On Monday the 18th of June we are hosting our 8th annual School's Question Time. This is an excellent opportunity for your students (15 to 18 year olds) to ask challenging questions to a panel or politicians, policy makers and other high-profile public figures.
Questions for the panel are to be submitted in advance, and should reach us (via email k.wright@surrey.ac.uk) by the deadline of Thursday the 14th of June. You can ask students to submit individual questions or submit questions as a group, but if you submit a group question or questions you will need to nominate someone to read the question to the panel. Each school will have at least one question put to the panel and we will aim for more.
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She was a Policy Advisor to the Prodi government in Italy, advising on Human Rights and equal opportunities.
Alongside having ten years experience working for Labour sister parties in the EU, Ivana Bartoletti was selected by Ed Miliband in 2011 to join Labour's Future Candidate's Programme and is active in Hackney's Labour Party.
Previously Ivana Bartoletti has worked in the NHS to implement a programme to introduce the powers of the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act into NHS Protect, the crime and corruption wing of the NHS.
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Marie Breen-Smyth has written and researched political violence including its impact on civilian populations and is one of the initiators of a critical approach to terrorism studies and a founding editor of the Taylor and Francis journal Critical Terrorism Studies. Her interests in international intervention include processes of militarization and demilitarization, transitional justice, armed conflict and children. She has also written on field research methods and ethics in violent contexts. Her regional interests include South Africa, Israel/Palestine, Northern Ireland and former Yugoslavia.
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In September 2011 David Hodge became the Leader of Surrey County Council, having previously been the Deputy Leader since June 2009.
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Today should see the start of the trial of Orhan Pamuk, a Turkish writer accused of insulting his nation. His crime? To remind his country that a million Armenians were killed by the Ottman Empire less than a century ago, a fact that few outside Turkey dispute.
Pamuk is not a Christian, but the case highlights the ongoing human rights issues in the country. It is not just writers and academics that are facing state-sponsored persecution, many Christians face persecution, and some are in jail. All this in a country that is seeking to apply for membership into the European Union.
EU membership (if it comes) would probably be a good thing for Turkish Christians. It is difficult to imagine the European Commission tolerating political or religious prisoners. It could even be a good thing for British Christians. Perhaps a religous country within the union would slow down the rampant secularism that all too apparent. Personally, I find it hard to believe that Islam is more dangerous than secularism, particularly when the church has become so much like the world in secularist countries, but much less so in Muslim ones.
It's an interesting to think that could Christians in the UK could be linking up with Muslims in Turkey to combat anti-Christian legislation in Brussels. It is, however, a long way off. And before we start joining forces, Turkish persecution of Christians must stop. If anything, that seems even further away – though we also said that about persecution in East Germany in 1988, didn't we?
Do not love the world any longer. It is dying. It is corroding and rotting. Those who love it will die, corrode, and rot with it. Love the Father. Love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, mind and strength. Love one another. Follow King Jesus and learn of His pleasures. They are eternally satisfying, full of love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, gentleness, faithfulness, and self control. They are rivers of delight. They cause abundance of happiness. And the cross provides it all.
'What is manifested here is nothing less than the world-after-the-fall, whose injustices cannot be clearly demonstrated because there are in this world no zones of unequivocal righteousness with which to contrast them. There is no such thing as a wholly just war, and my decision to endorse a given war and participate in it can be made only from the standpoint that I see, or think I see, greater wrong on the one side than the other, and that when I plunge into this confused tangle of unrighteousness I do so in the confident assurance of God's forgiveness.
Taken from Theological Ethics: Volume One – Foundations, (London: Adam & Charles Black, 1968), pp 414–5.


