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SJA Announces New Faculty and Staff
St. Johnsbury Academy announces six new faculty and three new staff members to start the 2021-2022 school year. Headmaster Dr. Sharon Howell said, " We're thrilled to welcome this talented new group of faculty and staff to departments across the school—and are grateful they have jumped in to be part of the community and to bring their new energy to all the challenges and opportunities we face right now."
Kevin Cattrell, Ph.D., joins the English Department and will live in Brantview Dorm with his family. He has been teaching many levels of students at a school outside Boston for more than ten years. Kevin has a double major in English and Classics from Bowdoin College and a Ph. D. in English from Rutgers University.
Lorna Holcombe joins us as a reading and literacy specialist in Special Services. Lorna received her BS in Elementary Education from the University of Maine/Farmington, her MED from Lesley University, and her Reading & Writing Specialist certification from Plymouth State University.
Caroline Loder '90 will teach pottery classes in the Fine Arts Department. She has been a professional clay artist and designer for many years and received her BFA in Advertising from Syracuse University.
Sean Lynch is one of our two inaugural interns who will teach in the English Department. He will also serve as a proctor in the Barn. Sean received his BA in English from Yale University.
Sydney Minnehan is our second inaugural English department intern and will serve as a proctor in Sheepcote. Sydney received her BA in English from St. Lawrence University. She minored in Art.
Carmen Ana Pont, Ph.D., joins the Languages Department to teach both Spanish and French. Carmen received her doctorate in Latin American Studies from Sorbonne Nouvelle University Paris 3 and her Masters and her second doctorate, in French, from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She most recently taught French and Spanish at Northfield Middle/High School.
Danielle Balch joins us as the Administrative Assistant to Facilities. Danielle received her BS from Lyndon State College in Television Studies.
Ryan Cushman joins SJA as a structured study hall instructor. Ryan received his Bachelors in History/Spanish from Walla Walla University and his Masters in history from the University of Edinburgh. He most recently taught at the Anglo-American School of Moscow.
Sandra Mings-Lamar is our new Director of Adult Education and returns to SJA with wide and deep experience with adult learners. Sandra earned her BA in English at Seattle University and her MA in Educational Administration and Leadership from San Francisco State University.
Several Academy faculty and staff have taken on new responsibilities and titles:
Angela Drew '00 will remain teaching in the English department while serving as the Chair of the Capstone Department.
Julie Gist will move to Special Services, where she will be the Department Secretary.
Buffie Hegarty '90 is now the administrative Executive Assistant to Academic Affairs.
Julia Kearney is now with RecFit full-time where she will continue to work as a personal trainer and front desk person.
Shane LaCroix '12 is the Campus Life Program Coordinator.
Laurie Lang '99 is the Executive Assistant to Campus Life.
Ellen Meranze has begun the direction and development of our new First-Year Immersion course.
Matt Peters '95 will be working with faculty, and staff on their tech integration needs as the Director of Academic Technology Services/Network & Systems Administrator.
Katie Reed is the new Chair of the Languages Department.
Steve Jolliffe Receives University of Chicago Outstanding Educator Award
St. Johnsbury Academy's Steven Jolliffe has received the University of Chicago Outstanding Educator Award.
Emmet Quinn Named 2021 Vermont History Teacher of the Year
St. Johnsbury Academy's Emmet Quinn has been named the 2021 State History Teacher of the Year by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History.
St. Johnsbury Academy Board of Trustees Elect New Leadership
During the October 2021 meeting of the St. Johnsbury Academy Board of Trustees, Cathy Judd-Stein, St. Johnsbury Academy (SJA) Class of 1978, was elected to fill the role of Board President.
Carol Lyon Receives Unsung Hero Award
Carol Lyon, St. Johnsbury Academy's Assistant Headmaster for Business Services, has received a 2020 Will Hancock Unsung Hero Award from the National Business Officers Association (NBOA).
Love Those the Most Who Need it the Most
This was the message our community learned from the words and actions lived out by Melissa Jenkins. For those of you who didn't have a chance to know her, Ms. Jenkins was a wonderful woman, mother, teacher, dorm proctor, coach, and friend.
Uphill Bonanza Benefits Lyndon Outing Club
Under a beautiful blue sky, race organizer Jesse Holden gave his final instructions to the 70 skiers and hikers lined up at the start of the LOC 6 Hour Uphill Bonanza at the Lyndon Outing Club (LOC) on Saturday morning.
Connecting our Communities
Even as vaccines are more widely administered, and normalcy begins to slowly return, our community's elderly remain isolated from their families and friends due to concerns about their health.
Driscoll to Step Down as Head Coach
St. Johnsbury Academy Athletic Director John Lenzini announced this week that Varsity Girls' Basketball Coach Jack Driscoll will be stepping down. Since his SJA coaching career began in 1988, Jack Driscoll earned the Vermont Basketball Coaches Association and Metro Coach of the Year three times.
SJA Announces New Board Members
The St. Johnsbury Academy Board of Trustees has appointed five new board members to fill vacant seats—Noble Allen '78, Tim Clouatre '86, Jenis Ellingwood-Cedeno '97, Frank Empsall '83, and Lisa Wilkins Warren '82.
SJA Names Retiring Board Members Trustees Emeriti
During their recent meeting, the St. Johnsbury Academy Board of Trustees unanimously named outgoing Board members Lee Hackett '57, Sue O'Neil Grayson '67, Alex Ko (past parent), and Jim Impey '64 Trustees Emeriti.
St. Johnsbury Academy Alum Named Director of SJA Theatre
There is a saying that a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. That journey can lead you a long way from home, but it can also, eventually, lead you back home.
SJA Announces Three New Faculty and Five New Staff
St. Johnsbury Academy announces the addition of three new faculty and five new staff members to start the 2020-2021 school year.
SJA Hires New Assistant Athletic Director and Basketball Coach
Davis will also take over as the school's varsity boys' basketball coach, replacing David McGinn.
Lenzini Named New Athletic Director
Lenzini will join the Academy later this spring, reporting to Assistant Head for Campus Life Beth Choiniere.
St. Johnsbury Academy Artists Exhibiting in Florence, Italy
Bill and Kim Darling will exhibit their fine art intaglio prints at the gallery of Fondazione "Il Bisonte" in Florence Italy.
Athletic Director David McGinn to Retire
SJA Headmaster Tom Lovett has announced that Athletic Director David McGinn will be stepping down at the end of the current school year.
Art Faculty Featured in Juried Show
Kim Darling, a Fine Arts Department faculty member, has an etching on display at the Vermont College of Fine Arts in Montpelier.
SJA announces the addition of seven new faculty and five new staff members to start the new school year.
Art Faculty Featured in Vermont Arts Council Show
Art department faculty Rosie Prevost, Bill Darling, and Kim Darling are currently part of a show called Looking North: Catamount Artists Connect.
Assistant Head Accepted to NAIS Fellowship for Aspiring School Heads
Beth Choiniere has been accepted to the prestigious National Association of Independent Schools Fellowship for Aspiring School Heads.
Art Faculty Rosie Prevost and Kim Darling Featured in Juried Show
Works by Fine Arts department faculty, Rosie Prevost and Kim Darling, are currently on display at Arts Connect at Catamount Arts.
Jeffrey Burroughs Named Headmaster of Lincoln Academy
Assistant Headmaster for Academics Jeffrey Burroughs has been named Headmaster at Lincoln Academy in Newcastle, Maine.
SJA Welcomes Twelve New Faculty and Eight New Staff
St. Johnsbury Academy announced the addition of twelve new faculty and eight new staff members to start the 2018-2019 school year.
SJA Names Director of Facilities
St. Johnsbury Academy has hired Kurt Zschau of St. Johnsbury as their new Director of Facilities.


