Posted by Paula Paine on March 18, 2014 in Alumni, Athletics, Community, Events, "The College", "Your OU"
Six athletes were inducted into the Braves Athletic Hall of Fame (BAHOF) on October 24, 2013, during OU's Homecoming celebration.
The Braves Athletic Hall of Fame (BAHOF) was established in 1988 for the purpose of honoring those individuals who have gained recognition and fame for themselves and Ottawa University as a result of their endeavors and accomplishments while a student-athlete, coach or director of athletics at Ottawa University.
Conner is in her 18th year serving in the athletic department at Ottawa University. Conner is entering her ninth year as OU's first female director of athletics. Previously, she served as the Lady Braves head basketball coach for 11 years. She has also been an associate professor in the OU Physical Education department, Academic Advisor and taught in the Liberal Arts Studies Program. Conner is in her seventh year serving on the Executive Committee of the KCAC including two years as the chair.
As OU's Director of Athletics, Conner has amassed a number of honors for the University, including 200 Daktronics NAIA Scholar Athletes, 48 NAIA All-Americans, 160 KCAC Players of the Week, and 519 All-KCAC selections. In addition, ten teams have earned regular season KCAC Championships with 11 teams making NAIA National Tournament appearances including in football, women's soccer, women's basketball, men's basketball, softball and volleyball. Five teams have also won KCAC Tournament Championships. From 2005-2013, 52 teams were named NAIA Scholar Teams; in August of this year, 14 teams were simultaneously named NAIA Scholar Teams, the most in school history. Under her watch, the OU athletic department has been named a Five Star Champions of Character Institution five times.
With Conner at the helm, ten OU coaches have been named KCAC Coach of the Year, two have been named Ka nsas Basketball Coaches Association (KBCA) College Coach of the Year and two have achieved Region Coach of the Year. During her tenure, the Ottawa University Athletic Department has been committed to building opportunities for student-athletes by adding women's golf, as well as men's and women's tennis programs. In 2010-11, Conner was named the KCAC Athletic Director of the Year.
As head women's basketball coach, Conner had a record-breaking 2006-07 season before resigning to focus on her administrative role. She finished as the most winning coach in Lady Braves history with 162 victories. She earned the KBCA 4 Year Women's College Basketball Coach of the Year award in 2003-04 and again in 2006-07. Conner led the Lady Braves to the KCAC Basketball Tournament Championship three times and to the NAIA Division II National Tournament three times. In 2007, she guided OU to the first 'Sweet 16' appearance for any sport while competing at the NAIA Women's Basketball National Tournament.
Conner was a four-year all conference selection on the basketball court for the William Jewell Cardinals, earning HAAC Player of the Year in 1991 as the fourth all-time career scorer (1,893). Conner also earned all-district and all-conference honors in softball and lettered on the first ever women's soccer team for WJC. She was named William Jewell Athlete of the Year twice and was inducted into William Jewell's Hall-of-Fame in 2004.
Conner lives in Shawnee, Kansas, with her husband Tim and their four children, Cole, Kylie, Zoey, and Brodie.
Guth was a four-year starter in football, 1991-1994, though it took several games into his freshman year to be a starter in the secondary. He played special teams all four years. In 1994, he was named First Team NAIA All-American and was a First Team All-KCAC selection at defensive back; he was an Honorable Mention All-KCAC selection in 1993. During his career, Guth amassed 91 tackles (51 assisted, 40 individual), 12 pass breakups, four fumble recoveries, and 11 interceptions – nine as a senior, which ranks Guth second in the OU record books. He is also tied for second in the record books for single game interceptions (3), and he achieved a career-high nine tackles versus both Bethel and Panhandle State University. Guth also earned a season-high eight tackles versus Southwestern College his junior year. During his four years on the field, the Braves recorded KCAC seasons of 5-4, 5-3, 5-3, and 5-3.
"I am reminded daily of the parallels between sports and life," said Guth. "It's about dedication, sacrifice, preparation, hard work, communication, passion, and teamwork. I loved all my teammates, and we have all built bonds for life. I'm super proud to be an OU Brave."
Guth graduated from Ottawa University in 1995 with a degree in business administration. For nearly 20 years, he has been involved in transportation, extensively within the motor coach industry. Guth's career has moved him to Florida and California, and he currently serves as senior vice president, managing four motor coach dealerships, two in California, one in Minnesota and one in Kansas.
Guth lives in Huntington Beach, California, with his wife Debra, also an Ottawa University graduate. The couple has three children, Caley, Chloe and Brady.
On the OU gridiron, Hull was a three-year letter winner. He amassed 156 career receptions, with single-season receptions of 61 in 1998 and 56 in 1999. Hull finished his career with 2,132 total yards – 922 in 1998 and 784 in 1999, and 30 touchdowns. He helped lead OU to a ranking of 12th in the NAIA in 1997. Hull made his mark in the OU record book. He is ranked third in career receptions (156), sixth in single game receiving yards (196), is tied for second in single game touchdown receptions (3), is tied for ninth in single game receptions (11), and is fifth in career receiving yards (2,225). Hull also had the game-winning touchdown versus William Jewell College in 1998. He was an NAIA First Team All American tight end ('98, '99); a Don Hansen First Teach All American tight end ('98, '99); a KCAC First Team selection as a tight end ('97, '98, '99); a two-time KCAC Offensive Player of the Week selection; a UAA Honorable Mention selection ('96, University of Chicago); and the National All Stars Bowl MVP (2000). Hull also played basketball for Ottawa University for three years. He graduated from in 2000.
Since 2007, Michael Hull has been an entrepreneur, owning and serving as president of two tourism businesses, Cabo Submarine and Cabo Jet Pack, in Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur, Mexico. Prior to that, he was a vice president of corporate restructuring for Mesirow Financial (2006-07) and manager in the Financial Advisory Services for KPMG LLP (2000-06), both out of Dallas, Texas. In June 2012, Hull received his Mexican naturalized citizenship. Active in the community, Hull volunteers at a local boys' orphanage and during the summer to help clean up local beaches and ocean floors through trash removal.
Hull lives in Laguna Beach, California, with his wife, Mary, and children Maddox, Mason and Micah.
Mijares was voted the 1983-84 OU Male Athlete of the Year. In 1984, he was an NAIA Indoor All-American in the mile with a time of 4:14. Mijares was an eight-time All-HAAC/All-KCAC Performer on the track (outdoor and indoor) and a two-time All-HAAC/ All-KCAC Performer in cross country. He finished second at the 1984 KCAC Cross Country Championships. In addition, Mijares was a three-time All-HAAC Indoor Conference Champion; earned the school record in the outdoor 1500M with a time of 3:56; was a two-time qualifier for the NAIA Indoor Track and Field National Championships (the 1,000M in 1981 and the mile in 1984, placing fifth with a time of 4:14); and qualified for the 1983 NAIA Cross Countr y National Championships. Mijares was part of the HAAC Championship teams for cross country and outdoor track in 1981 and for indoor and outdoor track in 1982.
Mijares graduated from Ottawa University in 1984 and from the University of Kansas School of Medicine in 1992. He is the founder and president of Eastside Medical Consultants, a hospitalist group located in eight hospitals in the Wichita, Kansas, area. He is also the co-founder and owner of GoRun Wichita, a running specialty store that is heavily involved in community and charity fundraising for such organizations as TeamUp Kansas, Girls on the Run, and the YMCA Youth Program. The business also offers a college scholarship for area cross country runners. As a carry-over from his OU days, Mijares is the head track and cross country coach at Trinity Academy of Wichita.
Mijares lives in Wichita, Kansas, with his wife Jessica. The couple has two children, Alexis and Evan.
Smith graduated from Ottawa University in 1988. He is currently a road driver for what is now FedEx Freight. He started as a dock worker in 1988 with Arkansas Freightways, which changed to American Freightways before being sold to FedEx approximately 10 years ago. He moved up to a city driver in 1992 then to road driver in 1994.
Smith lives in Liberty, Missouri, with his wife, Kimberlie. The couple has a daughter, Hollie.
During his four-year career at OU, Winn was a member of both the football and track teams.
On the track, Winn was the 1971 NAIA National Champion in the javelin. He finished runner up in 1972, finishing his career as a two-time NAIA All-American. In 36 track and field meets in his four-year career, Winn only finished out of first in the javelin five times. He broke five meet records and set OU's mark in the javelin at 254-03 at the Drake Relays. Winn was the Missouri Valley AAU Champion and the Drake Relay Champion in the javelin. He is a three-time KCAC Champion (1969-71) in the javelin and won the HAAC Championship in 1972.
On the gridiron, Win n was a four-year starter at defensive back and was a member of the 1970 KCAC Championship team and 1972 HAAC Championship team. He led the team and broke the school record with 10 interceptions in 1972. That single season mark held until 2000. He was a First Team All-HAAC performer and earned First Team All-District 10 honors in 1972. Winn had two interceptions in the 1972 Mineral Water Bowl victory over Friends University. He finished his career with 19 interceptions, which ties Winn for first in the school record books.
Following graduation in 1973, Winn went to work for JC Penney, where he became a senior merchandise manager with responsibility for a department that did $2 million in sales, resulting in numerous sales awards. He then formed and managed Winn Merchandising, an athletic sportswear company, for 12 years before becoming number one in outside sales with Time Warner Cable. After the company transitioned to Telecable of Overland Park, Winn joined the Kansas City Star circulation department, winning the paper's Stars on Grand Award and setting sales records for penetration in his territories. He currently works for Hendrick Chevrolet, where he helped develop the Internet Sales Department and has made Presidents Club 10 of 12 years.
Winn lives in Mission, Kansas. He has one daughter, Holly, and three grandchildren, Nikolas, Ella and Aidan.