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The 29th Annual Wine Tasting Gala and Auction will be held from 7 to 10 p.m. in Millett Hall. The year's fundraiser is sponsored by M.I.A. Restaurant & Studio and benefits the Performing Arts Series' community outreach and education programs.
Performing Arts Series Director Patti Hannan Liberatore estimates around 250 attendees for this year's gala and expects to raise over $20,000 between the wine tasting and silent auction.
This money will allow the Performing Arts Series to support education initiatives in Talawanda schools and bring national and international touring artists to Oxford.
Liberatore said that this year's theme, "Uncorked: all in for the arts," nods to the gala's wine tasting and the gambling component that proved popular last year.
Each of the gala's nearly 200 wines were selected by Jack Keegan, who serves as the Performing Arts Series advisory board president and wine chair. For several weeks, Keegan has been in close contact with collectors, distributors and wine retailers in order to prepare for the gala.
Keegan, who instructs Miami's viticulture and enology class, used his network to assemble the gala's list of premium pours — rare wines from around the world that usually fetch for hundreds of dollars.
One premium pour ticket costs $5, while $25 will purchase six tickets and $60 will net 16. These tickets grant attendees access to the rare wines offered and are separate from the price of entry.
Between drinks, gala goers will also be able to enjoy hors d'oeuvres and desserts, as well as play blackjack and other games of chance.
They can also bid on items in the silent action, which features local artwork, a brunch at Patterson's Cafe, tickets to a Cincinnati Reds game and a wine tasting in Sonoma, California. There will also be concert tickets for artists such as Eric Church, Carrie Underwood, Kelly Clarkson and Elton John.
One of the most popular items for auction each year is a dinner with Keegan himself.
Like last year, bidding will occur online, allowing more people to participate without physically attending the gala. Although, for those who are at the gala, a bidder's lounge will offer a place for people to sit and rest while they vie for their prize.
"We find artists who are exceptional in areas that we are trying to support on campus," Liberatore said.
For example, Liberatore said the Performing Arts Series Chamber supplements Miami's music department through the chamber music series. Similarly, last semester's performance by the Chinese Warriors of Peking provided entertainment for students and community members of Chinese origin, while also educating non-Chinese audience members on aspects of Chinese history.
The gala is open to students and community members, provided they are 21 or over. Admission is $79 per person and can either be reserved through the Performing Arts Series' website, or purchased at the door. Dress is black-tie optional.


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Q: Solving a hard limit by approximating the sine function I think I'm supposed to solve this limit using approximations for the behavior when $x$ is close to $0$, but I don't know how to apply the logic for the aproximation.
$$\lim_{x \rightarrow 0} (\frac{1}{sin^2(x)} - \frac{1}{x^2})$$
In the context of this exercise the textbook mentions the following method for approximating:
$$f(x) = \frac{1}{1+x+x^2}$$
Since $\lim_{x \rightarrow 0} f(x) = 1$, then $lim_{x \rightarrow 0} [f(x) - 1] =0$; but $f(x)-1 = -x\frac{x+1}{1+x+x^2}$ so, as $x \rightarrow 0$, $f(x) \approx 1-x$. Also for $x$ near $0$ $f(x) - 1 + x = x^3\frac{1}{1+x+x^2}$ so $f(x) \approx 1-x + x^2$.
I think I grasp the logic for it, but I can't apply this to solving limits like the one with $\frac{1}{sin^2(x)}$.
Note: at this point we haven't seen Taylor Polinomials yet, just this method for approximation near $0$.

A: $$y= \frac{1}{\sin^2(x)} - \frac{1}{x^2}=\frac{x^2-\sin^2(x)}{x^2\,\sin^2(x)}$$ Now, using Taylor series
$$\sin(x)=x-\frac{x^3}{6}+O\left(x^5\right)$$
$$\sin^2(x)=x^2-\frac{x^4}{3}+O\left(x^6\right)$$
$$y=\frac{-\frac{x^4}{3}+O\left(x^6\right) } {x^2\left(x^2-\frac{x^4}{3}+O\left(x^6\right) \right) }=\frac{1}{3}+O\left(x^2\right)$$

