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November 4, 2013 Issue
Matthew Bourne's "Sleeping Beauty."
By Joan Acocella
Hannah Vassallo as Princess Aurora—even as a young woman, she's a cute brat.Illustration by Jeanne Detallante
"The Sleeping Beauty" is the most conservative of great ballets. Telling of a princess who, cursed by an evil fairy, goes to sleep for a hundred years and then is restored to life by the kiss of a handsome prince, it brings us the one message we most need to hear: that everything is going to be O.K. Night will fall, with all its terrors, but the sun will rise again. (The princess's name is Aurora.) Evil will entrap us, but goodness will return. The original Russian "Sleeping Beauty," which had its première in 1890, in St. Petersburg, was born in the last blaze of Russian Imperial confidence. Within thirty years, war and revolution had brought down the empire. The tsar and his family were dead. Some Russians had feared that this was coming, and so they were grateful for "The Sleeping Beauty," with its promise that goodness would win out. It didn't, but the ballet survived as a souvenir of Romanov grandeur. The fact that it contains Tchaikovsky's supreme ballet score and what is said to be the crown of Marius Petipa's choreography—that is, the best work of the best artists of Russian ballet—enthroned it further. Some people may prefer other Russian ballets (I like "Swan Lake" better), but most of the ballet world pays honor to "The Sleeping Beauty." Therefore, it is a surprise that Matthew Bourne, the premier iconoclast of English dance—the maker of a "Nutcracker" set in an orphanage and a "Swan Lake" cast with male swans—put off making a "Sleeping Beauty" for so long. In any case, his version premièred, in London, in December and is now at City Center.
The central pillar of Bourne's piece is the gothic: the dark, the sinister, the glamorously nasty—that is, the opposite of Petipa's serene classicism. In most productions of "The Sleeping Beauty," there is a sun in a blue sky. Here there is a moon, in a black sky. The fairies who come to bless the princess at her christening have traded in their pastel tutus for stringy skirts that are sort of purple and black and yellow, the colors of a bruise. (It takes nothing away from Bourne to say that his shows would be, perhaps, half of what they are without his longtime set and costume designer, Lez Brotherston. A crucial gift for a stage artist is to choose the right collaborators.) The fairies do not move daintily. They squat, they ooze, they stick their legs out in a funny way. In the 1890 version, the fairies had poetic names, like Candide and Canari. Here they are Ardor, Feral, Hibernia, Autumnus, and Tantrum. Worse still, half of them are male. In Petipa's ballet, the guiding spirit of the tale is the Lilac Fairy. It is she who saves Aurora from Carabosse, the wicked fairy. Bourne's Lilac Fairy is a man, renamed Count Lilac, and he does not look very nice.
As in all Bourne's shows, evil is interwoven with comedy. The baby Aurora is always a problem for "Sleeping Beauty" directors. They normally can't use a real infant, so they substitute a plastic doll or a blob of blankets—an inert, passive thing, ripe for victimization. But Bourne, in a singular inspiration, has made her a puppet, of the Bunraku variety, and has thereby given her some personality and dignity. (The puppetry is by Sarah Wright.) She sits up, in her lace bonnet, and watches the adults. Soon she wants to move like them, so she crawls out of her cradle, scoots to the side of the stage, and shinnies up the proscenium curtain. (A footman has to drag her back down.) When Aurora appears in the next act, as a real young woman, supposedly ready for marriage, she is still a cute brat. She pulls her shoes and stockings off and rolls on the floor, unmindful that we might see her bloomers. Furthermore, the person she has chosen to roll on the floor with is not a prince—which a princess needs, in order to continue the dynasty—but the palace gardener, Leo.
In keeping with Bourne's long practice, part of the comedy consists just in updating. His "Swan Lake" took place under Queen Elizabeth II. (There was a Fergie.) In his "Sleeping Beauty," the christening scene takes place in 1890. The engagement party is in 1911, which means that when the courtiers wake up from their hundred years' sleep—they were included in Carabosse's curse on Aurora—the time is essentially now. Leo wears a sweatshirt. Tourists outside the palace gates take pictures of one another with their smartphones. I don't know why such time travel delights audiences. Maybe it's our revenge for the loss of the past, or that part of it which was attractive. My favorite update in "The Sleeping Beauty" is the use of conveyor belts, usually to move the fairies or courtiers around becomingly. At points, Bourne uses ballet vocabulary itself as an anachronism. When Count Lilac, at the end of the hundred years, is guiding Leo to the palace, the two move side by side, Count Lilac in ballet steps, mostly beautiful piqués arabesques, while Leo jogs in sweatpants. This is the prettiest, wittiest sight in the show. Its force is democratic. "We like fairies," Bourne is telling us, "but we're regular people." (He grew up in London's East End. His father worked for the water board.)
That contrast is obvious, too, in the pronounced historicism of the show. I saw undisguised, grateful references to nearly two centuries' worth of ballets: Bournonville's "A Folk Tale" (1854), Petipa and Ivanov's "Swan Lake" (1895), Kenneth MacMillan's "Romeo and Juliet" (1965). More than anything else, I saw "Giselle," which was premièred in Paris in 1841 but extensively revised by Petipa in St. Petersburg. Leo is an avatar of Hilarion, in "Giselle," the admirable yeoman whom the heroine rejects in favor of Count Albrecht, who more or less murders her.
Any choreographer trying to fit a new scenario to a score written for an old ballet is going to have problems. Bourne has moved some of the music and has also cut some, and he has chucked out all the storybook routines in the final act. People are going to miss the Bluebird variation, but, oh, what a joy it is not to have to look at Puss in Boots and White Cat! With the adjustments, the plot has become very complicated. Carabosse dies and is succeeded by her handsome, homicidal son, Caradoc, who has vowed to carry out her curse on Aurora. (He is cousin to the The Stranger in Bourne's "Swan Lake," though not as fabulous.) But why does he look so much like Count Lilac? And—never mind that—why, at the end of Act II, does Lilac grow fangs and sink them into Leo's neck? Many of the new incidents, like that one, are not just confusing but appalling. When Caradoc kisses Aurora—who of course is attracted to him, as we are to evil—you feel like calling the police.
Still, this is a gothic ballet, so it has a right to contain horrifying episodes. Also, if you want a happy ending, Bourne gives you one. A comic updating is unlikely to produce the visionary experience, the sheer dazzle, that we get from the older, more symbolic ballets. Basically, in story ballet, you've got a choice. You can have your heart broken into a thousand bits, as in "Swan Lake," or, as in Petipa's "Sleeping Beauty," you can face some danger and overcome it. Bourne here opts for the latter. This unites his ballet not just with Petipa's but, I would say, with a lot of musical comedy, of the best sort. Many Bourne fans are crossovers from the musical-comedy audience, which helps to explain his box-office. From what I can tell, he is, at fifty-three, the most popular choreographer of theatrical dance—live dance—in the Western world. His "Swan Lake," after eighteen years, is still on the road.
The first cast in New York was basically the same as London's, and it was excellent. Hannah Vassallo (Aurora) and Adam Maskell (Carabosse/Caradoc) were more than excellent. To be a vivacious, leg-kicking young girl or a Byronic dreamboat involves a serious risk of cliché. Vassallo and Maskell were fresh and vital. Christopher Marney (Count Lilac) was also a champ, an exact, poetical, and indefatigable classical ballet dancer. Bourne has told the press frankly how much he depends on his dancers to give him choreographic suggestions. Some people have expressed surprise at this (though it is common practice). Let them look at the results: the freedom, the naturalness, the sense of ownership. These dancers really think they are Aurora and Feral and Tantrum. ♦
Published in the print edition of the November 4, 2013, issue.
Joan Acocella has been a staff writer at The New Yorker since 1995. Her most recent book is "Twenty-eight Artists and Two Saints."
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CAMOGIE - HISTORY
The beginning– Castleview Camogie Club
It was 1969 after a station mass in the home of Johnny and Nellie Meade at Castleview that the idea of forming a Camogie team was first discussed. At the time there were many teenage girls in the Ballinascarthy, Clogagh and Castleview areas. The first meeting meeting to form a Club was held at the Meade Homestead and was presided over by Rev Monsignor T McGrath, Clonakilty. Help from the GAA fraternity in Clonakilty was readily at hand and much appreciated. The attendance at the meeting included Thady Regan, Nancy Connolly and Kathy Ryan all will to lend a hand with the foundation and development of the new club.
