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Energy-efficient journalism, urban planning for news
I came across a great story in The Economist last night — a look at emerging systems of urbanism, part of the magazine's "Special Report on Smart Systems." In cities large and small, eastern and western, established and nascent, planners are attempting to bring some of the systematized logic of the world of digital design — strategic centralization coupled with strategic individualization — to bear on the urban landscape.
Take PlanIT Valley, an area just outside Porto, Portugal — which, borrowing the "service-oriented architecture" concept from the design world, is attempting to build itself into "the world's smartest city."
Much of the city, which is to cost about $10 billion, will rely on prefabricated parts; its foundation, for instance, will be made of concrete blocks that come with all the gear for smart infrastructures pre-installed. Eventually the entire city and its buildings will be run by an "urban operating system" that integrates all parts and combines them into all kinds of services, such as traffic management and better use of energy.
It's a neat idea, for informational infrastructure as much as architectural: an urban operating system. Energy-efficient, generally efficient. An approach to civic space that is strategically comprehensive — the product not merely of collective efforts, but of collaborative ones.
We often talk about news as a collective endeavor, as an "ecosystem." (In fact, if you're in NYC tomorrow evening, in fact, you can attend Columbia's 2010 installment of its "Changing Media Landscape" panel, an event whose title is as apparently unironic as it is permanent.) Culturally, though, and viscerally, we tend to understand journalism as a fundamentally individualistic enterprise: A world of beats and brands, of information that is bought and sold — an epistemology built upon ownership. And we tend to see ourselves within that structure as a system only in the broadest sense: small pieces, loosely joined. Very loosely. Individual news organizations — among them, increasingly, actual individuals — decide for ourselves the scope of our coverage, the way of our coverage, the details of our coverage. Because it is our coverage. While, sure, the market rewards niche-finding and, with it, comprehension — and while, sure, we're certainly in conversation with other outlets as we go along — still, with notable exceptions, most of the discourse we have with our peers in newsgathering plays out via the calculation of competition. In general, we're all Darwinists. Which is to say, we're all capitalists — even when we're not.
Ironically, though, the net result of that core individuality, for all the obvious good that comes from it, is often some form of redundancy. "Designs are often used only once, most buildings are not energy-efficient, the industry produces a lot of waste, and many materials are simply thrown away," The Economist notes of industrial-age planning strategies, going on to cite a Harvard Business School case study finding that the waste in question accounts for a whopping 30 percent of construction costs. The architectural impulse toward ownership — in this case, the idea that urban spaces' constituent structures should be singular rather than systematized — is both a means to beauty and artistry…and an inefficiency that's quite literally built into the system of production.
A similar thing happens in news: In attempting to apply the aesthetic of individualism to a pragmatic public good, to put our stamp on it in a craftsmens' guild kind of way, we often produce work that is unintentionally, but necessarily, wasteful — because it is unintentionally, but necessarily, duplicative. (Forty reporters covering a single press conference; 2,000 covering the Chilean miners' rescue, etc.) Just as there are only so many ways to design an office building, or a parking structure, or a green space, there are only so many ways to structure a single news story. But structure that story we do, each of us outlets, because our individual missions are just that: individual. So we repeat ourselves. Repeatedly. And we resign ourselves to the repetition. (Google "Obama + coconuts" today and you'll get over 2 million hits. Make of that what you will.) And then, because we need some way to control the crowded content of our own creation, we rely on external engineers — Twitter, Facebook, The Huffington Post, Google News — to impose order on the chaos. The coders become the curators become the arbiters. The news, as a civic space, ends up outsourcing the design of its own traffic flow.
Which may be fine. The whole point of a system, after all, is to overcome fragmentation with collaboration — which is exactly what we're seeing play out, organically, in our news ecosystem. But what if, at the same time, we were more intentionally systematic about the news we produce? What if we applied the operating-system logic to journalism? While there's certainly a systemic role for redundancy — duplication in journalism provides a crucial check against error, exaggeration, and the like (and, of course, it's in nobody's interest to develop the first one to come over the over-centralized oversight of news) — there's something to be said, I think, for being more broadly collaborative in our thinking when it comes to the news that we — we, the news system — serve up to consumers. (Who tend to care very little about the proprietary structures — the beats, the brands — that defines journalists' work.) A do what you do best; link to the rest mentality writ large.
The model we saw on display in outlets' recent collaborations with WikiLeaks could be instructive; a nice balance of competition and collaboration could be one way to bring an digital-design sensibility to the news. Collaboration is no longer the province of utopians and/or nerds; increasingly, it's defining the systems that are, in turn, defining us. Just as architecture understands that empty space is its own form of structure, journalism increasingly appreciates that connection — links, relationships, permeable borders — is a kind of content unto itself. Openness is architecture.
In a post earlier this year, Josh advocated for the development of a New Urbanism for news, a system of information delivery that offers "a retrenchment from endless sprawl, the construction of concentrated experiences, a new consciousness of how we obtain and consume." As abundance edges out scarcity as the defining factor of our news economy, we'll increasingly need to think about news production as a dialectic between creativity and containment. And as a system that, for the good of its consumers, balances the benefits of competition with the complementary benefits of collaboration.
Image via peterlfrench, used under a Creative Commons license.
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NYT's Opinion Pages continue the march toward app-inspired design
Above is a screenshot of The New York Times' opinion section, whose redesign went live a few hours ago. Looks sharp, doesn't it? It also looks like it's itching to be put into a different context:
The web redesign looks an awful lot like an iPad app: stories set into big touchable-looking blocks; non-standard web typography; more white space and more room for graphics than 99 percent of newspaper websites offer. And below the area in the screenshot above, the selector for moving between different Times columnists is all done in Ajax, so each click seamlessly shifts between content, much as a nice menuing system in an app might. Even the ING Direct ad in the upper right looks like the sort of small display ads some apps use. In some ways, this redesign more closely resembles the original NYT iPad app previewed in January than does the app the Times eventually shipped.
The redesign is limited to the Opinion front door; the actual story pages are unchanged. But this is the strongest sign yet that the design motifs news organizations are using in app development are bleeding back into the web, as I'd predicted back in April. Twitter's recent redesign, of course, had a similar app-to-web feel.
Part of this design trend is driven by technology: more people using modern browsers that can handle Ajax; faster connections for big graphics and larger page sizes; the arrival of Typekit as a de facto standard for non-standard fonts. But I think it's also driven by the desire to present easier navigation choices for readers and the sort of graphical class that lets you stand apart from the increasingly info-cluttered corners of the web. (Compare the Times' new opinion page to, say, its politics page.)
I think this is important in ways that aren't just about aesthetics. Simpler, bolder design also helps news organizations push back against the notion that the web demands more more more — more stories, more updates, more exhausted reporters. In the comments to Nikki Usher's post on the "hamster wheel" a few days ago, a few of us had a mini-discussion on the subject. After C.W. Anderson described "the 'needs' of the internet" as "bottomless needs," I said:
I'd just like to put a signpost in the ground for the argument that the needs of the Internet are not "bottomless needs." There is not a single human being who consumes everything The New York Times produces online in a given day — or even the amount that The Dallas Morning News, or The Toledo Blade, or The Podunk Gazette produce. (Okay, maybe The Podunk Gazette.) Aren't there any number of successful online content businesses built around strong but not overwhelming-in-quantity content?
I have no data to prove this, but I think there's a chart to be drawn somewhere that features both quantity of content output and loyalty of audience, and I don't think they line up 1:1. I don't think the hamster-wheel model makes a lot of business sense for even a lot of online news outlets, whatever journalism sense it may make.
The hamster-wheel urge to produce more more more is happening at the same time that audiences are feeling more overwhelmed than ever with information. There aren't many Americans who, at day's end, lament: "Man, I just wish I'd had access to more content today." There's a role to be filled by providing simplicity, a more limited universe of choices, and information underload.
I've called it before a New Urbanism for news, and I think designs like this are a step in that direction.
