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Multispecies Care in a Time of Pandemic Crisis
Monday, May 04, 2020 2:23 PM | ecoartspace (Administrator)
In a time of pandemic crisis, how do we re-value what care means for all living beings?
There is a species of moss growing on the outside of my bedroom windowsill that I hadn't noticed until recently. Two clumps of bryophyllum hiding in the shadow of a ventilation duct that extends to the roof of my apartment building in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn. Known for their love of cool, moist and dark spaces, moss or byrophyte is a phylum of three kinds of non-vascular plants that use rhizoids instead of roots and reproduce using spores. Although an uncommon site in some parts of New York, my windowsill is apparently a desirable habitat and has offered unlikely solace during an increasingly precarious time.
As a member of the Environmental Performance Agency, an artist collective founded in response to the dismantling of the US Environmental Protection Agency, I have been thinking a lot about the view from my window as of late. From my bedroom, I can see a rapidly expanding border of knotweed encircling a now desolate restaurant patio, a Siberian elm making use of an underused backlot, and a weedy patch of shepherd's purse, plantain, dandelion and horseweed. These marginal spaces offer a habitat for insects, squirrels, birds and other organisms, and more recently has become my only view of urban "nature" or multispecies life.
In New York, we've been on PAUSE since March 22, 2020, a collection of social distancing policies that have prompted those with the privilege to do so, to work from home while "essential and frontline workers" continue to keep the City in a reduced state of operation. The impacts of Covid-19 have been uneven to say the least, with communities of color and low income residents hit hardest in terms of confirmed cases but also a range of social and economic impacts. Cities like New York are now the "vanguard" on the pandemic front, making visible the complexities of urban density, as well as decades of disinvestment in health care, education and affordable housing among other issues.
As both a response to our current moment and continuation of the EPA's past work, we launched a new effort called the Multispecies Care Survey on Earth Day 2020. The project is a public engagement and data gathering initiative that aims to provoke new forms of environmental agency to de-center human supremacy and cultivate the co-generation of embodied, localized plant-human care practices. What do we mean by plant-human care practices? Methods for attuning oneself to a vegetal perspective - moving, breathing, listening, and working with spontaneous urban plants and other organisms as guides, collaborators, and mentors. Invitations for developing new forms of environmentalism and stewardship that decenter the human and honor the agency and possibility of multispecies communities. Spaces to reimagine and embody what care means in a time of global crisis.
Originally conceived of as a public artwork launching at the Old Stone House that would travel to communities throughout NYC, the project was re-designed as a digital platform integrating a need for social distancing. Although hesitant to move our embodied and physical practice of being together with the city's weedy and spontaneous urban plant communities, the EPA collective felt a need to reframe our practice to reflect our current context, and to collect data on how communities across the city and US are adapting, coping and developing new strategies for resilience and connection.
The Survey website currently includes 6 "protocols" or prompts for noticing and engaging with multispecies communities through a window, balcony, backyard, or stoop. "Protocol 01: Temperature Check" for instance invites participants to consider which window you look out of more often since the crisis, to move towards this window and place an area of your body against the window pane to consider how it feels. What temperature does the glass offer? What temperature does the sunlight offer? How do you feel the climate's temperature? After a brief engagement, the participant is then prompted to submit a photograph and brief audio recording to describe the experience, and what the view they encountered. In Protocol 04: Avian Transmissions, participants are invited to notice birds as they pass by one's window by first observing and then placing a piece of paper to the window and create marks that follow the bird's flight/position. A quick documentation creates an archived record of the experience. We use the term "survey" broadly, drawing from a history of public land surveys that have defined our artificial borders and notions of land use, and also survey practices that range from national undertakings like the US Census to regional biodiversity counts to collect large datasets.
Each protocol is also linked to a specific call to action related to recent changes and rollbacks to environmental policy occurring at the US EPA, or other federal and state agencies. An email notification reminds the participant to learn more about each issue and to further act by signing a petition, calling their congressional leader, or getting involved in a local movement or direct action. In "Protocol 05: Essential Tree Labor", which prompts participants to notice and care for a street tree, we call attention to the rollback of the Clean Power Plan. This Obama-era policy required utilities to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from existing power plants by 32 percent from 2005 levels by 2030. The rule was replaced in 2019 with the "Affordable Clean Energy" (ACE) rule which weakens emissions standards. Through the survey, we ask: "What kind of energy policy would street trees endorse?"
Over the past 4 years, the U.S. EPA and other federal agencies have rolled back over 95 rules put in place to protect environmental health, supporting the interests of the coal, gas, and oil industries, along with Big Agriculture. The Multispecies Care Survey continues our work to bring awareness to these increasingly alarming rollbacks under the 2016-2020 presidential administration. Even in this time of global crisis, the US EPA continues its assault on environmental policy and health protections for communities across the country. In late March, the US EPA announced new "guidelines" for how companies monitor environmental violations, pollution and hazardous waste waiving a requirement for reporting, and will not issue fines for violations. Former EPA Administrator, Gina McCarthy, called it "an open license to pollute." On March 27, 2020, the US EPA announced changes to how gasoline will be mixed in the face of potential shortages, which will likely result in more air pollution nationally. Just last month in April 2020, the US EPA extended public comments on the rollback of regulations for safe methods of coal ash disposal, the byproduct of dirty coal power plants. Power companies and private interests dump this waste into unlined ponds, which contain deadly poisons and radioactive substances, including carcinogens like arsenic, and neurotoxins such as lead and mercury, threatening drinking water nationwide. And on April 16, 2020, the US EPA weakened regulations on the release of mercury and other toxic substances from power plants and other industries, which the New York Times and environmental groups point out would effectively loosen the rules on other toxic pollutants.
This is all happening at a time when we are dealing with a collective global trauma unlike many have seen in their lifetimes. And alongside an ongoing effort to censor scientists and undermine what little confidence the US had left in scientific research for the public good. (See the so-called "Strengthening Transparency in Regulatory Science" which public health advocates and environmentalists have dubbed the "Censored Science Rule".)
Since launching the project we've received dozens of responses from communities across the US, offering a glimpse into the multispecies worlds on view from one's window. We are hoping to deepen engagement with the Survey through virtual Care Circles starting on May 9th, bringing together participants to share their experience of engaging with a particular protocol and to think through what new forms of embodied environmental action we can collectively envision. As a long-term and ongoing effort, we intend to maintain the Multispecies Care Survey through the US Elections in early November. The data collected -- images, audio recordings, videos, embodied experiences -- will ultimately be used to draft a new piece of policy we're calling "The Multispecies Act." This Act aims to offer a set of embodied, actionable principles for centering spontaneous urban plant life as one means (among many) of contending with the failure of our environmental regulatory apparatus to deliver policy that protects and values life both human and non-human.
As I write, this is day 56 of quarantine in my own apartment. Although I only have a few windows overlooking a patchwork of under-used lots and backyards, the emergence of Spring and the Survey's protocols have brought new discoveries of life along the margins. And perhaps offer a set of novel interactions and embodied practices that help me cope through uncertain times. Now when I look out my window, I see things a bit differently and my powers of attunement sharpened. The simple practice of embodied observation offering some inspiration for how to persist in a time of global crisis and collective reimagining.
Submitted by Christopher Kennedy, assistant director at the Urban Systems Lab (The New School) and lecturer in the Parsons School of Design.
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S03E14 - Taking Control of Your Own Health with Dr. Marilena Grittani RawFork Podcast
Today I had the pleasure of hanging out virtually with a person who blew me away with both her passion and wealth of knowledge and experience in the healthcare field. Dr. Marilena Grittani has been a Clinical Pharmacist for over 26 years, practiced in several hospitals and pharmacies throughout 5 states of the US.
But that's not the thing that makes her the most impressive. How she got her credentials required a lot of work and dedication, as she moved from a different continent and built both a career and a family in a foreign country.
It's no wonder that her focus now is to empower each female that loves and cares about her family, to make the best-educated medical decisions to improve her family's health. She has built an entire community around her vision and passion.
Dr. Marilena's "Legal Drug Dealer" podcast launched earlier this year originally focused on educating the listener about what pharmacists do but quickly evolved to a medical platform for professional providers that want to educate around their areas of expertise and non-traditional medical ways to treat patients.
Since then, the podcast has exposed topics like Children's medications, Menopause and its treatment with Bioidenticals, How to confront fear about medical issues, How to get your medication approved by your insurance, and What good doctors want all patients to know, among others.
Dr. Marilena's most recent endeavor was a huge undertaking into a virtual conference called "Taking Control Of My Own Health," an educational platform led by fellow professional medical experts. This summit allows for the generous sharing of information and wisdom with those that need and want it.
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MINSK, 10 January (BelTA) – The government should look for alternative ways to deliver oil to the country, Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko gave this instruction at the government session to discuss the social and economic development of Belarus in 2019 and the approaches to the further development of integration projects on 10 January, BelTA informs.
Alexander Lukashenko reminded about the plans to complete the modernization of two Belarusian oil processing enterprises this year. After that Belarus will be able to buy oil for further processing not only in Russia.
"The task was set long ago, we must resolve the issue: to start the alternative delivery of oil via Baltic ports. If Lithuanians do not agree, we must come to terms with Latvians and purchase this oil. We can process this oil at Novopolotsk Oil Refinery and supply oil products to Baltic countries," Alexander Lukashenko said. In his words, such products will be cheaper for Baltic countries than they are now with global prices. "We can agree that this will be our common oil which we will process at the modernized Novopolotsk Oil Refinery. By the way we have certain capabilities in this regard," the president said.
The head of state asked not to exaggerate problems connected with the losses for the Belarusian budget due to the tax maneuver in Russia. He urged to look for other reliable sources to neutralize negative aspects. "But I want to warn you: do not even think to shift this burden on our people," he said. "The population should not feel any additional burden. There should be no problems this or next year, even if we did not compensate anything." According to the head of state, there is no big deal for Belarus to earn additional $400 million. "As it is calculated now, Belarus' GDP is about $80 in terms of the purchasing power parity. What is the problem? No problems," Alexander Lukashenko is convinced.
"Therefore, do not think that this is a catastrophe. If the Russian government chooses this path and decides to lose the only ally in the western direction, it will be their chose. We cannot force them to do anything," the president added.


