReadmeFile(f.Name()) {
				continue
			} else {
				readmeFile = f.Blob()
				break
			}
		}

		if readmeFile != nil {
			ctx.Data["ReadmeInHome"] = true
			ctx.Data["ReadmeExist"] = true
			if dataRc, err := readmeFile.Data(); err != nil {
				ctx.Handle(404, "repo.SinglereadmeFile.LookupBlob", err)
				return
			} else {

				buf := make([]byte, 1024)
				n, _ := dataRc.Read(buf)
				if n > 0 {
					buf = buf[:n]
				}

				ctx.Data["FileSize"] = readmeFile.Size()
				ctx.Data["FileLink"] = rawLink + "/" + treename
				_, isTextFile := base.IsTextFile(buf)
				ctx.Data["FileIsText"] = isTextFile
				ctx.Data["FileName"] = readmeFile.Name()
				if isTextFile {
					d, _ := ioutil.ReadAll(dataRc)
					buf = append(buf, d...)
					switch {
					case base.IsMarkdownFile(readmeFile.Name()):
						buf = base.RenderMarkdown(buf, branchLink)
					default:
						buf = bytes.Replace(buf, []byte("\n"), []byte(`<br>`), -1)
					}
					ctx.Data["FileContent"] = string(buf)
				}
			}
		}
	}

	ctx.Data["Username"] = userName
	ctx.Data["Reponame"] = repoName

	var treenames []string
	Paths := make([]string, 0)

	if len(treename) > 0 {
		treenames = strings.Split(treename, "/")
		for i, _ := range treenames {
			Paths = append(Paths, strings.Join(treenames[0:i+1], "/"))
		}

		ctx.Data["HasParentPath"] = true
		if len(Paths)-2 >= 0 {
			ctx.Data["ParentPath"] = "/" + Paths[len(Paths)-2]
		}
	}

	ctx.Data["LastCommit"] = ctx.Repo.Commit
	ctx.Data["Paths"] = Paths
	ctx.Data["TreeName"] = treename
	ctx.Data["Treenames"] = treenames
	ctx.Data["TreePath"] = treePath
	ctx.Data["BranchLink"] = branchLink
	ctx.HTML(200, HOME)
}


text:
From green summertimes to harsh winters, Pascual Martínez and Vincent Sáez document Romania
Emma Latham Phillips
Pascual Martínez and Vincent Sáez met while studying at the School of Arts in Murcia, Spain. Their common photographic concerns led them to work collaboratively. "We know that the ego can be our greatest enemy", they tell us. "When people ask who made what photo, we never tell them. We do not believe that the act of pressing the shutter assigns individual authorship to the image. There is a lot of work done before and after that act".
It was during a residency in Bucharest that the pair's fascination with all things Romanian took hold. Stereotypes come to be associated with most countries, for the British, it's tea, rain and a stiff-upper-lip. The Romanians find themselves affiliated with Count Dracula, misty Transylvanian mountains, hanging garlic, roaming gypsies and communism. In their intimate documentation of Romania's landscape and people, Pascual and Vincent move away from these cliches, showing an alternative picture far removed from any prejudice.
The Tree of Life is Eternally Green, is a project that gets its title from a quote in Goethe's Faust: "My worthy friend, grey are all theories and green alone Life's golden tree". It takes us away from social stereotyping and returns us to the arms of nature, exploring the integral connections Romanians have with their land. "The movement back to nature in modern times is often transitory, a way to feel better about your relationship with earth", the duo explain. "However, with this work, the connection with the landscape goes much deeper. We use it to understand Romanian's roots, their history and their behaviour".
The photography series beautifully traverses the four seasons; we see the hardship of snow and the pure, green simplicity of summer. The images are raw and deep, with rich colours and quiet moments. We are taken on a sensorial and poetic experience, each photograph a personal snapshot into their lives and culture.
"We moved around the country using different ways: train, bus, foot, car and hitchhiking", Pascual and Vincent tell us. "The roads, mostly unpaved, were not good, turning every trip into an adventure where marvellous situations lead to the meeting of interesting people". However, it was Talia and Mihaela, two journalists with a blog about Romania in Spanish, who truly introduced them to the people of this country. "They knew about people who moved to the countryside looking for a different way of life", the photographers explain.
Their project, which has been made into a delightful publication scattered with hand-pressed flowers, views Romania from a different lens. A corner is lifted, and we are given a chance to peep into their world, traditional heritage and folk culture.
Pascual + Vincent: The Tree of Life is Eternally Green
Meet the girls of South Sudan fighting for an education
Mark Mahaney documents a town in Alaska's 65 days of winter darkness
In C-R92/BY, Samuel Fordham investigates how families torn apart by immigration policies stay connected
Daniel Gebhart de Koekkoek photographs a holiday resort, seemingly only open to Afghan Hounds
www.ninorojo.com/Book

