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Five takeaways from the 2018 Hall of Fame debate -- from a voter
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Mike SandoESPN Senior Writer
ESPN Insider NFL columnist and blogger
Covered the NFL since 1998
Member of Pro Football Hall of Fame selection committee
MINNEAPOLIS -- Saturday marked my ninth year as a selector for the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Here are some thoughts after safety Brian Dawkins, linebacker Ray Lewis, receiver Randy Moss, receiver Terrell Owens and linebacker Brian Urlacher emerged as the five modern-era choices:
1. Owens' time arrived
I've been an Owens supporter based on his production and the leading role he played in the successes of his teams, highlighted by his courageous performance for Philadelphia on a broken ankle in the 2005 Super Bowl against New England.
No one could question Owens' effort, toughness or production. I've made the point that Owens' teams and their quarterbacks enjoyed some of their finest seasons with Owens as a centerpiece. It took a couple of years, but these very measurable contributions prevailed over less measurable concerns that Owens' immature behavior hurt his teams.
Owens had five 1,200-yard receiving seasons, and is second all time in receiving yards (15,934) and third in touchdown catches (153) behind only fellow 2018 inductee Randy Moss and Hall of Famer Jerry Rice. Matthew Emmons/USA TODAY Sports
2. Owens held key for the OL
There were five offensive linemen on the ballot of 15 modern-era finalists. All but Joe Jacoby made the initial reduction to 10 candidates. Once four linemen advanced to the final 10, I felt as though Owens would have to miss the final five for any offensive lineman to make it this year.
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Lewis and Moss seemed like locks. Urlacher was not far behind. Dawkins was a strong candidate running unopposed at his position once John Lynch failed to make the final 10.
With Lewis, Moss, Urlacher and Dawkins in prime position to earn spots in the final five, the question became whether Owens would gain enough support to join them. If Owens failed, then the fifth member of the 2018 class would be cornerback Ty Law or one of the remaining offensive linemen, which included Steve Hutchinson, Tony Boselli, Kevin Mawae and Alan Faneca.
Once Owens made the reduction to five, he still had to win 80 percent approval on a separate yes-no vote. Ten "no" votes would have eliminated him, and there was some feeling that this could happen. Owens hadn't even made the final 10 last year, after all.
3. O-linemen face challenges in 2019
Safety Ed Reed, tight end Tony Gonzalez and cornerback Champ Bailey become newly eligible for enshrinement next year. They combined for 35 Pro Bowl and 17 first-team All-Pro selections. All three were all-decade selections as well.
Those three could be first-ballot Hall of Famers, which would leave open only two modern-era spots for a pool that figures to again include Law, Hutchinson, Boselli, Mawae, Faneca, Isaac Bruce, Edgerrin James and John Lynch.
These acclaimed offensive linemen are now in the same position prominent wide receivers faced when Cris Carter, Andre Reed, Tim Brown and Marvin Harrison were in the mix. Carter made it in 2013, Reed followed in 2014 and Brown's turn came in 2015, resolving a logjam that was threatening to complicate matters for Harrison, who made it in 2016.
4. Not a bad day for Isaac Bruce
Bruce's numbers are almost identical to those of Owens and Moss, except that he scored far fewer touchdowns, in part because Hall of Fame running back Marshall Faulk took away scoring opportunities from him. Bruce lost out to Owens and Moss on Saturday, which means those two will not overshadow him in the future. That is good for Bruce's prospects.
5. Another battle looms for Lynch
Dawkins, the great former Philadelphia Eagles safety, had the edge over Lynch, the great former Tampa Bay Buccaneers safety.
Reed's eligibility as a first-time safety candidate in 2019 figures to replicate the dynamic for Lynch next year. Voters sometimes talk about picking the best five players regardless of position, but when little separates candidates in voters' minds, there can be a tendency for individual voters to pick one player from a position group.
Finalists tend to earn enshrinement eventually. Lynch will continue to have elite company among safeties on future ballots with Reed eligible in 2019, Troy Polamalu eligible in 2020 and Charles Woodson eligible in 2021.


