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Building Bridges with Music from Main Street to Sesame Street: Judith Clurman
Posted on December 27, 2012 by artstomarket
Judith Clurman, Emmy and Grammy-Nominated Conductor
"Becoming a musician is a life-long process" says Emmy and Grammy-nominated conductor, vocal educator and choral specialist, Judith Clurman. Ms. Clurman has conducted symphonies, ballets and choral ensembles worldwide, She has premiered over fifty works by America's most revered composers. She is the former Director of Choral Activities at The Julliard School and has been a guest teacher and conductor at Harvard University and Cambridge University in the UK. She created and for nine years served as Artistic Director of the Lincoln Center Tree Lighting, where she collaborated with leading artists of popular, jazz, and classical music. She also served as the Associate Music Director for Season 39 of Sesame Street.
Ms. Clurman is currently the Music Director and Conductor of Essential Voices USA (EVUSA) that promotes the love of music and the art of ensemble singing. The group mixes professional and auditioned volunteer singers. Under her direction, they have performed on National Public Radio, at the Rockefeller Center Tree Lighting ceremony, and as part of the New York Pops series at Carnegie Hall, Clurman conducted select students in a performance at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. EVUSA's most recent recording, Celebrating The American Spirit, features guest Broadway starts Kelli O'Hara and Ron Raines. This CD is a perfect example of Clurman's eclectic approach to music. Ms. Clurman is known for building bridges and putting together unique collaborations in music.
Clurman is also tuned in to recent changes in the music industry. She says, "People learn a lot from what they can find online, so we need to be imaginative and listen to our audiences. Musicians – all performers – are faced with a whole new set of challenges in what Clurman refers to as a 'YouTube world.' If we the want the public to come hear and experience live music in concert halls we must teach them how to distinguish levels of quality. Remember that an mp3 is not the same as a finely engineered recording and live music is not perfect and edited!"
Ms. Clurman points out, "Arts education in this country is increasingly at risk. In the past, learning music in schools taught socialization and community building as well as introducing students to how to sing in choruses and/or play in bands and orchestras. Young people were not scared to have fun together and experience all different types of music. Learning music also taught children discipline and fine study habits. They even learned about healthy competition with their fellow students. "
"To pursue a career in music requires discipline, as I found when I was a young child and then as a student at The Julliard School. You cannot become an artist over night. You must realize that you are going to have ups and downs and face many challenges. You need to learn about your own strengths and weaknesses. You need to learn how to use your imagination. You must be willing to take chances, take risks, and not copy someone else's performance that you hear on a recording. You must learn how to be you."
"In the ideal world, a young artist would find a mentor who would support them emotionally and teach them. They must learn that success will take time. They must learn that they cannot be afraid of failure. They must learn that success is about being true to yourself. They must learn that they need to find their own special passions!"
Judith Clurman's devotion to supporting American music, to uniting and nurturing seasoned and young professionals in her ensembles, to championing young composers, and to creating imaginative programming have made her an inspirational and greatly admired figure in the international music community. Her current and former students can be found in major opera companies, musical theater productions, and conducting positions worldwide.
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Teaching Life Skills and Art Curation: Eliot Lable
Posted on December 6, 2012 by artstomarket
Eliot Lable, Artist
Eliot Lable, who explores the tough subjects of violence, evil and intolerance in his art, has for the past seven years run NURTUREart's Education Outreach program in Brooklyn high schools that teaches underserved students in the New York area how to curate art and also how to work cooperatively with others. NURTUREart's education program gives students the opportunity to meet and learn from professional artists and curators who expose them to contemporary art and teach them skills that can lead to future careers.
The program runs throughout the school year and culminates in an exhibition at the NURTUREart Gallery. It teaches students art handling, installation, press and marketing and preparing for an opening reception. Students are given the opportunity to visit studios of area artists, go to art galleries and art institutions, and to learn to write about and critique art.
Lable started the program in 2005 with then art teacher Sarah Hervert, who is now a middle school assistant principal. Their goal was to involve the many artists who have studios in their area, and it has grown to include multiple schools. In 2010, NURTUREart added an education coordinator to help expand the program and to develop new partnerships. The organization is a non-profit that's received support from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, NYCulture, WNYC, The Greenwall Foundation, The Leibovitz Foundation, and The New York State Council on the Arts.
According to Lable, "the best part of program is that it reinforces what students learn and teaches them how to work with each other through curating a show. It gives them a purpose and also improves their writing, editing and other skills".
In talking about his own work as an artist and educator, Lable says, "As a complex person, there is an artist side of me and an art educator side. The art work that I create in my studio is typically connected to a subject that I find personally captivating. The challenge then is to convert this idea into a visual entity that truly represents the initial captivation. I feel that another part of me wants to share with students the immense joy of making art work. Also a part of me believes that the process of making art can be a stepping stone for learning".