NEW YORK -- U.S. unemployment fell to 4.7%, the lowest rate since 2007. But job creation was very weak. The U.S. economy only added 38,000 jobs in May, according to the Labor Department. It was the worst monthly job gain since 2010. It's also well below April's meager job gains of 123,000. Job creation in the last two months has been markedly below the average of 200,000 jobs created per month over the past couple years.


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On the Waterfront: The WorkBoat Show Network - 12/8/2011 -
By Kathy Bergren Smith - WorkBoat.com
The 2011 International WorkBoat Show might be over but there is still much to absorb from the three days of total industry immersion that went on in New Orleans last week. Across the country, nightstands are stacked with brochures that need to be studied and desks are littered with new business cards. Emails are exchanged at the show, deals are struck and relationships nurtured all within a few days.
Networking on the WorkBoat Show Floor
Kerry Thompson of New Jersey-based Mack Boring Parts and Co., Mitsubishi dealers, said people were more optimistic at this year�s show.
"There was more decisiveness, people who have been standing on the sidelines are now ready to move forward and build that boat or repower, realizing that you can�t wait forever.�
The atmosphere at the WorkBoat Show, much like the city of New Orleans, is welcoming. You can strike up a conversation with just about anyone and learn something. I had many such encounters. One person I met while roaming around was Elwood Scully Jr. of Morgan City, La.
Since 1981, Scully�s Custom Aluminum Boats has been building boats at their yard. The company began by building small fishing boats for the recreational market. Today, Scully�s specializes in several types of vessels including survey boats, security vessels and fire and rescue boats like the one on display at the WorkBoat Show. That boat was one of two fire rescue boats for Plaquemines Parish Port Commission.
Elwood Scully greeted old customers and chatted with strangers with the same easy charm for three days. On someone�s nightstand there is a Scully�s brochure which might eventually turn into an order.
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This Week In American History: April 17th - 23rd
American statesman, printer, scientist and write Benjamin Franklin died in Philadelphia at age 84. Born in Boston in 1706, Franklin became a printing and publishing apprentice at 12 y/o. During his lifetime, he helped establish Philadelphia's first circulating library, police force, volunteer fire company, and an academy that became the University of Pennsylvania. He was the first American scientist to be highly regarded in European scientific circles due to his experiments with electricity. In 1776, he helped draft the Declaration of Independence and in July signed the final document. After his death in 1790, Philadelphia gave him the largest funeral the city had ever seen.
The Bay of Pigs invasion began when a CIA-trained group of Cuban refugees landed in Cuba and attempted to topple the communist government of Fidel Castro. The plan was hatched under President Eisenhower, who increasingly saw Castro as aligned with communists in the Soviet Union, and Kennedy gave the go-ahead for the attack. The failure at the Bay of Pigs cost the United States dearly. Castro used the attack by the "Yankee imperialists" to solidify his power in Cuba and he requested additional Soviet military aid. Eventually that aid included missiles, and the construction of missile bases in Cuba sparked the Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962, when the United States and the Soviet Union nearly came to blows over the issue.
The Ford Mustang was officially unveiled by Henry Ford II at the World's Fair in Flushing Meadows, New York. That same day, the new car also debuted in Ford showrooms across America and almost 22,000 Mustangs were immediately snapped up by buyers. Named for a World War II fighter plane, the Mustang was the first of a type of vehicle that came to be known as a "pony car." Ford sold more than 400,000 Mustangs within its first year of production, far exceeding sales expectations. In 2004, Ford built its 300 millionth car, a 2004 Mustang GT convertible 40th anniversary model. Over the decades, the Mustang underwent numerous evolutions, and it remains in production today.
At 5:13 a.m., an earthquake estimated at close to 8.0 on the Richter scale struck San Francisco, California. The quake was caused by a slip of the San Andreas Fault over a segment about 275 miles long, and shock waves could be felt from southern Oregon down to Los Angeles. By April 23, most fires were extinguished, and authorities commenced the task of rebuilding the devastated metropolis. It was estimated that some 3,000 people died as a result of the Great San Francisco Earthquake and the devastating fires it inflicted upon the city. Almost 30,000 buildings were destroyed, including most of the city's homes and nearly all the central business district.
Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Ernie Pyle, America's most popular war correspondent, was killed by Japanese machine-gun fire on the island of Ie Shima in the Pacific. Pyle, who always wrote about the experiences of enlisted men rather than the battles they participated in, became a national folk hero by reporting on the average soldier in World War II. Ernie Pyle's death dealt a blow to Americans still reeling from the loss of President Franklin D. Roosevelt on April 12. President Harry S. Truman paid tribute to the fallen correspondent, as did former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, who fondly remembered meeting him. Today his work is still the yardstick by which all other war reporting is judged.
The U.S. embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, was almost completely destroyed by a car-bomb explosion that kills 63 people, including the suicide bomber and 17 Americans. The terrorist attack was carried out in protest of the U.S. military presence in Lebanon. In 1975, a bloody civil war erupted in Lebanon, with Palestinian and leftist Muslim guerrillas battling militias of the Christian Phalange Party, the Maronite Christian community, and other groups. On August 20, 1982, a multinational force featuring U.S. Marines landed in Beirut to oversee the Palestinian withdrawal from Lebanon. U.S. President Ronald Reagan announced the end of U.S. participation in the peacekeeping force, and on February 26 the last U.S. Marines left Beirut.
The American Revolution began when 700 British troops, on a mission to capture Patriot leaders and seize a Patriot arsenal, marched into Lexington to find 77 armed minutemen under Captain John Parker waiting for them on the town's common green. British Major John Pitcairn ordered the outnumbered Patriots to disperse, and after a moment's hesitation the Americans began to drift off the green. Suddenly, a shot was fired from an undetermined gun, and a cloud of musket smoke soon covered the green. When the brief Battle of Lexington ended, eight Americans lay dead or dying and 10 others were wounded. Only one British soldier was injured.
As a prelude to a massive antiwar protest, Vietnam Veterans Against the War began a five-day demonstration in Washington, D.C. The generally peaceful protest, called Dewey Canyon III in honor of the operation of the same name conducted in Laos, ended on April 23 with about 1,000 veterans throwing their combat ribbons, helmets, and uniforms on the Capitol steps, along with toy weapons. Earlier, they had lobbied with their congressmen, laid wreaths in Arlington National Cemetery and staged mock "search and destroy" missions.
A massive truck bomb exploded outside the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The blast collapsed the north face of the nine-story building, instantly killing more than 100 people and trapping dozens more in the rubble. Emergency crews raced to Oklahoma City from across the country, and when the rescue effort finally ended two weeks later the death toll stood at 168 people killed, including 19 young children who were in the building's day-care center at the time of the blast. On April 21, the massive manhunt for suspects in the worst terrorist attack ever committed on U.S. soil by an American resulted in the capture of Timothy McVeigh, a 27-year-old former U.S. Army soldier who was a member of a radical survivalist group in Michigan.
