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Foreign students returning to US, but below pre-COVID levels
COLLIN BINKLEY and PHILIP MARCELO
BOSTON (AP) — International students are returning to U.S. colleges in stronger numbers this year, but the rebound has yet to make up for last year's historic declines as COVID-19 continues to disrupt academic exchange, according to a new survey.
Nationwide, American colleges and universities saw a 4% annual increase in international students this fall, according to survey results released Monday by the Institute of International Education. But that follows a decrease of 15% last year — the steepest decline since the institute began publishing data in 1948.
The upturn is better than many colleges were forecasting over the summer as the delta variant surged. But it also reflects continued obstacles as visa backlogs persist and as some students show reluctance to study abroad during the pandemic.
Universities and U.S. officials hope this year's uptick is the start of a long-term rebound. As international travel ramps up, there's optimism that colleges will see growth past their pre-pandemic levels.
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"We expect a surge following the pandemic," Matthew Lussenhop, an acting U.S. assistant secretary of state, told reporters. This year's increase indicates that international students "continue to value a U.S. education and remain committed to pursuing studies in the United States," he added.
Overall, 70% of U.S. colleges reported an uptick in international students this fall, while 20% saw decreases and 10% remained level, according to the institute. That's based on a preliminary survey of more than 800 U.S. schools.
At least some of the increase is due to new students who hoped to come to the U.S. last year but delayed their plans because of the pandemic. All told, there was a 68% increase in newly enrolled international students this year, a dramatic increase compared with last year's decrease of 46%.
For many schools, even a modest upturn is a relief. Over the summer, officials at U.S. universities worried that the delta variant would dash any hopes of a rebound. But for many, that did not come to pass.
In August, U.S. embassies and consulates in India reported that they had issued visas to a record 55,000 students even after starting the process two months late because of COVID-19.
Among those was Kedar Basatwar, who enrolled this fall in a graduate program for business analytics at Northeastern University in Boston, one of the nation's most popular destinations for foreign students. The 24-year-old from Pune, India, held off applying to American schools at the height of the pandemic because he wanted to make sure he'd be able to attend classes in-person.
"My plan was always to come to the U.S. because the opportunities after getting a masters are so much more," said Basatwar. "Also, getting a U.S. visa is one of the biggest achievements that we consider in India."
At the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, officials are seeing "a return to normal for our international populations," said Andy Borst, director of undergraduate admissions. The university enrolled more than 10,000 international students this fall, which nearly offsets a 28% decline from last year.
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"We just had this pent-up demand," Borst said. "A lot of Big Ten schools saw increases beyond what we were expecting."
At some schools with big brands overseas, enrollments rebounded past their 2019 figures.
At the University of Rochester in New York, enrollments from abroad surged 70% over 2019 levels, driven by a boom in graduate students, according to school data.
The vast majority of U.S. colleges returned to in-person learning by this fall, but not all international students are physically on campus. After last year's shift to remote learning, many schools have continued offering online classes to students abroad.
Out of all international students enrolled at U.S. colleges this year, the survey found that about 65% were taking classes on campus.
Fangzhou Gu, a 21-year-old senior from Beijing, is among those who opted not to return to New York University's Greenwich Village campus for her final semester this fall before graduating in December.
Instead she's taking classes at the university's outpost in Shanghai, an option offered throughout the pandemic by NYU, which has seen international enrollments increase 14% from 2019.
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Gu said her remaining course load doesn't require her to be in New York, and her parents are concerned about her venturing too far from home.
"Class and classmates are more close, which really gives me a sense of community that I have longed for," she said. "Plus, the living expenses are less of a burden here."
For some colleges, the new flexibility of online learning helped avoid further enrollment setbacks. In the past, students at the University of San Francisco might have been able to start the term a week late if they faced visa or travel problems. Now, those facing visa delays can arrive halfway through the term or later, and in the meantime study online from abroad.
That was the case for Vinh Le, who was unable to get to the airport in Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh City in time for the start of fall classes. Instead, the graduate student studied online for more than two months until he could get his first vaccine shot, which allowed him to travel. He arrived at the University of San Francisco on Nov. 1.
International students are seen as important contributors to U.S. campuses for a variety of reasons. Colleges say they help provide a diverse mix of cultures and views on campus. Many end up working in high-demand fields after graduating. And some colleges rely on the financial benefits of international students, who are typically charged higher tuition rates.
Although many colleges avoided a second year of declines, there's still concern that the upturn may be isolated to certain types of colleges. The survey found that, last year, community colleges suffered much steeper declines than four-year universities, with a 24% backslide nationwide.
Researchers are still analyzing this year's data, but some worry community colleges may continue to lag behind.
There are also questions about whether the rebound will continue. New vaccine requirements for foreign travelers could make it harder for some students to get here, and colleges are expecting continued competition from colleges in Australia, Canada and other nations looking to boost international populations.
Still, officials at many colleges are optimistic. More vaccines are being sent overseas, and newly lifted travel bans promise to reduce barriers to travel.
Some also credit President Joe Biden for sending a message that America wants students from abroad. In July, the administration issued a statement promising a "renewed" commitment to international education, saying it would work to make overseas students feel welcome.
For Paola Giammattei, a 21-year-old junior studying at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, the concern now isn't so much her classes, but whether companies will still be willing to hire foreign graduates on short-term visas, given the current job market.
In the meantime, the chemical engineering major has embraced the return of campus life after she attended classes remotely at home in El Salvador early in the pandemic.
"Being in a classroom, being able to engage with other peers and professors is awesome," Giammattei said. "It is easier to differentiate and have a good life-work balance when everything is in-person and you have different interactions in different settings, not through a screen."
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This Is the Trait That Most Incompetent Bosses Share
Written by Joanie Faletto
If you told us you've never vented about an insufferable boss, we'd call you a liar. Even if you love your current boss, chances are there's at least one leader in your employment history whose memory fills you with frustration. According to research, the most incompetent of bosses all share one common, perhaps unexpected trait. Consider this a heads-up.
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You've probably had a handful of terrible bosses in a variety of flavors. We've all been there (except, obviously, at Curiosity, where the leaders are perfect and wonderful and can do no wrong). For years, researchers have studied something called "managerial derailment," a fancy term for the dark side of management. According to the Harvard Business Review, the characteristics that make bad managers so bad fall into three categories. See which sound the most familiar:
1. Moving-away behaviors. These actions create distance between leaders and the workers beneath them, which leads to a lack of communication and skepticism that erases trust.
2. Moving-against behaviors. These actions completely overpower people and may even involve manipulation. Obviously, nobody likes that.
3. Moving-toward behaviors. These actions make a leader too agreeable and into being a people-pleaser, which will make them reluctant to take chances or stand up for their team.
If you've ever had a nosy micro-manager always shoving their nose in your business, you've probably wished you could scream "Why don't you leave me alone?!" once or twice. Well, be careful what you wish for. Of the three buckets of horrible bosses we mentioned earlier, there is a single trait that tops the worst of the worst, and it may not be what you expect. A nitpicky boss who lurks over your shoulder isn't the worst thing that could happen. According to research, an absent boss is your worst-case scenario. This is the boss that's largely removed from your work and basically lets you do whatever you want. But wait — that doesn't sound bad. It actually sounds pretty good, right?
This dream boss would likely, in reality, be more of a nightmare. A 2015 survey identified nine traits that working adults complained about most from their leaders, eight of which were absent behaviors. In the survey of 1,000 people, 63 percent of them said "not recognizing employee achievements" bothered them the most. Apparently, employees mind what their bosses don't do more than what actions they do take. According to a 2014 study, being ignored by your boss is even more alienating than being treated like crap. Hey, at least they're acknowledging your existence, right?
Good Boss, Bad Boss
If you've got a boss that's driving you up the wall in one way or another, here's a weird tip: poke a voodoo doll of them. Sounds a little dark and more than a little passive-aggressive, but research shows that it's actually a healthy way to boost office morale (just keep it to yourself, obviously).
If you're in a position of leadership and you're afraid you might be the bad boss in this scenario, here are a few tips, from HBR: Notice and acknowledge your employees' unique contributions, have daily interactions, give public recognition to your employees, proactively ask for feedback from your team, and don't wait for performance reviews to let your employees know how they're doing, just to name a few. It might seem like letting your employees do what they want would make you a workplace favorite, but regular feedback and recognition is what they really want.
Want to do the boss thing the right way? Check out "Leadership on the Line" by Ronald A. Heifetz and Marty Linsky, and published by the Harvard Business Review. The audiobook is free with a trial of Audible. We handpick reading recommendations we think you may like. If you choose to make a purchase through that link, Curiosity will get a share of the sale.
Written by Joanie Faletto May 1, 2018
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When the protagonist Rick Grimes awakes to the post-apocalyptic landscape of the United States of America, his first glance goes to the frozen clock on the wall. His gaze already foreshadows that this series will focus on a spatial dimension of development, rather than a temporal one. The Walking Dead is the first on-going serialization of a zombie-narrative and as such defines an endless search for a secure domestic space. This on-going escape is characterised by a constant crossing of the various geographical places of zombie-infected Georgia accompanied by a permanent loss of space. It is therefore not surprising that each of the past seasons centres around at least one main location, which is shaped and used by the characters - alive or undead.
The post-apocalyptic wasteland in The Walking Dead is mostly dominated by zombies, which function as part of the scenic environment. By literally devouring the room, the zombie turns once culturally ordered and zoned places into destroyed, open spaces, initiating the nomadic lifestyle of the characters. Movement in The Walking Dead is equivalent to life, while stasis means death.
It is striking that all main places of shelter within the show are clearly distinguished as American. The City of Atlanta, a farm house, a barn, the Hilltop Colony or the highway itself are symbols deeply rooted in the American history and its cultural self-perception. Yet every attempt to build a secure home, even by turning 'place' literally into a prison, is destroyed. This constant loss of previously reclaimed space calls into question the once declared 'righteous power' of the European settlers over the New World and asks, whether a feeling of homeliness is possible in a world which is devouring its own creators.