Eliot Lable's work, which explores the subjects of violence, evil, torture, death, intolerance, fear and aging, has been exhibited in many solo and group shows, including in Finland and Costa Rica. He's received numerous grants, including a Fulbright Fellowship to Finland; and two Council for Basic Education Grants, which were sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts and Time Warner. His work is in the collections of the Museo de Arte Costarricense in Costa Rica, and in Helsinki, Finland, the City Art Museum and the Museum of Contemporary Art, as well as in private and corporate collections. A permanent sculpture, commissioned by Public Art for Public Schools (PAPS), can be seen at the entrance of the School of Cooperative Education in New York City.
Anyone interested in learning more about NURTUREart or Eliot Lable's work is invited to contact him at info@eliotlable.com or 718.706.8622.
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"Russian Knights" in Yerevan 01.10.2014
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Azatavrear
It all started in 2009 from this device
http://forum.hyeclub.com/showthread....l=1#post294786
Excellent....and thanks for showing the Armenian designed devices that led to the UAV turret (Gimbal, skyball), which is fully functional and it by itself is a proto-type in its own kind for future designs.
This is very important, I say again, its very important......I am sure Armenian engineers, if funded, will improve the Gimbal to make it more detailed with stronger zoom, infra red ranging, night vision, electromagnetic spectrum, thermal infrared imaging.......improvements in all of these plus the problems to transmit all data real time.
This is something we as as small nation need for border control and enemy movements.
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Two Azerbaijani soldiers wounded due to ceasefire violation
AZ_BAKU - 14.04.2014 13:55:12
Two soldiers of the Azerbaijani National Army were wounded as a result of the ceasefire violation by the Armenian Armed Forces.
Elmirad Gurbanalizadeh and Asim Guliyev who received bullet wounds were hospitalized, the press-service of the Defense Ministry reported.
It should be noted that Armenian Armed Forces broke ceasefire with Azerbaijani side again last night, the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry said on April 14.
The armed forces of Armenia opened fire at the positions of Azerbaijani Armed Forces from the positions located near the villages of Yusifjanli, Shirvanli, Novruzlu, Bash Garvand, Kengerli, Shuraabad, Shikhlar of Agdam region and Kuropatkino of Khojavend region.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988 when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan.
As a result of the ensuing war, in 1992 Armenian armed forces occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan, including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven surrounding districts.
The two countries signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994. The co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group, Russia, France and the U.S. are currently holding peace negotiations.
Armenia has not yet implemented the U.N. Security Council's four resolutions on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh and the surrounding regions. (Cihan/Xinhua)
General Antranik (1865-1927): "I am not a nationalist. I recognize only one nation, the nation of the oppressed."
Airshow in the Day of Aviation of Armenia. 06.28.2013
Armenian Army
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Are my eyes deceiving me or does the middle tank look like a T-90?
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Armenia, NATO Review Cooperation
Senior Armenian and NATO officials have met in Brussels to review increased bilateral cooperation, reportedly agreeing on the U.S.-led alliance's continued support for ongoing reforms of Armenia's armed forces.
An Armenian military delegation headed by First Deputy Defense Minister Tonoyan visited the NATO headquarters for a regular meeting with NATO's Political and Partnerships Committee (PPC) held on Monday. A statement released by Armenia's Defense Ministry the following day said they mapped out joint actions planned for this year.
The statement said Tonoyan briefed members of the committee on "the course of defense reforms implemented in Armenia." It added that the two sides "attached importance to ensuring the continuity" of assistance to those reforms provided by NATO and its individual member states, notably the United States. NATO officials praised progress that has already been made by Yerevan in boosting the civilian oversight and the transparency of the armed forces, according to the statement.
NATO has been specifically helping the Armenian military increase the number of non-commissioned officers serving on a contractual basis. As recently as last month, 46 Armenian sergeants underwent a week-long training course held by U.S. military instructors at the Defense Ministry's Warrant Officer School. Defense Minister Seyran Ohanian and U.S. Ambassador to Armenia John Heffern attended their graduation ceremony.
"This course supports the U.S. mission to sustain strong relationships with other armies, building their capacity and facilitating strategic access, which will lead to stronger regional stability," the U.S. Embassy said in a March 3 statement. It said more such training programs will be organized in the months to come.
Some of the U.S.-trained sergeants serve in an Armenian army brigade that contributes troops to the NATO-led missions in Kosovo and Afghanistan. The U.S. and several other NATO member states have provided considerable technical and material aid to the brigade over the past decade.
The Armenian government has insisted in recent months that its security ties with Washington and NATO in general will not be adversely affected by its plans to join a new Russian-dominated alliance of ex-Soviet states. Tonoyan said last December after talks with Evelyn Farkas, the U.S. deputy assistant secretary of defense for Russia and Eurasia, that Yerevan plans to step up that cooperation.
While in Brussels, Tonoyan also met with James Appathurai, NATO's deputy assistant secretary general for political affairs. The Defense Ministry statement said they discussed not only Armenia-NATO ties but also regional security issues.
http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/25334617.html