Edgar Allan Poe's story, "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," first appeared in Graham's Lady's and Gentleman's Magazine. The tale is generally considered to be the first detective story and the author was paid an additional $56 for it: a high figure if compared to what he earned from publishing the "The Raven" (only $9). The story describes the extraordinary "analytical power" used by Monsieur C. Auguste Dupin to solve a series of murders in Paris. Like the later Sherlock Holmes stories, the tale is narrated by the detective's roommate. Following the publication of Poe's story, detective stories began to grow into novels.
The Chicago Bulls' Michael Jordan scored 63 points in an NBA playoff game against the Boston Celtics, setting a post-season scoring record and breaking records held by Elgin Baylor, Bob Cousy and Wilt Chamberlain. Despite Jordan's achievement, the Bulls lost to the Celtics in double overtime, 135-131. Boston swept the three-game series and went on to win the NBA championship. The Celtics' star forward Larry Bird said: "He is the most exciting, awesome player in the game today. I think it's just God disguised as Michael Jordan." The following season, "Air Jordan" became only the second NBA player, after Wilt Chamberlain, to record 3,000 points in a season.
26-year-old Danica Patrick won the Indy Japan 300 at Twin Ring Motegi in Motegi, Japan, making her the first female winner in IndyCar racing history. On May 29, 2005, Patrick made her Indy 500 debut, becoming just the fourth female driver ever to compete in the celebrated 500-mile race, which was first held in 1911 and today is considered one of auto racing's premier events. During Patrick's inaugural Indy 500, she led the race for 19 laps, marking the first time a woman ever led a lap in the competition. She later earned Rookie of the Year honors for the Indy Racing League's 2005 season. Patrick retired from IndyCar after the 2011 season and fully retired from racing in 2018.
During the Texan War for Independence, the Texas militia under Sam Houston launched a surprise attack against the forces of Mexican General Santa Anna along the San Jacinto River. The Mexicans were thoroughly defeated, and hundreds were taken prisoner, including General Santa Anna himself, , bringing an end to Mexico's effort to subdue Texas. On December 29, 1845, Texas entered the United States as the 28th state after President John Tyler orchestrated a compromise in which Texas would join the United States as a slave state.
General Motors (GM) celebrated the manufacture of its 100 millionth American-made car, a 1967 Chevrolet Caprice Custom Coupe built at Chevrolet-Fisher Body Assembly Plant in Janesville, Wisconsin. At the time, GM was the world's largest automaker. The global tally on that date also included 18,493,496 vehicles, both passenger and commercial, built in other countries. 1967 was a big year at GM, with production of the Chevrolet Camaro started, the Cadillac Eldorado switched to front-wheel drive, and the few L88 Corvettes built would later become legends. GM also touted new safety features like collapsible steering columns, dual master cylinder brakes across the passenger-car lineup, and energy-absorbing instrument panels.
Prince, the polymathic musician who created more than 30 albums and won seven Grammy awards over a 40-year career, was found deceased in Paisley Park, his Minnesota home and recording studio. The cause of death was an accidental overdose of the opioid fentanyl he took for chronic hip pain. He was 57 years old. In the hours and days after the news broke, fans around the world mourned his death with massive memorials. In a statement, President Obama said, "Few artists have influenced the sound and trajectory of popular music more distinctly, or touched quite so many people with their talent." In 2016, Prince's estate sold more albums than any other artist that year, dead or alive.
Earth Day, an event to increase public awareness of the world's environmental problems, was celebrated in the United States for the first time. Millions of Americans, including students from thousands of colleges and universities, participated in rallies, marches and educational programs across the country. Earth Day was the brainchild of Senator Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin, a staunch environmentalist who hoped to provide unity to the grassroots environmental movement and increase ecological awareness. The first Earth Day indeed increased environmental awareness in America and lead to the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency along with the passing of both the Clean Water and Endangered Species Acts.
It was Marshall Checker, of the legendary Checker brothers, who first discovered them in the gritty blues clubs of Chicago's South Side in 1969 and handed them their big break nine years later with an introduction to music-industry heavyweight and host of television's Rock Concert, Don Kirshner. Actually, none of that is true, but it's the story that Saturday Night Live's Paul Shaffer told as he announced the worldwide television debut of that night's musical guest, the Blues Brothers—the not-quite-real, not-quite-fake musical creation of SNL cast members Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi.
Pat Tillman, who gave up his pro football career to enlist in the U.S. Army after the terrorist attacks of September 11, was killed by friendly fire while serving in Afghanistan on April 22, 2004. The news that Tillman, age 27, was mistakenly gunned down by his fellow Rangers, rather than enemy forces, was initially covered up by the U.S. military. A criminal investigation was eventually launched into the case and in 2007 the Army censured retired three-star general Philip Kensinger, who was in charge of special operations at the time of Tillman's death, for lying to investigators and making other mistakes. "Memorandums of concern" were also sent to several brigadier generals and lower-ranking officers who the Army believed acted improperly in the case.
Judy Garland performed at Carnegie Hall in what is often called "the greatest night in showbiz history." The album won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year, making her the first woman to win the award. Garland was one of the biggest and most popular movie stars of all time, making her first film appearance at the age of seven and earning the first of three Oscar nominations at 17 for her starring role in what may well be the best-loved American movie of all time, The Wizard of Oz. She was also a prolific recording star, selling millions of records and winning five Grammy awards in a single year nearly three decades after starting out as one of the youngest performers ever signed to a major record label.
Fleetwood Mac's "Rumours" album reached No. 1 & stayed atop the charts for 31 weeks. It won Album of the Year at the 1977 Grammy Awards and was eventually inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2003. It has sold over 40 million copies worldwide, making it one of the best-selling albums of all time. Often considered Fleetwood Mac's magnum opus, Rumours has frequently been cited as one of the greatest albums of all time. In 2018, it was selected for preservation in the National Recording Registry, being deemed "culturally, historically, or artistically significant" by the Library of Congress.
New Coke is introduced by the Coca-Cola Company. It was a reformulated soft drink meant to replace their flagship drink in the hopes of revitalizing the brand and gaining market share in the beverage industry. The announcement sparked a furor, and within a few days the decision to discontinue the prior version of Coke was called "the biggest marketing blunder of all time." Despite Coke's seemingly secure place in American lives, by the mid-1980s it was facing a strong challenge from Pepsi. That beverage had begun a popular ad campaign called the "Pepsi Challenge," in which the majority of participants in blind taste tests chose Pepsi over Coke. Worried Coke executives decided to reformulate their drink, creating a sweeter product.
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Neanderthals were distilling tar 200,000 years ago in Europe - long before Homo sapiens did.
Neanderthals were distilling tar 200,000 years ago in Europe – long before Homo sapiens did.
Despite many recent discoveries that show Neanderthals were technologically and socially sophisticated, there's still a popular idea that these heavy-browed, pale-skinned early humans were mentally inferior to modern Homo sapiens. Now we have even more corroboration that they were pretty sharp. A fascinating new study reveals that Neanderthals were distilling tar for tool-making 200 thousand years ago—long before evidence of tar-making among Homo sapiens. And an experimental anthropologist has some good hypotheses for how they did it, too.


