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AFI Movie Club: DEAR WHITE PEOPLE – American Film Institute
AFI Movie Club: DEAR WHITE PEOPLE
Justin Simien's witty and irreverent comedy DEAR WHITE PEOPLE stars Tyler James Williams and Tessa Thompson and premiered to acclaim at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival. AFI alum Mel Jones (Class of 2010) was an associate producer on the film.
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DEAR WHITE PEOPLE marks director Justin Simien's debut feature film. He won the U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Breakthrough Talent at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival where the film premiered and the Film Independent Spirit Award for Best First Screenplay.
The original title of DEAR WHITE PEOPLE was TWO PERCENT as a reference to the percentage of black students at the story's fictional ivy league school. However, Justin Simien changed it to DEAR WHITE PEOPLE after being told that "number films never work" with marketing.
The fictional Winchester University was partially inspired by director Justin Simien's Chapman University experience where the student body was 1.6 percent Black, and also by his time working in film marketing.
Justin Simien set DEAR WHITE PEOPLE at a university because he admired the way films such as
FAME and ELECTION used school settings as microcosms for society at large.
Justin Simien said the character Samantha White was a cross between Lisa Bonet, Angela Davis and Huey from THE BOONDOCKS. Tessa Thompson, who was cast in the role, said she was inspired by Davis as well as political activist Kathleen Cleaver.
To develop the concept for DEAR WHITE PEOPLE, writer/director Justin Simien began tweeting as Sam White under the handle @dearwhitepeople. He tested jokes and incorporated many of his tweets – as well as some of the responses, a few of them hostile – into the final script.
Justin Simien used a tax refund to create a trailer for DEAR PEOPLE, which launched a crowdfunding campaign, raising $50,000 and attracting the attention of film industry veterans. AFI alum Mel Jones encouraged her boss at the time, independent producer and former LA Film Festival director Stephanie Allain, to read the script, and both women would eventually sign on to produce the film.
The closing credits of DEAR WHITE PEOPLE include actual photos from real-life college parties, with some real white students appearing in blackface.
In addition to creating the film, Justin Simien also wrote a companion book called "Dear White People: A Guide to Inter-Racial Harmony in 'Post-Racial' America."
The acclaimed film would go on to be adapted into a Netflix show of the same name, with Simien returning to write and direct episodes of the series. Other prominent directors of the series include Barry Jenkins, Cheryl Dunye, Kimberly Peirce and AFI alums Tiffany Johnson, Charlie McDowell and Justin Tipping.
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The movie doesn't end at the credits: Family-friendly Discussion Questions
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-What is meant by the title "Dear White People"?
-How does Justin Simien expand on the Black experience and the notion of identity in DEAR WHITE PEOPLE, particularly through the characters of Samantha White and Lionel Higgins? What contradictions exist within those characters?
-How does the film set up Samantha and Coco as opposites of one another in terms of assimilation of the dominant culture on campus?
-DEAR WHITE PEOPLE was written following the election of Barack Obama when many were under the impression that racism was a thing of the past. In the film, the Dean says, "Racism is over in America." Why do you think he was under that impression and what is the myth of a post-racial society?
-What is white privilege and how is it defined by power structures? What types of white privilege does the film call out?
-How does the film reveal the hypocrisy of the supposedly liberal arts setting of Winchester University?
-What does the film have to say about the world of predominantly white comedy – in terms of the humor magazine "Pastiche" in the film? What are your feelings on politically incorrect humor and how can it be exploited as a shield for racism/sexism?
-In the weeks following the murder of George Floyd and nationwide protests, U.S. viewership of the TV series DEAR WHITE PEOPLE grew by 329 percent in a single week. Why were people seeking out the series more than ever before? What did it tap into in the current political and cultural climate?
-How can we confront the racism inherent in our culture and bridge the power gap to foster greater understanding and progress as a society?
-How would you rate DEAR WHITE PEOPLE?
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Q: How to integrate $\cos^2x$? It seems like I am stuck on such a simple problem:
How to I find the antiderivative of $\cos^2x$?
I have tried partial integration, it doesn't seem to work (for me). Some help on how to integrate it would be nice.

A: You use the identity (e.g. solving from $\cos(2x) = 2\cos^2x-1$):
$$\cos^2 x = \frac{1+ \cos(2x)}{2}$$

Addendum: the previous hint will give you the easiest solution, but you mentioned an attempt with integration by parts - that would work too:
$$\begin{array}{rl}
\displaystyle  \color{blue}{\int \cos^2x \, \mbox{d}x} & \displaystyle
 = \int \cos x \, \mbox{d} \sin x \\[6pt]
& \displaystyle
= \cos x \sin x - \int \sin x \, \mbox{d} \cos x \\[6pt]
& \displaystyle
= \cos x \sin x + \int \sin^2 x \, \mbox{d}x \\[6pt]
& \displaystyle
= \cos x \sin x + \int 1-\cos^2 x \, \mbox{d}x \\[6pt]
& \displaystyle
= \cos x \sin x + x -  \color{blue}{\int \cos^2x \, \mbox{d}x} \\[6pt]
\Rightarrow \displaystyle 2 \int \cos^2x \, \mbox{d}x & \displaystyle
= \cos x \sin x + x  + C
\end{array}$$
Then you divide by 2.