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


To some extent this supports the original proposition. Yes it's crude, but it's the essential components of the AC75 foil system and also similar to that of the Vampire catamaran. But all of these older systems use straight foils, I guess because they just didn't have the materials to build C, J, L or Z foils.
To my knowledge the today highly regarded NACA 63-412, commonly used for example in foiling Moths, where designed in the late 30´s. A pity it wasn´t used for hydrofoil sailing back then. Even an really old section of the 20´s and 30´s like NACA 2412 or 2512 has attributes that off course places them behind H105 but not by extremely much. 2412 has just 12% lower max speed(38 vs 43 knots) below cavitation and very much closer if we compare Cl/Cd. It´s the materials that have made most of the developments possible.
Not at all Fred, and you know it since you've quoted a drawing that clearly states 1955.
That means almost nothing has changed in all foil design since 1949, which is clearly not true.
Besides that, many other foil forms next to the inverted T foil have arose in the past decades, especially in the present past due to the availability of new technologies and materials.
Even the 1955 inverted T foils you quoted have changed in design, as they have have changed in dimensions and angles and have become upwards foldable, so you only have to drag the leeward foil through the water, which makes a huge difference.
Below a pic from 1:38 in the below vid of the Vampire project you talked about, which shows J foils that are not near ¼ of 70 years ago, literally next to the inverted T foils, which even in the 1955 premature design form you've quoted are also 6 years younger than 70 years.
The right figure in the sketch above is maybe too hastely drawn, but maybe it was this one you meant to show. A modernized version of the old surface piercing V-foil.
New materials and new computer technology have made many developments possible in the field of sailboat hydrofoils since 1949.
So I wonder if the poster or someone else can name any examples of pre 1949 hydrofoils on sailboats which are comparable in their performance¹ level to those of 2019.
TANSL is not at all wrong, the more than 70 year old NACA 63-412 sections are still used on most foiling Moths. He said "foils themselves". Did you read "hydrofoils on sailboats"?
The Vampire images are just schematics, they aren't accurate designs. This is the best I could get of an F50 foil, they have no V at all and are going toward Z foils. But they also have some serious computer and power assistance with controlling just about every aspect of the foils, including how fast they're are raised and lowered.
So maybe the sections haven't changed much, but just about everything else has.
Interesting, my guess is that the F50s take use of the rudder foils to compensate. But probably it is much more to it, with all the computer controlled power available. Must read more about the F50 foils. Will look and listen to these videos to learn.
That foil was not used as a hydrofoil on sailboats back then, which we were and are discussing, and even if your twisting is accepted, then the key is in your word ''most'' and only naming ''Moths'', these limitations in your expressions make clear that even you know there are foil design changes in use on other foiling boats, such a pity to deny it overall when you know an example that didn't change.
Don´t forget you started this whole thread by twisting words. TANSL said "foils alone" and you preferred to misinterpret his words. . . . .
The only foils we were and are talking about on threads you named are hydrofoils on sailboats, but go on and twist it into other foils and for other uses if you like.
Oops! Had to remove my previous post, as sinking to your level of argumentation was wrong .
. . . . Will look and listen to these videos to learn. . . . .
Why should you look at it Revintage . . ?
Since in several posts here you support the idea that foils themselves have evolved almost nothing in the last 70 years.
If so, why do you expect there's something new to learn . . ?
Or better, why contradicting yourself in such a way . . ?
These foils have been used on many beach cats and on larger cats such as the G4. They have found a tremendous application on large(and a couple of small) trimarans where they are used on the amas of Gitana 17, Macif, Banque Populaire and the principle has been applied to angled "L" foils on the 70' Maserati.


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package net.jini.print.attribute.standard;

import javax.print.attribute.Attribute;
import javax.print.attribute.DocAttribute;
import javax.print.attribute.EnumSyntax;
import javax.print.attribute.PrintJobAttribute;
import javax.print.attribute.PrintRequestAttribute;

/**
 * This Job Template attribute identifies the device output bin to which the job
 * is to be delivered. There are standard values whose attribute syntax is
 * 'keyword', but there are no standard values whose attribute syntax is 'name'.
 * Output bins whose attribute syntax is 'name', if any, are assigned by local
 * administrators (by means outside the scope of IPP/1.0 and IPP/1.1). Each
 * output bin may have implementation-dependent properties. Output bins
 * identified by 'name' values MAY possess any of the properties of the output
 * bins identified by the following keywords, depending on implementation.
 * However, each output bin MUST be identified by only one value of any
 * attribute syntax type. Otherwise, clients might be mis-led as to the
 * capabilities of the device when querying the associated Printer object's
 * "output-bin-supported" attribute. Note: Output bin types, such as sorter(s)
 * or collator(s), have not been included in the values of this attribute, since
 * implementations that employ such internal or external bins, determine which
 * to use by the values of other job attributes, such as "finishings", and
 * "copies". When validating a job in a Job Creation (or Validate-Job)
 * operation, which subset of the output bins are allowed as a destination for a
 * job MAY depend on the user submitting that job, the user's authentication,
 * and possibly other job attributes, such as "finishings" and "copies". When
 * returning the values of the associated "output-bin-supported" attribute, the
 * values returned MAY depend on the user issuing the Get-Printer-Attributes
 * operation. For example, some implementations MAY omit the 'my-mailbox' value
 * for users who do not have a defined mailbox for this IPP Printer object,
 * while others MAY always return 'my-mailbox' to all users even if only
 * supported for certain users. If this IPP Printer object is associated with
 * multiple devices (fan-out) (see [RFC2911] section 2.1), the value of its
 * "output-bin-supported" attribute is the union of the values supported with
 * duplicates removed.
 *
 *
 *
 * @author peter
 */
public class OutputBin extends EnumSyntax implements PrintJobAttribute, PrintRequestAttribute, DocAttribute {

    /**
     * Specifies that a Printer automatically chooses the correct output tray
     * for the given Job Template attributes.
     */
    public static final OutputBin AUTO = new OutputBin(0);//[APPLE-OUTPUT-BIN]