The meeting proceeded to elect officers as follows: Mary Meade was elected Chairperson, Kathleen Cullinane, Secretary and Eileen Cullinane, Treasurer.
It was agreed to enter a team in the country junior championship. The following personnel were elected as county board delegates: Mary Meade, Betty Cullinane and Mary McCarthy. Practice commenced quickly at the field in Castleview kindly donated by the Meade family. The club played and practiced at the field for a few months before moving to Hennessey's field at Kilmalooda across the road from Ardnavaha where the GAA club were using the field for practice and games. The first years were difficult for the club as little or no success was achieved on the playing field. This was not unexpected as the Castleview girls had no match practice compared with the seasoned campaigners of Eire Og and St Als from Cork. During the first year Marian McCarthy was captain and spared no effort to get the team on a winning footing. In the second year the team was to go on to win many tournaments.
1971 was the clubs most successful year, out of twelve matches played ten were won. The most critical game lost was the County Junior final against Watergrasshill.
The first team to line out for the club was: Mary O'Donovan (goal) Farran, Kathleen Cullinane Kilmalooda, Mary Meade Castkeview, Betty Cullinane and Kay Cullinane Kilmalooda, Marion McCarthy Fourcil, Marie Kingston Lisselane, Mary Hennessey Barryshall, Susan Deasy Carrig, Eileen Cullinane Kilmalooda, Rose Coomey Killavarrig, Kitty O'Donovan Cashelmore and Noreen Shannon.
In 1972 the club fielded three team in championship grades, junior, U-18 and U-16. The junior team gave a great account of themselves winning the first and second rounds by beating Churchtown and Ballinlough to reach the semi-final. In the semi final Castleview were beaten by Sarsfields in game played at Riverstown. Both underage teams did well in their respective championships by reaching the final of both. The U-18 met Glen Rovers in the final and were very unfortunate to lose out by a single point. The team included – Concelia and Loretto Walsh Carrig, Margaret, Susan and Mary Deasy from Carrig, Kathleen Cullinane, Ann Cullinane, Mary Cullinane, Betty Cullinane, Hetty Cullinane, Eileen Cullinane, Kay Cullinane, Pauline Cullinane (all from Kilmalooda), Ita Hennessey and Norma Walsh from Skeaf, Rose Coomey, Eileen Hayes, Mary Hayes, Margaret Murphy – all from Killavarrig, Marie Kingston, Chrissie Kingston, Kay Kingston from Lisselane, Noreen and Mary Nyhan Droumgarriffe, May O'Donovan Farran, Carmel White Burrane, Margaret Collins Cashelmore, Joan Shannon Ballineen, Mairead Whooley, Kathleen Kearney and Mairead Finn Timoleague, Aine Callanan, Ballymacowen, Ann Griffin Ballinroher, Una Lane, Margaret Cronin, Eileen O'Callaghan Bandon, Eileen Walsh, Joan Walsh and Mary WalshMaulrour, Kathleen and Mary Farrell Ballymacowen, Josephine Lehane, Castleview, Noreen Murphy Tullig, Maureen and Gretta Brickley, Bridie Keohane, Marie and Rose Holland, Ballinascarthy.
It was a great honour for the club when Eileen Walsh Maulrour was chosen to play for Cork in Croke Park in the 1973 Junior All Ireland Camogie Final against Antrim. Other Club players to feature in County colour were Marion McCarthy, Pauline and Kay Cullinane and Joan Shannon.
The junior team reached the semi-final of the county championship beating Mitchelstown and Churchtown on the way before losing out to Killeagh.
The U-18s were defeated by Ballyphehane in the County Final. The U-16 girls did well in the Muskerry division as there was no competition at that level in the Carbery division.
It was most unfortunate that the brief but very successful spell in the Club's histoy came to an end in 1975. There were a few reason for this as a number of girls began to take up careers outside the area which made it difficult to organise training and playing activities. The difficulty in raising funds to finance club activities was also a factor. The club received a lot of publicity and won many supporters during its short life. This in effect was due recognition for the excellent performances the various club teams attained. The founding and the running of the Club was a wonderful experience for many of the girls involved. It provided an insight into teamwork and match tactics which they would otherwise not have encountered in a rural parish at that time.
No history of the Gaelic Athletic Association events would be complete without reference to the young ladies of the area who played the game of hurling while not under the Ballinascarthy flag but under the name of the nearby townland of Castleview. While the game has not been played continuously, there is great optimism that the current Club which has been operating continuously since 1986 is going from strength to strength and under no threat of disappearing given recent successes.
Camogie in the area had its genesis in 1919 when a team existed in Ballymacowen, a townland midway between Ballinascarthy and Clonakilty. The playing field at that time was located close to the O'Leary Flour Mill in Castleview. We don't have many names of the players who participated at that time but it appears that the majority came from Clonakilty town. What is known is that the Club which existed for a few years was a great social outlet.
The next known involvement in the area of young ladies with Camogie was playing with the Technical school in Clonakilty in 1943. Maura Harte and Kitty Ryan from Ahaliskey attended at that time and were known to be skilful at the game. With help form Jim Ford, Jer (Taylor) O'Donovan and Vincent Harte, Ballinascarthy affiliated a club which existed for two years. The provision of a suitable playing field with an even surface proved to be difficult. As a result most training and practice games were played between the two Ballinascarthy pubs on Sunday mornings after Mass at 12 noon. Games were played against teams from Cobh, Bandon and Skibbereen. Eily Ford, Nellie Nyhan from Ballinascarthy village and Medca O'Brien from Barryroe were also prominent players. Much like the road bowling today traps and cars had to wait for a break in play before #they were allowed pass through. Clearly latitude provided by wayfarers was a far cry from today's busy road when it is difficult to cross the road on a Sunday morning.
Camogie 1986 – 2005
After the halting of the Castleview club activities in 1975 it was always on the cards that camogie activities would re-commence in the Ballinascarthy area. With the Pedlars Cross underage club up and running a meeting was held in the Hall at Ballinascarthy on St Patrick's night 1975. The meeting was well attended and included Betty Walsh Maulrour West, Catherin O'Flynn Cashelmore, Helen Walsh Gaggin, Ailish Walsh, Irene Campbell Mounteen, Imelda Kingston Beanhill, Helen Coffey Lisnacunna, Boby Maguire Kilmalooda, Michelle O'Brien Carrig, Mairead Crowley, Karen O'Flynn, Helen O'Driscoll Cashelmore, Mary, Martina and Mairead Hayes Carrigroe, Lorna Delaney Ballinascarthy, Mary Walsh Maulrour, Mary and Lisa Collins Droumgarriffe, Donie Crowley Kilcolman, Jimmy Coffey Lisnacunna and Denis O'Driscoll Cashelmore.
It was decided to enter teams in forthcoming championships, Betty Walsh was elected Chairperson, Catherine O'Flynn secretary, Mary Walsh Treasurer, and Mary Hales PRO. As with all newly formed clubs it took some time to find its feet. Unlike previous the camogie Club focus was on the underage teams and every attempt was made to maximise the number of games played.

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Sister Mary Megan Farrelly, OP
3 Comments	/ Featured, In Memoriam, News / By Sister Beth Murphy, OP
Sister M. Megan's Services
Visitation: 4:00 p.m. - 6:15 p.m., Thursday, March7, 2019 at Aquinas Center, Sacred Heart Convent, 1237 W. Monroe St. in Springfield. The visitation will begin with a prayer service.
Funeral Mass: 6:30 p.m., Thursday, March 7, 2019 at Sacred Heart Convent Chapel with Father Peter Witchousky, OP, celebrant.
Morning Prayer, Remembering, and Final Commendation: 10:30 a.m., Friday, March 8, 2019 at Sacred Heart Convent Chapel. Cremation rights accorded to Butler Funeral Home. Burial follows at Calvary Cemetery.
In Aurora: A memorial mass is scheduled for 11 a.m., Saturday, March 23 at Rosary High School, 901 Edgelawn Drive, in the school's McEnroe Auditorium. A reception/luncheon will follow. Contributions may be made to establish a scholarship in Sister Megan's name.
Springfield Dominican Sister M. Megan Farrelly died March 3, 2019 at Presence Mercy Medical Center, Aurora. She was born in Chicago in 1946, and named Elizabeth Agnes by her parents, James D. and Roberta Barclay Farrelly. She made her profession of vows in 1966 at Sacred Heart Convent, Springfield, Ill.
