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The Ingmar Bergman Project #2: A Ship to India (1947)
If you followed me on the first post in my journey through Criterion's Ingmar Bergman box set, you'll know that while I've seen a handful of his films, I'm mostly a Bergman beginner. Having seen a few, I'm approaching the box set in chronological order, doing no research before watching, and only a minimal amount afterward, mostly to get plot details I may have missed or technical/personnel information. Mostly these are my own observations from watching the films for the first time (unless otherwise noted).
I am also keeping up with how many times Bergman used the same collaborators. For instance, you will notice a (1) next to two names in the production credits, signifying that these people were also used in Bergman's first film. I plan to continue this practice throughout, numbering the films according to the box set's chronology.
A Ship to India (1947)
Directed by Ingmar Bergman
Produced by Lorens Marmstedt
Screenplay by Ingmar Bergman (1)
Based on the play Skepp till India land by Martin Söderhjelm
Cinematography by Göran Strindberg
Edited by Tage Holmberg
Music by Erland von Koch (1)
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(1:38) Criterion Blu-ray
It almost feels as if Ingmar Bergman had directed three or four films between his first feature, Crisis (1946), and his next film, A Ship to India. This second effort not only displays greater confidence, but also renders a more cohesive film with a stronger consistency in tone. (I am convinced that one way Bergman accomplishes this is in paring down the musical score, which nearly overwhelmed his debut film.) The director is clearly learning how to control the tone, movement, and flow of his films, and we see some very effective evidence of that here.
The majority of A Ship to India (released as Frustration in the US) is told in flashback. A young sailor named Johannes (Birger Malmsten) returns to his Swedish home after having been at sea for seven years. Longing to find a woman named Sally, Johannes discovers that she's living with two of his acquaintances. Even though he has matured and lost the hump from his back that once burdened him, Sally (Gertrud Fridh) wants nothing to do with Johannes.
Thus begins a flashback to a time when Johannes was living with his mother Alice (Anna Lindahl) and father Kapten Blom (Holger Löwenadler, an actor to whom Max von Sydow bears more than a passing resemblance), working aboard a salvage ship. The cruel, sadistic Blom is disgusted with his son's disfigurement and equally dissatisfied with everyone who won't bow to his authority, on or off the ship. The three-man crew express their view of the captain early on, exclaiming, "Damn that Captain Blom!" when he's not around. Yet the trio also provides the film's scant comic relief, that is, when they're not tempting Johannes to rebel against - or at least stand up to - his father.
This is a dark film. Johannes laments his life and sees nothing bright in his future. "I'll never get to leave," he tells his mother, who seems more a servant than a wife and mother. Just before one of their first scenes together, Johannes looks at himself in a mirror, wishing his hump were gone, or at least diminishing. When his mother comes in, we see not only her, but two images of Johannes: the real one and the one in the mirror, representing the man he is and the man he wants to be. A Ship to India is filled with mirrors and windows, but Bergman's metaphorical images are not overdone to the point of tedium. Each mirror or window has something to tell us, even when they're broken.
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Part of what Bergman is using here with the windows and mirrors is metaphorical, but the metaphors appear in other forms as well. After watching Blom march through a seaside town's theatre district, we see the captain from above, a shot implying that he's the master of all he surveys. Without breaking stride, Blom roughs up a man and grabs a woman as he enters a rowdy theatre where a woman is belting out songs with lyrics like "Give sometimes and don't always take," advice Blom would certainly ignore. He finds Sally, the woman he's looking for, but also finds the man he pushed around earlier, who's now looking to settle the score. Blom takes care of him, but not easily. We come to discover, as Sally does, that Blom is slowly going blind.
"Going blind isn't the worst thing in the world," he says. "To never have seen anything is far worse." In a quieter moment, Blom hands Sally a seashell. "I can listen to that seashell for hours at a time," he confesses. As his eyesight grows dimmer, he draws comfort from the voices whispering to him from the shell, enticements to return to the sea. He decides to take Sally with him, but what will his wife Alice say? He could care less. Despite knowing that his sight is deteriorating, Blom states, "My life isn't over yet. I intend to get everything life has never given me." Giving further insult to Alice, he tells her, "You'll have a pension from the company and a cottage on land." What a prince, this guy…
Although we sympathize with Johannes, he - like his father - wants everything life hasn't given him. From the moment Sally sets foot on the ship, Johannes is smitten. Is this because he wants to possess something of his father's, or is he genuinely interested in Sally? (Is it love or lust?) Johannes soon makes a play for her (significantly, just after we see another image of him in a mirror), with disappointing results.
The fractured nature of their initial encounter is reflected in the brokenness of Blom and Alice's own relationship. Late one night, in the top bunk of their cabin, Alice reflects on the early days of their salvage operation: "I pumped air down to your lungs so you could breathe." The camera descends to Blom in the lower bunk as Alice continues: "It was like I gave you life every time I pushed that lever." Blom's wide awake, but says nothing, sees nothing. He's literally in the dark and unable to respond, even to this soft, resigned rebuke.
Meanwhile, Johannes hasn't given up on Sally. After their first disastrous encounter, he tries the soft approach, rowing the two of them to a small island where they relax inside an old windmill. Sally's barriers have come down somewhat and Johannes (as well as the audience) senses he might have a chance with her, but soon learns that Sally - much like Jack from Crisis - has essentially stopped caring about other people. "Maybe I was born to be unhappy and make others unhappy," she confesses, but "If I could fall in love with someone, I'd fall in love with you."
Considering everything that has come before, this scene may seem forced and a bit false, but it leads to a magnificent long shot of Johannes and Sally outside under a cloudless sky, a wonderful moment between the couple contrasting with the massive, yet deteriorating windmill. I'm only two films into Bergman's filmography, but this is the most exuberant, joyous scene he's given us thus far. We already know these characters well enough to sense this won't last, but for a moment, there's hope, joy, exhilaration.
This event is also enough to give Johannes the courage to finally confront his father, which he does. In a heated exchange in front of the crew, Blom slaps Johannes, but the son returns his father's slap with one of his own. The young man is clearly satisfied with his action, and perhaps Sally is as well, telling Alice that she, too, should stand up to Blom. These moments lead up to the film's most devastating scene between Blom and Johannes. If you've read this far, you've already worked your way through several spoilers, but I won't disclose what happens here. You'll have to experience it for yourself.
I'll also leave the ending for you to discover for yourself. At first, it disappointed me, but when you think about what Bergman has established with his characters and this setting, you realize it's the most honest, effective ending he could've chosen.
I mentioned earlier that A Ship for India seems like Bergman's third or fourth film after Crisis. Bergman displays at least three or four films' worth of experience from that first effort, especially in how he handles characters, narrative flow, and staging. A Ship to India shows a wide range of creativity and maturity, and although Bergman is still trying to refine the control he will eventually exert over all aspects of filmmaking, these early results are impressive. It must have been amazing to see this talent develop. I wish I could've been there, but in a way, I am.
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What is Wrong with Ross Thomson?
Three days after the reports of his alleged behaviour were reported widely in the media, Mr Thomson took to Twitter to deny the allegations, saying they were "from anonymous sources" and "completely untrue," and that "no complaint has been made to the police." Not surprisingly, the Conservative-aligned newspaper The Telegraph reported the distress these allegations had caused Thomson and reiterated the point that the matter had not formally been taken to the police.
This deal will never pass through the Commons, meaning that the UK is – barring a miracle – headed for the hardest of all possible Brexits. Farage and Boris Johnson's dreams have come true, and now the knives are out for the fall guy – Mrs May. Just now, as I write, the news is breaking that the Palace is in talks with the Cabinet Office. Reports from The Times are saying that the Conservative 1922 Committee has received its 48 letters, which means May's tenure as PM and leader of the Tory party is about to be put to the vote.
Getting the proposal through the Commons will require 325 votes. Before this crisis the government had, together with its confidence and supply purchase, a majority of one – with 326 seats. It no longer has this. With a conservative estimate of losses, the government's vote is reduced to about 276; that's 50 votes shy of the majority it needs. So, can this vote be passed? Of course, but nothing is guaranteed. We can exclude from the equation Sinn Féin's 7 seats. The Irish republicans refuse to take their seats in the British parliament. This brings May's shortfall to somewhere closer to 40-45 votes.
When Ruth Davidson said that we would not be permitted another independence referendum until 2027, what she means – in case you are in any doubt – is that there will be no independence referendum for Scotland so long as the Tories remain in power. As long as the Tories remain in power? But the Tories are not in power in Scotland. Scotland's pro-British Conservatives do not even hold a quarter of the seats in the Scottish parliament. They have no claim to the democratic consent of the Scottish people – they are a minority party.
Too many people in the UK seem incapable or unwilling to accept that all of this is a deliberate attack on ordinary people, a series of policies directed at soaking the wealth of society from the bottom to the top. Those who have died of starvation have died as the result of a policy which sees their deaths as nothing more that collateral damage. These same policies think just as little of the rest of us. Even how they speak of people – thinking here of Iain Duncan Smith's "low value people" – betrays their vicious and avaricious contempt for human beings.
In this broken democracy – which is no democracy at all – seats are won and power secured in a loop; the media manufactures fears and blames powerless, invariably foreign, scapegoats and the careerists bang the drum of security and ethno-nationalism. This is the state of politics in the United Kingdom today. It is much the same across Europe and even more so over the Atlantic in the United States. Democracy in any meaningful sense has died and we are right now in the rapid descent into the abyss of totalitarianism and fascism – both coming a-creeping like saviours.