    /**
     * The output-bin that, when facing the device, is best identified as the
     * "bottom" bin with respect to the device.
     */
    public static final OutputBin BOTTOM = new OutputBin(1);//[PWG5100.2]
    /**
     * The output-bin that, when facing the device, is best identified as the
     * "center" bin with respect to the device.
     */
    public static final OutputBin CENTER = new OutputBin(2);//[PWG5100.2]
    /**
     * The output-bin that is best identified as the "face-down" bin with
     * respect to the device. The selection of this output bin does not cause
     * output to be made face-down; rather this output bin is given this name
     * because a sheet with printing on one-side arrives in the output bin in
     * the face-down position.
     */
    public static final OutputBin FACE_DOWN = new OutputBin(3);//[PWG5100.2]
    /**
     * The output-bin that is best identified as the "face-up" bin with respect
     * to the device. The selection of this output bin does not cause output to
     * be made face-up; rather this output bin is given this name because a
     * sheet with printing on one-side arrives in the output bin in the face-up
     * position.
     */
    public static final OutputBin FACE_UP = new OutputBin(4);//[PWG5100.2]
    /**
     * The output-bin that is best identified as the "large-capacity" bin (in
     * terms of the number of sheets) with respect to the device.
     */
    public static final OutputBin LARGE_CAPACITY = new OutputBin(5);//[PWG5100.2]
    /**
     * The output-bin that, when facing the device, is best identified as the
     * "left" bin with respect to the device.
     */
    public static final OutputBin LEFT = new OutputBin(6);//[PWG5100.2]
    /**
     * The output-bin that is best identified as a mailbox with values
     * 'mailbox-1', 'mailbox-2', 'mailbox-3', …. Each mailbox is typically used
     * to collect jobs for an individual or group. Whether the mailbox has doors
     * and/or locks or is open, depends on implementation. The correspondence
     * between the 'mailbox-N' keyword and the actual output-bin in the device
     * is implementation-dependent, as is the number of mailboxes. A system
     * administrator MAY be able to assign a name to each mailbox in order to
     * make selection of a mailbox easier for the user. If this group of values
     * is supported, at least the 'mailbox-1' value MUST be supported, unless
     * the system administrator has assigned names or integer values to
     * mailboxes.
     */
    public static final OutputBin MAILBOX_1 = new OutputBin(7),//[PWG5100.2]
	    MAILBOX_2 = new OutputBin(8),//[PWG5100.2]
	    MAILBOX_3 = new OutputBin(9),//[PWG5100.2]
	    MAILBOX_4 = new OutputBin(10),//[PWG5100.2]
	    MAILBOX_5 = new OutputBin(11),//[PWG5100.2]
	    MAILBOX_6 = new OutputBin(12),//[PWG5100.2]
	    MAILBOX_7 = new OutputBin(13),//[PWG5100.2]
	    MAILBOX_8 = new OutputBin(14),//[PWG5100.2]
	    MAILBOX_9 = new OutputBin(15),//[PWG5100.2]
	    MAILBOX_10 = new OutputBin(16);//[PWG5100.2]
    /**
     * The output-bin that, when facing the device, is best identified as the
     * "middle" bin with respect to the device.
     */
    public static final OutputBin MIDDLE = new OutputBin(17);//[PWG5100.2]
    /**
     * The output-bin that is best identified as functioning like a private
     * "mailbox" with respect to the device. An output-bin functions like a
     * private mailbox if a printer selects the actual output bin using
     * additional implementation-dependent criteria, such as the "authenticated
     * user" (see [RFC2911] section 8.3) that depends on the user submitting the
     * job. Whether the mailbox has doors and/or locks or is open, depends on
     * implementation, as is the number of mailboxes.
     */
    public static final OutputBin MY_MAILBOX = new OutputBin(18);//[PWG5100.2]
    /**
     * The output-bin that, when facing the device, is best identified as the
     * "rear" bin with respect to the device.
     */
    public static final OutputBin REAR = new OutputBin(19);//[PWG5100.2]
    /**
     * The output-bin that, when facing the device, is best identified as the
     * "right" bin with respect to the device.
     */
    public static final OutputBin RIGHT = new OutputBin(20);//[PWG5100.2]
    /**
     * The output-bin that, when facing the device, is best identified as the
     * "side" bin with respect to the device.
     */
    public static final OutputBin SIDE = new OutputBin(21);//[PWG5100.2]
    /**
     * The output-bin that is best identified as the stacker with values
     * 'stacker-1', 'stacker-2', .... A stacker is typically used to collate
     * sheets within a single document (not to be confused with collated copies
     * in which document copies are collated within a job - see the description
     * of the 'separate-documents-collated-copies' value of the
     * "multiple-document-handling" attribute in [RFC2911] section 4.2.4). The
     * correspondence between the 'stacker-N' keyword and the actual stacker in
     * the device is implementation-dependent, as is the number of stackers. If
     * this group of values is supported, at least the 'stacker-1' value MUST be
     * supported, unless the system administrator has assigned names. For client
     * implementations that require distinct keywords for each possible value,
     * say, for localization purposes, it is recommended for interoperability
     * with other vendor's Printer implementations that 'stacker-1' to
     * 'stacker-10' keywords be represented.
     */
    public static final OutputBin STACKER_1 = new OutputBin(22),//[PWG5100.2]
	    STACKER_2 = new OutputBin(23),//[PWG5100.2]
	    STACKER_3 = new OutputBin(24),//[PWG5100.2]
	    STACKER_4 = new OutputBin(25),//[PWG5100.2]
	    STACKER_5 = new OutputBin(26),//[PWG5100.2]
	    STACKER_6 = new OutputBin(27),//[PWG5100.2]
	    STACKER_7 = new OutputBin(28),//[PWG5100.2]
	    STACKER_8 = new OutputBin(29),//[PWG5100.2]
	    STACKER_9 = new OutputBin(30),//[PWG5100.2]
	    STACKER_10 = new OutputBin(31);//[PWG5100.2]
    /**
     * The output-bin that, when facing the device, is best identified as the
     * "top" bin with respect to the device.
     */
    public static final OutputBin TOP = new OutputBin(32);//[PWG5100.2]
    /**
     * Output bins that are best identified as 'tray-1', 'tray-2', ... rather
     * than the descriptive names defined in the above keyword list.
     */
    public static final OutputBin TRAY_1 = new OutputBin(33),//[PWG5100.2]
	    TRAY_2 = new OutputBin(34),//[PWG5100.2]
	    TRAY_3 = new OutputBin(35),//[PWG5100.2]
	    TRAY_4 = new OutputBin(36),//[PWG5100.2]
	    TRAY_5 = new OutputBin(37),//[PWG5100.2]
	    TRAY_6 = new OutputBin(38),//[PWG5100.2]
	    TRAY_7 = new OutputBin(39),//[PWG5100.2]
	    TRAY_8 = new OutputBin(40),//[PWG5100.2]
	    TRAY_9 = new OutputBin(41),//[PWG5100.2]
	    TRAY_10 = new OutputBin(42);//[PWG5100.2]

    protected OutputBin(int i) {
	super(i);
    }

    @Override
    public Class<? extends Attribute> getCategory() {
	return OutputBin.class;
    }

