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National Catholic Register News https://www.ncregister.com/news/doctors-say-evidence-shows-mass-is-safe-when-guidelines-are-followed
Doctors Say Evidence Shows Mass is Safe When Guidelines Are Followed
In April, the Thomistic Institute's Working Group on Infectious Disease Protocols for Sacraments Pastoral Care released guidelines for reopening churches for Mass and other sacraments.
Holy Mass inside a church amid the coronavirus pandemic in Poland on July 19, 2020. (photo: Dziurek/Shutterstock)
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WASHINGTON — Evidence suggests that church services following public health guidelines do not present a greater risk of spreading the novel coronavirus than other similar activities, doctors said last week.
Washing hands, social distancing, and mask requirements have helped prevent the spread of COVID-19, even in cases when contagious, pre-symptomatic parishioners took part in church events, three members of the Thomistic Institute Working Group on Infectious Disease Protocols for Sacraments & Pastoral Care concluded.
Doctors Thomas McGovern, Deacon Timothy Flanigan, and Paul Cieslak authored an article for Real Clear Science on Mass attendance and COVID-19 Aug. 19.
"For Catholic churches following the guidelines, no outbreaks of COVID-19 have been linked to church attendance, even though we have examples ... of asymptomatic, unknowingly infected individuals attending mass and other parish functions," they wrote. "Their attendance could have led to an outbreak if appropriate precautions were not followed, yet in each case, we found no evidence of viral transmission."
"This encouraging news should inspire confidence that the guidelines in place - based on CDC recommendations - are working to decrease COVID-19 transmission," the doctors continued. "While nothing during a pandemic is risk-free, these guidelines mean that Catholics (and public officials) may be confident that it's reasonably safe to come to Church for Mass and the sacraments."
Over the last 14 weeks, they said, approximately 17,000 parishes have held three or more Masses each weekend, as well as daily services, combining to equal more than 1 million public Masses celebrated across the United States since shelter-in-place orders were lifted.
By following public health guidelines, these Masses have largely avoided viral spread, the authors suggested.
Nick Schoen, an employee of the Archdiocese of Seattle, has initiated a contact-tracing protocol for Mass-goers in the area. Tracking individuals who have participated in church events shortly before testing positive for COVID-19, he found that none of these individuals launched outbreaks at churches.
The authors pointed to at least four examples of infected individuals attending Mass while pre-symptomatic, as well as three anointings of sick individuals by priests in poorly-ventilated rooms. In each case, they said, the sick individuals avoided infecting other people.
"During a July 3 funeral mass (45 attendees, capacity 885), two members of one household notified the parish that they had tested positive for COVID-19 and were infected and pre-symptomatic during the mass," they said.
"During a July 11 wedding (200 attendees, capacity 908), fresh air circulated from multiple open windows with the aid of fans. The following day, an attendee developed symptoms of COVID and on July 13 tested positive. The attendee was almost certainly contagious with pre-symptomatic infection during the wedding."
In April, the Thomistic Institute's Working Group on Infectious Disease Protocols for Sacraments & Pastoral Care released guidelines for reopening churches for Mass and other sacraments. These guidelines were incorporated by numerous dioceses into their protocols for reopening.
The guidelines were built on a multi-phase proposal for resumption and expansion of public Masses while remaining in conformity with public health guidelines in force in different places.
In "Phase 1" of the proposal, the institute encouraged the "Sunday obligation" to be dispensed, the elderly and those at high risk of COVID-19 to stay home, and those with symptoms to stay home from Mass. The institute also promoted social distancing, masks requirements, and the regular use of hand sanitizer.
The few churches that have reported a COVID-19 outbreak did not follow these regulations and in some cases engaged in discouraged actions such as congregational singing.
In some cases, these isolated incidents have led local government officials to restrict church services more than activities in restaurants, movie theaters, and casinos. This has prompted lawsuits alleging religious discrimination, which have often been sucessful.
The doctors said in their article that there is no evidence that church services are higher risk than similar activities when guidelines are followed.
"To date, the evidence does not suggest that Church attendance - following the current guidelines - is any more risky than shopping for groceries. And the spiritual good for believers in coming to Church is immeasurably important for their well-being," they said.
"Indeed, for Catholics, the Mass and above all the Eucharist are central to the Christian life. In a time like this, it is even more important that the faithful be able to come to Church and receive Holy Communion."
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Eleanor Pope, 74, chorister, former Ridgefielder
Jan. 24, 2013 Updated: June 17, 2019 10:04 a.m.
Eleanor M. Pope, 74, loving wife, mother, grandmother and friend, of Bethel, formerly of Ridgefield, CT, died on Monday, January 21, 2013, peacefully in her home.
Ellie was born on April 26, 1938 in Flushing Queens, NY, the daughter of Johannes Zettelmayer and Eleanor Clara Ostwald.
As a young woman she worked tirelessly in her parent's Long Island business, crafting wooden blinds and shades; later she utilized that tireless work ethic and became a valued investigator at the Equitable Life Assurance Company in New York City.
After she and her husband relocated to Ridgefield, CT, leaving the crowds of New York behind, she enthusiastically dedicated her life toward the most rewarding job of successfully running the household and raising a happy family.
Amongst all the other household demands, she assisted her husband in the planning and production of many beloved musical productions of the Charles Pope Choristers (CPC). In addition to assisting in the production of the events, she also performed as part of the chorus. For many years, she also served on the Board of Directors for both the NY and CT groups. CPC delighted music lovers throughout the New York, New Jersey and Connecticut areas, with performances at many locations, including Town Hall, Carnegie Hall and the Brooklyn Academy of Music. This full chorus and show group presented over 1,600 concerts and staged over 250 Gilbert and Sullivan productions and dozens of Broadway musicals. With fond memories, the group also performed a unique Christmas Show with a live Nativity scene, which, for many, started the Christmas season off, for 34 years.
As a wife, mother and friend, she was an adored, respected and loved friend and mentor. Her wishes were to see her family happy and successfully into the future with much love, faith and happiness, to which she very much succeeded. Her gifts of wisdom were many.
Ellie's favorite activities included taking cruises with her family, cooking, baking dozens of cookies at Christmas, gardening, boating, entertaining for parties of 150+, horses and riding, crocheting, knitting and crewel work, home improvements/building additions, reading, sending political and humorous emails and working on the computer, swimming with her friends at the YMCA, kibitzing with friends over Sunday coffee and loving all the family animals (of which there were over 18).
She would also love everyone to know that she was an AVID fan of UConn men's and woman's basketball … Let's Go Huskies!
Ellie is survived by her son: Christopher C. and wife Eileen M. Pope of Charlotte, North Carolina; and son: Jonathan A. and wife Jennifer N. Pope of Sandy Hook, Connecticut, along with four adoring grandchildren, Christopher Charles, Jr., Michael Russell, Devon Joseph Charles, and Lauren Whitney. Her cats Coffee and Tea will also miss her warmth and friendship.
A memorial service will be held Saturday, January 26 at 11:00 a.m. at Immanuel Lutheran Church, 18 Clapboard Ridge Road, Danbury, CT. The family will be greeting friends prior to the service starting at 10:30.
In lieu of flowers, Ellie wished for donations to be made to Immanuel Lutheran Church's DGD fund.
The Bethel Funeral Home is handling arrangements. Information and on-line condolences at Hullfuneralservice.com.