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Vikings G Herrera won't play vs. Packers
Minnesota Vikings coach Leslie Frazier says starting right guard Anthony Herrera will not play on Monday night against the Green Bay Packers because of a ligament injury in his left knee.
Herrera missed the Vikings' previous game against Carolina as well. They had a bye last week and Frazier was hopeful Herrera would be able to return to the practice field this week to test it out. But the coach says the knee injury has not progressed enough to do that yet.
Frazier says he is hopeful that Herrera, who has an injured ligament, will be able to practice next week. Frazier says the team does not view the situation as a long-term injury.
Joe Berger will start in Herrera's place for the second straight game.

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5 Technological Innovations to Mitigate Climate Change
In Technology, Tips & Tricks June 3, 2021 Editorial Team
The adverse impact of global climate change is undeniable and stretches far beyond temperature increase, affecting water, ecosystems, food production, and human health worldwide.
Food production is one of the biggest areas suffering from climate change as agriculture strongly depends on climate and weather conditions, including temperature, water, and soil. And even if farming practices can be adaptable, such global changes as increased temperatures, disease outbreaks, pest infestations, and different weather extremes make it almost impossible for farmers to interfere and save their yields.
One of the biggest issues for agriculture is to preserve soil health as this resource plays a key part in balancing the climate via acting as a carbon sink and sequestering carbon dioxide from the atmosphere into organic carbon. Unfortunately, climate change, reckless land use, and degradation processes lead to a severe decrease in the soil's capacity to store CO2. This is one of the reasons for the erosion of soil, although it can also happen due to droughts, floods, and wind caused by changes in climate and water cycle. And poor quality of soil, water, and air inevitably results in human health issues. Climate change is also threatening to various ecosystems due to the shift in the timing of events such as flowering and egg-laying, which ruins the natural habitat of different species.
Luckily, there is modern technology designed to help mitigate the effects of climate change. In this piece, we've gathered the top 5 of these.
Solar panels are nothing new in the modern world. However, not every roof is suitable for installing solar panels. Such factors as shading, obstacles of all kinds, the age of buildings, and the small available space often force people to look for other places to install solar power plants.
When it comes to large-scale solar projects, the most common rooftop solar station alternatives are above-ground installations or solar sheds. But there is another new alternative – floating solar power plants.
Floating solar installations are mounted on hydroelectric dams in the unused water surface connected to hydropower that can generate energy at night time.
New Battery Chemistries
Lithium-ion (Li-ion) technology dominates the market of utility-scale and electric-vehicle (EV) batteries. However, Li-ion batteries struggle to hold a full charge for many hours, and their storage capacity significantly decreases with time.
The solution comes in the form of new battery chemistries, meaning the use of new chemistries such as zinc-air and lithium-sulfur in batteries. Compared to conventional lithium-ion batteries, zinc-air batteries offer cheaper energy with longer service life. They also have a lower risk of overheating and catching fire, so when using them, there is no need for an expensive cooling system, which significantly increases the cost of all lithium-ion batteries.
On top of that, Zinc is non-toxic, unlike lithium, which, if handled carelessly, can be harmful to the eyes, skin, and respiratory tract. The extraction and utilization of lithium itself is not an environmentally friendly process.
Modern researchers also keep working on developing and producing lithium-sulfur batteries. Such batteries will be able to provide autonomous operation of a smartphone for five days, while an electric car could theoretically drive up to 1000 km on it. Besides, lithium-sulfur batteries have a less environmental impact and are much cheaper in manufacturing compared to li-ion ones.
Green Cement
Cement is one of the most used products in construction worldwide. Unfortunately, its manufacturing process requires limestone to be heated to more than 2,700 degrees in a chemical reaction that also releases huge amounts of carbon dioxide.
Green cement was developed as an alternative that not only works better and requires fewer natural materials to manufacture but also can be fired at lower temperatures, significantly cutting carbon dioxide emissions.
Household Energy Efficiency
Reducing overall energy consumption is one of the most effective measures to tackle climate change. And the best way to do so is to make homes more energy-efficient. The market already offers numerous green, electronic products that are a great place to start and can help save up on household bills annually.
5G-based Smart Grids
Famous mobile phone technology called 5G can also be used to enable complex smart grids capable of connecting billions of data points across huge distances. The data could be from wind turbines, solar panels, electric vehicles, or IoT devices.
Collection and processing of this data would ensure the utilization of every watt of renewable energy as efficiently as possible at any time.
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Lone Star PACE financing works with national lenders and local municipalities to provide affordable long term funding for energy efficiency, renewable energy and water conservation improvements.
PACE is a voluntary program providing long-term financing for up to 100% of qualified upgrades to existing buildings. Annual utility savings are often greater than the annual PACE financing payment, generating positive cash flow from day one.
In addition to providing cost-effective capital for "Green" improvements, PACE financing creates new jobs, increases property values, and assists in revitalizing buildings in your community.
The Lone Star PACE program assists contractors by providing pre-qualified lenders that specialize in financing renewable energy, water efficiency, and energy efficiency upgrades through PACE.