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Bonds Post Moderate Gains; Trump's Junk Bonds Decline
By Samantha Ross and Tom SullivanStaff Reporters of The Wall Street Journal
Dec. 4, 1997 12:01 am ET
NEW YORK -- Bonds posted moderate price gains. But the 30-year Treasury yield, which moves in the opposite direction of the price, failed to break below the key 6% level in dull trading ahead of an important economic report Friday.
Separately, junk bonds of Donald Trump fell in price after being downgraded by one major ratings agency and put on negative review by another. The actions came as the developer was planning another debt issue, possibly before the end of this week.
In trading late Wednesday, the price of the benchmark 30-year Treasury bond was up 9/32 point, or $2.81 for a bond with $1,000 face value, at 101 14/32. Its yield fell to 6.01% from 6.03% late Tuesday.
Traders said bonds continue to benefit from an upbeat inflation outlook and a shrinking government deficit, which has led to smaller sales of new Treasurys. "I think it's a good inflation story and technical story," said Jim Nealis, head government bond trader at PaineWebber Inc.
Even so, the 30-year yield remained just above the psychologically important 6% level. One reason, traders said, is that activity generally has declined, as it often does late in the year.


I hope that you're day was well. Mine was okay I just kind of felt tired all day. Hopefully I'll be able to get a decent sleep tonight lol. Well I'm going to keep this short and sweet as I literally feel like I'm lacking energy as I type this lol. This evening I'll be sharing what I did for the Challenge Your Nail Art Day 7 prompt. Let's get started!
To be honest I actually wasn't sure what it was I wanted to do for this prompt. Then I figured I would just simply add some glitter to the tips of my nails using Christmas themed colours just because and that would be that. Funny enough when I went outside everyone that saw them kept wanting to look at them. But I couldn't stop thinking to myself that I didn't do anything extravagant lol.
Don't forget to take a look at the other lovely ladies down below!
Do you ever see a nail prompt and aren't sure what do for that one? Did you participate in any nail art challenge this month? Let me know!


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Q: mclapply vs parLapply speeds I'm running on Linux and used mclapply easily. I run into some errors with parlapply, even after using clusterEvalQ.
Before I go further to resolve the issue, is there any point, i.e. could there be a significant speed difference between the two or do people just use parLapply when on Windows?
I've read about parLapplyLB and can see the uses of this approach, but if I'm strictly looking at mclapply and parlapply does the FORK approach and PSOCK approach vary much in speed?
The nature of my function may determine the answer; it is using stri_extract.

A: Some quick benchmarks suggest that mclapply could be slightly faster, but this probably depends on the specific system and problem. The more balanced the jobs and the slower the actual tasks the less it should matter, which function you use.
library(parallel)
library(microbenchmark)

microbenchmark(
  parLapply = {cl <- makeCluster(2)
  parLapply(cl, rep(1:7, 3), function(x) {set.seed(1); rnorm(10^x)})
  stopCluster(cl)},
  mclapply = {mclapply(rep(1:7 , 3), function(x) {set.seed(1); rnorm(10^x)}, mc.cores = 2)},
  times = 10
)

#Unit: seconds
#     expr     min      lq     mean   median       uq      max neval
#parLapply 1.85548 2.04397 3.332970 3.071284 4.323514 6.294364    10
#mclapply  1.62610 1.65288 2.217407 1.849594 2.243418 5.435189    10

microbenchmark(
  parLapply = {cl <- makeCluster(2)
  parLapply(cl, rep(6, 20), function(x) {set.seed(1); rnorm(10^x)})
  stopCluster(cl)},
  mclapply = {mclapply(rep(6, 20), function(x) {set.seed(1); rnorm(10^x)}, mc.cores = 2)},
  times = 10
)

#Unit: milliseconds
#     expr      min        lq      mean   median       uq      max neval
#parLapply 1150.657 1188.9750 1705.1364 1242.739 2071.276 3785.516    10
# mclapply  820.692  932.2262  994.4404 1000.402 1079.930 1117.863    10

sessionInfo()
#R version 3.3.1 (2016-06-21)
#Platform: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu (64-bit)
#Running under: Ubuntu 14.04.5 LTS
#
#locale:
# [1] LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8       LC_NUMERIC=C               LC_TIME=de_DE.UTF-8        LC_COLLATE=de_DE.UTF-8
# [5] LC_MONETARY=de_DE.UTF-8    LC_MESSAGES=de_DE.UTF-8    LC_PAPER=de_DE.UTF-8       LC_NAME=C
# [9] LC_ADDRESS=C               LC_TELEPHONE=C             LC_MEASUREMENT=de_DE.UTF-8 LC_IDENTIFICATION=C
#
#attached base packages:
#[1] parallel  stats     graphics  grDevices utils     datasets  methods   base
#
#other attached packages:
#[1] microbenchmark_1.4-2.1 doParallel_1.0.10      iterators_1.0.8        foreach_1.4.3
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Australia Travel Map created by the people that know Australia well, Hema maps! This is the eighth edition of their folding country map. On one side is the entire country, complete with road distances, national parks, aboriginal lands, and other points of interest.
Australia Travel Map created by the people that know Australia well, Hema maps! This is the eighth edition of their folding country map. On one side is the entire country, complete with road distances, national parks, aboriginal lands, and other points of interest. On the revers are city insets, both central business districts and regional overviews of the following places; Brisbane, Hobart, Perth, Darwin, Sydney, Adelaide, and Canbera.
The map measures 34" x 39 " when opened up.


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A Huge Sandstorm Disrupts Egyptian Education
A tuk-tuk makes its way precariously through a sandstorm in 6th October City. Photo credit: Owise Abuzaid
Egypt has been experiencing some curious weather over the last week. In Cairo, daytime highs have varied significantly, dropping from a toasty 38 degrees to 22 the next day. In addition, sandstorms have swept most of the country, in the capital ushering ominous thunderstorms and prompting school closures across the country.
Having coated everything in its path with a thick layer of dust, the ferocious sandstorm had schools suspended across the country. All schools in the governorates of Sharqiya, Daqahliya, Sohag, Assuit, and Qena have shut, alongside many in other regions.
The storm blew in from Sudan and was supported by southern European winds, prompting government concern for the wellbeing of children and the elderly due to compromised air quality and reduced visibility. In addition, several major highways were closed, and traffic officials are urging drivers to slow down and turn on all car lights to avoid accidents.
A sandstorm hitting the ancient pharaonic temples in Aswan. Photo credit: Osama Sobhy
Though dust is still billowing through the country today, the Egyptian Meteorological Authority (EMA) has stated that it should decrease. Yet, much of the country can be expected to continue experiencing cloudy skies, alongside rainfall in some areas. Temperatures are expected to drop by around 10 degrees, with a low of 15 degrees in Cairo and Alexandria.
In addition, strong winds are expected in the Red Sea, Mediterranean, and the Gulf of Suez, greatly heightening the risk of getting lost at sea, for the enormous gusts will cause severe disruption to maritime navigation. According to the state-run news agency, MENA, two major ports in Alexandria have been shut for the second day, and wave height has reached 3-4 meters.
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Raw Data is the new first person VR game by Survios developed for the HTC Vive. In facts its one of the first ever cooperative games that have come out and looks like a true winner. Traditionally Survios have focused on hardware such as controllers and VR headsets however this new game demonstrates the power of what Active VR could achieve.
Raw Data is still in production but was successfully demoed at a VR event in LA to positive acclaim. Keep those eyes peeled for a release date and further demo's.


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Name the Jewish council member who convinced the council not to kill the apostles.
Apart from the house of Stephanas, who were the 2 people that Paul baptised himself in the Corinthian church?
What were the 4 things Paul asked Titus to do?
offering a more excellent sacrifice by faith.
he had the testimony that he pleased God by faith.
being moved with Godly fear and building the ark as God commanded, thus becoming the heir of righteousness which is according to faith.
obeyed by faith, going to a land he was called to by God, not knowing where he was going, sojourning in a foreign land, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob.
judged Him faithful who had promised.
Which man of God made the iron axe head float?
In Daniel's revelation of the 70 weeks, what period is referred to by the last week?