    @Override
    public String getName() {
	return "output-bin";
    }

    @Override
    protected String[] getStringTable() {
	return new String[]{
	    "auto",
	    "bottom",
	    "center",
	    "face-down",
	    "face-up",
	    "large-capacity",
	    "left",
	    "mailbox-1",
	    "mailbox-2",
	    "mailbox-3",
	    "mailbox-4",
	    "mailbox-5",
	    "mailbox-6",
	    "mailbox-7",
	    "mailbox-8",
	    "mailbox-9",
	    "mailbox-10",
	    "middle",
	    "my-mailbox",
	    "rear",
	    "right",
	    "side",
	    "stacker-1",
	    "stacker-2",
	    "stacker-3",
	    "stacker-4",
	    "stacker-5",
	    "stacker-6",
	    "stacker-7",
	    "stacker-8",
	    "stacker-9",
	    "stacker-10",
	    "top",
	    "tray-1",
	    "tray-2",
	    "tray-3",
	    "tray-4",
	    "tray-5",
	    "tray-6",
	    "tray-7",
	    "tray-8",
	    "tray-9",
	    "tray-10",};
    }

    @Override
    protected EnumSyntax[] getEnumValueTable() {
	return new EnumSyntax[]{
	    AUTO,
	    BOTTOM,
	    CENTER,
	    FACE_DOWN,
	    FACE_UP,
	    LARGE_CAPACITY,
	    LEFT,
	    MAILBOX_1,
	    MAILBOX_2,
	    MAILBOX_3,
	    MAILBOX_4,
	    MAILBOX_5,
	    MAILBOX_6,
	    MAILBOX_7,
	    MAILBOX_8,
	    MAILBOX_9,
	    MAILBOX_10,
	    MIDDLE,
	    MY_MAILBOX,
	    REAR,
	    RIGHT,
	    SIDE,
	    STACKER_1,
	    STACKER_2,
	    STACKER_3,
	    STACKER_4,
	    STACKER_5,
	    STACKER_6,
	    STACKER_7,
	    STACKER_8,
	    STACKER_9,
	    STACKER_10,
	    TOP,
	    TRAY_1,
	    TRAY_2,
	    TRAY_3,
	    TRAY_4,
	    TRAY_5,
	    TRAY_6,
	    TRAY_7,
	    TRAY_8,
	    TRAY_9,
	    TRAY_10,};
    }

