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New downtown San Antonio gallery Hopscotch puts visitors inside the art
Deborah Martin, Staff writer
Sep. 29, 2020 Updated: Sep. 29, 2020 12:11 p.m.
Artist Basia Goszczynsk constructed "Rainbow Cave," an installation at Hopscotch downtown, from 40,000 plastic bags, the number of bags used every two and a half minutes in Texas.
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Los Angeles artist Matt Elson's "Infinity Boxes," which were a popular attraction during Hopscotch's debut run as a pop-up in Austin last year, create optical illusions with color, mirrors and light.
Hopscotch has partnered with local non-profit San Antonio Street Art initiative to present 'Walls Within', a street art and mural exhibition within the Hopscotch gallery.
Austin-based POLIS' "Color therapy" is one of 14 immersive installations that make up Hopscotch, a new gallery opening downtown.
Artists Paloma Cortez (left) and Pamela Rachel talk about "Secrets," their installation in Hopscotch, a new interactive gallery opening downtown.
Barcelona-based Playmodes's "VJYourself" is an interactive dance installation that can be experienced at Hopscotch, a new gallery opening downtown.
A David Bowie quote scrawled in hot pink neon just outside the entrance to Hopscotch helps set visitors' expectations for the new immersive art gallery downtown: "I don't know where I'm going from here, but I promise it won't be boring."
Even before all 14 of the installations inside were completed, it looked like Hopscotch was well on its way to living up to that promise.
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In one room, visitors will be washed in a soothing wave of color and sound. In another, they'll be able to both listen to people's secrets and to record secrets of their own to be shared anonymously in the future. Down the hall, they can use spraycan-shaped lasers to create temporary virtual graffiti in a brick wall, complete with virtual drips.
Folks will be able to check it all out for themselves when Hopscotch opens on Friday.
The brainchild of Nicole Jensen and Hunter Inman, Hopscotch explores the connections between visual art and technology. It launched last year as a popular pop-up in an Austin warehouse. The central idea is to give artists a platform to pursue large-scale projects they might not otherwise be able to tackle, as well as to create an entry point for people who might see contemporary art as intimidating.
Hopscotch's lobby includes a bar where folks can hang out either with or without tickets.
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Jensen and Inman had hoped to open a permanent Hopscotch last fall in a primo corner spot in the Travis Park Plaza office building, but a change in the building's ownership and construction delays pushed those plans back. It also took time to transform the location from the mundane to the fanciful.
Hopscotch must-sees
Hopscotch boasts 14 super-cool installations. Among the must-sees:
"Rainbow Cave:" Brooklyn-based artist Basia Goszcynska created the gorgeous installation out of thousands of plastic bags painstakingly transformed into a space that evokes a natural setting. Tucked into one corner is a selfie-perfect perch. There is a serious message behind the beauty: The 40,000 plastic bags represent the number of bags used every two and a half minutes in Texas.
"Light Lines:" The darkened gallery is filled with a slowly evolving array of light created by thousands of electroluminescent wires. The light and the soundscape create a hypnotic experience. The installation is a collaboration between Campbell Landscape Architecture, TAB Labs Creative Technologies and Merkaba Electronics.
"VJYourself:" Visitors can dance to a propulsive score while kaleidoscopic images of their moves spin across the wall. It was created by Barcelona-based Playmodes.
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"There was a drop ceiling, cubicles, just your typical office," Jensen said. "There weren't stairs, there weren't walls, and so it's part of why it's taken so long. If you're a restaurant, and you buy where there was a restaurant, you move in and start selling food."
The lobby holds a sleek bar, which folks can visit with or without a ticket, and a gift shop that will include wares by artists whose work is featured in the gallery. The Smack's Chicken Shack food truck will be parked outside for those who want to eat.
Most of the installations are hidden away in the basement, behind a wall festooned with greenery and below a rabbit sculpture.
"Laser Graffiti," created by Los Angeles-based Todd Moyer Designs, allows folks to become artists by using spraycan-shaped lasers to create virtual graffiti. It is one of 14 installations in Hopscotch, a new immersive gallery opening downtown.
"That was our designer's idea," Jensen said. "She said, 'So, they're just going to walk downstairs? That's kind of boring.' And she said, 'Why don't you build up a structure so you can't see the stairs?' And so we built this wall."
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There was to have been a ball pit to the left of the stairs, since a similar attraction had been a big hit in Austin. The coronavirus pandemic put the kibosh on it for the time being.
"We have pivoted way from installations that are less COVID-friendly," Jensen said. "We're building the ball pit but we are going to make it a cloudscape. You won't have to touch anything. And, hopefully, when things get back to normal, we'll bring back the ball pit."
The two-story space boasts 20,000 square feet, and capacity will be capped at 25 percent, giving people plenty of room for social distancing. Other safety measures include a requirement that face coverings be worn, and patrons' temperatures will be screened before admission. High touch areas will be sanitized regularly, and an air decontamination system designed to destroy harmful pathogens has been installed.
Basia Goszczynska's "Rainbow Cave" includes a throne-like perch. The immersive installation is one of 14 large-scale art works on display at Hopscotch, a new gallery opening downtown.
Each installation gets its own room, tucked off a long, black corridor. The idea it so put a little bit of distance between each experience, something that Jensen and Inman found they wanted when they were visiting galleries to gather ideas. In busier spaces, where works were crammed in close together, they sometimes experienced sensory overload, which they wanted to avoid in their space.
"We found that we really wanted a palate cleanser," she said. "Your brain needs to reset. So, we feel by giving each artist their own room, and nothing in between, it makes it more impactful. You have time to pause and really talk about it before you get to the next set."
There are installations by artists from Austin, Los Angeles, Barcelona and Moscow. And more will be added later.
San Antonio's art scene is well-represented, too. Amada Miller has built "Strange Slant of Light," an immersive sculpture in which large acrylic discs painted with a film that changes colors as the lighting shifts hang from the ceiling. Murals created by members of the San Antonio Street Art Initiative fill a huge gallery.
Paloma Cortez and Pamela Rachél, who work together as Wide Awake Creative, created the secret-sharing installation. Old-fashioned wall phones line the space. Visitors are invited to pick up a receiver and press an orange button. Soon, they will hear anonymous voices sharing secrets on a loop they can listen to as as long as they wish. Two sound-proof phone booths will be in the space, too, where visitors can either have a contemplative moment of silence or pick up the phone and record a secret of their own, which will be added to the installation later.
"Light Lines" — a collaboration between Campbell Landscape Architecture, TAB Labs Creative Technologies and Merkaba Electronics — is an immersive, interactive grid of thousands of suspended electroluminescent wires on display at Hopscotch, a new interactive gallery opening downtown.
"It was inspired by an article on the psychology of secrets and the damaging effect it has on the body and the mind," Rachél said.
The first secrets were recorded by the women's friends and family. They noted that there is a palpable sense of relief in the recordings as people unburden themselves.
"It's been healing for our friends and family members who did this," Rachél said.
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Gary Sweeney has created "Perspective," which is an Ames room, a slanted space designed to create an optical illusion that makes folks viewed through a window appear to be much larger or smaller than they actually are. It is named for Adelbert Ames, Jr., the ophthalmologist who constructed the first one.
Nicole Jensen stands in Amada Millers immersive sculpture "A Strange Slant of Light," one of 14 installations that make up Hopscotch. Jensen co-founded the interactive gallery, which is opening downtown this weekend.
"This is the most low-tech thing you will see in this building," Sweeney said. "This is very old school. 1947 is when (Ames) invented this thing."
He visited the Austin pop-up as part of a group of artists and influencers bussed to the capitol to check it out. He was so impressed that he asked to be included when Jensen and Inman brought the concept to San Antonio.
"I begged them on my knees to let me do something," he said. "Please, Nicole! I don't know any electronics or sound or anything, but I can make a room that'll make you laugh."
Hopscotch, 711 Navarro St., Suite 100, opens Friday. Hours are 2 p.m. to 11 p.m. Fridays, 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Saturdays and noon to 9 p.m. Sundays. Children must be accompanied by adults at all times. Hopscotch is open to adults only after 7 p.m. Three hours of free validated parking is available in the Travis Park Plaza Garage for patrons. Admission: $24 for adults; $20 for students, senior citizens and military; $15 for children 4 to 13; free for children 3 and under. No cash is accepted. Advance tickets are strongly recommended, and can be purchased at letshopscotch.com .
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Deborah Martin is an arts writer who came to work for the San Antonio Express-News in 1999. She writes primarily about theater - she sees around 100 shows annually -- and helps oversee the paper's coverage of the fine performing arts. Her first newspaper job was with the El Paso Herald-Post, where she worked as a general assignment reporter before becoming arts and entertainment editor. After the Herald-Post closed, she spent just over a year covering the arts for the Corpus Christi Caller-Times before coming to the Express-News. She has a degree in journalism from UT El Paso, and was a fellow in the NEA Arts Journalism Institute in Theater and Musical Theater at the University of Southern California in 2007.