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A.R. Rahman rocks Delhi
New Delhi, Nov 18 (IANS) He came, he sang, he conquered. Music maestro A.R. Rahman spun a web of magic over his audience as he sang some of his all-time popular compositions, including 'Khalbali' and 'Pathshala', at his first concert in the capital.
Although the open-air venue at Rajouri Garden in west Delhi was not packed Saturday, thanks to the steep ticket prices (Rs.500-Rs.5,000 per ticket), for the ones who were present it was an evening to remember.
Rahman, dressed in a white sherwani, dominated the grand stage, which had LCD screens flanking both wings, scores of steps leading up to a tiny balcony on one side and was lit up by multi coloured lights.
'I hope you enjoy the concert,' Rahman said as he started rolling out one song after the other leaving the audience spellbound and screaming for more.
From classics such as 'Roja' of the movie 'Roja' and 'Kehna hi kya' from 'Bombay' to more recent hits like 'Khalbali' from the movie 'Rang de Basanti' and 'Barso re Megha' from 'Guru', and hit numbers of the blockbuster 'Sivaji' to a musical score from the yet-to-be-released 'Jodha Akbar', the audience was treated to a delicious musical fare.
Accompanying Rahman were other singers like the pony-tailed Hariharan, Chitra, Madhushree, Sadhna Sargam and Delhi's own boy Kailash Kher, who have rendered their voices to his compositions in the movies.
Ace drummer Sivamani enthralled the audience with his marathon-drumming spell.
With the sets changing with each song and scores of dancers performing alongside the crooning maestros, more glitter was added to the show.
Mid way through the performance, Rahman changed into a dull purple kurta and sat on the piano to perform his English number 'Pray for me brother', a melodious song that asks people to fight poverty.
'I hope you will support me in my fight against poverty,' Rahman said.
He also launched a set of colouring books in the occasion the proceeds of which will go to his foundation that works for humanitarian causes.
As Hariharan sang 'Bharat humko jaan se pyara hai', the crowd stood and cheered, passing the verdict that the three-hour musical evening was a hit.
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Michael Sheen: 'I've essentially turned myself into a social enterprise, a not-for-profit actor'
How Michael Sheen was liberated by giving everything away for a cause close to his heart
by: Jane Graham
Photo: Camera Press / Andy Gotts
Michael Sheen is one of the most beloved actors in Britain. And it's easy to see why in this week's Letter To My Younger Self, where he tells The Big Issue's Jane Graham about why he made a decision to invest in causes that mean a lot to him.
When the Homeless World Cup was struggling for funding, Michael Sheen stepped in. "I realised I could do this kind of thing and, if I can keep earning money, it's not going to ruin me," he said.
His latest film, Last Train to Christmas, premieres later this month, in which he plays a character with a fantastic 1980's mullet who finds they are travelling through time as they walk the different train carriages. But until that's out, let Michael Sheen transport you back to his own younger days…
The thing I enjoyed most in my late teens was youth theatre. By 16, I was starting to really take it seriously. I'd been obsessed with football when I was younger. Every waking hour I was playing or watching or reading about it. And when I was about 12, I had an opportunity to go to the next stage and play for the youth team [at Arsenal]. My life could have gone a very different way.
But I didn't go down that path because my mum and dad didn't want to move the family to London. So over the next few years, I started to transfer that passion into acting. By 16, I was starting to really come into my own and thinking, maybe this is something I'm actually going to do seriously, rather than just something I enjoy.
I think I was a pretty ebullient 16-year-old. I'd had a real horrible heartbreak by that point but I was coming out of that, though I was a bit wary about getting my heart broken. I'd gone the other way, never getting too serious about anything. I wasn't great with processing emotion or talking about emotion, I was just getting on with stuff.
I was doing pretty well with the girls at that point. I was trying to make my curly hair look like John Taylor's hair in Duran Duran but it wasn't working for me. Still, I was fighting the good fight with a lot of hairspray. I mean, I think you could have your own climate change conference about my teenage years.
I had a big extended family in Port Talbot in South Wales. I grew up with lot of cousins and uncles and aunties and grandparents around me. I really liked that. Over the last couple of years I've had a greater appreciation of family get-togethers. I completely took them for granted when I was young.
I loved growing up in Port Talbot. It's known for being a not particularly beautiful place, with a lot of heavy industry, the steelworks and a chemical plant when I was growing up as well. But it's by the sea and there's a lot of countryside nearby, and I loved it there. I just thought it was the most beautiful, wonderful place.
I don't think the teenage me would be surprised that I've had the life of an actor. By the time I was 17
I was really enjoying acting and I was very calm. I was starting to become confident about my ability. What would surprise him would be to say, you'll leave, but you'll come back and live here again. I loved the place, but I never questioned the fact that I was going to leave and go off into the world. The idea that I would choose to come back and live in the same area again – and not at retirement age but at the height of what I'm doing – I don't think I would be able to explain to the 17-year-old what that's about.
I've realised in the last few years that I want to be one of those people who help other people the way so many people helped me. I don't want to just be someone who enjoys the fruits of what other people have done and then pull the drawbridge up and go, well I'm alright Jack, I've had a nice time. I'm at the stage of my life and career where I have a window of opportunity that will probably never be this good again. I'm able to get people in a room, I can open doors. I don't want to look back and think, I could have done something with that platform. I could have done something with that money.
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Doing The Passion in 2011 [a 72- hour National Theatre Wales production through the streets of Port Talbot] was a turning point in my life. That project involved the entire town and it was a big awakening for me. I got to know people and organisations within my hometown that I didn't know existed. Little groups who were trying to help young carers, who had just enough funding to make a tiny difference to a kid's life by putting on one night a week where they could get out and go bowling or watch a film and just be a kid.
I would come back to visit three or four months later, and find out that funding had gone and that organisation didn't exist any more. That stuff doesn't make the news but it makes a massive difference to kids' lives. I realised the difference between that child's life being a little bit better or not was ultimately a small amount of funding. And I wanted to help those people. I didn't just want to be a patron or a supportive voice, I wanted to actually do more than that. That's when I thought, I need to go back and live in Wales again.
Sheen at the football Homeless World Cup opening ceremony at Cardiff's Bute Park in 2019 Photo: Tracey Paddison / Alamy Stock Photo
The other big thing that changed my thinking was the Homeless World Cup in Cardiff in 2019. I had committed to helping to organise that and then suddenly, with not long to go, there was no money. I had to make a decision – I could walk away from it, and it wouldn't happen. And all those people from all around the world who were banking on coming to have this extraordinary experience, maybe a life-changing experience, wouldn't have it. I thought, I'm not going to let that happen.
So I put all my money into keeping it going. I had a house in America and a house here and I put those up and just did whatever it took. It was scary and incredibly stressful. And I'll be paying for it for a long time. But when I came out the other side I realised I could do this kind of thing and, if I can keep earning money it's not going to ruin me. There was something quite liberating about going, alright, I'll put large amounts of money into this or that, because I'll be able to earn it back again. I've essentially turned myself into a social enterprise, a not-for-profit actor.
Choo choo choose to watch Michael Sheen's new film Last Train to Christmas
If I could have one more conversation with anyone it would be my childhood friend Stephen. There was a period in my life between the age of five and eight when we moved from Wales to Liverpool because of my dad's work. Then my dad got another job and we moved back to Wales.
There's this period of three years when I had a best friend and his name was Stephen. He lived a couple of streets away and we did everything together. Then my mum and dad suddenly told me we were leaving Liverpool. So the next day I had to say to Stephen, right, I'm moving away. I didn't take on board what that meant at the time. But we moved and I never saw him again. So if I could, I'd like to have a conversation with him, to be able to remember things I must have forgotten. The world of a seven-year-old… we used to go off on our bikes and play all day and I have very little memory of it. I'd love to be able to talk to him and ask him, what do you remember?
If I could go back and live one moment again… well, there's the births of my children. And meeting every single woman I've loved in my life – the moment when you go, oh my god; I've been very fortunate to have had that with a few wonderful women. No matter what came afterwards, that moment is amazing.
But I would say the single moment would be in 2006. I had performed Frost/Nixon in the Donmar Theatre in London, then I got straight on a plane to fly to Venice for a press conference about The Queen, which had been a massive hit at the Venice Film Festival. I was travelling with Peter Morgan who had written Frost/Nixon and The Queen; we went on a flight and then got on a speedboat to the press conference. There was already talk of turning Frost /Nixon into a film and on the flight Peter said, I've found the next one for you; it's going to be Brian Clough. I'm going to adapt The Damned United.
There was a moment when we were on this speedboat and roaring through the Venice canals, my long hair flying behind me, and Peter looked up at me and shouted: 'Remember this moment!' And I always will.
Michael Sheen stars in Last Train to Christmas. Premieres December 18 on Sky Cinema; available to stream on NOW.
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Q: Velocity template fails to render because one of the string variable contains a $ character  "name": "$data"

I am using velocity with Java and if the value of $data contains a $ character like $abcd then the template fails to render because of the error message.
"Error rendering the template ::: HomePage : data [abcd, abcd] is missing"

How to fix this issue so I can render strings with $ character in them?
Also, tried the escape tool in java but nothing seems to work.
Edit: I have a user object coming from BE and I want to render different values for this user like $user.name, $user.address, etc.
If any field say $user.name is abcd$pqr then parsing fails because of unknown variable $pqr.
How to fix this issue when we have to render the data nested in object?
If I do the following
#set($username = "$user.name")
"name": "$username"

then it fails with error that $user.name is missing and treats it as one and doesn't interpolate.
Basically, I want to show the value of $user.name intact.

