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package mil.nga.giat.geowave.analytic.mapreduce.kde;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.URI;
import java.net.URISyntaxException;

import mil.nga.giat.geowave.adapter.raster.RasterUtils;
import mil.nga.giat.geowave.adapter.vector.plugin.ExtractGeometryFilterVisitor;
import mil.nga.giat.geowave.core.geotime.GeometryUtils;
import mil.nga.giat.geowave.core.geotime.IndexType;
import mil.nga.giat.geowave.core.geotime.store.query.SpatialQuery;
import mil.nga.giat.geowave.core.index.ByteArrayId;
import mil.nga.giat.geowave.core.store.DataStore;
import mil.nga.giat.geowave.core.store.IndexWriter;
import mil.nga.giat.geowave.core.store.adapter.AdapterStore;
import mil.nga.giat.geowave.core.store.adapter.WritableDataAdapter;
import mil.nga.giat.geowave.core.store.index.Index;
import mil.nga.giat.geowave.datastore.accumulo.AccumuloDataStore;
import mil.nga.giat.geowave.datastore.accumulo.AccumuloOperations;
import mil.nga.giat.geowave.datastore.accumulo.BasicAccumuloOperations;
import mil.nga.giat.geowave.datastore.accumulo.mapreduce.GeoWaveConfiguratorBase;
import mil.nga.giat.geowave.datastore.accumulo.mapreduce.input.GeoWaveInputFormat;
import mil.nga.giat.geowave.datastore.accumulo.mapreduce.output.GeoWaveOutputFormat;
import mil.nga.giat.geowave.datastore.accumulo.mapreduce.output.GeoWaveOutputKey;
import mil.nga.giat.geowave.datastore.accumulo.metadata.AccumuloAdapterStore;

import org.apache.accumulo.core.client.IteratorSetting;
import org.apache.accumulo.core.client.mapreduce.InputFormatBase;
import org.apache.accumulo.core.iterators.user.WholeRowIterator;
import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configured;
import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileSystem;
import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path;
import org.apache.hadoop.io.DoubleWritable;
import org.apache.hadoop.io.LongWritable;
import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.Job;
import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.Mapper;
import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.OutputFormat;
import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.Partitioner;
import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.Reducer;
import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.lib.input.FileInputFormat;
import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.lib.input.SequenceFileInputFormat;
import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.lib.output.FileOutputFormat;
import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.lib.output.SequenceFileOutputFormat;
import org.apache.hadoop.util.Tool;
import org.apache.hadoop.util.ToolRunner;
import org.geotools.filter.text.ecql.ECQL;
import org.opengis.coverage.grid.GridCoverage;
import org.opengis.filter.Filter;

import com.vividsolutions.jts.geom.Geometry;

public class KDEJobRunner extends
		Configured implements
		Tool
{

	public static final String GEOWAVE_CLASSPATH_JARS = "geowave.classpath.jars";
	public static final String MAX_LEVEL_KEY = "MAX_LEVEL";
	public static final String MIN_LEVEL_KEY = "MIN_LEVEL";
	public static final String COVERAGE_NAME_KEY = "COVERAGE_NAME";
	public static final String TILE_SIZE_KEY = "TILE_SIZE";
	protected String user;
	protected String password;
	protected String instance;
	protected String zookeeper;

	protected String coverageName;
	protected String namespace;
	protected String featureType;
	protected int maxLevel;
	protected int minLevel;
	protected int minSplits;
	protected int maxSplits;
	protected String cqlFilter;
	protected String newNamespace;
	protected int tileSize;

	protected String hdfsHostPort;
	protected String jobTrackerOrResourceManHostPort;

	public KDEJobRunner() {}

	public KDEJobRunner(
			final String zookeeper,
			final String instance,
			final String user,
			final String password,
			final String namespace,
			final String featureType,
			final int minLevel,
			final int maxLevel,
			final int minSplits,
			final int maxSplits,
			final String coverageName,
			final String hdfsHostPort,
			final String jobTrackerOrResourceManHostPort,
			final String newNamespace,
			final int tileSize,
			final String cqlFilter ) {
		this.zookeeper = zookeeper;
		this.instance = instance;
		this.user = user;
		this.password = password;
		this.namespace = namespace;
		this.featureType = featureType;
		this.minLevel = minLevel;
		this.maxLevel = maxLevel;
		this.minSplits = minSplits;
		this.maxSplits = maxSplits;
		this.coverageName = coverageName;
		if (!hdfsHostPort.contains("://")) {
			this.hdfsHostPort = "hdfs://" + hdfsHostPort;
		}
		else {
			this.hdfsHostPort = hdfsHostPort;
		}
		this.jobTrackerOrResourceManHostPort = jobTrackerOrResourceManHostPort;
		this.newNamespace = newNamespace;
		this.tileSize = tileSize;
		this.cqlFilter = cqlFilter;
	}

	/**
	 * Main method to execute the MapReduce analytic.
	 */
	@SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
	public int runJob()
			throws Exception {
		final Configuration conf = super.getConf();
		GeoWaveConfiguratorBase.setRemoteInvocationParams(
				hdfsHostPort,
				jobTrackerOrResourceManHostPort,
				conf);
		conf.setInt(
				MAX_LEVEL_KEY,
				maxLevel);
		conf.setInt(
				MIN_LEVEL_KEY,
				minLevel);
		conf.set(
				COVERAGE_NAME_KEY,
				coverageName);
		conf.setInt(
				TILE_SIZE_KEY,
				tileSize);
		if (cqlFilter != null) {
			conf.set(
					GaussianCellMapper.CQL_FILTER_KEY,
					cqlFilter);
		}
		preJob1Setup(conf);
		final Job job = new Job(
				conf);

		job.setJarByClass(this.getClass());
		addJobClasspathDependencies(
				job,
				conf);

		job.setJobName(getJob1Name());

		job.setMapperClass(getJob1Mapper());
		job.setCombinerClass(CellSummationCombiner.class);
		job.setReducerClass(getJob1Reducer());
		job.setMapOutputKeyClass(LongWritable.class);
		job.setMapOutputValueClass(DoubleWritable.class);
		job.setOutputKeyClass(DoubleWritable.class);
		job.setOutputValueClass(LongWritable.class);

