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The Jewelry Designer Creating Wearable Worlds
In the hands of Dior's Victoire de Castellane, rough and rare gems become landscapes to explore.
By Mary Alice Miller
Photography by Alex Majoli
Victoire de Castellane doesn't play favorites. Of the countless pieces she has designed as the creative director of Dior Fine Jewelry for more than 20 years, there isn't a ring, earring, or necklace that she prefers over another. "I would love to have one of each color for each day of the week," she says of the designs, many of which she wears in rotation, in a dazzling display of the art she's been creating since she first arrived at Dior, in Paris, over two decades ago. "To me, making jewelry is a language," she says. "It's my way of expressing myself in the world." Her vocabulary is one of playful imagination and vivid opulence, her designs an amalgam of organic textures reminiscent of sugar crystals, coral reefs, shards of rime. Each piece is de Castellane's interpretation of the world around her, which has changed radically since the beginning of her career at Chanel in 1984. "When I arrived," she says, "all of the jewelry houses were not how I imagined." The lack of women jewelry designers in 1980s Paris perplexed and motivated de Castellane. She had grown up studying the work of great early- to mid-century designers, such as Suzanne Belperron and Jeanne Toussaint, women who "created jewelry for women," she explains. "I don't know what happened in the '60s and '70s, but after that it was really a man's world. And it was boring."
She enjoys working as if she were "five years old, playing, but in a conscientious way."
Now beloved for her anything-but-boring creations, the French designer describes her process in almost primitive terms: Visions of future pieces "flash" in her head; details must be "caught;" she's on a constant quest for "good stones." She enjoys working as if she were "five years old, playing, but in a very conscientious way." This effervescence is on full display in her latest and largest collection, Gem Dior (a phonetic riff on "J'aime Dior"): 99 pieces forged from a veritable treasure chest of emeralds, sapphires, diamonds, rubies, and semiprecious stones, including tanzanites and Paraíba tourmalines. In June, the collection was unveiled at a sumptuous presentation in Venice; within a day, many of the one-of-a-kind rings, earrings, necklaces, and watches had been sold or reserved, at prices reaching into the millions.
But the personal value of her collection is, she says, truly sentimental: "My father is my inspiration. It's crazy, but I just realized this. He's a real '70s man, wearing rings and pennants on metal chains, and he has this Latin exuberance. He wears jewelry in this really free way, and I put this in the jewelry without knowing it consciously." Part paternal panache, part elegant exuberance, the new collection is emblematic of de Castellane's contributions to the rarified world of high jewelry: modern in design, timeless in appeal.
Photograph by Alex Majoli/Magnum Photo.
ART OF STONE
Victoire de Castellane, photographed at Palazzo Labia in Venice.
Sketches at a workspace inside the Dior Fine Jewelry atelier in Paris.
Earrings in yellow gold, diamonds, and emeralds in progress at the Paris atelier.
A hand jewel in the making, of pink gold, diamonds, and spessartite garnets.
Gems alongside a sketch for earrings in white gold, diamonds, pink sapphires, and purple garnets.
At the Gem Dior collection celebration in Venice, a model wears white gold rings with diamonds.
A white gold necklace with pink sapphire and diamonds.
Guests at the celebration marking Castellane's 20th anniversary, held at the Palazzo Labia.

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Q: How to use JPA with Tomcat8 0 and Tomcat8. So I have created one web project in eclipse.
Firstly I have create one context.xml file and put it into META-INF folder inside web-content folder. It looks like this...
<context>
    <Resource name="jdbc/myDataSource" auth="Container" type="javax.sql.DataSource"
        maxActive="50" maxIdle="30" maxWait="10000" username="postgres"
        password="password" driverClassName="org.postgresql.Driver"
        url="jdbc:postgresql://localhost:5432/test" />
</Context>

Then create one entry into web.xml file.
<resource-ref>
        <description>postgres Datasource example</description>
        <res-ref-name>jdbc/myDataSource</res-ref-name>
        <res-type>javax.sql.DataSource</res-type>
        <res-auth>Container</res-auth>
    </resource-ref>

I want to create the EntityManagerFactory instance on application start so i also added one listener entry into web.xml file.