A: When defining values for Velocity, you can just use single quotes to avoid interpolation:
#set( $data = '$data' )
"name": "$data"

Or use a specific variable to display $:
#set( $d = '$' )
"name": "${d}data"

Or use a comment:
#* this is a comment *#
"name": "$#**#data"

Or use unparsed content:
"name": #[["$data"]]#


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You Can Now Sell Your Productions On Beatport Through LANDR
You're one step closer to your dream of landing on the Beatport charts - LANDR can now distribute your tracks to the online store.
Joey Santos
February 13, 2018 | Read time: < 1 min
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Last updated 25 March, 2018
LANDR, the online instant track mastering and song distribution service, has just announced that it has added Beatport to its song distribution list. That means you can now sell your productions on the world's biggest online store for dance music, apart from the usual streaming services and outlets like Spotify, iTunes, Apple Music and Amazon Music. Prices start from US$1/month for up to 10 tracks, and LANDR mastering subscribers get the distribution service at no added cost.
This is an important development for DJ/producers because prior to this, getting your music over onto Beatport was difficult. There were stringent requirements: you needed to be part of a label, or you needed to have your own label with a schedule of releases, or you needed to submit it to another accredited aggregate site like Ditto Music. This LANDR development does away with those, and you can now be in the same "store shelf" as the world's biggest electronic music producers. LANDR has become a true one stop shop for mastering and distributing your dance music productions.
• Find out more about LANDR's distribution service on the LANDR site.
What are your thoughts on this? Do you use LANDR to master and distribute your tracks? If not, would you be interested in doing so? Let us know below.
Manila-based Joey Santos is the Managing Editor of Digital DJ Tips. A DJ since 1999, he ran a successful recording studio for many years, and is a music producer and sound engineer too. He is the tutor for our Dance Music Formula and Music Production For DJs courses.
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PRCO has been appointed as the UK PR agency for Rocco Forte Hotels. The group has a portfolio of 11 hotels and resorts in iconic destinations, with several new openings in the pipeline.
PRCO will also handle the strategic campaign and communication for the existing portfolio of hotels, which includes the landmark Brown's Hotel in London (pictured), the Hotel de Russie in Rome and the striking Hotel Astoria, an Art Nouveau building in the heart of St Petersburg.
Established by Sir Rocco Forte and sister Olga Polizzi in 1996, the business has continued to grow under the leadership of the Forte family, who have been in hospitality for four generations.
PRCO's appointment comes at a time of expansion for the hotel group, with five new openings planned over the next two years, including Hotel de La Ville in Rome, Masseria Torre Maizza in Puglia and the Westbund Hotel in Shanghai, all launching this year.
This marks the first stage of a long-term strategy for Rocco Forte Hotels to extend its network of properties across Europe and further afield.
In a separate development, PRCO has been appointed UK PR representatives for Sofitel Rome Villa Borghese. The hotel is a former noble residence and will reopen in Spring 2019.
The agency has been tasked with increasing awareness of the hotel's relaunch, focusing on the modern renovations designed by Jean Philippe Nuel.


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Benedikt Ried ( Landshut? kb. 1454 – Prága, 1534. október 30.) német származású cseh építész, építőmester, Cseh- és Morvaország utolsó monumentális késő gótikus boltozatainak építője, a "német különgótika" sajátos cseh változata, az ún. Ulászló-gótika legnagyobb mestere.

Korai éveiről semmi biztosat nem tudunk; ezekre biográfusai csak következtetnek a későbbi adatokból. A szakmát valószínűleg Passauban vagy egy bécsi műhelyben tanulta ki. Az első biztos adat 1485 körül kelt, amikor II. Jagelló Ulászló cseh király megbízta a tüzérségi szakértőként ismert Riedet, hogy emeljen ágyútornyot egy korábbi, a 13. század elején épült bástya helyére. 22 m belső átmérőjével, 40 m magasságával ez lett a vár legnagyobb tornya, és rendkívül modern konstrukciónak számított. Prágában ébredt művészi öntudatára, tért át a hadmérnöki munkákról az egyházi és világi építészetre.

Ugyancsak a király megbízására 1486-ban kezdte tervezni a Régi királyi palotában az Ulászló-terem kialakítását. Ennek elősegítése érdekében — gyaníthatóan az 1490-es évek legelején — Ulászló, aki egyúttal magyar király is volt, Budára küldte Riedet "reneszánszt tanulni". Valószínűleg ezen az útján tervezte meg Visegrádon a királyi palotához dél felől csatlakozó ferences kolostor új, gótikus szentélyének hajlított bordás boltozatát.

Budai tanulmányainak tudható be, hogy azt Ulászló-terem 1494-ben elkészült, kettős keresztosztatú ablakain kimutatható a budai reneszánsz hatása. Az építkezést 1492-ben kezdték el és 1502-ben fejezték be. A palota átalakításának következő lépcsőjeként (1503 és 1520 között) építette fel a Lajos-szárnyat.

Ried késő gótikus építészete a prágai Parlerek hagyományain alapult, az ő elgondolásaikat fejlesztette tovább, még merészebb szerkezetek kialakításával. Az Ulászló-terem rendkívül széles terét nem osztotta hajókra, tehát a boltozatnak igen nagy távolságot, 16 métert kellett átívelnie. Ezért a bordák sűrűn követik egymást, és végüket nem szabadon álló támokra, hanem a falhoz kapcsolódó pillérekre terhelte. Ez a korszakalkotóan új boltozó technika Ried találmánya. Az ilyen boltozat egymást hálóként metsző bordái két síkban is meghajlanak, ezért a boltozatnak nemcsak keresztmetszeti, de alaprajzi vetülete is íves. Az új, dekoratív hálóboltozat egyik legkiforrottabb példája II. Ulászló prágai lovagterme (1502).
Utolsó nagy munkája a lounyi Szent Miklós-templom volt. A városban megkapta a polgárjogot, és attól fogva rendszerint Louni Benedek ("Benedict von Laun") néven említették. Itt is temették el az általa épített Szent Miklós-templomban, sírját azonban a 17. században, az ellenreformáció hevületében elpusztították.

Fontosabb munkái:
 a Mihulka-torony a prágai várban (1485 körül)
 a Szent Borbála-templom Kutná Horában (1499 után),
 az Ulászló-terem Prágában, a Régi királyi palotában,
 a várkastély Blatnában (1520–1530),
 a lounyi Szent Miklós-templom (1520–1534).

Jegyzetek

Források

 Szombathy Viktor: Prága (Panoráma, Külföldi városkalauz, Franklin Nyomda, Bp. 1971.)
 Zádor Anna, Genthon István, 1984: Művészeti Lexikon IV. Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest, p. 37.

Fordítás

Német építészek
Cseh építészek
Gótikus építészek
Az 1450-es években született személyek
1534-ben elhunyt személyek