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The Patriots finished in the top 10 of every major NFL stat category
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A 14-2 record alone would tell you the Patriots had a pretty good regular season. But of course, that's only part of the story.
According to Mike Reiss of ESPN Boston, the Pats finished in the top 10 of every major NFL stat category. How's that for consistency?
The list is as follows:
Turnover differential: third Plus-12 (23 takeaways, 11 giveaways)
Red-zone offense: eighth (38 touchdowns scored on 60 opportunities)
Red-zone defense: tied for eighth (23 touchdowns allowed on 44 opportunities)
Points scored: third (27.5)
Points allowed: first (15.625)
Third-down offense: fourth (104 conversions made on 227 attempts, good for 45.8 percent)
Third-down defense: seventh (76 conversions allowed on 206 attempts, good for 36.9 percent)
Honestly, I thought their third-down defense was worse than that. There were games were I thought they just couldn't get off the field on third down to save their lives, but I digress.
The most telling stat to me aside from the third-down defense is points allowed. Even though the points allowed stat has been thrown around a number of times in the last few weeks, it's still a little weird to think about considering how everyone freaked out when Chandler Jones and Jamie Collins were traded. There were also games where the defense couldn't stop anyone.
But it appears they've peaked at the right time and are getting contributions from everyone, as Bill Belichick-coached defenses tend to do. Some of this may have to do with some of the inept offenses they've played (the Jets twice, Rams, 49ers, etc.), but it's still very impressive nonetheless.
There were some questions about how the offense was going to perform without Tom Brady for the first four games of the year, but they really didn't miss much of a beat besides Week 4 against Buffalo. Questions arose again after Rob Gronkowski went down for the season with a back injury, but they've been able to withstand his loss to this point.
In the end, everyone knew the offense would put up big numbers. It's the defense that has really impressed over the last month or so. The Patriots are firing on all cylinders, which is what you want to see happening heading into the playoffs.
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The developer of possibly the largest master-planned community ever created on O'ahu plans to apply next week for state land-use approval, a major step for the 'Ewa project envisioned with 11,700 homes plus schools, parks and businesses.
Thats great,its amazing to see how much Hawaii is growing.Its been a really long time since the last great master-planned community was done over here.
^hopefully this helps level things out also.
I think they should add more affordable residential buildings in or near Honolulu instead of using acres of land to build homes.
^Exactly, I don't think these proposers and planners are using their head because land is so limited there and they are really digging into all the agricultural land soon 100% of the food will have to be imported as if 80 or 90% wasn't bad enough. Not only that they really should concentrate things more in the city where most people work and play. This whole idea to make Kapolei the "2nd city" is such a joke, its suburban and so are the cookie-cutter developments. Of course in order to make things happen the residents should get more involved in demanding better-use of the land, preserving more land for open-space, agriculture, etc and agree that the population will only continue to grow, car use will increase, therefore concentrating development near or in the city would be a better option. I know a lot of people are still anti-condo/skyscraper and all that junk but there's not going to be much of a choice if all these suburban developments continue to gulp all the land. I'd rather see one 300 or 400 ft. tower that has hundreds of units than hundreds of homes spread over hundreds or more acres.
Same thing happens here,theres a nice amount of skyscrapers but they aren't very tall.Thats in the San Juan Metro Area cause in Arecibo,Ponce and Mayaguez there are really few skyscrapers.
As much as I hate the idea of the second city too, its the 'divine' plan. A general view of the zoning looks as though this development will not be like kapolei or the other ewa developments. Ho'opili will actually hold a closer character to a 'city', or at least a town. Note the "low-medium live/work" rather than "single-family homes/low-density". Note the proportion of "medium" to "low-medium" and wait...are there actually "high-density" zoning in the plan? It's a start. I hope that this development doesn't fall short like the other developments on the plain have.
you need more "cities", and more housing affordable or not, because the more people with more houses or less people with more houses will level out the pricing.
Actually Ho'opili is the most progressive master planned community (relatively speaking) on O'ahu. Schuler Homes and the urban designers used some strategies laid out in the "Smart Growth" and sustainablities plan. I think there was another article in here highlighting "Smart Growth" plans in the Mehana at Kapolei thread.
Secondly, if you go to the Kapolei.com website, and check out the development maps, you'll see that the majority of "downtown" Kapolei lots are purchased and in the planning stages of development. The first development to announce their plans for office space was by a development firm called Avalon Dev. It won't compare to a honolulu skyscraper...but its a start. So over the next few years the downtown kapolei area will look more like a city and provide jobs as well as relieve some of the traffic.
On another note, City Councilman Charles K. Djou will propose, sometime this month, to introduce legislation to make changes to the city height limit. He cites urban sprawl as a reason to change the height limit. Which I think is a really good reason to do so.
^I wonder how high? I just hope that they do build this project very carefully. BTW what about the thousands of homes proposed for Central Oahu?
The city council led in a discussion on height limits just before the construction of the last commercial high-rise structure (First Hawaiian Center). That discussion resulted in a multi-tiered layering effect with the highest buildings in the downtown core (intersection of Bishop Street and King Street). Height limits lower as building envelopes move further from the Urban Core.
Who knows what this current discussion will lead to. However, I do know that the Outdoor Circle will be at the forefront of protest against any changes to the current height limit, as well as, others who live above Honolulu as this may decrease property values due to diminished view corridors to the ocean.
As far as Ho'opili is concerned, the overall plan is set as per their master plan. DR Horton, Schuler Homes has spent money to get this plan, so there is no reason to veer too far away from what was planned.
However, according to Pacific Business News, their sales volume has dropped. Some of you may remember about a decade ago, Schuler Homes planned a residential community on the same East Kapolei parcel. They abandoned the project after their sales slumped. Will they abandon the project a second time? Probably not. Why? Because Schuler Homes is now a subsidiary of a much larger mainland housing conglomerate. DR Horton is one of the larger national home builders, but they are facing slumping mainland sales also.


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When I published my first novel, The Broken Blade, in 1996 I had no idea what a small chance I had that my book would go through 25 printings and remain available as it still is today. Back then I naively assumed that once Random House released a book, most of the book stores, libraries, and schools in the country would automatically snap it up. Then after the hardcover run it would be released as a paperback, and the title would be available from then on.
The truth is, most books with major publishers go out of print very quickly, and for a book to stay in print, a number factors come into play, including the amount of publicity the publisher invests in the book (and publishers, ironically, only set aside big publicity budgets for titles that they know will sell well), how well the book is reviewed, the awards it receives; and of course, the main factor–how many copies it sells. If none of the above turn out to be favorable, the book goes through a printing or two as a hardcover. Then the title is remaindered, and it simply fades away.
Fortunately for me, The Broken Blade was reviewed well, won the Great Lakes Book Award and the Minnesota Book Award, and was adopted by many schools as a part of their English and social studies curricula. However, not all of my books have fared so well. Two of my titles that got good reviews but didn't sustain the necessary sales were The Darkest Evening and Song of Sampo Lake. Luckily, the University of Minnesota Press recently decided that both those titles had the literary and historical merit to deserve a second chance. They were both re-released as a part of the Fesler-Lampert Series and are now in the company of classic works by Sigurd Olson, Wanda Gag, and Helen Hoover. It will be fun for me to see how the these titles do during their second life with the U of MN Press.