Sydney's DirtyFeet is a not-for-profit contemporary dance organisation run by artists, for artists. In June, DirtyFeet will present first-draft dance works from two early-career choreographers Matt Cornell and Thomas E.S. Kelly at Shopfront Co-Op in Carlton, NSW.
The act of dancing is embedded in the shaping of our shared cultures. DirtyFeet's Out of the Studio will delve further into this notion and make comment on how the act of dancing brings people together to co-exist, how this has been happening throughout history, and how this is continuing in our culture today.
DirtyFeet is very excited to announce that the 2017 Out of the Studio choreographers are Matt Cornell and Thomas E.S. Kelly.
The presentation platform brings simple staging into the equation early in the development of work, to bridge the gap from the studio to the theatre. The low-key performances are opportunities for experimentation, feedback and discovery in the theatre space. Come along and support these artists' new works in the early stages of development.
The Out of the Studio program provides an opportunity for these artists to further develop ideas they have previously explored with DirtyFeet. The presentation platform allows each choreographer to bring simple staging into the equation early in the development of a dance work, bridging the gap from the studio to the theatre.
Coexisting Entities by Thomas E.S. Kelly, sees the developing of a way to create a new world where Indigenous, non-Indigenous and spiritual creatures intersect. A place void of day or night, a world where coexistence is existing. Achieving this through the amalgamated physical language of cultural knowledge and western structures with a bit of imagination.
I Learnt My Cultural Dance From YouTube by Matt Cornell, explores the idea that when dance moves and styles go viral, they take up residence in our bodies and notions of self, and that this is the cultural dance of a mobile, connected, globalised community.
To be in the audience for I Learnt My Cultural Dance From YouTube, please email your mobile phone number (including country code) to gifofdance@mattcornell.com. During the season you will receive one (simultaneous worldwide premiere) dance work per day. Your mobile phone will need to be able to receive SMS/MMS. Any 'smartphone' is recommended. The small amount of data used to download a GIF (under 500kb) should be included in your telecommunication providers' data allowance and you normally will not incur additional cost.
Check with your telco about receiving MMS if concerned.
Performers and collaborators: Tiyan Baker, Mikaela Carr, Lauren Eiko, Jessica Holman, Vanessa Marian, Libby Montilla, Taree Sansbury and Kassidy Waters.
DirtyFeet is a Sydney-based not for profit contemporary dance organisation supporting independent dance artists and promoting community engagement in the arts. DirtyFeet is supported by the NSW Government through Create NSW, FORM Dance Projects and Shopfront Arts Co-Op.


Developed in-house by MISTRAS, our Large Structure Inspection (LSI™) robotic scanning services offer automated inspections for corrosion and erosion on your largest assets.
Inspecting large scale structures can be a daunting and costly task. Due to their sheer magnitude, storage tanks, pipelines, ship hulls, pressure vessels, and other large assets are often difficult to inspect with traditional non-destructive testing (NDT) methods and handheld inspection equipment.
MISTRAS' Large Structure Inspection (LSI) robotic scanning services evaluate entire structures. Time and resources are always of the essence, so our LSI services are designed to inspect large structures more efficiently than traditional NDT methods. With small teams and advanced inspection technology, inspections of large structures are completed in hours, reducing downtime and eliminating the need to hire multiple crews to inspect difficult-to-reach components.
Large Structure Inspection (LSI) is a high-speed, ultrasonic corrosion/erosion scanning inspection technique. Operating at scan speeds as high as 18 inches per second, MISTRAS' LSI services are designed to cover large surface areas in a short amount of time. Typical scanning applications include tank, heat exchanger and pressure vessel shells, uninsulated piping systems, large marine vessels, and towers.
Designed for maximum transportability, MISTRAS' LSI scanner is water-resistant and splash proof, capable of operating in wet and spontaneous environments. An optional unique dual transducer allows for double speed scanning coverage.
MISTRAS' Ultrasonic Imaging and Analysis (UTIA) software allows accurate and fast data reporting. Multiple aspects of the structure are imaged and saved in a single data file, painting a complete picture of the state of the structure.
For integrity evaluation, the LSI system is an essential element. Local corrosion mapping can find specific common faults in pipelines, something other processes cannot. Local-range "guided ultrasonic" systems can provide global coverage of general pipe condition but fail to detect specific faults such as continuous longitudinal corrosion along the bottom of a structure.
Local corrosion mapping via LSI is a solution for discovering pitting and discrepancies other methods are blind to. Never mind removing paint and material off the structure in preparation for testing, as extensive surface preparation is not necessary with the LSI system for corrosion mapping.


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2012 - Returning to New York
The new arena, later named Barclays Center, would be the center of an extensive redevelopment project called the Atlantic Yards being constructed by Ratner's real estate development company. The new arena is located across the street from the site that Walter O'Malley wanted to use for a new stadium for the Brooklyn Dodgers in the early 1950s. That plan was rejected and resulted in the team's relocation to Los Angeles in 1958. The Nets would not only return to New York for the first time since 1977 but also became the first major professional sports team to play home games in Brooklyn since the departure of the Dodgers.
After the dismissal of major pending lawsuits, groundbreaking for Barclays Center occurred on March 11, 2010. On September 26, 2011, Jay-Z, the Nets' minority owner, announced that the team's new name after the move to Brooklyn would be the Brooklyn Nets. The team officially became the Brooklyn Nets on April 30, 2012. The team's new colors were announced to be black and white, and two official logos designed by Timothy Morris were unveiled. The primary logo is a shield depicting the team name 'Nets', along with a basketball with an overlaid "B". The secondary logo is the same "B-ball" surrounded by a black circle with the text "Brooklyn" and "New York". The new logo's typeface and colors are meant to evoke New York City Subway rollsigns from the 1950s when Brooklyn last had a major league sports team. This rebranding of the team led to a dramatic increase in merchandise sales for the team. On the first two days that the new merchandise was available, total sales from the NBA Store were 10 times that of a typical year when the team was in New Jersey, and in the initial months of the 2012–13 NBA season, the Nets led all NBA teams in apparel sales.


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Karamel je tamno smeđa smjesa šećera dobivena taljenjem šećera. Rabi se u slastičarstvu. Pri temperaturama od 160°C do 170°C molekule se šećera premještaju, preustrojuju te iz njih nastaje nova tvar vrlo upečatljivoga mirisa i okusa. Pretvorba šećera u karamel zove se karamelizacija.