<listener-class>com.listener.initlization.PersistenceListener</listener-class>

Now implement ServletContextListener to create EntityManagerFactory like this
@Override
    public void contextInitialized(ServletContextEvent evt) {
        ServletContext ctxt = evt.getServletContext();

        entityManagerFactory = Persistence
                .createEntityManagerFactory("test");

    }

I am also putting one image which will tell you about the library and structure of them.

now finally persistence.xml file looks like this.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<persistence xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
    xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/persistence http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/persistence/persistence_2_0.xsd"
    version="2.0" xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/persistence">
    <persistence-unit name="test" transaction-type="RESOURCE_LOCAL">

    <provider>org.hibernate.ejb.HibernatePersistence</provider>
    <non-jta-data-source>java:comp/env/jdbc/myDataSource</non-jta-data-source>
<!--    <class>com.model.Employee</class> -->
        <properties>
            <!--   <property name="javax.persistence.jdbc.url" value="jdbc:postgres://localhost:5432/test" />
            <property name="javax.persistence.jdbc.driver" value="org.postgresql.Driver" />
            <property name="javax.persistence.jdbc.user" value="postgres" />
            <property name="javax.persistence.jdbc.password" value="password" /> -->
            <property name="hibernate.show_sql" value="true" />
            <property name="hibernate.format_sql" value="true" />
            <property name="hibernate.dialect" value="org.hibernate.dialect.PostgreSQLDialect" />
            <property name="hibernate.hbm2ddl.auto" value="update" />
            <property name="hibernate.connection.datasource" value="java:/comp/env/jdbc/myDataSource"/>
        </properties>
    </persistence-unit>
</persistence>

So Now problem is when application starts and comes to Listener it throws an error.
javax.persistence.PersistenceException: No Persistence provider for EntityManager named test.

Please let me know whats wrong in this program.

A: I believe you are not using the context and resource-ref at all.
In this case, JPA uses only the information of the persistence.xml to connect the database. You are providing all necesary data there.
Try seting wrong data in your context.xml to check this.