The summer is in full swing! The weather is warm, the sun is (sometimes) shining and there is a buzz everywhere you go! It is a time to socialise with friends and enjoy everything that our fantastic town has to offer! It is for this reason that we have put together a list of some of the best outdoor venues in Bury St Edmunds where you can enjoy lunch or evening drinks.
Whether you are looking for a few social drinks or cocktails, some coffee and cake to re-fuel, a full lunch, or even a picnic, below are some of the best outdoor venues in Bury St Edmunds.
So Bar has developed a big reputation as the venue of choice for anything from morning coffee to night life, however arguably its best asset is its excellent outdoor seating area.
Set in the heart of Bury St Edmunds, you can enjoy cocktails, beers or fine wines from around the world while you watch the world go by in a smart and comfortable location.
This cafe/bar with a difference offers some of the best coffee around by day, however by night it turns into a great cocktail bar where you can enjoy a few drinks on balmy summer evenings in their beautiful walled garden.
Set in the middle of Bury St Edmunds with all the buzz you would expect, this is a great place to be, night or day.
If you're looking for coffee and cake at its very best, you need to head to the Really Rather Good coffee house where you can enjoy a wide range of top quality teas, great coffee and a delicious selection of home made delights!
On top of all this, its outdoor seating area enjoys a prime location overlooking Bury St Edmunds' famous and historic Angel Hill.
You may know Casa Del Mar for its delicious tapas and mezze menu, however, did you know that they also serve superb locally roasted coffee, delicious teas and homemade cake throughout the day?
Enjoy all this in their pretty courtyard for a lovely afternoon coffee break.
Feeling a little more peckish? Then why not enjoy a traditional home-cooked meal using only the freshest local ingredients - all at fantastic prices.
The beer garden offers plenty of seating, surrounded by ivy-covered historical red brick walls, it is the perfect place to get together for lunch and drinks.
This historic house located just outside Bury St Edmunds town centre has recently been converted into one of the finest boutique hotels in the area. The restaurant offers relaxed and refined menus that cater for all tastes.
For the al fresco experience, there is a beautiful courtyard where you can enjoy all of these culinary delights in a quiet and comfortable open air environment.
If you fancy the proper outdoor eating experience, then why not enjoy a picnic in the beautiful surroundings of Abbey Gardens?
There are loads of different areas where you can find your perfect spot. Find open space in the main park area, keep the kids entertained near the play area or find peace and tranquility among the historic ruins.


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Crows brings the guitar
Heinz Field, Pittsburgh, October 30, 2013
Reviewed by Michael Rampa
With the Pittsburgh Steelers sitting at 2-5, their home venue was in need of some excitement. Heinz Field's Great Hall finally got it when Sheryl Crow headlined the benefit "Girls With Guitars" show. While Danielle Bradbery, Sara Evans, Kellie Pickler and local favorite Sara Marince were billed as co-headliners, they proved to be a quartet of openers for the far more seasoned Crow.
Indeed, Bradbery, Pickler and Marince are platinum blonde carbon copies with virtually interchangeable, albeit excellent, huge voices.
Marince showcased her power by performing a cover of Martina McBride's Where Would You Be that the superstar would have been proud of.
17-year old season four "The Voice" winner Bradbery used her 25 minutes to showcase cuts from her upcoming Nov. 27 debut release. The single Heart Of Dixie was a raucous romp, while Who I Am was tender and empowering.
Pickler's set had one of the funniest concert moments in recent memory. An enthusiastic fan walked uninvited right on to the surprisingly accessible stage to perform an impromptu duet of Best Days Of Your Life. The obviously shocked Pickler took it in stride, letting the enraptured fan even take the mic for several verses.
The beautiful and charismatic Sara Evans knows a thing or two about headlining and hit making. The 42-year old showcased number ones Real Fine Place and Born To Fly for an opening one-two punch. Guitarists Frank Wilson and Bill McClaren proved to be the most capable of the evening.
Superstars carry themselves differently and there is an energy about them that is unique. When Crow parted the crowd flanked by security, the atmosphere filled with confidence and familiarity. She has touched everyone in some way through her timeless songs and very public battle with cancer and brokenrelationships. She makes fans exude the confidence to foot stomp and clap to the infectious riff of My Favorite Mistake or shed tears during the heartbreaking favorite Picture.
For a show billed as "Girls With Guitars," Crow was the only artist that actually played one. She injected some levity, saying "You all know about the music business and realize I never would have gotten this far without this rack."
Confident self-deprecation about serious personal issues further endears her to fans. The finale featured each artist performing once. Crow's Picture was the unsurprising highlight.
With two reality show winners on the bill (Pickler, "American Idol" and Bradbery, "The Voice"), the evening was more of a pop showcase with a country bent. Given her massive success on the pop charts, even Crow's affiliation with country is tenuous. However, with her roots rock background and guitar prowess, she was the closest this power packed quintet came. No matter where you classify her, Crow fits in at the top anywhere.

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Conversation gets heated as Perrysburg Schools Board discusses Critical Race Theory during a meeting
Superintendent Tom Hosler says Perrysburg Schools and the board of education has not and will not be voting to adopt Critical Race Theory.
Author: Roxanne Elias (WTOL)
Published: 3:44 AM EDT June 22, 2021
Updated: 4:00 AM EDT June 22, 2021
There was a heated discussion at a Perrysburg Schools board meeting on Monday about whether a new class should be taught.
The packed meeting was for school officials to met with parents and students to discuss Critical Race Theory.
"I'm not going to get into the semantics of what Critical Race Theory is. If you didn't have time to look it up yourself, I'm sorry, you should educate yourself on that," said Kelley Ewbank, a board member to another school board member.
Critical Race Theory is a hot topic that is being discussed because of it's popularity right now.
"Because of this attention, we wanted to really focus on what is happening in our schools relative to this topic. Across Ohio, we've seen examples of board meetings and gatherings when people are doing exactly what is happening here today. So this isn't just a Perrysburg thing," said Tom Hosler, the superintendent for Perrysburg Schools.
But what exactly is it? WTOL 11 spoke with an assistant professor with the University of Toledo who described it.
"It is an academic theory that is used to teach and show how power and race operates in the United States. And it starts historically, obviously, because that's where race and power met. And then literally structured the way our society operates," said Monita Mungo, an Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Toledo.
While there is much to learn, some are for teaching these concepts.
"The time has long passed to sit around and relish in the luxury of idleness. And staying complacent and staying silent. Our community's beautiful. But it needs change. It needs change. And to sit around and say that there is too much to be done about diversity and inclusion just tells you that in itself that we're not doing nearly enough," said a Perrysburg student.
But there are others who are strongly opposed.
"We're supposed to be training up leaders, not followers of whatever cause happens to be popular. It's a disservice to this community and the students to put such focus on races and cultures. It's about students as individuals," said a 15-year-resident of Perryburg.
Still, Hosler says for now, it isn't taking the theory into account for its curriculum.
"Perrysburg Schools, the board of education has not and will not be voting to adopt critical race theory. And the reason I added that is we've gotten calls and emails, wanting to know when this is going to be adopting Critical Race Theory. And clearly that's not happening," said Hosler.
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Here at Stephanie's Kitchen Garden this week we will be planting our brassicas into our vegetable cage. We have some lovely healthy young brussel sprout, broccoli and kale plants that have been hardening off in our cold frame and are now ready to be planted into their final growing places.
We use a trug of compost and mix fish, blood and bone, lime and some crushed eggshells into it and then add this mixture to the planting holes before planting. The lime and eggshells will hopefully help prevent the dreaded clubroot. After planting we will add a cabbage collar around each plant to protect against cabbage root fly.
Also this week, we are potting our greenhouse crops into their final pots. Aubergines and peppers are planted in quadgrows and tomatoes into tomato success kits, tomato towers and plant halos in the greenhouse border. These will all help to keep the plants supplied with plenty of water when required.
Exciting times this week as we are harvesting our very first asparagus - a real treat and one of my own favourites.
Simply lightly steam the asparagus spears and serve with a soft boiled egg...pure decadence!