Karamela je bombon izrađen od šećera i mlijeka.

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 Natuknica "karamel" na Hrvatskom jezičnom portalu, hjp.znanje.hr (Pristupljeno: 23. srpnja 2020.)
 Natuknica "karamela" na Hrvatskom jezičnom portalu, hjp.znanje.hr (Pristupljeno: 23. srpnja 2020.)

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Well, Maybe Attempt Some Kind Of Landing There-Some Europa Links
November 17, 2021 / chr1	/ Leave a comment
If you'd like a breakdown of the relative sizes of our planet, our moon and all these other moons, click through for a helpful visual.
Also, there's a lot of space out there:
You'll likely need an energy source (not necessarily our star, the warping effects of other massive bodies will do) and tens, if not hundreds, of millions of years to sustain an environment conducive to life. You'll likely need lots of protection from cosmic rays and short-wave radiation as some kind of shield. If your planet, moon and/or body doesn't possess an atmosphere, and is too small to maintain an electro-magnetic dynamo like Earth, then sub-surface water under a protective shell might be enough.
On the recent findings of at least 1/17 observational days of water plumes near the surface of the Jovian moon, Europa:
'They used a spectrograph at the Keck Observatory that measures the chemical composition of planetary atmospheres through the infrared light they emit or absorb. Molecules such as water emit specific frequencies of infrared light as they interact with solar radiation.'
'Paganini and his team reported in the journal Nature Astronomy on November 18 that they detected enough water releasing from Europa (5,202 pounds, or 2,360 kilograms, per second) to fill an Olympic-size swimming pool within minutes. Yet, the scientists also found that the water appears infrequently, at least in amounts large enough to detect from Earth, said Paganini: "For me, the interesting thing about this work is not only the first direct detection of water above Europa, but also the lack thereof within the limits of our detection method.'
This is potentially good news for the upcoming Europa clipper mission. Otherwise, how are you going to get at all that water beneath an icy shell at least 10-15 miles thick?
'From its orbit of Jupiter, Europa Clipper will sail close by the moon in rapid, low-altitude flybys. If plumes are indeed spewing vapor from Europa's ocean or subsurface lakes, Europa Clipper could sample the frozen liquid and dust particles. The mission team is gearing up now to look at potential orbital paths, and the new research will play into those discussions.
"If plumes exist, and we can directly sample what's coming from the interior of Europa, then we can more easily get at whether Europa has the ingredients for life," Pappalardo said. "That's what the mission is after. That's the big picture."
Aren't you getting a little excited at the prospect?:
LLOL (Loud Losers OnLine), Wikipedia, The Frontiers Of Knowledge With Spock, & Lawrence Krauss-Some Links
July 14, 2021 / chr1	/ Leave a comment
There are many reasons for the capture of existing and emergent communication platforms by loud voices and true believers.
Here are three I can think of:
Liberation movements aren't necessarily freedom movements-I suspect there is an inability of some secular humanists and liberals to realize their ideas have provenance, and limitations in reality. The knowledge transformations going on within many intellectual fields won't necessarily translate to conceptualizations of 'shoulds' nor 'oughts' for all of 'society.' Don't hold your breath expecting too much honor nor honest reflection regarding your politicians, either, especially when you give them bad incentives. One may find out well past a popular opinion, fervently held, how wrong many elements of that popular opinion have been. Also, radicals may simply come to destroy you last, or first.
Attention feels good, especially when you're not getting attention anywhere else–It's not all losers online, but the people with the most time on their hands, and/or the most reasons to be marginalized by everyone else, often gain the most through the time and distance shortening elements of online platforms. This can be quite a good thing, mobilizing talents and skills. This also partially explains the allure of ideology, identity politics, and the downstream dangers of political idealism (making political causes into morally virtuous crusades). Quite a bit of human activity boils down to resentment, jealousy, and the same human vanity, pride and prejudice there's always been. A lot of religious doctrine, as I see the world, at least has foundational limiting principles when mobilizing human passions into direct political action (as if that were enough to prevent the worst abuses and cycles of dysfunction). Watch out for this stuff within yourself.
The regression to the mean of human behavior as it appears on the new communication platforms. Do you remember Craigslist? It was the new want ads and a useful place to communicate. Many years later, it still serves some of these functions, but has regressed to an online flea market with the the usual stuff found in the alleyways of all marketplaces (scam artists, scoundrels, junkies, prostitutes and johns etc.)
On that note, I enjoyed this discussion with one of the co-founders of Wikipedia on how he views Wikipedia now. I do agree with him a movement towards internet decentralization is one way to go, is beginning to happen now, and could bring a lot of good.
Just a reminder, a lot of people don't know what the f**k they're talking about, and I could be one of them.
Dear Reader, I can't help notice a tendency to offload the fear of our own demise into causes likely to outlive us. The sweet nectar of catastrophizing and doomsaying is…sweeter than the vengeful lust fueling Khan's relentless quest to defeat James T. Kirk.
Add the patina of scientific authority by way of character acting, the dipshittery of celebrity…and:
***Chef's Kiss:
This is how I choose to remember Spock:
You had me at 'diamond-quilted red velvet.'
Perhaps you're thinking that's a standard 1978 'Custom Star Trek 'boogie' van: The kind you might see parked at a 'Bad Company' concert, or maybe pulling next to you at a stoplight, blasting Journey's 'Wheel In The Sky' or Heart's 'Barracuda.'
The interior certainly conjures some 'If This Van's A Rockin', Don't Come A Knockin' sentiment.
Move-in a little closer, however, and that sweet exterior paint-job begins to reveal mysterious depths of the human condition.
No, I'd say someone involved here has the soul of a poet.
Is Spock in possession of that bare-chested space Amazonian?
Have we, the observers, already stumbled unawares into a supreme space drama unfolding in real time? Some potential new danger calling-up our best selves to triumph as we too gaze to the horizon along with them…to the heavens…to Dairy Queen or the gas station…to that final frontier?
You try and learn from people, especially from people who know stuff you don't.
Just 'cause you know about physics (theories grounded in evidence and experiences explaining all known evidence and experiences), doesn't mean you know everything, but you do know some important things.
Update & Repost-You, Sir Or Ma'am, Are Probably As Bad As Hitler, And You're Getting Warmer
October 3, 2020 / chr1	/ Leave a comment
Timothy Snyder's then new book 'The Next Genocide.'
Bruce Everett on the book:
'It's de rigueur on college campuses to pledge allegiance to the climate agenda, denouncing Luddites who impede progress on the climate policies that all right-thinking people support. Those of us who work in academia are used to this ritual, but every once in a while an academic decides to distinguish himself by making his denunciation louder and more strident than the rest of the crowd. '