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SAG Award Nominee Caitriona Balfe Praises 'Belfast' Director, Teases 'Outlander' Season 6
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Kenneth Branagh's film "Belfast," which tells the story of a family in 1960s Northern Ireland, continues to be an award-show darling, and it showed its sway among the acting community Wednesday with Screen Actors Guild Award nominations for the ensemble cast and actress Caitriona Balfe.
Balfe, who also stars in the Starz drama "Outlander," took home an individual nomination for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture.
"It feels really exciting," Balfe told TheWrap Wednesday. "I'm just so excited for all of us. The fact that we've been nominated as an ensemble is just so great. I think we all just feel so indebted to Ken for taking us on this crazy ride. And a nomination like this is kind of like a nice little thank you to him, I think, in a way."
As Balfe navigates award season, she's also fielding questions — including from TheWrap — about the imminent return of "Outlander." The series, based on the books by Diana Gabaldon, returns with Season 6 March 22, and Balfe called the next run of episodes "quite tense."
"We have a new family that comes to the Ridge called [the] Christies and they – it's a blast from Jamie's past, not entirely welcome," Balfe, who plays Claire Fraser opposite Sam Heughan's Jamie Fraser, said. "But they definitely destabilize a lot of things on the Ridge. And for Claire, personally, she's going through her own very tough personal journey trying to recover from the events of the end of last season. And I'm really grateful that the writers, they really allowed for her to have time to process that and get through that. And we see her maybe destabilized in a way that we haven't before as well. But also we see her find a new way to recover with Jamie as her support, which is – there is some beautiful stuff in there."
The new season, which is set on the eve of the American Revolution, will continue to reflect the challenging times when the colonies took a stand against British rule. Although, last season, Heughan's Jamie had to appear loyal to the Redcoats in public, while working for the revolutionaries behind the scenes.
"Also then, the political landscape is ever shifting, and it's really tough for Jamie especially to know where to put his allegiance when – because they know obviously the outcome [of the Revolution], but it's such a treacherous path … so he has to keep playing both sides of his allegiance to try and maintain safety. So it's a very exciting season, even though it's a truncated season, but I think fans are going to be happy."
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Changes come to 1 of world's largest indigenous gatherings
RUSSELL CONTRERAS
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Thousands of dancers in traditional, vibrant regalia on Friday officially opened the Gathering of Nations — one of North America's most prominent American Indian powwows.
Dancers from across the United States, Canada and Mexico launched the event with a grand entry for a powwow that is expected to attract as many as 100,000 attendees to New Mexico's largest city this week. The powwow will feature a number of competitions for dancers, drummers and performers.
One of the world's largest gatherings of indigenous people, which runs through Saturday, comes after the Dakota Access Pipeline protests in North Dakota became a historic display of Native American solidarity.
The event in Albuquerque has grown over the years but will have a new, smaller space for dancers and other performers from across the U.S. Still, organizers say the new venue expands opportunities for the Indian Market and live entertainment outside the powwow.
Here are some things to know:
NEW VENUE
Expo New Mexico, site of the annual state fair, holds 11,500 people, a drop from the 15,000 that the previous facility could accommodate.
However, the floor for performances is bigger. Larry Yazzie, the event's official announcer, said attendees will notice better acoustics during the powwow and a more intimate experience.
When it was held at the University of New Mexico's basketball arena, attendees often complained about parking and leaving their cars in unattended areas. Expo New Mexico has a larger parking lot and security on hand, said Dan Mourning, facility general manager.
The new venue allows more space and flexibility for live entertainment outside the powwow. Stage 49 will feature contemporary Native American music and entertainment, including the all-female melodic death thrash band, Suspended.
In addition to Aztec dancers and traditional music, the stage will feature non-Native performers such as Bronx-born DJ Logic and guitarist Vernon Reid of the band Living Colour.
Organizers say there will be more space for shopping and an exhibition of Native artifacts from throughout the Americas. This year's Indian Market features more than 800 artists, crafters and traders from around the world.
In the past, vendors were packed into a small space and their numbers were limited. Now, organizers say they have more flexibility for the indoor market that will allow shoppers to browse easier.
PIPELINE PROTESTS
The powwow comes as Native Americans keep discussing protests of the Dakota Access Pipeline in North Dakota, said Tara Gatewood, host and producer of syndicated public radio show Native America Calling.
Some activists who won't be at the Gathering of Nations likely will be at follow-up protests in Washington, D.C., New York and in other parts of the country, Gatewood said.
Yazzie says the event is nonpolitical and won't seek to focus on the pipeline protests. But many of the attendees journeyed to North Dakota for the protests and the event will acknowledge the "water protectors."
The Standing Rock Sioux and other tribes said the pipeline threatens their sovereignty, religious rights and water supply. The Crow tribe — a traditional foe of the Sioux — joined the demonstrations.
In February, authorities dispersed the last remaining holdouts ahead of the spring flooding season.
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emmamages 26th August 2020 About The Music, Interviews, New Releases
INTERVIEW: I Don't Speak French Talk About Single 'Blow The Speakers Up'