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Aag Aur Shola 1986
Cast: Jeetendra, Sridevi, Mandakini, Suresh Oberoi, Shakti Kapoor, Kader Khan, Asrani, Ashish Chanana
Aakhree Raasta 1986
Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Prada, Sridevi, Anupam Kher, Sadashiv Amrapurkar, Om Shivpuri, Dalip Tahil
Aakhri Raasta 1986
Akalmand 1984
Cast: Jeetendra, Sridevi, Ashok Kumar, Sarika, Aruna Irani, Kader Khan, Shakti Kapoor, Raza Murad, Birbal
Cast: Shahrukh Khan, Sridevi, Danny, Harish, Mohnish Behl, Sudesh Berry, Ronit Roy, Ravi Kishan, Asif Sheikh, Tinu Anand, Kiran Kumar
Aulad 1987
Cast: Jeetendra, Sridevi, Jaya Prada, Vinod Mehra, Kader Khan, Asrani, Baby Guddu
Balidaan 1985
Cast: Jeetendra, Sridevi, Kader Khan, Shakti Kapoor, Shammi Kapoor, Vijay Arora, Asrani
Banjaran 1991
Cast: Rishi Kapoor, Sridevi, Pran, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Gulshan Grover, Raza Murad, Rakesh Bedi
Bewafaa 2005
Cast: Anil Kapoor, Kareena Kapoor, Akshay Kumar, Manoj Bajpai, Shamita Shetty, Sushmita Sen
Chaalu Pe Chaalu 1989
Cast: Sridevi, Krishna, Jaya Malini

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Project Laysan Duck
Examining the genetic purity of the Laysan Duck, Anas laysanensis
Teetering on the Brink
Our Study
Laysan Island is one of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, and is just over a thousand acres of low lying atoll created by coral growth and geologic uplift. Our hunger for guano as fertiliser led to exploitation of the island at the end of the 1800s. Rabbits, hare and guinea pigs were imported to feed the workers and it was not long before the ecosystem was overgrazed and starting to blow away. Some endemic plant and bird species were lost, but the small brown Laysan Duck just hung in there. By 1911 there were an estimated 6-12 ducks left and only seven were counted in 1912. Twenty were recorded in 1923 and the rabbits died out the following year. There is a popular story that in 1930, the Laysan Duck became the most endangered species in the world when it was reported that its population had diminished to just one pair. When the drake disappeared in a storm, all that remained was a gravid female. This widowed bird laid a clutch of eggs, but the nest was then predated by a Bristle-thighed Curlew, Numenius tahitiensis (this shorebird is known to use rocks as tools to crack eggshells). The lone duck re-laid and hatched her second clutch. There may be no truth in this story but it's a good one! It is certainly documented that by 1950, the population had risen to 33 birds and since then has fluctuated between 100 and 600 birds.
Such a precarious existence led the US Government to plan establishing a wild population on an island less prone to a single disaster such as disease, predation, hurricane or tsunami. After much debate, Midway Atoll, National Wildlife Refuge (NWR), 2,000 km north-west of Honolulu, was selected as the place to create a new 'insurance' population. Midway was chosen because it lies within the prehistoric range of the species, has predator-free status, and because it is home to a team of biologists who would be able to manage habitat and study and monitor the survival of any re-introduced ducks. USGS and USFWS staff spent almost two years restoring wetland habitat on Midway, prior to 20 ducks being successfully translocated from Laysan Island to Midway's Sand Island in October 2004. Another 22 were taken the following year to Sand and Eastern Islands. For the first time in hundreds of years Laysan Duck are now found on three islands, and are flying between Midway's two islands.
Thanks to the success of this conservation action, the Laysan Duck, once possibly the rarest bird on Earth, has now gained a more secure future. Can you help us by making a donation to help fund the analyses? http://www.gofundme.com/project-laysan-duck
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As usual Mr. Divine is intellectually lazy, or just unable to pay due credit, to those political contemporaries, that has provided him with an opening rhetorical frame for his latest polemic.
It's been quite a while now that the phrase "cold civil war" has been bandied about. And it's useful, so far as it goes. Polarization has now become tribalism, and tribe is now so powerful a force it is beginning to eclipse national loyalty. The two nations, to borrow Benjamin Disraeli's description of 19th-century Britain, stand facing each other, without blinking, faces flush, equally matched, on trigger alert for offense or another set battle. What we don't quite know is if this tenuous, balanced equilibrium is sustainable indefinitely, the system careening from one party's bitterly contested rule to gridlock and back again, until our tribal tensions are somehow exhausted. Or whether the cold civil war could at some point get a little warmer, or even, shall we say, hot.
What we don't know, in other words, is when the legitimacy of the entire political system could come into doubt, across the ideological spectrum, in a way that might sanction undemocratic responses. By legitimacy, I don't mean having deep differences in policy with a president or his party; I don't mean contempt for, or even mere opposition, to the powers that be; I mean denial of the core validity of the key institutions and players in our system. It's one thing, after all, to disagree profoundly with an administration's policies; and another thing entirely to believe an administration, or a congressional majority, or a Supreme Court majority, is fundamentally unjust, and its decisions therefore nonbinding.
Never fear with the bit between his teeth, Mr. Divine is at full gallop, or should I say rather at full hysterical screech. My patience with Divine's self-serving political free associations, is, to say the least, minimal. He does not know the meaning,nor the practice of brevity. Its a cast of political characters worthy of Spelling's television merde of the Reagan Years. Following in that perennial staple of television melodrama, political doom waits just off camera.
Who's Rooting for Theresa May?
I don't know how else to describe Theresa May's grueling slog toward the least worst Brexit possible. It was yet another tenderizing day for her yesterday as the Commons beat her up again and again and again on her proposed deal with the E.U., as yet more ministers resigned (including her second Brexit secretary!) and as a handful of ferocious Europhobes — led by Jacob Rees-Mogg, a parody of an upper-class twit — launched a formal bid to oust her from the leadership of the Tory Party. Good times.
The awkward prime minister is still standing upright, though maybe not for much longer. In this respect, I'm surprised more feminists haven't come to May's defense. May's bourgeois Toryism, like Margaret Thatcher's, doubtless disqualifies her from any respect from the left. But her tenacity in the midst of male obloquy is emblematic of many themes American feminists focus on.
May, after all, is taking responsibility while her male colleagues posture and preen and complain or resign; she gets almost no credit for negotiating one of the more complex international deals in British history for two demoralizing years; she works harder than anyone else in her government; and the deal she has struck is almost certainly the only one the E.U. will ever accept. A woman, in other words, got the toughest job in government in decades, did the best that could be done, has been pilloried for it, but still plowed on, and even now, won't surrender. Her pragmatism and resilience — along with remarkably good cheer in public — are a wonder to behold. I guess May's feminism, like Thatcher's, requires no labeling.
This very notion of Thatcher's and May's 'Feminism' is on its face laughable! Mr. Divine is still that Thatcherite Hack to his core, in his expression of a duel apologetic for both these frauds!


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Bernard Njoka Mutani was the sixth Member of Parliament for Nithi Constituency in Kenya.