Sister M. Megan dedicated her entire religious life to education, teaching primary and junior high students, college students, adults, and challenged teens over the span of 53 years. Before illness required her to cease ministry, she was interim principal, Rosary High School, Aurora. Prior to that she was assistant principal and curriculum director at IC Prep, Elmhurst, and an adjunct teacher at Dominican University. Sister M. Megan taught in schools in central and northern Illinois including St. John Bosco, Our Lady of Grace, and St. Christina, Chicago; St. Mary, New Berlin, and St. Paul, Odell, where she was also principal. She was principal at Cathedral, Springfield, and Rosary High School, Aurora. She also taught at Waubonsee College, and Benedictine University. In the 1990s she relished the challenge of teaching at Garfield Alternative High School, Chicago.
Sister M. Megan was preceded in death by her parents, her brothers Terrence "Deg" and James Farrelly, and her sister Peg Wareham. She is survived by her brothers Gerald (Barbara), Dennis (Diane), Patrick (Kay) and John (Vicky) Farrelly; her sister Deirdre (William) Dreger, her sister-in-law Adrienne Farrelly, brother-in-law Robert Wareham,and many nieces, nephews, and beloved friends.
Visitors are welcome.
3 thoughts on "Sister Mary Megan Farrelly, OP"
RIP my friend. Thank you for being the best teacher I ever had.
Paul Caccia
Sister Megan and I met as seventh grade teaching partners at Our Lady of Grace School in the late 80s. Our shared experiences there became the basis for an enduring friendship. From the outset, I was (and remain) inspired by her integrity, courage, and intelligence. In her case, these admirable qualities were accompanied by a sharp and enlivening sense of humor. Working together made us colleagues, laughing together made us friends. I will miss her deeply, but I know she will live on through the many, many, many lives she has touched and enriched.
sr.mary francis
Eternal rest grant to Sr.Meagan. I will always be grateful for the professional expertise and spiritual guidance she provided me when I became Principal of Mt. Assisi Academy. Her assistance was a treasured gift.
May she continue to watch over us.
Sr.Mary Francis Werner


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Ohio another step closer to emerging from coronavirus pandemic: Capitol Letter
by Charbel Lebbos | Jun 7, 2021 | Health | 0 comments
Rotunda Rumblings
We made it: Ohio has reached the benchmark that Gov. Mike DeWine was hoping for in the coronavirus pandemic: a statewide case rate lower than 50 per 100,000 residents over two weeks, Kaylee Remington reports. DeWine had set the goal on March 4, promising to lift health orders when we got there. But the number became less significant when DeWine decided to lift the orders on June 2 before reaching the goal. Still, DeWine noted in announcing the 49.5 rate over the weekend, "Ohioans have shown our resilience and grit, and by continuing to get vaccinated we are coming through this pandemic stronger than ever."
Case files: On Friday, 57 more Ohioans had died with COVID-19, with 621 new cases reported. Another 18,316 Ohioans received a first dose of vaccine, Laura Hancock reports. Saturday saw just 379 new cases reported, while Sunday's total was only 268. And today is the last day of operation for the mass vaccination center at Cleveland State University's Wolstein Center, Jane Morice reports.
Wind and solar under fire: A bill making its way through the Ohio legislature would let local officials ban large wind and solar farms in their communities, usurping the authority than now rests with the Ohio Power Siting Board, Peter Krouse reports. If adopted into law, Senate Bill 52 would place a severe damper on renewable energy projects in the state, according to advocates for wind and solar farms, but it would do more than that, says Sen. Matt Dolan, Republican from Chagrin Falls. It would change the rules midstream and endanger projects already in development, including in some cases after substantial investments have been made. Plus, it would send "a message to everyone that Ohio is not a stable place to invest in."
Biden budget: Programs to benefit the Great Lakes would be awash with cash if Congress implements the $6 trillion federal budget plan that President Joe Biden recently unveiled, Great Lakes advocates told Sabrina Eaton. Republicans including Portman and U.S. Rep. Dave Joyce of Bainbridge Township back the Great Lakes money, but expressed concern about the package's overall size and its potential effect on taxes.
Where they stand: Seth Richardson wraps up his in-depth Q&A series with the six most active Democratic candidates in the race for the 11th Congressional District seat formerly occupied by U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Marcia Fudge. The last three feature former state Rep. John Barnes Jr., former state Sen. Shirley Smith and activist Tariq Shabazz. You can find the whole series here.
Rider on the storm: Daymark Energy Advisors Inc. has been chosen by the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio to independently audit whether FirstEnergy Corp. misused ratepayer money from its distribution modernization rider to lobby for the scandal-ridden House Bill 6 energy law. This is one of several PUCO audits probing FirstEnergy's involvement with the HB6 scandal, in which ex-Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder and others stand accused of using $60 million in FirstEnergy bribe money to secure the bill's passage. In 2019, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled the distribution modernization rider itself was improper, though FirstEnergy didn't have to refund the money it had already collected.
Cyber charges: John Caniglia has the story of a Latvian national who has been charged in an international cybercrime network that attacked millions of computers worldwide and fleeced money and confidential information from unsuspecting victims, including two Northeast Ohio school districts. Alla Witte faces charges of conspiracy, wire fraud, bank fraud and money laundering involving TrickBot, a criminal scheme with origins in Russia, Belarus and Ukraine, according to the 61-page indictment in the case.
Redefining cities: Worried that a change in the federal definition of a "metropolitan area" could diminish federal resources that go to 150 communities around the country, U.S. Sen. Rob Portman of Ohio joined a Michigan colleague last week to introduce legislation that would require a study of how the change would alter federal programs. A current proposal would redefine "metropolitan areas" to include 100,000 people instead of the current 50,000. Portman's office said the change would affect Ohio communities around Lima, Mansfield, Springfield, Weirton-Steubenville and Wheeling.
Trade talks: United States Trade Representative Katherine Tai participated in a virtual roundtable on Friday with U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, workers and elected officials including Maple Heights Mayor Annette Blackwell to discuss how trade policy has affected their lives and their communities. "Going forward, in all of our meetings and policy discussions, we are asking one simple question – how does this help workers?" Tai told the group. "And how do we help communities who have seen factories close, seen the loss of their tax base, as jobs have moved overseas?"
Brian's (swan) song: State Rep. Brian Stewart said Friday he's dropping out of the GOP special election race to take over U.S. Rep. Steve Stivers' 15th Congressional District seat. In an interview, the Pickaway County Republican said that as Stivers endorsed state Rep. Jeff LaRe of Fairfield County to succeed him, LaRe can now count on financial support both from Stivers' seven-figure campaign account as well as others. "Given the short timeline, we don't have as much time to make that up before people start voting," Even with Stewart's departure, 10 other Republicans besides LaRe remain in the race.
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RESTON, Va., October 8, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — ORock® Technologies, Inc. today announced that ORock HighCloud, the company's new cloud service for U.S. Federal Government agencies, received a "FedRAMP Ready" designation from the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program for both Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) and Platform as a Service (PaaS). This Government-Only Community Cloud is the first and only cloud environment built on Red Hat OpenStack Platform and Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform to achieve "FedRAMP Ready" status as a High Baseline cloud.
The "FedRAMP Ready" designation indicates that a government-authorized third-party assessment organization (3PAO) attests to ORock's readiness for the FedRAMP authorization process and that the FedRAMP PMO has reviewed and approved a Readiness Assessment Report (RAR). The RAR documents the cloud service's capability to meet FedRAMP security requirements, which include 421 specific security controls.
ORock HighCloud is an enterprise-grade cloud environment that provides secure, compliant, and scalable access to IaaS and PaaS services, including computing, storage, virtualization, networking, and performance monitoring resources. It features a flat-rate billing model with no data egress fees for lower total cost of ownership as well as extensive use of open source technologies (hardened and supported by Red Hat) to increase flexibility while minimizing vendor lock-in.
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The Mixpanel API allows to register common properties to be sent in all events as `super properties`, as it is explained in the [Mixpanel page][mixpanel_android].
To integrate adjust with all tracked events of Mixpanel, you must set the `super properties` after receiving the response data of each event.
Follow the steps of the [delegate notifications][response_callbacks] chapter in our Android SDK guide to implement it.