Swedish producer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Håkan Persson – also known as I Don't Speak French – has recently released his brand-new single "Blow The Speakers Up." It has already seen success after hitting 500k streams within the first week of release! You can be one of those streams by checking out the bands Spotify.
"Blow The Speakers Up" is a track that will get stuck in your head the moment you press the play button. You'll find yourself humming the tune, but not knowing where you heard it in the first place. That might be because "Blow The Speakers Up" is the soundtrack for the Samsung Galaxy Note 20 worldwide campaign.
We absolutely love this single and wanted to know more about it. Check out our chat with I Don't Speak French below!:
Hey there! So, you've just released your single "Blow the Speakers Up" – an absolute anthem, we're loving it. Can you start by telling us a bit about it?
First of all, thank you! Happy you enjoyed it!
It's a bombastic, "tap your feet and whistle" kind of song. With an outro that takes you on a mystical space journey you never could have imagined from the start. It's filled with weird production tricks and fun details, Håkan used a lot of old school recording techniques to capture something unique and gritty.
It's currently the soundtrack for the Samsung Galaxy Note 20, and it reached over 500k streams just in the first week of release which is incredible. How have you been finding the feedback? What's it like having your song reach so many listeners globally?
Being an upcoming indie act from a small town in Sweden, this campaign with Samsung is totally life changing and surreal. We are absolutely thrilled to read all the feedback in the comment section on our social media pages and our family of fans are growing everyday.
When we first found out about the campaign the band went out and bought a couple of bottles of champagne. Relaxing and celebrating. The next day we started preparing, working day and night. We've been planning to start our own label "Indieshake" for several months but now we only had three days to wrap this idea up. The song needed to be released when the campaign launched. It was so stressful but all the pieces fell together in the end.
You have quite a unique sound that makes you stand out from the rest. How would you describe your sound to someone who may not have heard your music before?
Unpredictable, psychedelic, indie rock'n'roll. It's like an experiment of wet and gritty guitars marrying lunatic sounds of whistles and distorted pianos, in a fusion of modern pop melodies and synthesizers.
Who in the music industry do you look up to the most and why? Has there ever been anyone you've felt hugely inspired by?
We would say we just love the mad soundscapes of Tame Impala, as well as the punch and edge of Oliver Tree. Our origin of inspiration comes from many great indie bands like Foster the People, Peter, Björn and John and the Shins.
We want to know the origins of the band and how "I Don't Speak French" came about. How did you come together? What made you want to start a band?
We were a bunch of youngsters studying a music production programme at the university of Växjö in the south of Sweden. Everyone was making music back then. Håkan was sitting in his small student apartment, mixing different sounds, and came up with the concept. He played it for his girlfriend and his friends and they all loved it and wanted to be part of the band. The name "I don't speak french" was taken from one of the earliest songs called "Hopeless Romantic." The song is about being a total indie nerd with a big heart, that doesn't know classic romantic manners.
"I don't speak French or Italian, baby, but I'm a hopeless romantic"
What would you say has been the best advice you've been given in your career so far?
Being patient. Being humble and nice, and understand the music industry.
Make sure your team is like family. Always prioritize working with people you enjoy hanging out with, that care for you genuinely and will have your back when things aren't great.
A follow up question from the last, what would you say has been the worst advice?
Signing an agreement with someone, because they have a big name. (It all comes down to the work, passion and the effort they put in to your music)
Finally, can you tell us of any future plans? What are you currently working on?
As we mentioned before we've just started our own label and are planning the upcoming releases for this year. It's gonna be a couple of singles with I don't speak french, but also our other project Stranded Mermaid and maybe some other fun stuff.
Big thanks to I Don't Speak French for taking time out of the day to answer our questions! We wish "Blow The Speakers Up" all the success it deserves. For more updates, be sure to follow I Don't Speak French on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.
What did you think of "Blow The Speakers Up"? Let us know your thoughts over on our Twitter! – @AboutThe_Noise
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Indie Time: Endless Forms Most Beautiful
Posted on January 15, 2013	by waltorious
Endless Forms Most Beautiful has an interesting history. It was originally released by Dave Hughes early in 2012 for the ZX Spectrum. Yes, the ZX Spectrum, a machine that first hit the market in 1982. There is still a community developing for the Spectrum over at World of Spectrum, although I imagine many of the games are actually played through emulation these days.
Anyway, Locomalito (known for their retro-styled freeware games like Hydorah and l'Abbaye Des Morts) were looking for a game to remake for PC, and decided that Endless Forms Most Beautiful was an ideal candidate. The port not only updates the graphics with a more recent retro aesthetic, but also apparently lowered the difficulty significantly to make it more accessible to newcomers. Now, you can play this remake of the arcarde-style game for free on your PC.
The game itself is a single-screen platformer, like many of the popular early arcade games. The player controls one of two imp herders, who hop between planes of existence searching for these enigmatic trans-dimensional creatures. What this means in practice is that each stage is full of imps to collect, and the player must work out a route through the stage to collect them all without running afoul of any patrolling enemies, or running out of time. The imp herders can't jump, but the stages are peppered with teleporters that let them move up or down a level. Any given teleporter allows ascent or descent, but will not lead to another teleporter, so vertical moves are not reversible. This is a bit of a break from platforming norms, as is the screen wrapping: moving off the right edge of the screen has the imp herder reappear on the left, one level lower than before. Exiting the left side of the screen ascends instead.