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Tag: Muslim holiday
'Happy Ramadan': Postal worker threatens to destroy mail featuring Muslim holiday stamps
The US Postal Service is investigating threats made online by a woman identifying herself as one of its mail carriers, Buzzfeed reported.
The woman identifying herself online as Catherine An Ray threatened to tamper with mail on Monday after sharing a post by anti-Islam activist Pamela Geller complaining about the release of a stamp commemorating the Muslim holiday of Eid.
"[As] A US Mail Carrier I can personally assure everyone here that anything with this stamp on it will be lost or destroyed in the system before is [sic] makes delivery," Ray wrote. "Guaranteed. Happy Ramadan."
RawStory.com: https://www.rawstory.com/2016/06/happy-ramadan-postal-worker-threatens-to-destroy-mail-featuring-muslim-holiday-stamps/
Author Euro-IslamPosted on 28th June 2016 Categories United StatesTags anti-Islam, Eid, Muslim holiday, online, Pamela Geller, threats
Afghan-Canadian Muslim academic survives assassination attempt
Tooryalai Wesa, an Afghan-Canadian academic who returned to Afghanistan to serve as governor of the volatile Kandahar province, has survived an assassination attempt.
Wesa, who lived in Coquitlam, B.C., before he was appointed to the post in late 2008, was on his way to a mosque for prayers marking the Muslim holiday of Eid.
Zelmai Ayubi, a spokesman for Mr. Wesa, says a remote-controlled roadside bomb detonated as the governor's three-car convoy passed through the center of Kandahar city.
Mr. Ayubi says Mr. Wesa's vehicle was damaged in the attack but the governor was not hurt.
When Mr. Wesa took over last year at the age of 58, he was the third governor of the volatile province in less than a year and he acknowledged the dangers of the job.
Author researcherPosted on 27th November 2009 Categories UncategorisedTags Afghan Canadian, Afghanistan, Assassination attempt, attack, Canadian Muslim, Eid, Governor, holiday, Muslim holiday, Tooryalai Wesa, Zelmai Ayubi
Germany debates Muslim school holiday
A proposal by Germany's Turkish Community to have schools observe one Muslim holiday annually has set off a fierce debate in Germany. Most are opposed, though some say it would promote tolerance. German politicians and religious organizations broadly shot down a proposal by Germany's Turkish Community (TGD) for schools to close one day out of the year to observe a Muslim holiday.
The head of the TGD, Kenan Kolat prompted the debate when he suggested that the Muslim festival of Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of Ramadan, could become a school holiday for all students. "That would be a sign of tolerance," Kolat said. The Central Council of Jews supported Kolat's proposal, and suggested that the Jewish holiday Yom Kippur be observed by schools as well.
However, many politicians and church representatives, as well as the Central Council of Muslims, came out against the idea. "I see no reason to turn this day (Eid al-Fitr) into a general school holiday or bank holiday for everybody," Aiman Mazyek, secretary general of the Central Council of Muslims told German press agency dpa, saying it was good enough that Muslim students were excused from attending school on their religious holidays.
The chairman of Germany's Protesant Church, Bishop Wolfgang Huber, said that there was a "priority for Christian holidays in the culture of our country" based on millennia of Christian influence in Germany.
Author researcherPosted on 13th October 2009 Categories Discrimination and Xenophobia, Education and SchoolingTags Central Council, Eid, Germany, Germany's Turkish Community (TGD), holiday, Islam and schools, Kenan Kolat, Muslim holiday, Muslim-Jewish relations, schools, students, TGD, Turkish Community, turks
Popular Tv Host Calls America A 'Judeo-Christian Country'
By Khalid Hasan WASHINGTON: American Muslims have expressed outrage following the assertion by popular right-wing Fox News host Bill O'Reilly that Muslim holidays should not be observed since America is a Judeo-Christian country. On the October 27 edition of Fox News' The O'Reilly Factor, host Bill O'Reilly called the idea of closing public schools for the observance of Muslim holidays _absurd'. He made the remark during a discussion with Hillsborough County (Florida) Commissioner Brian Blair, who opposed the Hillsborough County School board's decision to keep public schools open on Yom Kippur and Good Friday during the 2006-07 school year, a departure from the school district's earlier practice of closing schools on those days. In December 2004, Hillsborough County Muslims, with the backing of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), asked the school board to close schools on the Muslim holiday of Eid-ul-Fitr. Instead of giving students the day off on Eid-ul-Fitr, the school board voted to keep schools open on Yom Kippur and Good Friday during the 2006-2007 school year, arguing that the school district could close schools on days when a substantial number of students would be absent, but could not close schools specifically for the observance of religious holidays. Students however can take the day off on such occasions. In his discussion on the question with Blair, Bill O'Reilly said, So a Muslim wanted a Muslim holiday, which is absurd in a Judeo-Christian country. I mean we can't be having Hindu and Buddha. I mean, come on. I mean this country is founded on Judeo-Christian traditions. Those traditions have been in play for more than 200 years. Christmas is a federal holiday. You know, somebody walks in and says, _Well, I just moved here and I want, you know, this Shinto shrine.' And you're going, _Well, look, this is a traditional American situation that we've done for hundreds of years.' But now you knocked it out.
Author Euro-IslamPosted on 30th October 2005 Categories UncategorisedTags America, Christian, discussion, Fox, Fox News, holiday, holidays, Judeo Christian, Muslim holiday, public schools, schools, students


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22 Items in this Learning Collection
Baptismal Basin with Lamb of God ('Agnus Dei')
Sanctification cross with scenes from the life of Christ and the Virgin Mary and the Evangelists
Censer with Maltese crosses, birds, and columns
Processional cross with triumphant Christ (Christus triumphans) flanked by busts of the evangelists, Saints Matthew, John, Mark, and Luke (obverse); and suffering Christ (Christus patiens) flanked by busts of the Virgin Mary, God the father, Saint John and unidentified male saint with cross (Saint Philip?) (reverse)
Martha Dandridge Custis Washington (1731-1802)
L'Alliance de la Poésie et de la Musique (The Alliance of Poetry and Music)
Nature, When Unadorn'd, Adorn'd the Most
Lady Eleanor Dundas
Lord Charles Spencer (1740-1820), Second son of the Third Duke of Marlborough
The Engraver, Laurent Cars (1699-1771)
M. Bachelier, Director of Customs at Lyon (M. Bachelier, Directeur des fermes de Lyon)
Judith with the Head of Holofernes
Figure of a Girl in Blue (portrait of Miss Minnie Clark)
Portrait of a Lady, probably Anne Simms Reeve (née Browne) of Brancaster Hall, Norfolk
Crown for Vairocana Buddha (J. Dainichi Nyorai)
A Courtesan followed by Two kamuro and Another Courtesan Behind, Sheet 5 from the series of "The Main Street of the Yoshiwara in Cherry Blossom Time" (a five sheet series)
Standing Buddha, in Abhaya Mudrâ
Kneeling Monk Devotee (one of a pair)
Dvarapala (temple guardian; pair with 1980/2.291)
Scene from the life of the Buddha: Buddha triumphs over the fire snake at the Fire Temple of Uruvilva Kasyapa (architectural fragment)
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Frederick Sandys
27 in. x 23 in. x 2 in. ( 68.58 cm x 58.42 cm x 5.08 cm )
Museum purchase made possible by a gift from Helmut Stern
Label copy
This striking painting, which features a woman bedecked in yellow satin, black velvet, pearls, and gold against a dark maroon background, is an outstanding example of mid-Victorian portraiture. While there is much evidence to suggest that the sitter is Anne Reeve (née Browne) of Brancaster Hall, Norfolk, her exact identity is still open to question; in any case, the sitter's attire and accessories are signs of a person of high social standing. Like many of the Pre-Raphaelite artists with whom he associated, Sandys had an affinity for fifteenth- and sixteenth-century German and Flemish art because of its painstaking attention to detail, crisp delineation of forms, and enamel-like surface. Here he paints on a wood panel, which, when properly prepared before painting, provides a seamless surface that allows for the kind of precision not possible with paintings on canvas. Sandys captures the woman's likeness in meticulous detail, from her high forehead, hazel eyes, and elongated neck to her long lashes and the light wave in her hair. Such attention to detail can also be seen in the treatment of the exotic oleander plants—imported from the Mediterranean—and the gothic-inspired ornamental textile in the background.
The precise identification of the sitter is a bit problematic, but there is much evidence to suggest she is Anne Simms Reeve, the sister of Philip Bedingfeld, LLP, JP of Ditchingham Hall, Norfolk, and daughter of William Browne of Tichwell, Norfolk, who married B. Simms Reeve, Q.C. of nearby Brancaster in 1854.
Like many of the Pre-Raphaelite artists with whom he associated, Sandys had a penchant for 15th-16th-century Flemish and German art, which is evidenced by the meticulous attention to detail, crisp delineation of forms, highly-finished enamel-like surface, along with the lush brocade and exotic foliage in the background of this panel painting.
Half-length portrait of a young woman facing right with dark brown hair wearing a yellow satin dress. The upper part of her bodice is trimmed with black ribbons arranged in vertical stripes. She wears gold ovoid pendant earrings, and a strand of pearls in her hair. In the background are branches of oleander, and to the left of the sitter, is a panel of brocaded textile of late medieval design.
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Q: same url ('/') with different templates based on login status in AngularJS I'd like to know the best practice, how to set up routing and templates in AngularJS to show a different front & login area to visitors, and then show a dashboard to logged in users on the same base url ('/').
The two pages are structurally completely different, and also different assets are needed.
Is it better to setup two different apps for the 2 parts of the website, but then how would I manage the session between the 2?
Or is it better to make an "empty" layout with nothing between the body tags an load the different templates into that, and make separate routing for the front part and the dasboard part?
I'm looking for kind of like the way Facebook's login is made. To stay on the root domain after logging in.
I spent my afternoon Googling and searching SO, but couldn't find any guides on this. Any ideas how you usually do this kind of separation in AngularJS would be very welcome.

A: You can use the same master template, include different partials depending on if the user is logged in or not.
<ng-include=" 'views/loggedout.html' " ng-if="!loggedIn"></ng-include>
<ng-include=" 'views/loggedin.html' " ng-if="loggedIn"></ng-include>

A: Martin's answer is fine, but I'd rather solve the problem with ui-router module:

*

*Create three states: root, dashboard and landing.

*Capture URL with root state and redirect to dashboard or landing depending on authorization status.

*dashboard and landing will have controller and templateUrl defined in one place together with other application states, which is nice.