The delegate function can be set as the following, to use the Mixpanel API:

```java
    Adjust.setOnFinishedListener(new OnFinishedListener() {
        public void onFinishedTracking(ResponseData responseData) {
            MixpanelAPI mixpanel =
                MixpanelAPI.getInstance(context, MIXPANEL_TOKEN);

            // The adjust properties will be sent
            // with all future track calls.
            JSONObject props = new JSONObject();

            if (responseData.getNetwork() != null)
                props.put("[Adjust]Network", responseData.getNetwork());

            if (responseData.getCampaign() != null)
                props.put("[Adjust]Campaign", responseData.getCampaign());

            if (responseData.getAdgroup() != null)
                props.put("[Adjust]Adgroup", responseData.getAdgroup());

            if (responseData.getCreative() != null)
                props.put("[Adjust]Creative", responseData.getCreative());

            if (props.length() > 0)
                mixpanel.registerSuperProperties(props);

        }
    });
```

Before you implement this interface, please take care to consider [possible conditions for usage of some of your data][attribution_data].

[mixpanel_android]: https://mixpanel.com/help/reference/android#superproperties
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Wong was an investor in San Francisco real estate. He frequently worked with Chan, a contractor, who would repair & renovate properties for Wong, and they would share in the profit on resale. For this particular property, Chan was to get 20% of the profit. Wong died shortly after the purchase, and his widow wanted to sell the property. Chan created an LLC with other investors, and the LLC contracted with the widow to buy the property. The widow changed her mind, wanted more money, and refused to close escrow. The LLC sued. At trial, the LLC was awarded lost profits as an element of damages; the widow appealed.
Civil Code section 3306, regarding damages for breach of a real estate contract , provides that the measure of damages for plaintiff is the difference between the contract price and the fair market value of the property at the time of the breach plus consequential damages. The code was amended in 1983 to add "consequential damages," in order to conform this provision to to the general contract measure of damages which is specified in Civil Code 3300.
Consequential damages are those which, in view of all facts known by the parties at the time of the making of the contract, may reasonably be supposed to have been considered as a likely consequence of a breach in the ordinary course of events. Before this decision no reported decision has held that 'lost profits' are available as consequential damages to a real estate buyer. Here, the court reasoned that the intent of the legislature was to make available consequential damages as they were available in any type of contract dispute. So, in certain circumstances, lost damages are available in real estate contract disputes.
However, the court of appeals found there was insufficient evidence of lost profits in this case, so overturned the award. What does it take to get lost profits? First, all the parties must be aware of the plan of the buyer to resell for profit. However, damages for prospective profits that might otherwise have been made from its operation are often not recoverable because their occurrence is uncertain, contingent and speculative. They are allowed where their nature and occurrence can be shown by evidence of reasonable reliability. Here, there was insufficient evidence that either Chan or the LLC had any history of developing properties for profitable resale. The LLC never obtained a construction loan nor was there evidence that it could obtain one. There was no testimony as to the cost of the renovation. This decision provides a roadmap for proving lost profits, or finding that there is insufficient evidence of them, in a real estate contract lawsuit.


Recently I conducted an electric car road trip, 7 days long from San Francisco down to various areas of the desert in southern California.
Such trips are only possible thanks to fast DC charging, in my case the Tesla supercharger network. Those superchargers recharge the lower half of a battery quite quickly - in under 30 minutes, and will do a charge to fairly full from fairly empty in about 45 to 50 minutes in most cases. Tesla just showed off a new generation of charger that can go twice as fast on the lower half -- a whopping 240kw -- but they are not yet deployed.
Supercharging makes the road trip possible, though you are constrained in many places to road trip routes that have superchargers. Tesla has done a decent job of building out that network, so it's a good set and you can have a lot of great trips. You may not be able to have the trip you want, though. They have promised that many more are to come.
While there are Tesla enthusiasts who will claim otherwise, the truth is the range anxiety which vanishes in urban driving with a large-battery car returns to you on rural road trips. You will certainly never see a trip report from a gasoline car owner that spends half its time talking about the hunt for suitable gas stations, or how the availability of gas changed their plans.
When doing long trips using superchargers, the simplest approach is to accept this sacrifice: You are not going to dine where and when you want. You are going to dine at supercharger stops, and in a large fraction of them, that's going to mean meager choices, mostly typical roadside chain restaurants. For me, this is no minor sacrifice -- sampling the best of the local cuisine at non-chains is an important part of travel. For others, chains are how they eat anyway. Either way, you make that sacrifice, and some others, to gain the other great benefits of your electric car.
You can mitigate it a bit. You can also accept just very long pauses in your trips, where you will do something other than eating. You can watch videos or catch up on reading. Of course, you take bathroom breaks. Some superchargers have grocery stores. And you can also grab take-out from the restaurant of your choice and eat it at the charger station. Sadly, picnic tables are rare at the superchargers, so I have seen Tesla owners bring their own chairs. Most don't want to eat in their cars. Either way, unless your lifestyle on road trips was always to eat fast food when you need to recharge, you're going to accept there is some compromise.
It seems likely that Tesla works hard to get the very best deals when they install a supercharging station. I suspect they don't pay for the land at all. For this, or some other reason, many of them are at unexciting locations. Outlet malls are a common location, and they are usually dreadful places to hang out. Some are at or near gas stations. A few are near more complete malls and power centers which will feature a decent variety of restaurants and shops. Of course, you must walk, and often the charging spots are in more distant parts of the parking lot. You may do 10-15 minutes of walking to get where you want. Some stations are also 3-4 minutes off the highway.
Poppies and other plants cover the hills of Walker Canyon near Lake Elsinore. So many tourists are coming they are forcing them to take shuttles. I used digital tricks to remove them.
The duration of supercharging sessions is not a great match with stopping. It's not the 4 minutes of a gasoline fill-up. But it's not long enough for a sit-down dinner in a table service restaurant either. You can have one, but you probably will need to get up from the meal, or rush it, to move your car when your charging is done. If you picked food a several minute walk from the charger, that's not so easy. (At least you can drive back from the charger to finish the meal.) The duration is much more suited to counter service (ie. fast-food) restaurants.
Another odd element is that because charging is full speed only when the battery is below half-full, the "fastest" strategy is to only charge to just over half-full. If you stop more often and only fill up to say 60-70%, you will spend less time charging. However, the time needed to divert to and from the charging station and get a stall may counter that. It's also better for your battery to charge it to only 70%. Likewise, you should prefer to not go below 20% for ideal pampering of the battery. Such 20% to 70% recharge stops are not long enough for a fast food meal.
If you plan right, though, you will have no wasted time at the charging stops, which is what you want. Treating superchargers as sucky gas stations with really slow filling is the path to having a vehicle you do not enjoy. Pick the right compromise, and you don't have any other compromise, particularly of precious road trip time.
Tesla could improve things. Aside from getting superior food at charging sites, it would be nice if their navigator and/or app made it easy to evaluate the food and shopping options at different sites. You often have a choice of superchargers. I found we used the phone, finding the charger in Google Maps and then invoking Google restaurant search or Yelp at that location to see if there was decent food. It works, but Tesla should make it more seamless. You also care about how full the station is. Truly full stations might have a line of unknown length (though this is rare at rural stations.) Half-full stations are ideal, since charger stalls come in pairs that share power, and you get the fastest charging only if you get an unpaired stall, or are at least the first of a pair to arrive. Parking paired with a large Model X that just arrived will greatly slow your charge.
For non-Tesla cars, the DC Fast chargers, while now getting more plentiful, are still only half the power of Tesla's. They are in more places, but each location usually has only 1-2 stations, which will become a problem as CHAdeMO (for Leafs) and CCS (for other non-Tesla) get popular. Tesla stations do fill up in the cities. Regular DC Fast are not as well situated yet along road trip routes, and are more urban.
The version 3 superchargers, and other fast chargers announced by Porsche and others won't help the situation as much as you might expect, even once they are more widely deployed. They only speed up the first part of your charging. Still, saving 10-15 minutes off the charge or getting 100 miles in 10 minutes sounds really great at first.
The fastest approach would be to use them for "time optimal" supercharging, where you only recharge from 10% to 60%, which might take as little as ten minutes, plus the time to get to and from the supercharger and park at it. That's short enough that there could be the temptation to treat it like a slow 4 gallon gas mini-fill, but that's still a mistake, since you need to do this every 120 miles and go further out of your way vs. 400-500 miles for every 5-minute gas fill-up. For many people, it just means taking 10-15 minutes off their charge.