In my last post I painted a foggy scene of our Ko'olau mountain range on the island of O'ahu, where I live. It rained so hard that there were over a dozen waterfalls. This time I attempted a close up waterfall of Snoqualmie Falls in Washington state. It is where a friend visited and then posted her photo on Instagram.
My Goal. There is always something new to learn with every painting project. I hoped to paint a waterfall cascading down into a pond below, and to practice the dry brush technique again with water mist. And as usual I looked for an uncomplicated photo, so I thought. As you see in the photo there are several elements needed in even a simple painting- from top to bottom: sky, trees, part of a mountain ridge or cliff face, waterfall, pond or pool of water, rocks at the ground level. A knowledge of how to draw and/or paint trees and rocks, mix and use paints with the right brushes and painting techniques are some of the prerequisites for doing even a simple painting! Flat brushes are my choice of brushes; fan brush for evergreens and dagger brush which I use as a liner for tree trunks and small rocks.
Getting Ready to Paint. Choosing a medium to use, this time acrylic paint, means to be sure the water soluble paints are securely put away out of sight, along with the linseed oil and thinner so none of the wrong supplies get used. With acrylic painting, basically all that is needed is a stay wet palette, spray mister to mist the canvas and/or paints, acrylic paints and a couple of glasses for water (rinse in one glass and then the other). You can save time getting up to change dirty water especially when you need a clean brush for light color paints, so I use two containers of water which are clear glass. That lets me see how dirty the water is getting. For this painting I used an 11×14 cotton canvas, but I also like Fredrix toned panels that fit into photo frames and are great for gift giving.
I used to sometimes place clean brushes in a shallow tray of water when changing brushes, with only the bristles in the water and brush handles sticking out. (If brushes are standing in water too long, like in the water container, their wood handles will soak up water and expand, then the paint on the brush will eventually begin to crack and fall off in slivers.) For this project I just cleaned the brushes with the second rinse, dried them with a rag and lay them down flat to be used later as needed.
The Prep Process. Some artists use very small thumb nail pencil sketches (1.5×2 or a little larger) as possible ways to compose a picture for a drawing or painting. These are rough pencil outlines. Many plein air artists, especially, may use this technique on site to quickly decide which sketch is the best for their painting.
But for all artists, sometimes doing small black and white notans in 2 to 4 values can prove very helpful, too. Notans are the dark and light masses in a harmonious arrangement that help an artist to know if a painting will have balance and variety. Other things may show up in notans, for instance whether the spaces between shapes are unequal and not the same size, and also whether or not art principles are applied, e.g. rule of thirds regarding the placement of the horizon and/or focal point. Notans serve as guides or aids only to assure a strong composition. In my opinion, and as you will see what happened with my waterfall painting, they can only 'suggest' and not dictate how a painting will turn out. Someone wrote that the brushes will do their own thing. It seems not likely until it 'mysteriously' happens!
I tried to find a way to combine values, have fewer than more, and after focusing on the waterfall I decided that the rock/cliff face of both sides needed to be simplified. I have not included photos of rest of my usual prep process which includes using a warm color ground on this scene and then blocking in areas with an underpainting that covers the white canvas- before starting to paint. My process is the same as with oils in that I paint in layers from top to bottom, but wet over dry since acrylic paints dry quickly without an extender.
The final painting shows artistic license that allowed me to create my own version of a waterfall scene where changes were made, and the temperature of the painting was made warmer than the original photo. In the monochromatic photo, you can see that four main values are used: black, dark gray, light gray and white.
Self Critique. The best critique for any artist should be his/her own. After all, the artist owns the piece of art, was engaged in the creative process that birthed the painting. While I appreciate comments on my work, my feelings about why I do art supersede anyone's standards or expectations about 'my art' for the following reasons. I am a process-oriented person first and foremost; I am a life-long learner and have not 'arrived'. I enjoy the process of learning with brush and paint in hand to see what we can do together.
These are part of my self critique- the emotional and technical aspects of a completed work.
1) Why did I paint this picture? I wanted to do a simple waterfall painting and practice more water mist, similar to the cloud mist in my fog painting.
2) How do I feel about the painting? I am happy with the waterfall and overall painting that held it together. It has encouraged me to try other landscape paintings with water.
3) What have I learned from doing this piece of art? I learned how to paint a waterfall! I think that my artistic skills are improving in simplifying a composition, developing a central focus, and paying attention to shapes, perspective, temperature, color harmony and value relationships.