		job.setInputFormatClass(GeoWaveInputFormat.class);
		job.setOutputFormatClass(SequenceFileOutputFormat.class);
		job.setNumReduceTasks(8);
		job.setSpeculativeExecution(false);
		final AccumuloOperations ops = new BasicAccumuloOperations(
				zookeeper,
				instance,
				user,
				password,
				namespace);
		final AdapterStore adapterStore = new AccumuloAdapterStore(
				ops);
		GeoWaveInputFormat.addDataAdapter(
				job.getConfiguration(),
				adapterStore.getAdapter(new ByteArrayId(
						featureType)));
		GeoWaveInputFormat.setMinimumSplitCount(
				job.getConfiguration(),
				minSplits);
		GeoWaveInputFormat.setMaximumSplitCount(
				job.getConfiguration(),
				maxSplits);
		GeoWaveInputFormat.setAccumuloOperationsInfo(
				job,
				zookeeper,
				instance,
				user,
				password,
				namespace);
		if (cqlFilter != null) {
			final Filter filter = ECQL.toFilter(cqlFilter);
			final Geometry bbox = (Geometry) filter.accept(
					ExtractGeometryFilterVisitor.GEOMETRY_VISITOR,
					null);
			if ((bbox != null) && !bbox.equals(GeometryUtils.infinity())) {
				GeoWaveInputFormat.setQuery(
						job.getConfiguration(),
						new SpatialQuery(
								bbox));
			}
		}

		// we have to at least use a whole row iterator
		final IteratorSetting iteratorSettings = new IteratorSetting(
				10,
				"GEOWAVE_WHOLE_ROW_ITERATOR",
				WholeRowIterator.class);
		InputFormatBase.addIterator(
				job,
				iteratorSettings);

		final FileSystem fs = FileSystem.get(conf);
		fs.delete(
				new Path(
						"/tmp/" + namespace + "_stats_" + minLevel + "_" + maxLevel + "_" + coverageName),
				true);
		FileOutputFormat.setOutputPath(
				job,
				new Path(
						"/tmp/" + namespace + "_stats_" + minLevel + "_" + maxLevel + "_" + coverageName + "/basic"));

		final boolean job1Success = job.waitForCompletion(true);
		boolean job2Success = false;
		boolean postJob2Success = false;
		// Linear MapReduce job chaining
		if (job1Success) {
			setupEntriesPerLevel(
					job,
					conf);
			// Stats Reducer Job configuration parameters
			final Job statsReducer = new Job(
					conf);
			statsReducer.setJarByClass(this.getClass());
			addJobClasspathDependencies(
					statsReducer,
					conf);

			statsReducer.setJobName(getJob2Name());
			statsReducer.setMapperClass(IdentityMapper.class);
			statsReducer.setPartitionerClass(getJob2Partitioner());
			statsReducer.setReducerClass(getJob2Reducer());
			statsReducer.setNumReduceTasks(getJob2NumReducers((maxLevel - minLevel) + 1));
			statsReducer.setMapOutputKeyClass(DoubleWritable.class);
			statsReducer.setMapOutputValueClass(LongWritable.class);
			statsReducer.setOutputKeyClass(getJob2OutputKeyClass());
			statsReducer.setOutputValueClass(getJob2OutputValueClass());
			statsReducer.setInputFormatClass(SequenceFileInputFormat.class);
			statsReducer.setOutputFormatClass(getJob2OutputFormatClass());
			FileInputFormat.setInputPaths(
					statsReducer,
					new Path(
							"/tmp/" + namespace + "_stats_" + minLevel + "_" + maxLevel + "_" + coverageName + "/basic"));
			setupJob2Output(
					conf,
					statsReducer,
					newNamespace);
			job2Success = statsReducer.waitForCompletion(true);
			if (job2Success) {
				postJob2Success = postJob2Actions(
						conf,
						newNamespace);
			}
		}
		else {
			job2Success = false;
		}

		fs.delete(
				new Path(
						"/tmp/" + namespace + "_stats_" + minLevel + "_" + maxLevel + "_" + coverageName),
				true);
		return (job1Success && job2Success && postJob2Success) ? 0 : 1;
	}

	protected void setupEntriesPerLevel(
			final Job job1,
			final Configuration conf )
			throws IOException {
		for (int l = minLevel; l <= maxLevel; l++) {
			conf.setLong(
					"Entries per level.level" + l,
					job1.getCounters().getGroup(
							"Entries per level").findCounter(
							"level " + Long.valueOf(l)).getValue());
		}
	}

	protected void preJob1Setup(
			final Configuration conf ) {

	}

	protected boolean postJob2Actions(
			final Configuration conf,
			final String statsNamespace )
			throws Exception {
		return true;
	}

	protected Class<? extends OutputFormat<?, ?>> getJob2OutputFormatClass() {
		return GeoWaveOutputFormat.class;
	}

	protected Class<?> getJob2OutputKeyClass() {
		return GeoWaveOutputKey.class;
	}

	protected Class<?> getJob2OutputValueClass() {
		return GridCoverage.class;
	}

	protected Class<? extends Reducer<?, ?, ?, ?>> getJob2Reducer() {
		return AccumuloKDEReducer.class;
	}

	protected Class<? extends Partitioner<?, ?>> getJob2Partitioner() {
		return DoubleLevelPartitioner.class;
	}

	protected int getJob2NumReducers(
			final int numLevels ) {
		return numLevels;
	}

	protected Class<? extends Mapper<?, ?, ?, ?>> getJob1Mapper() {
		return GaussianCellMapper.class;
	}

	protected Class<? extends Reducer<?, ?, ?, ?>> getJob1Reducer() {
		return CellSummationReducer.class;
	}

	protected String getJob2Name() {
		return namespace + "(" + coverageName + ")" + " levels " + minLevel + "-" + maxLevel + " Ingest";
	}

	protected String getJob1Name() {
		return namespace + "(" + coverageName + ")" + " levels " + minLevel + "-" + maxLevel + " Calculation";
	}

	protected void setupJob2Output(
			final Configuration conf,
			final Job statsReducer,
			final String statsNamespace )
			throws Exception {
		final Index index = IndexType.SPATIAL_RASTER.createDefaultIndex();
		final WritableDataAdapter<?> adapter = RasterUtils.createDataAdapterTypeDouble(
				coverageName,
				AccumuloKDEReducer.NUM_BANDS,
				tileSize,
				AccumuloKDEReducer.MINS_PER_BAND,
				AccumuloKDEReducer.MAXES_PER_BAND,
				AccumuloKDEReducer.NAME_PER_BAND);
		setup(
				statsReducer,
				statsNamespace,
				adapter,
				index);
	}

	protected void setup(
			final Job job,
			final String namespace,
			final WritableDataAdapter<?> adapter,
			final Index index )
			throws Exception {
		final AccumuloOperations ops = new BasicAccumuloOperations(
				zookeeper,
				instance,
				user,
				password,
				namespace);
		GeoWaveOutputFormat.setAccumuloOperationsInfo(
				job,
				zookeeper,
				instance,
				user,
				password,
				namespace);
		GeoWaveOutputFormat.addDataAdapter(
				job.getConfiguration(),
				adapter);
		GeoWaveOutputFormat.addIndex(
				job.getConfiguration(),
				index);
		final DataStore store = new AccumuloDataStore(
				ops);
		final IndexWriter writer = store.createIndexWriter(index);
		writer.setupAdapter(adapter);
		writer.close();
	}

	public static void main(
			final String[] args )
			throws Exception {
		final int res = ToolRunner.run(
				new Configuration(),
				new KDEJobRunner(),
				args);
		System.exit(res);
	}