Mutani was elected Nithi parliamentary seats twice, in 1992 and 1997. In 1999, his victory was nullified by the court. Having been barred from participating in the bi-election, Mutani retired from national politics. Mutani died on 24 June 2011.

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About a month ago, I wrote a post about how the Bay Area seed ecosystem is generating deal flow levels that are nearly impossible to keep up with. In the post, titled "Seed Deal Flow Tsunami And The Quick Kill," I attempted to explain how, in the face of the deal flow firehose, I get to a quick "no" which I hope is helpful for both sides.
Now, I want to write about a slightly touchier topic: What actually gets my attention?
-Evidence of resourcefulness in the founders. There's a lot of money out there. I'm trying to make a quick mental calculation about how much the team has done already with the money they've raised to date (even if it's just their own time and money), bound by time.
If a deal comes across my desk that has even just one of those things, I do pay attention. One or more, and I start to pay more attention. If I look back on the investment decisions I've made, most of these ingredients are presented to me before I even had met those specific founders. Perhaps you can say I'm looking for signals in the deal flow that matter to me specifically, that are hard to fake. People are smart and certain signals can be manufactured — it could be massaging metrics, or placing big logos around a person or business. I do not proclaim to make correct decisions all the time nor to catch every great thing. I will miss things.
I know some will read this and bark it's unfair, but in a noisy world, I need signals to guide the way. These are the signals that matter to me. This is the process that has worked for me to date, and it leads to me working with a type of founder I want to partner with. That is the ultimate goal and what I'm saving my limited attention for.


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It's 3:00pm. I'm sore from sitting and staring at the computer. I've made some progress today, and I think it's time for some time outside. I search "Hikes Near Bozeman" I've explored Hyalite Canyon pretty good. At least as much as I'd like with only day hikes. Hyalite is breathtaking, but there are some more mountains nearby that I'd like to explore.
Sacajawea Peak has a 5 star rating, but the picture of the mountain goats is what really ices the cake for me. I haven't seen many animals lately, and it would be cool to see some mountain goats.
It's one of those hikes that just get better and better. I find myself stopping over and over to take photos. I force myself to put my camera away so I can make it to the top before daylight ends. It's only 1.7 miles or so but I'm lingering a lot more than normal.
The ridge running south of the peak is like a giant spine. Rugged and explosive. I keep saying, "Dang!" mouth open and eyes wide. It's better than I could have ever expected. I would do this hike again and again.
I climb the switch backs to the top and find a single solitary goat waiting for me. I've never been around goats. I imagine him getting ready to charge and butting me down the mountain just like the cartoons. "Hello…" I say and walk around behind him snapping as many photos as I can.
The trick is to get the spine in the background. I keep releasing the shutter hoping I'll frame one well. I'm prone to over think, so I rely on luck and quantity.
He meanders down from the summit to a small grassy slope just below. It's cold and all of a sudden the clouds start swallowing the mountains. I am being wrapped in their cold misty blanket and have never seen anything so marvelous. The clouds crawl up the valleys and wrap the mountains and I'm sitting at the closing of the wrap.
I try to capture the splendor but I have no idea how to tell their story. After many attempts I notice 3 white ghosts walking up the mountain. I never expected this. Maybe that's what makes this trip so special. The not expecting. Not knowing what or who you'll see or meet, and then being awed when something special happens.
I'm still sitting. Snapping as many photos as I can. The goats walk around, nurse, play, and don't care that I'm here. It's nice, and since this is my first time being around them, it's special.
Unbelievable! I wish I could get a chance to do that. Maybe someday. We are not too far from ya. Layton, UT I have done a few hikes hear and yes amazing view compared to SC and NC. Enjoy and take time to smell the roses😊 by the way Great job!