A: $$\int (\cos x)^2\, dx=\int \frac{1+\cos(2x)}{2}\, dx$$
$$=\frac{1}{2}\left(\int \, dx+\frac{1}{2}\int \cos(2x)\, d(2x)\right)$$
$$=\frac{1}{2}\left(x+\frac{1}{2}\sin(2x)\right)+C=\frac{x}{2}+\frac{\sin(2x)}{4}+C$$

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TOWARDS A PROVOTYPING APPROACH IN SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT
Preben Mogensen, University of Aarhus, DenmarkFollow
This paper explores the notion of 'provocation through concrete experience' towards a provotyping approach. It addresses the question: How do we on the one hand, devise qualitatively new systems, and on the other hand, ensure their usability in a given practice? The notion of provocation through concrete experience is developed through an investigation of prototyping and activity theory. Exploration of this notion leads to the idea of the system developer 'provoking' concrete, everyday practice, by exposing current problems, calling forth what usually is taken for granted. Problems with current practice and a lack of mutual understanding, usually conceived of as hindrances to successful systems development, are used constructively. These ideas are compared to four related approaches: Future Workshops, Metaphorical Design, Cooperative Prototyping, and Organizational Games. The comparison serves the twofold purpose of contextualizing the new ideas as well as developing techniques for carrying them out.
Mogensen, Preben (1992) "TOWARDS A PROVOTYPING APPROACH IN SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT," Scandinavian Journal of Information Systems: Vol. 4 : Iss. 1 , Article 5.
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Digital Project Managers and Producers get a hard rap sometimes because we deserve it.
Let's be clear right off the bat about the difference between a Digital Producer and a Digital Project Manager (DPM). They are different, don't listen to the "we all make stuff happen" moniker that seems to get tossed around everywhere. A rose is a rose, but in this case we're not talking about a single role by two names. We're talking about two different perspectives and directions of effort with overlapping skill sets. There's no explicit definition that everyone seems to agree on, so here's mine.
Digital Project Manager - Concepts, drafts, scopes, and manages process toward end deliverables. Facilitates clear communication across platforms and skill sets. Coordinates stages of effort and tracks progress.
Digital Producer - Concepts, drafts, scopes, and facilitates creation of a specific set of deliverables. Speaks to the rightness and fit of specific work toward specific end goals. Builds perception of value in her team and their collective output.
Dig in a little deeper, you say? Well ok then.
A Digital Project Manager is a lens poised over a project. She brings focus, clarity, and awareness, but leaves material change to other members of the team. There's a sort of disdain that often comes to these people. Always focusing on the shortfalls and issues without being the one who has to do the work to fix them. Other project management failures look like unexpected crunch time, lack of communication and understanding between any parties on the project, insufficient planning, failure to adapt plans, or losing clear sight of the quantifiable effort to complete the making of all the things.
DPMs fill a gap between goals of the business hired to do the work and the operation and smooth functioning of the team or studio of designers/developers. Their skills highlight cost (and profit), ensure timelines, allow for accurate higher level management control of the client relationship, and provide a mechanism for morphing and adapting effort on the project.
A Digital Producer is the tactician counterpart to a project lead such as a Design Director, Technical Director, or Creative Director. She's the right hand. She guarantees completion at a specific level of quality and fitness through communication and learning/expertise; simultaneously in the weeds on problem issues yet accurately utilizing the entire breadth of skills and roles on the project. Producers are always leading the charge but never the subject matter expert. They get in over their heads, they're messy, they're barely good enough. Failure for this role looks like staying too topical on a project, disengaging from hard conversations, reluctance to find and clarify gray areas, and not building a sense of value in the client's mind.
Digital Producers sit squarely in the middle between the project, the client, and the team. They're the fastest learner in the room. They bring clarity to all parties and their business function is tied more to value than dollars. They ensure the client perceives the rightness of the project's direction. In her role, she champions her team's vision and expertise, her client's needs, and the business's need for profit and control—all simultaneously. She must play or solve for any missing part: code, UX, content strategy, or design as needed. The business is respected and reliably successful at delivering excellent solutions to clients' needs because of the Digital Producer.
Both roles are very valuable to the business, the team, and the client. They're also emphatically not mutually exclusive.
I work with companies structured in the Hollywood Model. We sometimes like to call it the Avengers Model. To carry that metaphor forward, if the project team is The Avengers, a DPM would be Coulson and a Digital Producer would be Nick Fury. Both are essential to the team, but neither can carry the weight that the Avengers inevitably must bear. They approach problems in a drastically different manner side-by-side. Ironically they're also both easily defeated when they get isolated and in over their heads.
If DPMs and Digital Producers get a hard rap because they deserve it, they should also be championed when their projects are successful.
But they rarely are, and in a way that's really ok. There's little to be gained from publicly extolling either of these roles along with the work that the team completed. Awards, portfolios, and best of breed websites rarely have much from a visuals aspect to point back to the DPM and Digital Producer. However, the client, the team, and the business have a lot to gain or lose based on these roles, and should value them extremely highly because they ultimately guarantee smooth team functioning and consistent performance; both of which highly affect prices, profits, reputation, and morale.
The result of our collective success as DPMs and Digital Producers is hard to quantify, but our failures are glaring. When communication falls through and the business loses a project, it's easy and right to blame us. When a project is successful and wins awards for design and interaction, it's easy and right to champion the business and the team; but often this seems to mean we get marginalized. When we're buried or lost in a project and go AWOL, it's easy and right to call us out.
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Cincinnati Mayor John Cranley
Cincinnati Mayor John Cranley rolled out his version of the $1.6 billion all-funds city budget Thursday afternoon, one in which he restored about $3 million in cuts that were in the budget proposal of City Manager Harry Black.
It is, Cranley said, a structurally balanced budget that plugs a $26 million deficit for this year.
"With this budget, we demonstrate again that we can be fiscally responsible and compassionate at the same time,'' Cranley wrote in a letter to the nine council members that accompanied his budget. "When passed, this will be our fourth consecutive structurally balanced budget."
The budget now goes to Cincinnati City Council, which will hold public hearings on the budget; and must pass a city budget by the end of June.
There was one thing in Cranley's budget that almost certainly will make most city council members happy – he eliminated Black's proposal to raise the parking fine from $45 to $60, which would have raised $900,000.
Several council members complained about Black's proposal when he laid it out for them at Monday's finance committee meeting.
"Sixty dollars is too much of a sticker shock if you are late getting back to your car,'' Cranley said.
Cranley, a candidate for re-election to another four-year term, formally unveiled his budget at the Villages of Roll Hill, formerly Fay Apartments, a small neighborhood made up mostly of subsidized housing. There, he announced an agreement between the city and the Boys and Girls Club to open a branch in that low-income neighborhood.
Earlier Thursday, Cranley told WVXU in a phone interview that Black's budget proposal was "overall" a good one – it just needed some "tweaking," the mayor said.
"It's largely the same,'' Cranley said, comparing his budget plan to the city manager's. "We've made about $3 million worth of adjustments that still remains structurally balanced.
"We have restored the cuts to human service funding and to neighborhood community council and to the Port Authority and things like that,'' Cranley said.
Among the budget cuts Black proposed that are restored in Cranley's budget are cuts to the Fountain Square fund, the African-American Chamber of Commerce, the Cincinnati Works/Hands Up Initiative and $772,500 in Human Services cuts.
And how does he pay for the $3 million he restored?
Cranley said about $2 million will come from moving funds from the city's nearly $400 million operating budget to a separate storm budget. He said he will also permanently eliminate some funded city jobs that are now vacant, "and a variety of non-personnel cuts" in city departments.
Cranley's budget contains Black's proposals that parking meter rates be raised by an average of 25 cents per hour and that the city contract with a booting service for parking fine enforcement. Those two items would generate about $1.2 million.
But Cranley said he is willing to work with council on both of those issues. Some council members objected to those items in Monday's finance committee meeting.
Cranley said his budget does not address an estimated $19.7 million budget deficit for 2019, but the budget document Black submitted does.
The city manager's budget recommended plugging that 2019 hole with a 4.7 percent across-the-board reduction in spending, including public safety.
Cranley's budget has none of that; and he didn't offer any specifics when he spoke to WVXU on how he would deal with it if he is re-elected mayor this fall.
"Assuming I am re-elected, and I hope to be, we will structurally balance the budget again next year,'' Cranley told WVXU. "And I don't say that without a track record of having delivered it four years in a row."
Among the budget items proposed by the city manager that remain in Cranley's budget are:
Increasing building fees (projected to add $2.4 million;
No merit increases for non-union city employees (projected to save $1.3 million;
And a delay of the start of the Fiscal Year 2018 police recruit class by six months (a $2.3 million savings).
Cranley said he agreed with most of the city manager's budget.
"Overall, I think it's a good budget, but I was able to tweak it to reduce parking fines and to invest in our job training efforts and to announce this partnership with the Boys and Girls Club,'' Cranley told WVXU.
Council's finance committee has three hearings scheduled to allow the public a chance to weigh in on the city budget.
The first is on Thursday, June 1, at the Mt. Washington Recreation.
The other two will be held Monday, June 5 at the Dunham Recreation Center and Wednesday, June 7 at the North Avondale Recreation Center.
All of the public hearings will be held at 6 p.m.
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The second of three phases for Chatham Area Transit's Let's Go! Designing Better Transit Together will publicly launch this Thursday with the unveiling of two Network Concepts. All members of the community are invited to attend to learn more and share their feedback.
The Let's Go! Designing Better Transit Together system redesign project will rely heavily on input from the community. The project is anticipated to conclude at the end of 2019. More information is available at letsgo.catchacat.org.