Code example:
angular
  .module("app", ["ui.router"])
  .value("user", {
    name: "Bob",
    id: 1,
    loggedIn: true
  })
  .config(function($stateProvider) {
    $stateProvider
      .state("root", {
        url: "",
        template: "<section ui-view></section>",
        controller: function($state, user) {
          if ($state.is("root")) $state.go(user.loggedIn ? "dashboard" : "landing");
        }
      })
      .state("landing", {
        templateUrl: "landing.html",
        controller: "LandingCtrl"
      })
      .state("dashboard", {
        templateUrl: "dashboard.html",
        controller: "DashboardCtrl"
      });
  })
  .controller("DashboardCtrl", function($scope, user, $state) {
    $scope.logout = function() {
      user.loggedIn = false;
      $state.go("root");
    }
  })
  .controller("LandingCtrl", function($scope, user, $state) {
    $scope.login = function() {
      user.loggedIn = true;
      $state.go("root");
    }
  })

Complete example on Plunker.


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Government to invest in brain cancer research in honour of Tessa Jowell
Government doubles investment in brain cancer research with £40 million 'Tessa Jowell Brain Cancer Research Mission'
The Tessa Jowell Brain Cancer Research Mission covers several of Baroness Jowell's campaign requests, and will include a boosted research fund, an annual global symposium and new commitments to clinical excellence in her name.
This follows a meeting Tessa Jowell had with the Prime Minister and the Health Secretary in Downing Street in February.
Commenting, Prime Minister Theresa May said: "Baroness Tessa Jowell faced her illness with dignity and courage – and it was a privilege to host her in Downing Street recently to discuss what more we can do to tackle brain cancer.
"We send our sincere condolences to her family – and I hope that the actions we are taking now and in the future to improve care and research for those confronting a terrible disease will form part of the lasting legacy of an inspirational woman."
Announcing the Mission, Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt said: Tessa Jowell was one of those few politicians who could inspire and unite across party lines.
"We were all moved by her bravery and selfless campaigning in her final months, and are determined to honour her life and memory with the action on brain cancer that she fought so hard for. At this agonising time, I hope her family can draw comfort from the fact that her legacy will be lives saved and heartbreak averted for thousands of other families.'
Health Minister Lord O'Shaughnessy will lead the work to implement these commitments. Lord O'Shaughnessy said: "We are deeply saddened by this loss – Tessa Jowell did more than anyone to shine a light on the need to improve research and care for people with brain cancer.
"It is a great privilege and honour to take forward this work, which we hope will boost life-saving research and transform brain cancer care in the way that Tessa called for."
The research fund will initially consist of £65 million, and we will aim to increase it each year as high-quality research proposals that can boost outcomes for people diagnosed with brain cancer emerge.
£40 million in Government funding will be bolstered by £25 million from Cancer Research UK, on top of the £13 million it spends each year on research and development of cancer treatments.
This research will be backed by new clinical commitments – including a national rollout of one of the key brain cancer diagnosis tests, gold standard dye, which is used to identify tumours. This dye is currently only used in half of brain cancer centres in England.
There is also a new commitment to accelerate the use of adaptive trials – to test different treatments at the same time and speed up the process.
In addition, the UK Government will host a new Tessa Jowell global symposium, which will bring together the best clinical, scientific and academic minds on brain cancer, in order to identify gaps, best practice and priorities in research.
Each year around 11,400 people in the UK are diagnosed with a brain tumour and just 14% of people survive their disease for 10 or more years. It is hoped the Tessa Jowell Brain Cancer Mission will stimulate innovative new research and clinical practice to boost outcomes of people diagnosed with brain tumours.
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The Amblers: The Dustling Man
Written by Tecla Ciolfi on 4 December 2017
The Amblers' "The Dustling Man" EP wastes no time in introducing itself with Jason Hinch (drums) and Justin Swart (guitar, vocals) launching into languid rock 'n' roll opener 'Sometimes'. The Dan Auerbach twang is strong in Swart's tone, but it's one that lends itself to the genre I guess.
It's 'Dustling Man' that really kicks things into high gear though, with it's distorted, Jack White-like guitar tone dripping from the opening riff. Swart's vocals are a bit too staccato for me though, I'd love for the lyrics to effortlessly bleed into each other. This effect is somewhat achieved on 'Tired Man' which aids in making the song a literal manifestation of the toxic relationship Swart's singing about. It's a Black Keys situation up and down the different tempos and as a result makes it a standout track.
'Keep Me Screaming' is probably best indicative of the rock-solid foundation that Hinch supplies and wraps things up neatly, with the promise of a full album in the works.
Even though they're still to be tried and tested live (although with Hinch at the helm I don't see how a show could be any less than pure power) The Amblers' debut EP deserves your full attention.
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Irish couple Adi and Mario were recently engaged and decided to capture this exciting time amongst Sydney's harbour front landmarks. We had an amazing evening for their shoot at Kirribilli, with bright blue skies and a dramatic sunset.
Michaela and Alex were on their honeymoon from Germany, and I'm so glad they got in touch to arrange some couple photos during their trip to Australia. Check out their newly wedded bliss.
Natalie & Antoine wanted to explore a few of Sydney's famous streets and parks. So we went out one sunny afternoon, with our walking shoes on, and covered a couple of kilometres from Hyde Park to the Opera House, and then on to the Rocks.
We had a fun time getting to know each other along the way too! All the best for your wedding in Vietnam later this year.


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Spatalistis egesta is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Japan (Honshu), the Russian Far East and China (Shanxi, Zhejiang).

The wingspan is 12–15 mm. The forewings are orangeous to ochreous orange. The pattern is black in the form of an irregularly edged basal blotch, connecting submedially or subdorsally with a broad irregularly concave proximal edge of the median fascia. There are two or three groups of erects scales and refractive, diffused markings on the pattern. The hindwings are brownish, somewhat paler basally.

The larvae feed on Cornus controversa and Rhamnus costata.

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Moths described in 1974
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Who should not take XEOMIN®?
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XEOMIN® is a prescription medicine that is injected into muscles and used to improve the look of moderate to severe frown lines between the eyebrows (glabellar lines) in adults for a short period of time (temporary). Xeomin®, a Merz Aesthetics product (maker of Radiesse), is being referred to as the "naked injectable" by physicians because it does not contain any additives or complex proteins. The benefit of this, according to Dr. Anne White, is that the body is less likely to have an adverse reaction to the treatment than with Botox®. Side effects and efficacy are expected to be similar to other botulinum toxin products.
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Q: Drawing on an Android Canvas, angle is not correct I have a custom view that I have created for Android where I am drawing a Circle and dividing it into sections.
Here is the code for onDraw:
int w = Width;
int h = Height;

int pl = PaddingLeft;
int pr = PaddingRight;
int pt = PaddingTop;
int pb = PaddingBottom;

int usableWidth = w - (pl + pr);
int usableHeight = h - (pt + pb);

int radius = Math.Min(usableWidth, usableHeight) / 2;
int cx = pl + (usableWidth / 2);
int cy = pt + (usableHeight / 2);

int lineLenght = radius - (pl * 2) - (pr * 2);

paint.Color = Color.Black;
paint.SetStyle(Paint.Style.Stroke);
canvas.DrawCircle(cx, cy, radius, paint);

//Move to top of the circle
float pointAngle = 360 / noOfJoints;
for (float angle = 0; angle < 361; angle = angle + pointAngle)
{   //move round the circle to each point
    float x = cx + ((float)Math.Cos(radians(angle)) * radius); //convert angle to radians for x and y coordinates
    float y = cy + ((float)Math.Sin(radians(angle)) * radius);
    canvas.DrawLine(cx, cy, x, y, paint); //draw a line from center point back to the point
}

But when I run this, it provides a view like the following:

Which is close to what I want, but the start of sections should be from the middle. How can I get it to start from 0 angle (first divider should be from Top to bottom straight line).
The preferred circle is as follows:

A: Try this:
for (float angle = 0; angle < 361; angle = angle + pointAngle)
{   //move round the circle to each point
    float displacedAngle = angle - 90;
    float x = cx + ((float)Math.Cos(radians(displacedAngle)) * radius); //convert angle to radians for x and y coordinates
    float y = cy + ((float)Math.Sin(radians(displacedAngle)) * radius);
    canvas.DrawLine(cx, cy, x, y, paint); //draw a line from center point back to the point
}

Angle 0 is the rightest point of the circle, subtracting 90 will it move to top point.
Also, a recommendation, avoid variable creation and object instantiation as much as possible in the onDraw method. It's a real performance killer.


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Erwin Wetterling Jacob (17 de febrero de 1978 - 22 de octubre de 1989) fue un niño de San José, de Minnesota, que fue secuestrado de su ciudad natal a la edad de 11 años, el 22 de octubre de 1989. El 3 de septiembre de 2016 después de casi 27 años de su secuestro, autoridades del Condado de Stearns anunciaron el hallazgo e identificación de los restos de Jacob, siendo el propio asesino de Jacob quien indicara a la policía el paradero de los restos.