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Remarks by Angel Gurría, OECD Secretary General, at the Ministry of the Environment and Rural and Marine Affairs
Madrid, 16 February 2009
Minister, Secretary of State, Ladies and Gentlemen:
It is a pleasure to be with you for the presentation of the study on Spain's rural policy. In these very difficult times in which the financial crisis and global recession have brought our economies to a virtual standstill, countries must not lose sight of their structural challenges.
Although the importance of the rural domain has been shrouded by the uncertainty generated by this exceptionally severe crisis, the rural world remains important. And its huge economic potential offers an exceptional opportunity to get our economies moving again.
Turning the rural sector into an engine of growth is now more important than ever.
The study of Spain's rural policy forms part of a new generation of OECD studies. Following the presentation in 2006 of our report entitled "The New Rural Paradigm", in which we call for the reinvention of rural policy under the motto "Rural is not synonymous with agriculture; Rural is not synonymous with decline", we have made a deeper analysis of the change in the rural setting and policies through national studies, such as the one we are presenting today for Spain.
I am pleased to report that this first study of Spain's rural policy highlights significant progress. The results of the evaluation are clearly positive.
At a time of economic uncertainty and growing unemployment, it is doubly important to analyse and recognize what has been done well, for it is this type of progress that will allow a quicker return to sustainable long-term growth.
The study of Spain's rural policy is important for two key reasons:
1. Firstly, because in Spain one can clearly see the new roles being played by rural areas in the country's economy.
2. And secondly, because few countries have shown this capacity to "reinvent" rural policy, as Spain has done over the last two years.
The transformation of rural areas in Spain is clear to see. As in all OECD countries, it has been accompanied by a reduction in employment in the primary sector, which has shrunk from 20% of total employment in 1975 to just 5% in 2008, and a significant decrease in this sector's GDP share, from 5% in 1980 to 3% today.
Nonetheless, productivity in this sector has grown faster than the European average since the second half of 1990s, and Spain has produced the third largest expansion in agricultural output among all OECD countries.
It is also notable that in the current inhospitable international climate, Spain's agrifood industry has proved stronger than it other industries and also stronger than agrifood industries elsewhere. Spain demonstrates that "Rural is not synonymous with agriculture" and "Rural is not synonymous with decline". Over the last decade, the manufacturing and services sectors in rural areas have grown by 30% and 21%, respectively.
The study shows how the most diversified rural areas have been those that have had the largest GDP per capita, the highest population growth – a clear indicator of success in rural areas – the largest expansion in employment, and the lowest levels of unemployment.
It also shows how rural areas can contribute to the national economy and to the solution of global problems by making the most of their own assets. New local economies have thus been developing in outlying urban zones, creating large numbers of jobs.
Rural tourism grew by an average of 20% per year between 2001 and 2007, creating about 15,000 new jobs and doubling its accommodation capacity. Spain is an example for the international community in this area, and also in the development of renewable energies, which have an increasing role to play in the rural economy.
Naturally, the study also refers to major challenges faced by rural areas. These include the depopulation of specific zones, the ageing and masculinization of the rural population, the integration of immigrant people, the provision of public utilities in remote areas, the sustainable water and natural resource use, and desertification.
How can we address this wide range of rural challenges and opportunities? How can we tackle them consistently and efficiently from the various levels of government?
The Spanish government's answer to these questions has also been exemplary.
Two years ago, when Spain suggested this study, the three main groups of stakeholders operating in the rural area – which we can refer to as "agrarianists", "ruralists", and "environmentalists" – each were each ploughing their own furrow (or "su propia carreta", as we say in Mexico). During the months in which the study was being undertaken, Spain decided to bring them under one roof by creating the Ministry of the Environment, and Rural and Marine Affairs. This has brought consistency to the country's rural policy.
Spain has been able to "reinvent" the institutional design for dealing with rural issues, by passing the Sustainable Rural Development Act in December 2007. This legislation has made it possible to create the Interministerial Commission and the Council for Sustainable Rural Development, together with the currently ongoing planning and preparation of the First Sustainable Rural Development Programme.
Through these changes, Spain is responding to a need that was becoming increasingly evident: to have a rural policy that not only looks beyond agriculture, but also one that goes further than the European Union's rural development policies. We know that Spain has gained a tremendously from these policies; but it also true that they proved insufficient to address the complexity of the challenges and opportunities facing rural Spain today.
It is important to note, as the study does, that it was some of the autonomous communities a few years ago that started to make institutional changes needed to move towards a "broad-based" rural policy, which it is now intended to implement nationally.
As you can imagine, conducting a study of rural policy in this changing setting posed a considerable challenge in itself; but it also provided a unique opportunity at an early stage to analyse and discuss the implications of the changes proposed and to make a number of relevant recommendations.
In this regard, we are pleased that the study has proved useful and we are deeply grateful for the seriousness the Ministry has shown towards the OECD's recommendations.
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We are currently in a highly complex situation, experiencing the effects of globalization's first major crisis. This adverse setting will of course have adverse impacts on rural economies. Paradoxically however, given the urgent need to find new engines for economic growth and job creation, rural zones can play a fundamental role, as has been shown here in Spain.
Given the steep decline of key sectors such as automobiles, construction, real estate or tourism, the capacity of governments to coordinate their sector policies consistently in the rural area will of course be a strength.
In the OECD we are convinced that the strengthening of Spain's rural policy provides a very useful tool that will help this country emerge from the crisis more quickly and create the decent jobs that the Spanish people and its immigrant populations so richly deserve.
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Sharon High School has implemented the new and innovative "Maker Space" for students with specialized interests to explore their passions. Numerous grants have been awarded in order to advance the space technologically and experimentally in order to promote independent learning.
"I personally have always been fascinated by the creative process in learning, so I love the idea of an independent learning zone," Ms. Collins said.
The primary goal of the maker space is to form a physical location where people gather to share resources and knowledge, work on projects, network, and build. Students have ready access to the new technology including a 2-D imager, 3-D printer, and electrical equipment kits.
Many students have already utilized the opportunity to operate within the Maker Space. Members of the tech innovators club and library help desk have tampered with the new techniques and exclusive technology.
"It's all about learning as we go. It's really about working as a team and the joy of learning," Collins stated.
Those who have already been toying with new technology and generated original content will act as mentors for the students interested in testing the area. Future collaboration with teachers may soon allow students at Sharon High to learn in the space during class time.
"Part of supporting its use includes creating directions so that other students can eventually use the equipment independently," Newman added.
She, Collins, and the help desk students have recently be presented as a team at MassCUE, a grand scale technology conference that promotes an innovative, strategic vision of the future of educational technology. By taking and exchanging these ingenious ideas, the Maker Space will soon reach its peak at the high school.
The Sharon High School Maker space has become a safe space that promotes individual learning. Much is to come for the area, and many new passions will soon be able to be discovered.