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Persian community LA, Norooz Celebration, City Hall
DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES – Every year in March, members of Los Angeles' Persian community fill the Council Chambers in City Hall to celebrate Norooz, the Persian New Year. After the ceremony, which traditionally involves top local political and business leaders of all backgrounds and ethnicities, the crowds move to the lawn on Spring Street for a feast.
This year, some things are the same, but others are markedly different: The ceremony will take place on Friday, March 19, at 10 a.m., and the haft sin, seven types of food that each start with the letter S and have symbolic meaning, will be displayed. A short tea reception will follow in the rotunda.
But instead of serving lunch, organizers will take the money they would have spent and instead use it to provide 2,500 meals for the homeless at the Midnight Mission in Skid Row. It will work out to more than $5,000, said Hamid Behdad, president of the board of the Norooz Celebration Foundation, which organizes the annual event.
"It's just not right to spend that money for a lunch [at City Hall] which is not a necessary item," said Behdad, who also heads the Downtown-based development firm the Central City Development Group. "We feel it would be better spent to give the meal to those who are in need."
The Norooz celebration has become a point of pride in Los Angeles' sizable Persian population. Behdad explained that it is something Persians of all religions — whether Muslim, Christian, Jewish, Zoroastrian, Baha'i or something else — all share.
"This is the one single event in the entire 3,000 year history of the Persian empire that has nothing to do with one's religion," he said.
Norooz technically occurs at the time of the Spring equinox. It marks the celebration of the new year for the worldwide Persian community. Norooz officially arrives March 20 this year.
Sixth District Councilman Tony Cardenas is the Council sponsor of the event.
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 * linux/arch/frv/mm/extable.c
 */

#include <linux/module.h>
#include <linux/spinlock.h>
#include <asm/uaccess.h>

extern const void __memset_end, __memset_user_error_lr, __memset_user_error_handler;
extern const void __memcpy_end, __memcpy_user_error_lr, __memcpy_user_error_handler;
extern spinlock_t modlist_lock;

/*****************************************************************************/
/*
 * see if there's a fixup handler available to deal with a kernel fault
 */
unsigned long search_exception_table(unsigned long pc)
{
	const struct exception_table_entry *extab;

	/* determine if the fault lay during a memcpy_user or a memset_user */
	if (__frame->lr == (unsigned long) &__memset_user_error_lr &&
	    (unsigned long) &memset <= pc && pc < (unsigned long) &__memset_end
	    ) {
		/* the fault occurred in a protected memset
		 * - we search for the return address (in LR) instead of the program counter
		 * - it was probably during a clear_user()
		 */
		return (unsigned long) &__memset_user_error_handler;
	}

	if (__frame->lr == (unsigned long) &__memcpy_user_error_lr &&
	    (unsigned long) &memcpy <= pc && pc < (unsigned long) &__memcpy_end
	    ) {
		/* the fault occurred in a protected memset
		 * - we search for the return address (in LR) instead of the program counter
		 * - it was probably during a copy_to/from_user()
		 */
		return (unsigned long) &__memcpy_user_error_handler;
	}

	extab = search_exception_tables(pc);
	if (extab)
		return extab->fixup;

	return 0;

} /* end search_exception_table() */

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Covering a decade of his love life, Swedish cartoonist Jonsson employs a self-deprecating memoir style combined with visuals that resemble those of Gilbert Hernandez to create an engaging memoir. The book is a parade of girls who capture his attentions, but not often enough his heart — the best portion involves his tearing his own hair out at a sulky, goth girlfriend. If you were ever curious about Swedish youth culture, this is a great tour guide.
Convinced that his new baby sister is babbling out a code containing prime numbers, Thaddeus K. Fong acts out his jealousy of the attention she gets by trying to frame her as an alien. Branded a wacko by his friends and heading straight for boarding school with his parents, Thaddeus has a bit of luck when he realizes that he may not be such a nut after all. Yang offers a hilarious story that kids and adults will like, starting from a simple absurdity that anyone can identify with and moving onto a far more complicated one as the premise, like the actual story, spirals out of control.
Malkasian's follow-up to "Percy Gloom" is a grim allegorical tale of madness and religious fervor. Told largely from the point of view of a piece of wood, Malkasian's tale is like something out of a fairy tale Book of Revelations, as Minerva boards up her people in a fortress masquerading as a boat and tells lies to keep them cowering from the apocalypse they believe is unleashed outside, as they wait for their spiritual leader who Minerva knows is a really monster unleashed on the world. Malkasian has heightened the depth of her ideas and demands more from her audience — this just has me excited for what is next from her.
Taking these creatures of European of mythology and giving them back their Pagan authentically, Swedish cartoonist Karlsson presents a beautifully colorful and mostly silent tale that presents trolls — and the other weird creatures of the forest — as aliens within their own tradition rather than grotesque reactions to the norms of humans. Cryptic in the jolliest possible sense of the word.