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"Lipstick On A Wonk": Paul Ryan Is As Risky A Pick For Mitt Romney As Sarah Palin Was For John McCain
It's official: Mitt Romney has picked Wisconsin Representative Paul Ryan to join him as his running mate. I've already written why I think Ryan is a terrible choice. In short, his plan to cut taxes on the rich and gut the welfare state is one of the most unpopular proposals in American politics. Conservatives love Ryan, but seniors, young people, women, nonwhites, veterans, the disabled, and the poor might feel differently about a man who wants to make the federal government an ATM for the wealthy.
In terms of the election, it's hard to see how Romney gains from this choice. Because of its large population of working-class whites, Wisconsin has the potential to become a swing state, but for now, Obama has a solid lead. Yes, vice presidential nominees provide a home-state boost, but it's small—on average, two points. Barring a major change in the race, the most Ryan will do is help Romney lose Wisconsin by a somewhat smaller margin than he would have otherwise.
With that said, a vice presidential choice is most important for what it says about the nominee, and Ryan reflects poorly on Mitt Romney. On the first and most crucial qualification—"Can this person govern the country if the president dies or leaves office"—the answer is "no one knows." Ryan has no executive experience of any kind: no experience leading a large organization, or something just as complex like a presidential campaign. Executive experience isn't everything, but it does stick out, especially given Romney's short tenure in public office.
Ryan has little experience with foreign policy—even less than Romney, in fact—and has spent the majority of his adult life in the House of Representatives. I don't think this is a bad thing, but by the standards of the Republican Party, which routinely knocks Obama for his lack of private-sector experience, it's a major failing. Conservative Ryanmania (like Beatlemania, except with white, aging billionaires) notwithstanding, there's no evidence that Ryan could step in and govern if President Romney were incapacitated.
Paul Ryan exudes confidence, has a tremendous amount of political skill—as Dave Weigel said on Twitter, it's no small feat to convince Washington journalists that you are a serious budget wonk, despite the complete lack of evidence—and Ryan benefits from the presumption that powerful white men know what they're doing. But in terms of his ability to lead, he's no less risky than Sarah Palin. In evaluating Romney's readiness, we should keep this choice in mind.
The Ryan choice also says a lot about Romney's standing with conservatives. If he had their full support, he would be free to choose a more moderate running mate, like New Jersey's Chris Christie. Hell, if he had their partial support, he could choose another conservative in sheep's clothing, like Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell. But he lacks the trust and good will of the conservative establishment. For a presidential challenger, this is dangerous: Romney can't win the White House if he doesn't have a unified base.
If there's anything that would earn him the unconditional support of conservatives, it's choosing their prophet as his running mate. It satisfies their calls to make this election about "big ideas," and not just a referendum on President Obama. If you believe that Americans are clamoring for Medicare cuts, this is a swell plan. But since they aren't, it's hard to say that this is a good political choice for Romney. Indeed, there's an even greater downside for his career—if he loses, conservatives will blame him for weighing down Ryan. He will become a pariah, banished from the halls of Republican power.
One last thing. Many people, liberals included, are convinced that Romney is playing a part. "He's not really a conservative," they say, "In office, he'll move to the center." The Ryan pick should disabuse everyone of that idea. The Right has a firm grip on the Romney campaign, which will grow tighter if he's elected president. To borrow from David Frum, this is "about forcing a platform on Romney, and then dictating the agenda for that presidency's first year."
The stakes have just been raised. If Obama loses, we can look forward to President Mitt Romney, Vice President Paul Ryan, and the most right-wing presidential administration in modern American history.
By: Jamelle Bouie, The American Prospect, August 11, 2012
August 12, 2012 - Posted by	raemd95 | Election 2012	| Foreign Policy, Medicare, Mitt Romney, Paul Ryan, Politics, Sarah Palin, Seniors, Social Security, War on Women
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HERSHEY, Pa. – Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center recently replaced 126 traditional 1000-watt quartz fixtures with nearly 50 Iluminarc LED-fitted exterior lighting solutions, saving energy and an estimated $21,000 in operating costs annually. Thirty-six Ilumipanel 180 IP and 10 Ilumipanel 90 IP building washers—with a throw of over 500 feet—now bathe the center's trademark crescent-shaped limestone exterior in color-changing light.
In addition to saving energy and minimizing costs, the center's staff wanted the ability to change the colors of its façade to support different health care awareness initiatives, such as red for National Heart Month, blue for National Autism Awareness Month, or pink for Breast Cancer Awareness Month. To achieve this goal, the center enlisted lighting designer Scott Chmielewski, president of Digital Media Designs, to pre-program a series of custom scenes for these events and initiatives. For example, during Fourth of July celebrations, the center hosts the Hershey Symphony Orchestra as it performs on the lawn, the color-changing crescent serving as their red, white and blue backdrop.
While researching different energy-saving opportunities, Building Systems Analyst for the center's Facilities Department, Kevin Kanoff, attended LightFair in Philadelphia and found the ideal lighting solution at the Iluminarc booth. The LED fixtures, when compared to the previously installed incandescent fixtures, will significantly reduce the annual wattage usage from over 337,000 kilowatt-hours at an annual operating cost of over $26,000, to just over 70,000 kilowatt-hours at an operating cost of approximately $5,480 annually.
"Energy consumption was a concern coupled with the idea of changing colors on the façade," said Kevin Kanoff, building systems analyst for Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, "the LED Iluminarc fixtures were the ideal choice to achieve both functions in one lighting solution."
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It was our 45th month wedding anniversary. It was also 9 months after our last movie in the cinema, "Wonder Woman". One week after that movie, our wonder girl was born. Our wonder baby.
13.3.18 is a Tuesday when the movie is the cheapest for the week. Coincidentally, it's a school holiday and hubby's sis was free to come by our place to baby sit.
This could only happen because of the traumatic sleep training both baby and us went through. Most of my mother friends didn't sleep train their babies – either the babies sleep well naturally or they let them wake up frequently even as toddlers. I know a few judged me quietly. Am I selfish? Selfish to want my own time? To want to do my own things? To take care of my physical and mental health?
I was at the breaking point.
Not able to switch on the light beside our queen bed. Always having to speak in hushed voices and tip toe around. These were still small sacrifices.
I had to carry, pat and feed my baby to sleep day and night.
Sleeping in the mattress next to our bed, Evangeline woke up every 2 hours to latch (breastfeed) almost every night for the first 6 months. I couldn't take it and ask hubby to take over the night shift. Still, she was waking up every 3 hours to be carried and pat to sleep.
Then in the day, when there's only Evangeline and me, I had to cradle carry or Tula carry her to sleep. That's not all, I couldn't sit down but stand up to bounce, pat and/or walk so that she could sleep. Yeah, I could sit down if I'm latching her to sleep.
And when she's finally asleep in my arms, I had to continue carrying her. If I put her down, she would continue to sleep well on good days. However, most of the time she would wake up as soon as she touched the bed or sleep for a while, like 10-20 mins, before crying for me. So if I want her to sleep for a solid 1 hour, I had to carry her as she slept and me mindlessly watching shows. But half the time, she would still wake up about 30-45mins.
It was no wonder my waist was aching, my spine was in stabbing pain and my wrist was disjointed at times and I had to carefully twist it back at an angle. My vision was getting blurry from the interrupted, broken sleep that went on for so many nights. Who's going to pay for the medical expenses and worse still, to suffer the pain?
Anyway, as you can see, a big chunk of my time was gone from making her sleep. And then there's the mundane grind of breastfeeding, changing diapers, bathing baby, and doing housework.
Being a SAHM wanting to write/work, and without external help, I couldn't be hands off like working mothers during the day, and I couldn't be 100% hands on like SAHM.
I felt lost, losing that purpose, passion and dreams I once had. I needed therapeutic writing. I needed time to rest and breathe. I needed adult conversations. I needed couple time. I needed alone time.
With this steep learning curve of parenting, I heard some unpleasant news from my family side. I felt so abandoned.
I was on the brink of a mental breakdown.