As counterintuitive as it seems, if you coordinate your eating/shopping correctly, shortening the supercharge offers minor to zero value! It adds value only when you want to avoid the meal or shopping trip at the supercharger, and prefer to just take it as downtime from your road trip. This might even have a negative value. If you plan a sit-down restaurant meal, it actually has a negative value because you will definitely, even with a full charge, be interrupting your meal to move your car, which is a burden if you wanted a restaurant several minutes walk from the charger -- which you usually do.
If all of this sounds a pain, there is a solution which is coming. This is covered in Part Two.
Our trip was to enjoy the super wildflower bloom in Southern California's deserts, thanks to the year of heavy rain. This began with the first supercharging stop at one of the oldest chargers, at Harris Ranch in the California central valley. The ranch has some fancier restaurants but also has a fast BBQ which fits the charging time.
This was followed by our first instance of unjustified range anxiety coming into Los Angeles. That drive climbs over a mountain pass, and very quickly you see your remaining range vanishing so fast you might conclude you won't make it, unless you know that the Santa Clarita charger involves a trip back down the hills, restoring that power to your battery thanks to regenerative braking. The Santa Clarita charger is not near the highway, though and in the late evening is a closed and deserted place.
To get to Anza Borrego State Park, site of many flowers, is a larger challenge. It's in an area with little charging. You can fill up in Temecula, and getting to the park is downhill and takes little power, but spending the night there and driving around the park, followed by our plan of a trip around the Salton Sea before ending up at the charger in Indio (Palm Springs area) would not be possible in my 260 mile range car, even though I took the rare step of charging it to 99%. I didn't know it, but my hotel in Temecula had free charging so I need not have used the supercharger.
In Borrego Springs, my hotel offered no charging to get me the extra 60 miles of range I needed -- or so they said. In addition, some expensive Blink charging stations at the chamber of commerce were reported to not function. But as a backup, there were several RV parks where, in a pinch, 2 hours could add 60 miles to the car.
There was no need for that. When we got to the Chamber, the stations appeared dead and the staff said the company was out of business. However, I was able to activate one remotely. This allowed one hour while eating at the Mexican restaurant 3 minutes walk away, which was top rated online, though perhaps not so in reality.
The trip continued into Joshua Tree National Park and out at 29 Palms. There, Tesla has charging at a mediocre casino, but there was also a charger about 1200 feet from our motel which would have worked in a pinch. It powered us enough to return to the national park for half a day, and a short stop gave us enough to cross the Mojave desert to rejoin I-15 at Tesla's giant 40-station supercharger in Baker. The Baker charger, meant as a pit stop between LA and Las Vegas, was deserted on a Saturday night, and the only restaurant within a reasonable walk, a Dairy Queen, was closed early. We got just enough power to continue on to Barstow, where there was supercharging and also a couple of motels close to overnight charging.
From there, we went to the Mojave spaceport and got a quick Salvadoran meal at the Buttonwillow supercharger. Though running late, we decided to then drive up Highway One. We have driven this many times before, but not at sunset. That required our first real detour, down to Atascadero, to be sure we could drive all of Highway One. A bug in Tesla's maps meant it could not tell us how much energy it estimated that trip would take, but I was able to work it out. The coastal trip ended at a large mall in Monterey, where there is a lot of food choice, though most of it a fair walk from the chargers.
As I wrote above, you never see a gasoline car road trip talk about where the voyagers found gasoline. The idea of a road trip in an electric car is new and somewhat radical. Many people not only are unbothered by the compromises it entails, but actually treat it as an adventure. I would have to say I did. In time, both the adventure and compromises will fade away.
Stay tuned to learn how the electric road trip will really work in the not too distant future.
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Posted on August 19, 2020 October 23, 2020 by Democratize Development
Several major American cities and States across the country have recently enacted land use reforms to encourage higher density, mixed-use, and walkable development. A clinic at the Yale Law School, working in collaboration with the City of New Haven, recommends amending the City's zoning regulations in accordance with popular planning trends. The following article, however, suggests that more low-cost housing units could be created if existing provisions in the zoning ordinance were promoted to residential property owners.
In May 2020, the Jerome N. Frank Legal Services Organization at Yale Law School released the report Preventing Displacement: Three Approaches to Protect New Haven Residents. Home to the world-renowned research institution of higher education with a multi-billion dollar endowment, New Haven is a diverse Connecticut city of 130,000 residents in a metro area of nearly a million people. The Report identifies a housing crisis in New Haven that is largely characterized by a lack of affordability for many of the city's low- and moderate-income residents, which may lead to short- and long-term displacement. The Report offers three approaches for preventing residential displacement.
First, it proposes a series of tenant protections targeted at reducing evictions and increasing landlord accountability. Second, it considers strategies for new development that can provide affordable alternatives for residents: single room occupancy, accessory dwelling units, and rezoning single-family areas to allow for multi-family buildings. Third, it covers strategies for foreclosure prevention, including changes to tax liens and the initiation of foreclosure mitigation strategies. Each section then provides policy proposals, some which can be implemented at the municipal level and some which require action at the state level.
"Preventing Displacement" p. 4
DEMOCRATIZE DEVELOPMENT applauds the efforts of the student researchers and the law school professors that worked on this project. Their efforts attempt to address some of the housing issues currently impacting the small New England city in which their academic institution is located. There is much to unpack in the authors' description of the housing crisis in New Haven, the three approaches offered in response to that crisis, and the specific policies proposed in the report.
For the sake of brevity, however, the following commentary will be limited to concerns with the second section of the Report, Development, which deals with reforming the City's zoning regulations and encouraging small-scale development like Single Room Occupancy (SRO), Accessory Dwelling Units (ADU), and multifamily conversions of single family residences.
'Preventing Displacement' or Encouraging Dispossession?
All quotes are from pages 15-25 in the Preventing Displacement Report.
The first, and best, way to allow more construction in New Haven's wealthier enclaves would be to abolish single-family RS-1 and RS-2 districts. Cities across the country have up-zoned such properties within their municipal limits.
Since the Great Recession, institutional investors, acting through real estate professionals, have spent millions – often in cash – to acquire thousands of properties and amass a vast portfolio of rental properties in the City of New Haven. Upzoning residential neighborhoods may increase the value of properties and encourage large-scale investment firms to further acquire residential properties many of which are currently owned by their occupants or hyper-local landlords.
Multiple Dwelling Units: A Type of Inexpensive Housing?
While New Haven has taken laudable steps to welcome all forms of residential construction, this section will primarily focus on zoning and financing strategies to promote small-scale, inexpensive development.
On the one hand, the Yale Law School Report does promote some housing strategies and unit types that tend to cost less than new market rate development. These strategies and types include small-scale development interventions, homeowner participation, and the conversion of existing spaces to new uses. Housing that is only slightly less expensive than new market rate development, however, is not affordable to low-income households. Much greater cost savings is required. On the other hand, by promoting dwelling units, multifamily construction, and professional real estate development, the authors of the Preventing Displacement Report are actually advocating for some of the most expensive housing strategies.
The construction of single- and two-family dwellings are regulated under the International Residential Code (IRC). Multifamily construction must adhere to the International Building Code. The IBC sets far more stringent standards and often requires hiring an architect. Multifamily buildings must have fire separation between units and common spaces, fire suppression systems like sprinklers, two means of egress, handicap-accessible units, and elevators in multistory buildings.
Even two-family houses require a minimum of 200 amp electrical service, whereas 100 amps is sufficient for a single-family dwelling. All dwelling units must contain full kitchens and bathrooms. Detached back yard dwellings require extending existing sewer, water, and electric service from the main house to the new unit, or establishing new connections to the street. The significant costs and physical changes associated with creating new dwelling units limits their adaptability.
The construction of additional dwelling units can be very expensive – ranging from tens to hundreds of thousands of dollars per unit.
Restrictive Zoning or Restrictive Information?
In many American cities including New Haven, restrictive zoning limits the potential for new and creative housing development, including SROs, ADUs, or the conversion of single-family homes to accommodate multiple households. We offer several regulatory land use policy changes to mitigate this problem.
The Report is correct that New Haven's zoning regulations limitat residential density by placing a cap on how many units may be built. DEMOCRATIZE DEVELOPMENT, however, believes that a lack of information about existing zoning provisions, rather than restrictive regulations, may be a larger issue in the city.