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Pair nabbed over use of counterfeit bills
By Tokyo Reporter Staff on November 8, 2018
TOKYO (TR) – Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested two men over the use of counterfeit currency in the capital earlier this year, reports Fuji News Network (Nov. 7).
In the middle of June, Sho Kondo, 33, of no known occupation, used a fake 10,000-yen bill to pay a fare for a cab in Itabashi Ward, pocketing about 9,000 yen in change.
According to the Akasaka Police Station, the fake bill was produced on a printer at the residence of 27-year-old Takuya Kimura in Nerima Ward. For carrying out the act on behalf of Kimura, Kondo kept 5,000 yen.
Sho Kondo (left) and Takuya Kimura (Twitter)
Police did not reveal whether Kondo admits to the allegations. However, he said, "Since I know nothing [about the matter], I have nothing to say." Kimura was arrested and sent to prosecutors previously.
Kondo and other persons are believed to have carried out similar crimes involving taxi drivers on about 10 occasions in June.
Published in Crime, Japan, News and Tokyo


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Odisea Burbujas és una sèrie de televisió mexicana dirigida al públic infantil, creada per Silvia Roche i dirigida per Enrique Segoviano. Va ser produïda i emesa originalment pel Canal de las Estrellas de la televisió mexicana entre 1979 i 1984 i transmesa amb nous actors i personatges el 26 d'octubre de 2003.

Originalment era un programa de ràdio que es transmetia en l'estació XEW-AM cada dissabte amb durada de quatre hores. El primer episodi per ràdio va ser el 6 de gener de 1979 i aquestes transmissions van continuar aproximadament durant de cinc anys.

El diumenge 22 de juliol de 1979 va marcar el debut del programa en televisió a través del Canal 2 de Televisa. Des de llavors, es va transmetre de forma ininterrompuda fins a 1984.

La sèrie, de capítols unitaris, compte les aventures del Professor A.G. Memelovsky i les seves antropomòrfiques creacions: Patas Verdes, Mimoso Ratón, Mafafa Musguito i Pistachón Zig-Zag. Junts, viatgen a través de l'espai i del temps, coneixent i explorant l'univers, alhora que intenten lliurar-lo de les amenaces de l'Ecoloco, un vilà l'especialitat del qual i únic objectiu és la contaminació del medi ambient, el lema del qual era "Mugre, Basura y Smog".