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Silvie is a lovely, homely bakery cafe in East Oxford, serving great food and excellent cakes. If you miss Oxfork in its heydey, go here. The building also holds a lovely independent guesthouse called Browns, and the cafe stocks DeGustibus bread. Top tip: try the cinnamon buns and the DeGustibus French stick.


Hello friends and developers, I'm a beginner in Linux and I got my first suggestion to use Fedora and it is honestly one of the best distros ever. I want a fully functional(and presistant) install on USB drive, I tried the Fedora Docs solutions and non worked, then I reached an app called LiLi(Linux live USB creator) which succeeded to a point, I have now presistant boot option upon boot, but I get the error "presistant space not found" when choosing the option.
I'm a total newbie at the Terminal so by just copy pasting the commands in fedora docs, it did not work.
Can you link the docs page please?
The way this usually works is that you have one USB with a live system and a second USB onto which you perform a regular install.
I've seen people installing it with persistent on a 8 GB USB drive but a regular install needs a lot more than that.
Also you can just install Fedora on a flash drive. You'd need at least 16Gb drive, 32Gb will give you more space to install additional software and save your docs. Just install it as usual, choosing your flash drive as a destination. Faster flash drive will give you smoother experience. It also should be quite portable, maybe less so than true live image, but still not tied to just one computer.
I won't recommend it as you primary working environment, but to test / play with / have with you just in case it should be ok.


This is another Teresa Cutter recipe, she is a great chef and her recipes are really healthy. I was put onto her by my personal trainer and I am wading my way through her fantastic site.
These muffins although they look a little heavy are really nice and full of flavour which can he sometimes missing in really healthy things!
A really healthy lunch box filler!
These muesli Bars turned out to be really nice, and healthy! And what's more apparently to a 6 year old's taste! I have made home made muesli bars before and he wouldn't eat them but this time he loved them. Maybe it was the drizzle of white chocolate that I added (this is not in the recipe) or maybe his palette id changing I don't know but they are free from processed flours and sugar and they are really scrummy!
Here is the recipe from Teresa Cutter.
So I promised that I would let you know what the donut recipe that came with the trays tasted like. Great, I made vanilla ones with chocolate glaze. My 6 year old loved them anyway had to quickly wrap them in cling wrap and get them in the freezer before they were all eaten!
So here is the recipe and just for you a photo as well!
I then make a runny chocolate icing from cocoa, icing sugar and water and drizzled it over the top and added chocolate sprinkles. Yum!!
It was my nephews birthday and I was wondering what kind of cake to cook. I have decided that since he is now 9 years old I can stop making the grand looking but average tasting kids cakes. Over the years I have made many, Thomas trains, Mater from Cars, Lego Blocks, Treasure Island Maps, Beanie Kids etc..... But now it is time to cook cakes for the adults, cakes with flavour and texture and absolutely outstanding taste!
So ......I found this one on Barbara Bakes, a blog I read and thought it looked like it was well and truly worth a try and I was right, yumo! I do also fill the hole in the bundt cake with chocolate coated honeycomb, it kind of exploded over the top like a volcano. Of course my 6 year old and my 9 year old nephew thought it was a volcano and although I didn't set out to make a kids cake, it seems I did! So everyone was happy!
This one came from my personal trainer Terri, it is yummy and I think if you threw in some chicken it would make a nice meal in itself!
So here is the first recipe, my nephew is gluten free although he can tolerate a little spelt flour, so I made this cake to take to their house. It was very moist and yummy!
In early December we went to Maha for dinner, and it was great! Situated in Bond St Melbourne the food was fantastic, and the head chef and owner Shane Delia was there as well which was a rare treat. We had the Chef's banquet, 5 courses of food that the chef cooked for us. This was great as I am not a seafood eater and my husband loves it so they catered for both of us which is pretty unheard of these days. Of course my favourite course was dessert, we had a dessert platter and it was to die for! Maha is very well known for it's Turkish Delight Doughnuts and I would say they lived up to their reputation. So the next day I went on a Google search for a recipe for those doughnuts and what do you know............so here it is for you to try as well.
I have been pouring over the magazines again for some interesting and new recipes to try and this one is really yummy and easy for a summers night. This one came from Woman's Day.
I found this recipe on the packet of trident dates my sister-in-law had and decided to try it. It is really yummy and a change from the usual rice salad recipes.
Have you ever had that nice and sweet ice cream at an Indian Restaurant? We love it so I went on the search for a recipe for it. This one can be put through an Ice Cream machine or simply put in the freezer to harden, it will be a little lighter through an Ice cream machine.