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Oct. 17, 2022 Updated: Oct. 17, 2022 10:38 a.m.
Authorities have released more information about a deadly two-vehicle crash Friday that claimed the lives of a Beardstown man and a Virden teenager.
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According to Illinois State Police, Francisco Cortes, 31, of Beardstown was going north on Illinois 4 at about 10:05 p.m. Friday when his SUV crossed the center line. His vehicle and one being driven by Kyanna Givens, 17, of Virden collided head-on, according to police.
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Ice Quake, also called Ice Quake: Nature Unleashed, is a 2010 television action film written by David Ray and directed by Paul Ziller and shown on the Syfy channel.  It stars Brendan Fehr, Holly Dignard, Jodelle Ferland, Ryan Grantham and Rob LaBelle. Set primarily in Alaska, the film follows the members of a family caught amidst a natural disaster. As the permafrost thaws, subterranean rivers of liquid methane and disastrous earthquakes are unleashed, threatening to lead the Earth to a catastrophic end.

Plot
Ice Quake is an action film about the Alaskan landscape. Under the permafrost, organic materials have been rotting for thousands of years and the compound is very deadly to the planet. As the permafrost thaws, volatile liquid methane and gases are released which causes a succession of destructive earthquakes. A family ends up going to this Alaskan landscape on the hunt for a Christmas tree, hoping to have fun, and unfortunately finds out firsthand how deadly this can be.

As they are exploring these mountains, their dog runs away for an unknown reason and soon after there is an explosion of gas from underneath the ice and the fissure opening up violently that ends up causing an avalanche. The family has to run for their lives. The father takes charge and tries to lead them to safety when suddenly another tremor occurs. This time, it causes the ground to split open, creating a deep ravine that splits the family apart - the parents on one side and two children on the other. They cannot group back together as there is dangerous gas flowing out the ravine when he throw some water in the ravine which freezes it so the father tell them to go to the summit and wait for rescue. The children head up to top to then find out there is a storm on their way causing more concern. The younger brother suggests they keep moving until they can stop at a safe place

As this chaos is going on, the military based around the mountain are investigating the tremors. At first believed the tremors were being caused by earthquakes but then discover that there have been no tectonic movements and nothing has showed on the Richter scale. They then thought it could have been a volcano eruption causing this but also ends up to be false. It is a race against time to stop these harmful liquids and gases before it leads to a catastrophic explosion that threatens the planet.

Production
Ice Quake is the Syfy Cable television company's own holiday TV movie production. The filming of the movie took place in three different locations.
 Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada
 Agassiz, British Columbia, Canada
 Hemlock Valley, British Columbia, Canada
In the production and post-production other companies helped with Syfy's work. Movie Central was one of the main companies that helped with this production of this film. Northwest Digital worked with the production teamto create a quality visual experience, along with The Exile Visual Effects Studio who provided the visual effects to create the perfect atmosphere for a holiday disaster. Pinewood Sounds was in charge of the movie's sound effects and recording.