1. Mortgage rates are still dropping. The average rate for a 30-year fixed rate loan is still under 4.5 percent. While this is an increase from the historic low of 3.35 percent at the end of 2012, it's still an attractive rate for prospective homebuyers. The housing sector is getting stronger and inflation rates are low, which promotes low mortgage rates.
2. It is still cheaper to buy than rent. If you live in a metropolitan area, it may make more financial sense to buy a home than rent a house, condo or apartment. According to a recent Trulia Trends study, buying a home is 44 percent cheaper than renting in the 100 largest metro areas in the United States. While this data was calculated based on last year's lower mortgage rates, there is still a significant price difference in total monthly costs with today's rates.
3. Home prices are relatively low. Housing price trends vary significantly by location and even by neighborhood, but the average housing price trends across the country look promising for prospective homebuyers. The S&P/Case-Shiller composite index of 20 metropolitan areas increased only 1 percent this past season, so it could still be a great time to buy.
4. It may be easier to get a mortgage. Credit unions and banks may be making it easier for some prospective buyers to qualify for a mortgage. Less stringent requirements and qualifying criteria may help some people finally get that home loan. If you have good credit and some savings available for a down payment, you might just be able to get a loan for your dream home this year.
5. Less competition from home flippers. Investors looking to buy and flip houses can't move as quickly as they did in recent years. Housing prices in some markets are increasing, making house flipping less attractive. This gives prospective homebuyers more inventory to choose from and the benefit of having less pressure to close a deal because of another pending offer. This could be the time to enjoy the freedom of shopping around for that perfect home and making an offer.
6. Avoid the cost of rising rent. A buyer's market means it might be time to say goodbye to renting for good. If you're tired of rent increases at your current location or want to move but will experience a spike in rent, consider the benefits of buying a home instead. You may be able to secure a great rate with your credit history and end up paying the equivalent or less in monthly payments as you build equity in a home. Renting can be a more affordable option for the short term, but renters still have to face rising rental costs year after year.
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Che bambola!!/Giacomino è un singolo di Fred Buscaglione e i suoi Asternovas, pubblicato il 22 ottobre 1955 ed inserito nel primo album Fred Buscaglione e i suoi Asternovas.

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Che bambola!! (testo: Chiosso - musica: Buscaglione)
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Artificial Intelligence is nothing but an ability of computer hardware and software to think and behave like humans. It's a branch of science that deals with making machines able to perceive natural language used by humans, respond accordingly in a human understandable language and perform humanly tasks but with much better efficiency. These intelligent machines that exhibit human behavior are known as intelligent agents.
The aim of AI was to make autonomous machines or robots that perceive their environment and take actions without any requirement of manual handling by humans. These machines are meant for deducing, reasoning and problem solving. Today, AI techniques are already being used in every field, be it teaching, robotics, gaming, learning, military, medical uses, etc. Almost every machine around us will slowly turn into an intelligent device, from intelligent cars to intelligent lights.
There are certainly many advantages of computers over humans. Computers are not biased as humans are, so you can completely rely on computer's decision because it is fairly based on computations and has a convincing justification for its decision while humans have a nature of being inclined towards their interests and may result in making unfair decisions. Computers are much fast and efficient than humans, they do not get tired or fatigued and can work continuously for long hours, days or even months if sufficient power is being continuously provided to them. Computers can also perform multitasking much smoothly and easily than human are able to.
Where there are the pros, there are also the cons of computers over humans. Since, computer is just a set of expressions, rules or axioms and work according to its constraints, it only works in a limited boundary of these constraints. A computer will always lack the human touch, it is not capable of human reasoning or experiencing human emotions. An intelligent agent can be used in a false manner or disruptively if given in the wrong hands, while humans can't be that easily exploited. It's clear that a human brain is a self-organizing system that doesn't follow any rules or programming. It doesn't have any fixed system clock or processing speed. In short, there is no limit on the functioning of a human brain and there's still a long way for a simulated brain to reach the exact imitation of a human brain.
Nevertheless, improvements are continuously being made and the fast growth of Artificial intelligence in every field, may lead to a new era where everything will turn automatic with autonomous machines all around, when labors and workers will be replaced by Robots and intelligent agents. The low skilled workers will no longer be required and unemployment will be at its verge. The question is, will that Era be a boon or a curse to us?


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Born and raised in the state of Virginia, Ian completed his undergraduate studies at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in History. Following his time at Virginia Tech, Ian graduated from the University of Mississippi School of Law in Oxford, Mississippi in May of 2020. After graduating law school, and during the heart of the Covid-19 pandemic, Ian moved to St. Augustine, Florida where he worked as a Community Association Manager (CAM) and helped manage homeowner and condominium associations. Upon passing the Bar, Ian joined Law Firm Carolinas in September of 2021, bringing with him the unique experience of working with Community Associations from the manager side. During his free time Ian enjoys cooking, spending time outdoors (especially playing corn hole and spending time in the mountains and on the water), and cheering on his favorite sports teams, especially his beloved Virginia Tech Hokies.
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We're fully in fall now, and it's the perfect time to bundle up, start planning your winter vacation, and read about Japan.
This month we're talking about snow tours, rugby coaches, tall ladies, apocalyptic fiction, meat blogs, yogurt straining, Chinese visas, Cricket Blasts, and Spotlighting 7 very cool members of the community.
David Namisato returns to Connect with a post-halloween "Life After the BOE" comic, the events calendar is jam-packed, and we unravel the tangled web of history behind those islands everyone's arguing about.


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Jonathan Niclaus' cinematic narrative illustrations for LOST iN
Berlin-based illustrator Jonathan Niclaus creates formidable illustrations to accompany fictional shorts in each issue of LOST iN magazine.
Each issue invites a local author to create a dramatic piece set in that issue's location. Jonathan's challenge is to "evoke the particular atmosphere of each story, with the right mood for each city," he explains. In order to create pieces representative of a location, the illustrator spends time immersing himself in the various creative elements they produce. Jonathan purposefully investigates a city's past rather than just contemporary influences: "I spent hours flipping through Polish posters from the 60s or trawling through the work of Swiss graphic artists. Everything is a potential source – old Playboy ads, vinyl covers and movie posters can all bring the right vibes."
The illustrator begins each of these editorial pieces simplistically. "I often start with pencil sketches so that my work is infused with a traditional aesthetic," Jonathan explains. "I have moved away from perfect vector shapes, imperfect forms and 'mistakes', together with different textures, to help me conjure an artisanal feel in the final piece." The result is a collection of cinematic prints with multi-layered references creating illustrated illusions.
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Mice, moons and shrooms: marvel at Sharmila Banerjee's grainy illustrations
Haleigh Mun hides an illustrated version of herself in her squiggly worlds
Caroline Dowsett's work is inspired by the colours seen in every day life
Surrealism, Bjork and alcohol felts collide in Jimy De Haese's dreamy illustrations
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Q: Any way to add patterns, type signature, to a function in GHCi? ^-- No, it doesn't entirely.  My question covers ADDING patterns and type signatures interactively...which is apparently impossible.
The most basic things you might try do from early tutorials won't work in GHCi:
foo [] = []
foo (x:xs) = x : foo xs

That works if you put it into foo.hs and at the GHCi prompt type :load foo.hs.  You can then invoke foo on a list and get the list back.
Early Google searches tell you that in GHCi you need a let statement.  But in this case (a function defined with multiple patterns) it won't work:
Prelude> let foo [] = []
Prelude> let foo (x:xs) = x : foo xs
Prelude> foo [1, 2, 3]
[1,2,3*** Exception: <interactive>:3:5-27: Non-exhaustive patterns
    in function foo

The second "let" overwrote the first "let".  Leaving out the let isn't an option.  And it doesn't like it if you type in expressions like foo :: [a] -> [a] either.
The tutorials seem to sidestep this and send you quickly into putting your code into files.  What if you don't want to make a file, and want to work interactively?  What are the options?