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Letters to the editor: Commercial air service in Salem, homeless near Wallace Marine park
Commercial air service? Seriously?
Those folks supporting local commercial air service in Salem must have stopped off at a local head shop and taken a long toke on some mighty potent weed.
Local air service may be an asset to folks residing here who want to avoid a trip to the Portland or Eugene airports. But as far as luring tourists to an economic nirvana of "culinary adventures," "natural treasures" or "unique cultural experiences," I think folks would be wiser to visit Portland or Bend rather than Salem.
Downtown Salem is more of a run-down strip mall than a magnet for tourism. Before I am ready to believe the rosy scenario of increased visitor spending, lodging taxes and newly created jobs, air service proponents should show us some numbers.
Left unexplained is how many "puddle jumper" aircraft would be needed to make any meaningful impact on the travel/tourism industry. I would hazard a guess that there isn't a fleet of "puddle jumpers" large enough to make a meaningful economic impact.
My suggestion is that commercial air service proponents, if they are serious and realistic, should tout Salem as being the gateway to the Woodburn Mall. That would be more honest.
Stuart Hirsh
Take note, property owners
Wednesday's paper ("Homeless block bulldozer in West Salem park protest," May 8, page 1A) provided an important message to property owners: report trespassers to police immediately and continuously until they are removed. Otherwise, their illegal presence can be interpreted as establishing residency, which then requires a costly and time-consuming eviction process.
Robert McCorkle
We can do better than bulldozers
I was deeply disturbed to see bulldozers turned upon human beings in West Salem. Showing up with a D7 dozer weighing 50,000 pounds was a terrifying choice made by the quarry owners.
What if a person was asleep in the grass? Were there plans to check each individual tent? A machine of that size would crush a human and keep on rolling.
The situation is volatile. I agree. There are atrocities. I agree. The atrocities, however, are on both sides. The minute a corporation made the decision to turn a dozer on a population, the monster was no longer in that population. The monster was in the mirror.
We can do better, Salem. These are tough conversations, but we need to get in there and rumble with them. First and foremost, we need to remember that the "homeless" person we so hastily label is a fellow citizen, son, daughter, sister, brother, mother, father, friend. Any actions without this framework only result in dehumanizing the person before us.
I recommend the quarry owners check out the work of Ryan Dowd, a homeless advocate from Illinois. The recently released movie "The Public" might also be a starting point. I also recommend they consider training and legal guidance before they commit further follies bordering on atrocities.
Ashley Folgate
Oregon leadership needs to do better
The Governor and Oregon "leadership" need to stop targeting public employees.
News flash, Oregon picks up the cost of state employee retirement based upon a decades-old agreement where Oregon, unable to pay COLAs to staff, agreed to pick up the cost of retirement contributions.
I am happy to pay for my retirement savings, but I want a 12-percent COLA from the state. Its a contract and not open for discussion. In addition, the PERS unfunded mandate is not as large as "leadership" would have you think. Only Tier 1 can have an unfunded impact since it has a promised eight-percent return. The other tiers/plans are based upon the market. Anyone hired after 2000 does not have an unfunded promise of a return.
Finally, if Oregon government leaders actually did a good job and had staff meeting state and federal mandates while using sound business practice, Oregon would be saving money instead of bleeding itself dry. Failure to hold contractors accountable, purchasing expensive resources including vehicles and computers when lesser models will serve — the list goes on.
And now the Governor wants to show "appreciation" to state employees. Oh please, do a job, non-partisan job of managing Oregon's affairs and stop the social engineering.
Jim Houseworth
Anti-science agenda not needed
Our students deserve better than Oregon Right to Life's fear-based, anti-science agenda ("Abortion activists donate to school board race," April 27, page 1A).
Abstinence-only education puts lives at risk. It's not effective in delaying sex or preventing sexual risk behaviors, and a large body of scientific evidence backs this up. These programs withhold important information and may provide medically inaccurate and stigmatizing information.
I am proud to say that Oregon is at a historic low of pregnancy among teens because of expanded access to birth control and sex education, and more young people are delaying sexual activity and using birth control when they do have sex. We must continue to build on that progress and inform our students.
As a recent Oregon high school student, I am appalled by right-wing politicians who are trying to impose their ideology on everyone — especially our young people, who need scientifically-accurate information to make the best decision for themselves.
In the race for Zone 4 on the Salem-Keizer School Board, only David Salinas has received the endorsement of Planned Parenthood PAC of Oregon for supporting increased access to healthcare services and the sex education that Oregon law requires and that our students deserve.
Malea Kirkland
HB 2020 is a cap and trade scam
A 40-year-old tree can sequester one ton of carbon dioxide. Managed forests accumulate more carbon per acre than unmanaged forests.
Our politicians let our forests burn and now want to shove the cap and trade scam on us (House Bill 2020). The emergency clause is attached to keep the voters from gathering signatures to repeal this gas and heating tax. It's just like the architect of Obamacare, Jonathan Gruber, said: "the lack of transparency is a huge political advantage" and that "the stupidity of the American voter... was really, really critical for the thing to pass." It's time for voters to wake up.
Going into Solar Cycle 25, scientists are worried about the lack of sunspots, which could cause another mini ice-age, like the one from 1645 to 1715, where sunspots became rare. How ironic — we'd have to pump CO2 into the atmosphere so we can grow food.
The largest group of people leaving Oregon are the seniors, moving to Idaho because they can't afford the high taxes. Tell your representative we don't want their California Carbon tax, a 16-cents-a-gallon gas and 15-percent heating tax.
"Make yourself a sheep and the wolves will eat you." —Ben Franklin
Dale Burlison
Don't give up our medical freedom
If we pass a law mandating vaccines for children, what's to prevent a law mandating vaccines for adults using the same logic as is being considered now.
We're talking about Americans and their children being forced to allow harmful foreign substances such as aluminum or mercury (mercury is still in shots for adults) and live or dead viruses and bacteria to be injected into their body without consent — without regard to the safety of the vaccine in a particular body.
Remember that the vaccine makers are immune from lawsuits. Is preventing some cases of measles worth everyone giving up their right to medical consent? Is it worth the risk to those who may have serious, adverse effects from a vaccine? Especially since there is no measles pandemic. Look at the low number of cases compared to the millions of people.
If we give up our medical freedom so easily, I see dark days ahead.
Joanne Alexander
Dr. Chandragiri for school board
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16-05 Segment 1: Super Bowl 50: A look back
Synopsis: Super Sunday is coming up, and football fans are planning their viewing parties. The first game between the Packers and the Chiefs was barely attended, but interest grew through the decades and now it's the biggest American sporting event of the year. We take a look back at the game and some of its stars, coaches and dynasties.
Host: Gary Price. Guests: Kostya Kennedy, editor of the Sports Illustrated book, Super Bowl Gold: 50 Years of the Big Game.
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Gary Price: It has almost become an American holiday, with the anticipation, the planning and the hoopla of Christmas, Thanksgiving and the Fourth of July rolled into one. It's the Super Bowl and this year marks the anniversary of that first game back in 1967. We thought we'd take a look back with Kostya Kennedy, editor of Sports Illustrated's new book, Super Bowl Gold: 50 years of the Big Game, a coffee-table book chock full of photographs of the action and the stars, along with stats and interviews with the winners – and the losers – of all the championships. Kennedy says that today's game is an event – a far cry from the first Super Bowl between the legendary Green Bay Packers of the National Football League and the Kansas City Chiefs of the upstart American Football league….
Kostya Kennedy: So Super Bowl One wasn't actually even called the Super Bowl; it was called the "Championship Game between the AFL and the NFL." And it was seen as a way to just get an extra game on the schedule. Nobody thought that the AFL at that time, the American Football League, could compete really with the National Football League. The National Football League was seen as much more superior, and it certainly was. The first Super Bowl, which was played in Los Angeles, was barely half full and the TV rating, there were two stations that showed it; there was not a lot of interest. There was some interest but not a lot. And the Packers of the NFL won easily. They won easily in the second Super Bowl as well, and then it was in the third game when the Jets from the AFL beat the Colts from the NFL in an absolute surprise. Nobody thought the Jets could beat the Colts and that sort of changed things and made this a legitimate game.
Price: The name, "Super Bowl" was a suggestion from Lamar Hunt, the owner of the Chiefs…
Kennedy: And he said it as sort of just a joke or just a riff on the fact that there were games like the Rose Bowl and the Orange Bowl and such and such in college football. And somehow the name stuck without a big proclamation or anything. It just started to be referred to and then officially called the Super Bowl.
Price: That Super Bowl Three that he mentioned, and its star "Broadway Joe Namath," showed the football world that his Big Apple mouth and persona were backed up by solid talent…
Kennedy: His famous guarantee that they would win the game beforehand, he had a real big arm so he could make important throws. And he had complete confidence and that absolutely rubbed off. He went out and really had a plan and really delivered things. And he sort of made the Jets winners by what he decided to do and the way he did it. Joe rubbed a lot of people the wrong way, but people on his team and the players on his team, it's not question they fed off him and responded to him in a big way, and as did the city, as did the football world at large.
Price: Once the game took hold, Kennedy says there began to be dynasties that ruled football and appeared at Super Bowls year after year. Among those were the Cowboys and the Steelers…
Kennedy: When we move into the heart of the 70s and you have the Cowboys and the Steelers together, and they were sort of twin combatants. In some ways the Steelers were the real dynasty because they won four Super Bowls in that decade. But the Cowboys were right there and there were a lot of great personalities. So there was Roger Staubach, and Drew Pearson, Tony Dorsett on those Cowboys teams. And then you had the Steelers with Terry Bradshaw and Lynn Swann, and "Mean" Joe Greene, and Jack Lambert, all these big names of people who had a lot of appeal to viewers and had personality on the field as well as being extremely, extremely good. I often think the Steelers' and Cowboys' twin reign there in the 70s has a big part in making the Super Bowl what it became and what it is. Certainly as a game on the field, it became clear that this was a real game that you had to watch and that it was a special game.
Price: Kennedy says that the players on the field did more than just execute plays and win games. They also changed the personality of the game in a way that appealed to a much broader audience than the diehard football fan…
Kennedy: You can relate to Joe Namath on the field and what he does. But what he did by being a personality – wearing his fur coat and swaggering around – that drew in the casual fan. And I think that that's what somebody like Bradshaw did as well, and some of the other players did too. And it extended the game beyond just the male audience to a female audience and to the more casual fan because these were now stories and personalities you're rooting for. Not just somebody executing on the football field.
Price: In the 1980s, the San Francisco 49-ers, Denver Broncos, and the Washington Redskins made multiple Super Bowl appearances in the Big Game. But on January 26, 1986, a team with few stars and not much glamor showed up in New Orleans to take it all…The Chicago Bears…
Kennedy: In some way that Bears team in 1985, of all the teams we talk about, in some ways they were the most compelling and drew people in more than anyone else. They did it with a great defense, a truly historic defense. You know they won the Super Bowl 44-3 over the Patriots. The Patriots actually led 3-0. And they came in with a really powerful plan of attack under their defensive coordinator, Buddy Ryan. They had a lot of swagger. Mike Ditka was the coach and he and Buddy Ryan both had a lot of arrogance.
Price: In addition to winning the game, and the hearts of many football fans with their Super Bowl Shuffle video, Kennedy says that the Bears started a new betting trend when they moved defensive lineman William "Refrigerator" Perry into the backfield…
Kennedy: Mike Ditka began to use him as a running back and that was the first year we really saw a "specialty bet" in the Super Bowl where the odds-makers put out who's going to bet on whether this guy, Refrigerator Perry, will score a touchdown. And people took that bet.
Price: As Kennedy said, there have been dynasties in football over the years, and it's no accident. He says that even though any team can win on any given Sunday, those that consistently appear in the Big Game have something in common…
Kennedy: Usually there are two constants, which is the coach and the quarterback. And you look at Chuck Noll and Terry Bradshaw for Pittsburg, and Tom Landry and Roger Staubach for the Cowboys; and then you move into the 'Niners and it was Bill Walsh is the coach and Joe Montana, of course, perhaps the greatest Super Bowl quarterback of all time. Now Steve Young did come on as the quarterback to win the last Super Bowl in that 49ers dynasty, but it was still with something that Montana built and certainly something that Bill Walsh created, although George Seifert then came and was the coach. And the most recent dynasty, or what one might call that, is, of course, the Patriots. And that has been the connection of Tom Brady and Belichick which, despite a lot of player turnover and this is true of the other dynasties too, has managed to get back time and time again over a long period of time. Those appear to be the things you need.
Price: These days, the Super Bowl wouldn't be complete without a glitzy half-time show. In the beginning, half-time looked more like a college game with marching bands and baton twirlers rather than the big-name musical acts we're used to now. Kennedy says that the change came in 1992…
Kennedy: When they got Michael Jackson to agree to perform. Before that it was absurd to think that somebody of that stature, with that kind of following would play in the Super Bowl. But Jackson recognized that this was a game going to be seen all over the world and people in countries that he would never get to and would never get to perform in would be able to now see him live. So he agreed to do it, and whether one was a big Michael Jackson fan or not, he was terrific. He really worked extremely hard. There are stories of him practicing late into the night before. He made it everything and he put his best people around it. It became this high, high-quality concert that you were getting in the middle of a football game. It was, quite simply, revolutionary.
Price: In addition to photos and interviews in the book, Kennedy says that they ranked the Super Bowl games from best to worst. You might not agree with their findings, but he says it was all done as objectively as possible…
Kennedy: We came up with a formula where we ranked each Super Bowl and assigned point values depending on how many lead changes there were, how close the 4th quarter was, whether the underdog pulled it off – the kind of things an objective fan would cotton to and like in a game. And by doing that we did rank every Super Bowl from number one to the very worst, number 49, and the best turned out to be the Giants beating the Patriots in Super Bowl XLII. It was a 17-14 game, tied all the way through. There was a great catch by David Tyree against his helmet, and that was the year where the Patriots were trying to finish an undefeated season, they had been unbeaten, so there was a lot of historical significance. All of that conspired, we put this in our formula, we list out exactly how we did it, to make it the best Super Bowl of all time. The Giants, incidentally, were also in what finished 49th in our list in the Super Bowl XXXV, which they lost to the Ravens 34-7. Just kind of a dud of a game without a lot of memorable plays or very much personality aside from Ray Lewis.
Price: The game has gotten bigger and better over the past 50 years, and it's broadened its audience to include children, women and even non-football fans who just want to see the commercials. It's also become more expensive to attend the game – by a lot! The face value of a Super Bowl One ticket was 10-dollars. Today it's in the thousands – if you're lucky to get one at all. You can relive all of the excitement of Super Bowls past in Sports Illustrated's new book, Super Bowl Gold: 50 years of the Big Game, edited by Kostya Kennedy and available now in stores and online. To find out more about our guest, you can log onto his site at KostyaKennedy.com. You can also visit our site at Viewpointsonline.net. You can find archives of past programs there and on iTunes and Stitcher. I'm Gary Price.
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Sauvignon blanc is one of the world's most popular wines. You'll find it in restaurants, bars and wine stores all over North America, Europe, Asia and Australia. It's so light and crisp that it goes with plenty of popular dishes, including decadent pastas, tangy cheeses and briny seafood. Heck, you could even serve it with a BLT, and it would taste great. Get the 4-1-1 on all things sauvignon blanc related, so you can serve your white wine without fear of judgment.
Before we get too caught up in the complexities of this wine, let's talk basics. Sauvignon blanc is one of the most popular wines in the U.S., thanks to its affordable price point and widespread availability. You could just as easily order a glass (or a bottle) at French Laundry in Sonoma as you would a TGI Fridays in Milwaukee. That doesn't mean that all sauvignon blancs are created equally, though!
Originally, this refreshing white wine hailed from France's Bordeaux region and the Loire Valley. But thanks to similar growing conditions in California, many of the best sauvignon blancs are now produced in Sonoma and Napa Valleys. You can also find sauvignon blancs from New Zealand and Australia, too.
Most sauvignon blancs are on the drier side, but you can now find some with a touch of sweetness, too. Most of these wines have a medium to medium-high acidity and taste best chilled. Some SBs are oaked, and you can taste the oak right in the wine. Other flavors you can expect to taste in these wines include lime, green apple, white peach, grass, green bell pepper, vanilla, nutmeg and cream.
You can even find sparkling sauvignon blanc now, which makes sense. This dry, refreshing wine can only be made better with a little effervescence.
When it comes to choosing dry white wines, just opt for the ones you like. How do you know what you like? You're gonna need to try a few wines at a few different price points — and (preferably) from a few different regions.
Head to a vineyard or a tasting room to try several different vintages. Most experts at these spots can even dish on some details of the wine — like where it was grown, the year and growing conditions. You can even find out how the wine was aged. Make note of the wines you love. That way, you can ask for these identifiers the next time you want to try a new sauvignon blanc.
When it comes to storage, colder is better for sauvignon blanc (just make sure it's not so cold that it freezes!). Pop that bad boy in the fridge the moment you get home from the store. When you're ready to drink it, your sauvignon blanc will be properly chilled and ready for you to drink.
Let's be honest: if you're like us, you'll be ready to drink that bottle the moment its temperature hits 13 C.
This dry white wine tastes best with delicate meats and decadent foods. It's the perfect wine for a spring garden party or a backyard barbecue in the summer. Try serving it with a fresh green salad, your favorite tangy cheeses — or even freshly shucked oysters.
If you're planning on serving a creamy pasta or beer and cheddar soup, you can always cut through the creaminess by drinking a little of this acidic wine. The best part about serving sauvignon blanc at a party is that it goes with foods that are mainstays in pretty much every course. Serve it with a light salad or oysters for appetizers. Pour a glass to serve with the fish course or heavy dishes. For dessert, serve it with a cheese plate and fruit. If you really want to make your party all about SB, you can always serve a sparkling one with your dessert course. Serving Sauvignon Blanc When serving your wine, make sure to keep it cold between pours. The easiest way to mar the taste of your wine is to allow it to warm up to room temperature. And whatever you do, enjoy a little taste of your wine before your guests arrive. You want to ensure it tastes as good as you'd hoped — and that nothing happened to it during storage. Nothing makes a dinner party go south like a rotten cork or improperly stored vino.