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Things are kind of weird. November is a sweeps month, which usually means a lot of TV events, and yet there really aren't any big premieres this month. Next week is the launch of Disney+ and the TV show about the guy who isn't Boba Fett, but this week is fairly sedate. Like a lukewarm bath.
Here's what to watch on TV this week!
8-10 Dancing with the Stars – It's the Dance-Off! And despite efforts to fix it, the voting system is still badly broken. I will complain about Sean Spicer until he's gone – not only should he not be there in the first place, but his scores are so far behind everybody else that he should have been sent packing weeks and weeks ago. It's very frustrating.
9-10 His Dark Materials – SERIES PREMIERE! After a failed movie, it's another attempt to adapt Philip Pullman's fantasy series. I remember that polar bears are a key part of this, but I have no idea why. The fact that HBO is sticking it on Monday night means they may not have high hopes for this, but it's probably worth checking out. (NOTE: I do not guarantee that it's worth checking out.)
8-10 The Little Mermaid Live! – OK, this is weird. It's not actually a live action Little Mermaid. They're mostly going to be showing the animated movie, but the musical numbers will be live action. Clearly, that's the best way to present a movie. Also, it's weird that the woman playing Ariel was also the voice of Moana. She's already a Disney Princess – no double dipping!
9-10 This Is Us – Jack and Rebecca invite Randall's new teacher to dinner. Is that a thing that people do? I've never had a teacher in my home! I know a couple of times a year people from the church would come over just to talk to the family and it was like a compulsory thing. And we'd go to the living room, which was only used for these family visiting events and confrontations. There's your weekly insight into my childhood.
8-9 Survivor – Not only is there no information available, but the guide I have lists this as a repeat, which I would say is definitely not true since they've never once run a repeat in the middle of the season.
8-10 The Masked Singer – Two hours this week since last week was pre-empted. And at this point, it's been long enough that I can't remember any of my guesses, except that Thingamajig is Victor Oladipo.
8-8:30 The Goldbergs – Murray tries to take Adam and Barry to Wrestlemania and it's going to be fun to be reminded of all our favorite Eighties wrestlers who either died tragically young or turned out to be virulent racists.
8:30-9 Schooled – Lainey is asked to direct a musical production of The Lion King because this is an ABC show and it's important to remind people of Disney properties.
9-9:30 Modern Family – Gloria tries to secretly baptize the twins and Cam fights a mascot. Not gonna lie, this sounds like the best episode in a long time.
9:30-10 Single Parents – How do they not promote this as the Stumptown lead-in with ads featuring real-life married couple Taran Killam and Cobie Smulders? Why is it up to me to give them this easy marketing idea?
10-11 Stumptown – Dex has to protect her ex from a stalker. So, my theory is that last week's episode was intended as a series finale in the event that the show flopped – five episodes in and they wrapped up the subplots. I'm expecting to see a bunch of new arcs popping up over the next few weeks. I really like this show.
10-10:30 It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia – The Gang tries to profit from global warming. I have to figure at least a few of them are climate change deniers. Man, I hope they never do a vaccinations episode. You just know Frank is an anti-vaxxer and that's not going to go down easy.
10:30-11 Cake – It's an anthology show with short segments varying wildly in quality. What am I supposed to say about it week after week?
8:30-9 Perfect Harmony – Arthur adds a new singer to the choir and causes dissent. This show is fun and grumpy Bradley Whitford is a delight.
9-9:30 The Good Place – Oooh… I think I can give the actual listing without spoiling anything for my friends who are coming up on the end of Season Three. Chidi faces an ethical dilemma on the last day of the experiment. I'm not giving away anything, unless you haven't made it far enough into the show to realize that Chidi sometimes faces ethical dilemmas.
8:30-9 The Unicorn – Wade visits a local hot spot to meet women in person. In my experience, meeting people in real life never works. I'm not more appealing when you can see and hear me!
10-11 Evil – Hey, why does every episode title have a number in it? This one is, in fact, only a number. "790". They are definitely doing some kind of code of ARG, right? Do I need to set aside a lot of time to follow these threads? Must I break out my corkboard and red string again!
10-10:30 Mr. Inbetween – Ray loses track of a child during a trip to the department store. Not in the wacky way, more in the harrowing way. This is another show that's very good and nobody in my life watches it. I might have to take on new friends based solely on their viewing choices so I can cover these bases.
8-10 Was I Really Kidnapped? – I don't know what this is. I don't know what "LMN" is. I refuse to learn anything about this topic, but that is a fantastic title.
The Great British Baking Show: Holidays – Is it too early for a holiday special? Sure it is. Also, I don't know if this is a holiday-themed competition or if the hosts just tell you about their plans for the holidays. I'll watch it either way.
8-8:30 The Simpsons – Marge discovers she's a skilled lumberjack and moves to Portland. I feel like maybe one out of every three Simpsons listings sounds like I just put it together with Mad Libs.
8:30-9 Bless the Harts – Wayne enters a barbecue festival and nothing goes as planned. Look, that's not necessarily a Bob's Burgers plot, but it's not not a Bob's Burgers plot. Watch yourself, counselor.
9-9:30 Bob's Burgers – Bob and Louise plan to host an exclusive screening of a Hawk & Chick movie at the restaurant. First, nice continuity. Second, I sure hope Hawk & Chick isn't a FOX production, because we know how Disney feels about revival screenings and charity showings.
9-10:10 The Walking Dead – Carol and Darryl go on a mission together, marking a bold shift in storytelling to focusing on characters whose names I can remember.
9-10 Watchmen – A mysterious trillionaire has an offer, Angela goes to Looking Glass for help, and the guy who might or might not be Adrian Veidt trains two new servants. Another Phillips for the pile! And also, get ready for another 3000 word recap. That's right, I'm back in business, baby!
10-10:30 Silicon Valley – The team races to close a major deal and Dinesh considers being a better person. Maybe the kind of person who's in an upcoming Marvel movie? Possibly playing Kingo? Guys? I've learned to trust the Marvel system and I'm sure they can crack Eternals, but there are so many stupid character names. Like, hey, Brian Tyree Henry is great but he's also playing "Phastos".
10:30-11 Mrs. Fletcher – Eve begins to explore her long-forgotten sexuality. Oh, I don't like that way of referring to it. It sounds so depressing. Long-forgotten.
11:30-12 am Rick and Morty – SEASON PREMIERE! Hey, new episodes! No information available, but my prediction is that it will be good and funny and the toxic segment of the fanbase is going to take everything Rick says as advice on how to live their lives and you'll feel bad all week.
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Q: .bat script, 4 lists as data, input is an integer i, output is the rank of the list containing i I need to write a script, in.bat, where

*

*the user inputs a 3 digits number (as a string) i.

*the script has 4 predefined groups of numbers, number from 1 to 4

*the script tests membership for i in the groups, and return the index of the group containing i.

I'm not familiar with declaring and initializing any kinds of data structure (e.g. list, arrays and the like) for batch files, so can someone help me on this?
Pseudo code:
::Returns 1,2,3,4,5 Depending on testNum passed
group1= <822-824,829,845,851,859,864,867>
group2= <826-828,830-839,843-844,847-850,852-854,860-862,883>
group3= <855-858,861,863,865>
group4= <877-882,884>
if %1 is member of group1
return 1
if %1 is member of group2
return 2
if %1 is member of group3
return 3
if %1 is member of group4
return 4

Thank you!

A: This will set GROUP to whatever group it finds the code in
set test=822,823,824,829,845,851,859,864,867
echo %test% | findstr %1>nul&&set group=1
set test=826,827,828,830,831,832,833,834,835,836,837,838,839,843,844,847,848,849,850,852,853,854,860,861,862,883
echo %test% | findstr %1>nul&&set group=2
set test=855,856,857,858,861,863,865
echo %test% | findstr %1>nul&&set group=3
set test=877,878,879,880,881,882,884
echo %test% | findstr %1>nul&&set group=4

if you want to use ERRORLEVEL to test the return value, then change the SET GROUP= to EXIT /B

A: By no means perfect, but a working starting point. Save the following script as group.bat and call it with group 878 to find out to which group 878 belongs to.
@echo off

SET group1=822-824,829,845,851,859,864,867
SET group2=826-828,830-839,843-844,847-850,852-854,860-862,883
SET group3=855-858,861,863,865
SET group4=877-882,884

CALL :IsInGroup %1 "%group1%"
IF Errorlevel 1 echo Group 1 & GOTO :EOF

CALL :IsInGroup %1 "%group2%"
IF Errorlevel 1 echo Group 2 & GOTO :EOF

CALL :IsInGroup %1 "%group3%"
IF Errorlevel 1 echo Group 3 & GOTO :EOF

CALL :IsInGroup %1 "%group4%"
IF Errorlevel 1 echo Group 4 & GOTO :EOF

echo Group not found
GOTO :EOF

:IsInGroup
SETLOCAL ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION
FOR %%i IN (%~2) DO (
    SET h=%%i
    SET g=!h:~3,1!
    SET /a lo=!h:~0,3!

    IF !g!. == -. (
        SET /a hi=!h:~4,3!
        IF %1 GEQ !lo! (
            IF %1 LEQ !hi! exit /B 1
        )
    ) ELSE (
        IF %1 EQU !lo! exit /B 1
    )
)
ENDLOCAL
EXIT /B 0

The function :IsInGroup checks whether the first argument is contained in the list passed as the second argument.