A: No.  You cannot add new patterns or a type signature to a function in GHCi after you have run a statement defining it in the evaluator.
For that matter, you shouldn't see it as "adding" on a line-by-line basis in source code, either.  It's merely a notation convenience.  So when you look at a "multi-line" definition like:
foo :: [a] -> [a]
foo [] = []
foo (x:xs) = x : foo xs

Those foo definitions must all be tied together as a group.  You can't split them up...so for instance, this will cause an error:
foo :: [a] -> [a]
foo [] = []

bar = 3

foo (x:xs) = x : foo xs

(Note: The type signature may be separated, however.  For the details of how far it can be separated, see How is 'block' granularity in Haskell defined? )
To put things together as a group, you can use multi-line input in GHCi.  Or you could do it all on one line with semicolons:
let foo :: [a] -> [a] ; foo [] = [] ; foo (x:xs) = x : xs

But you can't type in an input, test it, then patch individual patterns in and out, and test it again.  The whole function is redefined with each let.

A: Use multiline input:
Prelude> :set +m
Prelude> let
Prelude| foo [] = []
Prelude| foo (x:xs) = x : foo xs
Prelude|
Prelude> foo [1,2,3]
[1,2,3]

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A Look at a Year of Adaptation and Innovation in the Arts
During the pandemic, professors reimagined how to teach as they adjusted to Zoom classes and six-feet-apart interactions.
From experimenting with outdoor dance and music classes to reducing learning barriers inherent in the traditional behind-the-podium lecture set up to finding creative ways to virtually honor milestone moments in students' academic journeys, departments discovered new ways to reach students and share their art.
Students adapted to a Friday dance masterclass outdoors during the pandemic.
Community Movement
When COVID-19 shut down theatres and canceled shows, artists found a new stage on Chambers Lawn.
"When students returned to campus in the fall, they were itching for movement," said Dance Professor Alison Bory.
That desire served as the impetus to institute a dance masterclass—a series of experimental Friday afternoon dance classes open to the Davidson community.
The class took place outdoors and was live streamed online. The sessions included a Davidson alumna yoga instructor, a dance scholar on South Asian aesthetics and a dance teacher for a costumed Halloween nod to Michael Jackson's "Thriller."
Of this time of quarantine and isolation, Bory said, "we need to find joy; we need to find connection; we need to keep experiencing our bodies."
In addition to the Friday masterclass, the dance department faculty invited renowned artists to Zoom-share their knowledge--from Miguel Gutierrez for a dance composition course to Haitian artists for a class on dance in the African diaspora.
The climate-controlled space in the Katherine and Tom Belk Visual Arts Center is home to thousands of pieces of art.
Rethinking Access
Davidson College's permanent art collection contains over 3,500 works spanning more than five centuries. Pre-pandemic, the collection could be viewed by appointment.
When COVID-19 shut things down, the college expanded access to the rest of the world.
A team of students and staff joined forces to make the collection available online by mid-summer of 2020. Now, you can browse the entire collection from a coffee shop or your couch, a landmark moment already transforming students' access to artwork.
"It's amazing. We had a project with a psychology class, and many of the students went to the online collection," said Director and Curator of the Van Every/Smith Galleries Lia Newman. "They found these objects they would never have found if they just came to see the collection in-person, where not everything is framed or as easily accessible."
While the online version is not a substitute for the experience of seeing the texture or scale of a work, Newman said, it is yet another way for more people to experience Davidson's art collection.
"Museums and galleries can sometimes seem elitist, or feel like they are only for some people," Newman said. "A silver lining of the pandemic has been the democratization and accessibility of spaces and collections."
Class of 2021 Adrienne Lee's plasma-cut steel piece Garden from her senior exhibition Ode to Self.
Showcasing Student Work
Where the Smith Gallery once filled with friends and faculty of seniors hosting their capstone exhibition receptions, now, live recorded videos of seniors' studio tours, gallery talks and virtual exhibitions have found a digital home on the Davidson College Art Galleries website.
The interactive virtual tours mimic moving through the Smith Gallery, complete with labels for each art piece, a 360-degree rotation of the space and the ability to opt into a virtual reality mode.
"The software is also a great way for students to conceptualize their exhibition layout, while providing wider accessibility," Newman said.
"Everyone's been so innovative," she said. "It has made us really stretch and rethink how we share our information."
Senior exhibitions live on their own web pages. The Annual Student Art Collection, with works selected by studio art faculty from art and non-art majors, also is on display in a virtual tour.
Davidson College Jazz Ensemble's Pokémon Theme Song was featured in Class of 2020's virtual commencement.
Exploring New Venues
Before the pandemic, Eric Keith primarily focused on "filling the seats in the hall."  When COVID-19 canceled music performances, social media became the new venue for accessing the department's many events.
A student first proposed the idea of a Zoom virtual concert to Music Professor and Jazz Ensemble Director William Lawing. This led to the department's first pandemic virtual concert. The Jazz Ensemble's Pokémon Theme Song also earned a spot in the class of 2020's virtual celebration.
"We ended up with a terrific moment (at the virtual celebration)," Lawing said. "It was only a moment, and that's all we were able to do, but we were still an ensemble."
The department has since put on various virtual concerts—all pre-recorded in a safe, socially-distanced environment.
Davidson College musicians—students and faculty--reflect on the shifts in teaching and learning necessitated by the pandemic, and the ways in which the community has met the moment with grace and compassion in "The Beat Goes On: Music Department Innovates, Adapts to Pandemic Challenges."
Keith, Davidson College's Director of Music Production and Promotion, created the department's first YouTube channel, where today you can view dozens of performances, from students' home-recorded Jazz Ensemble: Pokémon Theme Song to the Symphony Orchestra's winter "Zooming" Sleigh Ride to Jazz Ensemble's guest residency with world-renowned saxophonist Grace Kelly.
"The resilience, courage and love of music that kept everyone together—it's been very inspiring," said Keith. "The overall spirit of the students hasn't been touched."
In challenging times, "What better way to heal than music?" Keith asked. "All art is special. It not only heals the performer, but also heals the listener."
In the summer drive-thru theatre production "Exit 30," audience members watched vignettes stationed outside across campus from their cars.
Out-of-the-Box Thinking
When students and staff were sent home in the spring of 2020 last year, Theatre Professor Steve Kaliski '07 was struck by the amount of vast, empty campus space that suddenly became available.
Over the summer, he utilized it to produce the socially-distanced drive-thru theatre production "Exit 30."
"If this were a space in Manhattan it wouldn't work, but we had the whole campus to ourselves," said Kaliski, who has worked professionally in New York City.
The distinct vignettes, from a #BlackLivesMatter protest to a socially-distanced, sorrowful birthday party to an Indiana Jones spoof—led the audience from the Armfield apartments towards the Alvaréz College Union in their cars.
With full cast Zoom rehearsals to sort out show logistics, actors—a mixed cohort of Davidson students, Winthrop students and local artists—worked independently in pairs to create and rehearse their skits.
"The pandemic has shown us that we don't always have to do work in a building. We have the capacity and imagination to do work in other ways," Kaliski said of the future of Davidson's theatre productions.
The lessons learned from the novel production paved the way for the department's following fall semester drive-thru show "Ubi Orta Pestilentia: A Davidson Zombie Apocalypse," co-directed by Kaliski and his students.
Senior English majors received a special boxed delivery in advance of the Annual Senior Cocktail Party, held over Zoom this year.
Personal Touches
While the English department adapted swiftly to the COVID-19 pandemic, first with an online awards ceremony and on to virtual Cold Open creative literary community events, the most ambitious feat may have been the department's Annual Senior Cocktail Party.
The event is usually marked by tasty hors d'oeuvres and informal conversation between students and their professors. This year, department coordinator Kathy Barton partnered with Much Ado Catering to re-create the experience virtually.
"The event is meant to be more of a friendly, relaxed and carefree atmosphere to kick off the new semester and celebrate their work," said Barton, who masterminded the effort.
Her inspiration: a family Zoom bridal shower she attended earlier that year.
The delivery: a winter-themed box packed with sweet and savory snacks, hummus and pita, kabob skewers, snowflake cookies, truffles, a champagne flute with sparkling grape juice, and a snowflake-themed mask and hand sanitizer bottle delivered the day of the celebration.
Students living outside the Davidson vicinity received a box with non-perishable items.
"We worked with Charlotte Sappenfield, and it was above and beyond what was expected," Barton said. "It was done beautifully."
In her syllabi during the pandemic, Prof. Maggie McCarthy introduced herself to students with a selfie wearing her face mask.
Informal Connections
Professor Maggie McCarthy began the year by emailing students enrolled in her "Intro to Film & Media Studies" course a series of short videos from the comfort of her couch.
She shared a show she liked, Atlanta, as well as an online analysis of one of its episodes, asking students to reply with their own favorites.
"Doing this is a way to begin building individual bonds with students," said McCarthy, who, in a typical year, relied on the classroom space to facilitate that process.
McCarthy coordinates the Film & Media Studies department. For her, a class community where students can be themselves is essential for discussing visual culture.
"What are you watching right now? What's rocking your world?" She had students address these questions in a new assignment called "Watch-Klatsch." Once a week, they gathered in small groups outside of class to talk informally about course material as well as something they'd watched and how they felt about it.
"Emotions can be a really good launch pad for analysis," she said.
Her goal was a stress-free way for students to connect, without the pressure to sound smart.
"The upside of online teaching is the intimacy of seeing a professor at home," she said. "I think it's something I'm going to keep doing because it softens things in a good way."
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In keeping with our look at popular cloud backup services today we're going to take a look at: OneDrive. If you need a primer on backups in general start here.
Aside from the concerns I shared about Amazon & Apple, Microsoft's cloud storage is a good option from a privacy and support perspective.
Device Support: Good across most devices - but ideal for Windows machines.
Other Benefits: Integrates seamlessly with Windows.
Again, just wish that the pricing/storage options for this service were more competitive with other options we've looked at. 50GB for $24/year is very pricey and is too little storage to make this a viable long-term backup solution of photography. I think this service is really intended for business use isn't really the best option for individuals.
Next week, we'll take a closer look at 500px.