So like what the airline safety video always remind us – save yourself first before you save the child. If you die, there's an even lower survival rate for the child.
So I'm trying to regain my sanity through sleep training.
I'm perhaps trying to justify my "cruel method" in this post. To make myself feel less guilty. But actually to let me not forget how hard it had been and it's alright to treat myself better.
Sleep training has never been my plan. I believed articles that said babies will sleep naturally without training. Then, I heard of toddlers having night wakings even at 2 years old. That's way beyond my threshold. I couldn't do this for another 2 years. And it seemed harder to sleep train the children when they know how to talk. Moreover, my baby was not getting enough sleep. She's sleeping about 10 hours like a toddler, when she's supposed to sleep 14 to 15 hours a day? Babies grow when they sleep. So she needed to learn how to self soothe and get sufficient sleep.
So yeah, sleep training was life changing for us. At least at night.
Her afternoon naps were worse. And when the naps were getting better, we had to mess up her schedule to go swimming yesterday. So today she refused her first nap and screamed for hours at Sunday school. Fiesty screams, the teachers inisuated.
And in this journey, I'm frustrated that things are going 10 steps forward, 5 steps back. But I'm still thankful that things are still moving forward. I have more time recently to write and rest my body, mind and soul. To have a movie date and more couple time with hubby.
Oh yes, the movie. We managed to catch The Greatest Showman that many people have been talking about and re-watched a few times. I think God wants us to watch it, because it's still showing after 3 months! It was such an awesome show! Love the music, dance, cinematography, inspiration, etc. Hubby super love the show and have been having post show singing for a few days. Hehe.
The show reminded me to dream again, and more importantly to stay humble in success. That is if I succeed.
It's so apt that this year, the theme of our church is Hesed Wisdom. I really need wisdom in parenting – of baby's eating, sleeping, and intellectual and emotional development. To have the wisdom and love to take care and bring up a child to be healthy and godly.
As I write this post, I prayed for God to give me a bible verse for this parenting season. And He did! I really should have done so earlier. I went to human sources first, reading a lot about parenting online and in books. Some of these made me even more confused with the different points of view and I ended up frustrated.
The"it" in this verse is the gospel preached by Paul. But wisdom is found in gospel too. And hence wisdom of God is also not from man nor teachings, but revealed in Jesus. And we receive this wisdom as God freely gives His Son to us.


Scotland's Chief Statistician today published Key Scottish Environment Statistics 2016.
The publication provides key datasets on the state of the environment in Scotland, with an emphasis on trends over time. It contains chapters and charts on public attitudes to the environment, global atmosphere, air quality, water, radioactivity, waste, land, conservation and biodiversity which are supplemented by text providing brief information for each measure on why it is important, trend and factors affecting the trend. It is accompanied by a separate Excel workbook containing the full datasets.
A two page overview provides a summary of the trends shown by the statistics and there is an introductory page for each chapter.
This publication includes previously published statistics and figures produced by other organisations, some of which are not official statistics. The publication is only available as a web publication.


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Aggregates are inert granular materials such as sand, gravel or crushed rock that are an endproduct in their own right. They are also the raw materials that are an essential ingredient in concrete. For a good concrete mix, aggregates need to be clean, hard, strong particles free of absorbed chemicals or coatings of clay and other fine materials that could cause the deterioration of concrete.
Aggregates typically comprise the largest proportion of concrete, often exceeding 80 per cent by mass. The UK has an abundance of local, naturally-occurring aggregate resources. Mineral extraction is tightly regulated, and once extraction has ended sites will be restored. The process of restoration can deliver biodiversity gain, through the creation of rare or valuable new habitats. Read more
Inherently low in carbon, natural aggregates require little processing and are usually available in close proximity to sites of concrete manufacture. Where aggregates are unique to a specific region's geology, travel distances may increase to facilitate national supply. For longer distances, the industry uses the UK's low carbon transport modes of rail and waterways. The average road delivery distances for aggregates is 30 miles (ref MPA Sustainability Report).
Total aggregate use in Great Britain is relatively low in comparison with other countries. Annual per capita use of aggregates in GB is approximately
20% below the European average (ref MPA Sustainability Report).
Coarse aggregates
Coarse aggregates are particles greater than 4.75mm, but generally range between 9.5mm to 37.5mm in diameter. They can either be from Primary, Secondary or Recycled sources. Primary, or 'virgin', aggregates are either Land- or Marine-Won. Gravel is a coarse marine-won aggregate; land-won coarse aggregates include gravel and crushed rock. Gravels constitute the majority of coarse aggregate used in concrete with crushed rock making up most of the remainder.
Secondary aggregates are materials which are the by-products of extractive operations and are derived from a very wide range of materials.
Recycled concrete is a viable source of aggregate and has been satisfactorily used in granular subbases, soil-cement, and in new concrete. Recycled aggregates are classified in one of two ways, as:
Recycled Aggregate (RA), or as
Recycled Concrete Aggregate (RCA).
Fine aggregates
Fine aggregate are basically sands won from the land or the marine environment. Fine aggregates generally consist of natural sand or crushed stone with most particles passing through a 9.5mm sieve. As with coarse aggregates these can be from Primary, Secondary or Recycled sources.
Lightweight aggregates
Lightweight aggregates are manufactured from natural materials or from the manufacture or processing of industrial by-products. The required properties of the lightweight concrete will have a bearing on the best type of lightweight aggregate to use.
Sustainability credentials
CO2 On site CO2 emissions from aggregates supply are 4 - 6 kg per tonne. 15 per cent of UK aggregates are transported by rail and ship/barge. The average road delivery distances is 38 kilometres.
Recycling With a growing commitment to recycling construction waste materials, there is now little evidence that any hard demolition and construction waste is sent to landfill (ii). Recycled and secondary aggregates account for 20 per cent of the total market: this is the highest for all countries in Europe.
Biodiversity Seven hundred sites of special scientific interest (SSSIs) in the UK are current and previous sites of mineral extraction. The aggregates sector is actively involved in site stewardship and biodiversity initiatives, including encouraging exemplar restoration projects.
Resource Depletion Aggregates are abundant the world over. The UK has enough aggregate reserves to last for hundreds of thousands of years at current rates of usage (i).
Health and Safety With improving working practices, year on year aggregate extraction is becoming an increasingly safe industry. MPA is seeking to achieve a 2014 target of a 50 per cent reduction in lost time incidents (LTI) for direct employers and contractors, with an overarching aim of 'Zero Harm'.
Source: Concrete Credentials: Sustainability, MPA - The Concrete Centre, 2010
Coarse aggregate
For more information on aggregates and concrete, download the publication 'Specifying Sustainable Concrete' from The Concrete Centre website.
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The Solar Warmouse was carefully crafted by artist and designer Clogtwo, and produced by international toy maker, Mightyjaxx.
The Solar Warmouse, is a limited edition colour-way only sold here. Only 50 pieces are produced. The Solar Warmouse represents the perfect balance of life and destruction, like our solar system's Giant Star.
This 10" vinyl art figure comes in a blister pack with off-set printed box, accompanied with a Certificate of Authenticity and an embroidery patch.


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2017, State College, PA
Want to make a movie? That typically daunting idea was broken apart and put on display for several weeks at Penn State University, where students, staff, and faculty were invited to participate in the production of a crowd-sourced movie. Everything from story writing, to acting, to sound recording was presented as participatory art in and around the Borland Project Space. The goal was to involve as many people as possible, lowering the barriers to entry all the way to the ground and revealing the intricacies of filmmaking to the public.
The movie began with twenty feet of blank paper and color-coded prompts like "character flaws," "inciting incidents," and "macguffins." Visitors to the gallery left ideas on the wall, and I patrolled campus with a clipboard to round up some additional suggestions. A scheduled event at the end of the first week, invited film professor Martin Camden and two members of Happy Valley Improv to help plot a story through the myriad suggestions. Not every suggestion made it into the final story, but participants developed ideas during a fast track writing session that served as a crash course in screenwriting. I wrote the script over the following weekend in preparation for a marathon two weeks of shooting.