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The "new" Vermeer
Interim report of the restoration
Removal of the varnish
Creation and Acquisition of the painting
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A "new" Vermeer in Dresden
For more than 250 years now, the famous painting by Johannes Vermeer featuring a profile depiction of a girl intently reading a letter in front of a light-coloured empty wall has held a firm place among the masterpieces in the Dresden Gemäldegalerie. This picture, which dates to around 1659, is regarded as one of the earliest interior paintings by Vermeer with a solitary figure. Previous x-ray examinations indicated that a picture of a naked Cupid in the painting had been overpainted. Today, new laboratory tests have conclusively determined that the overpainting was not by Vermeer's hand. On this basis, the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister decided in the course of the current restoration of the work to remove the overpaint. The painting can now be enjoyed looking just as it did when it left the artist's studio.
Press Information from 7.5.2019
[Translate to English:] "Bild im Bild"
A depiction of Cupid originally incorporated on the rear wall as a "painting within the painting" was later painted over again. As a result of the latest investigations and the current restoration of the painting, it has now been proven that this overpainting was not done by Vermeer himself but was executed by a different hand some years after the completion of the Girl Reading a Letter. It has not yet been possible to identify the originator of this overpainting that completely covered the background picture, including its broad black frame, nor to determine at what point in time it was performed.
Although only about half of the Cupid picture on the rear wall of the room has so far been exposed, the fundamental change to the overall impression of the painting is already evident. It is now clear that the Dresden Girl Reading a Letter is another one of the numerous interior scenes by Vermeer in which there is a "painting within the painting" located on the rear wall. In this case, the artist was probably quoting a painting in which a standing Cupid was depicted with an upright bow in his right hand and with his left arm raised. This motif is already known from three other interior paintings by Vermeer.
Johannes Vermeer, Brieflesendes Mädchen am offenen Fenster / Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window, um / c. 1659 Aktueller Zwischenzustand der Restaurierung zum 7. Mai 2019, Öl auf Leinwand, Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister / current intermediate state of the restoration on 7 May 2019, oil on canvas, Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister
[Translate to English:] Impressionen PK
© SKD, Foto: Sebastian Kahnert
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[Translate to English:] Wiederherstellung seines originalen Zustandes
After being restored to its original condition, Vermeer's Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window will appear more overt and less muted than previously. The vivid, almost sculptural representation of Cupid painted in ochre and brown tones hanging directly above the delicate figure of the girl will be about the same size as the section of her body that is visible behind the table. The powerful presence of the Cupid figure, positioned in such a way as to face the viewer directly, will be seen as pregnant with meaning and constituting a "commentary" on the scene, thus contributing substantially towards the viewer's interpretation of the painting. The representation of the god of love will probably be interpreted as a reference to the amorous context of this seemingly innocuous everyday scene. The highly conspicuous background picture will create a spatial counterweight to the introversion of the letter reader, thus leaving the content of the scene open. It is then up to the viewer to decide how to interpret the letter in the girl's hand.
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Johannes Vermeer, Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window, c. 1659, Oil on canvas prior to the restauration
[Translate to English:] Stufen der Restaurierung
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[Translate to English:] Das zu erwartende Resultat
In any case, the anticipated result of the ongoing restoration of the Girl Reading a Letter will undoubtedly show that the elements of concealment and seclusion in this early work by Vermeer in fact play a less dominant role than has been implied over the past two and a half centuries owing to the alteration of the composition by a different hand.
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The restoration – an interim report
When work began on restoring Johannes Vermeer's Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window in May 2017, it was possible to take advantage of numerous previous investigations. In 1965 Hermann Kühn had analysed paint samples taken from the painting. In 1979 the painting had been x-rayed and in 2009 it underwent infrared reflectography. In 2007 fabric structure analysis was performed on the picture support. In preparation for the exhibition "The Early Vermeer" in 2010, the painting underwent careful microscopic investigation, particularly with regard to the artist's painting technique and the state of preservation. Since 2017, a further extensive programme of research has been an integral part of the current project.
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Restoration of "Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window" by Johannes Vermeer
Removing the Varnish from "Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window" by Johannes Vermeer
The first stage in the restoration process was the removal of multiple layers of varnish which had turned yellowish brown as a result of ageing. This coating had been applied in the 19th century and had been subsequently renewed several times. The removal of this varnish resulted in the subtle, cool colours of Vermeer's original painting being rediscovered. It also became evident that the painting – apart from the edge areas – is in an excellent state of preservation, given that it is 360 years old.
During the removal of the varnish, it was found that the solubility properties of the paints in the central part of the background differed from those of the other areas of the painting. It was already known, from the x-ray images taken in 1979, that a "painting within the painting" existed on the rear wall of the room – a depiction of a naked Cupid that had been completely painted over. For a long time, this overpainting was attributed to Vermeer himself.
[Translate to English:] Impressionen
© SKD, Foto: Maria Körber
Removing the varnish
Johannes Vermeer, Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window, c. 1659, Oil on canvas
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In the restoration workshop
[Translate to English:] Bindemittelschichten
Prior to continuation of work on this area of the painting, investigations concerning the structure of the paint layers were performed in the archaeometry laboratory of the Hochschule für Bildende Künste Dresden. These showed that aged layers of binding agent and a layer of dirt exist between the original paint layers applied by Vermeer and the paint used for painting over the Cupid picture. A period of several decades must therefore have intervened between the completion of the painting with the Cupid picture and the application of the layer of overpainting, which means that Vermeer cannot have painted over the background picture himself. When the painting came to Dresden from the collection of the Prince of Carignan in France in 1742, this major change to the composition had evidently already been carried out.
Following numerous tests, it was established that the most favourable method for meticulously removing the layer of overpainting was to use a fine scalpel under a microscope. Only in this way is it possible to retain the layers of binding agent between the original paint layer and the paint used for the overpainting. This layer may well be the last existing original varnish layer applied by Vermeer.
The later overpainting of the Cupid was undoubtedly due to altered tastes and not to any damage to the paint layer, such as the small areas of abrasion and the scratch above the boy's right arm, which have now been exposed again.
[Translate to English:] Erwerbung & Entstehung
Acquisition and rediscovery of the painting
The painting "Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window" was acquired for the collection of the Elector of Saxony and King of Poland, August III, in the spring of 1742 through a stroke of good fortune.
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The process of creating the painting
The compositionally balanced and masterfully painted work was the first in a series of paintings depicting interiors which focus on just a few figures engaged in intimate domestic activities.
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[Translate to English:] Restaurierung
The restoration is taking place in the paintings conservation department at the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden and is being performed by paintings conservator Dr. Christoph Schölzel. Accompanying the restoration is a research project about the painting, carried out in cooperation with the archaeometry laboratory at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste Dresden, the Doerner-Institut at the Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen München, the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam and The National Gallery in London.
[Translate to English:] Restaurierung 2
At the outset of the restoration, a symposium was held in March 2017 with colleagues from Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Vienna and Dresden, colleagues who have investigated and restored works by the artist in the past years. They were invited by the Dresden Gemäldegalerie and will continue to accompany the conservation project and provide their professional input.
The research and conservation project is made possible in this form thanks to the generous support of the Hata Foundation in Tokyo.
After completing the restoration of Vermeer's "Girl Reading a Letter at a Open Window", this painting is scheduled to be shown again to the visitors from March 2021. It is safe to say that it will become a highlight of the new permanent exhibition of the Gemäldegalerie in the Semperbau building.
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With flat water light ESE wind and pending shipping, the fleet managed to make the start under the watchful eye of Race Officer Baer. Sewen under pressure with 2 wins, narrowly missed the orange and peaches terminal before tacking. Malgas fell into a "hole" on the start line. Jellybaby tacked shortly after crossing the line and had a fortunate wind lift before tacking again and chased the wind shift out of the port.
Once clear of the breakwater Jellybaby headed for the turning mark (a 2 litre coke bottle in front of Hobie Pier) with Warrior and Wild Thing battling to catch-up. Wild Thing hauled there assymetrical up and had fun zigzagging to the mark and back to the finish line. Sewen and Malgas where left stranded outside of the Port entrance with insufficient airs to make forward movement.
After been advised by Port Control of change in shipping schedule the traditional finish "transit line" – Tower & Port Hand Mark was used. With the wind dropping off only 3 yachts finished with Jellybaby taking an enviable 1st place moving her to 2nd in the Series – looks like the gloves are really off!
A very big thanks to Tony & Ziggy Bailes for their sponsoring of the "Boerie rolls", Hillary for "Boerie control Officer", Morgan Griffiths for getting the boats on the water. It must also be noted and appreciated that as much as Port Elizabeth Port is a working harbour, the Port has been very accommodating with regards to our racing -thank you.
Next Wednesday the series continues, the forecast looks good with a moderate SW with possible moisture around. Given the fact that Jellybaby has shrugged off the "hugging & loving" attitude as part of the season start-up, will the other competitors be able to reel her in?
AKA Dances while Walking – an ancient American Indian name bestowing greatness!