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Q: For the map $f\left( x \right) = x\sin \pi x$, $x>0$, points at which $f'(x)$ vanishes Let $f\left( x \right) = x\sin \pi x$, $x>0$. Then for all natural number n, $f'(x)$ vanishes at
(A) A unique point in the interval $(n,n+\frac{1}{2})$
(B) A unique point in the interval $(n+\frac{1}{2},n+1)$
(C) A unique point in the interval $(n,n+1)$
(D) two points in the interval $(n,n+1)$
The official answer is B&C
My approach is as follow
$f'\left( x \right) = \pi x\cos \pi x + \sin \pi x = 0$
$\Rightarrow  - \tan \pi x = \pi x$
From here onward how do I proceed further

A: $$\sin\pi x$$ keeps a constant sign in all unit intervals $(n,n+1)$, and the derivative changes sign once. We can reject $D$ and accept $C$, but the choice between $A$ and $B$ is unsure. To decide, we can consider the sign of
$$f'(n)f'\left(n+\frac12\right)=\pi n\cos \pi n \sin \pi\left(n+\frac12\right)>0.$$
You can conclude.


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09/13/2011 02:20 EDT | Updated 01/12/2012 02:22 EST
Unhappiness with Obama's policies could throw NY special House election to Republicans
NEW YORK, N.Y. - Democrat David Weprin faced an unusually tight race against Republican Bob Turner in a special election Tuesday in New York's heavily Democratic 9th Congressional District, where voters unhappy with President Barack Obama could elect a Republican for the first time.
The contest to replace disgraced Democratic Rep. Anthony Weiner has become too close to call, with public opinion polling showing a slight edge for Turner, a retired media executive with no previous political experience.
Both candidates hit the streets Tuesday, meeting voters and trying to boost turnout, the key in most special elections. Weprin had a full public schedule of get-out-the-vote events, while Turner's only scheduled public appearances were his vote Tuesday morning and an after-the-vote party at a restaurant. His campaign said he would be out in the district all day drumming up support.
Panicked at the prospect of an embarrassing loss, Democrats have poured cash into the race and sent in their stars to try to save Weprin, a state lawmaker who has been forced to defend Obama's economic policies even as he tries to stress his own independence and close ties to the community.
Republicans are working to frame the race as a referendum on Obama, even though turnout is usually low in a special congressional election.
"It wasn't planned that way, but this is the only nationally contested election on the federal level, so it is, in a way, a referendum on President Obama's policies," Turner said Tuesday.
(Nevada also has a House election Tuesday after a shake-up that started with Republican Sen. John Ensign's resignation amid a sex scandal. Republican voters are trouncing their Democratic counterparts at the polls in a GOP-leaning district that has never elected a Democrat.)
On Monday, House Republican Leader Eric Cantor argued that a Turner victory would be an "unprecedented win" and the latest evidence of voter dissatisfaction with Obama.
"That district is not unlike the rest of the country. People are very unhappy with the economy tight now, and, frankly, I would say unhappy with the lack of leadership on the part of this White House," Cantor, of Virginia, told reporters in the Capitol.
Back in the district that spans parts of Queens and Brooklyn, Turner campaigned with Rudolph Giuliani, the popular former New York City Republican mayor.
There are also six special elections for vacant state Assembly seats and several local races on the ballot around the state.
Weprin campaigned at a senior centre Tuesday and greeted voters at a subway stop with Democrats including U.S. Rep. Jerrold Nadler.
With a large population of Catholic and Orthodox Jewish residents, the 9th Congressional District is broadly blue collar and more conservative than many others in the city. It's the kind of white, working-class environment that Obama struggled with in his 2008 campaign even as he was easily winning most other traditional Democratic constituencies.
A Siena Poll released Friday showed Turner leading Weprin among likely voters, with a 50 to 44 per cent margin. The same poll found just 43 per cent of voters approving of Obama's job performance, while 54 per cent said they disapproved. The president fared much worse among independents. Just 29 per cent said they approved of his job performance, while 68 per cent disapproved.
On Tuesday, Weprin said the polished Democratic machinery would get people to the polls.
"We have a lot of people with us, and I think we are going to pull out the votes," he said. "I think the polls are not going to reflect who's going to come out to vote."
Hoping to shift the momentum in the final days, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has invested more than $500,000 in ads in New York's pricey television market. An independent Democratic group, the House Majority PAC, is running ads, too. And Obama for America, part of the Democratic National Committee that support the president's re-election, is urging volunteers to rally behind Weprin.
The party also has enlisted two of its biggest guns, former President Bill Clinton and Gov. Andrew Cuomo, to record phone calls for Weprin. And Democrats are relying on organized labour and other affiliated groups to bring voters to the polls.
"When voters learn the real difference between David Weprin and Bob Turner, they'll vote their Democratic values," DCCC spokeswoman Jennifer Crider said.
Weprin has tried to cast Turner as hostile to popular entitlement programs like Social Security and Medicare. It's a formula that worked for another Democrat, Kathy Hochul, who won a heavily Republican upstate New York district in a special election last May by vowing to protect those programs.
But Weprin, an orthodox Jew, has been on the defensive on gay marriage and Israel, which could peel away some support from the Orthodox community. He voted in favour of same-sex nuptials in the New York Assembly, and some Jewish voters have threatened to withhold support for Weprin because they disapprove of Obama's policies toward the Jewish state. Former New York City Mayor Ed Koch, a Democrat, endorsed Turner.
"Rightly or wrongly, it is (part of the race)," Turner said Tuesday. "This president has been less friendly than any other president in recent history, and I think today voters can hold him to account for it."
The House seat opened up in June when Weiner was pushed by party leaders to resign after sending sexually provocative tweets and text messages to women he met online.
Associated Press writers Andrew Taylor and Julie Pace in Washington contributed to this report.
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The key, Horace Dediu says, is to think of the iPhone as a data services salesperson.
FORTUNE — The short answer for why Apple (AAPL) charges so much for its iPhones — e.g. $549 for the new iPhone 5C that most analysts expected would sell for somewhere between $300 and $400 — is that it can.
"Anybody would if they could," writes Horace Dediu on his Asmyco blog.
"That's a poor question. So the right question should be: why does anybody pay this much?"
Dediu's answer reveals much about underlying workings of the mobile phone business — and indeed, the whole Internet economy. His key points:
Consumers, by and large, aren't paying those high prices. It's the operators — 270 mobile phone carriers — who pay the full freight.
The decisions operators make on whether to carry the iPhone are driven not by fashion or fanboyism, but by hard economic realities: ARPU, churn, network costs, depreciation, ROI, etc.
For many operators — about two thirds of them — the iPhone doesn't fit their business model. Verizon held out for years. DoCoMo just came around. China Mobile may soon as well.
Following the money, Dediu concludes that the operators who pay Apple's steep prices do so because the iPhone helps move users to higher revenue data services.
"These are more profitable services for operators," he writes, "and the subsidy model creates more loyalty and thus reduces churn and creates a stable cash flow which can then be leveraged through debt to upgrade networks and attract yet more loyal iPhone users."
But that's not the end of the money trail. Consumers end up paying most of the iPhone premium in the form of higher monthly phone bills. It's not itemized in the invoice, but Dediu estimates that $10 to $15 of every monthly bill in a subsidized plan goes to paying for the phone.
"So in a way," Dediu writes, "Apple has managed to place itself on many people's monthly phone bills. It's a nice place to be."
Some consumers see that transfer of payment as a thinly veiled con. It smacks of misdirection. The value of the iPhone is apparent to the user, but the payment for that value is not.
"In fact the whole Internet and all business plans that are built on it depend on a subtle 'something for nothing' type of misdirection," Dediu writes. "The Internet runs on the arbitrage between a consumer service market where everybody consumes but nobody pays and a separate data market where nobody consumes and everybody pays."
His conclusion:
"The iPhone could thus be finally understood as a complex service business. It captures value through the phone bill but delivers value through a screen. A misdirection magic trick which many have tried to pull off. It's essentially tapping into the $1.3 trillion communications market, skimming profits by delivering the 'content' which lights up the wires.
"It's great except it does not work everywhere. Not yet at least. The complexity of services means that they are usually found in more advanced so-called service economies and rare in less developed so-called goods economies."
Now that's what I call smart analysis. Why don't we get more of it from the guys who are paid to do it on Wall Street?
Link: S is for Service at Asymco.com, where much of the value comes from the quality the conversation in the comment stream.
Culled from: http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2013/09/12/apple-iphone-asymco-dediu/
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Unbidden, the spark appears, and the good nature of humanity does the rest. The positive flames of kindness can spread swiftly, widely, brightly.
Some forest ecosystems are adapted to fire and need it to retain their vigour and reproductive capacity. However, fires often get out of control and destroy forest vegetation and biomass, which in turn results in considerable soil erosion by wind and water. Fires affect not only forests and their functions and services, but also other assets, human lives, and livelihoods. The damage extends to landscapes and results in haze and deposited pollutants, as well as the release of greenhouse gases. Both uncontrolled expansion of agricultural land onto forested land and the increased use of forests for recreational purposes and tourism increase the risk of forest fires.
FAO has been coordinating global forest resource assessments since 1946.
We don't have to be forestry experts or live in California to know that fierce, driving wildfire has struck there unusually early. California's state agency tasked with wildfire response—Cal Fire—staffed for disaster at the beginning of the season this year. In southern California, the agency has already recruited to its peak staffing level, normally not needed until the fires intensify in midsummer and into the fall.