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Harrietta Reynolds sang "Jesus Loves Me This I Know" with her granddaughters when little Carlie Bauer was just three years old — but she had a big voice.
"That's when I really took an interest in my Grandma's music. When I was five, my grandparents bought me a little kid guitar and then when I was nine they gave me a big girl guitar," Bauer said.
Seeing her grandchildren develop a passion for the arts was music to Reynolds' ears and her heart. Adding to that joy has been seeing Carlie join the Epworth Village Partners program — a 100 percent volunteer program designed by Reynolds to support Epworth Village, a United Methodist mission serving children and families based out of York, Neb. The purpose of Epworth Partners is to make sure every single United Methodist in Nebraska and other supporters know the story of the national mission project of the United Methodist Women and church that began in 1889.
Recently, Bauer spoke about Epworth at Fairview and Archer Zion United Methodist Church. While her words were powerful, what moved those present the most was her beautiful voice accompanied by her guitar. Much like her Grandma, Bauer was teaching through song.
"It all began when Grandma approached me in the fall of 2015 when she invited me to a training session for Epworth Interpreters. I am a busy college student, but felt very much called by God after talking with her. She is just so passionate about Epworth and her passion is catching. I went to a training in Lincoln and since have spoken at a couple of churches," Bauer explained.
Reynolds did not allow her disappointment to disrupt her faith and passion. She has a long history of not giving up and was, in fact, commissioned a United Methodist missionary by the General Board of Global Ministries of the United Methodist Church in 1977. Reynolds and her husband Cliff, a United Methodist clergy, have devoted their entire adult lives to the church.
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Q: Akka actor not loading custom mailbox configuration properly I'm trying to define a custom mailbox with guaranteed uniqueness of messages, as well as priority, for an actor in Play 2.5.
I get this exception:
CreationException: Unable to create injector, see the following errors:

1) Error in custom provider, akka.ConfigurationException: Type [jobs.SteamInfoUpdater.MyPrioQueueSematics] specified as akka.actor.mailbox.requirement [unique-prio-mailbox] in config can't be loaded due to [jobs.SteamInfoUpdater.MyPrioQueueSematics]
  while locating play.api.libs.concurrent.ActorSystemProvider
  while locating akka.actor.ActorSystem
    for field at play.api.libs.concurrent.ActorRefProvider.actorSystem(Akka.scala:205)
  while locating play.api.libs.concurrent.ActorRefProvider
  at com.google.inject.util.Providers$GuicifiedProviderWithDependencies.initialize(Providers.java:149)
  at play.api.libs.concurrent.AkkaGuiceSupport$class.bindActor(Akka.scala:139) (via modules: com.google.inject.util.Modules$OverrideModule -> modules.ServiceModule)

I have the following in my config:
unique-prio-mailbox{
  mailbox-type = "jobs.SteamInfoUpdater.UniquePriorityMailbox"
}
akka.actor.mailbox.requirements {
  "jobs.SteamInfoUpdater.MyPrioQueueSematics" = unique-prio-mailbox
}