Personally, as someone interested in reserving my right to skepticism and following my limited understanding of climate science data (quite possibly happening, not clear how drastic, predictions are hard, especially about the future), climate change activism suspiciously resembles an ideological refugee camp for many followers of failed theories of history.
This is off-putting, to say the least.
From a reader: Christopher Essex discusses 'Believing In Six Impossible Things Before Breakfast, And Climate Models:'
It really shouldn't be that difficult a thing to keep a strong interest in the natural world and a desire to understand it quite apart from such true-belief, collectivist virtue-signalling, hyperbole and ideology.
This stuff is complicated!
It also seems obvious that some climate radicalism has congealed into an idealism guiding much establishment conventional wisdom, producing an enormous gravy-train of special interests, economy-stifling regulations and questionable incentives. At present, it would seem a vast majority of people busy scribbling for media outlets believe in climate change as much as they believe in anything.
As for Hitler, that reminds me to plug my remaindered pulp title: 'Hitler's Hell-Girls And The Venetian Platform Of Doom'
Back cover blurb: 'It's 2076, and the Climate Wars have broken-out. Earth hangs in the balance. Quietly, Hitler's head has been kept alive on a sub-station orbiting Venus, doing quality research on surface conditions and geology. When the first band of refugees arrives however, old ways return. Soon, Goering's space-ghost is leading an army of Catholic school girls who've traded-in their plaid-skirts for brown-shirts. Can anything stop this nightmare from reaching Earth?'
He's right…you know zat?
The problem with people needing to believe in something begins with the idea that ignorance is the rule, not the exception. It begins anew every time a baby is born, and we want babies to be born, but we really don't like the idea that as individuals, our personal catastrophe awaits (at best, we leave something behind).
Some people will turn observation, data collection, statistical modeling and possible future outcomes into something like a religion/belief system. This can threaten free speech and thought, which helps us arrive at the truth:
As previously posted: Bathe in the bathos of a warming world:
A reader sends a link to a SF Gate review of poet Jorie Graham's 'Sea Change:'
'In "Sea Change," Graham becomes Prospero, casting spells by spelling out her thoughts to merge with ours, and with the voices of the elements. The result is a mingling of perceptions rather than a broadcasting of opinions. Instead of analysis, the poems encourage emotional involvement with the drastic changes overwhelming us, overwhelm- ing the planet.'
'Strengths and weaknesses, flows and ebbs, yet every poem in "Sea Change" bears memorable lines, with almost haunting (if we truly have but 10 years to "fix" global warming) images of flora and fauna under siege. Jorie Graham has composed a swan song for Earth.'
What are these poems being asked to do?
***Who do you trust for discussions of the arts and culture, and would you just rather publications be up front about their ideological bents and loyalties?
Related On This Site: Snyder is perhaps not a fan of libertarianism Timothy Snyder Responds To Steven Pinker's New Book At Foreign Policy: 'War No More: Why The World Has Become More Peaceful'
Christopher Hitchens At Slate: Yale Surrenders
From Youtube Via Reason: 'Robert Zubrin: Radical Environmentalists And Other Merchants Of Despair'…Ronald Bailey At Reason: 'Delusional in Durban'…A Few Links On Environmentalism And Liberty
1980's Aesthetics Matter-Also, Handel's Sarabande In D Minor & StarBabies Transcending Earthly Experience In 2001: A Space Odyssey
August 6, 2020 / chr1	/ Leave a comment
To the Future!:
If you listen to the above, with the sound turned off on the visuals below, you will arrive into the future (once the backbeat fills in, 'Chase' becomes more bodily percussive and rhythmic).
Don't let this ruin your mental focus:
After traveling eons, you will arrive to a quiet room. There, a Japanese classical guitarist will be playing Handel's Sarabande in D minor.
Such pomp, nobility and grief! Somewhere beyond the dancer and the dance might lie the truth.
One can imagine an intelligence just ahead of ours, or wildly ahead of ours, with benevolent, indifferent or malevolent (evil demon) intentions.
Or perhaps one can imagine a story told using the the current popular visual narrative; a Sci-Fi novel played to classical music, such as 2001: A Space Odyssey.
The first monolith seems to inspire a string of causation and hominid evolution which leads to humans discovering the second monolith buried on the moon three million years later. This monolith is found to be directing a signal to another, possibly transponding, monolith found orbiting Jupiter.
A mission is sent to this third monolith as the new HAL 9000 integrated and artificial intelligence on board knows some knowns and unknowns, and proceeds to act accordingly. Methodically and chillingly, the HAL 9000 kills all but one crew member, perhaps in 'Self-'preservation or according to some unseen logic, or just because he's broken and crazy).
David Bowman, the last remaining crew member, after a batle of wits, disables the HAL 9000 and catches up with the third monolith, in order to complete the mission. At the end of the film, Bowman seems to transcends his earthly body, space-time, and ends up gazing over earth with the innocent eyes of a placental StarBaby, born anew.
Meh, the deisre for transcendence hasn't gone too far beyond here, has it?
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With the Barcelona FUT Champions just a few days away, the FUT FM gang gets ready for what promises to be an action packed competition. Join us as we review Ronaldinho, try to figure out custom tactics for variable gameplay environments, analyze pack weights, cover the stigma around esports, and the bubbling FIFA 18 esports scene.
Gullit Gang becomes a real thing!
Giuseppe getting signed and the rise of eMLS.
Pack weights and their mystery.
This episode features drpoplove (Goran), Italian Stallion (Valerio), and Nellygotbored (Nenad). Thanks for listening, Barcelona is going to be wild, we can't wait for the next episode!
P.S. Missed last week's episode? Catch up before your friends find out.
The FUT FM gang is back for another outrageously action packed episode! You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll hear all about the disaster that was Gfinity FIFA 18 esports. By the way, should FIFA have more player attributes? Does TOTY voting actually matter?? And what the heck is up with that EA patent and paper about dynamic difficulty and pro player backlash?!?! Tune in to find out.
The catastrophic Gfinity FIFA 18 esports events.
TOTY Voting for FIFA 18.
The balance of player attributes.
EA's insane dynamic difficulty paper.
FIFA 18 pro player backlash.
This episode features drpoplove (Goran), Italian Stallion (Valerio), and Nellygotbored (Nenad). Thanks for listening, and if you missed last week's show, check it out.
Happy new year comrades! The FUT FM trio kicks off 2018 with the usual savagery and reflections on 2017, including real football alongside FIFA. Seriously though, one of these days someone is going to get actually upset and cry. But until then, the gang discuss the current football economy, Harry Kane's non-achievement, pack luck, Ronaldinho with 84 strength, esports speculation, and more! Don't miss the latest episode of the greatest podcast of all time.
Us during New Year celebrations.
This episode features drpoplove (Goran), Italian Stallion (Valerio), and Nellygotbored (Nenad). Thanks for listening, we'll catch you next week!
P.S. Don't forget to listen to our 2017 awards ceremony here.