Secuestro
Jacob, su hermano y un amigo salieron en bicicleta desde una tienda de videos cuando un hombre armado enmascarado salió de una calzada y ordenó a los niños lanzar sus bicicletas en una zanja y que se acostaran en el suelo. Preguntó a cada niño su edad. Al hermano de Jacob y a su amigo les ordenó que corrieran hacia una zona boscosa cercana y que no miraran hacia atrás o que les dispararía. Una vez que se alejaron unos metros, los niños miraron hacia atrás y vieron al hombre tomar a Jacob por el codo y lo condujo hacia su automóvil, desde ese entonces, el paradero de Jacob y la identidad de aquel hombre se desconocen. El secuestro de Jacob Weterling esta narrado de una forma tierna y triste. Fue publicado por la revista Selecciones del Reader's Digest en 1999.

Continuación de la investigación
La investigación sobre el secuestro de Jacob continuó. En 2004, algunos nuevos informes aparecían en la prensa local. Una larga convicción de que el secuestrador se escapó en un automóvil fue abandonada. También se reveló que diez meses antes del secuestro Wetterling otro niño había sido secuestrado, colocado en un coche, y abusado sexualmente antes de ser liberado. El modo de operar era similar al que en el caso Wetterling: el hombre utilizó un arma de fuego y al liberar al muchacho le dijo que corriera y no mirara hacia atrás, o bien le dispararía. Este incidente se produjo a diez millas del lugar donde Jacob, su hermano, y su amigo, fueron detenidos.

El proyecto Charley ha creado bocetos de un hombre que cree que ha secuestrado a Jacob y abusado sexualmente del otro niño en 1989.

Promoción
Cuatro meses después del secuestro de Jacob, sus padres, Jerry y Patty Wetterling, formaron la Fundación Jacob Wetterling, un grupo de defensa de la seguridad de los niños. En 1994, la "Ley Jacob Wetterling de Registro de Delincuentes de Crímenes contra los Niños y la violencia sexual" , más conocido simplemente como la Ley de Jacob Wetterling, fue aprobada en su honor. Fue la primera ley para instituir un estado de delito sexual. La ley ha sido modificada varias veces, la más conocida como Ley de Megan en 1996.

El Puente de la Esperanza está en honor del nombre de Jacob. Patty Wetterling compitió sin éxito para Representante del Sexto Distrito del Congreso de Minnesota en 2004 y 2006.

Jacob es un niño destacado en la Fundación Polly Klaas.

Hallazgo
En septiembre del 2016, 27 años después del secuestro sus restos fueron encontrados, según informó la oficina del alguacil del condado de Stearns. "El médico forense del condado de Ramsey y un odontólogo forense identificaron hoy los restos de Wetterling", según un comunicado divulgado el sábado 3 de septiembre del 2016. Fuentes no identificadas le dijeron a WCCO, una afiliada de CNN, y al periódico Minneapolis Star Tribune que un sospechoso de la desaparición de Wetterling condujo al FBI a los restos que ahora están analizando con pruebas de ADN.

Confesión y cierre del caso
Danny Heinrich de 53 años quien enfrentaba un juicio en su contra por la posesión de pornografía infantil y quien durante la investigación de la policía había sido señalado como sospechoso, finalmente confesó haber secuestrado y asesinado a Jacob Wetterling.

Heinrich describió como confrontó a los niños en la carretera amenazándolos con un revólver mientras su rostro estaba cubierto con una media,  uno a uno les preguntó su edad y finalmente esposó a Jacob mientras ordenaba a los otros dos niños que corrieran hacia el bosque sin mirar atrás o les dispararía. Heinrich también dijo que se llevó al niño a un lugar apartado donde abusó sexualmente de él y que su intención no era matarlo pero que al escuchar las sirenas de una patrulla entró en pánico y disparó a Jacob por la espalda.

Referencias

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Q: Multiprojects with the same version on jenkins with Maven I have 3 (actually I have 50+, but let's say 3 to simplify things) projects on 3 different repositories:
- parentpom (only a pom.xml)
- project1 (parent=parentpom)
- project2 (dependent on project1)

I want all of them to have always the same version.
I tried using ${revision} but it doesn't work for me, in fact revision needs either the relativePath of the pom.xml where it has to look for the value of the properties, or it needs the project to be declared as a sub module of the parentpom.
In both cases I need to declare relative paths in order to make ${revision} work, and that it's not possible with Jenkins, since those projects are located in different repositories, and their jenkins folder's name is not the same as the project's name, so it'd be a mess.
I also thought about defining the revision number in a property for every project, and then change it by command line from a job when the parentpom version is changed. The only problem is that when I run
mvn project1 -Drevision=2.2.0 install

it just doesn't work because Jenkins can't resolve the ${revision} in the parent from the properties
If you have any suggestion on how to synchronize the versions of those projects automatically it'd be really appreciated

A: After a long research, I recognized that what I want is an antipattern, compared to how Maven works, so we're considering to group all the project in a few multimodule repository, so that we can have a unique versione by using ${revision}


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Deluxe Toronto Takes on 4K Post for Resident Evil's Last Stand
Deluxe Toronto took on most of the post-production services for the sixth and last movie in the sci-fi horror franchise, 'Resident Evil: The Final Chapter'. The project pulled together many members of the original production team, including director Paul W.S. Anderson, and Deluxe itself had worked on three of the previous films in the series. From the time its first film was released in 2002, 'Resident Evil' is noted as one of the few consistently successful game based movie franchises and, more than likely, it has also helped turn the zombie theme into a film genre.
The Deluxe team handled the 4K 2D DI, 3D 2K DI, full 7.1 and 5.1 audio mixes for domestic and international versions, digital cinema mastering and nearly 300 visual effects shots. Deluxe also delivered a HDR remaster for the film's home entertainment release.
"We've been working with Deluxe Toronto for years," said Paul W.S. Anderson. "Their ability to handle nearly all of our post production out of one facility allowed me to use my time quite efficiently. I could sit in on a mix review session and then walk 20 feet down the hall to give notes on the DI. We can also put a great level of trust and confidence in them."
Evil Family
Deluxe worked on the second movie 'Resident Evil: Apocalypse', and then the fourth to the sixth - 'Resident Evil: Afterlife', 'Resident Evil: Retribution' and 'Resident Evil: The Final Chapter' - in various capacities.
Senior vice president of post production Nick Iannelli at Deluxe Toronto said, "Since we have a long-term relationship with the director and the production, we've established a bit of short hand. We already understand the expectations for various deliverables, and so there's a sense of comfort and trust. We're one of the few facilities in the world where you can do a full Dolby Atmos mix and 4K DI in rooms that are 20 feet down the hall from one another. This allowed Paul to maximize his decisions in minimal time. Like 'The Final Chapter', we also handled colour and DI for 'Afterlife'. For 'Retribution', we were responsible for the mix and delivery as well, including IMAX, DCP and home entertainment versions.
"DP Glen McPherson started on the franchise with 'Afterlife' and had collaborated with Paul on a number of films prior, including 'Pompeii' and 'The Three Musketeers', and was the DP and stereographer on 'The Final Destination'. Since 'Afterlife' had been shot in 3D, Glen was a natural choice. He's very technically minded and involved in the colour process every step of the way. It's been a great ongoing relationship.
"Because this was our fourth collaboration on the franchise, we dove in with a good sense of the look production wanted, and that familiarity made it all the more fun," Nick said. "Paul is a visionary director with a deep appreciation for the post process, so it's always exciting to see what he dreams up. The film consists of a lot of fast cuts, almost 6,000 in total, and by rallying together, our team delivered what was akin to posting three features in record time."
The two shots above come from the second movie 'Resident Evil: Apocalypse', Deluxe's first project for this franchise, which was shot on film.
5K Capture
'Resident Evil: The Final Chapter' was shot as a monoscopic production on the RED Epic with the Dragon sensor, recording to Redcode RAW at 5K. This made file size a consideration from the start, although the format itself wasn't a major factor for the post team because the footage was transcoded into 16bit DPX for the editing and colour workflow.
They worked at 4K for the 2D version, then published the timeline to the 3D conversion company Legend 3D at 2K. The finished project with all versions – including renders, VFX, 2D, SDR, HDR and so on – came in around 120TB, which was managed with internal storage. While they finished at 4K, the 5K material from set gave them a great starting point with room to play with the image.
"We could scale 30 to 40 percent more without losing resolution, which was important due to the film's fast cutting style and the director's desire to manipulate almost every frame," said Nick. "About 90 percent of the film has some kind of visual treatment, whether a camera reposition, speed variation or VFX – and that represents thousands of optical changes. Having that 5K capture meant we could accommodate all those changes and more to achieve the look they were after."
Three Versions
Final sequences were received at Deluxe from editorial as Avid bins, allowing them to manipulate lists as needed and keep a QuickTime for reference. Original camera data came on LTO tape, which was put on the SAN and conformed from all sources.
They created three versions - 4K 2D and 3D 2K for theatrical distribution, and HDR for home entertainment. "Size and resolution are the main differences between the 2D and 3D theatrical versions," said Nick. "The film also contains a huge number of power windows, but this windowing and colour didn't automatically translate to 3D. Each window had to be resized and moved in order for the 3D pass to account for the stereoscopic view. Furthermore, we had to scale back some of the optical shakes for 3D audiences as the effect would have been too jarring.
"Viewing through 3D glasses also impacts on the colour so we had to regrade to balance the intensity. For the HDR version, the 4K grade was used as the baseline, then we optimized for HDR."
Colour Science
While they are all part of the same franchise, each 'Resident Evil' film has in fact had a specific look and mood. Adding a further dimension to the work was the fact that 'Apocalypse' was shot on film, 'Afterlife' and 'Retribution' were shot stereoscopically, and 'The Final Chapter' was shot in 2D to allow for more freeform camera movements, similar to the handheld feel of the original.
"We handled all Resident Evil projects with consistent colour science, and while the digital colourist for each differed, the DP Glen McPherson and our interface for finishing was the same," Nick said. "For this film, the colourist was Mitch Paulson at Efilm, another Deluxe company. Our Deluxe DI team here in Toronto, headed by DI project manager Peter Armstrong, has a really close working relationship with Mitch and the entire team at EFILM, and they regularly collaborate on colour science. Mitch was integral to the overall look and was also able to apply a lot of tricks in the colour suite for certain shots that otherwise might have required VFX."
Shooting the movie on RED gave the production another advantage in post. RED cameras support image processing in log mode, allowing greater latitude over colour manipulation. By grading in log fashion as well, they could produce images in whatever colour output was needed, including HDR for the home entertainment remaster.
For the HDR pass, they used Dolby Vision mastering tools as their platform. The Dolby Vision system has a higher brightness value monitor, which makes the colour space and contrast ratio very different than when working with standard dynamic range. "We graded in both environments to ensure the looks matched, even though the HDR pass has more latitude. The digital cinema grade was our base, and we then adjusted and made creative decisions accordingly. For deliverables, we traditionally use a LUT with a trim pass for the home entertainment colour space, to mimic what was done in the theatrical versions. In the case of Dolby Vision, we utilized the DI colour decisions and then did a shot-for-shot recolour for the HDR master," said Nick.
Fast Cuts and VFX
Based on a high action, sci-fi video game this film, like the entire franchise, is full of digital characters and environments, dramatic clashes with lethal weapons and so on. The effects-heavy nature of the project called for specialist outside vendors including Mr X as the lead VFX house as well as Rodeo FX and others, tasked with about 2,000 shots overall. Since Deluxe were already deeply involved in other parts of the post, they picked up much of the clean-up work, which they could incorporate into the editorial and colour workflows, as mentioned.
Collaborating with the other vendors mainly required receiving their shots to add to the timeline, but the project's fast cutting style brought some particular challenges. Nick said, "Because the editor was working to achieve a very specific look, we collaborated a lot during the conform. Not only does the film have a high volume of cuts, but many of the cuts also have an optical effect applied, which meant spending an extended time matching within a pixel of every move and shape.
"Keeping the opticals organised was a job all on its own. It involved extensive tracking and in some instances, we were cutting each frame, which required us to manipulate the system to gain enough control. Adrian Saywell, the online picture editor at Deluxe, spent nearly three months on the project."
'Resident Evil: The Final Chapter' is produced by Constantin Film and Impact Pictures. The film reached cinemas in Japan in late December 2016 and in the US on 27 January 2017. www.bydeluxe.com
Images courtesy of Constantin Film and Impact Pictures