I'm at the cabin without a pc so this my first attempt at a post from my iPhone.
I finished these mitts in just a couple days sitting here on the sofa waiting for it to warm up. I'm supposed to be laying the stone on the foundation of the cottage but I can't do it if the temp is too low. I found the free mitt pattern on Ravelry. It's called Humanity. They are for my boss at the pet boutique and our Christmas gathering is this weekend so they are ready just in the nick of time.
I'm secretly hoping for more cold weather. I have more knitting to do!
Very nice, Kyra! I have to make a two pair of mitts for gifts and I haven't started yet!


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Apple Hands Out Discounts Over Battery Debacle
Apple Issues an Apology (and a Discount) Over iPhone Battery Debacle
Apple takes another shot at trying to explain why old batteries slow down iPhones.
By David Grossman Published: Dec 28, 2017
In a rare move, tight-lipped Apple has released an apology along with a technical explanation of how their batteries work, follows several recent stories (and lawsuits) concerning older iPhone battery degradation.
"First and foremost, we have never — and would never — do anything to intentionally shorten the life of any Apple product, or degrade the user experience to drive customer upgrades," the unsigned letter reads.
The letter is the culmination of what started as a series of Reddit posts discussing how iPhone batteries seemingly get worse over time. Those posts led Geekbench blogger John Poole to map out iPhone 6S and iPhone 7 battery performance over time. Along with the slowdowns, the phones would unexpectedly shut down with increasing frequency.
As the phones degraded in service over time, Poole came to the conclusion that Apple was manipulating users by making them think that "the slow down is due to CPU performance, instead of battery performance."
"This fix will also cause users to think, 'my phone is slow so I should replace it' not, 'my phone is slow so I should replace its battery'. This will likely feed into the 'planned obsolecense' narrative," Poole writes.
Apple's letter today includes a brief technical explanation of how and why rechargeable batteries degrade: the chemicals used to charge batteries, like everything else on the planet, age and degrade over time. Apple now believes that "continued chemical aging of the batteries in older iPhone 6 and iPhone 6s devices, many of which are still running on their original batteries," has contributed significantly to phone battery degradation.
The company also links to a series of tips that can be used to keep batteries more effective, like keeping them out of cold weather.
Apple is taking two steps to make amends to users who feel cheated by their iPhones. One is offering a price reduction for out-of-warranty iPhone battery replacements—from $79 to $29—for anyone with an iPhone 6 or later whose battery needs to be replace for all of 2018.
There will also be an iOS update that will "give users more visibility into the health of their iPhone's battery," though there were no further details on what this would look like.
In 2015, the iPhone was named the single most profitable product in the history of the free market. Since its debut in 2007, the company has become increasingly reliant on it selling well. Having a legion of angry would-be iPhone buyers isn't a great business plan.
David Grossman is a staff writer for PopularMechanics.com. He's previously written for The Verge, Rolling Stone, The New Republic and several other publications. He's based out of Brooklyn.
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This week will be our last week at Percy Warner Park. We will meet at Shelby Park for two weeks, then we will head to Centennial Park for 5 weeks in a row. HEADS UPS: When we move to Centennial Park, we will move to start time up to 8 a.m.
Workout: Easy Distance Run. 60, 70 or 90 minutes.
This is one of our two drop weeks (The next one is March 9/10). That is where we run shorter and slower than normal to allow our bodies to completely recover. Running is all about recovering from working hard. You don't become a better runner by running hard. You become a better runner by recovering from running hard. Both parts are necessary: hard workouts and recovery. This week is recovery!
So enjoy the park…run slow (especially up the hills) and head out to brunch afterwards.
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Will China Take Siberia away from Russia?
The border, all 2,738 miles of it, is the legacy of the Convention of Peking of 1860 and other unequal pacts between a strong, expanding Russia and a weakened China after the Second Opium War.
Evidence of the new level of Russian-Chinese relations was formalized with the "Treaty of Good-neighbor Relations, Friendship, and Cooperation" signed in Moscow in July 2001. Article 6 had great significance. The article fixed China's agreement to recognize the existing border and the necessity of preserving the status quo where unresolved areas remain. Although Chinese negotiators were reluctant to include this article in the treaty, they finally yielded to Russia's insistence. This reduced any speculation that China may find some pretext to claim Russian territory or to conduct a planned settlement of the Russian Far East.
Perhaps two existing blocs – the Eurasian one encompassing Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization – could unite China, Russia and most of the 'stans.
Well, Russia is already a signatory to the Shanghai Cooperation Organization; in fact, it was a founder of it together with China (and playing a junior role to China, naturally enough).
Apart from these bloopers, however, how likely is a Chinese grab of Siberia? And does Cliodynamics offer any insights on this question?
Do you remember a chapter in Jared Diamond's Guns, Germs, and Steel, entitled "Spacious Skies and Tilted Axes"? (If you haven't read the book, I strongly recommend it – it's Diamond's best one). In this chapter, Jared argues that crops and domestic animals spread more easily within the same "biomes" – macro-ecological zones characterized by similar climates and soil types. Because biomes tend to stretch along East-West axes, cultivars (and other cultural elements) diffuse more easily East and West, rather than North and South.
When I read this chapter, I remember wondering, what about the territorial expansion of states? Shouldn't they also find it easier to expand into a similar ecological zone? Teaming up with Jon Adams and Tom Hall we analyzed the shapes of historical mega-empires. We found that, indeed, there was a very strong statistical tendency to expand along the East-West axis. The only exceptions to this pattern, such as Egypt and Inca, actually conformed to the more general rule – it just happens that, in their regions, biomes were stretched in the North-South direction.
What does it tell us about China? If you look at the historical atlas of China, you will see that China easily expanded East and West, more slowly South, and there was essentially no expansion towards the North. Chinese empires since the Shang originated in the North and unified territories in all directions except the North. The only reason Manchuria (to the North of Beijing) is now part of China is because it was Manchuria that conquered China, not the other way around.
So the countries that should be most afraid of China are those that inhabit similar ecological zones. That would be Korea (well, North Korea is already essentially a vassal of China) and Vietnam, which has the same ecology as southern China. In fact, Vietnam (unlike Siberia) has been part of China on two previous occasions. And there are very substantial tensions between the two countries (unlike the Chinese-Russian relations).
What about demography? It's a big factor. But what's important is not the relative size of China with respect to Russia, but the population growth rates. China is about to start experiencing negative population growth, which will be exacerbated by the unfavorable male/female ratio. While Russian demographic situation is not a happy one, it has dramatically improved in the last ten years (a story that was not reported in the Western mass media). And there is no male-female imbalance.