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I've thru-hiked and section-hiked the PCT. Which is better?
Liz Thomas is a 2023 FarOut Scout
Photo provided by Liz Thomas
I've completed the PCT twice: once as a four-month thru-hike from Mexico to Canada and once as a nearly ten year section hike. People ask me which is better.
While I will always treasure the exhilaration of finishing my first end-to-end thru-hikes and the friendships formed over many months, ultimately, I found my section hike to be more satisfying. That's why I often encourage folks who attempted a thru-hike but were thwarted by wildfire, snow, injury, or running out of money to come back the following summer and pick up where they got off.
With climate change and more wildfires, more and more thru-hikers are finding themselves becoming section hikers whether they started with that intention or not. Here's why that isn't a bad thing.
Section hiking gave me something to look forward to in the off-season
When I finished my thru-hike, I was thrown into uncertainty and post-hike blues.
But each year as a section-hiker, I knew that I'd have the trail to come back to. The trail was a constant I could rely on, even as life threw so much at me.
Some years, that meant 500 miles. Some years, I only mustered the time off to hike 30 miles. Piece by piece, each section went from being an abstract line on a map and a hazy memory from my thru-hike to a whole new memory that I could recreate myself.
Being present and forming memories
As a section hiker, I saw section F, from Tehachapi to Walker Pass, as a magical winter wonderland with a dusting of snow. As a thru-hiker, all I remember from that section was being hot and thirsty.
On a thru-hike, it was easy to discount entire mountain ranges as a "connector trail" between iconic landmarks and national parks. As a section hiker, I found that I processed and remembered each mile a little more. I could appreciate each section on its own merits. I could be more present.
A long, long-term goal
I can't think of a single other thing in my life that I've gone into knowing it would take so long to complete as a section-hike. The weird thing is I went into this knowing it could take this long and I CHOSE it, because it mattered. For me, that's what being a section hiker is about. It wasn't a 4 month commitment, like my thru-hike of the PCT. It was something I wanted to gnaw at me everyday for years.
Now that I've finished my section hike, there's relief in knowing there are no more dangling miles I have left to fill in. But as annoying as the challenge of shuttles to get to and from trailheads can be, I miss the puzzle. "Canada fever" is a real thing for thru-hikers. As a section-hiker, it's chronic.
On judgment in the hiking community
Still, one of the challenges of section-hiking, especially as I encountered thru-hikers, was judgment. People who had no idea of my other thru-hikes were quick to give me advice, and sometimes came off condescending.
The trail is a place where no matter how many miles you've hiked and how quickly you've covered them, you should be appreciated for you. Whether you're thru-hiking or section hiking, long trails offer us fun, adventure, growth and friendship. There are so many different ways to experience a long trail. Now that I've hiked the PCT both ways, I love the trail even more.
Liz Thomas is a FarOut ambassador and author of Long Trails: Mastering the Art of the Thru-Hike, which won the National Book Award for Best Instructional Book. She's co-founder of Treeline Review and co-wrote its PCT Gear List & Strategy guide, a free resource for planning a hike of the PCT.


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Louis van Gaal broke down in tears over Man Utd sacking and wife knew it was the end after Sir Alex Ferguson change
FORMER Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal broke down in tears after he was sacked by the club, his wife has revealed.
The Dutchman's partner Truus has claimed she knew he was going to be dismissed after a change in behaviour towards them from legend Sir Alex Ferguson.
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Van Gaal, 71, was sacked just two days after he led Man Utd to FA Cup glory over Crystal Palace in 2016.
Reports had suggested he got told he was going to be fired hours after the final whistle at Wembley and the club had supposedly been having secret talks with Jose Mourinho.
His wife Truus has said in an Amazon Prime documentary about his life that the ex-Netherlands boss was left heartbroken by the decision although she knew it was coming.
Truus, 69, said: "I knew Louis would be fired by Manchester United. I felt it.
"We had a small boardroom there and it was always fun with the old legends, Ferguson, Bobby Charlton. We had a table there with good food and drinks.
"Suddenly, they stopped greeting us, just waved from afar. Something was wrong. It was female intuition.
"I said, 'Louis, you're going to be fired. Get wise to it.' And I slammed the door of the apartment shut.
"After the FA Cup final, I said, 'Louis, they say you've been fired.'
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"He got so angry. 'Why did you have to spoil my party? Stop all this aggressive nonsense.'"
When his wife returned to see him in person, Van Gaal was distraught.
She adds: "His voice sounded broken. When I came home, I could see he'd been crying. I hugged him. I had tears in my eyes too."
This is not the first time revelations have been made about his sacking by the Red Devils.
Van Gaal previously said: "The way Man Utd treated me was terrible. They have been mean and low."
He has also shared that the club had to pay him his full severance pay if he didn't take a job for a year after his dismissal.
Therefore, Van Gaal deliberately rejected management offers so United had to pay him the full amount as he cited "revenge".
Ex-Man Utd captain Wayne Rooney speaks in the documentary, expressing his disappointment that Van Gaal left.
The now DC United gaffer said: "I was very disappointed because I felt that everything was moving in the right direction.
"I felt if you [Van Gaal] had one more year we would have been successful."
He was in charge at Old Trafford for two seasons and let go after the club missed out on qualifying for the Champions League.
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The Society for Women Engineers (SWE) Above and Beyond Award recognizes the year's most outstanding outreach partner institution. For the award year of 2013-2014 SWE chose NASA Ames as the recipient and asked Dr. Kristin Yvonne Rozier to accept the award on NASA Ames' behalf at the annual SWE awards ceremony on May 4, 2014. Dr. Rozier was selected to accept the award because of her contributions to SWE, including most recently designing and running a set of workshops on mathematical logic aimed at middle school girls. The workshop utilized the logic and knowledge reasoning skills of fun and games to introduce the girls to the formal verification techniques applied to life-critical systems at NASA; the students gave it the highest rating of all of the workshops at SWE's 2014 "Wow! That's Engineering!" event.
The Above and Beyond Award is addressed to NASA Ames in appreciation of all of the efforts of three women engineers at this center. Dr. Rozier presented the Above and Beyond award to NASA Ames Center Director Pete Worden on May 8, 2014; the award is now on display in the awards case at the MegaBites Cafe.
Other volunteers from NASA Ames whose work contributed to the Center receiving this award include Ali Guarneros Luna, who volunteered at SWE's 'Designing Women' event in 2013; and Dr. Erika Rodriguez, who serves on the Executive Committee for the SWE Santa Clara Valley section.