For this week's post, I looked at the Archives of Scientific Psychology, an open access journal published starting in 2013 by the American Psychological Association. In its introductory article, the authors describe it as "a new journal for a new era." The journal was created based on a desire for psychological scientists to interface more effectively with the public, and to make the process of psychological research (e.g., methodology) more transparent. Authors who publish in this journal are expected to make their data and methods available and to provide not only a scientific abstract but also a non-technical, jargon-free abstract that is more accessible for the public. Reviewer comments and author responses may also be published alongside the article itself, to make it more clear that the paper was rigorously reviewed, and reviewers and authors may choose to make themselves known to one another during the review process. Finally, the journal strives to produce new content frequently and on a timely basis after submission to keep things current.
All of these unorthodox policies are meant to demystify the publishing process and make scientific research more accessible to the general public. The introductory article states that the journal hopes that its model will one day be the norm for scientific articles. While the authors of this article acknowledge that the journal puts more of a burden on contributors (and possibly reviewers) by asking for extra information and speeding up the timeline, they also state that contributors will benefit greatly by having their article made available to a wide audience without a membership fee. Interestingly, I don't see anything in this article about how much contributors will have to pay to be published here.
The journal explains its role in the open access movement in a scientific way, presenting data that argues for and against open access and sharing some statistics that suggest that open access is here to stay. Essentially, it seems like the journal's creators are moving forward to keep up with this momentum and not attending to potential drawbacks.
Overall, I am supportive of this journal and curious to see how the articles in it actually look and read and how impactful they are on the field. It seems like the Archives goes beyond the typical standards for many other open access journals (i.e., available to a large audience without a membership fee, with the cost burden being placed on contributors instead). This journal really goes the extra mile to make the publishing process transparent and to try to benefit both the audience and the contributors (though perhaps more so for one than the other).


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 Orpheus und Eurydike – opera lirica in 3 atti e un epilogo composta da Ernst Krenek

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NEW ORLEANS (May 1, 2018) Smoothie King, the leading smoothie company with more than 900 locations worldwide, continues its record-setting growth in 2018. The company signed 36 new franchise agreements this quarter across 14 states that will add 36 new stores to the brand's growing footprint.
Momentum continues to build for the brand, which is already the fastest-growing chain in its category. In 2017, Smoothie King added 147 franchisee agreements, and it expects to open 150 new locations in 2018, the most stores it has ever opened in the U.S. in a single year.
CEO Wan Kim credits the company's continued growth to its Cleaner Blending initiative and its ongoing focus on Smoothies With A Purpose.
In 2017, Smoothie King launched its Cleaner Blending initiative, eliminating high fructose corn syrup, trans fat, hydrogenated oil, gluten and ingredients prohibited by any regulatory lists monitored by NSF from all its smoothies. Already in 2018, it has added whole blueberries and spinach to its ingredient list and will remove artificial flavors, artificial colors, artificial preservatives, added hormones, GMO fruits and vegetables, and all added sugar from more than 50 smoothies by the end of this year.
For example, a franchisee opening its first location in Joplin, Missouri, this year voted to expand into Tulsa, Oklahoma, based on Smoothie King's financial success and commitment to the vision. Resilient, LLC, led by Steven and Tristan Taggart, will open three Tulsa locations over the next three years. The company's Joplin location will open in 2018.
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Mental Health Conference Convenes at Grafton
News, News Articles
By Jessica J. Burchard
Despite differences in policy, representatives from three countries have found common issues in mental health care options.
A group of eight mental health specialists — from New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States — convened at the Grafton Inc. administrative offices on Monday and Tuesday.
Their meeting is part of a new campaign for mental health awareness called the International Initiative for Disability Leadership. The meeting was co-sponsored by Grafton and New Zealand's Office for Disability Issues and the Ministry of Health's Disability Services Directorate.
"The conference is about trying to get leaders in different disciplinary fields together to see how their systems run," said Geraldine Woods, senior public service officer for the New Zealand Ministry of Health. "I didn't come here with any agenda, besides exchanging information."
During their gathering, the group toured Grafton's Winchester offices and a residential facility in Berryville before sitting down for a roundtable discussion on Tuesday afternoon.
Patty Cooney, regional director for South West England Care Services Partnership, praised the exchange of ideas. "There are strengths in everyone's services and the idea is what can we learn from them," he said. "Actually, having face-to-face contact to learn is the best."
Cooney was amazed at the differences between the UK's National Health Care system and the free-market health care system. "In England, we have the National Health Services, so no one is left out," he said. "In America, there are people with health insurance, but no long-term care. You have people selling their homes and moving in with their children because of health care costs."
Today, Cooney and the others will travel to Ottawa for a three-day conference. Canada also has a national health care system. While many of Grafton's programs were lauded, its new "extraordinary blocking" technique received considerable attention. The technique was implemented in 2006 and features a staff member using a cushion with handles on it to prevent harm or frightening a child who has become violent.
"The whole policy they've developed there is something to take away," Cooney said. "They've got the staff engaged." In addition to its blocking technique, Grafton was endorsed for taking on youths with severe disabilities such as emotional disturbances, learning disabilities, mental retardation, autistism, and severe behavioral disorders.
"In most other areas of the country, those people are being pingponged among different organizations," said Eileen Elias, a deputy director for the Department of Health and Human Services.
Elias coordinates policy supporting integrated human and human services systems at all levels of public and private systems. She also works to ensure that people with disabilities have access to education, employment, housing, and other resources.
Citing her experience internationally and in the United States, Elias noted how well-organized Grafton's services are. "Grafton has developed a terrific program," she said. "For us, in the U.S., Grafton is a model program."
Grafton operates 23 group homes across Virginia, including about a dozen in the Winchester area and a Berryville facility. For all the comparisons and contrasts among the services, Woods stressed one central goal for the conference.
"What we're trying to do is keep the conference relevant to everybody," she said. "How do we get the best services for everyone?"
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