New Haven should permit its existing SRO zoning as-of-right across the City or across a larger swath of downtown.
Unbeknownst to the authors, the City of New Haven already allows SROs citywide. These existing provisions are more restrictive than what is advocated for in the Report, but they nevertheless exist. The City might consider expanding existing provisions before undertaking the difficult political fight of allowing Rooming, Boarding, and Lodging Houses in residential districts.
The City should also reform the zoning code in its single-family neighborhoods to allow property owners to construct ADUs or convert preexisting single-family zones to allow for multi-family construction.
As difficult as it may be for the authors to believe, New Haven already allows multiple housing units on single-family residential properties in the RS-1 and RS-2 zoning districts (the City's two single-family zones). Furthermore, many two- and three-family houses that were built prior to the City's adoption of zoning in the 1920s exist within single-family districts.
Under New Haven's existing regulations, residential property owners citywide are allowed to create additional housing units by right.
Interestingly, the existing zoning provisions allow for the creation of housing units that are less costly than the types of housing that would be allowed by the recommended regulations in the Report. New Haven could allow ADUs or multifamily conversions in single-family zones, but doing so only makes sense if similar goals cannot be achieved by promoting the creation of additional housing units under existing provisions.
Zoning Approvals in New Haven
New Haven should allow owners to convert their properties to multi-family lots or to construct additional units without requiring homeowners to go through the burdensome zoning board approval process.
Outside of New Haven's single-family zones, multifamily conversions are common. For buildings of sufficient size, conversion requires only administrative zoning approval and building permitting. For buildings of insufficient size or where exterior additions like dormers are desired, the Report is absolutely correct that applicants must go through a zoning approval process, which can be burdensome, and often results in denials.
The student authors are right about some multifamily conversions, but they are incorrect about additional housing units always requiring zoning approval and building permitting. In many cases, residential property owners in New Haven are currently allowed to create additional housing units with only written approval from the enforcing officer. When interior structural changes are being made, a building permit and fee are required. Exterior alterations, like additions, require zoning review in addition to building permitting. Merely changing the use of existing rooms, however, can be accomplished at virtually no cost.
Minimum Parking Requirements
Parking minimums are a burdensome and unnecessary requirement both for families who wish to add a new unit to their homes and for developers that wish to build SROs, subsidized apartments, and even standard market-rate units.
In New Haven, additional off-street parking is only required when: 1) adding dwelling units to a property in any district or 2) when increasing the number of bedrooms to a house in the city's single family zones. Additional housing units that are not dwelling units, however, do not require additional off-street parking spaces. In single family districts, decreasing the number of bedrooms decreases the number of required off-street parking spaces. Therefore, parking minimums are not necessarily a burden for families who wish to add a new unit to their home or developers that wish to build SROs.
The Report's broad point that higher minimum parking requirements tend to increase housing costs is fair. DEMOCRATIZE DEVELOPMENT agrees that reviewing New Haven's parking requirements is worthwhile. For instance, the City might consider allowing more efficient parking space arrangements in residential districts and calculating parking requirements based on dwelling units, rather then bedrooms, in single-family zones.
SROs and the Spectrum of Housing Types
When SROs are available, they can provide "the last rung on the housing ladder before homelessness," though they still cost $450 to $750 per month in expensive cities.
Considerable variety in cost is possible with Lodging Houses depending on the location of bathrooms and presence of shared living, dining, and cooking space. On the full spectrum of housing options, SROs are on the middle rung between dwelling units at the top and less expensive types of housing at the bottom. Rental rooms, particularly those not in Lodging Houses, must play a role in addressing affordable housing issues, but they may not be a viable solution for many households, especially those with children.
Short-term rental regulation would preserve the primary use of SROs and other micro-units for New Haven residents while maintaining an Airbnb market. New Haven should adopt […] policies […] to limit the conversion of long-term housing to short term rentals.
Other than in commercial districts and licensed Lodging Houses, New Haven currently prohibits renting out bedrooms for stays fewer than seven consecutive days. DEMOCRATIZE DEVELOPMENT believes that the City of New Haven ought to figure out a way to enforce its existing regulations before adopting new ones. At the same time, New Haven's Livable City Initiative housing code inspectors have been incorrectly issuing citations on accessory housing units. As a result, many affordable units have been decommissioned or required to be converted into dwelling units.
Supply, Demand, and Financing for ADUs
ADUs can increase a city's housing stock and reduce income segregation by providing low-cost housing in fairly wealthy areas. While building new housing can be prohibitively expensive and perceived as risky by investors, ADUs are cheap to build and a low-risk alternative.
As stated before, dwelling units, including those built under accessory provisions, are a relatively expensive type of housing. ADUs may be lower-cost than new multifamily construction, but this housing type is often more expensive than other housing units such as SROs.
Increasing the overall supply and density of dwelling units, whether through ADUs, conversions, or new construction, may help stabilize or even lower the price of housing in high-demand communities. However, the addition of dwelling units to a former single-family property may also substantially increase the property's value, thereby making current and future owners dependent on constant rental income to cover their own monthly mortgage payments, even if the value per dwelling unit is lower than the original value of the single-family house.
While lending products to fund ADU development are increasingly available, many property owners still lack access to appropriate financing tools in their area to fund the design and construction of ADUs. As a result, ADU construction has largely been reserved for wealthier homeowners who have access to home equity loans, personal savings, and other funding sources for home improvement work.
Development Assistance for Residential Property Owners
A zoning reform package paired with subsidies and support for homeowners would increase the amount of new housing units in single-family residential areas.
For the reason stated previously, the Yale Law School Report is correct that zoning reform alone is not likely to substantially increase the number of additional dwelling units, especially affordable units, built in single-family neighborhoods unless there are subsidies. DEMOCRATIZE DEVELOPMENT supports promoting existing zoning provisions that allow for the creation of additional housing units without requiring new amendments to land use regulations, onerous approval and permitting, additional off-street parking, or the expense of creating new dwelling units.
The best approach for any situation depends enormously on the intended goal. If, in the case of housing development, the goal is to increase permit revenue for cash-strapped municipalities, attract real estate investors, and permanently increase the supply of dwelling units, then ADUs, multiple dwelling conversions, and new multifamily construction may be appropriate policies to pursue. If, however, the goal is housing affordability, government programs at the Federal, State, and local level will need to subsidize development and developers through rental assistance, construction grants, and tax breaks. Or, on the other hand, a city like New Haven could promote their existing zoning provisions that already allow for highly flexible and low-cost types of housing to be built throughout the city.
Aspects of New Haven's existing zoning regulations may actually serve as appropriate models for other communities to adopt as they attempt to address housing affordability issues and segregation. If early efforts fall short of goals, then perhaps New Haven and other communities ought to look into expanding those existing provisions or adopting new regulations for ADUs, multifamily construction, and lodging houses.
As this commentary has indicated, there are benefits to looking at national planning trends to inform local efforts, but there is also a risk. Included in that risk is a proclivity to ignore or entirely miss existing local traditions that, if rediscovered and promoted, may achieve many of the same results as well-publicized, but politically-divisive, policies being implemented in other cities.
For instance, is allowing ADUs and multifamily conversions advisable in New Haven because it is the best policy for the city? Or is it being advised because rezoning efforts in places like the City of Minneapolis and the State of Oregon have garnered considerable publicity in news media? DEMOCRATIZE DEVELOPMENT believes that local communities should first understand and work with what they already have before looking to implement whatever planning policies are currently trending.
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Futurism, like so many other art movements, was a product of its age. As the early 20th century continued to propel us forward into new technologies, artists began to confront this phenomenon spilling over into their works. Futurist art was, as a whole, greatly concerned with new technology (how it was created, what it was used for, and how it was expected to spread), machines (particularly the new mass-production factories benefiting from centralized assembly line design) and war. Born in Italy, Futurist art was initially driven by such talents as Filippo Tomasso Marinetti, Giacomo Balla, and Gino Severini. The movement capitalized on a manifesto written by Marinetti in which he implored young artists to "set fire to library shelves…flood the museums." Understandably, there were many art critics who accepted his statements at face value, condemning Futurist works as anarchist, childish, and reactionary. Though the works were definitely reactionary (driven primarily by the broad technological changes that were occurring in almost every industry), at the core of Futurism was an appeal to the individual artist's passion, with the paintings demanding that he or she become emotionally involved with the work.