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State, Local Coronavirus Orders Face Challenges In Kansas
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — State and local orders still in place for checking the spread of the novel coronavirus in Kansas are facing legal challenges from the state's attorney general and business owners.
Republican Attorney General Derek Schmidt said that he is reviewing whether it's constitutional for people who violate Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly's orders restricting business activities to face criminal charges. His office said the GOP district attorney in Reno County in south-central Kansas asked him for a legal opinion.
Schmidt's announcement came a day after two business owners in Linn County in eastern Kansas filed a federal lawsuit against the county, its county commission and its health director. They are challenging a May 1 order from the health director requiring businesses to compile information on who visits their premises so the local health department can use it to trace the contacts of infected people.
"It's just as important now, perhaps more so, to follow the rule of law and respect our constitutional rights," said Sam MacRoberts, litigation director for the Kansas Justice Institute, which is representing the Linn County business owners. "The government does not get a free pass, even during a pandemic."
Kelly lifted a statewide stay-at-home order May 4 but plans to keep some restrictions in place at least until June 15, and she is allowing local officials to impose tougher rules. She's faced criticism from the Republican-controlled Legislature for not reopening the economy quickly enough, and some GOP lawmaker want to curb the governor's power in emergencies.
"It's partly pent-up frustration," Gov. Kelly said during a Statehouse news conference Monday. "Everybody is getting some coronavirus fatigue here."
The state health department reported that confirmed and probable coronavirus cases increased Monday to 7,116, up 9.5% or 615 since Friday. The department reported an additional six COVID-19-related deaths, up 4% since Friday, for a total of 158 since early March.
The number of coronavirus cases it thought to be higher because of limited testing, particularly early in the state's outbreak, and because people can be infected without feeling ill. Also, Johns Hopkins university on Monday reported 175 deaths for the state.
For most people, the new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough, that clear up in two to three weeks. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death.
Gov. Kelly has left it to local law enforcement officials to determine whether people violating her executive orders face fines, citations or arrest.
Schmidt said Monday that the Legislature determines what constitutes a crime, not the governor, and the Kansas Supreme Court has never ruled on whether that power can be delegated to the governor in an emergency.
Gov. Kelly responded: "Executive orders without teeth are useless, so I think there has to be some mechanism for enforcement."
The federal lawsuit against Linn County alleges that its order, issued May 1, violates the business owners' right to be protected from unreasonable searches of their property, guaranteed by the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
The lawsuit alleges that the directive to businesses, including doctor's and lawyer's offices, to compile information about customers and turn it over to the health department represents a warrant-less search of their records, without giving them a way to appeal the department's actions.
Filing the lawsuit were Jackie Taylor, owner and publisher of the Linn County News in Pleasanton, and Linda Jo Hisel, owner of Nana Jo's restaurant in La Cygne. The Kansas Justice Institute, which represents them, is an arm of the Kansas Policy Institute, a small-government, free-market think tank.
The county has about 9,800 residents and has had six coronavirus cases, or 0.62 cases per 1,000 residents compared to the state's 2.44 cases per 1,000 residents.
"The people coming to my restaurant are practically family, and I shouldn't be expected to keep tabs on them for the government," Hisel said.
The Linn County Commission's chairman and its health director did not immediately return telephone messages seeking comment.
Dr. Lee Norman, the state health department's director, said collecting such information would be "terrifically helpful" in contact tracing but raises privacy concerns. Kelly said it would not be "my first choice" as a coronavirus response.
"I think that's going a little bit too far," she said.
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20,000 Americans Killed in Their Homes by Radon Last Year
Brian Merchant
Brian Merchant is the author of The One Device, editor for OneZero, and is writing a book about Luddites. He lives in Los Angeles.
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This month, the World Health Organization released its mortality statistics--never a fun document to read. But one stat stood out, and was pounced on by the EPA: 20,000 Americans were killed from simply living in their homes last year. The culprit? The under-publicized--and underestimated--radioactive gas radon that emanates from rocks and soil. Radon kills more people every year than drunk driving, fires, and carbon monoxide.In response to the statistics, the EPA has proposed making January the National Radon Awareness month. So here's some awareness: according to the Environmental Health Committee, radon is one of the most pervasive problems in the US--it's thought to be a risk in every single county in the nation.
Radon is the second leading cause of lung cancer, after smoking. It's thought to be responsible for anywhere between 3% and 14% of lung cancer deaths.
And you could be breathing in radon right in your own home, as we speak: 80% of homes in the US have not been tested for radon. That isn't meant to be a scare tactic--it's just meant to be a bit of a wake up call. Radon is relatively easy and cheap to test for--it just takes a bit of effort. And a combination of lack of awareness and lack of effort is in essence leaving some 20,000 Americans dead every year.
How Radon Works
According to the Environmental Health Committee,
Radon is naturally occurring, odorless, and colorless gas produced by the breakdown of uranium in soil, rock, and water. Because radon is a gas, it can enter buildings through openings or cracks in the foundation. The radon gas itself decays into radioactive solids, called radon daughters. The radon daughters attach to dust particles in the air, and can be inhaled. The inhalation of radon daughters has been linked to lung cancer.
So how do you know if radon is a problem in your home? Simple--test it.
How to Stop Radon from Killing You
Use a test kit, or hire a professional to test for it. The WHO says:
Radon measurements are relatively simple to perform and are essential to assess radon concentration in homes. Indoor radon concentration varies with the construction of buildings and ventilation habits. These concentrations not only vary substantially with the season but also from day to day and even from hour to hour. Because of these fluctuations, estimating the annual average concentration of radon in indoor air requires reliable measurements of mean radon concentrations for at least three months and preferably longer. Short-term measurements provide only a crude indication of the actual radon concentration.
In short, assessing radon is difficult to do accurately--even by the experts. So test your home over a long period of time (3 months) to get the best idea.
Radon for Dummies
If you're in the dark about the properties and dangers of radon--and what we can do about it, this 4-minute PSA will bring you up to snuff on the basics:
Admittedly, all this is a simple introduction to a threat that consistently flies relatively under the radar--for more comprehensive info, and for what you can do to rid your home of radon, the World Health Organization's report (pdf) and Radon Month online are both good resources.
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Scout, Shoreditch, London
5 June, 2017 by Sam Dibley
Since I first visited Scout a few weeks ago, I haven't stopped raving about it, incessantly telling friends and colleagues about this new Shoreditch haven that they simply had to visit. And most of them did, perhaps initially just to shut me up, but not a single one of them left disappointed…