L'any de 2003 es van realitzar 26 capítols d'una nova emissió de Burbujas i es va transmetre pel canal 2 de Televisa repetint-se la sèrie completa en dues ocasions mes pel mateix canal

"Burbujas" és un concepte de diversió i entreteniment infantil (i familiar) amb projecció internacional, els personatges de la qual, contingut i objectius fan possible que s'obri un ventall de múltiples alternatives de difusió i comercialització a través de programes, productes i esdeveniments en viu.

La sèrie, de gran popularitat a diversos països d'Amèrica Llatina, també ha editat cinc discos amb les seves cançons, a més de revistes de historietes.

L'1 de febrer de 2018, Canal Once va anunciar el va tornar de la sèrie televisiva sota el nom "Planeta Burbujas".

Actors - Repartiment

Música
Totes les cançons van ser compostes per Silvia Roche i la majoria musicalitzades per Juan García Esquivel, Hardy Haberman i Nacho Méndez.

Discografia oficial
 1979: Burbujas
 1980: Disco Aventura (Odisea Burbujas)
 1981: ¡Vamos al Circo!
 1982: Canta y Baila con Mimoso Ratón
 1982: Burburock
 1988: Burbujas (Grándes Éxitos)
 1997: Burburock (Reedición)
 2003: Bur Burbujas (CD&DVD)MP

Referències

Televisió a Mèxic
Programes de televisió del 1979
Programes de televisió en castellà

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Wall Street Firms Pushing Into China Will Face Bigger Rivals
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As Wall Street firms start taking control of their operations in China, they may find the competitive landscape facing them shifting significantly over the next few years.
The financial-market internationalization that opened the door for companies from JPMorgan Chase & Co. to UBS Group AG to become majority owners of local securities joint ventures has also set the stage for a more ominous change: a state-encouraged wave of consolidation among China's 131 securities firms, which between them earned slightly less than Goldman Sachs Group Inc. last year.
Beijing's twin goals of opening its $44 trillion financial industry to competition while at the same time averting U.S. trade sanctions all but guarantee that local securities firms -- many of which are state-owned -- will get merged into entities more capable of taking on foreign firms. A pledge to let overseas investment banks start acquiring full ownership of local JVs in two years has added to the urgency.
Read PBOC Governor Yi Gang's views on the financial opening and other topics
China wants to create "bigger, stronger investment banks that could pit themselves against international peers," said Will Shum, a portfolio manager at iFAST Financial (HK) Ltd. "As trade tensions escalate and China is forced to increase the pace of opening up its financial industry, we might see a year of M&A for Chinese brokerages."
As the number of securities firms in China jumped by a quarter since 2010, the market got so crowded that bankers slashed deal fees to near-zero levels just to win mandates. Average brokerage commissions have dropped to 3 basis points from 8 basis points in 2012, according to a Bloomberg Intelligence analysis, eroding one of the biggest revenue contributors.
"The declining commissions is a good signal that there's an oversupply of brokers," said Mark Huang, an analyst at Bright Smart Securities Co.
The excessive competition hurt smaller firms disproportionately. The three biggest securities firms accounted for a third of total industry profits last year. Many brokerages didn't pay any bonuses for 2018.
Read: Too Many Investment Bankers in China Has Them Working for 0.001%
Meanwhile, UBS, JPMorgan and Nomura Holdings Inc. have gotten regulatory approval to raise their stakes in local JVs to 51%, meaning they can start to exert control over strategy. That's made them more willing to invest in the entities and compete more aggressively for talent. Starting in 2021, they could be allowed to take full ownership.
Rather than shut out foreign players in retaliation for U.S. trade sanctions, Chinese officials have indicated willingness to throw the gates open wider.
"If the U.S. side complained that we have opened up too slowly, we can speed it up," Fang Xinghai, vice chairman of the China Securities Regulatory Commission, said in March. "In the securities industry, mutual fund management, no problem, we can open up and we can compete."
Mergers in China's securities industry were rare until recently. But after President Xi Jinping and other top officials started talking about "supply-side reform" in the financial sector, market watchers began speculating that consolidation might be imminent.
In December, China's largest brokerage, Citic Securities Co., bought a smaller competitor. The company recently said it's scouting for more deals. Bloomberg Intelligence predicts Guotai Junan Securities Co. and Haitong Securities Co., the fourth- and fifth-biggest brokers by market value, could target mid-sized peers in the next few years. The prediction is based on an analysis of the firms' financial metrics including excess capital.
Representatives for Haitong and Guotai Junan declined to comment.
A Bloomberg index of 23 China-listed brokerages has gained more than 20% since Dec. 25, when Citic Securities agreed to buy Guangzhou Securities. The gauge fell 2.5% on Monday.
"For those with aspirations to compete with global peers, acquiring brokers with a complimentary geographic footprint and business mix provides a faster way to grow their business," said Sharnie Wong, a Bloomberg Intelligence analyst.


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Super Bowl LII will be illuminated by an Ephesus' LED sports lighting and controls system, just the 2nd Super Bowl ('15 at University of Phoenix Stadium) to be lit with Ephesus' LED lighting. Ephesus' system provides brighter, more vibrant lighting that illuminates more uniformly on the playing surface; the result, an enhanced fan viewing experience (both live and in HD) and reduced energy output by as much as 75%. The industry leading control functionalities enables stadium operators to completely darken the venue, turn the lights on and control various colorful light shows (think: player introductions) with the switch of just a single control. The next 2 Super Bowls, the 2019 game at the Mercedes Benz Dome and the 2020 game at Hard Rock Stadium, will also be illuminated by Ephesus LED lighting.
Howie Long-Short: Ephesus' LED systems are manufactured by Eaton, a publicly traded (ETN) power management company based in Dublin. ETN provides energy-efficient solutions that effectively manage electrical, hydraulic and mechanical power more efficiently, safely and sustainably; selling products in more than 175 countries. On Thursday, the company reported full-year 2017 sales increased 3.5% to $20.4 billion.
Fan Marino: LED lighting has become a fixture in pro stadiums over the last 3 years. When Glendale held the 2015 Super Bowl, "just a handful of professional sports venues and only one football stadium had made the switch to LED lighting. Today, more than one-third of the four major professional sports venues employ an LED lighting solution." Pro sports teams aren't in the business of putting on light shows. The reason Ephesus systems are trending is because they're easy to install, require little to no maintenance and have a lower total operating cost than any traditional stadium lighting system.