Such characteristics made the art movement extremely popular with young artists as they rushed to embrace cities, pollution, noise, and all other facets of urban life as the cities themselves rapidly increased in population density as the new manufacturing capacity brought a gigantic influx of new workers looking for steady employment. Their art utilized dynamic brushstrokes as many of these young artists attempted to capture their subjects in motion. We must remember that audiences were seeing motion pictures for the very first time during this era and many people were simply amazed by the technology. Thus, some artists attempted to recreate a similar effect on the canvas.
Despite the dismissals by some art critics, Futurism survived and thrived, eventually becoming its own technological movement emphasizing (as one might imagine) a special interest in the future and how our technology might improve over time. Futurism in science often takes an extremely long-term view, asking how humanity might improve (or harm) itself over the course of several human lifetimes. The fascination with technology, however, has remained. Futurism now turns its eye to large problems, such as how we might be able to colonize other worlds, how we might be able to make full use of solar energy, and how we can address the problems overpopulation has created in different parts of the world.


DOS box under Windows 95.
installing or playing Grand Prix 2.
memory-resident software (including DOS-based TSRs).
Cyrix 686 and Intel MMX machines as using an "Unknown" processor type.
U.S. version, the boot disk option is on the main install menu.
outlined in the hardware detection phase.
or higher for Grand Prix 2 to work.
If you are still having problems, we recommend trying a boot disk.
"SET" from the command prompt or refer to your hardware manuals.
also important to have a SET line placed in the AUTOEXEC.BAT.
by typing "SETUP" and select "SoundBlaster (original)" or "No Sound."
should not affect the playback quality during the game.
ATI Stereo F/X, you need to select "No Sound."
then enter the correct Port, IRQ and DMA settings.
command line option: "GP2 Nosound."
that you reboot in MS-DOS mode.
a problem with the new Windows 95 keyboards containing the new "Start"
solution to this problem is to run Grand Prix 2 in MS-DOS mode.
race systems. You can use these as examples to set up your own units.
Be sure to save the controller file.
DO NOT USE THE WIN 95 ADAPTER THAT CAME WITH THE WHEEL. THIS IS NOT A WIN 95 GAME.
4) Select "Joystick A Horiz" for Steering Device.
5) Select "Analog" for Steering Mode.
6) Select "Joystick B Horiz" for Acceleration Device.
7) Select "Analog" for Acceleration Mode.
8) Select "Joystick B Horiz" for Brake Device.
9) Select "Switched" for Braking Mode.
10) Select "Control Driven Calibration" for Control Method.
Do not touch any other settings. You can edit the set name to say "T2"
or "TMaster" and then save the file.
Now calibrate the device, and your T2 should work.
Or,you can load the File Directly from the CD.
4.) Click on "Load Control Set"
6.) Click on the "GPFILES" subdirectory.
Now Calibrate the device, and your wheel should work.
4) Select "Joystick A Horizontal" for Steering Device.
Now calibrate the device, and it should work.
to work. Look for a newer list of modem strings at the end of this FAQ.
recommend running Grand Prix 2 in MS-DOS mode.
"freeze." Try selecting a lower baud rate such as 19200.
While linked, the background music will automatically be turned off.
the link takes up some processor power.
line and rerun Grand Prix 2. COM 4 may now be available.
Also make sure a mouse isn't plugged into the corresponding COM ports.
There is no rain or different weather conditions.
It is not possible to control the car using a mouse.
such as the 3D Blaster from Creative Labs.
try running the game with the option "GP2 Nostateload."
detail option will be greyed out. You need to free up more memory.
UNIVBE or get a specific VESA driver for your video card.
running Grand Prix 2 in MS-DOS mode.
compression, error correction and software flow control.


Vijaychander is a notable Telugu actor, director and producer. He is the grandson of the famous Politician and Chief Minister Tanguturi Prakasham Panthulu.
Vijaychander is famous for his devotional roles in films. His most popular films are Karunamayudu, Sri Shirdi Sai Baba Mahatyam. Jaitra Yatra and Rajadhi Raju. His role as Jesus Christ in Karunamayudu has fetched him the bronze Nandi award in the best feature film category.


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IIP020: From USA Marines To World Leading Style Expert For Men
Inspiring Innovation Podcast episode 20 Get it on iTunes
Antonio Centeno's story begins in a trailer park in West Texas where he grew up. When he left Texas to attend Cornell College in Mount Vernon, Iowa no one would have guessed he would end up founding two companies and affecting the way men dress around the world.
With a few exceptions, the people who lived in the trailer park where Antonio grew up did not seem to care about the appearance of their property or their clothing. In contrast an aunt of Antonio's kept herself, her trailer, and her car neat and clean. She taught him that even though he might not have expensive things, he should always put his best foot forward. The people Antonio came to respect were the people who took care of their belongings regardless of price.
Just before graduation from Cornell College he joined the Marine Corps, following the example of other family members who had served in various branches of the military. The Marines is considered by many to be the premiere branch of the U.S. military, and Antonio saw it as a challenge. The Corps had a significant impact on him; he even says that the Marines formed the person is today. He was humbled yet encouraged to constantly seek ways to improve himself. As an officer in the Corps Antonio learned what it meant to be a servant leader whose purpose was to support for the ground troops. This instilled in Antonio a desire to help others.
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After leaving the Marines Antonio lived in the Ukraine for a couple of years. While there he ran a nonprofit organization that provided services to orphans. It became clear that the nonprofit was not going to survive, but Antonio had learned that he knew nothing about business.
An Idea Is Born
While still in the Ukraine, Antonio searched for a suit for an interview. He discovered that he could not find one that fit in the Ukraine. He tried to find one online, but was disappointed with the quality and fit. During his search he realized that he knew how to wear a uniform, but knew nothing about how to wear a suit. He met with custom clothiers and discovered that the industry was dominated by people without formal education in fashion who were making good money; and an idea began to grow. Continue reading IIP020: From USA Marines To World Leading Style Expert For Men
Posted on August 15, 2013 April 22, 2014 Author Meron BareketCategories PodcastTags antonio centeno, Business, Entrepreneur, entrepreneur success story, entrepreneurship, inspiring innovation podcast3 Comments on IIP020: From USA Marines To World Leading Style Expert For Men
IIP 006 : Making $1M From A Single Tweet – Stacey Ferreira co-founder Of MySocialCloud
Inspiring Innovation Podcast episode 006 Get it on iTunes
"Richard And I Will Invest Dollar-for-dollar In Your Company"
How many people do you know that made a million dollars from Twitter?
How many people do you know that got funded by Sir Richard Branson, on their first startup?
How many people do you know that did both – before they turned 19?
"Mom, we have some really, REALLY good news"
Today's guest is Stacey Ferreira Co-founder of MySocialCloud. Stacey's story has been told again and again over the last two years, and for a very good reason.
Stacey Ferreira, co-founder of MySocialCloud
When Stacey finished school, she moved to California to live with her brother and work on the project which is now MySocialCloud. They shared an apartment in south central Los Angeles, not the area where you would want to live. The apartment was very small. They set up their office in the living room, and in typical entrepreneur style – Scott slept on the coach while Stacey slept on an air mattress. Stacey says that they lived the project that summer, sometimes not going outside for weeks at a time.
One morning Stacey was on Twitter and saw a tweet from Sir Richard Branson. The tweet said that If you donated $2,000 to the charity of his choice, you could attend the 25th anniversary celebration of Virgin America and meet him in Miami for intimate cocktails. Stacey was skeptical that someone like Sir Richard Branson would send out such a tweet, but she decided to go for it, afraid that someone else will steal her opportunity. She replied and asked if she and Scott could participate – even though they were underage. At 2am, Stacey and Scott got a positive response.
Of course, they didn't have $2,000 – never mind $4,000 for the two of them, plus expenses. So they called their parents in the middle of the night, asking for a loan. Stacey and Scott's parents were dubious; but decided it would be a good learning experience for them. Two days later, the siblings were on a plane to Miami. On the first night, they waited with about 18 others to meet Sir Richard Branson. It just happened that Stacey was by the door when Richard Branson entered. Stacey took the opportunity and introduced herself. After telling him a bit more about their project, Stacey boldly asked for his contact information, and was delighted when he gave it to her.