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Took 14-year-old and almost-twelve-year-old to see this earlier on. Youngest son chose it for his birthday treat. The review promised something like "non-stop action" so frankly I was dreading it. Took along a note-book and an mp3 player in case I seriously couldn't stand it.
I actually enjoyed it. Very heavy-handed with the shaky-camera business - I did wonder at one point if I was going to be ill - and plundered quite a lot of clichés so freely that a lot of it was predictable, but on balance, it worked very well. Good scene-setting at the beginning, reasonable character differentiation, excellent and relentless tension, and no crowbarred-in love scenes. In fact, no love scenes at all, which was refreshing.
I would never have chosen this film, and in fact the cinema was only 25% full at our showing (5:30pm), but I totally do not feel I wasted my afternoon.Only thing was, I was so wired by the end of it, it took me about half an hour to get my head straight afterwards. Which I guess is how you'd feel if you'd just been through what the characters had been through, so there's a recommendation in itself.


Therapeutic stretching massage offered by Creative Bodyworks and Orlando Massage is a very useful and effective technique we often incorporate into my treatments. Active isolated stretching (AIS) is one type of therapeutic stretching. AIS uses the bodies own reflexes to help your muscles lengthen and stretch. Each stretch is held for no more than two seconds while simultaneously contracting the opposing muscles to induce reciprocal inhibition/relaxation in the muscle being stretched. This restricts the muscle spindle/stretch reflex and helps the muscle to lengthen more easily. Another form of therapeutic stretching massage is post-isometric relaxation.
With post-isometric relaxation the muscle to be stretched is lightly contracted against resistance for about 7 seconds. Then the client relaxes while the massage therapist takes up the "slack" in muscle until a new resistance point is reached. Therapeutic stretching can be used as the primary treatment for those clients that aren't able to tolerate more specific massage. Below are a few common examples addressed by therapeutic stretching massage and who would benefit..
Athletes, Dancers, Gymnasts, And Bodybuilders Recovering From Injuries.
People With Painful Postural caused by Muscular Issues.
Anyone Wanting To Improve Range Of Motion And Flexibility.
Someone That Is Immobile And Needs To Retain Flexibility And Range Of Motion.


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At Quantic Accountancy our estate advisors can help you by drawing up a new Will or reviewing/amending an existing one, explaining why a Lasting Power of Attorney is so important and drawing up an effective one for you, transferring property without incurring large tax liabilities and utilising a variety of means to move financial assets into trusts. They can also help to make sure you utilise tax effective lifetime transfer opportunities between you and your spouse and ensure life insurance is used to protect you against tax liabilities where possible.
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Order Pizza at 13302 Century Blvd: Tasty & Fresh From the Oven!
When you're craving a heavenly slice of cheesy, meaty, veggie-loaded goodness, we know your tastebuds don't want just any old pizza in Garden Grove. You want a hot, delicious pizza with a flavorful tomato sauce, perfectly sliced bits of pepperoni, generous piles of mozzarella and parmesan, and a crust that's both crunchy and chewy—all at the same time. You want a slice of the perfect pizza. You want Domino's.
At Domino's on Century Blvd, it's never been easier to get the fast and fresh pizza you want. Order your pizza in person, give us a call at (714) 534-7444, or place your pizza order online!
Start off by picking from our menu of crusts. Choose a fluffy, hand-tossed crust that's dusted with garlic seasonings and buttery flavor, a gluten-free crust, a crunchy thin crust, or a pan pizza crust that's loaded with two layers of melted cheese! And next, select your sauce and start loading up on toppings. Pick as many or as few as you want! Whether you're a meat-lover or a veggie-lover, you can make your dreams come true at your local Domino's!
When it comes to pizza delivery, we take things pretty seriously at your local Domino's on Century Blvd. In fact, we're so serious about it that we'll make you a promise. We guarantee that your pizza will arrive toasty hot and fresh at your doorstep, straight from our oven! Want to stay up to date on your order? Our delivery experts specifically engineered the Domino's TrackerⓇ to do just that. Enter in your phone number online and track the status of your order from the moment it's placed to the second it leaves our store for delivery... and try not to drool on your phone or computer in the meantime.
Order online or call (714) 534-7444 for fast, fresh, and easy pizza delivery from Domino's! Trust us. Your tastebuds will seriously appreciate it!


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Author: Noah Spurrier

I write a lot of small scripts in Python. This is the template that I use to start most of my scripts. This gets me started with good documentation, argument parsing, and error handling.

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Eid-Ul-Fitr: Don't Go Back To Business As Usual— Akufo-Addo To Muslims
JUN 5, 2019 GENERAL NEWS
President Akufo-Addo has told Muslims not to "go back to business as usual" after undertaking the 29 days of fasting and intense prayers during the month of Ramadan.
While commending the Muslim population for the spiritual exercise, the president in the wake of terror alert in Ghana, also appealed to them to report suspicious characters in their neighborhood to foil any attack, JoyNews' Latiff Iddris reports.
"I believe our nation needs all the virtues that Islam requires us to cultivate during the month of Ramadan. These include good neighbourliness, sacrifice and discipline," Nana Akufo-Addo said to a gathering of Muslims at the Black Star Square in Accra Wednesday, June 5, to mark the celebration of Eid Ul Fitr.
He said: "each one of us is an integral part of our nation and for most parts, we are defined by how well our nation does. You must, therefore, be prepared to uphold these virtues to help ensure that our nation makes the desired progress which will then allow us as citizens, to realise our hopes and aspirations…"
Meanwhile, the president has given assurance that government will continue to pursue policies that will lead to the delivering of prosperity for the Ghanaian people.


Put your mind at ease when you book your next corporate meeting at the Q&C. Our dedicated and professional team ensures you, as the event organizer that all details will be understood and fully executed to the success of your corporate meeting.
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The Q&C Hotel offers 3 unique meeting spaces. Whether you are planning an intimate meeting of 4 or a larger event for 20 guests, we are here to assist you. Our state-of-the-art technology and audiovisual support team are on site to make your meeting successful so that you can focus on your goals.