Cast
 Brendan Fehr as Michael Webster, is a loving husband, father and a scientist studying the effects of the Alaska landscape. He is a geologist who works for the military and is a specialist in his field. He is also the husband of Emily and the father of two children, namely Tia and Shane.
 Holly Dignard as Emily Webster, is the beautiful wife of Michael and the loving mother of Tia and Shane.
 Jodelle Ferland as Tia Webster, is the teenage daughter of Michael and Emily and the sister of Shane.
 Ryan Grantham as Shane Webster, is the young son of Michael and Emily, and the brother of Tia.
 Rob LaBelle as Bruce Worthington
 Nicholas Carrella as "Ram"
 Victor Garber as Colonel Bill Hughes, is Michael's superior in the military, and works with Michael and his family to prevent a methane explosion from wiping out planet Earth.
 Marsha Regis as Carolyn
 Sharon Taylor as Jamie
 Lane Edwards as Reed
 Kurt Max Runte as Wallace
 Aaron Pearl as Cochrane
 Dean Redman as Sergeant Rowland
 James Pizzinato as Boy
 MacKenzie Porter as Girl

Music
The movie has two songs credited in the soundtrack. As a holiday TV movie both of the songs are traditional Christmas carols: "Joy to the World" and "Here We Come A-wassailing", as performed by the Occidental Glee Club.

Release
Ice Quake was first shown on the Syfy channel on December 11, 2010 in the U.S. and was released on DVD on July 2, 2012. Since then it has been shown on television and released on DVD in numerous countries including the UK, Germany and Italy. It has also been released on Blu-ray.

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Q: Better way to limit the number of form validation attempts in my MVC controller and redirect to another action when limit is reached? I am fairly new to MVC and am looking for some much needed guidance.
The goal is to determine when a user is banging their head against a wall for any given action and redirect them to a different page with contact information for our "Help Desk".
I have code that is functional but ugly and not very re-usable.  (Validation is handled in a ViewModel):
    [HttpPost]
    public ActionResult MyForm(MyForm model)
    {....

        if (ModelState.IsValid){..... return RedirectToAction("Success")}

        var attempts = Convert.ToInt32(TempData["Attempts"]);
        if (attempts >= 3)
        {
            TempData["LocalMessages"] = new Message
            {
                Class = "Alert",
                Text =
                    "It looks like you are having trouble ...Please Contact...."
            };
            return RedirectToAction("HelpDesk");
        }
        attempts += 1;
        TempData["Attempts"] = attempts;
        return View(model);

An ideal solution would be to leverage something like an Action Filter so I could do the following for any given action:
    [HttpPost, MaximumAttemptBeforeRedirect(4, "HelpDesk")]
    public ActionResult MyForm(MyForm model)

Any assistance is greatly appreciated.

A: You could include the number of attempts as a property of your view model:
[HttpPost]
public ActionResult MyForm(MyForm model)
{
    if (ModelState.IsValid)
    {
        return RedirectToAction("Success");
    }

    ModelState.Remove("Attempts");
    model.Attempts++;
    if (model.Attempts >= 3)
    {
        TempData["LocalMessages"] = new Message
        {
            Class = "Alert",
            Text = "It looks like you are having trouble ...Please Contact...."
        };
        return RedirectToAction("HelpDesk");
    }
    return View(model);
}

and include the number of attempts as a hidden field in the form:
<%= Html.HiddenFor(x => x.Attempts) %>

A: I found what I was looking for (I made use of Brian Wilson's Stateful Storage class from his blog post http://bradwilson.typepad.com/blog/2011/02/advanced-aspnet-mvc-3-presentation.html):
[AttributeUsage(AttributeTargets.Class | AttributeTargets.Method)]
public class MaximumAttemptBeforeRedirectAttribute : FilterAttribute, IActionFilter
{
    readonly IStatefulStorage _storage = StatefulStorage.PerSession;
    private readonly int _maxAttempt;
    private readonly RedirectToRouteResult _newRoute;
    private string _keyName;
    public MaximumAttemptBeforeRedirectAttribute(int attempts, string controller, string action)
    {
        _maxAttempt = attempts;
        var rvDic = new RouteValueDictionary {{"action", action}, {"controller", controller}};
        _newRoute = new RedirectToRouteResult(rvDic);