	@Override
	public int run(
			final String[] args )
			throws Exception {
		if (args.length > 0) {
			zookeeper = args[0];
			instance = args[1];
			user = args[2];
			password = args[3];
			namespace = args[4];
			featureType = args[5];
			minLevel = Integer.parseInt(args[6]);
			maxLevel = Integer.parseInt(args[7]);
			minSplits = Integer.parseInt(args[8]);
			maxSplits = Integer.parseInt(args[9]);
			coverageName = args[10];
			hdfsHostPort = args[11];
			if (!hdfsHostPort.contains("://")) {
				hdfsHostPort = "hdfs://" + hdfsHostPort;
			}
			jobTrackerOrResourceManHostPort = args[12];
			newNamespace = args[13];
			tileSize = Integer.parseInt(args[14]);
			if (args.length > getCQLFilterArg()) {
				cqlFilter = args[getCQLFilterArg()];
			}
		}
		return runJob();
	}

	protected int getCQLFilterArg() {
		return 15;
	}

	protected void addJobClasspathDependencies(
			final Job job,
			final Configuration conf )
			throws IOException,
			URISyntaxException {
		final String[] jars = conf.getTrimmedStrings(GEOWAVE_CLASSPATH_JARS);

		if (jars != null) {
			for (final String jarPath : jars) {
				job.addArchiveToClassPath(new Path(
						new URI(
								jarPath)));
			}
		}
	}
}


Marcell Ozuna hit a solo homer with one out in the bottom of the 10th inning Monday, and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the visiting Colorado Rockies 5-4.
Jedd Gyorko also homered for St. Louis, Matt Carpenter had three hits, and Dakota Hudson (1-0) got his first career victory with one inning of scoreless relief.
Rockies reliever Jake McGee (1-4) got the first out of the 10th inning and went to 1-1 on Ozuna before the left fielder laced a 93 mph fastball over the fence in center to win it for the Cardinals. It was Ozuna's 13th homer of the season.
Nolan Arenado hit a grand slam for the Rockies, who had their four-game winning streak snapped.
The game was scoreless until the fifth inning when the Rockies got to starter Carlos Martinez and reliever Daniel Poncedeleon. Martinez was making his first start after missing 10 days with an oblique strain, and he aggravated the injury in the fifth.
He left with two outs and two runners on, and Poncedeleon came on. Poncedeleon walked Ian Desmond, and then Arenado hit a ball to the hill beyond center field to give the Rockies a 4-0 lead. It was his fifth career grand slam and his 28th home run of the season.
Gyorko's eighth homer in the bottom of the fifth cut the deficit to 4-1, and then the Cardinals took advantage when Rockies starter Tyler Anderson tired. The lefty had cruised through the first six innings but walked the bases loaded with no outs in the seventh.
Scott Oberg came on and got the first out but walked Harrison Bader to make it 4-2. After a forceout at home, Carpenter tied it with a single up the middle.
The Rockies were coming off a three-game sweep of Oakland in Denver over the weekend to move a season-best 10 games over .500. Colorado came into Monday's game having gone 23-9 since June 17.


Barbara McFadden-Allen is executive director of the Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC), a consortium of 15 research universities, including the members of the Big Ten athletic conference and the University of Chicago.
At the CIC, we help our universities work together so they can accomplish things better, faster and cheaper than they can by acting on their own.
When I came across the Message House method, it just made so much sense to me that we've built it into the curriculum of a leadership program for university executives that I'm involved with. Now my colleagues in the consortia world of higher education have become familiar with it, and use it to craft messages for their organization. But, interestingly, I've heard from institute fellows saying that they use the method also in the day-to-day work that they do in terms of communicating with their consortium colleagues or as a way to manage meetings and projects. It's a tool for them to organize their thoughts and be more effective in their interpersonal communications.
For example, one of my colleagues at my office, Charity, says that she now routinely thinks before she gets on a conference call with a committee, "What's my Message House?" It's a good framework for thinking.
I've also used the Message House method to help train university administrators in China. Our goal was to help them understand how to build intricate institutional contracts or agreements for working together. The method was wildly successful with this Chinese audience. They loved the idea of Message Houses and were putting it to immediate use in terms of identifying possible areas for action among the U.S. universities and Chinese Universities. They used the Message House to frame what they wanted to accomplish.
I find the Message House method useful, both for organizational and individual communication purposes. I've found that not every person to whom I explain the method plays a role where they will actually drive the organizational communication strategy. Often they're hungry for a way to be influential. They use the Message House method in their organization to have a personal impact.
The method also helps build unity and community within an organization. At least in our experience, our staff is grateful for quick messages, quick sound bites that they can use in their communications with their colleagues, and with people they're trying to influence. The Message House technique is useful for generating these sound bites.
Message Houses have changed how we talk about our work. For instance, until we stumbled upon the technique, it would take us three paragraphs to explain why we have invested in a fiber optic network that our universities co-own and operate. We would go to great pains to explain that the telecom industry was deregulated, so there was dark fiber available to purchase, and bla-bla-bla. People were looking at us like "What? What are you even talking about?" We realized we had to become much more disciplined with our message. We wanted people to feel proud of the network and see its value. We realized that no one cares how we got the network. The important thing is that we co-own and operate it, and that it allows us to share research data faster and cheaper than any other group of universities. Since this is a multi-million dollar project, critics might ask: Why don't you spend this money on developing courses for students? So we say, yes, we've made an investment of $20 million, but we're saving $5 million a year, and that money is available for curriculum development and instruction.
The Message House helped us modify our message and the verbiage.
I think the method works, first and foremost, because of its simplicity, elegance and construction. It grabs people and focuses their attention. The image of the house is deeply compelling. Also, because there are only four steps to generating messages, the approach is really easy to remember.
I believe that good leaders have to be powerful communicators. They have to over-communicate. But something that's not often talked about is the need to for messaging discipline. And I think that's why Message Houses are so powerful. They make it easy to stay disciplined and focused.