Given that the project took place on a college campus, the story focused on a college student finding their way in the world. The formal structure of characters being portrayed by multiple actors meant that shifting appearances would be an inherit part of the movie. Experiments like Star Wars Uncut and my own test reel convinced me that the story would be legible despite this effect, but I wanted to reference that effect in the actual story somehow.
Based on the results of the story workshop, gender-neutral protagonist Alex, would be an indecisive triple-major whose family and friends were pulling them in a dozen directions at once. As the deadline for choosing a major approached, Alex's fractured persona would start to unravel—hallucinating voices from inanimate objects until they flee the college into the woods, where (according to a written suggestion) they would dig a tunnel beneath the school. A group of subterranean refugees offer Alex a glimpse of unstructured life, and they eventually find a path forwards that simultaneously embraces and refutes the notion of higher education.
With script in hand, I asked random passersby to "help make a movie" for a few minutes each. Surprisingly, most people were glad to participate, though I constantly assured people that they didn't have to be good actors. The resulting performances are occasionally cringe-worthy, but at the best moments achieve gleeful camp and some people surprised me with their genuine performances. Once again, the goal was to lay bare the production process, explaining lighting and composition techniques to anyone joining the shoot. Some film and art students assisted me throughout, and while certain scheduled events ensured willing participants, I ambushed over one hundred people with a camera and microphone.
Unedited dailies were displayed back in the gallery, where props and storyboards were strewn about in a constantly evolving workspace. A few roughcut scenes were projected in a makeshift recording studio, where participants could record foley sound effects with a variety of found objects. I led several workshops about sound recording, and enlisted participants to record voiceovers as well.
The final film screened at the Palmer Museum of Art in February 2018. Watch the full film here:


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Moving the Needle: Solid Oak Sketches, LLC v. Visual Concepts, LLC and the Copyright Quagmire of Tattoos in Video Games
n a complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York this month, a group of tattoo artists (through a licensing entity) sued the developer, publisher, and marketer of the immensely popular NBA 2K16 video game over digital depictions of tattoos the artists had inked on the real-life basketball players appearing in the game, including LeBron James and Kobe Bryant. Claiming violation of their exclusive right of public display under 17 U.S.C. § 106(5), the artist collective in Solid Oak Sketches, LLC v. Visual Concepts, LLC seeks monetary damages, costs and fees, and injunctive relief against production of the game and any further "public displays" of the tattoos. While it may seem outlandish at first blush, cases like Solid Oak Sketches are becoming more common.
No longer exclusive to bikers and rock stars, tattoos have become indelible staples of mainstream popular culture, and have, over the last decade or so, slowly worked their way into the legal world. In recent years several tattoo artists have filed copyright claims in federal courts against video game publishers and developers, movie studios, and even professional athletes in connection with on-screen depictions of their inked artwork. For instance, tattoo artist Christopher Escobedo sued video game maker THQ Inc. in 2012 for depicting a lion tattoo that Escobedo had inked into the chest of MMA fighter Carlos Condit. Probably the most well-known tattoo copyright infringement case is S. Victor Whitmill's 2011 lawsuit against Warner Bros. Entertainment in Missouri federal court over the use of his tribal-inspired tattoo design – famously seen on Mike Tyson's face – in the movie The Hangover Part II. In the movie, Ed Helms's character Stu wakes up the morning after a rowdy bachelor party sporting a replica of Tyson's tattoo on his face. While a St. Louis federal judge ultimately denied Whitmill's request to enjoin the release of the film, she strongly suggested that the plaintiff was likely to succeed on the merits of his claim.
Despite all the interesting legal questions ripe for discussion, all of these prior cases settled out of court, and consequently there are no published judicial opinions directly addressing copyrights in tattoos. It appears the only jurist to have opined on the issue was the district judge presiding over the Whitmill case, who stated from the bench: "I don't think there is any reasonable dispute that . . . the [Mike Tyson] tattoo itself and the design itself can be copyrighted." Courts are likely to agree with this conclusion, as a tattoo is almost certainly the type of fixed and original pictorial/graphic work that is covered by copyright. The tougher – and as yet unanswered – questions will relate to ownership of the tattoo. Typically the author retains ownership of a work, and with it the exclusive rights to (among other things) copy, distribute, or publicly display the work. See 17 U.S.C. § 106. Absent certain exceptions, the tattoo artist would still own the copyright in the tattoo artwork even though the work is indelibly injected into another person's skin.
But based on the culture and practices in the tattoo industry – and the expectations of artist and client – those who adorn themselves with ink are presumably given an implied license by the artist to go about their business without having to cover themselves at all times to avoid infringement. Even Mr. Escobedo conceded that while he is "the artist and the creator" of the tattoo, he is "not saying [he] own[s] [his clients'] skin." The implied license between tattoo artist and bearer, so the argument goes, should not restrict individual freedoms, including the right to publicly display the tattoo as it appears on one's body in real life, even in a commercial context, which for celebrities and athletes will often include TV, film, and video game appearances.
Indeed, Whitmill himself indicated that he was not opposed to Tyson's use of the tattoo, including in the boxer's appearance in the first installment of The Hangover and on Tyson action figures because "that's his identity." Whitmill would therefore be hard-pressed to oppose a digital rendition of Tyson (complete with facial tattoo) in a video game, especially because Tyson presumably would have to authorize the use of his likeness (as he must have done with respect to The Hangover and the action figure), and thereby at least impliedly sub-license the right to use the tattoo artwork to the game developer. While no court has yet adopted these implied license or implied sub-license theories, legal commentators seem to agree that the rules makes sense and that courts would likely concur.
Another possible defense for video game developers is the doctrine of de minimis infringement, which states that copying is not actionable if it is so "trivial" as to "fall below the quantitative threshold of substantial similarity." Gottlieb Dev. LLC v. Paramount Pictures Corp., 590 F. Supp. 2d 625, 628 (S.D.N.Y. 2008). In determining whether the use of a visual work is de minimis, courts consider factors such as observability of the work, the length of time the work appears on screen, and prominence of the copyrighted work within the allegedly infringing work. See id. A colorable argument could be made that the copying of an individual tattoo in a video game is de minimis when the work appears on the body of one out of hundreds of characters depicted in the game; does not consistently appear on screen (e.g., when the tattooed character is not being used); and cannot plausibly be said to hold a place of prominence in the overall scope of the game. A similar argument could be made in the context of fair use. For instance, in Bill Graham Archives v. Dorling Kindersley Ltd., 448 F.3d 605 (2d Cir. 2006), the court held that the use of reduced-size reproductions of Grateful Dead posters in a biography of the band was fair because, inter alia, the copyrighted posters "constitute[d] an inconsequential portion" of the book under the "purpose and character of the use" prong of the fair use test.
In a perfect world, game-makers would not have to worry about these defenses; ideally, recognizable (or infamous) tattoo art prominently featured on screen would be vetted and, if necessary a waiver or license would be obtained prior to production and distribution of a game. But this may not be possible where, in a game like NBA 2K16, presumably dozens of players will have multiple tattoos. Alternatively, game developers could further mitigate their risks if the bearer of the tattoo has already procured an assignment, release, or waiver from the tattoo artist – as the NFL Players Association now encourages its players to do – and agrees to indemnify the game maker against third-party claims. This situation is also unlikely from a practical standpoint. In the absence of these transactional safeguards, it may be necessary to obscure or replace questionable tattoo art to the extent possible until such a time as the courts determine that the copying of tattoos in contexts like video games is de minimis, fair use, or subject to an unlimited implied license to the bearer with an implied sublicense for third-parties to copy the tattoo in on-screen depictions of the bearer. As the frequency of these cases increases, so too does the likelihood that the courts will put ink to paper and establish concrete guidance on tattoo copyrights.
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Facing impossible odds, a team of survivors are cornered against the unstoppable poltergeist horde! Defend yourself as they spawn terrifying monsters, possess players, and wreak havoc in their quest to destroy every survivor! Spot out the demon's shadow to uncover where they're hiding, but make sure you find a flash light, or you'll be trapped in the dark! Team work is essential if you want to survive. Stick together, share ammo, and destroy the poltergeist horde in Demons Vs Humans!