These simple changes to movement give Endless Forms Most Beautiful a new kind of challenge. While the rules are easy to understand conceptually, they serve to negate any ingrained platforming instincts a player might have. The game's stages scale up quite nicely too, with new enemy behavior introduced regularly, as well as some simple changes to stage layouts that create navigational conundrums. A variety of special pick-ups that appear at random intervals spice things up as well. I found the difficulty to be just right — not too punishing in the early stages, but tough enough that I haven't managed to reach the later ones due to my insufficiently honed skill.
I like the aesthetics too. The title screen captures the classic arcade style perfectly, complete with the "insert coin" message in its appropriate font. And before each stage I was treated to a randomized description of the type of imp I was collecting, which are quite endearing. An example: Dibblelegs, which live in drains, have a lonely temperament, eat floor sweepings, and are thriving. It's rare to see that kind of oddball premise for a game these days, and it's certainly welcome.
The PC remake of Endless Forms Most Beautiful also features two-player co-op or competitive play, which I haven't tried, but I imagine would be quite fun. But even just the single player component is worth a look. I haven't been playing extensively, but when I do pick it up it's surprisingly hard to put down. And given that it's totally free, there's no reason not to go check it out yourself. Sometimes a trip across dimensions catching imps is just what you need.
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Specification and analysis of network resource requirements of control systems
Gera Weiss, Sebastian Fischmeister, Madhukar Anand, Rajeev Alur
We focus on spatially distributed control systems in which measurement and actuation data is sent via a bus shared with other applications. An approach is proposed for specifying and implementing dynamic scheduling policies for the bus with performance guarantees. Specifically, we propose an automatabased scheduler which we automatically generate from a model of the controlled plant and the controller. We show that, in addition to ensuring performance, our approach allows adjustments to dynamic conditions such as varying disturbances and network load. We present a full development path from performance specifications (exponential stability) to a control design and its implementation using Controller Area Network (CAN).
Computation and Control - 12th International Conference, HSCC 2009, Proceedings
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-00602-9_27
12th International Conference on Hybrid Systems: Computation and Control, HSCC 2009 - San Francisco, CA, United States
Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
12th International Conference on Hybrid Systems: Computation and Control, HSCC 2009
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Requirements Mathematics 84%
Scheduling Policy Mathematics 81%
Weiss, G., Fischmeister, S., Anand, M., & Alur, R. (2009). Specification and analysis of network resource requirements of control systems. In Hybrid Systems: Computation and Control - 12th International Conference, HSCC 2009, Proceedings (pp. 381-395). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 5469). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-00602-9_27
Weiss, Gera ; Fischmeister, Sebastian ; Anand, Madhukar ; Alur, Rajeev. / Specification and analysis of network resource requirements of control systems. Hybrid Systems: Computation and Control - 12th International Conference, HSCC 2009, Proceedings. 2009. pp. 381-395 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)).
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Specification and analysis of network resource requirements of control systems. / Weiss, Gera; Fischmeister, Sebastian; Anand, Madhukar; Alur, Rajeev.
Hybrid Systems: Computation and Control - 12th International Conference, HSCC 2009, Proceedings. 2009. p. 381-395 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 5469).
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N1 - Funding Information: This work was partially supported by NSF CNS 0524059, NSF CPA 0541149, and NSERC DG 357121-2008.
N2 - We focus on spatially distributed control systems in which measurement and actuation data is sent via a bus shared with other applications. An approach is proposed for specifying and implementing dynamic scheduling policies for the bus with performance guarantees. Specifically, we propose an automatabased scheduler which we automatically generate from a model of the controlled plant and the controller. We show that, in addition to ensuring performance, our approach allows adjustments to dynamic conditions such as varying disturbances and network load. We present a full development path from performance specifications (exponential stability) to a control design and its implementation using Controller Area Network (CAN).
AB - We focus on spatially distributed control systems in which measurement and actuation data is sent via a bus shared with other applications. An approach is proposed for specifying and implementing dynamic scheduling policies for the bus with performance guarantees. Specifically, we propose an automatabased scheduler which we automatically generate from a model of the controlled plant and the controller. We show that, in addition to ensuring performance, our approach allows adjustments to dynamic conditions such as varying disturbances and network load. We present a full development path from performance specifications (exponential stability) to a control design and its implementation using Controller Area Network (CAN).
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T3 - Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
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T2 - 12th International Conference on Hybrid Systems: Computation and Control, HSCC 2009
Weiss G, Fischmeister S, Anand M, Alur R. Specification and analysis of network resource requirements of control systems. In Hybrid Systems: Computation and Control - 12th International Conference, HSCC 2009, Proceedings. 2009. p. 381-395. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-00602-9_27