"The common theme statewide this year is unprecedented number of fires and fire activity across the state, in many cases two to three months earlier than normal," Ken Pimlott, director of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, told CNN's New Day.
Ironically, last week the Golden State celebrated its Wildfire Awareness Week. Nobody expected instant retribution. The photos collected here paint a vivid picture of what has happened as the wicked fires of climate change attacked the West since then.
Conditions in southern California, and elsewhere in the West, beg for relief: a massive and ongoing multi-year drought, low humidity, merciless sun, three-digit temperatures, gusty 50-mph Santa Ana winds from landward, dry grasses and brush, unkempt tinderbox-dry timber. Sloping mountainous terrain only makes things worse. The red flag warnings go out. Scorching is the time-honored answer, whether sparked by nature or incited by the hand of man.
Worldwide, forests play a crucial role in climate change mitigation and adaptation. They absorb carbon in wood, leaves, and soil and release it into the atmosphere when burned. Dead wood and forest floor litter account for 11% percent of the world's forest biomass, with aboveground and belowground resources (soil) each accounting for about half of the balance. Globally and nationally, awareness of the positives and negatives of woodlands on carbon emissions has increased in recent years. Harmful deforestation and forest degradation may be slowed or reversed in developing countries that participate in the UN's REDD carbon trading program.
Climate change has amplified the threat of wildfires in many places. In the western U.S., both the area burned by wildfires as well as the length of the fire season have increased substantially in recent decades. Earlier spring snowmelt and higher spring and summer temperatures contribute to this change. Climate change has increased the threat of "mega-fires"–large fires that burn proportionately greater areas.
A few of the fires seen across the world (less than 10%) are intentional, planned to help manage land more effectively. Not so the burns occurring now in southern California.
For the past few days, San Diego County—long known for its vulnerability to brush-fed conflagration—has been besieged by a flaming spree that immediately crackled out of control. A succession of separate blazes began on Tuesday, May 13. By Wednesday there were eight. Starting with a fire near Rancho Bernardo, an upscale residential/corporate planned community in the canyons and rolling hills of northern San Diego, the burns have consumed over 10,000 acres close to homes and roads. Some are still flaming uncontained.
You can see the fires of climate change from space in this cutaway of a natural-color satellite image. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer aboard the international Earth Science satellite Aqua, operated through NASA, took the shot on May 14, 2014. Actively burning areas, detected by MODIS's thermal bands, are outlined in red.
Here's what the fury looked like from the ground. People actually drove through the flames in places. Jeb Durgin of Carlsbad and his coworker, Byron Bauman, were two of them. "I drove through the flames," Durgin told Yahoo News. "If there were police officers, if there were fire trucks, there's no way in hell they would have let us drive through that, but there was nobody stopping us." Bauman shot amazing video. Fires licked at the margins of Interstate 5, the spectacular freeway that runs up and down the West Coast. At one point, they closed the big road. A lot of smaller ones are still impassable.
On Wednesday the 14th, the new blazes began surging. Each one differed from the rest in both conditions and hazards. The marine base and affiliated areas raised particular alarm because of potential petroleum storage, unexploded ordnance, and other hazardous materials. Power went out periodically. Emergency telephone calls on Wednesday reached out from Alert San Diego, the county's notification system. San Diego County declared a local emergency early Thursday afternoon. Governor Jerry Brown declared a state emergency that night to engage special state resources and funding.
California officials set up a central command center. Thom Porter, Cal Fire chief, kept officials like Bill Horn, San Diego County Supervisor, fully briefed. Nearly 30 schools in the unified San Diego school district had to shut their doors. Some may not reopen until next week, if then. And a lot of the kids couldn't just go home: with their parents, siblings, pets, and a few valuables, they were forced to evacuate. Fire officials asked 20,000 people to leave on Tuesday night. Now the number has reached six digits.
Over 2,000 people—the same kind of numbers as those who battled each of last year's largest superfires in the West (Yosemite Rim Fire, Big Windy in Oregon, the Beast in Beaver Creek, Idaho, the Yarnell Hill fire in Arizona that killed 19 responders) have been fighting these early San Diego fires on land and in the air. Cal Fire air tankers, including a mammoth specially equipped DC-10, have been supplemented by large federal tankers and a host of firefighting helicopters, 22 of them dispatched from the military. Engines and hoses from all over the state have been countering life- and property-threatening blazes. The Obama administration enlisted first-line national hotshot crews to aid in ground-level efforts. Multiple federal agencies, including the Departments of the Interior and Agriculture as well as Defense, and the Environmental Protection Agency, have laid on hands to assist the state in the emergency.
One quarter of American forests fall under the jurisdiction of the United States government. In next year's budget, the President included a change in how we will pay to fight wildfires. Republicans and Democrats, environmentalists, sportsmen, ranchers, and loggers all see the measure as a smart move. The President's budget proposal asks Congress to pay the costs of fighting extreme blazes on these federal lands in the same way the government finances response to hurricanes and other costly weather disasters.
In San Diego County, more frantic evacuation advisories went out on Wednesday. Nonessential personnel at the inactive San Onofre nuclear power generating station were released. Posh homes, wealthy subdivisions, and upscale businesses felt the threat. Some property owners, like Greg Saska, put hours of effort into stowing small combustibles near buildings, shutting off fuel tanks, wetting down their structures and surroundings, setting sprinklers, and closing all windows and doors, only to see their houses burn to the ground.
Sony, Hewlett-Packard, Nokia, and Northrop Grumman are only a few of the multinational corporations located in the San Diego area. Fifty thousand employees commute there, mostly by car. Roadblocks, smoke, and even flames in some places challenged many of them. For some, work was decidedly a second priority, if that.
Such dual-nature fires interface at the borders of city and forest, threatening both. These transitional areas have both urban and natural characteristics whose hazards and responses sometimes conflict. A large priority here is structure protection, but it's inherently more dangerous with hot fires like San Diego's that spread quickly. According to the National Wildfire Coordinating Group's Incident Response Pocket Guide, indirect firefighting—building a fireline some distance from the fire edge and backfiring between the fireline and the fire edge—is often necessary when a blaze cannot be approached directly and frontally.
In some ways advantageous, indirect attack can also mean more area burned and more danger for firefighters. Somewhat surprisingly, fatal and near-fatal fires often occur in areas of grass, herbs, and brush, relatively light fuels–like southern California. Structures nearby greatly complicate the work. Firefighter fatigue from days of long, hot, hard work like those the San Diego responders put in worsens the danger to both people and resources.
Many others echoed his sentiments.
Officials organized roadblocks and looting patrols. At least 350 evacuees had no alternate housing Wednesday and spent the night in shelters. While the dispossessed slept, three dozen outbreaks occupied responders during the dark hours, more dangerous than the light of day.
A new fire at Las Pulgas, near Camp Pendleton, just started Thursday afternoon and was spreading far and quickly. The San Diego fires were dubbed a regional event that day, with Cal Fire Team 4 assuming unified command and renaming the fires the "San Diego Complex." An earlier article here on PlanetSave describes the circumstances of each fire in detail.
As of Friday night, more than 31 square miles had burned. Flames still dominated thousands of acres and smoke continued billowing into the sky. One of the rarest phenomena in these storms were firenadoes, also called fire devils. Wicked fast, these vertical whirlwinds, also spotted in the recent violent fires in Australia, can cause winds with gusts of 111-135 mph, as powerful as an EF-2 air tornado.
Thousands of homes across the county remained in jeopardy. However, at least four wildfires were completely contained by early Saturday. Two more were close to containment, and four others were shrinking. The day also brought slightly cooler temperatures, calmer winds, increased humidity, and a chance for more residents to return to their homes, most of which made it through the firestorms.
According to county Supervisor Dianne Jacob, San Diego County sent out a total 176,000 notices of evacuation during this crisis via cell phone calls, e-mails, text messages, and landline calls to homes and businesses. The media stayed close to the story as well. Injuries have been limited so far to the charred body of an apparently homeless man in Carlsbad, minor problems, and a case of heat exhaustion in one Camp Pendleton firefighter. "We literally saved hundreds of homes… where fire was within inches," Mayor Matt Hall told the Los Angeles Times.
Arrested on Thursday in San Diego, in connection with a small fire that was extinguished, were a 19-year-old man and 17-year-old juvenile, both of Escondido. The prosecutor is weighing the options for them. It also came out on Friday that witnesses saw another man, Alberto Serrano, adding brush fuel to a small fire in the San Luis Rey riverbed area in Oceanside. He was arrested, will be tried, and if convicted could face up to seven years in prison. If there are other arsonists, they remain at large.
The rest of us just face increasing variability from the fires of climate change: alteration of ecosystems, greater likelihood of injury, disease, and death, damage to infrastructure and settlements, disruption of food production and water supply, and undeniable consequences for mental health and human well-being.
If we're smart, we may be able to tackle the many challenges steadfastly and implement innovative solutions. In some senses, more intense wildfires give us new opportunities to restore ecosystems, right damage, and even improve the land and waters.
Sources of this article include reports from Cal Fire and other fire-tasked government authorities at different levels, national and international climate assessments, news bureau stories, local and national media, communications from individuals, and earlier work by this author. Photos come either from the creative commons, government agencies, or individuals on Facebook and Twitter.