A clever twist the Demons Vs Humans Hl2 mod, we have demons shadow forms that can only be seen with the flash light.
The demon in the video above is toying with the player, he knows he can't be flanked and quickly pins the player down. The demon is seen to set fire to objects, manipulate them in different ways with the ghost gun, a new weapon which can move objects in more of a ghostly/poltergeist way.
Lots of refinements have been made to the human teams weapons, there is now a really agile rocket launcher and rocket Cam mode, to remote control launched rockets around corners and through building. During play tests we had several players fire rockets flying around the map chasing each other through vents, car windows and through other small gaps.
Demons can spawn headcrabs (we call them petcrabs) with much greater ease with the left mouse button and right click to directly control their petcrab (possession footage seen in previous news), demons get one petcrab at a time they can save it by teleporting it back to themselfs. Still working on getting them to level up to an antlion sized creature. The testers have worked out a jumping method to make the headcrabs fly, don't have the heart to take away any fun, just got to work it in somehow. I can always shoot them down with a rocket.
New models for players, weapons and headcrabs desperately needed, it will be summer soon so hopefully lots of spare time for any modellers that want to join or donate models.
I have to say that gameplay really surprised me, I pretty much ignored this mod but it seems to have huge potential!
looks wonderfull and original, need any beta testers you said?
You certain can. The play testers have been shaping this mod up since day 2, I really appreciate their dedication and suggestions.
Our focus is less about boring bug finding (we're tracking most of them), but more about how can we make this game even more fun.
This is cool, but i have to disagree with originality, as this is used in metro 2033.
Its interesting to hear about other games using projected flashlight shadows to indicate the presence of invisible entitys, I was not aware of that. Thanks for the comment!
I wish you luck with everything, also, with the modeller that you are needing, I will try to find somehow to get how to model or something like this..
That looks super fun! Is that music by Nine Inch Nails?
Yes, lots of good songs on that album suitable for the footage. Youtube have it in their AudioSwap selection.
so this is multi player if it is awesome !
Like a lot of others; I ignored this mod up until now. i deem this trackalicious.
Cool mod with high potectial, what i'd like to see is some new weapons which are both futuristic and old like a special magnum or a double-barrelled shotgun.
Cool mod, interesting formula for multiplayer.
Can you make the demon a little visible? like invisible with a little of waves. I hope if you can get the image. Idk a good ref.
Looks like a good concept, although I hope you get rid of the HL2 aspects of it. E.g. the weapons and settings, maybe changing the "petcrab" to a shadow creature or something really screwed up.
I see dynamic shadows with the flashlight. do i need orange box for this?
OB required, the demon effects are dynamic shadows too.
Was this in anyway inspired by Metro 2033?
Never played Metro, can you possess/control other players with critical health, possess/control demon pets and only been seen with a flashlight in Metro?
This has a lot of potential - do you have anywhere I could join in some discussion, and have some input? You've got my head swimming with ideas - like a time-cycle that swaps darkness and light akin to day and night, the goal being to survive the nights against the poltergeist while he cannot exist during the day, except in dark places.
Varied objectives, such as car keys, medical supplies, vital repairs that force players to randomly attend different areas outside their comfort zone, traversing areas ideal for ambush..


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Bangladesh 127-3 after South Africa declares on 496-3
AP Sep 29, 2017 at 12:05p ET
POTCHEFSTROOM, South Africa (AP) Dean Elgar fell one run short of a double-century as South Africa declared on 496-3 and led Bangladesh by 369 runs at stumps on Day 2 of the first test on Friday.
Elgar holed out to midwicket on 199 with an attempted hook shot, denying him the milestone, but it didn't affect South Africa's strong position at Senwes Park in Potchefstroom.
Bangladesh was 127-3 in its first innings. Captain Mushfiqur Rahim (44) was the vital wicket for South Africa in the final session, dropped twice by Elgar before Aiden Markram held a catch at short leg off spinner Keshav Maharaj.
Both those drops came off Maharaj before he finally got Mushfiqur.
South Africa had made early breakthroughs to get both Bangladesh openers out, and Mominul Haque (28 not out) and Tamim Iqbal (22 not out) took Bangladesh to the close. Tamim, showing a steely nerve, skipped down the track and hit the last ball of the day from Maharaj over long-on for a big six.
The attacking 67-run partnership between Mushfiqur and Mominul gave Bangladesh some hope that it can get close to South Africa's score on a batting-friendly surface.
Elgar's career-best score was the anchor for South Africa to pile on the runs after being given the opportunity to bat first on the placid pitch.
Bangladesh was regretting that decision to bowl first as Elgar made a big century, Hashim Amla added 137, and opener Markram made 97 on debut on the first day. Elgar and Amla put on 215 for the second wicket, following on from the 196-run opening stand by Elgar and Markram.
Captain Faf du Plessis was 26 not out and Temba Bavuma 31 not out when South Africa decided at the tea break that they had enough runs to put Bangladesh in. Du Plessis and Bavuma's unbroken partnership was worth 51.
Bangladesh did manage two wickets in the day's second session, their first success since Markram was run out just before tea on the first day.
Shafiul Islam had 1-74 and Mustafizur Rahman 1-98 for Bangladesh.
Amla fell straight after lunch, caught at backward point. His 27th test century took him past West Indies' Garry Sobers on the all-time list and level with Graeme Smith for the second-most hundreds by a South African. Jacques Kallis, the leading South African, has 45 test centuries.
Elgar hit 15 fours and three sixes and is the top run-scorer in test cricket this year following his ninth career ton and fourth of 2017.
He fell agonizingly short of 200, though, trying to play a hook off Rahman and lobbing a catch to Mominul at midwicket.
South Africa and Bangladesh will play two tests, with the series Ottis Gibson's first in charge of South Africa.


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This lesson plan helps students analyze historical images and documents. Students explore the town and history of Buxton, Iowa. Buxton existed only for about 20 years but boasted a population of African-American former sharecroppers and Swedish immigrants who enjoyed economic prosperity and racial equality in this unique Iowa town during the early 1900s.
Learning Objectives:Students will be able to analyze an image to create questions about a topic.Students will be able to read a graph and plat map.Students will be able to use images and text to create a conclusion about Monroe Mercantile and the success of Buxton.
Related Skills: Analyzing Texts, Images, or Videos, Historical Thinking Skills, Building Evidentiary Claims
Aligned to State Standards: Iowa
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HDQ3.1A What kinds of stories (including non-European perspectives) tell us who we are and where we are from?
HDQ2.1B How do communities shape the land? How does the land shape communities?
CDQ2.1A How do communities change?
CDQ2.1C What makes people move from one place to another?
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Well, I am nearing the end of Project: Gratitude. For those of you getting sick of this series, hang in there. I only have two left. Who knows, maybe I'll start another series after this? Either way, today I am grateful for (please brace yourself for the corniness that is coming) love.
On Monday during my last class, we were having a conversation about a scene in Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf when Clarissa Dalloway's husband, Richard realizes how much he loves his wife and resolves to go find her and tell her. He goes and buys her flowers, but when he reaches her, he only gives her the flowers and can't bring himself to express his feelings.
It seems like situations like this are the case far too often. Why is it so hard to say those words, not just to a significant other, but to a parent, sibling, or friend? It is such an intimate phrase. There isn't a higher expression of attachment or respect in our language and saying it really opens up the possibility of rejection. On the other hand, we can't expect someone to reciprocate our feelings, because that is not love. Love is unconditional, whether reciprocated or not.
It is such a miracle to love someone! I mean honestly. Is there a higher compliment you can give somone than to love them?
So. My challenge to anyone stumbling across this blog is to not make the same mistake as Richard Dalloway. If you love someone, tell them. Right now. Each day. Every time you think it. It is such an amazing blessing to be able to love, and that is what I am grateful for today.
okay....yes, yes, YES. in fact, I am going to go blog about this RIGHT NOW. i love you dani, btw.