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08 MARCH 2009 -- BANGKOK, THAILAND: Sunrise on the central prang at Wat Arun, a Buddhist temple (wat) in the Bangkok Yai district of Bangkok, Thailand, on the west bank of the Chao Phraya River. The full name of the temple is Wat Arunratchawararam Ratchaworamahavihara. The outstanding feature of Wat Arun is its central prang (Khmer-style tower). It may be named "Temple of the Dawn" because the first light of morning reflects off the surface of the temple with a pearly iridescence. Steep steps lead to the two terraces. The height is reported by different sources as between 66,80 m and 86 m. The corners are surrounded by 4 smaller satellite prangs. The prangs are decorated by seashells and bits of porcelain which had previously been used as ballast by boats coming to Bangkok from China. The central prang is topped with a seven-pronged trident, referred to by many sources as the "trident of Shiva". Around the base of the prangs are various figures of ancient Chinese soldiers and animals. Over the second terrace are four statues of the Hindu god Indra riding on Erawan. The temple was built in the days of Thailand's ancient capital of Ayutthaya and originally known as Wat Makok (The Olive Temple). In the ensuing era when Thonburi was capital, King Taksin changed the name to Wat Chaeng. The later King Rama II. changed the name to Wat Arunratchatharam. He restored the temple and enlarged the central prang. The work was finished by King Rama III. King Rama IV gave the temple the present name Wat Arunratchawararam. As a sign of changing times, Wat Arun officially ordained its first westerner, an American, in 2005. The central prang symbolizes Mount Meru of the Indian cosmology. The satellite prangs are devoted to the wind god Phra Phai. Photo By Jack Kurtz
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Lessons are a great way to learn a new skill, brush up on old skills and move up to the next level. For those that already drive, our instructors can help you to refine the details or resolve problems. You may want to go up a gear and master the obstacles or improve your ringcraft. Perhaps you want to try driving a pair? Attempt a tandem? Or even drive a team? Using our horses or bringing your own horse to Grayswood or a combination of both types of lesson we can help you achieve your goals.
For those new to driving we will teach you from the ground up to make sure that you have solid foundations for your driving career.
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During the first part of the session students will be taught how to prepare their horse, harness up and put to the vehicle.
We cover all aspects of safety, horse comfort and discuss any varying methods.
holding your reins so before you get to the real horse we show you how to steer and stop using our model "Woody".
As the session draws to a close you will be shown how to unhitch and unharness your horse and attend to their needs.
Prices start from £40 for an hour's individual lesson with one of our horses, an instructor and a groom.
Please contact us to discuss what would suit you best.
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Below we have made suggestions for group sessions to make sure everyone gets time in the driving seat and the horses are kept comfortable.
We can easily adjust the duration of the sessions and the number of turnouts to make your event exactly what you want.
We are able to cater for larger groups, please contact us to discuss ideas.
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2019 Literary Gala: Richard Robinson, 2019 PEN America Publisher Honoree
Richard Robinson has been President of Scholastic Inc. since 1974, Chief Executive Officer since 1975, and Chairman of the Board since 1982. During Mr. Robinson's tenure, publishing records were shattered with the release of each book in the Harry Potter® series by J.K. Rowling, and the script book of the 8th Harry Potter story, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Parts One and Two, was the best-selling adult or children's book of 2016.
Below are his full remarks from the 2019 PEN America Literary Gala, with an introduction from actor Alec Baldwin.
Good evening. It's my great pleasure to be here tonight, celebrating freedom of expression and the right to read. I'm proud to present the award for the 2019 Publishing Honoree to Dick Robinson, my neighbor and friend, and the Chairman and CEO of Scholastic.
Dick is someone who exemplifies PEN America's mission—a mission that resonates deeply with me personally, as we continue to fight for a free press and to acknowledge the importance of freedom of thought and creative expression. The work PEN America does has been crucial over many years and is even more important right now.
Dick is someone who understands the importance of language—how much depends on our ability to express our ideas, to access books that can change us and challenge us. Under his leadership, Scholastic has become not just the world's largest publisher and distributor of children's books, but also an organization that helps schools, teachers, and parents work together to make great stories accessible and relevant to millions of young people.
Dick has an enduring commitment to helping all children find the books that inspire them, represent them, and inform them. His mission, reflected throughout Scholastic, has helped launch some of the world's greatest authors, but also the books and magazines and educational programs that teachers use in classrooms to help reach their students. In turn, generations of children have grown up with Scholastic—forever changing the way they think and feel.
To understand the world is challenging for young people, especially now when there is spreading confusion about what news and information can be believed—topics that have formed a focus for the work of PEN, who offered this comment about Scholastic:
"The company stands out as a trusted source that is apart from politics and partisanship, producing books that are read in red states as much as blue states, and creating an essential foundation of fact-based insight for generations of young people. Scholastic has always been known for offering editorial judgement, quality, and a measure of morality, moral clarity—qualities that have become more essential than ever in the digital age."
Scholastic has spent decades nurturing a distinct and consistent editorial point of view—one that strives to clearly present current affairs and contemporary thought, one that encourages literary appreciation and expression, one that celebrates diversity, and one that represents the worth and dignity of each and every child.
As Scholastic approaches its 100th anniversary next year, it would be easy for Dick to look back on all he and his father, the founder of Scholastic, have done to help generations of American children and the world think and understand better. But if you know Dick at all, you know he doesn't look back. He only looks forward.
He looks at the children of today and asks, what will they need to be successful in the mid-21st century, when they'll need to think at higher levels and solve problems that we cannot now foresee.
What is certain is that reading great books will give them the necessary skills of heart and head to prevail in the future world.
From the enthralling post-apocalyptic tale of The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, to the spellbinding and tender mystery of orphaned Hugo Cabret from Brian Selznick . . .
. . . From the laugh-out-loud worlds of Dav Pilkey's Captain Underpants and Dog Man. That is my nickname in my home, Captain Underpants, I want you all to know, I have to share that with you. To stunningly rendered stories about real-life figures like Martin Rising from Andrea Davis Pinkney . . .
. . . From the heart-racing adventures inspired by true life in I Survived by Lauren Tarshis and heart-warming tales that reflect the transformative power of words like Peter Reynold's The Word Collector, to an unforgettable heroine's struggle in David Baldacci's The Finisher . . .
. . . And, of course, the ever more relevant and deeply dimensional world of J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter . . .
. . . Dick Robinson has helped to bring these worlds to young people in homes and schools across the globe, and into their hearts forever.
These brilliant authors and illustrators are here tonight to celebrate Dick and his remarkable journey. Unfortunately, J.K. Rowling could not be here in person—but she sent this special message that I have the privilege of reading to you, Dick:
Dear Dick,
My heartfelt congratulations go to you this evening for being honored by PEN America for your incredible service to publishing and more importantly child literacy.
Twenty years ago, you helped change my world—and, who could have imagined back then what a journey it would be. Working with you and the team at Scholastic on Harry Potter has been one of the most significant and meaningful partnerships in my life.
A unique relationship exists between authors and the publishers who have supported them—and you, Dick, have supported me and my work in countless, indescribable ways.
You've gone far beyond championing my books. You and Scholastic have also so generously supported the foundation I established, Lumos, to help bring an end to the harmful use of orphanages and child institutions around the world.
You've centered your life and your business around the fundamental belief that every individual child should be enabled to develop their potential to the fullest possible extent, and that a key part of that is the ability to read, and to discover other worlds through stories. I'm just one of the people who is incredibly grateful to you for having made this your mission.
Truly, there is no one who deserves this honor more.
Thank you, Dick for all your support over the years, and again, many congratulations.
Congratulations, Dick Robinson, for your extraordinary vision. It is a true honor to present you with the PEN America Publishing Honoree of 2019 Award.
Richard Robinson
I'd like to sit down now. And I'm sure my colleagues who are with me, the authors and the staff from Scholastic who are here, have done so much to support our company, would probably rather have me sit down right now. Yes? Because when you've been praised by Alec Baldwin, you'll never do it better yourself or ever hear anything as good again. And normally I see him in his t-shirt across the hall with his beautiful children and Hilaria, and I love to see the children every morning because it reminds me of what we do at Scholastic, but then he'll say once in a while, "Say hello to Mr. Robinson," and they dutifully look up and say hello somewhat nervously, and then go back to their wonderful family and play and have a wonderful time in the day, and I go to work feeling so much better having seen them and this wonderful couple and this great man has just introduced me. But since I've been invited to say something, I will try to underline some of what Alec has said about me.