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January 11, 2015 March 29, 2015 Salina Christmas
Triathlon almost put me off training for good. Until I remembered what 'play' really means.
After the triathlon training ended in late summer 2014, I thought of quitting. The swimming during the Hyde Park event was difficult – although I finished the race – and my legs didn't quite recover from the training until mid-autumn.
Then, only three weeks ago, I was informed by a fellow competitor, who has been competing in sprint events for the last 15 years, that the Serpentine lake was exceptionally cold in June 2014 – four competitors got fished out during her wave at around 3 pm. I barely made it through myself during my wave at 5 pm, without gasping and doing back strokes. "Trust me," she insisted, "I am Canadian and I know the water was cold that day".
I also heard of squad members who didn't bother to take their bicycles out of the boxes since autumn. My interest in swimming returned only after a family holiday in October 2014 on an island where we grew up as children. I swam, biked and ran in that true Polynesian spirit – not the Kona one – that is, to chill out and bond with my family. I hope the appreciation of 'play' and 'rest' as a glue that binds us as a people remains in that culture for a long time yet – before that capitalist concept of 'time is money' gets to that island.
October 2014. The fishing island of our childhood. Life slows to a halt. Photo: © Zarina Holmes / GLUE
Play and catharsis
Sutton-Smith (1959) observed that the kissing games such as the musical chair and spin the bottle, that offer uncertain outcomes for the winners and losers, act as a buffer that insulates teenagers from hurtful experience such as rejection.
Applying that anthropological frame to Polynesian leisure activities such as diving, sailing, surfing – and yes, that primitive form of triathlon – I came to realise that these are means of catharsis to a people getting to terms with nature. Those leisure activities are modelled on work activities. Life dependent on the whims of seas and monsoons are wrought with uncertainties. One day you come home with a big catch, the next day the waves are the death of you. And with that realisation, why not chill out.
Perhaps I make a poor competitor in the Western sense because I use the Polynesian point of reference in which you play with Nature to pay respect to her might, not to show how good I am at conquering her.
We had a three-hour window before the next monsoon / earthquake waves during which we could swim. The water was hot. Photo: © Zarina Holmes / GLUE
Be a good sport
It wasn't just the holiday that resurrected my appreciation towards triathlon. My squaddies have been great to me. Triathlon is a test not just to your character but your level of tolerance for others – your squaddies, your families and your friends. The races and training come first. To be in the 10%, that is a given.
There are three things that I have learned from the triathlon training last year:
1. Don't judge your coaches
Different coaches have different approach in building your talent. Do not assess the methods but rather, appreciate the outcome. I sank like a rock at the start of my training. Now I could do a scrappy 1000m, if I am in the mood. I use the Nichiren's "mentor-disciple" concept in which you and your mentor can swap with each other depending on circumstances, and that you have to respect those who provide you with knowledge.
It's true. © GLUE Studio
2. Don't judge your squaddies
If everyone were the same as you, then the world would be a dull, monotonous place. If someone grates on you, remember: like anthropology, triathlon is about coping with discomfort and getting on with the programme. Competitive squad members? This is triathlon. Accept it. However, don't carry the attitude outside training, and towards the same club members. Be mindful of social contexts. Those who slay together, play together – and that is the rule. If you can't deal with people and have to throw your weight about each time to assert your confidence, then do a more solitary sport, like North Pole exploration.
Monkeying around. We have been playing on that swing since childhood, believe it or not. Same tree, same spot. Photo: © Zarina Holmes/ GLUE
3. Don't judge yourself
Not an Age Grouper material? Who cares. If you care so much, then you have to ask yourself why you do triathlon. To be in the 10%? Fair enough. But don't be an arse when your outcomes don't meet your expectations. If you find yourself inundated by training as well as work demands, remember, you signed up to triathlon. Live up to the standard you impose on yourself. Others might follow you. At the running specialist store where I part-time at, there is this one lady who has to move with a support frame to keep up with our community runs. She joined the shop's running group in January last year, and walked the 'run' each time. When she did the Westminster 1 Mile competition in 2014, she walked that race, too.
"Everyone left me behind when it started," she said. "The press was around me, taking pictures, which I found annoying". I pointed out: "But you did the race." "Everyone raced ahead and I was left on my own," she said, "but it was my race".
So, next time you sign up for an event, ask yourself: are you doing it for social approval, or is that your race?
Happy training.
Finding my way around Penang. Lycra doesn't work here. Photo: © Zarina Holmes / GLUE
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Survival of Remedies After Corporate Dissolution in Illinois – How Long Do You Have?
You paid your vendor, a corporation, for 50,000 widgets and are awaiting the shipment, but you find out the vendor dissolved right after cashing your check, and you have zero widgets to show for it. Is there anything you can do now that the vendor has dissolved?
The answer is yes. Under 805 ILCS 5/12.80 (the "Survival Statute"), the dissolution of a corporation does not take away or impair any civil remedy available to or against the corporation, its directors, or shareholders for any claim existing prior to, at the time of, or after such dissolution, as long as the action or proceeding is commenced within five years of the date of dissolution. The Survival Statute applies whether the company was dissolved by filing articles of dissolution, by issuance of a certificate of dissolution, by a judgment of dissolution by an Illinois circuit court, or by expiration of its period of duration.