In the short run this will cause problems. As Chinese men move into the Russian Far East, they may snap up Russian women, causing disgruntlement among the Russian men. But in the long run, what identity, do you think, will be adopted by the children of Chinese-Russian unions growing up in Russia? Data suggest that mothers (and the linguistic environment) will play the dominant role.
All of this doesn't mean that Russia should completely relax and not worry about the mighty neighbor to the southeast. History tells us that countries that were too weak to hold territory lost it to stronger neighbors. Just look at Crimea. And I don't expect it to change in the foreseeable future. So if Russia were to start disintegrating, pieces of it could, indeed, be up for grabs. Although I would expect that the Far East would be grabbed not by China, but by Japan (yes, Japan – it already tried to do it a mere hundred years ago).
But Russia was disintegrating in the 1990s, not now. And the Chinese leadership is an extremely pragmatic one. Their main worry is not Siberia – they get all of its riches by peacefully cooperating with Russia. And although the NYT article belittles the Russian nuclear arsenal, I am sure the Chinese leaders hold an opposite view. According to the map, drawn by Mr. Jacobs, Russia will give up Vladivostok, Krasnoyarsk, Novosibirsk, Ekaterinburg – all of these cities with millions of population? A country that has many more nuclear weapons than China? I don't think so. And, apparently, the Chinese leadership holds the same view.
I think this article must be "link-bait", where the incentive is to make a provocative statement (to get clicked on), rather than a likely one. The incentives of the modern news media economy are not towards accuracy, but rather towards attention-getting. This is unlike a 1970's new program, which could take your attention for granted and therefore had an incentive towards at least attempting to be accurate.
In 1948 or '49 I was a geography major at Harvard (the last) and found reference to an obscure boundary issue in Widener. China and Russia negotiated a boundary agreement back as I recall in the 18th century which created Tannu Tuva. Their maps were fuzzy and in this case there was no overlap—a usual source of problems—but an underlap, between the two boundary versions. The shepherds left out were happily unaware of their fate and continued more or less undisturbed till the Soviets absorbed them as yet another SSR.
The Obama administration has been talking about a pivot to Asia as a major policy shift, but not much has come of it, because our involvement in the Middle East is proving as sticky as ever. This is no surprise given the influence of the Israeli lobby. Meanwhile the Chinese, in terms of historic geopolitical trends, are eating our lunch.
The ancient and honorable field of studies known as geography fell out of favor in America after World war II. This was unfortunate for many reasons. One of more important ones was the classic distinction geographers drew between the Eurasian heartland and the coastal regions, dubbed the rimland. In terms of modern history the rimland was more important, and remained so as long as British naval power remained unchallenged, and even after that when its global reach was replaced by our navy. However, if you look at the totality of the human experience, the heartland has been at least as important as a fountainhead of the action. Pastoral tribes from the Central Asian steppes have repeatedly pushed outward and often subjugated their neighbors both east and west, well before navies evolved to where their masters controlled all the countries that really mattered to them.
Many Russians will disagree with you, Peter, meaning they feel threatened by Chinese expansion to the north albeit peaceful.
Official Russian statistics does not show high numbers of Chinese migration, but facts on the ground in the Russian Far East tell a different story. The region has been losing ethnic Russian population for the last quarter century. Birthrates are low as anywhere else among ethnic Russians and literally millions relocated to the 'mainland' as they call it.
They are replaced by Chinese who have been seeping in during all these years. There exist strong financial and business Chinese interests there.
Just recently there was a huge public outcry in Russia when it was revealed that a local administration in the Far East signed a 50 year land lease with a Chinese company for agricultural use. With an idea to bring Chinese workers in to cultivate the land. No one has a slightest doubt that Chinese will come to stay.
It is true that so far China's attention has been focused on it's influence expansion southwards, quite assertive if need be. It does not mean that in the future this focus will not be shifted to the north.
When Mexicans come to the US, do they become American or does the territory they inhabit become part of Mexico?
Richard, as for Mexicans, it depends. If they come to the US illegally (most of them), they don't. If they come as family reunification, they do. As you know, many Americans see Mexicans as a problem.
Moreover, I have never heard of an American state leasing land to a Mexican company. Have you?
The few cases of long term land leases I know of were equivalent to sales. Guantanamo comes to mind. Alaska was technically not sold but leased by the Russian Empire to the US for 100 years.The lease expired long time ago.
Why one should think that China leasing land in the Russian Far East will be any different?
??? Mexicans who come illegally and stay often become Americans (and if they don't, their children do).
Also, Alaska was a sale, not a lease. Where do you have documentation that it was a lease?
Is it that illegal immigration to the US or anywhere else is fine?
Or is it that leasing land to China is a good idea?
Personally, I'm not a big fan of flaming nativist fears. Some of the worst atrocities in human history have come from that. I haven't seen nearly as many atrocities from peaceful immigration.
I am not sure what you call "peaceful". Is storming Eurotunnel or Macedonian border, fighting border guards , peaceful?
Not terribly violent. Not a lot of deaths of border guards that I see.
In any case, I believe that immigrants (illegal and otherwise) make the US stronger in the long run, and Europe is a place that needs immigrant energy (so long as they can integrate them).
That might be:) Lease or sale, it doesn't really matter. Alaska belongs to the US. Period.
I am anthropologist and I suspect that it could be difficult to await observer independent truths from social scientists. Ethnicity of observer is very important. Mathematical understanding of extremely complex human history is very poor.Hence, "social scientists" can imagine everything in their art – from reunification of Alaska and Russia to unification of China and Sibiria.
If we grant that the primary constraining factor which led historical world empires to expand within rather than between biomes was the suitability of land/climate for growing their preferred cultivars, is it still reasonable to assume that this is still the primary dynamic despite all the technological changes in food transportation, refrigeration, GMO cultivars, etc.? It's hard to see that ensuring access to crops within the conquered region is as urgent a problem for present-day attempts to expand a country's borders.
China doesn't want to rule areas that are very dissimilar to it, but it does want to prevent invasion from such areas. So China wants to influence its border regions. Having an area as a politically stable economic colony with sovereignty vested elsewhere has advantages over direct rule.
China will only rule Siberia after Russia tries, with some success, to conquer China via Siberia. After such an event, China may believe the costs of direct rule are worth bearing. But not until then.