    }

    Attempts GetCount(string name)
    {
        return _storage.GetOrAdd(name, () => new Attempts());
    }

    public void OnActionExecuted(ActionExecutedContext filterContext)
    {
        _keyName = string.Format("{0}{1}Attempts",
                      filterContext.RouteData.Values["controller"],
                      filterContext.RouteData.Values["action"]
                     );

        var errCount = filterContext.Controller.ViewData.ModelState.Values.Where(v => v.Errors.Count != 0).Count();
        if (errCount > 0) //If errors, increment attempt count by 1
        {
            GetCount(_keyName).Increment();
        }
        else //If no errors, reset attempt count.
        {
            GetCount(_keyName).Reset();
        }

        if (GetCount(_keyName).Number < _maxAttempt) return; //user is within allowed threshold for validation attempts so stop here.

        //Do we give the user the opportunity to navigate back to the page and try again in durring life of current session?
        GetCount(_keyName).Reset(); //user can now go back to the page again and try another x times.

        var route = string.Format("{0}/{1}", filterContext.RouteData.Values["controller"],
                                  filterContext.RouteData.Values["action"]);

        Logger.WarnFormat("Max Attempts were reached for {0}/{1}", filterContext.RouteData.Values["controller"], filterContext.RouteData.Values["action"]);
        filterContext.Controller.TempData["LocalMessages"] = new Message
                                                    {
                                                        Class = "Alert",
                                                        Text = "You have exceeded the allowed number of attempts for " + route
                                                    };
        filterContext.Result = _newRoute;
    }

}

This allows me to add the following to my ActionResult or to my Controller:
[HttpPost, MaximumAttemptBeforeRedirect(4, "MyController", "SomeAction")]


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=head1 LICENSE

Copyright [1999-2015] Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute and the EMBL-European Bioinformatics Institute
Copyright [2016-2018] EMBL-European Bioinformatics Institute

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
You may obtain a copy of the License at

     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
limitations under the License.

=cut

package EnsEMBL::Web::TextSequence::View;

use strict;
use warnings;

use File::Basename;

# A view is comprised of one or more interleaved sequences.
# PARASITE Override to load its modified seq-style file

sub style_files {
  my ($name,$path) = fileparse(__FILE__);
  $path .= "/seq-styles.yaml";
  return [$path];
}

1;