I'm a huge fan of Suzanne Nossel. She's a brilliant person and it's an honor to support her, and I think as a children's publisher we may seem a little bit out of place here, but I think as I talk a little bit you'll find out that some of these themes that animate PEN are also part of the world that Scholastic has lived in for the past hundred years. But we're here to support you Suzanne, you're a brilliant leader, and help you to protect speech and journalists around the world, and more broadly support the rights of the individual not only to be heard but to be central to what we believe in.
This regard for the individual was beautifully captured by Jo Rowling in her most generous comments that Alec just read. And as Alec has also kindly pointed out, the reason PEN is recognizing Scholastic tonight is really to shine a light on the mission of our company to help young people understand themselves and the world. Or in the words of Sebastian, a 10- year-old student in Chicago public schools, who wrote to me this last week: "I read to learn the things I do not know." The way we carry out our mission is through helping kids to read, both for inspiration and for understanding of how the world works. Reading, as Alec said, is about heart and head, passion and analysis, stories and information.
For nearly 100 years, our familiar classroom magazines have brought information to young people at almost every age and grade level. Meeting Anita Hill, she said, "Yes, I got those magazines when I was a child in rural Oklahoma." And so many children have got their information that way. Now print and digital, with total circulation of 15 million, these magazines reach kids each week and nearly half of the classrooms in America. Written with a balanced approach, welcome in both red and blue states, these nonfiction resources help kids develop skills of discussion, argument, and logic. And so, to understand that while people may differ on important questions, they can resolve disagreements through discussion rather than mere assertion.
And what you just responded to there, is what particularly attracted PEN and Suzanne this year to honor us. Knowing that the basis of our democracy is being challenged, we've just heard that from her, and that the ability of young people to develop a fact and reason based approach to the world is critical to our future. The history of Scholastic in this area has often been controversial and we have been banned in schools in the '30s and the '50s, for being too soft on communism; and the '40s and the '60s for promoting liberal views on race, civil rights, and the Vietnam War; in the '70s for articles on student rights, not a popular subject in schools; and in the '80s and '90s for climate change; and in the 2000s for the Iraq war. But despite these controversial and temporary bans, schools have relied on the balanced approach of these magazines to help young people gain basic knowledge of their world with the larger goal of helping kids know how to build and maintain a fragile democracy.
The second part of Scholastic's mission is through our books. Books created by the authors here and supported by the staff that has done such a wonderful job for kids all over the world. The power of literature and great stories to help us understand who we are and who we can be. From picture books like Clifford or Happy Dreamer, to novels like Harry Potter and, of course, The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins being here, kids discover how to be curious, courageous, and resilient, to recognize good and combat evil, to see examples of love and hope as well as of sorrow, and to understand how human choices define who we are.
By publishing and distributing through our clubs, fairs, and trade, more than three million copies of thousands of different titles each year, Scholastic makes available great stories of the human heart and also books that make us laugh out loud, prompting kids to choose and read books that help them discover who they are.
You become a reader in the moment when you find a story about somebody else who has had the same experience as you, and suddenly you feel exactly like the character in the book, whether Hugo Cabret or Dog Man, that is the moment the young reader goes from taking a month to finish a book to finishing it in an hour, and then goes for the next one. Likewise, nonfiction creates a geography or culture you know nothing about, and suddenly you understand that there are children on the other side of the world who have the same hopes that you do. Or you read a story or an article about a doctor or a pilot or a scientist and you realize you would like to do exactly that job and be that person in the future and that dream never leaves you. Reading is about discovering who you are and how you can fit into the world and improve it. It is that trigger that gives you the power to be someone you never thought you could be. Authors could write this a lot better than I could, but I'm glad to represent you.
Of course there is a risky side to books as well. For Harry Potter and Captain Underpants are perennially on the top five list of banned books in the United States, largely because of the magic and mischief of pitting the adventurous child against the adult society seeking to maintain control.
Helping the child through this reading process is what Scholastic does, all 10,000 employees live this mission. Our book fair drivers deliver to school gyms and libraries cases of books all packed in shelves that become one week pop-up bookstores in schools across the country. When kids see our trucks drive into the school parking lot, they know they'll find the books they'll want to read and buy and keep forever.
In Scholastic early English centers across China, young children learn to read and speak English through our digital reading programs. In India our Geronimo Stilton series, the story of a mouse turned journalist, is a perennial national best seller. In the U.S., we partner with caregivers in early childhood centers, teachers in schools with literacy organizations like Reach Out and Read. And this summer we'll provide Scholastic Lit Camps for 8,000 kids in New York City schools, a new approach to summer school where kids can read books for pleasure with mentors. And with the Yale Child Study Center we're researching how reading builds resilience in children. All of this is about action and activity. Making reading active instead of passive, communal as well as independent, promoting the excitement and fun reading brings, emphasizing the story, the ideas, and the sharing.
But while excitement and engagement of reading leads to joyful discovery for many kids, we face a deeply serious issue about reading in our country and globally, and this is my most important message to you.
Phyllis Hunter, an author, an advisor, and a school administrator in Houston, contributor to the Bush Administration effort, No Child Left Behind, was the first person to say in the early 2000s, "Reading is a civil right." A cry that was then picked up by many others, including superintendents of schools in most of our large cities. She believed that to succeed in our current society, every child has to be able to read at great level, to read for greater self knowledge and resilience, and to seek information in order to hold a job in a workplace where literacy is a basic requirement.
She knew full well most children were not going to read at grade level and our education system had to change to ensure that we had the intensity of focus and teacher capacity to guarantee that every child could read. Almost 20 years later there in an even greater need right now for reading as a civil right.
The stakes are high, at best 30 percent of children throughout the United States are reading at grade level, while 70 percent read below grade level, many significantly below, and right now our U.S. schools are affected by the economic inequality that drives our entire society, where school excellence is determined by zip code the school is in.
Many American schools are stuck in zip codes with few resources and underpaid teachers. More kids are arriving at school with greater learning, emotional, and health needs, but the resources and focus are not sufficient to boost kids to reach the future-ready skills which the standards require.
At the same time, we know the mid-century world will require almost all working people to have higher level thinking skills and to be able to navigate the world in a more sophisticated way in which knowledge will be distributed. Tech experts predict A.I. will eliminate 40 percent of the world's jobs in 15 years. The six-year-old child in first grade today will graduate high school in 2031, and will be working at her peak powers in 2050, will need to understand the systems that will link us all together in the collaborative future work world. She will require greater understanding of others in a world where face-to-face relationships may be rare and a global outlook will be natural and necessary.
Without knowing precisely what the jobs of the future will be, we know people will require the ability to communicate and partner in a way well beyond what we're doing now. And while reading, thinking, and literacy will be operating at far higher levels, everyone will also need to understand much more science and technology to be successful job holders in the world of tomorrow. And these future-ready skills will need to be taught in our schools right now.
This is why our company in its 100th year is calling for a reading revolution to direct more resources to help kids in all schools, but especially the less affluent to experience the learning focus and intensity which will help them be part of the society of the mid-21st century. Without this revolution, many of our future citizens will not be able to contribute significantly to the learning and knowledge society of the future.
Through this reading revolution we can and must provide schools with far greater resources and much more intense focus, determination, and will to ensure that all kids develop their passion and skill for learning more, reading more, and understanding more, so that they can be part of the future. Reading is a civil right and this is our message tonight. And this civil right, the reading revolution, can be summed up again through the words of Sebastian, the 10-year-old Chicago boy who says, "I read to learn the things I do not know." Thank you.
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Google to Latinos: We Will Define You for You
By: Roberto Lovato
MISSION DISTRICT, SAN FRANCISCO—A new age is upon us, the Age of Soy.
No, I'm not talking about some new genetically-modified organism that will (further) fundamentally alter the corn in our tacos, the gas in our cars or the farmland of the Midwest.
The development of which I speak has to do with how Mountain View, California-based Google's launch of .SOY, a web domain targeting the country's Latinos, was supposed to herald a new day on the Latino web, with some "Hispanic marketing experts" waxing triumphant about our (finally) getting some respect from a company that has a less-than-triumphant record of hiring Latinos or black people.