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Q: ValueError: Unknown regularizer: AdaptiveL1L2 I am loading a pre-trained model in Google Colab using TensorFlow, Keras.
I have written the following code for this purpose:
from keras.models import load_model
model = load_model('/content/gdrive/model.h5')

But I get this error:
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ValueError                                Traceback (most recent call last)
<ipython-input-24-34df1d0b8dd9> in <module>()
      1 from keras.models import load_model
----> 2 model = load_model('/content/gdrive/model.h5')

22 frames
/usr/local/lib/python3.7/dist-packages/tensorflow/python/keras/utils/generic_utils.py in class_and_config_for_serialized_keras_object(config, module_objects, custom_objects, printable_module_name)
    294   cls = get_registered_object(class_name, custom_objects, module_objects)
    295   if cls is None:
--> 296     raise ValueError('Unknown ' + printable_module_name + ': ' + class_name)
    297
    298   cls_config = config['config']

ValueError: Unknown regularizer: AdaptiveL1L2

What am I doing wrong, here? I am new to Keras, any help would be appreciated.

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Ho Chi Minh City collected fees of more than 16.49 trillion VND (over 712.5 million USD) last year for changing land-use purposes, according to the city's Registration Office for Land Use Rights.
The office's director Du Huy Quang said the city also collected over 5.38 trillion VND from leasing lands and nearly 6.34 trillion VND from land -use fees.
People cannot theoretically own land and have to pay fees for "using" land for various purposes like housing, farming and others.
A total of 679,124 applications were processed last year, 5.15 percent more than the previous year, he said.
Suburban districts such as district 9, Hoc Mon, Cu Chi, Binh Chanh, and Thu Duc reported the largest numbers of house and land purchase transactions. Cu Chi topped with 60,000.
According to the office, some of its district offices have been facing difficulties like lack of facilities and storage space and outdated equipment, making it difficult to keep and preserve files and documents.
With rapid urbanization, they also face major challenges with legal issues related to land and housing and the increasing number of applications, it said.
Nguyen Toan Thang, Director of the city's Department of Natural Resources and Environment, said the office and its branches should enhance administrative reform and coordinate with relevant agencies such as the tax department to quickly process applications from individuals and businesses.
He said they should not delay issue of land- and house-use rights certificates to residents while also ensuring compliance with the law and there is no trouble for the public.
They should ensure they have capable staff who can meet the evolving needs, he added.


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Pope Francis received in audience Teddy Reno, Rita Pavone and their two sons, Alex and Giorgio, on the 16th of december 2015, just the day before Holy Father's Birthday, the Trio Tregenerazionale, formed by Teddy reno (89 years), Sylvia Pagni (48 years) and Elisa Riccitelli (20years), with a children's choir were invited to sing "Uno come noi", a song written to celebrate Pope Frances, with musics by Sylvia Pagni, and words by Teddy Reno. testo di Teddy Reno dal titolo "UNO COME NOI".
The new Trio Tregenerazionale, is unique in the world for the fact that he joind three generation and they had the honor to perform live the song "UNO COME NOI" , a song written to demonstrate that the Pope appears just like one of us, a true friend, a humble person.
Music of the song is build up by swing and tango, expecially this one is a kind of music beloved by the Holy Father.
Pope Francis himself suggested to teddy Reno : "The nest time we'll meet, I want you sto sing me a true Argentine Tango", and that's how "Uno Come Noi" took life. Pope Francis appreciated the choise of the children's choir from the Church in Scerne di Pineto in Abruzzo, directed by father Janusz Szmigielski.
The success was great. Pope Francis appreciated Sylvia Pagni's accordion, Elisa Riccitelli's voice and Teddy Reno Himself.


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Q: Filter Item Unit Price when Order is Created in WooCommerce I'm using Zapier to export orders from WooCommerce to my account software when an order is created. The data is sent via WooCommerce REST API.
Everything works fine but I noticed that the unit price in the order meta data sometimes displays product prices with more than 2 decimal places. This happens when more than one of the same item is ordered. It seems to always happen when the item price has two decimal places and is ordered in multiples of odd numbers.
My accounting software only accepts up to 2 decimal places. So there is an error every time the unit price has more than two decimal places. This is how I discovered this issue.
I have checked the item price and the prices are correct. I also tested by enabling and disabling "Round tax at subtotal level, instead of rounding per line". Nothing seems to resolve the issue.
I would like to filter the unit price when an order is generated in WooCommerce so that they are converted to two decimal places. Any thoughts or suggestions on how to go about resolving this would be appreciated.
Here is an example of just one order where the item is displaying with more than 2 decimal places:
isCreditInvoice:false
customer:d58ca99b-07f3-45fa-80ae-164ebbc881f1
invoiceDate:2021-03-07T09:18:06+02:00
quantity:1,1,1,1,1,1,2,6,6,5,7,7,4,10,10,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1
yourReference:Order Number 6631
deliveryDate:{{111079934__date_completed}}
ourReference:Order Number 6631
unitPrice:22.5,22.5,26.25,25,34.95,34.95,23.76,6.95,6.95,6.95,9.950000000000001,9.950000000000001,9.95,1.6,1.6,14.95,23.4,8.4,30,21.36,25,12.5,26.5

Update: This is a WooCommerce Plugin Core issue and has already been reported to WooCommerce on Github
https://github.com/woocommerce/woocommerce/issues/27911
Use the following patch to temporarily fix the issue:
Navigate to line 172 of woocommerce/includes/rest-api/Controllers/Version2/class-wc-rest-orders-v2-controller.php
Replace:
$data['price'] = $item->get_quantity() ? $item->get_total() / $item->get_quantity() : 0;

With:
$data['price'] = $item->get_quantity() ? wc_format_decimal( $item->get_total() / $item->get_quantity() ): 0;

Tested and works.
Now the unitPrice will be rounded to two decimal places.