PBA provided an innovative engineering solution to secure a development project for the Penrhyn Road Campus of Kingston University.
The new John Galsworthy Building at the centre of Kingston University's Penrhyn Road campus is phase three of a strategic plan to create lecture theatres, classrooms, offices, social spaces, IT areas and canteen facilities. Both the university and the local community will benefit from the creation of an open courtyard at the centre of the campus providing a central social area.
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Ashford University Gets Accreditor's Go-Ahead to Transfer Legal Status
Ashford University announced on July 15 that they had received the green light from their accreditor, WASC Senior College and University Commission (WSCUC), to transition ownership of the for-profit institution to a newly-formed non-profit organization.
At the same time, WSCUC also renewed Ashford's accreditation for another six years.
"This decision, along with the approval we previously received from the IRS, represents a significant milestone in our journey to become an independent, nonprofit university," said Dr. Craig Swenson, Ashford University's president, in a statement. "Attaining that goal will further enhance our ability to develop additional resources for the benefit of our students."
Zovio–formerly Bridgepoint Education–Made the Decision to Transfer Ashford University into a Non-Profit in 2018
Ashford is owned by Zovio, a publicly traded company previously known as Bridgepoint Education. The company changed its name in April of this year.
In 2018, the company ran two for-profit universities—Ashford University and University of the Rockies. In March of that year, the company announced plans to join these two institutions into one, spin them off into an independent non-profit, and transition itself into an online program management (OPM) service provider.
To make this change, Zovio requires approval from the IRS, its accreditor WSCUC, the U.S. Department of Education, and state regulators as well. As of this week, it has checked off two of those boxes.
As a revamped OPM, Zovio has made two acquisitions this year. They picked up the coding bootcamp Fullstack Academy in March for roughly $20 million. At the same time, the company amended their SEC filings, saying that, contrary to what they previously reported, they had incurred an operating loss in the range of $13.6 million to $14 million during the quarter ending in December 2018. A month later, Zovio acquired TutorMe, an online tutoring platform.
The Decision Comes as the House Passes Defense Bill Requiring Audit of GI Tuition Assistance
The accreditor approval of Ashford University comes following the passage of a defense bill in the House that targets for-profit colleges' policy toward veteran students. The National Defense Authorization Act passed the House on Friday. Following an amendment introduced to the bill by Florida Rep. Donna Shalala, the new version tasks the DoD with creating a publicly available website that will show where veteran tuition assistance funds are being spent.
In addition, it mandates that the DoD needs to independently audit for-profit colleges that do not meet certain "financial responsibility" standards. The amendment reads, "The Secretary of Defense shall audit the eligibility a proprietary institution of higher education to participate in the Department of Defense Tuition Assistance Program if the institution does not meet the financial responsibility standards under section 498 of the Higher Education Act 7 of 1965."
An investigation by the Chronicle of Higher Education in November 2017 revealed that Ashford University had cut corners to more easily enroll veterans using tuition assistance. To get around the stricter regulations for receiving veteran tuition assistance in California, Ashford had set up a second "headquarters" in Arizona, where applications would be approved more quickly. That office was "roughly the size of a Chipotle restaurant," according to the Chronicle.
The actions amounted to noncompliance and, following the investigation, the institution said it would freeze GI Bill student enrollments.
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The Seat Leon 2019 may not be radically different from the current model, it's a new car, something that is probably more visible from the inside. There will be more changes with cleaner design and larger screens so that recreational information is used to control more car systems and improved voice activation. Inside, you can also identify your car with a large digital display that facilitates the tracking of satellite indications.
The other thing that you will discover is the amplitude of the new car. Impressively, Leon's wheelbase, the space between the front and rear wheels, has been increased by 50 mm, which gives the car more room for the rear legs. This can also translate into a smaller space for an extra soft bag over two large bags to suit the current car.
Details about the Seat Leon 2019 are currently a bit thin on the ground, but the design is probably not completely different from the current car. In the foreground, the new car will still have the elegant design that takes Leon away from his cousin Volkswagen Golf, who shares the same parts. It is likely that the upper grille is larger and shallower, while the lower grille is angular with carved air vents.
Around the back, it is expected that the wheel arches will be wider and that the complete LED screws will rotate. The models with FR and Cupra style will include larger exhaust pipes and more aggressive bumpers.
Like the design, expect the interior to be like the current car. The SEAT style will make the interior more sporty, however, you should feel more modern and exquisite than the car that is for sale.
However, the new information and entertainment system with touch screen will take the initiative to help the board look stylish and elegant.
The engine range will include two 1.0-liter and 1.5-liter gasoline engines, and a 1.6-liter diesel engine. The current 2.0-liter diesel engine will likely remain the strongest power for any Leon except Cupra, which is good for hauling. The 180hp, 1.8-liter fuel is unlikely to be used in 2019 because it has not been a common option yet.
Rather, there will be an additional hybrid version available from launch that will use GTE Golf Essentials, and in a timely manner there could be a smooth hybrid model with a 48V electrical system to allow the engine to shut off when it drifts again.
The Seat Leon 2019 is scheduled to cost the same current model, starting at £18,000, almost the same amount as the Volkswagen Golf, although it expects Leon to come with more conventional equipment. Seat has not yet confirmed the launch of the new Leon, but the summer of 2019 seems likely.