The analogy of the culture of your clinic being your blood type is a powerful and thought-provoking idea. The culture of your practice determines how absolutely everything happens – the day to day running, the level of team engagement and commitment, the journey the patients experience and the ultimate success of your clinic. People, your team and your patients, are what make your business. How can you ensure that you provide an environment in which both team members and patients will thrive?
If you were a patient and needed to give loads and loads of information before having an operation but they didn't ask you what your blood type was, if things went wrong it could potentially be a disaster. A bit dramatic to compare that to having the wrong person on board you might think…Ask anyone(perhaps yourself) how destructive the wrong individual working for you has been. On the milder side this person might 'just' sap your energy and cause an uncomfortable atmosphere. On the more dramatic side the wrong individual can cause serious damage and threaten the survival of your practice.
We have often observed a rather reckless way of taking on new team members. A lot of emphasis is placed on the skillset of the new recruit and less so on the attitude. Whilst skillset is important to get the job done (and we do recommend that you have a list of 'essentials' which candidates need to meet), it is extremely important to do as much as you can to check that the person is culturally aligned and has the attitude your business needs. Their CV may tick all the skillset boxes and they may seem like the dream team member on paper. How many times have you then met this potential dream team member and your gut has just said 'it doesn't feel right'?
Following on from the point above, sometimes that candidate that gave you the feeling of 'it just doesn't feel right' often slips through the net and becomes your team member, only for you to realise fairly soon afterwards that you should have listened to your gut. I can probably count the number of times on one hand where a client has said to me that at the time of interviewing they weren't sure but it worked out okay! For the most part I am met with 'I wish I listened to my intuition'. Take your time to find the right person and have a formal process in place.
Having the wrong person on board can be like having a blood transfusion with the wrong blood type. It can be lethal. Just yesterday in our team meeting we were chatting about how we have so often seen our clients keeping team members on board to the detriment of the practice and even loosing good team members because of the one bad apple. I am not for one minute suggesting that you just start getting rid of people! You need to have a process in place and manage the situation appropriately. Don't just ignore the situation and hope it will go away. It usually won't and when you do take control you'll wish you did ages ago!
Just like your bloodstream, the culture of your clinic is paramount to survival and it needs safeguarding. What do you want to be true about the feel and culture of your clinic? What needs to change for it to be that way? What do you need to put in place to make that happen in the short term, in the long term and on a regular basis?
We hope that some of the ideas above have given you some food for thought and will help you to enjoy your work and achieve your vision. We have specialized in helping practitioners to have successful practices for over 10 years now. Let us know how we can help you.


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package ch.raffael.sangria.util.values;

import java.util.Objects;
import java.util.regex.Matcher;
import java.util.regex.Pattern;

import com.google.inject.Binder;
import com.google.inject.TypeLiteral;
import com.google.inject.matcher.Matchers;
import com.google.inject.spi.TypeConverter;

/**
 * @author Raffael Herzog
 */
public final class Parallelism {

    private static final int CORES = Runtime.getRuntime().availableProcessors();
    private static final Pattern REGEX = Pattern.compile("(?<core>(\\d+|\\d*\\.\\d+)\\s*[cC]?)\\s*((?<fixed>!)|(-\\s*(?<max>(\\d+|\\d*\\.\\d+)\\s*[cC]?)))?");

    private final int coreThreads;
    private final int maxThreads;

    private Parallelism(int coreThreads, int maxThreads) {
        this.coreThreads = coreThreads;
        this.maxThreads = maxThreads;
    }

    public static Parallelism get(int core, int max) {
        if ( core <= 0 ) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid core thread count: " + core);
        }
        else if ( max < 0 ) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid core thread count: " + core);
        }
        if ( max > 0 && max < core ) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("maxThreads(" + max + ") < coreThreads(" + core + ")");
        }
        return new Parallelism(core, max);
    }

    public static Parallelism get(int core) {
        return get(core, 0);
    }

    public static Parallelism fixed(int count) {
        return get(count, count);
    }

    public static Parallelism parse(String string) {
        Matcher matcher = REGEX.matcher(string.trim());
        if ( !matcher.matches() ) {
            throw invalidParallelism(string);
        }
        int core = threadCount(matcher.group("core"));
        if ( core < 0 ) {
            throw invalidParallelism(string);
        }
        int max;
        if ( matcher.group("fixed") != null ) {
            max = core;
        }
        else if ( matcher.group("max") != null ) {
            max = threadCount(matcher.group("max"));
            if ( max < 0 ) {
                throw invalidParallelism(string);
            }
        }
        else {
            max = 0;
        }
        return get(core, max);
    }

    private static int threadCount(String string) {
        if ( Character.toUpperCase(string.charAt(string.length() - 1)) == 'C' ) {
            string = string.substring(0, string.length() - 1).trim();
            int pos = string.indexOf('.');
            int multiplier = 0;
            if ( pos > 0 ) {
                multiplier = Integer.valueOf(string.substring(0, pos))*1000;
            }
            else if ( pos < 0 ) {
                multiplier = Integer.valueOf(string) * 1000;
            }
            if ( pos >= 0 ) {
                String dec = string.substring(pos, string.length());
                if ( dec.length() > 3 ) {
                    dec = dec.substring(0, 3);
                }
                multiplier += Integer.valueOf(dec);
            }
            int count = (CORES * 1000 * multiplier) / 1000;
            if ( count == 0 ) {
                count = 1;
            }
            return count;
        }
        else {
            if ( string.indexOf('.') >= 0 ) {
                return -1;
            }
            return Integer.valueOf(string);
        }
    }

    private static IllegalArgumentException invalidParallelism(String string) {
        return new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid parallelism string: '" + string + "'");
    }

    public int getCoreThreads() {
        return coreThreads;
    }

    public int getMaxThreads() {
        return getMaxThreads(coreThreads);
    }

    public int getMaxThreads(int fallback) {
        return maxThreads == 0 ? fallback : maxThreads;
    }