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The Art of Passion 2022 * * Stars
"Whatever you feel inside, let it come to life". Sounds like something van Gogh would say. Or wouldn't say.
Anyway 2022's The Art of Passion is pretty cut-and-dried. I'm serious. As something from the Lifetime TV network, I was surprised. There's no real mystery or intrigue (when there should have been). There's no big reveal or twist (when I thought there would be). "Passion" is one big red herring but what's the point? Said red herring never leads to squat.
Well at least The Art of Passion gets its title right. The film is in fact about art (there's an accomplished painter character involved) and passion (said painter and an ER doctor do the horizontal hokey pokey). The love scenes in "Passion" that are accompanied by out of place, techno drivel, are almost filler. I mean it's like the screenwriters ran out of stuff to pen and decided to just insert the softest of core porn. Heck, call the whole thing "fifty shades of meh".
The Art of Passion is about a doctor (Hope Williams played by Dakota Johnson lookalike Katie Reese) who gets terrorized by an abusive husband whose wife Hope is trying to protect. Meanwhile Hope is trying to get her groove back by getting busy with hunk James Sosa (played by Italian actor Victor Alfieri). The whole crux of "Passion" involves Hope running from said hubby (while losing her phone in the process) and doing the nasty with painter boy. It's all rinse, rinse, repeat stuff and then it ends without babble.
"Passion" has sterile production values, workaday editing, and the token, best friend persona who's always giving advice and can't stay out of everyone's beeswax. It's not an awful flick but did it have to be so anti-knife-edge and shamefully blase? It did. Lifetime seems to have gone on holiday here. Not enough "amour fou".
Hunting Souls 2022 * * Stars
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To Live and Die in L.A. 1985 * * * 1/2 Stars
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Steven Schallhorn, Julie Schallhorn, Adenay Padilla; Incidence and Factors Associated with Microbial Keratitis in a Large Cohort of Consecutive Corneal Refractive Surgery Patients. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2013;54(15):3126.
To determine the incidence of microbial keratitis after modern LASIK and PRK procedures and to identify associated factors in a large consecutive refractive surgery population.
All primary LASIK and PRK treatments conducted between January 2009 and December 2010 at 25 Optical Express surgery centers in the UK as well as all confirmed or presumed microbial keratitis cases that occurred in these patients were retrospectively reviewed. Demographic, preoperative and surgical factors as well as surgical technique were compared. All patients were prescribed a flouroquinolone eye drop to be used 4 times a day for one week (LASIK) or until complete epithelialization and bandage contact lens removal (PRK). Presumed microbial keratitis cases were cultured and treated with intense topical antibiotics.
There were 186,019 eyes of 95,523 patients treated during the study time period of which 54% were females, 91% underwent LASIK and 69% of LASIK cases had a femtosecond flap. Within this population, 16 patients had culture proven or a strong clinical suspicion of microbial keratitis (collectively called the 'infection' cohort) which was diagnosed between 3 days and 2.5 months after surgery (incidence 0.017%, or 1:5,970). The average age between the control and infection cohort was similar (mean 37.0 ± 11.9 and 37.1 ± 10.9 years, respectively). However a higher incidence of microbial keratitis was observed in males compared to females (0.023% vs 0.012%, respectively) and in patients with preop myopia compared to hyperopia (0.018% vs 0.010%, respectively). In addition, the incidence of microbial keratitis was higher after PRK than LASIK (0.032% vs 0.015%, respectively) and for LASIK cases that underwent a mechanical keratome compared to a femtosecond laser created flap (0.025% vs 0.013%).
The incidence of microbial keratitis after modern laser vision correction in a large refractive surgery population is very low (1:5,970). This is similar or lower than previous reports (1:1,000 to 1:5,000). While there were relatively few microbial cases, several associations were observed and include male gender (1:4,429), preoperative myopia (1:5,501), undergoing a surface ablation procedure (1:3,161) and the use of a mechanical keratome for the LASIK flap creation (1:3,938).


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Jarmila Veselá (* 4. září 1956) je česká právnička, podnikatelka, bývalá prezidentka komory specialistů pro krizové řízení a insolvenci v České republice, advokátka a konkurzní správkyně.

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Mládí
Jarmila Veselá se narodila v Příbrami ve Středních Čechách 4. září 1956. Její otec byl kameník, její matka pracovala jako lesní dělnice. V roce 1975 absolvovala gymnázium v Dobříši a nastoupila na právnickou fakultu Univerzity Karlovi v Praze, kde zakončila studium v roce 1979. Následně absolvovala rigorózní zkoušku a získala titul JUDr.

Kariéra
V roce 1979 nastoupila do funkce podnikové právničky ve společnosti Ferona o.z. jako investiční právnička v Pražských Malešicích. Od roku 1981 pracovala ve státním podniku Tranzitní plynovod, kde působila až do roku 1992. Od roku 1991 do roku 1993 se věnovala komerčně-právní praxi a ještě roku 1993 zahájila praxi advokátní. Kromě advokacie vykonávala Jarmila Veselá funkci konkurzní správkyně. V letech 2002 až 2008 stála v čele Komory pro krizové řízení a insolvenci v České republice.

Konkurzní správkyně
Jako konkurzní správkyně zaměřená na správu a provoz podniků v konkursním řízení vedla konkurzy mnoha velkých firem, jako například státního podniku Dýhárna-OREL, Zbrojovky Březnice, Agrostrojírny Rožmitál pod Třemšínem nebo TOS Čelákovice.

Podnikání
Od roku 1996 se stává členkou představenstva společnosti VP real a.s., společnosti poskytující služby a poradenství v insolvenčních řízeních, firemních akvizicích a revitalizacích průmyslových areálů.