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Data Science is the study of various types of data such as structured, semi-structured and unstructured data in any form or formats available in order to get some information out of it.
Predictive analytics is an area within Statistical Sciences where the existing information will be extracted and processed to predict the trends and outcomes pattern. The core of the subject lies in the analysis of existing context to predict an unknown event.
Data Science consists of different technologies used to study data such as data mining, data storing, data purging, data archival, data transformation etc., in order to make it efficient and ordered.
The Predictive analytics can be applied to predict not only an unknown future event but also for the present and past events.
Data Science is useful in studying the internet users' behavior and habits by gathering information from the users' internet traffic and search history. This is the way how the recommended ads will be displayed for a user on their web browsing pages without their inputs.
The Predictive Analytics is an area of Statistical Science where a study of mathematical elements is proven to be useful in order to predict different unknown events be it past or present or future. Data Science is an interdisciplinary area of multiple scientific methods and processes to extract knowledge out of existing data.
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Predictive Analytics uncover the relation between different types of data such as structured, unstructured and semi-structured data. Structured data is from relational databases, unstructured is like file formats and semi-structured is like JSON data. Data Science consists of different tools to handle different types of data such as Data Integration and manipulation tools.
The steps in Predictive Analytics include Data Collection, Analysing and Reporting, Monitoring, and Predictive Analysis which is the main stage that determines the future outcome events whereas Data Science contains Data Collection, Data Analysis, extracting insights out of the analyzed data, utilizing the extracted data for the business purpose.
The Predictive Analytics applications cover industries such as Oil, Gas, Retail, manufacturing, health insurance and banking sectors. Data Science covers mostly technological industries.
Predictive Analytics comes as the sub set of Data Science. Data integration and data modeling come from predictive modeling. Data Science has everything from IT management to data analytics.
Predictive analytics is the process of creating predictive models and replicates the behavior of the application or system or business model whereas the Data Science is the one that is used to study the behavior of the created model which is about to be predicted.
For example, A banking or financial institution has a huge number of customers, where the customer behavior will be analyzed by collecting the data from existing information and predicting the future business and prospective customers where the customers are about to show their interest more in banking products. This helps the banking business growth efficiently by using predictive model.
The ultimate goal of the Predictive Analytics is to predict the unknown things from the known things by creating some predictive models in order to successfully drive the business goals whereas the goal of Data Science is to obviously provide deterministic insights into the information what we actually do not know.
Predictive Analytics is the process of capturing or predicting future outcomes or unknown event from existing data and Data Science is obtaining information from existing data. Predictive Analytics will be greatly useful for the companies to predict the future business events or unknown happenings from the existing datasets.
Data Science will be useful for the processing and studying about data from the existing information to get useful and meaningful information out of it. Both the Predictive Analytics and Data Science play a key role in studying and driving the future of a company in a great way aligning to successful pathways.
The Predictive Analytics is the best way of representing the business models to the managers, business analysts and corporate leaders in a simple and excellent way on how the businesses are evolving in a day to day meetings.


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The Place of the Holy Creatures in the Heavenly Realms
The living creatures, living beings, or Hayyoth (Hebrew חַיּוֹת chayot, from חַיּ chai, "live") are a class of heavenly beings described in the prophet Ezekiel's vision of the heavenly chariot in the first and tenth chapters of the Book of Ezekiel. References to the creatures recur in texts of Second Temple Judaism, in rabbinical merkabah ("chariot") literature, in the Book of Daniel, and in the Book of Revelation in the New Testament.
Ezekiel's four living creatures
Ezekiel's vision of the four living creatures in Ezekiel chapter 1 are identified as cherubim in chapter 10[1] who are God's throne bearers.[2] Cherubim as minor guardian deities[3] of temple or palace thresholds are known all over the Ancient East. Each of Ezekiel's cherubim have four faces, that of a man, a lion, a cherub, and an eagle.[2] However, their human shape appearances set them apart from the griffin-like cherubs of Babylonia and Assyria. In their ability to move, Ezekiel's cherubim do not need to turn, as they front all directional points of the compass.[1] This description of movement differs from the seraphim in Isaiah's vision (Isaiah 6:2) who have an extra set of wings for their ability to fly.[4]
Daniel's four living creatures
In the Book of Daniel, four living creatures surround the white throne upon which the Ancient of Days sits Daniel 7:7-13. This white throne is also referenced in the final judgement in Revelation 20:11-15. The four beasts differ from the four beasts in Ezekiel chapter 1 and Revelation 4:6–8 in that there are a lion, a calf, an eagle and a man faced creature. The beasts have four wings, as the beasts in Ezekiel have eight wings, as contrasted with the beasts in Revelation which each have six wings. The first beast has its wings removed, it is stood upright, and it is given the mind of a man. The second beast, which resembles a bear, has three ribs in its mouth and is told to 'Get up and eat your fill of flesh!' The third beast, which resembles a leopard, is described as having four heads, like the beasts in Ezekiel and Revelation. This beast, which is given authority to rule, closely matches the description of the Dragon, the "beast out of the sea" in Revelation chapter 13, which is also given authority. The final beast is a mechanical beast with large iron teeth. It crushes and devours its victims, and tramples underfoot whatever is left. This beast most resembles the winepress spoken of in Revelation 14:18-20.
Revelation's four living beings
In Revelation 4:6–8, four living beings (Greek: τέσσαρα ζῷα, tessera zō[i]a) are seen in John's vision. These appear as a lion, an ox, a man, and an eagle, much as in Ezekiel but in a different order. They have six wings, whereas Ezekiel's four living creatures are described as only having four. In verse 6, they are said to have "eyes all over, front and back", suggesting that they are alert and knowledgeable, that nothing escapes their notice. The description parallels the wheels that are beside the living creatures in Ezekiel 1.18; 10.12, which are said to be "full of eyes all around". The Hebrew word for "wheel" (ôpannîm) was also used in later Jewish literature to indicate a member of the angelic orders (1 Enoch 71.7; 3 Enoch 1.8; 7.1; 25.5-6, etc.). The term "eyes" can also be used as a metaphor for "stars".[citation needed] In this passage in Revelation, the four beasts surround "the one" on the red throne (which is of ruby and sardius), which is contrasted with the white throne in Daniel 7:9 and Revelation 20:11-15.
Comparing the living creatures in Ezekiel with Revelation's is a prominent apocalyptic study in Western Christianity.[5] An example is the 18th Century works of Jonathan Edwards' recorded interpretation of 1722/23.[6] The four living creatures that John of Patmos sees in the Book of Revelation, is the author's reworking of the living creatures in the visions of Ezekiel (Ezekiel 1:5-28)[7] and Isaiah (Isaiah 6:2).[8] William D. Mounce noted a belief that the living creatures may have been associated with the four principal signs of the zodiac.[7]
In a critical analysis of John's vision, April De Conick's 2006 essay outlines that the hayyot in Ezekiel are perhaps not original with the author of Revelation. De Conick suggests that John may have drawn from other merkabah-related texts and by subtly working with images already known to his audience, he reshaped them for his own purposes.[9] With John blending and transforming the images of his sources, it has given way to different interpretations.[7]
The Four Creatures and the Four Gospels
Probably in a "self-imposed" redemptive attempt to make logical sense out of these Four Living Creatures, Most New Testament commentators, throughout Church History, have made the increasingly self-entrenching traditional claim that: 'these 4 creatures are symbols for the 4 Gospels'. So in this way it is commonly said that: "to John is attributed the Eagle; to Luke the Ox, to Mark the Lion, and to Matthew the Man, or angel in human form." (=Adam Clarke Commentary on Rev 4:7 (early 1800's); -the Gospels identifications/association may differ with others). While that is a surfacely plausible understanding, -as reflected by its common/popular citing amongst Christians still today, it, exegetically, is really only that: asurface understanding. Thus merely an assumption. A more indepth study, indeed in the symbolism involved here, helps to arrive at its actual/Biblical meaning and (application/fulfilment) understanding.