}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


text:
Bedford NY Homes Report: New York Ranks 41st in Nation for Adult Obesity Rates – Bedford-Katonah, NY Patch
New York ranks 41st in the nation for adult obesity rates, according to a report released last week. The report, entitled "F as in Fat: How Obesity Threatens America's Future 2011" was released by the Trust for America's Health (TFAH) and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
"Today, the state with the lowest obesity rate would have had the highest rate in 1995," said Jeff Levi, Ph.D., executive director of TFAH. "There was a clear tipping point in our national weight gain over the last twenty years, and we can't afford to ignore the impact obesity has on our health and corresponding health care spending."
New York's adult obesity rate was 24.7 percent, a 10.4 percent increase from its 1995 levels. The state with the highest obesity rate was Mississippi at 34.4 percent and Colorado ranked 50th. No state saw a decrease in obesity rates.
An individual is considered obese if his or her Body Mass Index (BMI), calculated using height and weight, is above 30 and overweight at 25 to 29.9. Researchers compiled statistics from the Centers for Disease control from 2008 – 2010.
While New York's ranking was comparatively low, the obesity crisis still hits home here. According to statistics compiled by the New York State Department of Health, 59 percent of residents were overweight or obese in 2008 – 2009. Rates in Westchester, Putnam and Rockland counties each mirrored New York's at between 58 and 60 percent.
The National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute defines overweight and obesity as "a lack of energy balance" influenced by excess consumption of calories and lack of physical activity combined with environmental factors ranging from busy work schedules to food advertising and lack of investment in public recreation facilities.
In April, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation released a report in conjunction with the University of Wisconsin called "County Health Rankings," which ranked Westchester, Putnam and Rockland in the top 10 healthiest counties in New York. The rankings were based on health factors such as education, environment, income and disease rates. Putnam County ranked first in New York.
While the data for these counties is favorable by comparison, public policy has been aimed at targeting lifestyle choices associated with high obesity rates. The Putnam County Department of Health launched a "Live Healthy Putnam" campaign in 2009 that supports a voluntary ban on trans fats in restaurants. In 2010, the initiative solicited responses from 600 residents on eating and activity habits.
"The data is now being used to decide how to best meet the needs of the county in preventing obesity and chronic disease," the department said in a statement.
The Westchester and Rockland departments of health also offer nutritional and activity guidance on their websites. Westchester County launched the Healthy Heart Program this year, and encourages childhood exercise through the Fit Kids Challenge.
In February, Rockland County received a $1.5 million, five-year state grant to create programs to curb obesity and related diseases.
"This grant will allow us to work in both community and work site settings to develop plans and actions that improve access to healthier food choices and physical activity," said Dr. Joan Facelle, Rockland County Commissioner of Health.
The program, called Creating Healthy Places to Live, Work and Play, focuses on initiatives such as developing farmers markets, promoting fitness in child care facilities and improving hiking and biking trails in low-income, densely populated communities of Monsey, Haverstraw, West Haverstraw and Spring Valley.
Facelle said that while public policy can be a good incentive to help people make lifestyle changes, those changes can nevertheless be difficult.
"Before this job I was a pediatrician. I think it's key to instill healthy habits early in life. It's harder when bad habits are entrenched. Yet we've seen with policies that make it easier to be healthy that improvements are made. We're hoping to promote a change in community culture."
Jeff Castaldo, owner of Nyack Fitness, works with clients looking to adopt healthier lifestyle choices. He says that people are often sent mixed messages when it comes to maintaining a healthy lifestyle.
"People just don't understand what to eat and how to exercise," he said. "When people come to me, 90 percent of the time they're confused about food, nutrition and exercise. They go to places like Starbucks and get a large drink and think it's okay because it's fat-free."
"The marketing of other things has turned people away from fruits and vegetables," he said. "Somewhere in the media, clients get the idea that calories are important. My belief is that calories aren't important unless you're eating cake."
Castaldo encourages his clients to incorporate more fruits and vegetables into their diets and to engage in vigorous physical activity such as sprinting and lifting weights. He said clients can often be seen outside of his business throwing tires for exercise.
Elizabeth DeRobertis, MS, RD, CDN, CDE, of Scarsdale Medical Nutrition and Diabetes Center says that doctors play a critical role in convincing people to lose weight.
"Studies support that patients are motivated into action when physicians tell them to do something," she said. "We started an initiative here were we have three dieticians and every doctor on board documenting patients' weights and talking to them about weight loss."
Like Castaldo, DeRobertis places emphasis on eating more fruits and vegetables.
"People are so focused on what they should be eating less of and cutting out, but the entire produce section is entirely free of calories. If they focused on what they should be eating more of, it would end up pushing out those extra calories," she said.
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attractive.Eating outside on the veranda was a real pleasure.
Just a quick note to say thanks for making our trip to Buenos Aires a success. Patricia, you were so flexible and accomodating--every time we got together the group expanded from 2 to 10 and 12 at a time!! And you took care of all of us without blinking an eye! From what was shared after you departed each time everyone thoroughly enjoyed the tours! And the Tango Night was a major success as well!! I had such a good time that I'm even starting to think about becoming a tour guide up here in Canada! Patricia made the job look that attractive!
The trip to Iguazu was also wonderful--what an amazing place. The only glitch that occurred was I ordered a video of the water adventure we did under the Falls and the company did not get it to the hotel before we headed to the airport. I mentioned this to Alberto and he said he would look into getting it for us and sending it to me. I don't know if this is possible. The best way would be to have him send it to me COD via the post office or to get it to you, Diego, in the US and then you could ship it to me from there. I also have friends in North Carolina, New Jersey, Virginia and Washington DC area who could receive the package as well and get it to me when we visit one another. Caesar, who was our guide that day, can verify what time the tour was (I think it was at 1 p.m.) should more information be needed to get the video.
If we can't get it that's OK--but thought I'd ask you to follow up on this if possible.
I'll also send on some pictures to you bth once I get them edited!
Again great trip and we both appreciate your help making it so!
How are you? Just wanted to let you know we had an awesome trip to Iguasu and our stay in Buenos Aires afterwards.
We were spoiled by the Panoramic and the Marriiott. Really enjoyed our day with Patricia. She was great and we really enjoyed her company.
We did the boat ride to the falls and got totally soaked!!! What a thrill. We would have liked to have a video, but we headed to the airport right after so they couldn't get one to us. Do you know how to contact them to see if we can get one sent to us?
We went to a football game also...earlier in our trip and experienced the Boca Jrs and Independents squaring off.
Thank you again for all you did and I look forward to working with you again in the future.
On February 10th my husband and I flew into Iguazu Falls on your full day package. We were extremely pleased - for anyone asking, it was the best $1000 we spent. The scenery was awesome, the only way to describe it - an absolute must see. Your arrangements worked perfectly from meeting us at the airport, guiding, and returning.
We want to extend a special thank you to your guide Jose Luis. He was very knowledgeable, most accommodating, and personable - an asset to your organization.
Sorry for taking so long to follow up with feedback from the trip to Argentina and Uruguay. It was fun to meet up with you in Buenos Aires.
1. I loved Iguazu Falls, especially the Argentine side. The Esturion hotel was very nice. The room had a beautiful view of the river below. The pool and grounds were great. The tour package of the falls was complete and the tour guides, as always, were excellent.
2. As we discussed the location of the Obelisco hotel in Buenos Aires was perfect for me. The staff was very helpful and responsive. It was very easy to check in and out the many times I did.
3. Mendoza was great for two days. Three would have been even better. The tour guide both days was great, especialy the woman for the long trip into the Andes. It was fun to get her perspective on her country. She had lived in New York City for many years and spoke perfect English. The Aconcagua hotel was great.
4. Two days in Colonia was too long for me. One would have been just right if the timing worked out.
5. I loved driving the stick shift car across Uruguay. It was fun everywhere, but no more so than on the Rambla in Montevideo. Driving a manual transmission after a many year hiatus came back in two seconds.
Punta del Este was fun for a one night stay. Again, great location for the hotel. I agree with your picks. For the price, I care more about the location than being fancy.
The all day guide, Brigitte, was fabulous. It is really special having one's own tour guiide. In Buenos Aires the tour guide was equally great. The all day tour was a walking tour with some taxi rides which worked out great. I can't remember the guide's name but everyone seemed to know him and the day was a lot of fun.
All in all, your choices were perfect for me. Thanks.
Thank you so much for the wonderful tour arrangements in Buenos Aires and Iguazu. All of the drivers and guides showed up right on schedule and were very nice to me. The flight arrangements all went smoothly. It was so comforting to find a driver carrying a sign with my name on it when I landed in Buenos Aires after a long flight.
I especially enjoyed touring Buenos Aires with Luis. Luis was very knowledgable about history and art, and flexible about adapting our walking tour to my interests. Luis loves showing off his city and was fun to be with. The Obelisco Center was the best location for finding my way around the city and a friendly, quiet hotel.
Iguazu was an amazing park with its cataratas, butterflies and birds; and I did enjoy the boat ride and the wildlife refuge center as well.
I was nervous about booking all the arrangements with a stranger on line, especially because I was traveling alone, but your arrangements could not have been better. Let me know if you are familiar with Galapagos tours, and I will plan my vacation with you next year. Muchas Gracias, and feel free to use me as a reference.
I apologize for not getting back to you sooner, but I've been very busy.
Carole and I had a great time on our trip to Argentina and Uruguay. Everything went well and we had a great time. In Buenos Aires we had a little rainy weather, but we have never let the weather spoil our holiday, even in Alaska. Patricia Kanelson was a great guide and made the gloomy day interesting and fun. I am in the process of updating our travel website and have added you and EcoUruguay to the site a recommended contacts. Please feel free to visit our site and contact me if you would like me to change the contact information, or remove it from the site.