I think the problem has to do with the config not being able to load MyPriorityQueueSemantics, because if I change the configuration to:
akka.actor.mailbox.requirements {
      "test" = unique-prio-mailbox
    }

I get this:
Error in custom provider, akka.ConfigurationException: Type [test] specified as akka.actor.mailbox.requirement [unique-prio-mailbox] in config can't be loaded due to [test]

This is my mailbox implementation:
trait MyPrioQueueSematics

  class UniquePriorityMessageQueue extends MessageQueue
    with MyPrioQueueSematics {

    private final val queue = new UniquePriorityBlockingQueue[Envelope](500, Ordering.by(e => e.message match {
      case m: InfoUpdaterMessage => m.priority
      case _ => Int.MaxValue
    }))

    def enqueue(receiver: ActorRef, handle: Envelope): Unit =
      queue.offer(handle)

    def dequeue(): Envelope = queue.poll()

    def numberOfMessages: Int = queue.size

    def hasMessages: Boolean = !queue.isEmpty

    def cleanUp(owner: ActorRef, deadLetters: MessageQueue) {
      while (hasMessages) {
        deadLetters.enqueue(owner, dequeue())
      }
    }
  }

class UniquePriorityBlockingQueue[T](initialCapacity: Int, ordering: Ordering[T]) extends ForwardingQueue[T] {
    override def delegate(): util.Queue[T] = new PriorityBlockingQueue[T](initialCapacity, ordering)

    override def add(element: T): Boolean = if (super.contains(element)) {
      false
    } else {
      super.add(element)
    }

    override def offer(o: T): Boolean = standardOffer(o)
  }

  class UniquePriorityMailbox extends MailboxType with ProducesMessageQueue[UniquePriorityMessageQueue] {

    def this(settings: ActorSystem.Settings, config: Config) = {
      this()
    }

    final override def create(
      owner: Option[ActorRef],
      system: Option[ActorSystem]): MessageQueue =
      new UniquePriorityMessageQueue()
  }

I've followed this guide: http://doc.akka.io/docs/akka/snapshot/scala/mailboxes.html

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Welcome to Conversations in Mohs Surgery, where Dr. Thomas Knackstedt, dermatologist and fellowship-trained Mohs surgeon, takes a closer look at articles published in the micrographic dermatologic surgery literature by speaking with the authors and researchers involved. The podcast is an extension of the College's online bibliography, a searchable, high-yield article reference library aligned with the Micrographic Surgery and Dermatologic Oncology fellowship curriculum. Have ideas for show guests or articles for the bibliography? Let us know.
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Episode 14 features Brian Gastman, MD, the Medical and Surgical Director for Cleveland Clinic Foundation's Melanoma and High Risk Skin Cancer Program. Dr. Gastman is a double boarded Plastic Surgeon and Otolaryngologist who has published more than 100 articles related to melanoma and merkle cell carcinoma. The article discussed, Malignant Melanoma: Diagnostic and Management Update was published in Plastic Reconstructive Surgery.
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Episode 13 features Drs. Jerry D. Brewer, MD, MS, FACMS Professor of Dermatology and Mohs Surgeon at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN and Nathaniel J. Jellinek, MD, FACMS, Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Dermatology at Brown University, Adjunct Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Dermatology at the University of Massachusetts and member of Dermatology Proffesionals staff. Drs. Brewer and Jellinek discuss the ACMS Foundation, Foundation grant opportunities and the impact of leadership and mentorship within the College.
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GWS coach Leon Cameron has admitted to mixed emotions after the Giants' stunning four-point AFL win over Geelong which has come at the expense of co-captain Callan Ward, who will likely miss the rest of the season.
Ward went off with a suspected anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury just five minutes into Saturday afternoon's clash at GMHBA Stadium. But the gallant Giants dug deep to inflict the Cats' first defeat of the season - 11.13 (79) to 11.9 (75) - in front of 28,780 fans.
The Cats kept coming but the Giants' defence, led superbly by co-captain Phil Davis, held firm. It was a breathtaking finale to a game that started on a flat note with Ward's injury.
"In part, it's a bittersweet win because of the Ward stuff, but I'm really proud that the guys galvanised together ... it's right up there - I'm not going to deny it. "It's a fantastic home-and-away win."
"I thought we, uncharacteristically this year, gave them some really easy goals in that third quarter and they got a bit of momentum. "The bottom line is that we were outplayed for three quarters."


What is open government anyway? One of the challenges to making open government real is that the term itself could be a Rorschach test: People see what they want to see. So what does it mean to be open and transparent? Harlan Yu is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Computer Science at the Center for Information Technology Policy at Princeton University. He has co-author of research: "The New Ambiguity of 'Open Government." He told me why everyone has a VERY different interpretation of what open government is.
Sometimes its easy to get swept up in a great idea. But what a person's NOT saying could be just as important as what they are. That's what Michael Schrage,l a research fellow at MIT Sloan School's Center for Digital Business, is writing about in the Harvard Business Review. Michael told me why its important to pay attention to the things that DIDN'T happen.
Freeze or no freeze. No pay freeze, at least for now. The Senate has rejected an amendment that would have extended the federal pay freeze to January 2014. Senators voted down the amendment by Kansas Senator Pat Roberts. The Washington Post says the vote came during debate on the federal highway funding measure. The White House has said it will oppose any effort to extend the pay freeze for another year to pay for federal programs or to pay down the federal deficit.
The Senate has given final approval to a two-year, $109 billion blueprint for transportation. The bill gives states greater spending flexibility, sets standards for mass transit and buys time to find a solution for a funding system teetering on the verge of bankruptcy. The Washington Post says the bipartisan bill was approved just 17 days before current transportation funding and authority to collect the federal gas tax that support it ran out. The House has yet to approve a similar bill.
Back in 2010 the Office of Management and Budget decided to halt 30 financial management projects to look for best practices. But a Government Accountability Office audit found the pauses failed to improve their schedule or budget performance. Federal Computer Week says thirteen agencies said the reviews led to no change in long term costs. And sixteen agencies said no improvement in schedule occurred. In a few cases, project costs actually went up.
YOU try putting monitary policy in 140 characters. The Federal Reserve is trying a new approach to citizen engagement — they're tweeting. Bloomberg news says the Federal Reserve is posting its press releases, speeches, testimony and reports to Congress — even its weekly balance sheet. It's all part of the Fed's effort to have more real time and personal conversations with the public.
SAIC — Science Applications International Corporation, will pay $500 million in restitution as a result of a scandal ridden contract. SAIC was the main contractor for New York's CityTime automated payroll project.The New York Times says CityTime was contracted to streamline employee timekeeping and crack down on public workers who tried to pad their paychecks with undeserved overtime. It instead became a major embarrassment for the Bloomberg administration, as lengthy delays and giant cost overruns led to a federal investigation.
Last summer's 5.8 magnitude earthquake may have titled the ground surrounding the Washington Monument. WTOP says, surveyors are taking measurements from several long-established points in the ground. The monument sits about 15 to 20 feet above sea level and has sunk 2 inches since it was completed in 1884. The earthquake caused several large cracks in the monument…the repairs are expected to cost 15 million dollars.
And, over onGovLoop were talking about Congress' proposed gradual retirement bill. The measure would reduce work schedules as employee approaches retirement. The employees would receive their income from a combination of salary and retirement benefits. This new authority would be subject to a requirement that part of the individuals time would have to be spent mentoring other employees. What do you think? Head over and chime in.