In Judaism, the living beings are considered angels of fire, who hold up the throne of God and the earth itself.[10] They are ranked first in Maimonides' Jewish angelic hierarchy.
In Christianity, the four living creatures are Cherubim.[3] A prominent early interpretation, variously modified by different interpreters, has been to equate the four creatures as a tetramorph of the Four Evangelists. Throughout church history, the most common interpretation (first laid out by Victorinus), but not the original or the only, is that the lion represents Mark, the calf Luke, the man Matthew, and the eagle John. Irenaeus was the first to make the association with the evangelists, but the interpretation laid out by Victorinus and adopted by Jerome, Gregory the Great, and the Book of Kells became dominant.[11] Its influence has been on art and sculpture[8] and is still prevalent in Catholicism[12] and Anglicanism.[13]
The Symbols of the Holy Living Creatures: The Four Elements or Swastika
All the words used to describe the Four Aspects are inadequate. The power of God are beyond the grasp of words so instead of being limited by them one should, by meditation, try to get beyond them to the truth that they so poorly represent. The symbols of the Holy Living Creatures will be recognised by astrological students to correspond with the zodiacal sign of Taurus, Leo, Scorpio and Aquarius. These are the Fixed Signs of the four Elements of Earth, Fire, Water and Air respectively for n Kether are the roots of the Elemental powers which are represented by the Tarot Aces of Coins, Wands, Cups and Swords, which were the original designation of the Diamonds, Clubs, Hearts and Spades of modern playing cards. The ancient said that all things were basically made up of the Four Elements and this is literally true, for the Elements are modes of action and not just the four physical elements, although these are reflections of the archetypal principles involved. The interlinking correspondences of the Elements are numerous. Students familiar with Jungian psychology can get some conception of their applications by considering the four (p.73) Jungian psychological functions of intuition, feeling, intellect and sensation., which correspond to Air, Water, Fire and Earth and which on the lower Sephiroth of the Tree can be equated with Tiphareth, Netzach, Hod and Malkuth. (Gareth Knight, A Practical Guide of Qabalistic Symbolism, p. 74)
Contacting the Holy Living Creature: Meditation on the Swastika
For contacting the angelic powers of Kether it is not really necessary to go into a long analysis of correspondences though. Perhaps the best image to build up is the Swastika, which is an emblem of Equal-armed Cross of the Elements in circular motion. One can picture a swastika of pure brillance, with a picture of one of the Holy Living Creature in each arm, and then visualise the swastika spinning rapidly on a brillant axis against a background of white flecked with gold. The spinning motion will call to mind the Mundane Chakra of Kether, the Primum Mobile, or First Swirlings.(Gareth Knight, A Practical Guide of Qabalistic Symbolism, p. 73)
Tree of Life Attributions
The Order of Angels assigned to Kether is The Holy Living Creatures. These are classified into four types in accordance with the Biblical system which describes them as having the forms of a Bull, a Lion, an Eagle and a Man. The Angels are concerned with the Formative World of a Sephirah and this is the clue to much, for what is formed in Kether will be reflected throughout the whole of manifestation. This is the basis behind the much maligned Four Elements of the ancients which the Jungian school of (p.71) analytical psychology is now doing much to restore its respectability. Esoterically speaking, God manifests in Four Aspects as opposed to the Three Aspects are the Father, Son Holy Spirit and the Destroyer or Disintegrator. The Aspects of the Father is the Power Aspect or Spiritual Will. The Aspect of the son is Love, that is, complete understanding of the needs of all, not sweet sentimentality. The Aspect of the Holy Spirit is Wisdom, Active Intelligence or Illumination. The Fourth Aspect is the Withdrawer of Life from the death of form and ultimately of all manifest life to the unmanifest.(Gareth Knight, A Practical Guide of Qabalistic Symbolism, p. 72)
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Set on a hilltop overlooking the beautiful Singapore Strait, The Outpost at Sentosa is an adults-only retreat close to three tropical beaches: Siloso, Palawan and Tanjong. Inspired by Sentosa's heritage as a colonial military base, the 193 guestrooms are a stylish interpretation of black and white design, with crisp lines, hints of gold and a sharply contrasting palette. Floor to ceiling windows give sea-facing rooms an uplifting feel, with walk-in showers that guests won't want to leave – even for the nearby beaches. Inspired by the Amazon River and the cascading pools of Turkey, the futuristic pool deck features wicker beds and four uniquely themed pools. Of special mention is the Pamukkale Pool – an infinity pool with a view of the seaside in the horizon, as well as a pool bar. Perched on the rooftop of the hotel is an exciting new restaurant and bar concept due to be unveiled later in the year that promises revolutionary dining with panoramic views of the South China Sea.
Surrounded by old-growth forests 1,800 feet above the sea, Villa Eyrie is a relaxing mountainside retreat just 30 minutes from the city of Victoria, the gateway to Vancouver Island. Inspired by Lake Como, accommodations merge Italian architecture with soothing contemporary interiors. Whether guests stay in Villa Principale or rent the six-suite private penthouse at Villa Cielo, they will experience the comforts of home with the luxuries of resort living, from plush pillow-top mattresses, soaker tubs and in-room fireplaces to private balconies with breathtaking views of the Saanich Inlet. With three relaxation treatment rooms, a manicure and pedicure lounge and a private outdoor oasis equipped with a gas fireplace and loungers, the Tuscan Spa is the place to unwind.
Nestled within 40 hectares of countryside in the Pla de Mallorca, Finca Serena is just 20 minutes away from Palma and a number of the finest beaches and coves of the island – and one of our top hotel openings 2019. The delicate scent of olive trees greets guests as they walk through the hotel grounds – past cypresses and lemon trees – with rippling hills and dramatic peaks as far as the eye can see. The calm, comfortable rooms and suites are scattered throughout the estate, some in original farm outbuildings and some equipped with private terraces and verandas. For the ultimate indulgence, the hotel includes a stand-alone luxury villa for those traveling with an entourage. Inspired by its rural surroundings, the Restaurant Jacaranda draws on the influences of home soil. The property has a separate independent space dedicated exclusively to wellbeing where guests can enjoy massages and treatments provided by professionals using Natura Bissé products. Guests can slip into the indoor pool and enjoy far-reaching views of the Mediterranean countryside, or greet the sun with a morning yoga class.
The Californian desert oasis of Palm Springs has welcomed the opening of luxury mid-century modern boutique hotel The Weekend. Having originally been built in the 1960s, the building has undergone a multi-million-dollar renovation to create a stylish, elegant retreat that is befitting of Palm Springs' Hollywood getaway heritage. On entering the boutique hotel, guests are greeted with a chic, timeless space that fuses modern design with mid-century 1960s sophistication to create a truly relaxing sanctuary. The elegant design continues into the hotel's one and two-bedroom suites, which are all located poolside and feature spacious living rooms, king-size beds, private patios, and soothing rainfall showers. Those travelling with friends or family can make the most of the hotel's Deluxe 2 Bedroom Suites and Premier 2 Bedroom Suites, which offer plenty of space, along with one king bedroom and one queen bedroom.
Hotel openings 2019 don't come much swankier than this. Located on the Palm Jumeirah, the largest man-made island in the world and one of Dubai's most iconic attractions, W Dubai – The Palm is the newest W Escape, the W brand's playful spin on the traditional resort experience and is set to add a new beat to the already dynamic and pulsating city. With its electrifying style, evocative design and eclectic destination restaurants led by world-class chefs including Massimo Bottura and Akira Back, W Dubai – The Palm, is expected to steal the show in this international hub. All 350 guest rooms and suites offer uninterrupted views and dreamy amenities. Curved walls are intricately tiled to glisten like the lights and colours of the sea at various times of the day, bringing the shoreline into each room. Modern graffiti adorns the walls of every room, featuring lyrics in Arabic from an iconic song by Lebanese singer, Fairouz.