Stacey with Richard Branson
Getting Funded, A Dream Coming True
Once the Ferreiras returned home, they focused on building the initial product. They kept Branson updated on what they were doing with regular emails. Eventually he suggested that he introduce them to a friend of his – Jerry Murdock. They talked with Murdock by phone, explaining their vision and what they were planning. A few weeks after their initial conversation, Jerry flew out to California.
The cofounders went over the product and gave Jerry a little demo. That night at dinner, Jerry announced, "Here's the deal. Branson and I are going to invest dollar for dollar in your company." Stacey and Scott were amazed by Jerry's announcement. It was such an incredible opportunity. Now with investors, they could build their product!
And Today…
Two years have passed, and a lot has changed. The MySocialCloud story became world known. Stacey dropped out of college and moved to the west coast to work full-time at MySocialCloud. But more important — so many lessons were learned, mistakes made, achievements reached – and all of those Stacey shares with us today.
The Ferreiras
In This Episode You Will Learn
How Stacey & Scott Ferreira got $1M funding for their startup because of a single tweet
The secret to making huge things happen for you.
How to build your team and what are the crucial things to pay attention to
What kind of prototype do you really need in order to get an investment from Richard Branson himself, Jerry Murdock, or someone of such caliber
How to keep your business going in the right direction
What challenges did the MySocialCloud team face since funding, and how they overcame.
How does a free tool like MySocialCloud make money
What are Stacey's thoughts and tips for young entrepreneurs that are about to start college
How to effectively execute your ideas
How to find an opportunity, make a goal and make it happen
Items Mentioned In This Episode Include
Stacey Ferreira: Blog, Twitter, LinkendIn
Scott FerreiraVisionary and CEO of My Social Cloud
Shiv Prakash CTO and Co Founder of My Social Cloud
My Social Cloud
Never Eat Alone by Keith Ferrazzi and Tahl Raz– Stacey's current favorite nonfiction book.
Richard Branson: Twitter, Blog
Jerry Murdock
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Posted on May 9, 2013 April 22, 2014 Author Meron BareketCategories PodcastTags entrepreneurship, funding, inspiring innovation podcast, massive action, mysocialcloud, podcast, richard branson, stacey ferreira, success, young11 Comments on IIP 006 : Making $1M From A Single Tweet – Stacey Ferreira co-founder Of MySocialCloud
IIP 005 : From Zero To Over $6M In Less Than 3 Years – Story of Udemy + CRAZY Giveaway
$771 Giveaway + How Would You Like To Earn An Extra $10,000 This Year?
In this episode of The Inspiring Innovation Podcast, I am very honored to share the success story of Udemy as told by my guest, Dinesh Thiru — the Marketing VP of Udemy.
Oh, where also giving away $771 worth of gifts today, so Read on!
Udemy's story began years ago in a one room schoolhouse in a small village in Turkey, and continues today as a multimillion dollar education marketplace that gives the equal opportunity for everyone to teach and learn online.
In 2012 it became an amazing sensation when the top 10 instructors on Udemy have earned together over 1.6 million dollars. Late in 2012 they announced that 1 of every 4 lecturers on the platform earns over $10,000 annually — from a course that takes 40-50 hours on average to develop.
In this episode you will learn:
Dinesh Thiru, VP Marketing at Udemy
How do you build such a successful teaching platform in a world that sometimes seem to have given up on education?
How did Udemy go so fast from zero users to hundreds of thousands?
How did they get the biggest names to join them?
How did they go from zero income to multi million dollars stream?
And the most important question – how can Udemy help you?
How Udemy established social proof using just one success story.
How can you benefit from Udemy, both as a producer and as a consumer
How to create a successful course on Udemy that will make you over $10,000 this year.
Items mentioned in this episode include:
How Udemy's First-Time Founder Raised $1 Million For His Startup – Mixergy Interview
Dinesh Thiru; GooglePlus,LinkedIN, Twitter, Facebook
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German Environment Agency: 'Tax animal products to tackle climate change'
By Nicole Sagener | EURACTIV.de | translated by Samuel White
Opponents of the proposal argue that a VAT increase will do nothing to improve farming practices. [isamiga76/Flickr]
Meat and dairy farming is more damaging to the environment than producing cereals, fruits or vegetables. Germany's Federal Environment Agency (UBA) has called for higher taxes on animal products, but the idea is controversial. EURACTIV Germany reports.
Agriculture is a big contributor to climate change. In a recent study, the UBA highlighted the fact that farming is the largest emitter of nitrous oxide and methane, a greenhouse gas around 25 times more powerful than carbon dioxide.
This conclusion led the UBA to a controversial conclusion, namely that VAT reductions on animal products such as meat and cheese amount to environmentally harmful subsidies. It put the current value of this tax break at €5.2 billion.
The agency criticised the fact that animal products benefit from a VAT rate of just 7%, the same rate as cereals, fruits or vegetables, despite the fact that they are far more damaging to the environment.
For example, one kilo of beef can generate up to 28kg of CO2 equivalent. For the same quantity of fruits and vegetables, emissions are typically less than 1kg.
Not only are meat and cheese resource-intensive to produce, but animals like cows also emit large amounts of methane when digesting food. According to environmental groups, the production of animal feed is also a big contributor to the greenhouse effect, as virgin forests are often cleared to make space for soya production.
José Bové: 'The purpose of agriculture is to feed our citizens'
The European executive will reform the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) by the end of 2017. José Bové and Éric Andrieu argue for an agricultural system that puts the environment, human health and small businesses first. EURACTIV's partner Ouest France reports.
"In future, animal food products should be taxed at the regular 19% rate. In return, the state could use the billions this would generate to further lower the 7% reduced rate. This could help cut the cost of fruits and vegetables or public transport. Both would be good for the climate and benefit citizens," said UBA President Maria Krautzberger.
For the UBA, environment and climate-damaging subsidies in other sectors are still far too high, endangering Germany's Paris climate commitments. In 2012, Berlin handed out €57bn in climate-harmful subsidies.
According to the UBA, most of these subsidies are given to the transport sector (€28.6bn), followed by the energy sector (€20.3bn). Transport is responsible for 18% of all German emissions and energy for more than one-third, making them among the most environmentally unfriendly sectors in the German economy.
"Massive blind spots" in subsidy cuts
Krautzberger complained that for years, Germany's subsidy reduction plan had had "massive blind spots".
"It is paradoxical," she said, "that Germany should commit to more climate protection at the international level while we reward climate-damaging behaviour in our own country with tax breaks".
German researcher: Free trade can cushion impact of climate change on agriculture
Poor harvests, hunger and rising food prices: Climate change threatens food production around the world. The solution to all of this could be free trade, researcher Hermann Lotze-Campen told EURACTIV Germany.
But Thomas Gambke, a representative of the Green Party, believes the Environment Agency's recommended tax hike would not have such a positive impact. "We should approach the question of food and climate change from the producers' side, not use VAT to try and change consumers' behaviour," he said.
For Gambke, VAT on food should perform a social function and ensure that food remains affordable even for low earners. Instead of acting on VAT, Germany should demand higher standards in farming, placing animal welfare and climate change prevention at the heart of farming, the expert added.
Several ministers have also rejected the proposal. For Germany's Minister for Agriculture Christian Schmidt (CSU), an artificial price rise through a tax hike would bring no benefit for animal welfare, the environment or consumers. He told the news organisation RND that Germany should not "use penalty taxes to prescribe what people eat".
Food security in the face of climate change: Impossible without water
Development agencies must use the momentum from COP22 to prioritise water infrastructure projects and help mitigate the effects of climate change and extreme weather events in Africa, write Elke Herrfahrdt-Pähle and Waltina Scheumann.
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3 responses to "German Environment Agency: 'Tax animal products to tackle climate change'"
Bob Armstrong says:
Is there no limit to how non-scientifically educated and gullible to the most absurd anti-freedom and welfare demonizations of the processes of life and the CO2 molecule upon which all life is built ?
It is only populist that Germans are not talking about their car industry and they talk about agriculture….how ignorant a 'scientist' must be to write a 'kilo of meat' and 'a kilo of vegetables'. It is good to know that the populist politicians are covering up the energy and transport industry….what a lame reporting of facts.
Luke smith says:
Anders: Whats wrong with comparing a CO2 equivelant for a kg of meat against a kg of vegetables? I think both transport and agriculture are serious environmental issues that need to be adressed and shifting some of the subsidies from animal agriculture to public transport could help to combat both. What do you think?


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