    @Override
    public int hashCode() {
        return Objects.hash(coreThreads, maxThreads);
    }

    @Override
    public boolean equals(Object obj) {
        if ( this == obj ) {
            return true;
        }
        if ( obj == null || getClass() != obj.getClass() ) {
            return false;
        }
        final Parallelism other = (Parallelism)obj;
        return Objects.equals(this.coreThreads, other.coreThreads) && Objects.equals(this.maxThreads, other.maxThreads);
    }

    @Override
    public String toString() {
        return getClass().getSimpleName() + "{" + coreThreads + "-" + maxThreads + "}";
    }

    public static class Converter implements TypeConverter {
        private static final Converter INSTANCE = new Converter();
        @Override
        public Object convert(String value, TypeLiteral<?> toType) {
            if ( toType.getRawType().equals(Parallelism.class) ) {
                return parse(value);
            }
            else {
                throw new IllegalArgumentException("Cannot convert to " + toType);
            }
        }
        public static Converter getInstance() {
            return INSTANCE;
        }
        public static void bind(Binder binder) {
            binder.convertToTypes(Matchers.identicalTo(Parallelism.class), getInstance());
        }
    }

}


Whenever I discuss the problem of Evil, or relativism I use examples of evil, and workers of evil like torturing babies for fun, and Hitler, I use such extremes because in a day and age that mass murders like Che Guevara are worshiped, and when people talk about killing unborn babies in a way that allows them to harvest organs, while eating lunch, it is becoming more and more difficult to find examples of evil that both me, and the audience will recognize as evil.
On a few occasions I have had people accuse me of calling them like Hitler, or saying that they torture babies for fun, which is not my intent, and I suspect is just a way to get me off track when they have no other response. Nevertheless, I would like any suggestions you have on phrasing when you need to give an example on evil that might help me avoid this discussion stopper.


It takes serious work to look this good with an ear infection. Yep, he works out.
Poor Owen is sick. Unpleasant liquids are simultaneously draining from his nose, mouth, and ears. His barking cough is keeping everyone awake as it rattles his 32-pound frame all night. He has the saddest (although hilarious) little voice, hoarse and manly.
It's hard not to bust a gut when a baritone, "Mommy!" rings loudly through the monitor.
Oh, and he's calling me Mommy.
I kept him home today as the thermometer showed triple digits both last night and again this morning. We took a visit to the pediatrician's office and returned with requests for antibiotics, cough medicine, allergy stuff, and ear numbing solution. Nice. Although the previous list of meds will help this little guy feel better, I think I have my own solution.
In the few hours we had between doctor's office and car line, Owen grabbed his Mickey Mouse juice cup and favorite blanket. He walked over and handed them both to me. He then looked me square in the eye and managed a squeaky, "Mommy?"
As pitiful as Owen looks and as bad as I can tell he feels, I love those moments. I really want him to start feeling better, but until then I guess I'll have to suffer through the free cuddles.
Send prayers, good vibes, and tissues our way, y'all. Happy Tuesday!


Does Anyone Still Hand-Write The Bar Exam?
Who remembers using a typewriter? Well, I do! When I was growing up, having a typewriter in your home to use for school was a big deal and I was one of the lucky kids who had one. In typing class I was usually the first student to finish my speed-writing assignment – the teacher made us jump up out of our seat when we were done with the paragraph. It was the only race that I ever won (not being the athletic type), and to this day I would much rather type than hand-write anything at all.
So, when one of my fellow law students told me she was handwriting her essays on the California First Year Law School Exam ("Baby Bar"), I was totally shocked and somewhat perplexed that she would even consider this.


We often think that time is unlimited, that it does not end. And although time may seem infinite, everything has a beginning and an end, even our lives. That is what I intend to represent in this series, we have to realize that our time and that of all things is limited and therefore we must take advantage of it, we should not postpone doing everything we propose because we run the risk that we can not finally perform.