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Laura Rowen
Celebrating the Class of 2014: Laura Rowen
Fresh out of nursing school, widowed mom of four looks forward to taking care of others, family
Wednesday Apr 30, 2014
Laura Rowen, 36, of DeMotte, graduates this May with a Bachelor of Science degree in nursing.
A widowed mom of four children, Laura silently pushed through hardship to earn her degree in just five years.
"My oldest is 19 and my youngest is 5," Laura said, "I don't know what I would have done without all of them."
Laura said choosing to enroll at IU Northwest was the right decision. It was a tough road, she said, and a lot of people ask her how she managed. After being out of school for so many years, Laura admits that walking into her first class was scary at first, but she soon learned that "all growth comes outside the box."
"If it's comfortable, you are not growing," she said. "Push through and the end result feels better than anything you could possibly imagine."
Laura is grateful to her nursing faculty and the real-life scenarios that helped her prepare for the workplace. As one example, she recalled that during her clinical experience, one of her fears about treating patients came true.
"What would I do if I had to care for someone who was the cause of an accident because of drunk driving?" she had wondered. "My worst nightmare came true in one of my clinical experiences in the ER.
"Through education about professionalism I was able to put my biases aside and do what needed to be done for the patient regardless of what brought him there. . . I wasn't sure I'd be able to, but I did."
After graduating, Laura is looking forward to some well-deserved relaxation, reconnecting with her children and above all, working. She will soon be joining the medical-surgical floor at Porter Memorial Hospital.
About the Class of 2014: Indiana University Northwest will confer 729 degrees at the 48th Annual Commencement ceremonies on May 15, 2014. The Class of 2014 will collectively receive 108 associate's degrees, 511 bachelor's degrees and 110 master's degrees. More than two-thirds of this year's graduating class are women; 40 percent are underrepresented students; close to half are first-generation college graduates; the great majority are aged 30 or older; and nearly 90 percent worked while earning their degree.