And then the Latino and vegan web responded: Hey Google, "soy," (Spanish for "I am") sounds more like a domain name for one of the tony vegan Mexican restaurants that Google and other Silicon Valley workers eat $15 tacos at than it does a hub for online Latinos.
Far from being the Latino web sensation Google and its "experts" expected, .SOY provides fodder for the amateur comedian in us all, with Latinos and vegans joining forces, taking the ".SOY" domain and applying it to different adjectives like quépendejo.soy (how stupid I am), #soyhispandering or calling .SOY "The must-have domain for the lactose-intolerant."
And you would think a search company such as Google would have known more about a meme and all its variations making the online rounds for a few years now:
Beyond raising the indelicate question (When will Google launch the .IAMWHITE domain?), Google's latest move raises a more important question: How can a company based in parts of the United States where the overwhelming majority of the country's 50 million Latinos live, be so border-walled off from the physical, geographic and cultural reality just outside its gates, so self-absorbed in the virtual world where it is king? Another equally pointed question has to do with us, specifically with where and how Latinos relate to the Digital Darwinism that is (again) shuffling and redefining the social and economic positions of Latinos and us all.
In searching for an answer, there's no better place to find it than here in the Bay Area birthplace of the digital economy. Whether in the area around Twitter headquarters, in the biotech labs surrounding the soon-to-be World Champion (again!) Giants' stadium or in the former farmlands where I saw Latino farm workers harvesting fruits and vegetables pushed out by mostly non-Latino workers and companies harvesting the new crop (enormous wealth and astonishing class divisions), the genetically-modifying ethic and the spirit in Google's .SOY capitalism is clear: We will define you for you—if you let us.
Protests by anti-gentrifying forces against private (as in gated off from everybody else) Google buses on 24th and Valencia in the Mission district say as much about Google and renters, Google and working people and Google and Latinos as they do about the we-won't-let-you dignity of communities struggling not to be erased or forgotten in the Great Digital Transition that Google, The Most Valuable Company on Earth, leads behind the "don't be evil" slogan. Four blocks from 24th, I saw those same race and class dynamics in the successful fight of soccer-playing Latino youth against Dropbox employees to win back a soccer field just behind my grandmother's former home on 20th street. Unlike my abuela, who rented at reasonable rates to immigrants, landlords on 24th and on 20th and throughout the formerly working class neighborhoods of the Bay Area joined Google and other tech companies in the long march of digital progress that has brought us the $3000-a-month bedroom rental in the Mission.
As an alumni, I was especially saddened to see how this same Darwinian instinct created a UC Berkeley (UCB) where Latino and black enrollments have diminished to the point where the university no longer ranks among the top 50 Latino-friendly universities in the country. Especially gross and dangerous are comparisons of low working-class Latino enrollments and high middle-class Asia-Pacific Islander enrollments at UCB that are explained in the most subtle, survival-of-the-fittest undertones over cappuccinos in cafes that once housed Black and Brown Panther meetings and "Third World Solidarity" organizing meetings (digitally driven rents make revolution exponentially more difficult).
Google's faux pas has its political equivalent in the patently false notion that immigration or other Latino issues were ever part of some nonexistent "progressive" community in rapidly non-working class San Francisco and other cities. Such perceptions, exploited by Democrats, are equivalent to Mission District Día De Los Muertos celebrations largely devoid of Latinos as well as to upscale Mexican restaurants where Mexicans work, but can't eat at because they don't earn enough in working at the upscale Mexican restaurant.
It is within such an actually existing cultural context that .SOY is born and may (or may not) thrive. The good news is that many of us are waking up. Here in the Mission, we saw this self-determination in the win against Dropbox. On the national playing field, we see it in the devastation wrought on the Democrat-Republican Washington consensus on immigration—legalizing four out of 11 million people in exchange for even more border militarization, more laws punishing tens of millions of immigrants under cover of "comprehensive immigration reform" proposals. We know that self-respect leads us to take the action of non-participation in anti-democratic processes not of our own making or without our consent or consultation.
Had they looked beyond the gated walls of their headquarters or outside the plastic borders of their imperial computer screens, Google's chieftains might have realized that the energy and money spent on creating the solipsistic self-absorption inherent in .SOY would have been better placed in a more community-oriented approach of something like .SOMOS, which means WE ARE.
Roberto Lovato is a writer and a Visiting Scholar at UC Berkeley's Center for Latino Policy Research. You can follow Roberto on Twitter @robvato.
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Awful Auntie – Venue Cymru
Posted on October 11, 2018 February 25, 2020 by Gareth Williams
For anyone who enjoyed Gangsta Granny, Awful Auntie is a decent follow-up adaptation of David Walliams' popular series of children's books. The premise of the show is pretty simple. Stella (Georgina Leonidas) wakes up to find that her parents have disappeared. According to her Aunt Alberta (Timothy Speyer), they have died in a car crash. But as things unfold, it appears that her Aunt might not be telling the truth. With the help of her ghostly friend Soot (Ashley Cousins), Stella plots to make her escape and find out what's really going on.
Awful Auntie sees less action and a more dialogue-driven narrative when compared to its predecessor. During the first few minutes, it seems that this is going to prove problematic. In order to set the scene, both Leonidas and Speyer engage in a lot of back-and-forth dialogue, with little movement from either of them. Although helpful to our understanding, it is not very entertaining. However, once we get past this initial phase, my concerns were alleviated. This was largely due to the return of the revolving scenery that was so terrifically inventive in Gangsta Granny. It is no less creative here, turning the confines of Saxby Manor House, where all of the action is set, into a magical place of adventure. Constantly evolving and truly dynamic, the set is without doubt the best thing about the show. It is a character in its own right, and is a joy to behold.
Leonidas brings a delightful innocence to her role as Stella. She manages to do so without compromising on the strong and assured personality of her female protagonist. Her partnership with Cousins, in the role of Soot, is a joy to watch. The two of them work really well together, creating a convincing and very likable partnership. Cousins oozes a childlikeness which comes about from both his high-pitched voice and flaccid physical movement. Whilst the twenty-something actor failed to play a boy half his age convincingly in Gangsta Granny, here, he fully resembles a young lad of around 12. His character is charming and utterly adorable. The two of them together make a fine team against Stella's awful Auntie. And awful is perhaps the most apt word, for Speyer's portrayal of the character fails to exude any psychopathic tendencies. He is more pantomime dame than evil woman. I don't really understand why a male has to occupy this female role? In the same way as a male actor has been consistently cast as Miss Trunchbull in Matilda: The Musical, what is it about these characters that make directors so averse to casting actual females as them? Can only a man play a crazed older woman? In this instance, I don't think Speyer plays one particularly well.
Overall, Awful Auntie is a lightly enjoyable show. It is pitched perfectly in the middle so as to keep its young audience entertained whilst giving parents and guardians time to sit back and appreciate the set design and camaraderie of Leonidas and Cousins. It may not be laugh-out-loud funny but it does have enough moments to make you smile. Richard James as the butler Gibbon offers some delightful moments of oddity which may be understated but add much to the show's comic potential. Like Gangsta Granny, it is the set that is the star of the show though. Its constant unfolding of movement is truly magical. I love it.
Awful Auntie may not be the most life-changing production you'll ever see, but as an evening out with the family, you can't really go wrong.
Written as part of the Young Critics North Wales scheme.
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Posted in North Wales Arts Scene, TheatreTagged awful auntie, children, david walliams, gangsta granny, Venue Cymru
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1st man stands for two bars, sets on bars 3 and 4 then crosses the set and casts off to finish in the centre facing down just behind 1st lady.
2nd couple step up on bars 7 and 8.
9-12 1st couple dance left hands across with 3rd lady and finish facing 2nd man with 1st lady in front of 1st man.
13-16 With 1st man following closely behind 1st lady, 1st couple dance half a diagonal reel of three with 2nd man and 3rd lady commencing by giving right shoulder to 2nd man.
17-20 1st couple dance right hands across with 3rd man and finish facing 2nd lady with 1st lady in front of 1st man.
21-24 With 1st man following closely behind 1st lady, 1st couple dance half a diagonal reel of three with 2nd lady and 3rd man commencing by giving left shoulder to 2nd lady. 1st lady finishes between 2nd couple (in 3rd place), pulling her left shoulder back to face up. 1st man finishes between 3rd couple (in 1st place) facing down. 3rd couple face down and 2nd couple face up at the end of bar 24.
25-28 Joining hands in lines of three across the set, all set then dropping hands and using two more setting steps, all pivot round on the spot pulling right shoulder back, 1st couple to face their partner and 2nd and 3rd couples to face clockwise round the set.
29-32 1st couple turn once and a quarter with the right hand to finish in 2nd place on opposite sides while 2nd and 3rd couples chase clockwise half way round the set.
Repeat having passed a couple but with 1st man starting and dancing the track previously danced by 1st lady.
Devised by John Brenchley (jbrenchley [at] iinet.net.au) for Audrey and Robin Emmett on the occasion of their 50th birthdays - March 2010.