After the death of her husband Peer (a SWAT officer), Lutheran pastor Lena Fauch gives up her congregation. But when her mentor Bader becomes ill and asks Lena to substitute for him as a police chaplain, she can't turn down his request. Her very first assignment – a shooting rampage in a Munich beer garden – escalates and although the shooter's daughter is entrusted to Lena's care, she is seriously injured. Torn between the desire to retreat and the sense that the police station is trying to cover up what really happened during the shooting rampage, Lena Fauch risks everything to bring the truth to light . . .


The DeKalb County History Center says "Thank you" to the community for their continued support on Saturday, December 1 during their Annual Holiday Open House. This FREE event is fun for everyone who loves the holidays. Enjoy festive music, drink hot chocolate, take home a craft activity, and decorate sugar cookies. The museum will also be open for tours.


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God uses three very common relationships in our lives—marriage, family and work—as laboratories to make us more like himself.
In each of these relationships, we learn a very important quality that defined Jesus, too: submission. When these relationships are focused on the gospel, we submit to one another out of respect for Christ and as a way of serving him.
Paul describes one of these laboratories as the family, where children learn to obey God by obeying their parents: "Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. 'Honor your father and mother' (this is the first commandment with a promise), 'that it may go well with you and that you may live long in the land'" (Ephesians 6:1-3 ESV).
"Honor your father and mother" is the fifth commandment, which means it's right in the middle of the 10. The first four commandments are about our relationship to God, and the last five are about our relationship to others. Right in the middle is this commandment, because it joins the rest. It acts as a hinge, reflecting both our relationship to God and our relationship to others.
When we are young, our parents represent the authority of God to us. In a way, they stand in for God for a time. We first learn to obey and submit to God by obeying and submitting to our parents.
That means, for those of you living at home, how you submit to the authority of your mom and dad is how you submit to God.
The idea of "standing in for God" as a parent actually brings up a question that I get a lot: What about when you are older? Do you still have to obey your parents?
This is where it helps to understand that parents are only a temporary stand-in for God. They are like the training wheels for learning how to obey God. When you're learning to ride a bike, training wheels are critical. But the training wheels were never the point. Riding the bike was. In our relationship to our parents, the goal isn't mere obedience. It's a healthy and honoring family relationship—and, more importantly, a trajectory toward God.
The easiest way to see this is to watch the ways it goes wrong. For instance, we have adult couples in our church on the mission field whose (Christian) parents tried to forbid them from going, even when they knew God was telling them to go. I'm glad that they chose to obey God rather than their parents. But they also did everything they could to honor their parents in the process.
As a child, you honor your parents by obeying them. As you get older, you honor them in different ways. When you are older, you honor them by being the man or woman that God designed you to be and by obeying God, even if that means sometimes you go against your parents' wishes.
By obeying God, you are honoring the institution of parenting. Which means that for some of you, the best way to honor your father and mother is to defy their wishes and do what God says.
Call them. Keep them involved in your life. No parent ever feels like they are consulted too much or invited into your life too much.
Ask their opinion. They have the benefit of a lot of years of experience, and there is usually no one who knows you as intimately or cares for you as deeply as they do.
Say "thanks"—for the big things and the small things.
Make caring for them in their old age your priority.
I've heard it said that you can measure the progress of your Christian life by how well you relate to your spouse, your children and your parents. The truest measure of your Christianity is how you are at home!
If you based your spiritual progress solely on how well you lived it out at home, how do you think you are doing?
Note: Satan loves to take the things that God meant for good, distort them and use that as a way to hurt us personally and cause us to doubt the goodness of God's design. If your struggle to honor your mother or father has more to do with their abusiveness than your resistance, here is a collection of excellent resources that may be helpful.