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Toward Lighthouse
South of Dunoon the main road down the shore of the Firth of Clyde passes through Innellan before turning west just north of Toward Point, which forms the southernmost point of this side of the Cowal peninsula.
The tip of the point is marked by Toward Lighthouse, built in 1812 by the Cumbrae Lighthouse Trust to help ease navigation between the Isle of Bute and the mainland. Today this is a private home and not open to the public. Two lighthouse keepers' houses were built nearby in the later 1800s. Another more unusual addition in the late 1800s was a white-painted building which sits on the foreshore close to the lighthouse. This looks very like a chapel: it is in fact the foghorn house. The foghorn itself was located on the roof of the tower, and the mechanism which powered it was housed in the "nave".
Standing next to the corner in the road through Toward is the Old Pier House. Overlooking the rocky shore to the east are a set of gates next to a building declaring itself to be Toward Pier. Today there is no pier here. One was built, in 1863, but it seems to have failed to attract the steamer traffic it was built for and it closed in 1922. On the main road just to the north of the village is Toward Church, built on a relatively modest scale in 1840. Nearby is a corrugated iron clad village hall.
The road along the south shore of this part of the Cowal Peninsula enjoys spectacular views over the Firth of Clyde to Ayrshire, Cumbrae and the Isle of Bute (and the mountains of Arran beyond it). Further interest is added by the steady stream of vessels passing through these busy waters: with a particularly good view afforded of the ferries between Wemyss Bay and Rothesay on the Isle of Bute. The shore itself is stony, but it does offer attractive bays well worth exploring.
Inland from the road it is possible to catch the odd glimpse of Toward Castle amid a dense covering of trees. This was built as a tower house by the Lamont Clan in about 1475 and later extended on a number of occasions. In 1646 the castle was besieged and destroyed by Campbells seeking revenge for attacks on them by Lamonts earlier in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms (see our Historical Timeline). Today only ruins remain.
In 1821 a former Lord Provost of Glasgow, Kirkman Finlay, employed the architect David Hamilton to build Castle Toward on a site a third of a mile north-west of the old Toward Castle. What emerged was a grand castellated mansion house, around which were planted some five million trees. In 1920 the house was purchased by Andrew Coates, the thread manufacturer from Paisley. He extended the house, and added many of the decorative towers which are such a feature of it today. Castle Toward is now used as an outdoor education centre run as a commercial venture in tandem with another centre at Ardentinny, north of Dunoon.
Both Toward Castle and Castle Toward are reclusive, hiding amid woods. Much more obvious is the estate's court of offices, built in a similar style to Castle Toward, but fronting onto the road itself. On the opposite side of the road is the Toward Sailing Club, whose 1973 clubhouse contrasts with the massive stonework of Toward Quay. From here it is possible to look right into Rothesay Bay to the town of Rothesay, whose centre is less than 2½ miles to the south-east.
The public road turns inland at Toward Quay, and becomes single track, heading north before turning west past the fine mansion of Knockdow to emerge on Loch Striven at Port Lamont. Knockdow was built by the Lamont family in 1750 and later extended. Much of the appearance of the house today is due to a major renovation undertaken in the early 1920s.
Loch Striven is another of Argyll's many sea lochs. A very minor road runs up much of its eastern shore before petering out near Glenstriven. The loch occasionally features in the news when it is used as a sheltered anchorage for mothballed tankers or other large ships that are surplus to requirements.
At the mouth of the loch, on the south-western tip of this part of Cowal and inaccessible by public road, is Ardyne Point. In the early 1970s a huge oil platform construction yard was built here. This built three platforms before changes in the wider economic circumstances forced it to close. Today there are plans for a marina, shops and houses on the site. Meanwhile, an area just to the north of the old construction yard is now used as a refuelling depot for NATO warships.
The View from Toward Quay To Rothesay
Foghorn House
The Old Pier
Bute Ferries "Argyle" and "Bute"
Castle Toward's Court of Offices
Court of Offices: Detail
Toward from the Bute Ferry
Castle Toward
Coast Near Toward
Toward Church
Toward Sailing Club
Knockdow
The Road North from Port Lamont


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The smooth-skating defenseman had his second straight strong season in 2017-18, finishing with an NHL career-high 27 points (10 goals, 17 assists) and a team-high 137 blocked shots in 81 games.
The Pointe-Claire, Quebec, native ended a season-opening, 28-game goal drought in a big way on Dec. 11, 2017, when he scored the game-winning goal in overtime in a 2-1 victory against the Detroit Red Wings, setting him on his way to his breakout NHL season.
Matheson, the Panthers' first-round pick (No. 23) in the 2012 NHL Draft, earned Florida's nomination for the 2017-18 King Clancy Memorial Award, given to the player "who best exemplifies leadership qualities on and off the ice and has made a noteworthy humanitarian contribution in his community." Matheson ran clinics at local schools and volunteered at food trucks in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma in September among other community activities.
On Oct. 9, 2017, two games into his second full NHL season, he signed an eight-year contract with the Panthers.
Matheson had 17 points (seven goals, 10 assists) in 81 games for Florida during 2016-17, his rookie season, and had the most even-strength ice time among Panthers defensemen (1453:51). He was second in the NHL among rookie defensemen in goals and in shots (179).
He spent most of 2015-16, his first full pro season, with Portland of the American Hockey League. He made his NHL debut against the Winnipeg Jets on Feb. 20, 2016. He was scoreless in three regular-season games, then had one assist in five Stanley Cup Playoff games against the New York Islanders.
At the 2016 IIHF World Championship, Matheson had six points (two goals, four assists) in 10 games, helping Canada win the gold medal. He was named the tournament's best defenseman. Matheson also helped Canada win a silver medal at the 2017 Worlds with seven points (one goals, six assists) in 10 games.
Before signing with the Panthers, Matheson played three seasons at Boston College, serving as captain in 2014-15.