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You sent them to college with a car and they are grateful. However, although it will make a weekly Publix run easier, no one really thought about the fact that parking at FSU can be pretty inconvenient and tends to be a problem every year. There are not enough spots for as many students live on or drive to campus.
For those that do have cars, parking permits, which are valid from August 15 through August 15, are required for all vehicles between the hours of 7:30 am and 4:30 pm, Monday through Friday. If you are in need of a permit go here. You will need your FSUID and password. You can also go to the TAPS office, FSUCard Center at 104 N. Woodward (accessible through the bookstore to get there). You can find more information on parking on campus here.
Students will need a VW Parking Permit, which is actually a virtual permit. Students that pay the Transportation Access Fee along with their tuition will receive one permit at no additional charge. This permit allows parking in Student spaces, Faculty/Staff spaces after 4:30PM and on weekends, and Loading Zones for 20 Minutes. Their vehicle must be registered and associated with the virtual permit in order to park in student spaces. Students that are taking classes in a joint program with TCC or FMU will need to purhcase a student parking virtual permit. The cost of permits is prorated based on the month in which it was purchased. See chart here.
It sounds simple enough, but somehow students occasionally get in trouble and unpaid parking violations can result in towing, booting and/or the delay of registration for a new semester. Paying, appealing or more information can be found here.
They come home late and just want to park near their dorm, so they park in Lot B or C and promise themselves that they will get up early and move the car before 7:30 am. In theory, it is a great idea, because they have so much to do the next day and they can take a nap later. Their intentions are good, but they hit snooze too many times and by the time they get to move the car, the ticket is flapping in the breeze.
Note: Do not park your car in reverse without a B Hang-tag. This is not needed for disabled parking spaces.
Make sure you download the app FSU Tranz – it is great if your student has a car. Believe me, it helps when students are rushing to class and can't find a parking spot (I assure you those parking tickets can add up.) This free parking app shows how many spaces are available at that moment in all the on-campus parking garages. It even includes a map with each garage labeled. Students should check the app before heading to campus so they aren't attempting to use it while driving.
At the Woodward Avenue round-a-bout, FSU Valet is a great way to avoid the stress of finding a parking space.
Another option is to lease space at the Co-Cathedral of St. Moore. They offer student parking by the semester starting at $260 per semester. Click here for pricing.
The Episcopal University Center offers student commuters parking as well (also Gameday Parking). Prices start at $425. Click here for more info.
Fellow Parents, when you visit there are options and rules regarding parking for us too. There is a Visitor Parking Lot at the University Center next to the FSU Visitor's Center. Parking is $1.50 per hour with a max of $7.50 per day. Metered spaces are available throughout campus for $1 an hour. You can also obtain a Visitor Parking Permit from the TAPS office (see above for location). These permits cost $65 per semester or daily for $5 and can be purchased here by creating a guest account. With the lack of parking, you may want to consider using the Seminole Express Bus Service, which runs throughout campus and is free.
Event parking differs a bit too. Information on event parking can be found here. It is not uncommon for students who live near the stadium to have to move their car prior to game day.
If we have thoroughly confused you, we apologize, but we did start by saying parking tends to be a problem at FSU. Our advice; get a bicycle or check out other transportation options, our new favorite of which being Capitol City Pedicabs, a great option for getting around campus.