A: Batch does not have any formal complex data structures like arrays, lists, or objects. But you can emulate them. Here is an efficient solution that defines the groups with nearly the format as in your question.
@echo off
setlocal enableDelayedExpansion

::Here is a small loop to test the routine
for %%N in (822,823,883,835,856,863,880,884) do (
  call :assignGroup %%N
  echo %%N is in group !group!
)
exit /b

:assignGroup  CaseNumber
:: The returning value is contained in variable GROUP
set group=0
for %%A in (
  "822-824,829,845,851,859,864,867"
  "826-828,830-839,843-844,847-850,852-854,860-862,883"
  "855-858,861,863,865"
  "877-882,884"
) do (
  set /a group+=1
  for %%B in (%%~A) do (
    for /f "tokens=1,2 delims=-" %%C in ("%%B") do (
      if "%%C"=="%~1" exit /b
      if "%~1" gtr "%%C" if "%~1" leq "%%D" exit /b
    )
  )
)
::no group found so undefine the var
set "group="
exit /b

The above solution is fine for occasional calls. But if you were going to call the routine many thousands of times, then it would be better to initialize an array of valid values with assigned group numbers. Then each test becomes a direct read of the value, instead of having to call a routine. However, it is possible to abuse this technique. Assign enough values and each variable assignment gets slower and slower. You might also spend more time setting up the array than actually testing values.
Note there is no significance to the characters []. in the variable names. They could be stripped out of the variable names and the code would function the same. They are there only to aid in the understanding the intent of the variables.
@echo off
setlocal enableDelayedExpansion

::initialize a sparse "array" that assigns a group to each valid case #
set group=0
for %%A in (
  "822-824,829,845,851,859,864,867"
  "826-828,830-839,843-844,847-850,852-854,860-862,883"
  "855-858,861,863,865"
  "877-882,884"
) do (
  set /a group+=1
  for %%B in (%%~A) do (
    for /f "tokens=1,2 delims=-" %%C in ("%%B") do (
      if "%%D"=="" (
        set case[%%C].group=!group!
      ) else for /l %%N in (%%C 1 %%D) do (
        set case[%%N].group=!group!
      )
    )
  )
)

::Now test some values
for %%N in (822,823,883,835,856,863,880,884,900) do (
  if defined case[%%N].group (
    echo %%N is in !case[%%N].group!
  ) else (
    echo %%N is not in a group
  )
)
exit /b

A: If the number of values to check for in each group is small, dbenhams second method (direct read of each array value) is the fastest. Any other method that process the values of each group in a FOR loop to do individual or range comparisons is slower. However, as the number of individual elements grows (counting each element included between a range) array value method get slower, as dbenhams indicated.
There is another approach to solve this problem using an aritmethic expression. For example, you may check if a variable is 829 or 845 with this command:
set /A result=(829-variable)*(845-variable)

If the variable have anyone of these two values the result is zero. To check if the variable is into a range, the expression is this:
set /A aux=(lowerLimit-variable)*(variable-upperLimit), result=(aux-1)/aux

Previous expression requires a small provision in case the variable is anyone of the limits (to manage the division by zero). The program below assemble the appropiate aritmethic expression for each of the groups; after that, checking each value is achieved with a maximum of 4 SET /A commands (one per group). This method is faster than individual testing of each value in a FOR loop and use just one variable per group, not per individual element.
@echo off
setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion

rem Assemble testing expression for each group
set numGroup=0
for %%a in (
   "822-824,829,845,851,859,864,867"
   "826-828,830-839,843-844,847-850,852-854,860-862,883"
   "855-858,861,863,865"
   "877-882,884"
   ) do (
   set expr=1
   for %%b in (%%~a) do (
      for /F "tokens=1,2 delims=-" %%c in ("%%b") do (
         if "%%d" equ "" (
            rem Individual value: multiply previous expr by direct subtract
            set "expr=!expr!*(%%c-n^)"
         ) else (
            rem Range value pair: use range expression at this point, then continue
            set "expr=!expr!,a=r,r=0,b=(%%c-n^)*(n-%%d),r=(b-1)/b*a"
         )
      )
   )
   set /A numGroup+=1
   set expr[!numGroup!]=!expr!
)

rem Now test some values
for %%n in (822,823,883,835,855,856,858,863,880,884,900) do (
   call :assignGroup %%n
   echo %%n is in group !group!
)
goto :EOF

:assignGroup number
set /A n=%1, group=0
for /L %%i in (1,1,%numGroup%) do (
   set /A r=!expr[%%i]! 2> NUL
   if !r! equ 0 set group=%%i & exit /B 0
)
exit /B 1

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It is God's will that you should be sanctified: that you should avoid sexual immorality; that each of you should learn to control his own body in a way that is holy and honorable, not in passionate lust like the heathen, who do not know God; and that in this matter no one should wrong his brother or take advantage of him. The Lord will punish men for all such sins, as we have already told you and warned you.
Do not lust in your heart after her beauty or let her captivate you with her eyes, for the prostitute reduces you to a loaf of bread, and the adulteress preys upon your very life. Can a man scoop fire into his lap without his clothes being burned?
The Lord disciplines those he loves, and he punishes everyone he accepts as a son.
After desire has conceived, it give birth do sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.
For the lips of an adulteress drip honey, and her speech is smoother than oil; but in the end she is bitter as gall, sharp as a double-edged sword. her feet go down to death; her steps lead straight to the grave.
Keep a path far from her, do not go near the door of her house, lest you give your best strength to others and your years to one who is cruel, lest strangers feast on your wealth and your toil enrich another man's house. At the end of your life you will groan, when your flesh and body are spent.
Better is one day in your courts that a thousand elsewhere; I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked. For the LORD God is a sun and shield; the LORD bestows favor and honor; no good thing does he withhold from those whose walk is blameless. O LORD Almighty, blessed is the man who trust in you.
I say to myself, 'The Lord is my portion; therefore I will wait for him.' The Lord is good to those whose hope is in him, the one who seeks him; it is good to wait quietly for the salvation of the Lord.
The fear of the LORD leads to life, and whoever has it rests satisfied.


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The horse-drawn bus between Knightsbridge and Clapham, which Lord Bowen is thought to have had in mind, was real enough. But its most famous passenger, and the others I have mentioned, are legal fictions. They belong to an intellectual tradition of defining a legal standard by reference to a hypothetical person, which stretches back to the creation by Roman jurists of the figure of the bonus paterfamilias. As Lord Radcliffe observed in Davis Contractors Ltd v Fareham Urban District Council [1956] AC 696, 728:
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There have only been four different winners of the prestigious World Cup, which comes with £4 million in prize money and an increase in the FIFA world rankings. As defending champions and current leaders of the FIFA rankings, the USWNT (USA), are arguably favourites to defend their title following a breeze-through in qualification. The road to France saw the USA comfortably beat Mexico and Panama 6-0 and 5-0 respectively, before thumping Trinidad and Tobago 7-0 and Jamaica 6-0 in the CONCACAF Championship to cement their qualification. However, having been closely pipped by England's Lionesses to the title of the SheBelieves Cup in March, it may not be all plain sailing for the USA this time around!
England Lionesses boss Phil Neville has recently expressed his intent to be 'ruthless' in his team selection as he drives for success in his first World Cup over his managerial and footballing career. Having lost to Canada but putting two past Spain in a 2-1 win during this weeks' international friendlies, Neville has advised his players to "stay fit, keep in form and keep charging forward", in the hope of replicating the success they saw in the SheBelieves Cup in March. England currently stand 3rd in the FIFA rankings as they head into the tournament, with their campaign kicking off against bordering rivals Scotland on the 9th June.
With more than prize money and glory on the cards, England striker Toni Duggan has highlighted her hope for the media to boost the crowd numbers and TV audience across the women's game. With the current attendance record (60,739) coming last month at Barcelona's success over Atletico Madrid, Duggan hopes that success at this summers tournament can improve these numbers in England, which on average sees just short of 1000 fans per Women's Super League (WSL) game.
As well as the FIFA top 10 heading to France this summer, the 2019 World Cup will also see the introduction of 4 new teams; Jamaica, Chile, Scotland and South Africa. Jamaica, one of the the lowest ranked teams in the tournament, saw their funding cut 8 years ago by the Jamaican Football Federation, this led to 3 years of inactivity and they failed to even achieve a FIFA rank. They begin their campaign on the 9th June against the competition's 2007 runners-up Brazil.
The tournament kicks off on the 7th June with France hosting South Korea at the Parc des Princes in Paris, with the final being played a month later in Lyon at the Parc Olympique Lyonnais. Coverage of all 52 games is on BBC this summer.