Opened 11th April, Scout is the brainchild of Talented Mr Fox's Matt Whiley and sets about celebrating great British produce through foraged ingredients, house ferments and a zero waste food offering, with each and every ingredient served coming from the United Kingdom. Seasonality truly underpins the menu at Scout, which changes as produce from farmers and growers comes in and out of season for use in both the food and the drinks.
As Whiley states: "If it's not in season in the UK, we won't buy it. We have such amazing produce in the country that I really wanted to celebrate what's local, native and seasonal to the British Isles… There's really no need to fly produce all over the world when have an incredible bounty of fresh ingredients on our doorstep". Matt continued: "The team and I will be fermenting, brewing, distilling and preserving a lot of our ingredients in-house here, throughout the abundant spring and summer and keeping us stocked right through the autumn and winter months".
Scout's sustainability is an important sticking point for Matt and his team. The truly inventive menu of foraged, fresh and sometimes recycled ingredients showcases this fantastically. At any one time the drinks list will expertly boast just ten cocktails – each with the main ingredient as their name – five house ferments, similar to wine in their mouthfeel; and a combination of five beers and ciders, of which Scout's own brews are created in Bar Manager, Alan's flat. The IPA was certainly something special, but sourced from further afield on the East Coast of Scotland, Thistly Cross Cider offered a completely different experience. Finished in Glen Moray Whisky casks, the slightly less carbonated cider had a smooth sweetness that lingered on the palate.
As we sat down on a low, minimal bench each table was illuminated by the spotlight above it, showing our bright green Samphire and Cucumber palate cleansers. Soon after, one of the three bartenders on shift that evening brought over a tall vase of water and two thin water glasses, placing each on a thick coaster. When the menu arrived, we were spoilt for choice, with ten lead ingredients tempting the tastebuds. At that time, although they will probably have changed slightly since, the menu offered: Carrot; Shiso; Strawberry; Parsnip; Sea Buckthorn; Forest Fruit; Beetroot; Apple; Rhubarb; and Cherry – a rather diverse range of ingredients from all over the UK.
After a short discussion, we opted for something vibrant. For Jack, Forest Fruit, which combined Forest Fruit, Cacao Nib and English Sparkling Wine in a chilled flute and offered a fresh berry-led initial taste with an after-hint of chocolate bitterness, both of which were balanced by a citrus sparkle to create something reminiscent of a classic Kir Royale.
Meanwhile, I chose Beetroot, following a winter-long love affair with the versatile ingredient. Presented in a frozen ceramic vessel over a large (Scout-branded) block of ice, a soft hint of rum enveloped the fresh, bright beetroot before a slight aniseed aftertaste emerged from the fern-like garnish.
Sitting so close to the kitchen/bar combo we overheard the passionate bartenders/magicians talking through potential fermentation techniques, ingredients and current trends. Clearly, this was not just a money-making hobby for them. Rather, they seemed to be total experts in their field. It is no surprise then, that Scout has a hidden gem below its main floor. In the basement, The Laboratory boasts a 10-seat private dining and drinking area which features an exclusive menu of daily changing libations that the team are developing in real time for future menus. Simply put, it is a basement destination for mixologists, cocktail buffs or just drinks enthusiasts to witness the magic of Matt and his team firsthand. There are even rumours of underground mixology masterclasses.
Back above ground level, the magic continued to a soundtrack of classic hip-hop. Ordering food, we decided to try one of the wine-like Ferments. Vanilla is not native to the UK, so instead the team use something close to the taste – Nasturtium & Meadowsweet really did have the mouthfeel of a wine and the notes reminded me of a slightly sweetened Gavi while an aftertaste of freshly cut grass surprised the senses.
The food itself adds another level of creativity to Scout. The short 'Snacks' menu maximises the use of every single ingredient that comes through the door, ensuring that every useable part of each ingredient is taken full advantage of, and the Sobrasada Butter dish we tried encapsulates this perfectly: atop sourdough toast, the Sobrasada butter (a spicy paste made from meat cured in South Wales) is sprinkled with something that looks remarkably like cheese. But here is where things get interesting… After an egg white is used for a cocktail, the yolk is set aside to be cured to create something that is grate-able. The result resembles an improved cheese on toasted, dusted with fluffy, yellow yolks.
Whilst enjoying my nibbles and drinks, I noticed a young bartender practising his speed pouring in the corner, before declaring: "I am the King of Free Pouring. I'm a God", as his colleague challenged him to pour different random measures, all of which he achieved to the exact millilitre – even when pouring behind his back. He explained: "I'd test myself every day for an hour for years to be able to do this". It is not all front-of-house work, either. "Scout is very rewarding", he continued: "Some shifts you're downstairs making beers, tinctures and syrups for frequently changing cocktails and other days you're up at the bar watching people enjoy something you've made with your own hands".
Scout is an incredible addition to Shoreditch's bustling and creative bar culture and offers something truly unique and devilishly enticing. Available for bookings but with space reserved daily for walk-ins, Scout is accessible and unmissable. But don't just take my word for it…
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Master's@Home
This year's outgoing Master, Michael Mainelli, finished his year with a fantastic Master's at Home event at Gresham College.
The evening was given some extra zest by the appearance of the Lord Mayor's Sheriffs, Elizabeth Green and Alderman Vincent Keaveny to receive a cheque for the Lord Mayor's Appeal.
In the multifaceted style that we have come to expect, Michael, who is an Alderman and Professor as well as a successful businessman, introduced the theme of his evening, an exploration of Sir Thomas Gresham's life and legacy.
With the speaker of the evening's short lecture on Sir Thomas stricken by illness, the Master delivered an entertaining and highly informative presentation on Sir Thomas, peppering his lecture with anecdotes and interesting visuals. You can read the Master's lecture and slides at these links:
The committee chairs were given small gifts as a token of the Master's appreciation whilst the Clerk, Gaye Duffy, received a mysterious gift and thanks in honour of her ten years of service and support during the Master's year.
The Master presented an incredible new gift to the Company – a beautiful lectern, made by Tim Lukes who previously made the staff belonging to the World Traders' Beadle, commissioned by Past Master Wendy Hyde. The lectern is inscribed "Veritatem loquar hominibus et potentibus". "Speak truth to all men and powers". The Master confesses that Freeman Robert Pay (based in New York) and Mercer Anthony Hodson helped him with translating the quotation appropriately, derived from the traditional Quaker phrase, "Speak truth to power".
Of course, by putting a lectern in front of a Professor the World Traders were asking for trouble. He really wanted to 'take it out for a spin' and adjusted the wheel. Then, opening with a reminder that this was a 'Technology & Trade' year, he inserted the blue dilithium crystal to turn the lectern on and started talking.
Gresham College was an extremely hospitable venue at which to mark the culmination of a varied, stimulating and exciting year, where accounts of historical figures have rubbed shoulders with exploration of the latest technology. Thank you to our Master, who has so seamlessly blended tradition and progress in a giddying year of memorable events.