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


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"I Want To Be Like the Others: Normal"
It's been ages since I've had the chance to go to the cinema and I know I have no chance of catching on up on this spring's new movie releases. However, I did manage to go and see Céline Sciamma's new film Bande de filles (Girlhood) yesterday afternoon, which is best described as Bande de filles as Mean Girls meets La haine with a generous helping of Boyhood. It's a brooding and often raw film, which follows 16-year-old Marieme (Karidja Touré), who lives in a Parisian suburb, as she tries to find happiness — and her true self.
As the film opens, we see Marieme celebrating with her teammates after a successful American football game. The music is upbeat, but Marieme seems sad, and as she goes home to care for her two younger sisters, there is an ominous note in the air. We soon learn that Marieme's mother works long hours to provide for her family and is rarely around. Meanwhile, her brother Djibril (Cyril Mendy) is occasionally protective, but more often aggressive and violent towards his sisters. Worse still, Marieme finds out that she won't be allowed to progress to the general lycée with her friends, as her grades aren't high enough; instead she will have to go to the vocational lycée, despite her attempts to persuade her teacher otherwise.
Marieme is initially wary when three girls — Lady (Assa Sylla), Adiatou (Lindsay Karamoh) and Fily (Mariétou Touré) — try to befriend her, but feeling vulnerable and trying to find somewhere she can fit in, she soon becomes the fourth member of their gang. They shop (and shoplift), they drink, smoke and dance in a hotel room funded by money stolen from their classmates, and they fight with girls from other gangs.
And Marieme starts to enjoy it all, even though her young teen sister Bébé (Simina Soumaré) is worried about the rapid changes in her sister, and Djibril is more concerned about the potential damage to Marieme's (and therefore his own) reputation, especially after she becomes closer to his friend Ismaēl (Idrissa Diabaté). The sadness and uncertainty in Marieme's eyes never fades and she begins to wonder whether her newly reclaimed life allows her to be any freer or happier than she was before, and begins to wrestle with the question of whether or not she wants to be une fille bien.
The film is told in segments, each of which ends with a fade-to-black while upbeat dance music plays in the background, followed by a time-jump and a further change in Marieme's appearance. First, her sporty clothes and braids are replaced by cooler, more trendy and feminine clothing as she spends more time with her new friends, but by the final act, she is back in her sweatpants. It isn't especially subtle, but it saves endless exposition and montages.
Sciamma's film is often uncomfortable to watch, but it is, by turns, honest and tender, and is anchored by Touré's excellent central performance as the troubled heroine. Touré's Marieme has a powerful inner strength that is often crippled by uncertainty and fear, and even as Marieme makes poor decisions, we can't help but empathise. The supporting cast is also strong, especially Sylla, playing a complex role.
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Sometimes there is just nothing quite like yoghurt – and classic strawberry yoghurt has always been my favorite!
I have been following a dairy-free diet for the past decade or so (and really most of my life) and that has meant no milk, yoghurt or cheese for me. But anyone who knows me will know that I have always loved these things!
However, eating these foods is just not worth it for me – because dairy makes me really sick!
I've tried plenty of dairy-free yoghurt alternatives over the years including soy, almond and coconut products – but I have found that most of these store bought alternatives can be very high in sugar as well as processed ingredients. I've also decided to follow a soy-free diet – which does even harder.
And so – I decided to create my own homemade "yoghurt" recipe that is totally dairy-free, sugar-free, soy-free, plant-based, unprocessed, unrefined, natural and healthy!
This recipe contains healthy fats, good carbs and good plant-based protein too!
I love eating this "yoghurt" for breakfast – it's pretty easy to make, it's kind of like making a smoothie every morning.
I also thought I'd share my favorite ways to enjoy this "yoghurt" – this might give you some ideas!
Like I said, I love making this for breakfast or eating it as a snack or for dessert… or even for lunch (if my sweet tooth is acting up).
I love topping it this yoghurt with fresh blueberries or fresh banana slices and having it with raw nuts, seeds and granola.
I especially love sprinkling some of my mixed berry, nut and seed granola – I'm not sure if there could be a more perfect combo!
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Kurt Uenala Brings Dave Gahan's Poetic Notebook To Music With The 'Manuscript' EP
[Cover photo credit to Einar Snorri]
Kurt Uenala, also known as Null + Void, has shared the Manuscript EP featuring Dave Gahan from Depeche Mode and released via hfn music. He has also shared a video for "Cracks Are Showing," directed by Snorribros. Uenala is known for his collaborations, already including Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, The Big Pink, and Shannon Funchess of Light Asylum.
Following years of work in Gahan's NYC studio and traveling with Depeche Mode, Uenala became aware that sometimes Gahan would take out a notebook and pen and start writing. What he was writing remained a mystery. Luckily, Gahan ended up recording some of his poems and sent them to Uenala, ultimately resulting in this release.
Iceland-based Uenala and the city-dweller Gahan kept in touch during the pandemic, Uenala explains:
I always wondered what he was writing in the notebook, but I never pried. During one of our check-ins I eventually asked what he was scribbling down when he was off in some corner, or standing on his own, next to a studio window.
Gahan sent Uenala a recording of him reciting something from the journal. In his studio, a decommissioned hospital situated on an Icelandic fjörd, Uenala used a classic Oberheim synth to react to the recording. Songs started to take shape, through a modified form of call and response.
Both artists were pleased with the results, and agreed that the prose had more of an impact in concert with the music than it did merely existing, on paper, hidden in a notebook. Work continued, and produced a collection of recitations set to soundscapes.
Gahan says:
I'm not sure why, or when, exactly, I wrote these short pieces. I knew they were never to be songs. I do know that they were written when I was alone. Sometimes in a hotel room. Where? I can't recall. Sometimes standing by the ocean, or walking the beach in winter. Sometimes on the empty streets of New York City, during the lockdown. Always whilst feeling the beauty, power, and loneliness of a world beyond me.