Battle split two games Saturday to finish 1-2 in the annual wood-bat tournament at Camdenton.
The Spartans (1-3) opened the day with a 3-1 win over Camdenton. Isaac Bradshaw tossed a four-hit complete game with six strikeouts for Battle's first baseball victory. Matt Hamilton's two-run double in sixth provided the first runs of the game.
Battle ended the tournament with a 4-3 loss to East Carter. Bradshaw went 3 for 3 to lead the offense. Marshall Willingham suffered the complete-game loss without allowing an earned run.
Battle plays host to Rock Bridge tomorrow.
New Franklin sweeps: Matt Anderton drove in four runs to lead New Franklin to a 12-0 five-inning victory over Mack's Creek in the opening game of a split doubleheader.
Anderton and Blake Carleton each had two hits and Zach Evans pitched a two-hitter while striking out five.
In the second game, Dylan Johnson had three hits and Tyler Hull drove in three runs to lead the Bulldogs to a 13-0 six-inning victory over Knox County.
Jerrod Riley and Carleton combined to pitch a one-hitter for the Bulldogs (4-0).
This article was published in the Sunday, March 30, 2014 edition of the Columbia Daily Tribune with the headline "Battle splits games at wood-bat tourney"


Project exposed at the Big Bang Data exhibition (CCCB, Center of Contemporary Culture of Barcelona).
The project was made for the Innova Big Data Challenge contest. BBVA bank offered an API to gather data over a period of 6 months, for the areas of Barcelona and Madrid. The data contains info about purchases, commercial classifications, customer's data (age, gender, spending, etc…), in general, data regarding customers and its purchasing habits.
The project is an interactive Data Visualization to explore purchases made by customers of BBVA Bank, classified by the customer's origin. The visualization shows distances of the customer based on its postal code, so we can see which zones have customers from the city itself and which zones have customers coming from outside the city. As the purpose of a visualization is to give answers to specific questions, here the target is to offer insight about which zones of the city attract customers from the city itself and which zones are a preferred option from people coming from outside the city.
Project awarded with a 2nd price in Data Visualization category at the Innova Data International challenge, whose first edition focuses on journalists and developers. The aim is to reward the best visualizations and the best unpublished articles or reports based on the visualization of a set of data from various sources. The data was extracted from the Spanish National Statistic Institute, showing the migration behaviour in Spain during 2010 and 2011.
The challenge was to work with a huge dataset of the sales from an important catalan company from the optical market and to present them a new way to represent graphically its data. The goal was to find and represent useful information from the dataset so data was deeply analized and an interactive dashboard was created offering new insights and patterns which were imposible to obtain from the original dataset.
You can find the project's blog (in Spanish) here.
And the interactive application here.
A perceptual interface over a 3d world using face recognition and the subsequent tracking and analysis of the movements done by the user.
The main task is aimed to have control over the user's head movements and manage these movements as a way to operate with an interface, in our case, a three-dimensional world provided with a basic collision system.
Infographic created as a result of playing some hours with R and its plotting capabilities.
You can see the inforgraphic here.
And how was built here.
Just-for-fun project built with the design studio Makkao and shown at OFFF Barcelona (Internation Festival for the Post-Creation Digital Culture).
Visitors to the festival were invited to make a drawing that would become part of a mosaic composed of all drawings made during the festival.


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The College of Medicine will hold a Women's Health Forum at The Peabody Hotel Friday, Oct. 12.
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) College of Medicine will hold a Women's Health Forum at The Peabody Hotel Friday, Oct. 12. The forum, organized by the UTHSC Office of Continuing Medical Education, will take place from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. in the Venetian Room.
The event features two prominent speakers, Kelly K. Hunt, MD, a 1986 UTHSC graduate, and Jennifer Ashton, MD, author of "Your Body Beautiful: Clock stopping Secrets to Staying Healthy, Strong and Sexy in Your 30s, 40s, and Beyond."
Dr. Hunt is chief of the Surgical Breast Section in the Department of Surgical Oncology at the Nellie B. Connally Breast Center, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. Dr. Hunt has pioneered a technique to treat breast cancer that she introduced at MD Anderson. Use of the technique has resulted in decreased morbidity and improved quality of life.
Dr. Ashton, who received her medical degree from Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons, is co-host of the ABC Daytime talk show, "The Revolution." She worked as a medical correspondent for CBS News and has appeared on "The Early Show" and "CBS Evening News with Katie Couric."
To register, call Ashley Tennessee at 448-5128, or register online at www.uthscalumni.com/2012MedicineWeekend. The event is free and open to the general public.
Two hours of CME credits are available for health care professionals with a $50 registration fee.
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Kingsgate Primary School expansion lauded despite "teething problems" over travel arrangements
PUBLISHED: 11:25 14 September 2017
Kingsgate Primary Lower School, West Hampstead. Credit: Philip Wolmuth
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A school expansion has been lauded by Camden Council, despite "teething problems" over travel arrangements around the site.
The council has expanded Kingsgate Primary School to create up to 420 new school places at a new site on Liddell Road, now known as Liddell Place, as part of its Community Investment Programme (CIP).
West Hampstead Cllr Phil Rosenberg has described the new school building as a "fantastic educational premises", but stressed that the new site does not have the capacity for children to come by car, and that they should use the transport network or walk, in order "to be considerate to the school's new neighbours".
He said: "I understand from residents that there have been teething problems in terms of the transport arrangements.
"I have raised this with the relevant cabinet members and I hope that this will be sorted with all due haste.
"For years, there have been shortages of school places in the northwest of the borough. Through Camden Labour's determination and creativity we now have this fantastic new resource which officer reports show will give our area a surplus of school places for the foreseeable future. This is a fantastic achievement in very difficult times.
Also championing the development was Cllr Angela Mason, the council's cabinet member for children, who was given a tour of the new classrooms and facilities earlier this week.
She said: "An enthusiastic parent I spoke to described the brand new building at Kingsgate School as 'like a children's palace', and there's no doubt the new building gives wonderful spaces for children to learn.
"Kingsgate is an outstanding school with a great head and wonderful teachers. Now children will also have the benefit of light modern classrooms and a fantastic new playground."
Overall the council has pledged to deliver 3,050 new homes across the borough, including 1,400 affordable homes, and to invest
£117million into schools and children's centres and provide 9,000 square metres of improved community facilities – the equivalent of 35 tennis courts.
What do you think about the new school building? E-mail education editor James Scott (james.scott@archant.co.uk).