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Кля́зьма — остановочный пункт Ярославского направления Московской железной дороги в городе Пушкино Пушкинского района Московской области.

Назван по дачному посёлку Клязьма, вошедшему в 2003 году в состав города Пушкино.

Описание
На остановочном пункте имеется две островные платформы, соединённые подземным пешеходным переходом. Платформы не оборудованы турникетами. До 2016 года платформа № 1 была боковая.

Останавливаются пригородные поезда маршрутов «Москва — Пушкино», «Москва — Софрино», «Москва — Красноармейск», «Москва — Сергиев Посад», «Москва — Александров».

Общественный транспорт
С западной стороны

С восточной стороны (в пешеходной доступности)

См. также
 Список железнодорожных станций и платформ Московской области

В литературе
Платформа Клязьма упоминается в повести детского писателя Э. Н. Успенского "История про инопланетян, или Камнегрыз со станции Клязьма".

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 Расписание движения поездов от платформы .

Пушкино
Остановочные пункты Московско-Курского региона Московской железной дороги
Железнодорожные станции и платформы города Пушкино

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Standoff at the Golden Globes: The Big Rumble in the Backroom
On January 2, 2011 May 22, 2021 By carlunegbuIn Comedy Legal
On January 16, celebrity British comedian Ricky Gervais will host the 68th Annual Golden Globes ceremony with all its usual fanfare and more. Only this time there are such dark clouds gathering on the horizon that the awards ceremony of January 2011 may well be the last time that we'll see the Globes the way we have known the event for almost two decades now.
Here's what happened: On November 17, 2010, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA), owner and creator of the Globes, sued the show's producer Dick Clark Productions (DCP) and its parent company Red Zone Capital (RZC) for breach of contract and trademark infringement and sought a court order (injunction) that would stop DCP and Red Zone from acting as though they are still connected with the Globes after January 2011. (One month earlier, in October, DCP, without consulting HFPA, had gone ahead to sign an extension of the broadcast rights to the show with NBC for the period after January 2011 until 2018. As it happens, the agreement between the owner (HFPA) and the producer of the Globes (DCP) expires after this month's show and they have not signed a new agreement to continue their collaboration. ) DCP claims it acted correctly under its contract and that the owner's lawsuit has no merit.
Now the big question: Can DCP enter a new agreement with NBC without first getting the OK from HFPA? Well, it depends!
First, under contract law, DCP can make a deal with outsiders like NBC on behalf of HFPA if DCP can be regarded as the "agent" of HFPA. In the real world, their contract does not need to name DCP as HFPA's agent in order for DCP to be able to act under what is known as "apparent authority" when it deals with outsiders like NBC. The real question here would be whether there were things done over the course of the collaboration between HFPA and DCP that could lead outsiders like NBC to "reasonably" suppose that DCP could act for HFPA to grant extensions of broadcast rights to NBC without NBC actually ever dealing with HFPA.
The situation of apparent authority is even a bigger deal if the contract between HFPA and DCP is silent on how extensions of broadcast rights under the agreement may be made. Of course, the flip side is that if NBC knew as a fact that DCP did not have such authority, then NBC would be on its own. In another context, that would be kind of like someone knowingly buying a stolen car. To be sure, NBC itself had a huge incentive to jump at an extension deal: Last year's broadcast fetched NBC its largest audience in that time slot in six years for a non-sport show.
However, if it turns out that DCP had no grounds upon which it could act as HFPA's agent in granting the extension to NBC, HFPA may have a whole bunch of options as it plays offense. The first obvious option is that HFPA could act exactly the way it has just done in suing DCP for breach of contract and to get a court order to stop DCP in its tracks and perhaps banish it from the Globes.
Plus, if they can prove, as their lawsuit claims, that DCP acted in "bad faith" (meaning in this case an improper motive to "steal" the show from the owners), then it can win a lot of money in what is called "punitive damages."
And as long as HFPA is on war footing, it could also choose to be aggressive and set its sights on other unexpected targets, like NBC. For example, in many states, including California, it could go after both NBC and DCP together in a lawsuit seeking damages against them for civil conspiracy to induce a breach of contract. It seems easier to talk about conspiracy here considering that NBC had been dealing with both parties for many years.
With regard to HFPA's allegation that DCP scuttled its negotiations with Facebook, the odds of making out an "interference with contract" case with this one are pretty long since HFPA did not yet a valid contract with Facebook at the time of the alleged intrusions by DCP.
In the end, as with all litigations, only the Court will resolve the issue one way or the other between the "owner" and the "producer" of the Globes. But the best chance of the Golden Globes returning after 2011 as we know it, with its light mood and comic quips intact, would be for both parties (who have worked well together for several years) to reach an amicable out-of-court settlement among themselves at close quarters. Otherwise, the cold hands of a legal judgment would force a settlement upon them as though they were a bunch of troublesome strangers needing to be kept miles apart from one another. That would leave us with a different Golden Globes if and when it returns after that.
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Colbert Acts Like Fan-Boy of Stormy Daniels's Lawyer
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"Late Show" host interviews Michael Avenatti about his porn star client's allegations against President Trump…
Michael Avenatti & Stephen Colbert/IMAGE: CBS via YouTube
(Michael Barnes, Liberty Headlines) Unlike the bygone era of Johnny Carson, late night comedic talk shows have become shameless forums to air partisan political views.
True to form, Stephen Colbert, host of the CBS "The Late Show," invited Michael Avenatti to appear as his guest for a Wednesday night sit-down regarding the attorney's quest to take down President Donald Trump.
The interview was also billed as an event that would break exclusive news.
Avenatti represents porn star Stormy Daniels, and is suing the president over the alleged mishandling of a $130,000 payment to Daniels in regard to an alleged fee-for-service sexual tryst that occurred in 2004.
"Lawyers don't normally do talks shows," Colbert said at the outset.
"I'm not your normal lawyer," Avenatti replied.
He then veered into explaining his public relations strategy of essentially leveraging the salacious allure of his celebrity porn star client with the intense desire of anti-Trump leaning media outlets to destroy the president – a strategy that Colbert seemed pleased to support.
In similar fashion, Avenatti had appeared on CNN 60 times prior to Wednesday's Late Show exchange.
Critics have panned the attorney-media affair as nothing more than partisan sleaze peddling.
In the interview, Avenatti said Trump is "a defendant that's very undisciplined," and "can be easily baited into making mistakes."
He bragged that he has been "very, very successful in doing just that."
"We're going to keep doing what we're doing," Avenatti said, to raucous applause.
He would later wave his outstretched hands as if at an athletic event to elicit more applause during particular moments. "It's a very tough crowd," he joked with Colbert.
But in a carefully pre-arranged moment, Colbert, a former "Daily Show with Jon Stewart" faux-correspondent, set the stage for Avenatti to break an exclusive development in his made-for-TV lawsuit.
Colbert played a few seconds of stereotypical porn music, then produced a one-page receipt along with a poster-sized exact replica.
"This is a copy of the incoming wire receipt from Miss Daniels' prior counsel showing the origin of the $130,000 coming from Essential Consultants," Avenatti said.
Essential Consultants was an entity created by Michael Cohen, one of President Trump's longtime personal attorneys.
"The receipt shows the payment was processed in San Francisco," he continued, with the significance being that the California Attorney General might now have a claim to jurisdiction over the case.
**MORE COLBERT COVERAGE at LibertyHeadlines.com**
California's Attorney General is a former congressman named Xavier Becerra, who represented downtown Los Angeles and was firmly rooted in the far-left wing of the Democratic Party.
"He's [Becerra] is not a big fan of the president," Avenatti said with glowing sarcasm.
But bottom line, according to Avenatti, is that if Becerra brought charges against Trump as a state-level official, then Trump would not be able to pardon Michael Cohen in the event that Cohen is convicted of any potential criminal charges.
"He [Cohen] is going to flip on the president," Avenatti predicted.
The interview ended with applause and a vigorous handshake from Colbert.
Watch the "Late Show" interview below:
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María Auxiliadora Álvarez (Caracas, 1956) is a poet and scholar. Her poems are born in that tenuous frontier between body and experience, memory and desire, violence and humility. She is widely read in poetic circles in Latin America, especially but not only by women poets. Her fifteen books of poems, some of them previously unpublished, have been collected and published in Spain (Las nadas y las noches, Candaya, 2009). Álvarez is also a distinguished scholar, and has lectured and taught at Miami University (Ohio), University of Illinois, and UNAM (Mexico). She currently lives in Oxford, Ohio.


The Jadea Kelly Band came into our Pop-Up studio and laid down "On The Water" in one take.
Sweetwater Studios, Royer Labs and Mojave Audio set up a portable Pop-Up studio in a hotel conference room at the 2016 Folk Alliance Convention in Kansas City and recorded a number of artists and groups attending. The room was treated with Auralex Acoustics panels to control reflections, then all recordings were made on Royer Labs and Mojave Audio microphones fed into two Universal Audio 8p's. Recorded to Pro Tools.
Darlingside came into our Pop-Up studio with a ton of energy, worked out the final details of the song on the spot, then killed it in this beautiful take.


The encumbrance rule determines how impeded a character is by the clothing, equipment and armor he is wearing. This provides an immediate and permanent (until he takes the clothing or equipment off) penalty to Move and CP. Fatigue, on the other hand, takes into account the effect weight and load distribution have on a character and gradually imposes increasing penalties. These two factors must be considered separately.
Any movement eventually causes fatigue. Fatigue increases over time, gradually slowing down and tiring out a character.
As outlined in The Flower of Battle (TFOB, p. 33) a character loses 1 CP from fatigue during combat after a number of rounds equal to double his Endurance score (and again after the same period of time again, and so on). Outside combat, Fatigue should be calculated and applied after every increment of double the character's Endurance score times 30 minutes (a character with an Endurance score of 4 therefore gains fatigue every 8 rounds in combat, or every 4 hours outside combat). Riding a beast is less fatiguing than marching – halve all fatigue penalties in this situation.
Fatigue reduces a character's CP, and (like Encumbrance) can optionally be applied to any use of a Skill or Attribute where physical exhaustion would be a detriment to the activity being attempted (although as a general rule, only half the current fatigue level should be applied to skill or attribute checks as they use a smaller die pool). Luckily, Fatigue is relatively easy to remove. A few rounds of rest can restore combat fatigue (TFOB, p. 33), although at the Seneschal's discretion fatigue earned over long periods of activity might require a more substantial period of rest to recover from – for each hour of rest, make a roll to recover fatigue.
Fatigue increments slowly over time (as outlined above) but this rate is increased by the wearing of encumbering or very heavy armor, clothing, or equipment. The total CP penalty determined from armor and the encumbrance rules above should be subtracted from the calculated ENx2 of the character to determine how often they lose 1 CP to fatigue (both in and out of combat). In addition to the penalties calculated above and in the armor section of The Flower of Battle, extra weight will cause fatigue to increment even faster, as outlined in the following table.
The penalty described in this table is not applied to the CP or Move score of the character directly; it is solely used to increase the speed at which fatigue affects the character by further lowering the time intervals between fatigue penalties.