InsolCentrum
V roce 2009 JUDr. Veselá založila společnost InsolCentrum, které se zabývá výzkumem a vzděláváním v insolvenčních řízeních. Cílem InsolCentra je ukázat veřejnosti jednoduché a srozumitelné informace o insolvencích v ČR.

Jarmila Veselá se účastnila mezinárodních konferencí o insolvenci, rekodifikačních prací na novém insolvenčním zákonu a dalších vzdělávacích akcí. Od účinnosti insolvenčního zákona analyzuje všechna insolvenční řízení. Na základě podrobných dat z insolvenčních řízení je hlavním záměrem zefektivnit fungování celého procesu.

Jarmila Veselá se dlouhodobě vyjadřuje ke stavu insolvencí v České republice.

Publikační a vzdělávací činnost
V roce 2021 se podílela na vydání knihy INSOLVENCE 2008 - 2020: Data / Názory / Predikce. Podílelo se na ní 20 expertů - právníků, ekonomů, akademiků, sociologů, teoretiků i insolvenčních praktiků pod vedením JUDr. Jarmily Veselé. Kniha popisuje systematicky typy insolvenčních řízení v ČR z pohledu akademického prostředí, soudů, insolvenčních správců, advokacie, bank, měst a obcí i státních věřitelů. Knihu vydala Stálá konference českého práva.

Pincovi vs. Česká republika
Jako advokátka dosáhla jedno z prvních vítězství u Evropského soudu pro lidská práva ve Štrasburku v kauze Pincovi proti České republice.

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Q: An integral of a cosine multiplied by a log of a cosine My integration is rather rusty these days so I am keen to get any available help. I would like to find a general expression for the following integral (preferably in closed form, but a series representation would also be helpful)
$$I_{l,m}=\int_0^{2π}{\rm d}x\left(\int_0^{2π}{\rm d}y\ln(1-\cos(x-y))\cos\left(\frac{lx+my}{2}\right)\right)$$
where $l$ and $m$ are both integers and $\ln$ is the natural logarithm. Mathematica will evaluate the integral for individual pairs of integers $(l,m)$ but not the general integral.
A few observations:

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*When $l$ and $m$ are both odd, $I_{l,m}$ appears to take the form $Q+Q\ln2$, where $Q$ is a rational number, but I don't have expressions for these in terms of $l$ and $m$.

*When $l+m=0$ with $l$ even and non-zero, $I_{l,m}$ appears to take the form $(-8π^2)/|l|$, although I haven't proven this.
When $l=m=0$

*Otherwise $I_{l,m}$ appears to vanish.

Therefore it's really the case when $l$ and $m$ are both odd that I'm interested in. The weakness of the log singularity when $x=y$ means that the integral is well-defined (I believe), but I don't think you can use the Taylor expansion for $\ln(1+x)$ because the resulting summation doesn't commute with the integrals (I don't think the dominated convergence theorem is valid here). Thanks in advance for any help.

A: Using the identity $1-\cos a=2\sin^2a/2$,
\begin{align}
 I_{l,m}&=\int_0^{2\pi}{\rm d}x\left(\int_0^{2\pi}{\rm d}y\ln(1-\cos(x-y))\cos\left(\frac{lx+my}{2}\right)\right)\\
 &=\ln 2\int_0^{2\pi}\int_0^{2\pi}\cos\left(\frac{lx+my}{2}\right)\,dxdy+\int_0^{2\pi}\int_0^{2\pi}\ln\left(\sin^2\left( \frac{x-y}{2} \right)\right)\cos\left(\frac{lx+my}{2}\right)\,dxdy\\
 &=4\ln 2\int_0^{\pi}\int_0^{\pi}\cos\left(lu+mv\right)\,dudv+4\int_0^{\pi}\int_0^{\pi}\ln\left(\sin^2(u-v)\right)\cos\left(lu+mv\right)\,dudv
\end{align}
The first integral is evaluated using the identity $\cos\left(lu+mv\right)=\cos lu\cos mv-\sin lu\sin mv$:
\begin{align}
J_{l,m}&= \int_0^{\pi}\int_0^{\pi}\cos\left(lu+mv\right)\,dudv\\
&=-\frac{4}{l m}
\end{align}
if $l$ and $m$ are both odd integers.
To evaluate the second integral we remark that
\begin{align}
 K_{l,m}&=\int_0^{\pi}\int_0^{\pi}\ln\left(\sin^2(u-v)\right)\cos\left(lu+mv\right)\,dudv\\
 &=2\int_0^{\pi}\int_0^{\pi}\ln\left(\sin\left|u-v\right|\right)\cos\left(lu+mv\right)\,dudv
\end{align}
From the Fourier expansion of $\ln\sin x$,
\begin{equation}
 \log(\sin x)=-\ln 2-\sum_{n\ge 1}\frac{\cos(2nx)}{n}
\end{equation}
valid for $0<x<\pi$, we have
\begin{align}
 K_{l,m}=-2\ln 2 &\int_0^{\pi}\int_0^{\pi}\cos\left(lu+mv\right)\,dudv\\& -2\sum_{n\ge1}\frac{1}{n}\int_0^{\pi}\int_0^{\pi}\cos2n(u-v)\cos\left(lu+mv\right)\,dudv\\
 &=-2\ln 2 J_{l,m}-8\sum_{n\ge1}\frac{1}{n}\frac{4n^2-lm}{\left( 4n^2-l^2 \right)\left( 4n^2-m^2 \right)}
\end{align}
Here again, $l$ and $m$ are both supposed to be odd integers. Then,
\begin{equation}
 I_{l,m}=16\frac{\ln 2}{lm}-32\sum_{n\ge1}\frac{1}{n}\frac{4n^2-lm}{\left( 4n^2-l^2 \right)\left( 4n^2-m^2 \right)}
\end{equation}
Decomposing the terms of the summation as
\begin{equation}
\frac{1}{n}\frac{4n^2-lm}{\left( 4n^2-l^2 \right)\left( 4n^2-m^2 \right)}=\frac{1}{l+m}\left[\frac{1}{n\left( 4n^2-l^2 \right)}+\frac{1}{n\left( 4n^2-m^2 \right)}\right]
\end{equation}
and, introducing the Psi function, we find
\begin{align}
\sum_{n\ge1}\frac{1}{n\left( 4n^2-l^2 \right)}&=\sum_{n\ge1}\frac{1}{2l}\left[\frac{1}{n-l/2}-\frac{1}{n}+\frac{1}{n+l/2}-\frac{1}{n}\right]\\
&=-\frac{1}{2l}\left[\psi\left( \frac{l}{2}+1 \right)+\psi\left( -\frac{l}{2}+1 \right)-2\gamma\right]
\end{align}
and a similar expression for $m$. Now, the recurrence identities and some simplifications finally give
\begin{equation}
I_{l,m}=16\frac{\ln 2}{lm}+\frac{32}{l+m}\left[\frac{1}{l}\psi\left( \frac{l}{2} \right)+\frac{1}{m}\psi\left( \frac{m}{2} \right)+\frac{\gamma l+1}{l^2}+\frac{\gamma m+1}{m^2}\right]
\end{equation}