Day 2 began at Grajagan, a small fishing village on the coast about 50 km south of Banyuwangi and not far from Sadengan, where we had been on the previous day. Grajagan is located at the western end of a large bay, which sweeps around in a gentle curve to Cape Purwo some 20 km away, forming the south western shoreline of the Blambangan Peninsula. The village is enclosed by steep cliffs, from where there are spectacular views across the bay. The small, sheltered harbour is full of activity, with colourful fishing boats, or prahu, constantly coming and going. Aside from fishing, the boat crews earn an extra income by ferrying passengers to other parts of the bay which are inaccessible by road. In fact, Grajagan is the end of the line for anything other than motorcycles or strong, four wheel drive vehicles and the journey on foot to Cape Purwo takes a full day at least.
Our plan was to hire a boat and travel across the bay to Plengkung which, as all keen surfers know, has the world's best left hand waves and, as a 'surf camp', is arguably number one on the globe.
The journey took two and a half hours across a heavy swell. As we moved further and further from the shore we were able to appreciate fully the beauty of the coastline as well as witness the sweeping curve of the bay. To the north, on the horizon, the gigantic peaks of (from the west) Raung, Suket, Pendil and Merapi came into view. As the boat chugged slowly towards our destination, scattering flying fish and disturbing the occasional spouting whale, the fine white lines of surf breaking on the reef to the south east became more distinct. Expectations rose.