Magic Broadcasting's "TropRock 1290" WPCF Panama City Beach, FL has flipped to Dance as "93.9 PlayFM".
The flip comes as WPCF's translator W227CE completes its move from 93.3 to 93.9 where it will now operate with 90 watts at 86.8 meters. The new format will be operated by Patrick Pfeffer, owner of Club La Vela, a dance club in Panama City Beach.
The previous "Trop Rock" format, a mix of Reggae and other Carribean influenced Rock in the vein of Jimmy Buffett, continues as a webcaster here.
The new "PlayFM" can be heard here.
Pretty cool that Panama City got a dance station!!!!
With all the big useless FM signals PCB has available…. a translator?? Tisk Tisk..


Ms. Anna joined PBMA in August of 2016 and has been a wonderful addition to our team. Ms. Anna works in our Infant classroom in the afternoons, as well as assist with our primary students in the mornings. Ms. Anna comes from a big family and has helped to care for many of her nieces and nephews. She is a student at Collin County Community College and is currently seeking her Montessori Certification. Ms. Anna has an amazing talent for art and helps keep us crafty, always sharing her ideas and artistic abilities with all the classroom teachers.


The Black Panther soundtrack has officially arrived, and it is better than what anyone could've predicted. But with it being curated by TDE, Kendrick Lamar and the film's director Ryan Coogler, the formula was just too perfect to mess up. The album is full of energy and packed with artists from all walks of life who embrace their black excellence.
From start to finish, the 14-track album doesn't hesitate to dig deeply into various parts of Black-centric music, ranging from hip-hop, R&B, pop, soul and afrobeat. Lamar and the rest of the team did a remarkable job tapping into our culture (which is rooted in African heritage) and bringing our talents as a people to the forefront. Along with what critics have been saying about Black Panther itself, the accompanying soundtrack uplifts Black people in a crucial time in society where many are anticipating our downfall. But instead, we take control of our voice and especially our art.


Don't miss my latest workshop. Wouldn't it be great to have a stash of cards and a card box to keep them in? This would also make a great gift for a friend or for Mother's Day.
We will make 12 cards total using 4 new A-size stamp sets. The "Thanks" and "Seashell" cards come together so quickly using the Thanks and Quick Cards - Shell stamp sets. We will also decorate one of the My Creations Card Boxes for you to keep your cards in.
Cost of the workshop is just $25 and includes all of the paper, embellishments, card box, stamps and inks to create your cards.


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The world's 20 biggest economies must focus on higher labour productivity and become more competitive and innovative if they want to deliver on a pledge to boost economic growth, the OECD said on Monday ahead of a G20 meeting.
Leaders of the world's top 20 economies (G20) agreed last year to launch new measures to raise their collective gross domestic product growth by an additional 2 percentage points over the next five years above the level projected in 2013.
The pledge, called the Brisbane Action Plan, entails about 1,000 commitments. G20 finance ministers and central bank governors meeting in Istanbul on Monday and Tuesday will discuss ways to prioritise and implement them.
"Labour productivity remains the main driver of long-term growth," the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) said in a report prepared for the meeting.
The OECD, together with the International Monetary Fund, is likely to be tasked with negotiating with individual countries on which reforms to choose first.
"Priority should be given to reforms aimed at developing skills and knowledge-based capital. Raising the quality and inclusiveness of education systems will underpin this," it said.
"Governments need to improve policy settings in competition and innovation to facilitate the entry of new firms and the smooth reallocation of capital and labour towards the most productive firms and sectors," the report said.
Structural reforms have slowed in most advanced economies in the last two years after a flurry of activity at the height of the financial crisis while big emerging economies were speeding up changes, it said.
Overall, structural reforms implemented since the early 2000s have contributed to raising the level of potential gross domestic product per capita by around 5 percent on average across countries, with most of the gains coming from higher productivity, the OECD said.
"Further reform towards current best practice could raise the long-term level of GDP per capita by up to 10 percent on average across OECD countries," the report said. "This is equivalent to an average gain of around $3,000 per person."
The OECD said governments should ensure that women, young people as well as low-skilled and older workers also get jobs and earn decent salaries.