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Identity is political rather than natural. It is always influenced by the politics of race, class, gender, religion, education, disability, and so on. This paper examines the complexity of political forces that shape female identity at the beginning of the 20th century Java and the reaction the women show in response to the circumstances where they find themselves, with reference to Pramoedya Ananta Toer's Gadis Pantai. The novel, which is based on the true story of his own grandmother, portrays the life of a practice wife of priyayi, the hereditary governing class of Java. Using interpretive analysis and close reading of the text, the study argues that feudal and patriarchal circumstances help shape female identity in the 20th century Java. Women are doubly discriminated; they find themselves subject to higher powers, i.e. the powers of the feudal lord and the male. However, throughout the novel, the author displays a brand-new female image different from the socially dominant discourses, an image that has qualities of rebellious fervor to trouble the discriminating social category of identity.
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In Western Sydney recently, The Mark Drama was performed at Toongabbie Anglican. Georgie Kidd shares what it was like to be involved in this production.
The Mark Drama had a profound impact on me when I saw it last year. I came to understand Jesus as not just a written 'voice' in the gospels, but a real, flesh-and-blood person of such humble, gentle and loving character – the kind of person I wanted to know more, even after being a Christian since the age of 6!
So when my Church, Toongabbie Anglican, said they were hosting a production, I was stoked to be given the opportunity to perform in a Mark Drama myself! Memorising Mark's gospel wasn't easy (in an instant world, long-term memory abilities are lacking) but it did find me daily reading God's Word the way that it was originally meant to be read. Early Christians memorised the Bible and the gospel of Mark is actually structured for such a purpose!
Rehearsals were fun, exhausting, nerve-wracking and rushed! But I grew so close to the amazing people in my church! Across congregations and generations, we were all united around presenting the gospel to the audience in the best way possible. I was especially impacted by Paul, who played Jesus. I could tell that as Paul memorised Jesus' words and actions in order to act them out, God was doing a transforming work in him to make him such a humble, gentle and servant-hearted friend to all.
Being a disciple helped me really understand the disciples as people. To know what it was like to be involved in Jesus' ministry first-hand: the miracles, stepping out in faith, cowering in fear and being harshly (and deservedly) rebuked at times. It taught me what being a disciple really is – following Jesus in faith, taking Him at His Word and humbling yourself before him.
The Mark Drama is loads of fun. As a disciple, you set the scene with lots of biblical and topical jokes to help the audience feel at home in 1st Century Palestine. But Mark's gospel is also deeply sombre. The audience – and the actors – are forced to really, really reflect on the crucifixion. We spend most of the drama figuring out who this Jesus guy is, and starting to really love him and realise how much he loves us… only to see him weeping in the garden and hung on a cross for our sins. As a Christian, I know that it was my sin that put him there. The darkness that filled the room as the echo of my screams of 'crucify him!' faded into silence… That was a moment when I truly reflected on how undeserving I am of this grace poured out on the cross.
After the drama, I received encouraging comments from young Catholic and non-Christian friends, as well as older Christian friends and family (including my grandpa who is mostly deaf!). They all loved experiencing the 'realness' of Jesus and the gospel in the Mark Drama. I have also had many opportunities since to use scenes/verses that I remember from Mark to encourage Christian brothers and sisters and to help non-Christian friends know who the person of Jesus is and what he offers to them – Praise God!
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Experteering Highlight: A Day in the Life of an EpExpert Member Volunteering in the Philippines
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This month, we had the opportunity to hear from Brian Finnerty, a participant in our empowering people. Network epExpert program — an exciting initiative in partnership with Siemens Stiftung that covers the cost of our Experteering professionals with very specific skill sets supporting EPN's grantees around the world. Brian is currently in the field supporting AIDFI, a social enterprise developing solutions for indigenous communities in the Philippines. Brian is a web developer from Ireland, currently in the middle of his 6-month project to AIDFI implement a web-based system to collect data from the field from a variety of field workers and sources, and make that data available to the central team, partners, and funders. This data can also be used to help build local support.
To give you a taste of what it's like to go Experteering, Brian sent us a summary of some of this work. You can see the original post on the empowering people. Network blog.
(And if you want to see open projects with the EpExpert program, learn more and apply here)
We were coming across the mountains that divide Negros Island when Buddha, our driver, decided to pull in. There wasn't any problem that was apparent to me, but when everyone else started layering up with jumpers and scarves, I copped it. After three weeks of being covered in a clammy, perma-sweat and mosquito bites, I allowed myself a little smug smile. Finally, I was the comfortable one. In fairness it was still 20 degrees out, which for an Irishman in January, is positively balmy. My weather app said four degrees in Dublin.
Anyway, my comfort was short-lived as, about a mile later, the road disappeared from under us. And just us – the other side was the same concrete slab that we'd been on, our side was puddles, mud and rocks. Now I've every confidence in Buddha's driving, but it's the rest of the road users I'm not too hot on. Sometimes a full sized road doesn't leave enough room for a motorbike to overtake a truck overtaking a bus.
I think that's what struck me first about coming to the Philippines, is the extreme levels of poverty that exist, and are everywhere. In Ireland, if there is a hole in a road, there is uproar – people ringing in to the radio to complain, calling in to their local elected official's office, using disgruntled emojis on twitter. Over here it's just another standard half road.