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One usually begins in the study of knowledge with the posing of the argument from illusion. This argument from illusion leads to the question of the difference between sense data and physical objects.
If one questions whether we can know either of these then one might be considered radically skeptical. I think the most convincing skeptical account is a less drastic, more limited one. Consider the turning coin. If the coin is seen as nothing more than a collection of patterns then the coin can be both circular and elliptical at once.
As per our limitation in perception, physical objects should not be understood to exist separate from the realm of the mind that is to say that objects themselves are more limited as well. This is not to say that either the most commonly agreed upon views of consciousness or external objects are correct and that one area should supersede the other. This view asserts that we can avoid the problem of the gap between sense data and physical objects by asserting that neither area provides a solid ground for perfect knowledge. As a corollary this view is at odds with the current scientific view of physical objects and also with common sense na�ve realism. The first part of this alternative view expressed in this paper is not very controversial. All life forms are simply pattern perceiving creatures. I think that the next step would be more controversial.
The sense data is only a collection of patterns. The idea of a moment and a point in space are useful for organization and communication, but they do not actually exist either in the mind or in the external world. The ideal that Descartes meditated on was a perfect one that one could turn a reality around. What better to exemplify this than the geometric point? It is this sort of background assumption, of the point, that leads to the primacy of mathematical truth and then the centrality of the order of science and finally the problem of elusive exactness in the scientific practice. In response Hume formulated that the basic unit of reality is the moment. This perspective forwards the notion that no moment is greater or more basic than any other moment. This perspective encourages the incorrigibility of experience as produced from the senses. However the issue that is left unresolved is the problem of illusion as belief seemingly contradicts our senses in these cases. Thus the self is divided, and the underlying paradox remains unresolved. The idea I assume as basic is that nothing exits separate from anything else. In this way this alternative, as a modified Humean approach, seems to be a product of the coherentist persuasion.
However it is slightly more extreme as this view goes on to assume that unquestionable clarity of knowledge, any pure state of existence whereby one could base clear knowledge, and furthermore any finalized discreet identity formulation are absolute fictions. Hume claimed similarly that objects were such fictions. These concepts are constructed from the force of human wills as driven by the need for order rather than from experience, and as well these constructions are not necessary for our scientific models to be consistent. Since nothing is discreet we are all a part of what we perceive. In fact it only makes sense that we must be a part of what we perceive in order to perceive anything. So why must we go on to say that nothing is discreet given that everything is interconnected. Consider Zeno's paradox about the distance to the wall being halved as we approach. The answer is that we are a part of the wall before we begin our walk toward it to touch it. The senses allow what is outside of us to reshape what we are and in so doing the external and the internal are mixed and therefore we can become conscious of the "external". Here I deny the gap as a phenomenalist would. But I do not fret about the problem of solipsism because I think the stuff of the mind is the stuff of the universe.
That is they are both patterns alone, "externally" and "internally".
Some particular commonly reoccurring patterns are considered to exist by many a layperson globally. Some of the more persistent patterns are taken to exist for a large number of experts or those privy to a particular cultural understanding. All of this is merely correlation rather than cause and effect. Therefore if no entity exists apart from any other than we can really only know the patterns inside the flux. Since there is no thing to know it might be said that we know nothing. As if there is not plurality then we can only know one thing and thus thing-ness is immaterial. I think that the most important response to this position is that thing-ness is all around us and most nearly universal. Since we must all act as if objects exist with extension and over time which comes and goes, ergo moment by moment. My response to this is that all life is also organization making. It is central to our survival that we observe our patterns as wholes even when we have no justification for this position. A peacock has evolved to have an impressive plumage but this does not mean that its use can be justified. Its origin is a product of chance. Life on this planet has evolved to observe wholes and to simplify the flux. This does not mean that organization originates as a product of some universal law of order. In conclusion I would say that the burden of proof is on the optimist since anything beyond conjunction is impossible to accept without reservation. The answer seems to be that we observe pluralized order but exist in unified chaos.
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In the Cage: MMA Fighters' Experience of Competition
Peter Jensen, Jorge Roman, Barrett Shaft, and Craig Wrisberg
Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) is a relatively new and rapidly growing sport within contemporary athletics yet, to date, it has received relatively little attention in the sport psychology literature. To shed more light on the sport, the aim of the current study was to examine the experiences of MMA fighters during sanctioned competitions. Audio-recorded phenomenological interviews were conducted with seven participants and the transcripts were qualitatively analyzed to identify emerging themes. The findings revealed that the most important aspect of fighters' experience was the chaotic nature of MMA fights, which participants characterized as "cage reality." The results also suggested that fighters' arousal regulation skills are at least as important as their technical skills for performance success. Taken together, the present findings extend previous research on MMA and suggest several implications for sport psychology consultants interested in working with fighters.
In The Sport Psychologist Volume 27 (2013): Issue 1 (Jan 2013)
Mind Over Matter: The Development of the Mental Toughness Scale (MTS)
Leilani Madrigal, Sharon Hamill, and Diane L. Gill
Mental Toughness (MT), which refers to an inner focus and commitment to rise above challenges when facing adversity, is viewed as one of the most important psychological attributes in determining success in sport. However, there is little consensus on key components of MT, and existing measures vary greatly while focusing on elite athletes. The purpose of this research was to develop a measure of MT for use with college athletes. Collegiate and noncollegiate athletes (N = 271) completed the original 54-item Mental Toughness Scale (MTS) in study 1. Factor analysis (PCA) results reduced the scale to an 11-item scale, with good reliability and validity as demonstrated by its positive correlations with self-esteem and flow. A second study of college basketball players (N = 143) was conducted to establish the psychometric properties of the MTS. Study 2 demonstrated convergent, divergent and criterion validity through correlations with related measures, and a CFA provided moderate support for the MTS as a one-dimensional measure of mental toughness in sport.
Mindful Recovery: A Case Study of a Burned-Out Elite Shooter
John Jouper and Henrik Gustafsson
Research on how to recover from athlete burnout is scarce. The current aim is therefore to describe an intervention with an elite shooter suffering from burnout, and the use of mindfulness and Qigong to reestablish sport functioning as well as general well-being. The participant used mindfulness and Qigong exercise on a daily basis. Exercise frequency, exercise time, concentration level and Qigong state were noted daily, and levels of stress, energy and primordial force were self-rated weekly for 20 weeks, and followed up after 30, 40 and 50 weeks. The participant recovered from burnout to a state of general well-being (energy and primordial force changed from weak to strong), and her ability to stay concentrated in a Qigong state changed from weak to strong. Her capacity to shoot high scores was reestablished, even if her shooting endurance was not fully recovered. Mindfulness and Qigong techniques may be useful in the prevention of and recovery from athlete burnout.
Perfectionism and the 'Yips': An Initial Investigation
Ross Roberts, Mike Rotheram, Ian Maynard, Owen Thomas, and Tim Woodman
The present investigation examined whether perfectionism might predict whether an athlete would suffer from the 'yips' (a long term movement disorder consisting of involuntary movements that affects the execution of motor skills). A sample of 'yips'-affected individuals from golf, cricket, and darts as well as a sport-matched sample of non 'yips'-affected athletes completed the shortened version of Frost, Marten, Lahart, and Rosenblate's (1990) multidimensional perfectionism scale (FMPS). Results revealed that three aspects of perfectionism (personal standards, organization, and concern over mistakes) were associated with a greater likelihood of suffering from the 'yips', indicating that 'yips' sufferers had an unhealthy perfectionism profile. The results highlight perfectionism as a possible antecedent of the 'yips' experience within sport.
Superstition & Religious Ritual: An Examination of Their Effects and Utilization in Sport
Anthony M.J. Maranise
This article discusses the use of superstition and religious rituals within sport. While the popular view among skeptics seems to be that religious ritual is nothing more than superstition, I argue that while there admittedly are many similarities, there also exist major differences which separate superstition and religious ritual into distinct entities. The realm of sport is one widely known for the numerous exhibitions of both superstition and religious ritual. The examples of sport-related superstition and religious ritual are so numerous that they have even gained noted media attention in the past two decades. Thus, I situate both terms within the practical framework of sport participation. From this foundation, I define both terms in context and begin to examine the effects on athletes' individual holistic development arguing that religious ritual leads ultimately to a greater holistic development than does superstition. Holistic development is examined in four aspects which are comprised of physiology, emotionality, intellectuality, and spirituality. The positive effects of religious ritual as applied within athletics are mentioned in each aforementioned category. I approach the topic from the perspective of the psychology of religion, sports psychology, as well as Judeo-Christian theological concepts regarding religious ritual. The numerous positive benefits of religious ritual over superstition within athletics lead to a final argument that religious ritual provides significant meaning to the lives of athletes in a way which superstition is simply unable.
Volume 27 (2013): Issue 1 (Jan 2013)
Volume 26 (2012): Issue 4 (Dec 2012)
A Leadership Development Intervention Program: A Case Study With Two Elite Teams
Mike Voight
Most of the leadership training that team captains receive at the collegiate level consists of either receiving a list of books or articles about leadership or a list of responsibilities that they must do with little or no guidance or instruction. Still others will focus on this reading and/or responsibilities with active discussion in the off-season, yet when it matters the most, during the competitive season, time spent on leadership instruction and follow-ups becomes an afterthought at best. Due to the supposed benefits of improved leadership for sport teams, a leadership development intervention program was developed and applied to two NCAA Division I teams who were successful enough to make it to the NCAA National Championships in their sport. Program effectiveness was determined by the teams meeting not only their seasonal goals but exceeding the primary objectives of the leadership development program set by the leadership consultant and coaching staffs, in addition to the favorable feedback provided by the team to the captains during/after the season, and semistructured interviews of the captains postseason.
In The Sport Psychologist Volume 26 (2012): Issue 4 (Dec 2012)
A Life Without Limits: A World Champion's Journey
Adrienne Langelier
Measurement in Sport and Exercise Psychology
Mark P. Otten and Ashley Samson


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