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Posted by Adrian McCauley on August 20, 2017 August 20, 2017
"That boy is our last hope," Ben Kenobi said, his voice heavy with emotion.
"No," Kenobi's former teacher corrected with a knowing gleam in his large eyes. "There is another."
For those who do not know the story of The Empire Strikes Back: Luke, Han and Leia lead the rebellion against the fascist Empire and it's Imperial forces that rule the galaxy. Their hidden base, on the frozen world of Hoth, is discovered by Imperial forces and they must survive military assault and evacuate the planet. Luke is a Jedi-in-training and exiles himself across the galaxy to find a legendary Jedi Master who can train him to refine his skills, so he can face off against the evil Sith Lord Darth Vader.
While Luke is training, his friends are trying to flee Imperial forces but are eventually captured when they land on a 'neutral' world. They are betrayed to the Empire and Han is captured and given to a bounty hunter to trade for reward. The capture of Lukes' friends is all a trap, however, to lure Luke to confront Vader so he may either corrupt and convert him, or kill him and end any potential threat he presents.
Most of the brilliance of The Empire Strikes Back comes from the use and application of mythic structure. Even though this story is a sequel, it stands on it's own. Our characters are introduced with backstories that aren't explained, but are dripped out through interactions, reactions and dialogue – Our hero, Luke, is destined to face off with his nemesis, Darth Vader, but ultimately he fails, and the nemesis is left in a stronger position than ever.
Our heroes Allies are the ones whom we follow for the duration of the story; we experience their conflicts and their resolutions and they, figuratively and literally, function as the vehicle that moves our Hero, Luke, from point A to point B. At the end of this journey, Luke is not a great deal more powerful than at the beginning, but what he has gained is knowledge and wisdom and humility. With this, he takes a step back and realizes he must train harder and discipline himself even more. An important message for a hero to portray in every generation. And ultimately, we are introduced to The Emperor, a Lucifer figure manipulating Darth Vader and even the rebels every step of the way.
All these elements give the universe the story is set in a sense of wholeness and vastness – everything is a part of something greater, whether or not you can see it. The story and it's mythos and contexts are, like The Force itself, what surrounds and binds everything together. The story is a four dimensional unit; beginning, middle, end, but it has a before, and an after, and even a 'sideways' where things are happening concurrently that impact the main characters, such as bounty hunters and politics. The universe George Lucas created has a background and a foreground and nothing feels forced or out of place.
Being a novelization that came out the same year as the film, meant it was inevitable that there would be discrepancies. In the book, Yoda is blue, not green, and Darth Vaders light-saber is described as blue, not red. Some dialogue is a little different, but the over-all character development or story context remains the same – though perhaps the initial back-and-forth between Hand and Leia is a little more love/hate than in the films – Han being much more sexist than in the movie. Luke's training with Yoda is also extended in the book.
These may seem like significant deviations to the lore of Star Wars, but Glut's novelization is possibly one of the most faithful there is. After reading through both the initial and the final scripts for the film, Glut's novelization is incredibly faithful to the final script used for the film. Unfortunately, during filming, lines were ad-libbed and scenes were cut out and new aesthetic decisions were made. Initially, Yoda was supposed to be blue (as seen in The Empire Strikes Back comic by Marvel), and Darth Vader's light saber is never referred to as either red or blue in the script. The extended sequences of dialogue that expand on what was in the film were actually in the script as well. Not only this, but you can see these in the deleted scenes on the blue-ray version of the film.
People have criticized Glut for 'adding' sequences or getting details wrong, but the reality is that the man did his job exactly as he was asked, and very faithfully and accurately novelized the script he was given.
Where the book lacks is in adding richness or depth to the characters or story. The medium of writing allows a story teller to get inside a characters head and share their feelings and motivations. This would imply an immediate advantage over the film, but this was barely explored by Glut. In an interview with Jedinews.co.uk (2011) Glut poses the question himself as to why people would bother reading the book and then watching the film, or vice versa. He states himself that he has no understanding of the point of a novelization and has also never been a fan of Star Wars. For him it was just a job – it was just money.
This may sound callous, but back then that was George Lucas' focus; part of Lucas' contract being he gets a set commission off all merchandising instead of a single payment from the studio. His focus was to produce as much product as quickly as he could to maximize his return – there was little confidence in the film being successful at the time, and he was already planning his tactical retreat.
Another weak element of is Princess Leia's involvement in the book. Leia's passive role in this film isn't so evident, but it's strikingly obvious in the novelization. She doesn't even play a damsel in distress role. She's basically only there for Han to be sexist towards, and then to share a meaningful kiss when Han is frozen in carbonite at the end. Though she does also play, through her passiveness, a leadership role when it comes to tactics and strategy – which is true to her character. For the bulk of the film she is out of her element, and at the mercy of the Millenium Falcon, and so due to circumstance, must be the more passive character, as it would be poor judgement not to let the captain take control of his own ship.
This, again, is not a criticism of Glut, but to the script itself. This script wrote her as an irrelevant side-character, and tasked to recreating the script, Glut had no choice but to recreate that irrelevance on paper.
I do recommend the novelization to all fans, despite it's differences to the cult film that has inspired generations. It does enhance characters in some parts, but mostly gives an interesting insight into the potential decisions the franchise could have made in direction and aesthetic. Even if you aren't a fan, at just over 200 pages it is not a difficult read – the prose is clear and simple and it is an easy read.
I rate it a 7.5/10
For more information about the amazing talent that is Donald F. Glut, you can read about him on wikipedia or visit his website here.
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How To Make Free International Calls With Facebook Messenger

Viber is the standard when it comes to free VoIP calls. But if you’ve ever used it, you know the experience is far from satisfactory. Skype has the same story; Apple FaceTime Audio works well, but not everyone has an iPhone. Clearly, there’s room at the top of VoIP game and Facebook, just like everything else in recent history, wants to claim it.

Nowadays, almost everyone you know uses Facebook. They might not have Facebook messenger installed, but they definitely have the Facebook app pre-installed or installed. Voice calling functionality has existed in the Facebook Messenger app for a couple of months now, but it was limited to the US and the UK. Now, all the countries have access to it.

In order to make voice calls, you need Facebook Messenger or Facebook app (4.0+). I’ll tell you more about how it exactly works in the sections below.

In the process of testing out this functionality of the Facebook app, I called a friend of mine in the UK with whom I had not spoken to for the past three years. He didn’t have the Messenger app installed, but we were able to talk for several minutes without any problem.

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How was the call quality, you would ask? Surprisingly good. I was able to make out that in these last three years, he had done away with his Indian accent and now, with his distinctive British accent, he  sounded very much like an Indian Myke Hurley.