Or maybe I'm wrong. Maybe they are outraged. But all along the roadside there are one room houses with grass roofs, rotten plywood walls and bare earth for the floor. Barefoot children and chickens run in and the dogs stretch out and scratch themselves on the good side of the road which the sun has warmed up. So as I look down from the cab and my narrow, middle class perspective, I assume they have other things to worry about before the state of the road.
We arrived in Manquiling at around 9am and are called in to the Barangay Hall. A barangay is an area, usually representing a village or a district in a bigger town with elected officials who are responsible for the administration of the amenities in the area. The team from AIDFI, including Lydia, the project manager, Leah, the community development facilitator, Rameses, a trainer, and an installation team led by Roy, are here to repair a pump that was damaged during a recent typhoon. As a web developer, I can't really contribute to the bricks and mortar operations going on, but I'm greeted like a dignitary regardless. I'm introduced around to all the top brass and ushered in to a table of food and seated beside the highest-ranking official present. Which also seems to be a standard thing around here. Being a guest seems to be a great privilege at social gatherings both official and private family gatherings. Which also doesn't really sit comfortably with me. Irish people tend not to want to make a fuss and I'm a little socially awkward even in the most normal of situations. I'd much rather be in a dark corner with a quiet beer than seated at the head of the table next to the Barangay chairman.
But I've found the best way to fit in is to lash into the food and compliment everything. Most people speak some English here so you can attempt some conversation. And if that doesn't work just blabber away in English while your poor counterpart just smiles and nods. There is a great chance they won't understand a word of it but at least they come away thinking you're friendly, and they've a funny story to tell at a party.
If this gathering seems a bit like an official gathering, it's because it is. Getting an AIDFI ram-pump for your community isn't like ordering flat-pack furniture for your house. In order to qualify for one, the community has to buy into the AIDFI system, which basically turns ownership and control of the pump over to them. Firstly, they have to raise one-third of the not-insignificant cost of the project, the other two-thirds being covered by AIDFI and their funders. This means the community are immediately invested in the success of the project.
After that they must set up an official association to take care of the running and maintenance of the pump. Anyone that uses the water from the AIDFI tap stands as normal must become a member and pay a monthly fee for the privilege. This fee goes into a fund that pays for the administration of the association, any maintenance costs of the system and the pump technician. The technician is a member of the community who is trained by the technical team in how the system works, and takes responsibility for monitoring and maintaining it.
The training extends to the association as well. Setting up an official body to collect funds, budget those funds and maintain a utility is not just something you can do and drop either. They receive training in bookkeeping, leadership and management skills. So all in all, in addition to clean drinking water, AIDFI bring enterprise level training, local jobs and empowerment. The idea being that beyond the initial installation, they act solely in an advisory role.
The reason for the big team involvement on this occasion is that the pump has been destroyed beyond repair. It needs to be replaced, which involves new parts and additional labour, which of course incurs a cost that must be approved by an official meeting of the association.
While waiting for this meeting we went to go have a look at the pump. We travel in convoy, led by the vice-chairman of the barangay and three women from the association in their flips-flops, including the guys from the technical team in their bare feet, and one web developer in his hiking boots, sweating buckets and taking pictures of the trees. We walked down the main street of the Barangay, and then turned left, into what looked like someone's garden. Then down a steep path, across a bridge, up a hill, left through a field of crops, down another path… Well, you get the picture. The pumps themselves are installed at a location convenient to the source. Not necessarily right at it but close, and at a lower altitude, so that gravity can provide the pump with a steady flow. The pumps then use that gravity and science to deliver the water to communal faucets and a reservoir at a location that is actually convenient to the broader community, in this case, about two kilometres away and 80 metres higher.
Almost everyone I'd talked to in the previous days about this trip mentioned the "hanging bridge" to me. Said in sort of a mischievous way with a smile. Almost like a threat. Which I'd laughed off; I've been across numerous rope bridges before, this couldn't be much different. But it was. It was lengthwise strips of bamboo on supports that were broken off tree branches, of variable strengths, tied with bits of rope. Half way across, when it started to sway a little bit more than gently and the hand ropes were at about knee-height, I started to think about the roads again. Who was in charge of them and was that person also in charge of bridges? But half way is not the place to be doubting oneself. Calm breaths, one foot in front of the other and the good will of the river spirits got me across in one piece. The Filipinos didn't show any outward signs of being impressed, but I could tell they were.
A little further on, we came to a small community of maybe half a dozen of the same style of houses we saw along the roads. While the vice-chairman talked to the technician about the pumps, the rest of the generations popped their heads out for a look. A daughter with a new-born in the upstairs window, a grandparent with a walking stick in the front door.
Another thing that has struck me about the people here is their ingenuity. Only about 30% of the water that gets delivered to the pump gets pumped on into the system. The rest runs off somewhere – in this case, into a purpose built pond where the locals were farming their own fish. They also ran water from the pond down through the land to irrigate rice terraces, before flowing back into the river further downstream. What was only designed to bring drinking water also indirectly brought fishing and rice as additional food sources.
After a short while we had seen enough and we started back. The real work would begin the following day, beginning with somehow getting the heavy metal pumps across the hanging bridge, and continue for maybe a couple of weeks. For me it would be back to the office – to strong phone signal, concrete floors and ample, if sometime precarious public transport. But it was nice to get out in the field and see the real work being done.