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I spent a few hours today crunching the numbers in the new Marion County House Districts. Because the House has a list of precincts in each proposed district I was able to look at the partisan leanings of the district using 2010 baseline numbers. The House Republicans also have a high resolution map available.
First a word about the methodology. As my low profile race for the baseline numbers, I used the results in the county recorder's race. Three districts go outside of Marion County: 88, 91 and 93. (I was incorrect when I earlier said HD 40 came in from Hendricks County into Marion County. I didn't read the map correctly). However, the Marion County parts of those three districts were already strongly Republican so taking them outside of Marion County didn't really create an advantage. This is contrary to the strategy of the Senate of going outside of Marion County to pick up Republican votes to turn an otherwise Democratic district into a Republican. The numbers for 88, 91 and 93 only reflect the Marion County baseline numbers.
The good news for Republicans is that 8 of the 15 districts favor the GOP. The bad news for Republicans is that the Democrats would appear to immediately have good shots at winning four of those 8 Republican-leaning districts (87, 89, 92 and 97). On the other hand, Republicans appear to have shots at wining just two Democratic leaning districts (86 and 100).
While it does look like there was some packing of Demcoratic votes in several districts, Democrats can't complain that the Republicans drew only safe seats for themselves. The 15 person Marion County delegation could easily swing to 11-4 in favor of the Democrats.
Paul, From looking at the map for Marion County, it appears that Mary Ann Sullivan is now in the 100th District instead of her 97th District. John Day currently represents the 100th District but has seen his neighborhood carved out and thrown into a neigbhoring district with Porter and DeLaney. The 97th is slightly more Republican, while the 100th is more Democratic. The early reports I heard was that there was no Democratic incumbent in the 100th District as proposed. Unless I'm confused about where Sullivan lives, she would appear to be in the 100th instead of the 97th, which would be open. Hoping someone can confirm that one way or the other.
Maybe she's a few blocks west of the boundary line and still in the 97th.
Gary, I'm not sure. I didn't know enough about where the individuals live. Sullivan of course is now in 97.
If someone has Sullivan's address, one could figure out what precinct and you could get confirmation that way.
I think Bosma is getting unfairly criticized about the maps, at least for what he did in Marion County.
I was thinking she lived in the newer condos south of my neighborhood, but she actually lives over by the canal on W. Walnut.
The city has changed so much that we Rs have a better shot at two districts containing center township (97 and 100) than we have in districts containing the northside townships.


The "Analyze an Issue" essay is scored on a six-point holistic scale according to the criteria below. Although the Analytical Writing measure of the GRE® General Test contains two discrete analytical writing tasks, a single combined score is reported because it is more reliable than either task score alone. The reported score ranges from 0 to 6, in half-point increments.
In addressing the specific task directions, a 6 response presents a cogent, well-articulated analysis of the issue and conveys meaning skillfully.
In addressing the specific task directions, a 5 response presents a generally thoughtful, well-developed analysis of the issue and conveys meaning clearly.
In addressing the specific task directions, a 4 response presents a competent analysis of the issue and conveys meaning with acceptable clarity.
A 3 response demonstrates some competence in addressing the specific task directions, in analyzing the issue and in conveying meaning, but is obviously flawed.
A 2 response largely disregards the specific task directions and/or demonstrates serious weaknesses in analytical writing.
A 1 response demonstrates fundamental deficiencies in analytical writing.
Off topic (i.e., provides no evidence of an attempt to address the assigned topic), is in a foreign language, merely copies the topic, consists of only keystroke characters or is illegible or nonverbal.
The essay response is blank.


Kellett who moved into their fourteenth home a few months ago.
And, in fact, the Canadian couple has moved 20 times in Cayman alone, including rental properties where they lived in between building their own residences.
The pair, who wed over 30 years ago, have spent their married life designing and building houses then selling up and repeating the process almost immediately.
"We have built five houses in Canada and five in Cayman," says Cheryl. "We have also done five extreme renovations to our own properties over the years.
"What appeals to us about this lifestyle is definitely our passion for creating something new, unique, nice… accumulating our ideas and watching them go from concept to sketches to a full set of plans and, finally, to a finished product that we can be proud of. It's a very exhilarating and rewarding process.
The Kelletts – who run their own construction company – have also undertaken 31 new-builds and numerous renovations for clients.
In this dynamic husband-and-wife team, Chris overseas construction while Cheryl is behind most of the design concepts.
"We actually work very well together," says Cheryl. "When we are in the middle of a project we talk about it all the time, coming up with ideas and how we are going to accomplish the design idea in terms of materials, methods, etc.
Their latest residence is in Snug Harbour with a design best described as modern which, by definition, encompasses an open concept floor plan and clean lines.
The house feels spacious and airy with large windows letting lots of light into the open-plan living areas of the ground floor, and a solid maple open staircase that wends its way to the two bedrooms on the upper floor.
The master suite, featuring a giant Prince Platform Bed by Modloft, is downstairs adjacent to the main seating area, with doors leading straight onto the pool deck.
It's the master bath, however, which has the greatest wow factor, with a sliding door that turns the room into an inside-outside oasis.
A free-standing bath features a Kohler laminar ceiling-mounted tub filler that creates a pure column of water by manipulating the molecules to provide a clear, glass-like cascade that's splash-free.
Additionally, there is a rain shower by the bath, while glass doors slide back to access another shower in a screened-in outdoor area that features tropical foliage.
The laundry room, an upstairs office and guest bedroom are at the opposite side of the house, while the kitchen is centrally located. The cabinets in the kitchen are solid maple with shaker doors and flat drawer fronts, with a unique stain to complement the neutral gray background palette in the house.
"The kitchen is very functional and spacious and easy to work in," says Cheryl.
Photographs taken by Cheryl add personal touches to the couple's home, including shots taken in The Azores, Portugal and Spain during a transatlantic cruise.
Cheryl also has a fondness for elephants, with two photos she took of these animal giants in a Barcelona zoo, as well as a number of elephant carvings and figurines scattered around the house.
Cheryl's favorite room is the screened-in porch where she and Chris spend the majority of their waking hours and which features another of her artistic creations: a mosaic tile-top table.
"I love being outdoors, the porch is nicely shaded, has a great breeze, has a TV, fridge, sink, BBQ, comfortable seating and looks out over the pool and backyard which is very quiet and private, so it's a great place to relax and just chill," she says.
And, if they want to cool off in the water, it is just steps to the pool which has a "sun shelf" with umbrella, built-in planters and a bench running the width of the shallow end.
As well as being a modern design, the house also includes a number of up-to-the-minute technologies to make it energy efficient. This includes LED lighting, tankless water heaters, a variable speed pool pump, a three-zone variable speed inverter IQ air conditioning system, ICF construction and Icynene spray foam insulation to reduce power consumption.
The exterior of the house also features landscape design by Chris and Cheryl who planted the flowers, hedges and trees.
You might think the couple would be ready to settle down in such a sublime residence in Snug Harbour, but they have no plans to live anywhere permanently for the foreseeable future.
"We've talked about it and have even sworn we'd stay in a particular house for at least two to three years but once we move in and are settled we forget about the negative aspects of this lifestyle (the boxing up and moving of all our stuff)," says Cheryl.