How To Call Using Facebook Messenger

Step 1: Open the Facebook Messenger app.

Step 2: Tap on the contact you want to call.

Step 3: Locate the Call button on the top right corner. Make sure that it is blue. If it’s black, it means either the contact is not online or is running an old version of Facebook or Facebook Messenger, one which does not support voice calling.

Step 4: If you don’t have Facebook Messenger installed, you can still make and receive voice calls using the Facebook app. From the messaging menu, choose your contact. Tap the i button on the top right corner and from the options select Free Call.

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Step 5: If the button is blue, tap it to make a VoIP call and start talking.

How To Receive a Facebook Call

Step 1: You need to be alive, running a recent version of Facebook app or Facebook Messenger (4.0+) and connected to stable WiFi or data connection.

Note 1: While the calling service is free, it uses your data connection to make calls. So, if you are using a WiFi connection, your call is practically free. However, if you are using a 3G data connection, the data charges will apply. In my testing, the audio sent and received from Facebook messenger does not take up much bandwidth. The data counter read 10 kbps most of the time. Still, those seconds for multiple hours add up.

Note 2: Also, Facebook is partnering with some carriers across the world to waive those data charges. Do check if you are subscribed to one of those carriers.

Step 2: Wait until a friend or an acquaintance calls you. Bribe them if necessary.

Step 3: In iOS, notice the notification on your lockscreen. As Facebook is just an app, it sends you a notification when you get a call. Slide it on to open the app and receive the call.

In Android, you directly get an incoming call screen, much like the default phone app.

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Going by the new normal, you use Facebook Messenger to chat with lots of your friends. Tell them about this free calling service and spread the happiness. Share the post with your friends and family from the left side on Facebook, Twitter, or if you are a tech writer, Google+.

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Nazir Assi
<time datetime="2014-04-11">January 19, 2015</time>

hello afzaal

David
<time datetime="2014-04-11">February 10, 2015</time>

If I’m in the us, Do you have to pay if you call someone consistently to Mexico on messenger

Admin
<time datetime="2014-04-11">February 22, 2015</time>

No you don’t… call is free. All you have to do is continue paying your internet bill.

Mark
<time datetime="2014-04-11">February 13, 2015</time>

When I’m talking to someone on Facebook Messenger, and my phone rings normally (or I get a text), my phone will vibrate/ring as if it’s in my pocket. Just directly into my ear! Does anyone know how I can disable this? Except always having my phone on silent mode with vibrate disabled.

I’m using a HTC M8.

Samuel
<time datetime="2014-04-11">March 29, 2015</time>

I’m wondering if this function or similar is available on blackberry, there doesn’t seem to be. anyone know for sure?

Mohsin Alam
<time datetime="2014-04-11">March 29, 2015</time>

I cannot see any call button in my fb messenger. What to do now? Thanks

Janine
<time datetime="2014-04-11">April 7, 2015</time>

Does the person receiving the call get charged data?

Angelbert
<time datetime="2014-04-11">June 28, 2015</time>

Im in Saudi, i have this on my iPhone whenever i want to call someone,is there any settings to make? I doubt about the carrier issue because i have friends that can use their messenger without a problem.

Brittany Wininger
<time datetime="2014-04-11">July 10, 2015</time>

Im in the US if I make a call to someone in new Zealand will I be charged by my carrier? Like does it cost actual money to make a call out of the country but free in my own?

Andrew
<time datetime="2014-04-11">July 21, 2015</time>

Calling quality on Messenger still not great, but seems to be better than Viber and Skype. Zipt is the best I have found, but would be happy for any other suggestions.