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Alcohol Causes Significant Harm to Those Other Than the Drinker
PISCATAWAY, NJ – Each year, one in five U.S. adults—an estimated 53 million people—experience harm because of someone else's drinking, according to new research in the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs.
Similar to how policymakers have addressed the effects of secondhand smoke over the last two decades, society needs to combat the secondhand effects of drinking, the authors state, calling alcohol's harm to others "a significant public health issue."
According to the study—an analysis of U.S. national survey data—some 21% of women and 23% of men, an estimated 53 million adults, experienced harm because of someone else's drinking in the last 12 months. These harms could be threats or harassment, ruined property or vandalism, physical aggression, harms related to driving, or financial or family problems. The most common harm was threats or harassment, reported by 16% of survey respondents.
The specific types of harm experienced differed by gender. Women were more likely to report financial and family problems, whereas ruined property, vandalism, and physical aggression were more likely to be reported by men.
There is "considerable risk for women from heavy, often male, drinkers in the household and, for men, from drinkers outside their family," the authors write.
Additional factors, including age and the person's own drinking, were also important. People younger than age 25 had a higher risk of experiencing harm from someone else's drinking. Further, almost half of men and women who themselves were heavy drinkers said they had been harmed by someone else's drinking. Even people who drank but not heavily were at two to three times the risk of harassment, threats, and driving-related harm compared with abstainers. Heavy drinking was defined as drinking five or more drinks at a time for men or four or more drinks for women at least monthly.
To conduct the study, researchers led by Madhabika B. Nayak, Ph.D., of the Alcohol Research Group, a program of the Public Health Institute in Oakland, Calif., analyzed data from two telephone surveys conducted in 2015—the National Alcohol's Harm to Others Survey and the National Alcohol Survey. The current research, funded by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, looked at data from 8,750 respondents age 18 and older and provides support for alcohol control policies, such as taxation and pricing to reduce alcohol's harm to persons other than the drinker.
"[T]he freedom to drink alcohol must be counter-balanced by the freedom from being afflicted by others' drinking in ways manifested by homicide, alcohol-related sexual assault, car crashes, domestic abuse, lost household wages, and child neglect," writes Timothy Naimi, M.D., M.P.H., of the Boston Medical Center in an accompanying commentary. Naimi advocates for increased taxes on alcoholic beverages, noting that there is strong evidence that increased alcohol taxes decrease excessive drinking and reduce the harms to people other than the drinker.
In a second commentary, Sven Andréasson, M.D., of the Karolinska Institutet of Stockholm, Sweden, writes, in a similar vein, that setting minimum prices for alcohol is important for reducing the harms caused by drinking.
"There is now a growing literature on the effects of national alcohol policies to reduce not only consumption but also some of the secondhand harms from alcohol, notably the effects of price policies on all forms of violence—assaults, sexual violence, partner violence, and violence toward children," Andréasson writes. "Recent research on the effects of minimum pricing is particularly relevant in this context, where studies in Canada find reductions in violence after the introduction of minimum pricing."
Nayak agrees. "Control policies, such as alcohol pricing, taxation, reduced availability, and restricting advertising, may be the most effective ways to reduce not only alcohol consumption but also alcohol's harm to persons other than the drinker," she says.
Nayak, M. B. Patterson, D. Wilsnack, S. C. Karriker-Jaffe, K. J. & Greenfield, T. K. (2019). Alcohol's secondhand harms in the United States: New data on prevalence and risk factors. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 80, 273-281. doi:10.15288/jsad.2019.80.273
Andréasson, S. (2019). Policies to reduce the secondhand harms of alcohol: A commentary on Nayak et al. (2019). Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 80, 282-283. doi:10.15288/jsad.2019.80.282
Naimi, T. (2019). Toward firsthand knowledge of the secondhand effects of alcohol: A commentary on Nayak et al. (2019). Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 80, 284-285. doi:10.15288/jsad.2019.80.284
Support for this research was provided by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) under awards R01AA022791 (Greenfield and Karriker-Jaffe), R01AA023870 (Greenfield, Bloomfield, and Wilsnack), and P50AA005595 (Years 31–35, Greenfield; Years 36–40, Kerr). The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the NIAAA or National Institutes of Health.
The Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs (www.jsad.com) is published by the Center of Alcohol Studies at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. It is the oldest substance-related journal published in the United States.
To learn about education and training opportunities for addiction counselors and others at the Rutgers Center of Alcohol Studies, please visit https://education.alcoholstudies.rutgers.edu.
For sixty years, the Alcohol Research Group (ARG) has been actively engaged in critically needed alcohol- and other drug-related public health research. We study drinking and other drug use and how these and other factors such as gender, race/ethnicity, sexual identity, socioeconomic disparities, and environmental differences affect health. ARG is also home to the NIAAA-funded National Alcohol Research Center and training program. Please visit www.arg.org.
ARG is a program of the Public Health Institute, an independent nonprofit organization, dedicated to promoting health, well-being and quality of life for people throughout California, across the nation and around the world. Please visit www.phi.org.


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