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lynmc
Posted: 18 July 2020 17:43
https://theintercept.com/2020/07/18/political-correctness-destroying-america/
Much has been said on this forum about left-wing political correctness and the "cancel culture". However, right-wing and establishment political correctness seems as bad if not worse. This article doesn't even get into all the efforts to stifle speech on Palestinian rights or history (see e.g. https://mondoweiss.net/2020/07/bari-weiss-leaves-the-nyt-and-thats-bad-for-zionists/), or news which never gets reported because it doesn't fit the mainstream narrative.
Antisocialdarwinist
I think the difference is that the Right doesn't seem to "devour its own" the way the Left does.
There's more to the Bari Weiss story than meets the eye. Here's more from Consortium News.
But there may have been more to Weiss' dramatic resignation than her revulsion with the "illiberal" culture of a paper that had recruited her and several neocon allies. A closer look at the events surrounding her departure suggests she likely omitted some critical details about her toxic presence inside the paper, and may have staged her resignation to drum up publicity for her next move.
It sounds to me like the allegations against her have more substance than the usual "cancel culture" accusations ("J'Accuse!"). Unfortunately, the Left's deserved reputation for excessively accusing its own of laughable "wokeness" transgressions made it possible for Weiss to get away with her publicity stunt. They cried wolf too many times; in Weiss they finally have an actual wolf.
Dracarys!
icehorse
Step one is to acknowledge that extremists at either end of any spectrum can go too far.
The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their proper name. - Confucius
"without love day to day, insanity's king" - Robert Hunter
weird buffalo
Antisocialdarwinist - 18 July 2020 07:13 PM
The Curious Case of Jeff Sessions would seem to disagree with you.
weird buffalo - 19 July 2020 11:45 AM
Yeah, I don't know if I agree. I'm thinking of the trivial things the left reacts to, like saying "All lives matter" instead of "Black lives matter." Or wearing blackface twenty years ago—things like that. Sessions got on the wrong side of the president for recusing himself from the Russia collusion investigation. That seems more substantial to me, more like Weiss drawing criticism for her support of Zionism.
Someone following standard ethical practices of their job is "substantial"?
I think that says something right there.
The other thing I'd point out is that the right tends to just fall in line, while the left has more disagreements. Colbert had a funny joke the other night about Ted Cruz. The joke was that if we're going to get Cruz to like masks, we'll have to call him a liar, talk about how ugly his wife is, and accuse his dad of killing JFK. Once Trump got the nomination officially, he stopped speaking out against Trump, and after the election he's said nothing but nice things. Part of why you don't see this as much on the Right is everyone just obeys whoever is in charge of the party.
[ Edited: 19 July 2020 17:15 by weird buffalo]
weird buffalo - 19 July 2020 05:01 PM
I'd say it's a lot more substantial than wearing blackface twenty years ago. Absolutely. Not saying I agree with Trump's decision (or Weiss's coworkers' criticism of her), but neither of those reactions strikes me as trivial bullshit like "cancelling" someone for saying "all lives matter."
And yes, I agree the Right's tendency to fall in line like "Good Germans" is problematic—at least for those who aren't with them. (You're arguing both sides of the issue now.) But the Left's tendency to go after each other for trivial nonsense strikes me as way more self destructive. Wouldn't somewhere in between those two extremes be preferable?
We should know what our "leaders" value before we vote them in, and we should hold them to behaving consistently the values they claim. And no vague, ambiguous values like "family values". Real values like:
- a healthy, sustained environment
- a good, affordable healthcare system for all
- equal opportunities
But "cancelling" isn't extreme. Extreme would be jailing someone for black-face. Not buying their comedy album seems to be an appropriate level of consequence. They aren't entitled to you buying their album.
Brick Bungalow
Indeed. The strident right wing pundit isn't offended by political correctness and cancel culture and deplatforming because it marginalizes people or hurts businesses or sabotages conversations (it certainly does do all of this)
They are offended because they invented this stuff and they don't like anyone else gaining leverage from their tactics. How many will utter dead giveaway phrases like 'marxism is a religion' or something similar? It's not even subtle. They have had a monopoly on cultural extortion for centuries. Of course they want to keep it.
"Cancel culture" is literally the marketplace at work. I find it fascinating that people who at first blush seem to consider capitalism and free markets to be inherently good things, dislike it when people they don't like use those exact same mechanisms.
Don't hate the player, hate the game.
I heard about this bit of PC fluff yesterday on CNN.
The food chain, Trader Joe's, was petitioned by 2800 do-gooders and busybodies, who, apparently, had nothing better to do than to look very, very hard for something to be offended by.
One of them set up a petition on Change.org, which found the packaging names of certain products carried by TJs offensive, because it "perpetuates harmful stereotypes."
The petition adds: "The Trader Joe's branding is racist because it exoticizes other cultures — it presents 'Joe' as the default 'normal' and the other characters falling outside of it…"
https://tinyurl.com/yy2rko6w
Some of the terribly offensive product names are, (Warning! Micro Aggressions Ahead!):
Trader Jaques' (for French cuisine)
Trader Jose's (for Mexican cuisine)
Arabian Joe's (for Middle Eastern cuisine)
Trader Ming's (for Chinese cuisine)
Trader Giotto's (for Italian cuisine)
Gasp!
I hope none of the forum readers have a mental collapse or experience psychological or physical problems from reading this list.
Friend-Daniel, the (Trader Joe) spokesperson, stressed that the change was not in response to the petition but was already in progress.
She said the controversial approach to naming "may have been rooted in a lighthearted attempt at inclusiveness."
Lighthearted, indeed! (Clasping my pearls).
"But I don't want to go among mad people," Alice remarked. "Oh, you can't help that," said the Cat: "We're all mad here. I'm mad. You're mad."
– Lewis Carroll
But they're eating their own! If the people getting cancelled were their opponents, I'd agree. But the people getting cancelled are on the left. One of the earliest and most egregious examples that comes immediately to mind is Al Franken.
So, your argument is that if people are on the same side, they should not hold each other accountable to their beliefs?
This is the very essence of partisanship. You get a pass on any and all bad behavior as long as you tow the party line.
So then the disparity in behaviors would indicate that one side is being partisan, but the other is not.
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A Wine Tasting and Discussion about Japan Meeting was held as always on March 1, 2017 in the representative's home. The guests included Mr. Yoshiaki Harada, a Member of the House of Representatives who was commended as an excellent party member at the annual convention for the Liberal Democratic Party on March 6; Ms. O Sonfa, a professor at Takushoku University who has criticized anti-Japanese education in South Korea and who is a naturalized Japanese citizen; Ms. Setsuko Izumi, the Chairwoman of the Izumi-ryu School Association that protects the 600-year old kyogen and is telling the next generation and the world about this form of entertainment; and Mr. Motoya Izumi, the 20th Head of Izumi-ryu.
New Novel by Haruki Murakami: Claims 400,000 People Were Massacred
There is a character in the latest novel by Haruki Murakami Killing Commendatore who says the following about the Nanking Incident: "Some put the Chinese death toll at 400,000, while others say it was 100,000. But what is the difference? It was still a killing spree." The author Naoki Hyakuta tweeted cynically: "He will yet again have a bestseller in China because of this." It looks like Haruki Murakami is attempting to curry favor in China because of his desire for a Nobel Prize in Literature by adding another 100,000 victims to the 300,000 people who China asserts were killed. Incidentally, the Nobel Prize in Literature winning Kenzaburo Oe also possessed an extreme ideology calling defense college students "the shame of their generation." Japanese people with a conscientious conservative ideology will surely not read any books by Haruki Murakami.
There is a very long description of how Japan improved the infrastructure (e.g. railroads and harbors) during the period in which Korea was annexed by Japan in the municipal museum in Busan. However, of course, there are a number of lines at the end that touch upon Japanese atrocities. It would no doubt not look good publically if those lines were not inserted. It is possible to maintain your independence if you are an island country like Japan. However, it is extremely difficult to maintain political power on a peninsula like Korea. Japan fought the First Sino-Japanese War (1894 to 1895) and the Russo-Japanese War (1904 to 1905) because we first yielded to China and then Russia having to rely on stronger neighboring countries. This is because the Korean Peninsula has a position as though cutting through the side of Japan. The biggest reason for the annexation of Korea by Japan was no doubt to guarantee the safety of our country. Japan promoted "Japanization" and put off conscription instead of exploiting Korea as a colony even after the annexation. Koreans were mobilized to work in the Japanese mainland to cover for the loss in the labor population due to conscription. It has been touted that the comfort women of the Japanese Army were mostly Korean in origin in false theories that state 200,000 women were forcibly enlisted as such. However, of course, most of these women were Japanese. The life of these women was actually reasonably fulfilling as revealed in interviews by the US military on Korean comfort women in Myanmar. They were not in a really bad environment like with sex slaves.