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Mathematical formula for autonomous vehicle safety developed by Intel and Mobileye
At the World Knowledge Forum on October 17 in Seoul, South Korea, professor Amnon Shashua, Mobileye CEO and Intel senior vice president, described a mathematical formula developed by Mobileye that reportedly ensures that a "self-driving vehicle operates in a responsible manner and does not cause accidents for which it can be blamed."
At the World Knowledge Forum on October 17 in Seoul, South Korea, professor Amnon Shashua, MobileyeCEO and Intelsenior vice president, described a mathematical formula developed by Mobileye that reportedly ensures that a "self-driving vehicle operates in a responsible manner and does not cause accidents for which it can be blamed."
Shashua and colleague Shai Shalev-Shwartz developed the formula, which can bring certainty to the open questions of liability and blame in the event of an accident when a vehicle has no human driver. Their proposed Responsibility Sensitive Safety model provides specific and measurable parameters for the human concepts of responsibility and caution and defines a "Safe State," where the autonomous vehicle cannot be the cause of an accident, no matter what action is taken by other vehicles, according to Intel.
In the academic research paper, On a Formal Model of Safe and Scalable Self-driving Cars, authored by Shashua, Shalev-Shwartz, and Shaked Shammah, it states that in recent years car makers and tech companies have bene racing towards self-driving cars, and that the main parameter in the race is who will have the first car on the road. The goal of this new formula, according to the authors, is to add to the equation two additional crucial parameters.
First is the standardization of safety assurance, including the minimal requirements that every self-driving car must satisfy, and how these requirements can be verified. The second parameter is scalability—engineering solutions that lead to unleashed costs will not scale to millions of cars, which will push interest in this field into a niche academic corner and drive the entire field into a "winter of autonomous driving," suggests the authors. The first part of the paper proposes a "white-box, interpretable, mathematical model for safety assurance," while the second part describes a design of a system that adheres to the authors' safety assurance requirements and is scalable to millions of cars.
In the talk at the forum Shashua called upon the industry and policymakers to "collaboratively construct standards that definitively assign accident fault" when human-driven and self-driving vehicles inevitably collide. He explained that all the rules and regulations today are framed around the idea of a driver in control of the car, and that new parameters are needed for autonomous vehicles.
"The ability to assign fault is the key. Just like the best human drivers in the world, self-driving cars cannot avoid accidents due to actions beyond their control," he said. "But the most responsible, aware and cautious driver is very unlikely to cause an accident of his or her own fault, particularly if they had 360-degree vision and lightning-fast reaction times like autonomous vehicles will."
With this new model, self-driving cars would only operate within the framework defined as "safe" according to clear definitions of fault that are agreed upon across the industry and by regulators.
Sam Abuelsamid, senior research analyst with Navigant Research's Transportation Efficiencies program, who was briefed on the topic, commented: "As regulators and policymakers around the world struggle with how to manage the deployment of automated driving without stifling innovation, having a common, open method of evaluating the efficacy of the technology seems like a good starting point."
"The Responsibility Sensitive Safety model proposed by Mobileye," he said, "seems like a viable place to start the conversation. At least as an evaluation method, it doesn't lock anyone into specific technologies while also providing a good framework for the decision-making process within control systems."
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Fungi that are implicated in pulmonary pathology consist primarily of dimorphic organisms. They begin as airborne spores and later convert to yeast forms after entering the pulmonary system. The lung is a common portal of entry and represents the primary portal and site of infection in both immune-competent and immune-suppressed individuals. Opportunistic hospital-acquired infections generally arise in ICU patients with indwelling vascular or catheter instrumentation or following solid organ or hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.2 Occasionally, infection may occur by nonpulmonary portals such as cutaneous inoculation, for example, sporotrichosis. Human-to-human transmission is extremely rare and primarily occurs in the organ transplant population.
Opportunistic fungal organisms may also persist in a chronic latent state, allowing possible future activation and infection if there is compromise of the immune system. As humans are often colonized with fungal organisms, the distinction between colonization and infection may be diagnostically challenging, and outcomes from fungal infection may vary depending on the degree and extent of fungal invasion based on a balance of factors between the host and organism.
The presence of endemic fungal infection in at-risk individuals may initially be suspected by a history of travel to niche areas of fungal prevalence (Fig. 103-1).3 However, with current global travel opportunities, latent fungal reactivation can occur following distant past travel which may require extensive individual interrogation as to possible fungal exposure from prevalent areas. It is also important to remain vigilant as fungal infections can resemble or coexist with malignant disease.


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Q: How to add an icon or custom image to nodes in treeInput of shinyWidgets? This gives a basic tree. How could I add for example font-awesome icons or custom flags saved in a relative file path to these nodes?
library(shiny)
library(shinyWidgets)

df <- data.frame(continent = c(rep("Europe", 2), rep("Asia", 2)),
                 country = c("France", "Germany", "China", "Japan"))

mytree <- create_tree(df, c("continent", "country"))

ui <- fluidPage(
  shinyWidgets::treeInput("mytree", "mytree", mytree)
)

server <- function(input, output, session) {}

shinyApp(ui, server)

A: *

*In R you can use unicode characters in your script
see this page Unicode question

*With the emoji package you can do the same with emoji, see cran emoji package
Flag emoji are suitable in your example using the flag function in emoji

*For more complicated tasks consider vector graphics implemented in grImport2
library(shiny)
library(shinyWidgets)
library(emoji)

df <- data.frame(continent = c(rep("\U2727", 2), rep("\U24B8", 2)),
                 country = c(flag("France"), flag("Germany"), flag("China"), flag("Japan")))

mytree <- create_tree(df, c("continent", "country"))

ui <- fluidPage(
  shinyWidgets::treeInput("mytree", "mytree", mytree)
)

server <- function(input, output, session) {}

shinyApp(ui, server)

A: If using another package is OK, {shinyTree} would be an option.
It can use fontAwesome icons or a set of {shinyTree} builtin icons.
You can also use HTML for item labels, thus offering to source your own images.
library(shiny)
library(shinyTree)

ui <- fluidPage(
  shinyTree::shinyTree('myShinyTree',
                       checkbox = TRUE,
                       themeIcons = FALSE,
                       theme = 'proton'
                       )
)

server <- function(input, output, session) {
  df <- data.frame(continent = c(rep("Letteria", 2), rep("Numberalia", 1)),
                   country = c(" A-Land",
                               " B-Country",
                               " Uni Kingdom"
                               )
                   )

  output$myShinyTree <-  renderTree({
    tree_list <- dfToTree(df) ## dfToTree converts df into a hierarch. list
    attr(tree_list, 'stopened') <- TRUE
    ## set the 'stopened' attribute on each node to uncollapse the whole tree
    tree_list <- tree_list |>
      Map(f = \(.) {attr(., 'stopened') <- TRUE; .})

  })
}

shinyApp(ui, server)

Remember to put static content (here: the image files) in a subfolder www of your app's folder, so that Shiny will find it. Do not include the www in your path though. Example: reference file www/flag_A.png as .
Output with custom images:

*

*find a repository of country flags here

*With lots of symbols it might be convenient to add a class to your images, e.g.  so that you can apply size, transparency etc. to all flags via CSS.

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