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Election '13: Fitchburg has choices
Fitchburg has choices
By Alana Melanson, amelanson@sentinelandenterprise.com
ROADS: A motorist approaches a rough patch on the John Fitch Highway last winter.
FITCHBURG -- Rolande Gamache, 66, said she doesn't feel safe at night outside her Theresa Street home because her streetlights remain dark.
She said she's called every city councilor about the issue, but only Councilors-at-Large Marcus DiNatale and Dean Tran have responded. As far as Gamache is concerned, those who did not call her back won't receive her vote in this fall's City Council race.
Joseph Byrne, 71, a resident of Ward 4, said the biggest problem in the city right now is its crumbling streets.
"I had friends come up from New Jersey, and their statement to me was, 'My God, there's no streets without bumps,' " he said.
CRIME: Police search the ground for evidence after a shooting on Dec. 14 at the intersection of Orange and Cedar streets.
"I know the mayor is trying to do the best she can, because for so many years streets were repaired politically and not on a regular scheduled basis, and she's brought that back in, so hopefully we'll be moving down that road to better streets."
Unlit streetlights and crumbling streets are just two of the many issues on residents' minds heading into the homestretch of this year's City Council campaign. With the primary election for Wards 1 and 4 out of the way and the ballot officially set for the November general election, candidates now have less than two months to convince residents why they should earn their vote.
While Mayor Lisa Wong is running unopposed for the first time since she took office six years ago, the race for City Council is shaping up to be an interesting one, with four of six wards guaranteed to see new faces representing them and some current ward councilors aiming for at-large seats.
So far, four key issues are emerging: roads, streetlights, public safety and bringing more business to the city.
LIGHTS: A streetlight near the Upper Common on Main Street. Residents would like to see more of these lit at night.
In Wards 1 and 4, in particular, public safety has come to the forefront of issues, with both wards being rocked by homicides and other violence over the spring and summer, especially Ward 4.
Candidates in those wards have pledged to do whatever they can to hire more police to make the city safer, as well as promote ways in which all residents can be more involved in keeping one another safe.
Wong has said more police does not necessarily guarantee less crime, but many current councilors have expressed a desire to hire more officers.
"We have had more police and more crime and less police and less crime," said Wong. "My public-safety strategy will be to continue to invest resources in crime-prevention strategies, which includes the schools, summer programs, parks, code enforcement and housing.
SCHOOLS: Residents would like to see city students, including those at the Arthur Longsjo Middle School, perform better.
June Sears, 74, a Ward 4 resident, said people need to be more involved and contribute to public safety, as well as put more effort into understanding what police do. She wants to see city government choose a police chief who is like the soon-to-retire current chief, Robert DeMoura, because she believes he has done a good job.
Josephine Cormier, 91, a Ward 1 resident, wants to see the Senior Center and Director Joan Goodwin receive more support from the council, as well as residents and local businesses. As a member of the original team that started Our Father's Table, which has restaurants that regularly donate food for the less fortunate, she believes local establishments should do the same for seniors.
Lisa Wong
Phyllis Winter, 74, a resident of Ward 3, said she is happy Wong will be staying in office, because "she's not afraid to attack particular areas," but she's not very happy with the prospect of a slots parlor coming to Leominster.
"There's enough poverty in Fitchburg and Leominster already," she said. "A casino just makes more."
After New England Wire Products announced it would be moving its operations from Fitchburg to Leominster earlier this year, some in the city said Fitchburg must do more to keep and attract business. That debate will likely focus on taxes: Fitchburg's commercial tax rate is $25.26 for every $1,000 of assessed property value, while Leominster's is $17.96.
In July, the City Council unanimously approved creating and funding a new position that will manage economic development. Wong said having a person dedicated to economic development will help retain current businesses and attract new ones to the city.
Byrne was happy to see three new people who had never run for office take a shot at the Ward 4 council seat. He said they have "brought new life to the political scene" of the ward.
"I just hope they're quick learners, so that they can get their feet wet on the budget issues, and I hope they work closely with the mayor so that we're all on the same page together," he said.
To some, there are still not enough candidates coming forward to seek office. Scott Hay, 65, a Ward 6 resident and brother of Councilor-at-Large Stephan Hay, believes this speaks to a lack of involvement on the parts of the residents of Fitchburg.
In addition to Wong, Hay's council representative, Council President Jody Joseph, is running unopposed this year, as is Ward 5 candidate Angelo Bisol.
"I think Jody does a decent job, but I think there are probably other candidates who could come in with new ideas and fresher views," Scott Hay said. "And I think even if someone else isn't elected, I think it pushes -- as is the case in any situation -- competition pushes people to do a better job."
Councilors have to be willing to speak out and present ideas, monitor the budget and "not just sit there and acquiesce and accept whatever someone else is saying, whether it's the mayor or other city councilors," Hay said.
He said the city has terrible roads and many departments have not gotten the funding they need, which he believes is the result of deferred maintenance and a small commercial tax base.
"We're not attracting business," Hay said. "It's tough, I think, for the politicians to try and do that because of the fact that we don't have any highways and easy access to Fitchburg, but you've got to increase your business base and tax base in order to really fund public safety, or fund road improvements, or schools -- any of the things we want to have in services."
Given the results of a recent state Department of Revenue review of the financial status of the city, Wong said she will be putting as much time as possible into addressing ballooning pension and other retirement costs.
Just like police have been using and analyzing data to determine where to target resources, Wong said, the schools are now doing the same, for the first time. She said better targeting of resources within the schools will lead to better student outcomes, and better schools will lead to higher property values.