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The Blockchain Alleviates Growing Database Security Concerns
Osterman Research recently completed what it calls a "first-of-its-kind" database security industry report. According to the study, just 19 percent of organizations enjoy "excellent" visibility into data and database assets. As Osterman states, "this level of visibility is necessary to rapidly identify a data breach."…
Author: Justin OConnell @justinofconnell
Osterman Research recently completed what it calls a "first-of-its-kind" database security industry report. According to the study, just 19 percent of organizations enjoy "excellent" visibility into data and database assets. As Osterman states, "this level of visibility is necessary to rapidly identify a data breach." 47 percent of those surveyed do not have a team or individual to monitor their database security.
Called "Identifying Critical Gaps in Database Security," research for the report was conducted from February until April to figure out how well organizations were prepared to address the security of critical data assets and databases.
209 qualified respondents took part in the survey, whose organizations had to have at least 300 employees.
"This study reveals there's a clear shift beginning to occur in information security away from total reliance on perimeter security toward a greater emphasis on database security," stated Michael Osterman, president of Osterman Research, in a press release. "Identifying compromised database credentials and insider threats will likely receive far more investment in the future. And, the actual rate of successful infiltrations or other leakage events is likely greater than discussed in this report due to inadequate organizational systems for tracking successful threats."
59% of respondents highlighted their uncertainty about what is able to access their databases. 50% worried about compromised credentials, a concern followed in frequency by a major data breach and the inability to identify such a breach. 39% of the organizations believe they do not have the necessary tools to identify databases breaches due to compromised credentials.
21 percent of respondents said they can uncover such a data breach immediately. 15 percent responded they did not know how long it would take them to discover such a breach. 38 percent said they do not have the proper mechanisms to identify such a breach. 20 percent conduct database activity assessments on a continuous basis. 6 percent never conduct such assessments, and the rest do so rarely.
"We've long suspected organizations lack the necessary tools and staff for proper database security," said Brett Helm, Chairman and CEO of DB Networks. "This study finally revealed why organizations' data has become so vulnerable to attack. Simply assigning responsibility for database security and equipping them with continuous and real-time visibility into their databases would be an important first step for any organization."
These problems have led to a new kind of database startup. These startups, who champion the blockchain as the future of data integrity, lead the startup space in VC financing. Their projects, according to founders and proponents, will leave no human institution untouched.
The blockchain, a distributed transaction database, can be applied to more than bitcoin. Ethereum has proven that as a way in which developers can create distributed applications without a central institution controlling it.
Miners, who use the powerful computational processing power of the Bitcoin network by solving mathematical problems for security and to create Bitcoins, produce blocks which represent a long line of data records in the form of time-stamped transactions. Hashes are used to tie the series of blocks together. Each miner has a copy of the transactions log, called the public ledger.
Although storing data, other than transactions data, usually requires some hacking on the Bitcoin blockchain, the vision of a blockchained future is being explored by the world's largest technology firms, who, for now, have an eye on revolutionizing the financial institution, making it more efficient and convenient.
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Justin OConnell @justinofconnell
Justin is the founder of Cryptographic Asset
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Badgers and JR Central celebrate 20 years of high-speed internships
It's the most competitive, most sought after international internship offered by the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
The JR Central Internship Program, established by Distinguished UW Alum and JR Central Chairman Emeritus Yoshiyuki Kasai, has been offering Badgers professional experiences in the cutting-edge field of high-speed transportation since 2000. To date, 49 Badgers have participated, learning about all aspects of JR Central from marketing and administration to research and engineering.
Students often apply multiple times and begin inquiring years in advance for a chance to obtain one of 2–3 coveted spots each year. Once you understand the internship, it isn't hard to understand why.
Participants take on a learning and consulting role, getting a rare, behind-the-scenes look at all aspects of JR Central, which is often acknowledged as the model for high-speed transportation around the globe. The broad view of JR Central's operations appeals to a wide variety of students looking to launch their own careers. JR Central also provides participants with in-country transportation, lodging, and a stipend for the duration of their experience.
Bradley Biel '05 (international relations and French) delayed his graduation so that he would be eligible to participate.
"It was such an incredible opportunity—to be able to go and assess every aspect of their business," said Biel, now a program manager for Zume. "Taking a consultant approach throughout the program made me realize all that goes into making the trains run. It taught me to be very strategic."
To celebrate the 20-year milestone of the program, JR Central hosted a presentation on campus that included lectures and panel discussions on the future of high-speed rail transportation and projects in Texas and between New York City and Washington, D.C. Presenters included representatives from JR Central, the Northeast Maglev, the High-Speed-Railway Technology Consulting Corporation, and members of the Wisconsin High Speed Transportation Group student organizations.
Badger alumni gather with faculty, staff, and high-speed rail representatives for a celebration of the JR Central Internship Program.
The gathering concluded with a celebration that attracted over 30 Badgers representing almost every year of the program, as well as Texas A&M University participants, who were also invited to the event.
Dean Guido Podesta presents Masahiro Nakayama, general manager of the JR office in Washington, D.C. , with a memento to commemorate the anniversary of the internship program.
"UW–Madison is proud to celebrate this important partnership and the incredible efforts of the JR staff who continue to make these experiences possible," said UW–Madison International Division Vice Provost Guido Podestá. "The impact of the program is undeniable. We need only look at the alumni in attendance today, who show just as much excitement whether they participated last year or 20 years ago."
Alumni who attended spoke highly of the internship program and how it impacted their own paths.
Pojen Suhendra '02 (marketing and operations) participated in the first cohort of the program. Suhendra called international internships "one of the best things you could put on your resume," noting that they add professional skills and experience and also demonstrate willingness to be put in new situations and thrive.
Now director of procurement for Apple, Suhendra continues to look back at the program as a formative experience.
"The project that I did in addition to the JR program was part of an operations class," Suhendra said. "I studied JR's scheduling method because they have one of the most sophisticated scheduling methods in the world. Now I am in operations, so I still use a bit of what I originally learned in what I do today."
Tana Johnson '01 (international relations and East Asian studies) also participated in the first cohort. Johnson, who is now an associate professor at Duke University's Sanford School of Public Policy, found that the internship program allowed her to explore her academic interests through a new lens.
"I've always been a person who is interested in the government side as well as the business side of international policy," Johnson said. "My studies at UW looked at economics, politics, and business. During the JR internship program, I was especially interested in how JR had been privatized. In my current role, I am very much in the government side of public policy. My studies at UW, my internship in Tokyo, and my career now blend those things together."
Students interested in the JR Central Internship program and other professional development internship programs offered worldwide can learn more through UW–Madison's International Internship Program.
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The Convenience of Large Urban School Districts: A Study of Recruitment Practices in 37 Randomized Trials (WP-19-27)
Elizabeth Tipton, Jessaca Spybrook, Katie Fitzgerald, Qian Wang, and Caryn Davidson
As a result of the evidence-based decision-making movement, the number of randomized trials evaluating educational programs and curricula has increased dramatically over the past twenty years. Policy makers and practitioners are encouraged to use the results of these trials to inform their decision making in schools and school districts. At the same time, however, little is known about the schools taking part in these randomized trials, both regarding how and why they were recruited and how they compare to populations in need of research. In this paper, the researchers report on a study of 37 cluster randomized trials funded by the Institute of Education Sciences between 2011 - 2015. Principal Investigators of these grants were interviewed regarding the recruitment process and practices. Additionally, data on the schools included in 34 of these studies was analyzed to determine the general demographics of schools included in funded research, as well as how these samples compare to important policy relevant populations. The authors show that the types of schools included in research differ in a variety of ways from these populations. Large schools from large school districts in urban areas were over-represented, while schools from small school districts in rural areas and towns are under-represented. The paper concludes with a discussion of how recruitment practices might be improved in order to meet the goals of the evidence-based decision-making movement.
Elizabeth Tipton, Associate Professor of Statistics and IPR Fellow, Northwestern University
Jessaca Spybrook, Professor of Evaluation, Measurement and Research, Western Michigan University
Katie Fitzgerald, Department of Statistics, Northwestern University
Qian Wang, Department of Evaluation, Measurement and Research, Western Michigan University
Caryn Davidson, Department of Evaluation, Measurement and Research, Western Michigan University