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Nepali Korean Dictionary – Korean, English, Nepali Dictionary As Nepali numbers go to Korea under the EPS program, the new dictionary will help those who want to understand the language better.
June 16, 2018, 10:38 a.m. Published in Journal Issue: VOL.11, No.-22, 15 June 2018 (Ashad 01, 2075) Online Registration Number: DOI 584/074-75
Writing a dictionary is not an easy task. One must have patience and courage to collect the right words and then translate them into Nepali and English. Shiva Prasad Pokharel showed this courage and published a dictionary in Korean, English and Nepali.
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With a large number of Koreans visiting Nepal every year and a large number of Nepalis going to Korea to study and work, this type of dictionary is in high demand in the market. Pokharel took this into account when publishing the dictionary.
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At a time when many Nepalis are going to Korea to work under the EPS program, there is a great need for the book to be translated from Nepali to Korean. Due to the lack of such books, people from Nepal who wanted to go to Korea had problems.
With the publication of Korean, English and Nepali dictionary by Shiva Prasad Pokharela, understanding these languages will be easier. Although some books have been published in response to EPS requests, they are not expertly and well reviewed; Pokharel's book is the first of its kind in this regard.
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"Korean-English-Nepali Dictionary is a new book. There are more than 18,000 words that are classified in the Nepali language as well. In my opinion, it is very useful for all readers who are going to study or try to get a job in Korea," said Pokharel.
"I worked at the Korean Human Rights Office in Nepal for more than four years. Currently, I have been working at the Embassy of the Republic of Korea as a researcher for the past six years. There is no doubt that South Korea has always been a top destination for young Nepalis who are eager to come to Korea and learn the Korean language. I believe that the Korean-English-Nepali dictionary will be helpful and important for them to improve their Korean. I hope this dictionary will also be useful for all kinds of readers around the world who have knowledge of English and Korean. You can easily find the meaning of Korean words in this dictionary," said Pokharel.
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"You're just going to give up now?" Oh wow, this looks really good! The Film Arcade has debuted a trailer for Unexpected, a delightful Sundance premiere this year directed by Kris Swanberg (Joe Swanberg's wife). It earned some solid buzz, but we unfortunately missed it here, thankfully some of our friends show up quoted in this trailer. Cobie Smulders stars as Samantha, a teacher at an inner-city Chicago high school who ends up unexpectedly pregnant, and befriends a high school student who is also unexpectedly pregnant. It looks like a charmer, seriously, I kinda really want to see this. Gail Bean stars as the student, and the cast includes Anders Holm and Elizabeth McGovern. Give this a watch, you might be surprised.
Here's the first official trailer for Kris Swanberg's Unexpected, found on YouTube:
Samantha Abbott (Smulders) is a dedicated and passionate teacher at an inner-city Chicago high school. Just as she is coming to terms with her school closing, Samantha faces some life-changing and unexpected news: she is pregnant. After breaking the news to her live-in boyfriend John and opinionated mother, Samantha learns that one of her most promising students, Jasmine (Bean), has landed in a similar but very different situation. As the women navigate their ambitions for the future, Samantha and Jasmine forge an unlikely friendship that will challenge their perspectives and leave a lasting impact on one another. Unexpected is directed by Kris Swanberg, from a script by Kris Swanberg & Megan Mercier. The Film Arcade will release Unexpected in limited theaters on July 24th this summer. Visit the film's FB page.
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