The city has lost $15 million in state aid since Wong took office. The city needs to look at where it can find new revenue, Wong said, though it will likely not keep pace with how much has been lost.
Things like grants and finding savings through renegotiating health care for city employees have assisted in back-filling state-aid cuts, Wong said, but they're not enough.
The city is in the position it is today because it chose not to save for many years, she said. While $4.5 million has been saved to the stabilization account over the past five years, the city actually needs to save that amount every year to fund its liabilities, Wong said, meaning it is saving at about 20 percent of the pace it needs to catch up.
She intends to put before the council the creation of an irrevocable trust to help pay down the city's retirement liability. Due to increased recurring tax revenue that is anticipated to come from Great Wolf Lodge -- an expansion and renovation of the Holiday Inn, Coco Key Water Resort and Central Massachusetts Exposition Center -- Wong anticipates being able to save $500,000 each year.
"The bad news is we've been disciplined, but we actually need to ramp it up," she said. "But it doesn't all have to be pain to save money. Because we have money in the bank, we can actually make investments that yield returns."
Savings have already been realized by purchasing the streetlights, Wong said, and the majority have been turned back on. In the next year she hopes to convert all streetlights to energy-efficient LED lights, which she said will allow the city to turn on its remaining streetlights and continue to produce savings.
"It's a win-win," Wong said. "But a lot of win-wins require work and upfront capital. Those are two things (in which) the city did not do well for many years. I think any private business knows you need to innovate and invest to grow. We're positioning ourselves to be able to do that."
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Schools will have to follow fewer COVID rules this fall, but Hochul says the concerns aren't over
WXXI News | By Karen DeWitt
Darren McGee
Office of Gov. Kathy Hochul
State Health Commissioner Dr. Mary Bassett, right, gives a COVID-19 and monkeypox update on Aug. 22, 2022, as Gov. Kathy Hochul looks on
Gov. Kathy Hochul said Monday that COVID-19 rules will be eased for New York's schoolchildren this year, and masks and social distancing will no longer be required.
The governor and state health officials also gave an update on the spread of monkeypox, which for the first time has infected a child.
Hochul said the Centers for Disease Control has relaxed its recommendations for schools, and the state is following the new rules. Face coverings, social distancing and quarantining after exposure to the virus will no longer be required. Students and teachers will still have to wear a mask for up to 10 days if they've been in close contact with someone who has tested positive for COVID-19.
"The days of sending an entire classroom home because one person was symptomatic or tests positive, those days are over," said Hochul, who added children need "the essential experience of being together in a classroom" for their development and mental health.
Schools will be receiving a supply of 14.5 million tests from the state, enough for each student, and 6 million more are on order. Hochul said schools can do additional screening tests for students engaged in activities that require close contact, like choir or the wrestling team.
The governor said anyone who feels sick should stay home, and those who have not yet received their vaccinations should do so now.
Hochul said COVID cases currently are low -- about 22 per 100,000 New Yorkers, compared to about 35 per 100,000 a month ago. But she and her staff are still preparing in case there is a fall surge when people gather indoors and more workers go back to the office.
The governor said for those reasons, she's keeping her emergency pandemic powers in place for another month. Critics, including Republicans in the Legislature, have said that two-and-a-half years into the pandemic, it's time for the governor to give up those powers, and allow the Legislature to help make decisions.
Hochul said she needs to retain the authority to, for instance, continue to allow EMTs to vaccinate people, and in case there is an unforeseen emergency need for new equipment or medicines.
"This is our vulnerable time," said Hochul, who added no one should be "lulled into a sense of complacency."
The governor said when the current emergency order expires in September, she will take a hard look about whether to renew it, predicting that it "may come to an end soon."
The state's health commissioner, Dr. Mary Bassett, also gave an update on monkeypox. Bassett said she is not giving out any additional information on a child who has contracted the disease, saying she wants to protect their privacy.
Bassett and Hochul said they are not worried about widespread transmission of monkeypox in the schools, but they do want to get the message out to sexually active teens.
The disease currently is most prevalent among men who have sex with other men, and health officials are gearing vaccination efforts toward them. Because of a severe supply shortage of the vaccine, the FDA is now permitting intradermal injections in the outer layers of the skin, instead of the subcutaneous method now used, which targets fatty tissue under the skin.
Bassett said the change means a lower dose of the vaccines will be needed and could stretch the limited supply five times as far.
"It's not as pleasant to get an intradermal injection, it can scar, it's more painful," Bassett said.
But she said the state has been "struggling" to get enough doses and the change will "vastly expand a scarce resource."
New York has 21,000 doses of the monkeypox vaccine. About 14,000 already have been administered. State officials are trying to get access to a new antiviral drug to treat the disease.
Bassett said she's concerned about equitable distribution of the vaccine, which has lagged in Black and brown communities.
There have been about 2,800 monkeypox cases, mostly downstate. But it's been found in 24 counties outside New York City.
Hochul and Bassett also gave an update on a third disease that's threatening New Yorkers – polio. So far, just one person in Rockland County has become paralyzed from the virus. But Bassett said the disease is asymptomatic in most people. She recommended that people who are unvaccinated, or unsure of their vaccination status, should receive a dose.
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Karen DeWitt
Karen DeWitt is Capitol Bureau Chief for New York State Public Radio, a network of 10 public radio stations in New York State. She has covered state government and politics for the network since 1990.
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