And be careful with regard to timing, because the Survival Statute does not extend any other applicable statute of limitations. By way of example, let's say you were injured while visiting your vendor's facility one year ago when a widget flew off of a conveyer belt and hit you in the shin. You incurred medical expenses as a result. You just haven't had the time to file suit, and the statute of limitations for personal injury in Illinois is two years. Your vendor just dissolved this morning. Do you have five years from today to file your personal injury suit? No. The statute of limitations for your personal injury suit will still expire two years from the date of your injury. Your vendor's dissolution (and the five year period that you are able to sue it as a dissolved corporation) will not extend your time to file a personal injury suit.
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What if a client that happens to be a corporation has a legitimate claim against you, but dissolves? Are you "home free" now that the corporation has dissolved? No. A corporation's debts and rights extend into the survival period.[1] Just as the dissolution of a corporation does not impair a party's rights or claims against a corporation, the dissolution of a corporation does not impair the dissolved corporation's rights or claims against another party. Therefore, you could still be a defendant in a lawsuit filed by the client, as long as that lawsuit is filed within five years of the date of dissolution, and complies with other applicable statutes of limitations.
Practically, if the corporation has dissolved, who do you name as the defendant in the complaint? Any such action against the dissolved corporation may be prosecuted or defended by the corporation in its corporate name. Therefore, you can name the corporation as the defendant in the action, even though the corporation may have dissolved a year prior.
The Survival Statute will buy an aggrieved party a little time to file a suit against a dissolved corporation, but because it does not extend other applicable statutes of limitations, and for other reasons (such as inevitably diminishing assets post-dissolution), delay in filing and prosecution of a claim against a dissolved corporation is not wise.
[1] See Riley Acquisitions, Inc. v. Drexler, 408 Illl. App. 3d 397, 401-02 (1st Dist. 2011) (citations omitted).
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In Funders Together's commitment to racial equity, we shared that, in partnership with philanthropy that is committed to preventing and ending homelessness, we would "commit to learning more about the systemic racism and anti-black, anti-native, and other forms of violence and oppression that is our nation's history and our present so that we can educate ourselves and our members about how this results in disproportionate homelessness among people of color."
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During this webinar series, participants will learn how white dominant culture shows up in our organizations and grapple with how to pivot to new ways of working and being. We'll engage with concepts like principled struggle and liberation and further our knowledge about how anti-blackness, racial capitalism, and transformative organizing can bring us further into the discourse on the four levels of racism: internal, interpersonal, institutional, and structural.
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Develop a deeper understanding of key terms, concepts and definitions that are critical to racial equity, liberation, transformation, the Black radical tradition and white dominant culture. Do a deep dive of knowledge and context around white dominant culture practices and how they show up in organizational practices and how to identify anti-blackness when it comes up in our organizational practices
Reflect on how to connect these learnings to your grantmaking organization and work to prevent and end homelessness
Content in this webinar is designed for funders who have already begun their racial equity journey and who have a solid understanding of key racial equity concepts, including: equity (v. equality); internal, interpersonal, institutional, and structural racism; implicit bias; and white privilege. If you are at the beginning of your racial equity journey or feel like you do not have a solid grasp of these concepts, please reach out to Stephanie Chan, Director of Membership and Programs, to discuss what kind of learning opportunities might be more appropriate for you.
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HomeFeatureATA's Black Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony honorees continue the 98 year legacy of America's oldest African American sports organization
ATA's Black Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony honorees continue the 98 year legacy of America's oldest African American sports organization
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The American Tennis Association (ATA) Black Tennis Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony was a star studded event, featuring individuals which have made major contributions to the sport of tennis. This year marked the 98th anniversary of the ATA, which is the oldest Black sports organization in the United States. Photos by David Muir
By Charles Moseley
An estimated 2,500 avid tennis players along with their family and friends converged from across the country to Greater Fort Lauderdale to compete in the Annual American Tennis Association (ATA) Championships, from Aug. 2-9, 2015. This year's ATA Tournament marks the 98th Anniversary of the oldest Black sports organizations in the United States. The highlight of this year's ATA's tournaments was the Black Tennis Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, which took place on Aug. 6, at the Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention Center.
ATA President, Dr. Franklin Scott, thanked the City of Fort Lauderdale for being supportive of the ATA over the years by hosting several of the most recent ATA National Championship events.