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Gifts can be a blessing or a curse
CAREER, Creativity, Highlight, Tis Thing Called Life
The world went into shock over the sudden death of legendary King of Pop in 2009, Michael Jackson which became the breaking news of all the cable news network.
Michael Jackson is truly a gifted person- he became a superstar before I even started schooling and I remember growing up listening to his hit songs Billie Jean, Bad, Thriller, Man in the Mirror, and so many others. Michael had his own style of dancing, dressing and singing that no one during his time had. He never copied anyone's style- and being given the freedom to examine his talents and gifts was what that shot him to super stardom, making him rich beyond anyone's wildest dreams.
Still, like many famous icons before and after him, he paid the ultimate price of fame, amidst embarrassing controversies and lawsuits. And he was known to splurge millions on things that does not serve much purpose like building and maintaining his own Neverland. Because he was not able to accept himself for the unique person he is, he spent millions on cosmetic surgery and bleaching- when the whole world loved and adored the young and innocent child star that he once was.
I remembered years ago I read about someone who openly predicted that Michael Jackson will die in his forties by committing suicide- he had outlived a few years from the prediction and we all know that Michael had been extremely unhappy with all the harsh words that he was getting. His life sadly echoed life of others- like Elvis Presley, an exceptionally gifted entertainer- also with his unique dancing style.
Many of us are born with unique gifts or creativity that can once realised, can launch us into paths of richness and fame that most people can only dream off. But for those who reached fame and stardom, life's no fun- it is different from what they expect. Whatever happened to their private lives become the headline for the next glossy or gossip magazine or now… within minutes, millions of people read about it on the internet.
Let's now examine our own lives. How about you? Are you already using your gifts- perhaps creativity in writing, being a successful motivation speaker or a vice president with many staff reporting to you? How do you feel when you are 'already there' enjoying the realms of what others referred as success?
If you are able to balance the success with other personal aspects of yourself, you will be at peace. If not, there will be constant inner turmoil, conflict and unhappiness that will translate into a bad temper, poor health and being hard on others.
Years ago, I discovered that I am actually a creative person, and later, the ability to share and inspire other people from my heart. I was never the type who can memorise books and throw up the information in the exams- instead, I pass my exams and excel at some of the papers by understanding and visualising how the concept works- from physics, biology to management papers.
In my working career, I got on because I took the trouble to know all aspects of my work instead of throwing it to others. When presented with a seemingly impossible solution, visualisation and creativity came to the rescue in helping me to work on solutions.
Yet, as it is with 'artistically inclined' people, our heads tend to be in the clouds someones and our feet need to really touch the ground. If we failed to achieve a proper balance, the gift then becomes a curse- like what you witness in the lives of the rich and famous. We need to work on developing other aspects of our lives because the area that is lacking will hold us back in life. For example:
Scenario 1- Successful Artist
An artist who have gone through a painful childhood retreats into art and came up with the most magnificent, and work that touches the heart of others. The artist become very well known but is still haunted by childhood memories. If he does not seek professional help to address that innermost turmoil, coupled with constant feelings of needing to escape, eventually the artist may turn to substance abuse like drugs and alcohol
Scenario 2- Corporate Success
A successful woman who holds a high corporate position and is very capable become the sole breadwinner and a single mother after her marriage collapsed. She grew up in poverty and places a lot of importance with providing with the family with what money can buy (an old childhood conditioning).
She considered times and travel away from the family as 'necessary sacrificies' for the future good. Later, in future…. she reasoned she will have the time. The 'later' turns in years and before she knows it, her kids are all grown up and she finds that she does not know them anymore. In her highlight years, due to years of stress and neglect towards her body (not only her family), she experienced health problems.
It is important to balance corporate success and personal life. I've known of those who can do that. First, you will need to sit down and plan what do you want to achieve from your career and requirements of that career that you can perform without adversely affecting your relationship with yourself and your family.
Discuss your plans with your spouse and kids and work out a compromise. Then work when you have to and when you are spending time with your family, really spend time with them. Be present and not worry about work when you are with the family. In other words, do you take your work home to the family, and do not take your family to your work. It can be done because I've known of a number of people who can do it in my years of working with successful people.
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She had been a staff member of major research installations and had combined teaching with basic research in nuclear physics both at Columbia and Brandeis Universities before joining the faculty at MIT in 1963, and rising in 1972 to the rank of Professor of Physics. She is now professor emerita there.
In 1965, under the auspices of the Scientific Exchange Program of the Atomic Energy Commission, she studied and did research at the Physical Institute, Erevan, USSR.
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Discipline is a necessary part of every parenting journey, and Scripture says that God's discipline is a sign of His love for His children (Heb 12:6). Pat Quinn, during the 2018 Parent's Summit, shared practical steps for behavior adjustment and discipline. We all benefit from advice like this!
Scripture in no way shies away from our shortcomings as His children. Colossians 3:5-11 lists a number of different wrongdoings. The list includes actions, like lying, using filthy language and sexual immorality. But it also lists attitudes, like lust, evil desires and anger. These are things contrary to God's heart, and we must identify what they are!
God also explains why these things are wrong. Through the gospel, our have been changed – we've been raised with Christ! We're new creations, and in Christ, our "lives are hidden with Christ in God" (v 3). God has made a change in us through the gospel.
But there's a second reason our sinful actions are wrong, tucked in verse 6: "Because of these, the wrath of God is coming." Our sinful behavior is wrong not just because it's contrary to our new nature, but also because God hates sin. As we come to understand and love our heavenly Father, we'll want to avoid all things that displease him.
And finally, just as Pat Quinn encouraged parents to offer substitute behaviors to kids that are better than the disruptive behaviors, so too God gives us a substitute list of behaviors and attitudes in verses 12-17. And what a list! Peace, thankfulness, love and joy – compassion and kindness! Who would rather be angry than compassionate, or filled with evil desires than filled with peace? Focusing on the alternative – the life Christ offers – should fill us with excitement and hope.
It shouldn't be surprising that God parents wisely. However, there's one surprising twist. Near the end of his talk, Pat gave wonderful advice: when disciplining kids, be wise! Make sure you punish their behavior, but not your ability to parent. Make sure you discipline the children – and not yourself!
But of course, the gospel is the exact opposite. In a moment of divine compassion, Jesus rescued his people, punishing what they did wrong and opening up the way for glorious substitute behaviors. And he did this not by punishing his children, but by Himself being punished. His perfect parenting provided the way for our perfect rescue.
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Q: Reduce a key-value pair into a key-list pair with Apache Spark I am writing a Spark application and want to combine a set of Key-Value pairs (K, V1), (K, V2), ..., (K, Vn) into one Key-Multivalue pair (K, [V1, V2, ..., Vn]). I feel like I should be able to do this using the reduceByKey function with something of the flavor:
My_KMV = My_KV.reduce(lambda a, b: a.append([b]))

The error that I get when this occurs is:

'NoneType' object has no attribue 'append'.

My keys are integers and values V1,...,Vn are tuples.  My goal is to create a single pair with the key and a list of the values (tuples).

A: Map and ReduceByKey
Input type and output type of reduce must be the same, therefore if you want to aggregate a list, you have to map the input to lists. Afterwards you combine the lists into one list.
Combining lists
You'll need a method to combine lists into one list. Python provides some methods to combine lists.
append modifies the first list and will always return None.
x = [1, 2, 3]
x.append([4, 5])
# x is [1, 2, 3, [4, 5]]

extend does the same, but unwraps lists:
x = [1, 2, 3]
x.extend([4, 5])
# x is [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

Both methods return None, but you'll need a method that returns the combined list, therefore just use the plus sign.
x = [1, 2, 3] + [4, 5]
# x is [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

Spark
file = spark.textFile("hdfs://...")
counts = file.flatMap(lambda line: line.split(" ")) \
         .map(lambda actor: (actor.split(",")[0], actor)) \

         # transform each value into a list
         .map(lambda nameTuple: (nameTuple[0], [ nameTuple[1] ])) \

         # combine lists: ([1,2,3] + [4,5]) becomes [1,2,3,4,5]
         .reduceByKey(lambda a, b: a + b)

CombineByKey
It's also possible to solve this with combineByKey, which is used internally to implement reduceByKey, but it's more complex and "using one of the specialized per-key combiners in Spark can be much faster". Your use case is simple enough for the upper solution.
GroupByKey
It's also possible to solve this with groupByKey, but it reduces parallelization and therefore could be much slower for big data sets.

A: If you want to do a reduceByKey where the type in the reduced KV pairs is different than the type in the original KV pairs, then one can use the function combineByKey.  What the function does is take KV pairs and combine them (by Key) into KC pairs where C is a different type than V.
One specifies 3 functions, createCombiner, mergeValue, mergeCombiners.  The first specifies how to transform a type V into a type C, the second describes how to combine a type C with a type V, and the last specifies how to combine a type C with another type C.  My code creates the K-V pairs:
Define the 3 functions as follows:
def Combiner(a):    #Turns value a (a tuple) into a list of a single tuple.
    return [a]

def MergeValue(a, b): #a is the new type [(,), (,), ..., (,)] and b is the old type (,)
    a.extend([b])
    return a

def MergeCombiners(a, b): #a is the new type [(,),...,(,)] and so is b, combine them
    a.extend(b)
    return a

Then, My_KMV = My_KV.combineByKey(Combiner, MergeValue, MergeCombiners)
The best resource I found on using this function is: http://abshinn.github.io/python/apache-spark/2014/10/11/using-combinebykey-in-apache-spark/
As others have pointed out, a.append(b) or a.extend(b) return None.  So the reduceByKey(lambda a, b: a.append(b)) returns None on the first pair of KV pairs, then fails on the second pair because None.append(b) fails.  You could work around this by defining a separate function:
 def My_Extend(a,b):
      a.extend(b)
      return a

Then call reduceByKey(lambda a, b: My_Extend(a,b)) (The use of the lambda function here may be unnecessary, but I have not tested this case.)