A disputed territory between the River Jordan and the Mediterranean.
It was ruled by the Kings of Judah until the expulsion of the Jewish people after the unsuccessful Bar Kochba rising, 132–5 ad. Since then it has been populated by a majority of Arabs, though it remained a central reference point to the dispersed Jewish people as their homeland, Eretz Israel (Land of Israel). In the light of renewed pogroms in eastern Europe, a first wave of Jewish immigration into Palestine began in 1882, and there was another wave in 1904–14. Though the second wave contained many intellectuals and people of middle‐class origins, the 60,000 Jews who had immigrated in total by 1914 were driven less by a vision of a new state than by the hope of making a new living, free from persecution.
In 1918 the area, which had been under the authority of the Ottoman Empire since 1517, came under British rule, formalized as a League of Nations Mandate in 1920. The Balfour Declaration of 1917 had fostered the hope of a Jewish state in Palestine, which was given further impetus by a third wave of Jewish immigration (around 35,000 people), this time with explicitly Zionist aims. At the same time, however, British encouragement of Arab nationalism, partly through T. E. Lawrence, also fostered an increasing sense of identity among Palestinian Arabs. They began to feel threatened, particularly by relatively sophisticated and well‐organized Jewish quasi‐state institutions, such as the Histadrut or Haganah. Arab attacks on Jewish settlers climaxed in 1929, when over 200 Jews were massacred in Hebron, and in 1936–9, during the Arab uprising. Tensions intensified partly because Jewish immigration continued, as 80,000 people arrived in 1924–31. In 1932–8, 200,000 Jews immigrated, fleeing from the rise of anti‐Semitism in Europe (particularly, though not exclusively, in Germany and Austria). The unspeakable suffering of Jews in Nazi concentration camps such as Auschwitz changed world opinion, and made the creation of an Israeli state inevitable.
Palestinian Arabs, supported by Arabs elsewhere, refused to accept this, and in 1948–9 they rose against the new state of Israel, but to no avail. Western Palestine came under Jewish rule, the Gaza Strip under Egyptian sovereignty, and eastern Palestine became Jordanian territory as the West Bank. The latter territories came under Israeli administration after the Six Day War in 1967; but perhaps the darkest days for Arabs in Palestine (Palestinians) came in 1970, when their leaders and many of their people were violently expelled from Jordan by fellow Arabs. They gradually recovered from this blow, and became increasingly self‐confident as their leadership, especially the PLO, grew in international stature. The Palestinians' most concerted effort to have their claim for their own state recognized came in the Intifadah uprising, which finally convinced Israel that it could not defy Palestinian demands forever. In 1988, in response to Jordan's final renunciation of its claims to the West Bank, the PLO declared it the independent state of Palestine, and later that year finally recognized the state of Israel.
Subjects: Medieval and Renaissance History (500 to 1500).


An interest in Performing Arts with skills in one or more of the disciplines (singing, acting or dancing) is ideal plus you should have 5 GCSEs (or equivalent) at grade C (grade 4) or above; these should include English Language. There will also be an internal assessment to ensure that you are working at the appropriate level.
As a whole the course will help you to gain an awareness of the way in which the creative industry works and give you strategies to work as a freelance performer because most of the time you will be self employed.
Classes are taught in small groups with a focus on working to your individual strengths to develop a portfolio of performance skills. You build your confidence through creative work, devising and role play, with at least one singing, one dancing and one acting performance per year.
Theatre practitioners UCAN deliver the Performance Workshop module. UCAN was formed by Bernie Latham, of Hollyoaks fame, so it gives you the opportunity to work with industry professionals.
You will be required to maintain a blog to include reflections on your practice and research findings. Students work in rehearsals and are filmed regularly, which is used as evidence for your portfolios.
The course is very practical and will give you an understanding of how to make theatre connections and the importance of networking.
You will also work on a community project with primary school children coaching them and helping with diction, projection and stage movement, using the knowledge you gain to help them refine their performance skills.
As part of the Chapel arts centre offer, all students will be given the opportunity to take regular front of house, box office, and technician roles, and may be asked to produce materials for visiting professional performers.
Students have the chance to perform audition pieces in front of industry professionals.