Lone Survivor for the PC/Mac is an indie game through and through. A survival horror game transplanted into two dimensions, graphics compressed down into 160 x 90 resolution, with psychological themes strewn throughout, it's like nothing I've ever played before. It keeps its answers an arm's length away, but somehow manages not to feel intentionally vague. It's definitely one man's labor of love, but the question remains: is it any good?
Lone Survivor plays a bit like I would imagine a classic Silent Hill or Resident Evil game would if it was flattened onto a 2D plane. The player character, known only as YOU, is stuck in an apartment of horrors looking for a way out. The exploration is a pleasure with some light puzzling-solving thrown in. You're constantly moving from one interesting area to the next, with plenty of objects to examine and hear about. There is one minor gripe with the 2D perspective, though. The map is an overhead map of a 3D space, meaning that sometimes when you move to the left or right on the screen, you move north or south on the map. It's not a big deal, but it's a bit disorienting and leads to opening the map a little more than I wanted to.
When approached with opposition, you are left with two choices: fight or flee. Instincts are both your friend and your foe. The cramped area-of-sight the transition to 2D brings about drastically cuts down on the amount of time you have to react, increasing the importance of good instincts. Handgun fire can draw monsters from all around, making a bad situation worse if you aren't careful. Like any good survival horror game, you are much weaker than the enemies surrounding you, leaving a constant sense of dread of what could be around any corner.
The chunky pixel graphics give the game a unique style, with some scenes practically drenched in darkness. While you have the luxury of a flashlight, batteries are a scarcity. Light is a necessity, not only for vision's sake, but because some objects in the environment can only be interacted with if properly illuminated. Monsters can spot you from much farther away when your flashlight is on, though, giving you a compelling reason to slink around in the darkness. In your travels, you will also find bits of rotten meat, which the monsters are drawn to. Several areas have alcoves to hide in, allowing you to sidle past distracted monsters. This leaves you an interesting choice. Do you risk running out of ammo to shoot the monster, who will die permanently? Or do you sneak past, knowing you'll have to do this each time you want to access this area?
These moment-to-moment choices seem important at the time since they determine your survival, but there are massive long-term ramifications, as well. Gradually, as you kill, you may not like what you see in the mirror anymore. Pills are scattered about the environment that, when taken before bed, reward you with specific supplies, based on pill color, when you wake up. These pills also grant you dreams in which you'll interact with some of the game's most original characters. Whether you become addicted to the supplies or the company, you'll have to deal with the repercussions. The best thing about these changes are that they're not exclusively negative. Each pill-induced dream introduces dialogue from the corresponding character who can perhaps help clarify some of the events surrounding you. These instances lend to one of the game's greatest strengths: its ambiguity. The game itself never makes it clear what the exact effects of your actions are going to be, meaning you worry much more about the immediate situation than the far-reaching one. This makes decision making much more interesting than the usual gaming dichotomy of "good" choices and "bad" choices. The choices here are just that: choices. You have to deal with the consequences, be they good or bad.
Just as important to the experience is the permanence of everything you've done. Your character needs to eat and sleep throughout his journey, leading to a need of scrounging every corner for something edible. As long as you ration smartly, food is not too much of a rarity. Sleeping is what's really important. Not only do you have to sleep to keep your character alive and sane, but it's the only way to save your game progress. It's also worth mentioning that Lone Survivor has only one save file. This means that once you've slept, unless you're willing to start over from the beginning, you have to live with all of the decisions made before that point. For example: the only way to experience dreams is to take a pill and go to bed. If you're trying not to become addicted, but take that one last pill that tips you over the edge, there is no way of knowing until you go to sleep. By then, that choice has been made. There is no reloading your previous save. You will always remain addicted until you start a new game. Dark Souls was lauded for what its permanence did to its atmosphere and this game executes it just as well. To cement just how many choices you've made over the course of the game, you're rewarded with a daunting stats screen at the end along with a grade and a little bit of information about the ending you got. It skates a fine line between telling you the contributing factors while still remaining mysterious about how to improve. Even the worse endings are important to see, though. Different interactions with different characters can reveal things about them and their surrounding world, answering different questions than other endings would. This results in a satisfying conclusion based on how you played, even if you did only manage to get the "worst" ending.
Lone Survivor is haunting. Just walking down its dank corridors can lead to a feeling of unease that rivals even the scariest of games. You're never going to be terrified by it, but that's not its goal. It wants you to be anxious, disturbed. It pulls these off with ease, thanks to its restrictive view, blurry graphics, and chilling sound design. The static-y screams the monsters cry put me on full alert every time and the music is atmospheric, sometimes beautiful. The characters animate fantastically, the lighting provides all the right ambiance, and the monsters react in remarkably satisfying ways when you shoot them. In fact, the only qualm I have about the presentation at all is that most of the scenes are unskippable. It was only a problem in a few of the game's more difficult spots, but it did get a bit frustrating to start back in the apartment , forced to watch scenes I had already seen every time I died. Beyond that niggling complaint, the game is incredibly polished. The attention to detail goes right down to the writing, which is sometimes dramatic, sometimes silly, but always well-executed. The bits of humor flaked throughout give the game a tone all its own. It's obvious from the get-go that this game is a labor of love from its creator, Jasper Byrne.
For $10, you get a download of the game and DRM-free updates for the life of it. There's a whole lot of content here for $10. My original playthrough clocked in at almost four hours, but that didn't count all the time I spent dying. I would say that it probably came closer to six hours in reality. This was just one playthrough, though. While each subsequent playthrough gets shorter and shorter, there are seemingly quite a few endings and the creator has even expressed the idea of adding more endings through updates in the future. I've always felt a certain stigma when paying for games that opened up in a Flash Player window, but this game and The Binding of Isaac have ensured that I never feel that again. A quality game is a quality game, regardless of its architecture.
If you've been lamenting the changes that Capcom and Konami have been making to their respective franchises, you need to check out Lone Survivor. It's survival horror in the classic vein with enough twists to remain new and exciting. The moment-to-moment decision making and psychological twists and turns are more than enough to keep you on the edge of your seat the entire time you're playing it. As soon as the game becomes publicly available, I'll be purchasing a copy. It's a truly unique game that doesn't skate by on its visual style or its weirdness. It delivers on every level. Even if you aren't a fan of survival horror, a demo will be available soon and I highly recommend everyone at least try it out when the game releases on March 27. The well-done Maniac Mansion reference towards the beginning of the game didn't hurt my chances of liking it, either.


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A Song With A Message From Michael Blakey
The latest from Michael Blakey brings us some southern sunshine and a beautifully summer vibe along with a great message for all.
"Smile While You're Livin'" is a folk rock song with an Americana twist and some gorgeous instrumentation to boot.
The track is packed with floating guitars that create an atmospheric tone behind the banjo and rolling snares that all give off a warm sound.
Vocals are crisp and feel good over the sound of the organs filling the space and the song isn't without a killer guitar solo that just tastefully flows with the already lush ether.
This is a song about life and it's ups and downs and how your perspective means everything so you might as well smile.
There is a slight theatrical feel that sticks throughout the song's course and the whole thing is performed with heart that you can feel with every note.
Blakey showcases a live band feel with such vibrancy and brightness it's addicting.
It's excellent to hear a song with such a positive and real message behind it as well as you don't get to hear that too often anymore.
This song was wonderfully woven and passionately put together and it's enough to make you want to go digging a little deeper.
Upon such a deeper digging, you'll find some outstanding tracks from the artist that range in style a little bit but all stick to a staple feel Blakey gives off in his songwriting.
We suggest starting with "Smile While You're Livin'" and going back through his library from there as you're bound to find something you'll get attached to quickly.
Let's hope Michael Blakey keeps it up.
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JOSE ENRIQUE claims his Liverpool team-mates have been frustrated by Mamadou Sakho's failed drugs test.
Sakho was today banned for an initial 30 days while UEFA investigate a failed drugs test that was submitted after the Europa League second-leg quarter-final against Manchester United.
Liverpool and the player initially agreed that the defender would sit out of any fixtures while the investigation was going on but UEFA have now issued a formal suspension.
It leaves a hole in central defence which will either be filled by Kolo Toure or Martin Skrtel, but Enrique revealed Sakho's absence will be more than simply a tactical problem.
Sakho did not travel to Spain ahead of tonight's semi-final first leg against Villarreal at El Madrigal (8.05pm).
But the 30-day ban means he will now miss the entirety of the rest of Liverpool's season including the Europa League final in Basel on May 18 should the Reds reach it.
However, if the fat-burner traces in his sample are confirmed he could be facing up to two years out of football of course including Euro 2016 which is due to be held in his home country of France this summer.