"Tonight's event is really highlighted by the Black Tennis Hall of Fame and the members who we feel are so deserving to the tennis community and tennis family folk for a number of years. Their contributions have been just tremendous and overwhelming. Tonight also helps us to make sure that we are preserving our history for all those who have been a part of this organization, namely our championships and the 98th year of the organization itself. We're just so proud to be here in the City of Fort Lauderdale. We appreciate the response and the sponsorship that they've given to us over the years. By far this has been one of the greatest events that we have and is celebrated by so many of the members."
Carlos Molinet, Sr. VP of GFLCVB, expressed how significant this year's ATA would impact Greater Fort Lauderdale. "It's a dual fold impact; obviously it would be a tremendous economic impact but more importantly it would really continue to solidify the fact that Broward County is one of the most diverse counties in the United States, but the fact that its cultural and its business and its people are so important and thanks to Al Tucker our VP of Multi-Cultural Sales & Development. He's been able to really leverage these associations and companies."
"A great example of this as well is we just for the first time ever in Greater Fort Lauderdale hosted the National Urban League the entire national conference Marc Morial as CEO and finally thousands of attendees is just another feather in our cap. The ATA is incredibly important and the history that it brings. And it's that we're working towards something that is even more exciting is for them (ATA) to house their permanent home here in Lauderdale Lakes that would be incredibly exciting. We all win when that happens."
GFLCVB Vice President of Multi-Cultural Tourism added what the ATA meant from a cultural as well as economic perspective.
"The American Tennis Association is the oldest African American sports organization. This is their 98th year. As they come upon 100 years we're looking again to expand on that. This year we have a special induction ceremony that individuals from across the nation who have contributed to the sport of tennis; predominantly people of color will be inducted into the Black Tennis Hall of Fame here tonight.
"With the ATA being here we have more than 2,500 players and their families in town. We have two hotels housing numerous adults and their families as well as the honorees. So again the economic impact we're talking about is three to four million dollars for our county as well as those individuals that are really, really calling this their home," added Tucker.
The ATA Awards Banquet showcased a virtual Who's Who in the world of tennis, including some of the biggest names in the history of the ATA. The ATA Awards Dinner featured United States Tennis Association (USTA) President and past ATA Champion, Katrina Adams and this year's Black Tennis Hall of Fame Inductees; Nick Bollettieri, Angela Buxton, Art Carrington, Dale Caldwell, Chip Hooper, Marcus Freeman, and John Wilkerson.
For the past 31 years Larry Strickland has been the head tennis coach at Howard University. He was honored as the "HBCU 2015 Coach of the Year".
"It's always a tremendous honor to be honored by your own. Coaching at Howard has been a labor of love. To look at all the people who have come and played and have graduated just warms my heart, meeting them and seeing them as they come back. One of the most gratifying thing is seeing all the doctors, lawyers, and whatever their appeal and interest when they came to me and seeing them graduate-all that coming to fruition for them and now having coached their kids. Anybody who's ever been to an HBCU knows the value and what it brings in terms of confidence and strength to our young people."
ATA Honoree and USTA President Katrina Adams is a native of Chicago. She recalled what it was like to play in her first ATA Juniors Tournament in 1976, held in New Orleans.
"We drove down to New Orleans to play in a tournament with people who looked like you. It was such an amazing experience for me where I met lifelong friends. Coaches that were there since day one, a couple of which are in the room. Some people here have been with me from a tiny young girl all the way up to the pros.
"It's because of the legacy of the ATA in bringing your kids to this event year in and year out to teach them the value of friendship, the value of respect, the value of legacy. Because without Arthur and Althea and others that we saw in the sport earlier I couldn't do what I've done. I couldn't do what I continue to do, I wouldn't love the sport for what it brings to me because of members in this room," Adams added.
Dr. Tareem Heath, a pediatric anesthesiologist from Washington, D.C. played in his third ATA.
"I'm a tennis addict. I found out about the ATA in 2013 when I came down to Fort Lauderdale for a family reunion. I'd never heard of the ATA before and didn't realize it was a big national organization. I played in the tournament and fell in love with the people, the organization and what their overall goal and achievement was for the future. So quite naturally I came back in 2014 and I'm back here again in 2015."
ATA Tournament player Julie James, a registered nurse from New Orleans has been playing tennis for 20 years and is still going strong.
"I've totally enjoyed this particular event this year. I've had a great experience here. We came down as a group of 12 this year. All of us support an organization that focuses on our youth in an interesting way that they can help themselves."
Nathaniel Green, president of National Pan-Hellenic Council of Broward County has been a major supporter of the ATA along with members of other Black Greek Lettered organizations.
"From the Mid-Town Summer Fest back to the various tournaments and especially for the induction of the ATA Hall of Famers, the tradition of the Greek Lettered organizations referred to as 'The Divine Nine,' have supported the ATA, typically our Brothers of Kappa Alpha Psi and our Sorors of Alpha Kappa Alpha who have members who are Hall of Famers and are very strategically placed in the hierarchy of the administration of the ATA."
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