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Games In Your Pocket
After a couple days of heavy stuff, I thought I'd lighten things up with a few mini-reviews of some of the best mobile games I've played lately. Here's my take on three games available on both iOS devices and Androids.
Ghost Trick
I know that there are a lot of Capcom games out there that may give the impression that they don't know how to tell stories. Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective is not one of them. Developed for the DS as well as smart phones and tablets, and under the direction of Shu Takumi of the Ace Attorney games, Ghost Trick introduces us to Sissel, a detective who finds himself the victim of a murder. Death is not the end, as Sissel and we discover, but before he can uncover the nature of his untimely demise, he witnesses another murder and finds he has the power to avert it. He teams up with the woman he rescues to get to the bottom of the situation, and maybe get his memories back as well.
The dichotomy of the worlds of the living and the dead yields unique puzzle mechanics. In the living world, times moves at its normal pace, but Sissel can manipulate objects. In the ghost world, Sissel can move himself but not other things, while time stands still. You can also rewind time back to a checkpoint, or 4 minutes before the impending murder if you mess something up. This intuitive system combined with an interesting story, fluid animations, and quirky characters makes Ghost Trick a rather immersive experience for a mobile device, and while only the first episode is free, I highly recommend checking it out.
Assassin's Creed: Recollection
This game is, in a nutshell, a real-time Magic the Gathering game in the Assassin's Creed universe. I admit, I have not played a great deal of it. While I do like Magic, and dig the Assassin's Creed games, putting them together along with a constantly ticking clock and the unfortunate over-arching presence of a freemium model and U-Play feels like a hodgepodge meant to grab cash.
It's not a bad game, despite its trappings. The territory is divided into three between you and your opponent, and you deploy allies and resources to defend and build up your side and increase your income. Every time day turns to night (a minute of in-game time), combat resolves, cash is collected, and new cards are drawn. I could see it working, but unlike the other games, I find myself disinclined to make the necessary investment to do well in it. Spending real-life money on digital cards has always felt off to me. It's why I don't play Magic Online.
Yet I've spent real-life money on digital skins for champions in League of Legends. I never said my mind was always entirely logical.
This little number comes to us from Halfbrick, creators of the very simple and satisfying Fruit Ninja, and holds to those tenets. The premise is the simple part: Your name is Barry Steakfries, and you steal a jetpack. The game consists of alternating between running and jet-packing down a long hallway, gradually building up speed, avoiding obstacles, and grabbing power-ups. If you've ever played one of those Flash games on the Internet that has you fling something to achieve maximum distance or one of the many "cave flyer" games out there, you'll find Jetpack Joyride similar, but far easier to grasp and a great deal more satisfying.
Featuring a rather tongue-in-cheek presentation, a kickass soundtrack, and a true free-to-play model that does not require you to spend a dime on it, Jetpack Joyride does everything a mobile game needs to do in order to be memorable, fun, and habit-forming. With shout-outs to Angry Birds and (if I'm not mistaken) VVVVVV, Halfbrick has stuffed the game with appeal, surprises, and a lightness of tone that makes it undeniable. I seriously love this game. You have no excuse not to download it.
What We Leave Behind
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A New Kind Of Wash, Dry, Fold: Art In The Laundromat
By Laura Spencer • Feb 8, 2013
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The landing with seating inside the Walnut Place Laundromat.
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Artist Sean Starowitz (at left) and laundromat owner Walle Badejo
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A lull in the afternoon at the laundromat.
Over the next six months, a quiet Midtown laundromat will be transformed into the site for a series of arts events. It's an experiment - combining different genres including film, poetry, and even culinary arts - with a focus on public-oriented artwork.
An open and friendly place
Inside the Walnut Place Laundromat, at 43rd and Walnut, a sloping entryway leads to a landing overlooking rows of washers and dryers. There's a circle of plastic chairs and a red patterned rug.
"My name is Walle Badejo," the owner says, as he introduces himself and offers a cup of coffee.
Badejo is from Nigeria and moved to Kansas City to attend school. When he's not greeting customers here, he's at his job as a clinical scientist, doing diagnostic testing. He says the laundromat is a public place, as well as a family business – and they try to make it open and friendly.
Cross-pollinating communities
"I'm a two-way street person. If you think in two ways, what benefits me will benefit you," says Badejo. "And that's the way the world's supposed to work."
That's one of the reasons he says he opened the door for artist Sean Starowitz to experiment with a new project called Byproduct: The Laundromat. Starowitz says Badejo has already created a sense of community – it's just inviting more people in.
"You tap into a specific community, and then you grab another community and then you get this beautiful cross-pollination," Starowitz says.
"Chance and risk taking" at the laundromat
Since graduating from the Interdisciplinary Arts program at the Kansas City Art Institute in 2010, Starowitz has collaborated on projects like BreadKC, a series of public dinners raising money for artists and art projects; and Speakeasy, a five-week exhibition that included concerts, readings, and workshops. He says in a laundromat, people are waiting for the wash or dry cycle to finish; he hopes to fill that time with cultural exploration.
"A lot of my work is about unexpectedness," says Starowitz. "And also chance and risk taking.
"One side of the project is setting art events in places that are raw. When it's not in this traditional art space, and setting it in a laundromat will be this sense of invitation. You can have dirty laundry and bring it here. Everybody has dirty laundry."
Starowitz has dubbed the programming at the laundromat as "Wash/Dry/Fold" – a mash-up of different genres. The first "wash" cycle for the opening weekend includes a screening of "My Porcelain Past," a 19-minute documentary about the final hours of a neighborhood restaurant. In the "dry" cycle, poets will read, as part of the locally-curated A Common Sense Reading Series.
Over the next six months, Starowitz envisions classes, conversations, and site-specific projects (while attendees do laundry) – and food, like this from Howard Hanna, chef/owner of The Rieger Hotel Grill & Exchange.
"Howard Hanna is going to try to sous vide fish in a washing machine. And maybe also use a dryer to pop popcorn," says Starowitz. "Yeah, food will be a big element."
Support for ideas as they "unfold"
The project is funded by Rocket Grants – a partnership between the Charlotte Street Foundation and the Spencer Museum of Art – focused on public-oriented artwork.
"Kansas City is a really great place to stand behind your ideas, because people will support them. It's really exciting to see," he says. "And I look forward to seeing this thing unfold."
The puns are limitless and Starowitz says he welcomes them. He's also open to more ideas for the space. A filmmaker has already approached him about creating a laundromat orchestra, based on the sounds - the humming, the beeping – of the machines.
So, stop by, don't forget to bring your dirty laundry, and to expect the unexpected.
Byproduct: The Laundromat launches Saturday. February 9, 2013, 7 pm, at Walnut Place Laundromat, 4241 Walnut Street, Kansas City, Mo. The project continues over the next six months.
The "Artists in Their Own Words" series is supported by the Missouri Arts Council, a state agency.
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BREAD KC! Kneading Needs
By Andrea Silenzi & Jabulani Leffall • Aug 29, 2012
On this Wednesday's Central Standard, how a group of Kansas City artists are putting an end to that whole starving artist thing.
Joining us is Andrew Erdrich, Sean Starowitz and Erin Olm-Shipman for BREAD KC!, a group that raises the unleavened bread of artists through microgrants from community dinners. We'll hear how the easiest grant process ever has helped launch innovative new works in our community.
Local Chefs Fund the Arts by Feeding People
By Alex Smith • May 10, 2011
A group of young Kansas City artists are trying a new way of funding the arts by feeding people.
Kansas City, Mo. – It's a tough time to be an artist. Federal and state governments are cutting back on funding, and, while the art market is improving, it's still slow. KCUR's Alex Smith has the story.
Goodbye Green Hand, Hello Snot Cat
By Andrea Silenzi & Jabulani Leffall • Aug 2, 2012
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One of the most special spots in Kansas City is getting a new look. Sprawled atop the storefront at 124 West 18th Street is a snotty, smoking feline texting on its cell.
"WE!" Shakes Up Relationship Between Audience and Performer
By Laura Spencer • Mar 30, 2011
"WE!" photo: courtesy of Jane Gotch
On the sixth floor of the Town Pavilion in downtown Kansas City, Missouri, an empty office space, once occupied by AT&T, is the site of a new installation dance performance called "WE!" The audience moves in small groups through an environment created by dancers, musicians, composers, visual artists, lighting and fashion designers.
By Laura Spencer
Rocket Grants To Help Project Lift Off
By Laura Spencer • Oct 2, 2009
Kansas City, MO – Kansas City's Charlotte Street Foundation and the Spencer Museum of Art in Lawrence are collaborating on a new program called Rocket Grants. With help from a two-year grant from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, $40,000 in direct support will be provided each year for innovative and experimental arts projects.


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Since participating to the €21m financing of Skill and You's expansion in 2016, Jolt Capital has supported its growth strategy, to the point that it now offers more than 200 trainings via its online platform, with further growth in the number of courses and students expected. By amalgamating with Educatel – a company with a 60-year track record in distance learning that is renowned for high-quality and efficacy – Skill and You will harness the best of both companies, unlocking new synergies. This acquisition will allow the enhanced Skill and You to broaden its offering to prospective students with new training courses, particularly in more specialized fields such as; mechanics, personal development, dietetics, animal psychology, etc.
Each year, Skill and You is enabling thousands of students to acquire the operational skills required to attain a fulfilling job, via a catalogue of customized training plans that are designed with the demands of employers in mind. In this growing market, Internet education is enabling everyone to pursue their potential and attain practical career specific knowledge, all without the regular constraints of geography and rigid schedules.