March 20, 2019, Morristown, NJ – The American College of Cardiology (ACC) has recognized Linda D. Gillam, MD, MPH, FACC, the Dorothy and Lloyd Huck Chair of Cardiovascular Medicine at Morristown Medical Center/Atlantic Health System, with the 2019 Master of the ACC Award. This is Dr. Gillam's second consecutive top ACC honor—last year, she received the ACC Gifted Educator Award.
She has authored more than 140 peer-reviewed publications and 20 book chapters and is co-editor (with Catherine Otto, MD) of Advanced Echocardiographic Techniques and (with Drs. Scott Solomon and Tina Wu) of Essential Echocardiography: A Companion to Braunwald's Heart Disease, two leading textbooks on echocardiography. She is a graduate of McGill University and Queen's University, Canada, and Columbia University, NY. She completed her cardiology fellowship training at the University of Toronto and Massachusetts General Hospital.


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Q: Why is my external css not working in a sub-directory folder? The files of my project are like this:

*

*Web Pages

*

*WEB INF

*

*View

*CSS

*User

*

*account.jsp

*error.jsp

*login.jsp

All the jsp pages in the view folder load the css perfectly fine in the browser. But it does not for the pages in the sub-directory User. Instead of a relative path I tried an absolute path, it still doesn't work... Any idea of the roots cause of this issue? Been trying to figure it out for hours... Also if it can help, I recently made  changes to my web.xml... I doubt it has something to do with it but never know... All the codes below.
Account.jsp
<head>
        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
        <title>Site | <fmt:message key='UserAccount'/></title>
        <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="css/account.css">
        <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="css/header.css">
        <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="css/footer.css">
    </head>

Login.jsp
<head>
        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
        <title>Site | <fmt:message key='LoginRegister'/></title>
        <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="web/css/login_register.css">
        <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="web/css/header.css">
        <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="web/css/footer.css">
    </head>

Error.jsp
<head>
        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
        <title>Site | Login Error</title>
        <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="css/login_register.css">
        <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="css/header.css">
        <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="css/footer.css">
    </head>

Recent changes to the web.xml:
<jsp-property-group>
            <description>Handle the user console</description>
            <display-name>Jsp configuration for the user console </display-name>
            <url-pattern>/user/account.jsp</url-pattern>
            <url-pattern>/user/login.jsp</url-pattern>
            <url-pattern>/user/error.jsp</url-pattern>
            <include-prelude>/user/jspf/header.jspf</include-prelude>
            <include-coda>/user/jspf/footer.jspf</include-coda>
        </jsp-property-group>

    </jsp-config>
    <security-constraint>
        <display-name>Site User Administration</display-name>
        <web-resource-collection>
            <web-resource-name>Site User Administration</web-resource-name>
            <description/>
            <url-pattern>/user/*</url-pattern>
        </web-resource-collection>

        <auth-constraint>
            <description/>
            <role-name>siteUser</role-name>
        </auth-constraint>
    </security-constraint>

    <login-config>
        <auth-method>FORM</auth-method>
        <realm-name>file</realm-name>
        <form-login-config>
            <form-login-page>/user/login.jsp</form-login-page>
            <form-error-page>/user/error.jsp</form-error-page>
        </form-login-config>
    </login-config>

    <security-role>
        <description>Security for User</description>
        <role-name>mebzoneUser</role-name>
    </security-role>
</web-app>

A: Using absolute paths, try adding a leading slash to your paths.
    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/web/css/login_register.css">
    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/web/css/header.css">
    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/web/css/footer.css">

If you want relative paths within the child directory, then start with the parent directory using ..
    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../css/login_register.css">
    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../css/header.css">
    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../css/footer.css">

A: My directory Path is Prod/bootstrap/style.css and I am using this path
script src="bootstrap-3.3.4-dist/js/bootstrap.min.js"  type="text/css"

also tried this, well
script src="~/bootstrap-3.3.4-dist/js/bootstrap.min.js"  type="text/css"

Also
script src="../bootstrap-3.3.4-dist/js/bootstrap.min.js"  type="text/css"

It is working with pages placed in home directory,
but when I use pages in sub folder, then CSS failed to load at client-side.
ex.Prod/Modules/Example.aspx
Please Provide better solution for this problem.


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US-Israel Relations: A Low Ebb?
Below are links to articles that have come out over the past few days on the current crisis (or is "spat" a better word?) in the US-Israel relationship, along with the latest on the Conversion Bill. AIPAC has now chimed in, calling out the US for essentially making a mountain out of a molehill. This is a very unusual tack for AIPAC to take, coming out squarely against an Administration it will be cozying up to in just a week, at its annual Policy Conference:
The Obama Administration's recent statements regarding the U.S. relationship with Israel are a matter of serious concern. AIPAC calls on the Administration to take immediate steps to defuse the tension with the Jewish State. Israel is America's closest ally in the Middle East. The foundation of the U.S-Israel relationship is rooted in America's fundamental strategic interest, shared democratic values, and a long-time commitment to peace in the region. More...
I see a direct connection between the two current crises, the one between the US and Israel and the one instigated by the Conversion Bill. In both cases, Israel is being held hostage by an increasingly bold and untethered Radical Religious Right.
Links to recent foreign relations developments between Israel and the USA:
Israel envoy: U.S. ties at their lowest ebb in 35 years (Haaretz 3/15)
Obama's Turn Against Israel (Wall Street Journal 3/15)
Oren: Worst crisis with US since '75 (JPOST 3/15)
'Jerusalem construction will go on' (JPOST 3/15)
Netanyahu Offers Apology, but No Shift in Policy (NYTimes 3/15)
Wall Street Journal: Why is Obama against Israel? (Ynet 3/15)
A blessing in disguise (Ynet 3/15)
Are America and Israel drifting apart? (Washington Post 3/14)
Obama aide condemns 'destructive' Israeli homes plan (BBC 3/14)
Driving Drunk in Jerusalem (NYTimes 3/14)
Links to recent articles concerning the conversion bill:
US Jewish leaders concerned over conversion bill (JPOST 3/14)
US Reform Jews protest conversion law (Ynet 3/15)
Bill Making Many Converts Ineligible Under 'Law of Return' Faces Backlash (Forward 3/12)
Meanwhile, I just received this important briefing from the leadership of the Federations of North America:
FEDERATION LEADERS IN KNESSET FOR TALKS ON NEW CONVERSION LAW
A delegation of leaders representing Diaspora Jewry met today in the Knesset (the Israeli parliament,) with Member of Knesset (MK) David Rotem, the initiator of a controversial new conversion law.
The delegation was led by Jewish Agency for Israel (JAFI) Chair Natan Sharansky and The Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA) Senior Vice President Rebecca Caspi, director of JFNA's Israel office.
MK Rotem, a member of the Yisrael Beiteinu party, has been working to pass a proposal that will allow local municipal rabbis in Israel to perform conversions to Judaism. Some versions of the proposed bill being circulated also include a provision that could, in theory, prevent a convert to Judaism, who underwent conversion in Israel or in the Diaspora, from receiving Israeli citizenship under the Law of Return. The Jewish Federations of North America has issued a statement strongly rejecting such a proposal, and has written directly to Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on the subject. (Click here for details on The Jewish Federations of North America's response.)
At the meeting, MK Rotem expressed his commitment going forward to consult with Diaspora Jewry on any issues involving conversion or the Law of Return. Explaining that no law will be passed before the Knesset's Passover break, he also assured the group that no future bill will affect the status of conversions outside of Israel. Similarly, Rotem stressed that Prime Minister Netanyahu is aware of the importance of these issues for Jews around the world.
According to JAFI Chair Natan Sharansky, "From my conversations with the Prime Minister and the Government Secretary, it is clear that the law that is viewed as problematic by Jews in the Diaspora will not be passed during the current Knesset session which goes into recess on March 21. We have received assurances that we will be consulted in this process so that the views of world Jewry are taken into consideration."
Jay Sanderson, President and CEO of the Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles, who attended the meeting stated: "We were encouraged by the frank and open discussion with MK Rotem. It is clear to us that there is a sincere will on the part of Rotem, and indeed the government, to find ways to improve the situation governing conversions in Israel, without compromising the rights and dreams of Jews of all persuasions."
Also attending the meeting were Richard Sandler, Chairman of the Board, Jewish Federation of Greater LA; Gary Weinstein, President and CEO, Jewish Federation of Greater Dallas; Stanley Arthur Rabin, past President and senior lay leader, Jewish Federation of Greater Dallas and Barry Rosenberg, Executive Vice President, Jewish Federation of St. Louis.
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A very good quality, pair of English, solid oak chest of drawers. Both are in lovely, clean and original condition, they each feature two short drawers over two long drawers, the drawers have geometric moulded decorations, all the brass handles are original and the drawerrs run freely. The solid oak top is moulded and the chests stand on well turned feet. This pair of English, early 20th century oak chests would make superb bedside chests.