A: tl;dr If you really require operation like this use groupByKey as suggested by @MariusIon. Every other solution proposed here is either bluntly inefficient are at least suboptimal compared to direct grouping.
reduceByKey with list concatenation is not an acceptable solution because:

*

*Requires initialization of O(N) lists.

*Each application of + to a pair of lists requires full copy of both lists (O(N)) effectively increasing overall complexity to O(N2).

*Doesn't address any of the problems introduced by groupByKey. Amount of data that has to be shuffled as well as the size of the final structure are the same.

*Unlike suggested by one of the answers there is no difference in a level of parallelism between implementation using reduceByKey and groupByKey.

combineByKey with list.extend is a suboptimal solution because:

*

*Creates O(N) list objects in MergeValue (this could be optimized by using list.append directly on the new item).

*If optimized with list.append it is exactly equivalent to an old (Spark <= 1.3) implementation of a groupByKey and ignores all the optimizations introduced by SPARK-3074 which enables external (on-disk) grouping of the larger-than-memory structures.

A: The error message stems from the type for 'a' in your closure.
 My_KMV = My_KV.reduce(lambda a, b: a.append([b]))

Let pySpark explicitly evaluate a as a list. For instance,
My_KMV = My_KV.reduceByKey(lambda a,b:[a].extend([b]))

In many cases, reduceByKey will be preferable to groupByKey, refer to:
http://databricks.gitbooks.io/databricks-spark-knowledge-base/content/best_practices/prefer_reducebykey_over_groupbykey.html

A: I tried with combineByKey ,here are my steps
combineddatardd=sc.parallelize([("A", 3), ("A", 9), ("A", 12),("B", 4), ("B", 10), ("B", 11)])

combineddatardd.combineByKey(lambda v:[v],lambda x,y:x+[y],lambda x,y:x+y).collect()

Output:
[('A', [3, 9, 12]), ('B', [4, 10, 11])]

*

*Define a function for combiner which sets accumulator to first key value pair which it encounters inside the partition convert the value to list in this step

*Define a function which mergers the new value  of the same key to the  accumulator value captured in step 1 Note:-convert the value to list in this function as accumulator value was converted to list in first step

*Define function to merge combiners outputs of individual partitions.

A: I'm kind of late to the conversation, but here's my suggestion:
>>> foo = sc.parallelize([(1, ('a','b')), (2, ('c','d')), (1, ('x','y'))])
>>> foo.map(lambda (x,y): (x, [y])).reduceByKey(lambda p,q: p+q).collect()
[(1, [('a', 'b'), ('x', 'y')]), (2, [('c', 'd')])]

A: You can use the RDD groupByKey method.
Input:
data = [(1, 'a'), (1, 'b'), (2, 'c'), (2, 'd'), (2, 'e'), (3, 'f')]
rdd = sc.parallelize(data)
result = rdd.groupByKey().collect()

Output:
[(1, ['a', 'b']), (2, ['c', 'd', 'e']), (3, ['f'])]

A: Ok. I hope, I got this right. Your input is something like this:
kv_input = [("a", 1), ("a", 2), ("a", 3), ("b", 1), ("b", 5)]

and you want to get something like this:
kmv_output = [("a", [1, 2, 3]), ("b", [1, 5])]

Then this might do the job (see here):
d = dict()
for k, v in kv_input:
    d.setdefault(k, list()).append(v)
kmv_output = list(d.items())

If I got this wrong, please tell me, so I might adjust this to your needs.
P.S.: a.append([b]) returns always None. You might want to observe either [b] or a but not the result of append.

A: I hit this page while looking for java example for the same problem. (If your case is similar, here is my example)
The trick is - You need to group for keys.
import org.apache.spark.SparkConf;
import org.apache.spark.api.java.JavaPairRDD;
import org.apache.spark.api.java.JavaRDD;
import org.apache.spark.api.java.JavaSparkContext;
import scala.Tuple2;

import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.stream.Collectors;
import java.util.stream.StreamSupport;

public class SparkMRExample {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        // spark context initialisation
        SparkConf conf = new SparkConf()
                .setAppName("WordCount")
                .setMaster("local");
        JavaSparkContext context = new JavaSparkContext(conf);

        //input for testing;
        List<String> input = Arrays.asList("Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry.",
                "Lorem Ipsum has been the industry's standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book.",
                "It has survived not only for centuries, but also the leap into electronic typesetting, remaining essentially unchanged.",
                "It was popularised in the 1960s with the release of Letraset sheets containing Lorem Ipsum passages, and more recently with desktop publishing");
        JavaRDD<String> inputRDD = context.parallelize(input);

        // the map phase of word count example
        JavaPairRDD<String, Integer> mappedRDD =
                inputRDD.flatMapToPair( line ->                      // for this input, each string is a line
                        Arrays.stream(line.split("\\s+"))            // splitting into words, converting into stream
                                .map(word -> new Tuple2<>(word, 1))  // each word is assigned with count 1
                                .collect(Collectors.toList()));      // stream to iterable

        // group the tuples by key
        // (String,Integer) -> (String, Iterable<Integer>)
        JavaPairRDD<String, Iterable<Integer>> groupedRDD = mappedRDD.groupByKey();

        // the reduce phase of word count example
        //(String, Iterable<Integer>) -> (String,Integer)
        JavaRDD<Tuple2<String, Integer>> resultRDD =
                groupedRDD.map(group ->                                      //input is a tuple (String, Iterable<Integer>)
                        new Tuple2<>(group._1,                              // the output key is same as input key
                        StreamSupport.stream(group._2.spliterator(), true)  // converting to stream
                                .reduce(0, (f, s) -> f + s)));              // the sum of counts
        //collecting the RRD so that we can print
        List<Tuple2<String, Integer>> result = resultRDD.collect();
        // print each tuple
        result.forEach(System.out::println);
    }
}

A: I hope you have input data like this
10 1
10 2
20 4
20 7
20 9

And you want the output something like this
10-1,2
20-4,7,9

You can do something like this
rdd=sc.textFile("location_of_file")

def parse(line):
    fields=line.split(" ")
    return (fields[0],fields[1])

rdd1=rdd.map(parse) //parse func is for having the input as key,value pair
rdd1.groupByKey().mapValues(list).collect()

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By Jack Heale
There are not many to choose from very recently, are there? From the signings Mauricio Pochettino has helped make over the past five years, the majority have represented some very astute business by Tottenham Hotspur, whereas some others have struggled to adapt.
In more recent transfer windows, Davinson Sanchez, Lucas Moura, Serge Aurier, Fernando Llorente, Juan Foyth and Paulo Gazzaniga were all brought in the last campaign and they have all played their part in helping Spurs to develop as a football side and as a club.
Now we have briefly looked at some of the signings that have worked out rather well on the whole, here are two of the worst signings from the past five years…
Clinton N'Jie
N'Jie joined Spurs for a reported £12m fee in 2015 on a five-year deal.
For such a fee, it would have been fair to assume that in 14 appearances he would make more of an impact. Granted, his time at White Hart Lane was hindered by an injury but when the forward he did take to the pitch, he did little to impress at all, amounting no goals during his time in the capital.
The 25-year-old was then loaned out to Marseille the following season, that deal was then made permanent and it is there where he has continued his career.
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Having just finished the season as the Eredivisie's top-scorer, costing a reported £18.6m, Spurs fans had a right to be excited.
In his first campaign, he was rather clinical in both domestic Cups, yet he scored just two League goals and was loaned out to Fenerbahce for the season just gone, as Fernando Llorente was seemingly preferred as the second-choice striker.
The 24-year-old returned to Spurs this season and had been out of action until the New Year with a foot injury. He returned to play twice for the U23s in January, but he has since yet to be involved in a senior matchday squad at Spurs this season and looks set for an exit this summer.
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