Belmond Cadogan Hotel opens following a multi-million-pound historic renovation. 75 Sloane Street, an address rich in history and heritage, has played host to socialites, artists and aristocrats throughout history and the stage is now set for a new 'cast' of guests to play their part. Today, Belmond celebrates the opening with 'Cadogan Nights' a gathering of Chelsea's most glamorous taste-makers, eccentrics and bohemian spirits. With a storied past full of glamour, intrigue and at times, scandal, Belmond Cadogan Hotel is the place where London's cultural and social calendars converge; from literary gatherings to curated art collections; the next 'act' of this legendary hotel promises an enriching retreat in London's most stylish neighbourhood.
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Elizabeth Gooking Greenleaf (11 de novembro de 1681 - 11 de novembro de 1762  ) foi a primeira mulher apotecária nas Treze Colônias .  Ela é considerada a primeira farmacêutica dos Estados Unidos.

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Elizabeth Gooking nasceu em Cambridge , Massachusetts Colony em 1681, filha de Samuel e Mary Gooking.  Ela se casou com o ministro, médico e farmacêutico Daniel Greenleaf (graduado em Harvard ) em 1699.  O casal teve doze filhos.

Em 1727, Elizabeth mudou-se para Boston para abrir um boticário.  Embora este fosse um papel exclusivamente realizado por homens, Massachusetts não possuía nenhuma lei para impedir as mulheres de praticar.  Isso fez dela a única mulher entre os 32 boticários que trabalhavam na Nova Inglaterra na época.

Mais tarde, em 1727, Daniel mudou-se para Boston para se juntar a ela depois de renunciar ao cargo de pastor da Igreja Congregacional em Yarmouth .  Eles administraram a loja juntos por várias décadas.

Elizabeth Gooking Greenleaf morreu em 1762, seguida por seu marido em 1763.

Foi uma das 17 mulheres a serem homenageadas pela American Pharmacists Association em 2012, por "contribuições para a profissão e o avanço das mulheres na farmácia".

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Decoupling growth from resource use and its environmental impacts
The primary target groups for DYNAMIX were EU- and national-level policy-makers directly involved in or preparing the design and implementation of resource use policies. The project aimed at strengthening their capacity to implement powerful resource efficiency policy options in practice. To this end, policy-makers, together with other stakeholders, were involved in a systematic participatory learning process throughout the duration of the project via four so-called DYNAMIX Policy Platforms. The four DYNAMIX Policy Platforms provided a regular forum for knowledge exchange and mutual learning. Policy-makers thus helped shaping the project's design based on their needs, hence ensuring that DYNAMIX provides tangible support to EU policy-making for resource efficiency. Ultimately, the DYNAMIX project:
Provided decision makers with an analysis of the reasons for inadequacy of current policy mixes regarding resource efficiency.
Promoted the understanding of modelling and assessment exercises among policy-makers, including their underlying assumptions and limitations.
Helped EU policy-makers to choose the best policy mix for decoupling – taking into consideration real-world constraints such as consumer behaviour, legal and political feasibility, public acceptance, and uncertainty – leading to sustainable use and management of resources.
By providing tangible support towards the implementation of current EU policies and processes covering resource efficiency, DYNAMIX aimed at helping shorten the path towards a resource efficient economy.
Policy recommendations are available here:
Ecologic Institute, IEEP, Bio Intelligence Services, PSI and IVL (2013). What creates a successful resource efficiency policy? DYNAMIX Policy Brief No. 1. Berlin: Ecologic Institute
Hinzmann, M. (2016). A policy mix aimed at reducing impacts of agricultural production and consumption. DYNAMIX Policy Report No. 1. Berlin: Ecologic Institute
Langsdorf, S. (2016). A policy mix for dematerialisation. DYNAMIX Policy Report No. 2. Berlin: Ecologic Institute
Hirschnitz-Garbers, M. (2016). A policy mix for sustainable consumption and production. DYNAMIX Policy Report No. 3. Berlin: Ecologic Institute
Langsdorf, S. (2016). Policy mixes for decoupling economic growth from resource use – Synthesis brief. DYNAMIX Deliverable D8.3. Ecologic Institute: Berlin.
Joint DYNAMIX-POLFREE Recommendations to inform the review of the Circular Economy Package
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How the war is affecting press freedom in the region Updated June 16, 2022 Russia's February 24 full-scale invasion of Ukraine marked a sharp escalation in threats to press freedom in the region and beyond. Journalists in Ukraine have been killed covering the war, while many of their Russian counterparts have fled or faced persecution….
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March 4, 2022 3:48 PM EST
New York, March 4, 2022 – Russian authorities should allow all local and international media outlets and social media platforms to operate freely, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Friday. Russian state media regulator Roskomnadzor on Friday, March 4, blocked access to several news websites, including those of BBC Russian, German public broadcaster Deutsche Welle,…
Russia blocks Ekho Moskvy and Dozhd TV, restricts social media access
Washington, D.C., March 1, 2021 — Russian authorities should allow Ekho Moskvy (Echo of Moscow), Dozhd TV, and all other news outlets to work freely, and should refrain from restricting access to social media platforms, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Tuesday. Since last week, Russian authorities have slowed and restricted access to Facebook and…
Peruvian journalist receives threatening messages, demands to stop reporting on local officials
Bogotá, December 9, 2021 – Peruvian authorities must thoroughly investigate death threats against journalist Jairo Roque Gómez and hold the perpetrators to account, and local officials should refrain from using the country's outdated defamation laws to threaten reporters, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. On December 1, Roque, editor of the independent Diario Hechicera…
Vietnam sentences independent reporter Tran Thi Tuyet Dieu to 8 years in prison
Bangkok, April 26, 2021 – The Committee to Protect Journalists today strongly condemned the conviction and severe prison sentence given to Vietnamese journalist Tran Thi Tuyet Dieu and called for her immediate and unconditional release. On April 23, the People's Court in Phu Yen province convicted Dieu under Article 117 of the penal code, an anti-state provision that bans "creating, storing and disseminating information and materials" against the state, and sentenced her…
Vietnam detains journalist Nguyen Hoai Nam for alleged anti-state crimes
April 14, 2021 12:19 PM EDT
Bangkok, April 14, 2021 – Vietnamese authorities should immediately release journalist Nguyen Hoai Nam, drop any pending charges against him, and stop jailing journalists on trumped-up anti-state allegations, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. On April 3, authorities in Ho Chi Minh City detained Nam, an independent journalist who publishes commentary and reporting on…
Vietnamese reporter Phan Bui Bao Thy detained over critical Facebook posts
February 19, 2021 9:20 AM EST
Bangkok, February 18, 2021 – Vietnamese authorities should immediately and unconditionally release journalist Phan Bui Bao Thy and stop jailing reporters for their work, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. On February 10, police in Vietnam's central Quang Tri province arrested Thy, bureau chief of the state-run Giao Duc Va Thoi Dai (Age and Education) news…
Argentine municipal government files criminal complaint over journalist's COVID-19 vaccine reporting
Miami, January 20, 2021— Argentine authorities should drop their criminal complaint against journalist Roberto Carrigall and allow him to work freely, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. On January 13, the municipality of Quilmes, a city in Buenos Aires province, filed a criminal complaint to a federal court over Carrigall's reporting on the municipal government's…
Comoros journalist Oubeidillah Mchangama held for 3 days over Facebook posts
New York, December 22, 2020 — Comorian authorities should drop all legal proceedings against journalist Oubeidillah Mchangama and allow him to report freely, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. On December 14, Comorian authorities arrested Oubeidillah, a reporter with Facebook-based news outlet FCBK FM, and held him at a remand center in Moroni, the…
Ghana journalist Oheneba Boamah Bennie held for 2 days, charged over Facebook posts
Abuja, December 22, 2020 — Authorities in Ghana should immediately drop all charges against journalist Oheneba Boamah Bennie and allow him work freely, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. On December 14, Ghanaian police arrested Bennie, a host and commentator with the privately owned Power FM broadcaster, and detained him until he was released…