Freedom of speech is guaranteed in Japan, but this is not the case in Korea. The Korean author Kim Wan-seop wrote that Korea was able to modernize thanks to Japan in a book titled Excuse for Pro-Japanese. He was subject to a lawsuit and given a fine. He was also summoned to the parliament and subjected to violence. He has even had to pay a fine after being sued by descendants for his evaluation of those in the past. It is not possible to see the country acting as a nation with a constitutional government. Kim Wan-seop has also visited Japan at the invitation of the representative. Although he was subjected to anti-Japanese education in South Korea, he understands the truth from studying history in Australia later. People in South Korea are no longer able to use kanji (Chinese characters) and can only understand Hangul. How will young people who do not know kanji be able to learn about the history of their homeland? The history has been ruptured. The worship of the powerful is still very strong in Korea. For example, Korea insists that it taught Japan the kanji that originated from China.
Trillion Dollar Public Investment: Opportunity for Japan
There is currently an opportunity to purchase housing in cities due to the low interest rates. Real estate prices in Japan are rising. However real estate prices around the world (e.g. Shanghai, Vancouver, Singapore and Taipei) are rising beyond those in Japan. This is a bubble. The economy in the United States will also surely improve now that President Trump has announced plans for one trillion dollars in public investment. President Trump has stated public infrastructure is behind the times in the United States where there is no high-speed rail network like the Shinkansen. In fact, a plan for a high-speed railroad between Dallas and Houston in Texas is underway with technical support being provided by JR Tokai. Shinkansen technology is also being promoted in a plan for a high-speed railroad between San Francisco and Anaheim in California. This technology may also be incorporated into a plan for a high-speed railroad between New York and Washington in the future. The confidence in the Shinkansen system is demonstrated by its track record of operation in Japan. There will be no delays like with the high-speed railroad construction in Indonesia by China where even the site has not yet been purchased when proceeding with the building work. Improving infrastructure in the United States is a massive opportunity for Japan. Those in countries where Japanese companies have advanced (e.g. in infrastructure construction) are often invited to watch kyogen (traditional Japanese comic theater) to introduce them to the culture of Japan. The 600 year history of kyogen is often older than the history of those countries so this is entertainment treated with respect. Various Japanese items like sado (tea ceremony) and sake are also popular overseas. One of these items is Wagyu beef. Wagyu beef production has also started in Australia following this popularity.
Support from Many People for the Resolute Stance of APA
Ms. O Sonfa is planning to publish English translations of her own works to widely inform the world about the problem of anti-Japanese education in China and Korea. Many articles, including those on this Wine Tasting and Discussion about Japan Meeting, are translated into English and published in Apple Town. It is not possible to communicate with lots of people unless you use English. China and South Korea have spread anti-Japanese information around the world using this. Japan should also set up an information ministry to counter anti-Japanese information. There was an incident in which APA Hotel attracted a lot of criticism on January 15. However, the representative did not bend at all to the pressure of the Chinese government. Therefore, China can no longer use the Nanking Massacre card. Entrepreneurs take risks, but must also think about ways to control these at the same time. This is a difference with company employee presidents who look at avoiding risk as far as possible. APA Hotel has set up a rule that the number of guests accepted from one country should be within 10% of the overall number of guests for those from overseas. In fact, the proportion of guests from China prior to this incident was 5%. Certainly, there were few guests in tours from China after this incident. However, the impact of this was minimal and was covered by guests from Japan and other countries. In particular, we also saw an increase in those going out of their way to stay at APA Hotel from a desire to support the APA Group among Japanese guests who watched the progress of this incident. It was thought that the sales of APA Hotel would suffer an unavoidable reduction, but we saw record highs in both January and February. The occupancy rate in February was virtually at 100% in Tokyo and was a record high of 88.4% across the country. There were also those who wished to buy APA apartments to show their support in addition to using our hotels. The number of requests for talks by the Hotel President also increased rapidly. We are extremely grateful to have received the support of so many people.
This response by APA is extremely rare in financial circles in Japan. Normally, there is a fear of boycotts and so companies react so as not to provoke China. Japanese companies did not even provide support in the trial concerning the establishment of a comfort woman statue in the United States in fear of incurring a backlash. There are surely many Japanese people dissatisfied with this response by such companies. This appears to be the driving force to support APA Hotel at this time. There are even many people who support APA Hotel among the wealthy in China and there are guests who stay at our hotels without listening to the advice of the Chinese government. In the first place, APA Hotels in cities did not have any reservations from overseas tour groups and only individual guests were staying in them. This also meant there was a small impact. There are also stories about the number of Chinese tourists coming to Japan decreasing. However, cruise ships from China are currently making many stops at Hakata Port and the streets of Fukuoka are crowded. These tourists purchase large quantities of medicines. There are many people who do not trust the medicines made in their own country in China where there is a culture of counterfeiting.
Deregulation of Private Residences Temporarily Taking Lodgers: Need for Caution
It may seem easy to perform kyogen overseas because there are few performers. In fact, however, it is very difficult because it is necessary to take various things. Kyogen is performed in nagabakama (long formal divided skirt for men) starting from a Shinto ritual. This means it is not possible to perform kyogen on a stage that allows bare feet. Properly speaking, it is necessary to lay down boards called shosadai. However, taking these overseas would require the chartering of a whole plane. Therefore, wood carpet is used as an alternative. Moreover, it is essential to have a pine tree scene panel. It is possible to transform a large hall or small theater in Europe or America into a nohkyogen (noh farce) with just a pine tree. Kyogen is performed using Japanese from 600 years ago even overseas. First, a detailed explanation is given in English. In addition, kyogen uses gestures and human emotions are represented with facial expressions. This means it is possible to fully enjoy kyogen even without knowing Japanese. There are also many people who take commemorative photographs in front of the pine tree on the stage after the end of the performance. Nohkyogen was taught over three months to students at the request of the North Dakota State University. As you would expect, it was not possible to master Japanese, but English kyogen was produced by translating some of the words into English. This was performed for the first time in Japan at the National Noh Theatre on March 7. Conversations between Japanese people use nonverbal communication so it is possible to understand each other without saying anything. This is different from English-speaking countries and Korea. Korean people attempt to express their arguments 100% and cannot comprehend unless it is possible to understand even without saying anything.
The hotel industry is still blooming. APA Hotel's share of the domestic market in Japan is still at 3% even though we are number one in Japan. It would not be out of place for our share to grow at least five-fold looking at top companies in other industries. We have launched an online site for visitors to Japan from overseas on which it is possible to see inside the guest rooms of APA Hotels. There is a mechanism in which we learn your nationality at the reception when you check in to an APA Hotel. Then, when you enter your room, the television will start up and introduce you to products in your own language. We sell APA-related goods. Our best selling items in place of souvenirs are APA's original 3D mesh pillow called Air Relax and an original bed called Cloud fit. This is probably because these are comfortable when actually used. In addition, APA President Curry is also popular. Attempts are being made to relax regulations on private residences temporarily taking in lodgers to suit the situation. The upper limit is 180 days per year with the details left to the ordinances of each municipality. However, there are hygiene and tax payment problems. Furthermore, there are also many fears that there is a possibility these could become terrorist hideouts. There might not have been any major problems yet, but something will occur sooner or later if proper rules are not decided, including those concerning the police.
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