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Hi-Lo Guessing Game

Jun 16, 2015

In this project, students will build a procedural version of the Hi-Lo Guessing Game.

Learning Goals:

Understand program control flow and the process of writing pseudocode.

Practice fundamentals of Ruby including capturing and using user input (puts/gets), using variables (strings, integers), using conditionals (if/end), and using loops (begin/end while).

Step 1 – Writing pseudocode

Have the students create a new file called hilo.rb in their codenow directory.

Work together with the group to first write pseudocode for the Hi-Lo game. See here for key concepts you want to touch on.

As a group discuss what actions need to happen during the game and when should they take place.

Explain that the computer runs code sequentially, starting from the first line of the program and ending at the last line.

As a group, come up with the first two to three lines of pseudocode.

Ask the students to continue the discussion with their partners and complete their pseudocode

Have the students run the program to prove that the computer does not execute comments.

This is roughly what the pseudocode would look like:

 1 # Computer needs to generate a secret number
 2
 3 # Tell the user to guess a number between 1 and 10
 4
 5 # User guesses a number
 6
 7 # If the guess was higher than the secret number print "Too high!"
 8
 9 # If the guess was lower than the secret number print "Too low!"
10
11 # If the guess was equal to the secret number print "Congratulations!"

Step 2 – Adding variables

Introduce students to variables (strings and integers). See here for key concepts you want to touch on.

Go over the purpose for which we would want to store information in our game, the scenarios during which we would want to manipulate the information (if any), the place in the program where we would want to use the information stored, etc.

Ask student to add 2 variables to their game using their pseudocode as a guide:

secret_number and user_number.

Tell students to start off by setting both variables to a fixed value.

Have students run their programs to ensure that their code is in a working state.

1  # Computer needs to generate a secret number
2  secret_number =  5
3
4  # Tell the user to guess a number between 1 and 10
5
6  # User guesses a number
7  user_number = 3
8
9  # If the guess was higher than the secret number print "Too high!"
10
11  # If the guess was lower than the secret number print "Too low!"
12
13  # If the guess was equal to the secret number print "Congratulations!"

Step 3 – Conditional statements

Introduce students to conditionals ("if/end" only). See here for key concepts you want to touch on.

Ask student to add conditionals to their game using their pseudocode as a guide

Remind students of the difference between using = and using ==

Have the students run their program to confirm it works and test all three cases by trying different combinations of numbers

1     # Computer needs to generate a secret number
2     secret_number = 5
3
4     # User guesses a number
5     user_number = 3
6
7     # If the guess was higher than the secret number print "Too high!"
8     if secret_number < user_number
9       puts "Too high!"
10     end
11
12     # If the guess was lower than the secret number print "Too low!"
13     if secret_number > user_number
14       puts "Too low!"
15     end
16
17     # If the guess was equal to the secret number print "Congratulations!"
18     if secret_number == user_number
19       puts "Congratulations"
20     end

Step 4 – Getting user input

Give students a brief introduction to the data types integer and string. See here for key concepts you want to touch on.

Ask students to add player input to their game using their pseudocode as a guide

Remind students that all user input is always captured as a string, and we can use ".to_i" if we need the numerical value.

Have students run their programs to ensure that their code is in a working state.

1     # Computer needs to generate a secret number
2     secret_number  = 5
3
4     # Tell the user to guess a number between 1 and 10
5     puts "Please guess a number!"
6
7     # User guesses a number
8     user_number = gets.chomp.to_i
9
10     # If the guess was higher than the secret number print "Too high!"
11     if secret_number < user_number
12       puts "Too high!"
13     end
14
15     # If the guess was lower than the secret number print "Too low!"
16     if secret_number > user_number
17       puts "Too low!"
18     end
19
20     # If the guess was equal to the secret number print "Congratulations!"
21     if secret_number == user_number
22       puts "Congratulations"
23     end

Step 5 – Randomizing the secret number

Explain to students that we can use the rand() method to generate a random number.

Point out the need to use +1 (e.g., rand(10) + 1), and explain why.

Ask students to use rand() in their game

Have students play their game and prove that the secret number is no longer fixed. Since the secret number is random, students should have difficulty proving all three cases. Show them how they can debug their programs by printing out the secret number using puts.

1     # Computer needs to generate a secret number
2     secret_number = rand(10) + 1
3
4     # Tell the user to guess a number between 1 and 10
5     puts "Please guess a number!"
6
7     # User guesses a number
8     user_number=gets.chomp.to_i
9
10     # If the guess was higher than the secret number print "Too high!"
11     if secret_number < user_number
12       puts "Too high!"
13     end
14
15     # If the guess was lower than the secret number print "Too low!"
16     if secret_number > user_number
17       puts "Too low!"
18     end
19
20     # If the guess was equal to the secret number print "Congratulations!"
21     if secret_number == user_number
22       puts "Congratulations"
23     end

Step 6: Adding loops (Optional)

Introduce students to loops (begin/end while). See here for key concepts you want to touch on.

Decide when the game ends.

Discuss with students what the loop condition should be, i.e., under which condition should the loop execute and stop.

Ask students to think about what needs to be repeated and what needs to go inside versus outside the loop.

1     # Computer needs to generate a secret number
2     secret_number = rand(10) + 1
3
4     # Game loop
5     begin
6
7     # Tell the user to guess a number between 1 and 10
8     puts "Please guess a number!"
9
10     # User guesses a number
11     user_number = gets.chomp.to_i
12
13     # If the guess was higher than the secret number print "Too high!"
14     if secret_number < user_number
15       puts "Too high!"
16     end
17
18     # If the guess was lower than the secret number print "Too low!"
19     if secret_number > user_number
20       puts "Too low!"
21     end
22
23     end while secret_number!=user_number
24
25     # The guess was equal to the secret number so print "Congratulations!"
26     puts "Congratulations"

Add-on's

After completing the base project you may work with your students on adding additional features to the project. Work on add-on's only if the time allocated to this project has not ran out.

Suggestions for add-on's

Add difficulty levels. For example, in the easy level the player has to guess a number between 1 and 10; in the medium level, between 1 and 50; in the hard level, between 1 and 100; etc.

Add version options. For example, the player can choose to play the version where the number guessed is a multiple of 5.

Add a "quit" option, where the player is asked if he/she wants to play or quit.

Let students come up with their own ideas on how to extend their programs - see what they come up with!

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Landlord who rented out unsafe Stotfold and Arlesey homes must pay more than £8,500
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A rogue landlord who admitted renting out houses in Stotfold and Arlesey with serious safety hazards has been ordered to pay more than £8,500. - Credit: Archant
A rogue landlord who admitted renting out houses in Stotfold and Arlesey with serious safety hazards has been ordered to pay more than £8,500.
Melvyn Bruce, of Hitchin Road in Stotfold, pleaded guilty to seven offences relating to four properties – two in his home street and two in Arlesey's House Lane.
And Bedford magistrates ordered him to pay fines, costs and a victim surcharge totalling £8,558.34.
Councillor Carole Hegley, who has responsibility for housing at Central Beds Council, said afterwards: "Cases like these can be notoriously difficult to investigate and bring to court, so I am delighted at this excellent result and that the landlord has been brought to justice.
"Residents who rent privately should be able to do so with confidence that the conditions do not present a hazard to their health and safety.
"That is why we will continue to pursue landlords and managing agents who fail to rectify hazards, as well as those who fail to produce the correct legal documentation."
Bruce was taken to court following an investigation by Central Beds Council housing solutions officers, prompted by tenants' complaints.
Council officers found serious hazards in all four homes, and served Bruce with improvement notices in February 2015. Subsequent checks found that he had failed to comply within the required time.
Bruce also failed to comply with notices under section 235 of the Housing Act 2004 which require landlords to provide documents showing a home's gas and electrical installations are safe.
He pleaded guilty to seven of eight charges brought against him.
If you are worried about poor housing conditions within privately rented accommodation, email housingsolutions@centralbedfordshire.gov.uk or call 0300 300 8302.