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(c) Indemnification Procedures. The party seeking indemnification (the "Indemnified Party�) shall promptly give written notice to the other party (the "Indemnifying Party�) of any claim subject to indemnification (the "Claim Notice�), provided that the delay of or failure to give notice will not affect the Indemnified Party or any Indemnitee's rights hereunder except to the extent the Indemnifying Party has been prejudiced by reason of the delay or failure. Following receipt of a Claim Notice, the Indemnifying Party will, at its expense, assume control of the negotiation, settlement, and defense of the claim. The Indemnified Party may participate in the defense of such third-party claim and employ counsel of its choosing at its expense. Upon fulfillment of its obligations with respect to indemnification, including payment in full of all amounts due pursuant to its indemnification obligations, the Indemnifying Party will be subrogated to the rights of the Indemnified Party Indemnitees with respect to the Claims to which such indemnification relates. The parties will reasonably communicate and cooperate in the Indemnifying Party's defense of the Claim. If the Indemnifying Party fails to comply with its indemnification obligations hereunder, then the Indemnified Party (upon notice to the Indemnifying Party) will have the right to undertake the defense, compromise or settlement of such Claim, by counsel or other Representatives of its choosing, and any reasonable fees and expenses incurred by the Indemnified Party will be considered costs for which the Indemnified Party will be entitled to indemnification. Absent the Indemnified Party's express written consent, the Indemnifying Party may only agree to any settlement or entry of judgment if: (i) the Indemnifying Party agrees in writing to pay all amounts payable; (ii) the settlement or judgment: (1) includes a written release of the Indemnified Party Indemnitees and the Indemnifying Party from all liability for the claim that is reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Party; (2) does not impose any injunction or restriction on Indemnified Party Indemnitees, (3) does not include an admission or stipulation of any Indemnified Party Indemnitee's liability or any element or evidence of liability; and the settlement or judgment is subject to a non-disclosure agreement.
(d) Infringement Exceptions. The obligations of Member set out in Section 9(a) and of Crossref set out in Section 9(b) to defend, indemnify, hold harmless the other party against any third-party claim arising out of or based on infringement, misappropriation, or other violation of third-party rights will not apply to the extent that a claim is: based on the use by the other party of the Service or Content, as applicable, in a manner not permitted by these Service Terms, if such claim would not have arisen but for such unauthorized use; based on the modification of the Service or Content, as applicable, in a manner not permitted by these Service Terms, if such Claim would not have arisen but for such modification; or based on any Service that was developed in compliance with detailed technical specifications provided by Member, if such claim would not have arisen but for Crossref's compliance with such specifications.
(e) Infringement Cures. Following notice to Crossref of any claim of infringement, misappropriation, or other violation of third-party rights, or if Crossref believes such a claim is likely, Crossref will, at its sole expense and option: (i) procure for Member the right to continue to use the allegedly infringing Service; (ii) replace or modify the allegedly infringing Service to make it non-infringing; or, if (i) and (ii) are not possible after commercially reasonable efforts, (iii) cancel the allegedly infringing Service and equitably adjust the Fees to reflect the reduced value of the Service based on the cancellation. In the event that (iii) occurs, Member may elect to terminate these Service Terms immediately on written notice following the effective date of cancellation.
10. GOVERNING LAW. These Service Terms will be governed by the laws of the United States of America and the State of Delaware, excluding its conflict of laws rules.
11. CONFIDENTIALITY AND SECURITY.
(a) Confidentiality. Each party recognizes that in the course of performing its obligations and exercising its rights under these Service Terms, it (the "Receiving Party�) may have access to non-public or proprietary information of the other party or its licensors (the "Disclosing Party�) that is marked "confidential� or by its nature should reasonably be considered to be confidential, including information about product designs and specifications, Content, information that may be used alone or in combination to identify individuals ("Personal Information�), and other confidential proprietary data or information (all of the foregoing, "Confidential Information�). Each party agrees that it will make no use and make no disclosure of the Confidential Information of the other party except as necessary to perform such party's obligations hereunder. For the avoidance of doubt, Crossref may provide Vendor with the name and email address of one or more contacts at Member in order to enable Vendor to provide the Service to Member. As between the two parties, each will at all times remain the sole and exclusive owner of its or its licensors' Confidential Information. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Member will not have access to any portion of the source code and underlying architecture and algorithms for the Service, and Member may not attempt to reverse engineer, disassemble, decompile, decode, or otherwise attempt to derive or gain access to the underlying architecture or algorithms.
(b) Exclusions. Subject to Section 11(c), Confidential Information does not include information that: (i) was rightfully known to the Receiving Party without restriction on use or disclosure prior to such information's being disclosed or made available to the Receiving Party in connection with these Service Terms; (ii) was or becomes generally known by the public other than by the Receiving Party's or any of its representatives' noncompliance with these Service Terms; (iii) was or is received by the Receiving Party on a non-confidential basis from a third party that was not or is not, at the time of such receipt, under any obligation to maintain its confidentiality; or (iv) was or is independently developed by the Receiving Party without reference to or use of any Confidential Information.
(c) Exceptions to Section 11(b). None of the exclusions set forth in Section 11(b) apply to any Content or Personal Information.
(d) Legal Obligation to Disclose. Unless otherwise prohibited by law, if the Receiving Party becomes legally obligated to disclose Confidential Information, the Receiving Party will give the Disclosing Party prompt written notice sufficient to allow the Disclosing Party to seek a protective order or other appropriate remedy, and will reasonably cooperate with the Disclosing Party's efforts to obtain such protective order or other remedy at the Disclosing Party's expense, and in the event the Receiving Party is unable to do so, the Receiving Party will (so long as not prohibited by law from doing so) advise the Disclosing Party in writing immediately subsequent to such disclosure. The Receiving Party will disclose only such information as is required, in the opinion of its counsel, and will use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain confidential treatment for any Confidential Information that is so disclosed.
(e) Crossref's Security Obligations. Crossref shall implement reasonable administrative, technical, and physical controls in accordance with industry standards that are designed to secure Member's Confidential Information (including Content) within Crossref's possession from unauthorized access and use, and shall utilize industry standard technology to do so. Crossref's obligation to provide security for Member's Confidential Information (including Content) will include, but not be limited to, the inclusion of industry standard virus software and firewalls and the requirement that Crossref update such technological protections as is necessary to protect Member's Confidential Information (including Content) and as vulnerabilities in existing technological protections are identified. Member may, no more than once a year, conduct a security audit of the systems on which Member's Content resides as set forth in Schedule 1.
(f) Member's Security Obligations. Member shall implement commercially reasonable administrative, technical, and physical controls in accordance with industry standards that are designed to secure Crossref's Confidential Information within Member's possession from unauthorized access and use, and shall utilize industry standard technology to do so. Member's obligation to provide security for Crossref Confidential Information will include, but not be limited to, the inclusion of industry standard virus software and firewalls and the requirement that Member update such technological protections as is necessary to protect Crossref Confidential Information and as vulnerabilities in existing technological protections are identified.
12. COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS.
(a) Each Party shall comply with all applicable laws governing its use of Content and Member's use of the Service, including applicable privacy and data security laws, anti-corruption and money laundering laws, and trade control laws.
(b) GDPR. To the extent applicable: each party shall comply with the General Data Protection Regulation (Regulation 2016⁄679 EU) ("GDPRâ€�), shall provide to each other their Data Protection Policies on request, and shall cooperate in relation to any request from each other to provide evidence of GDPR compliance.
13. INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS. Nothing in these Service Terms will make Crossref and Member partners, joint venturers, or otherwise associated in or with the business of the other. Crossref is an independent contractor of Member. Neither party will be liable for any debts, accounts, obligations, or other liabilities of the other party. The parties are not authorized to incur debts or obligations of any kind on the part of or as agent for the other, except as may specifically be authorized in writing.
14. GENERAL. Together with the Membership Terms (to the extent referenced herein), these Service Terms constitute the entire agreement and understanding between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede and replace any and all prior or contemporaneous written or oral agreements. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the parties acknowledge that the Vendor and Member may enter into a separate agreement governing the licensing of Content by Member to the Vendor for use in the Service offered hereunder (a "Side Letter�). These Service Terms may be amended by Crossref by providing written notice to Member of the amendment. In the event that Crossref amends these Service Terms as set forth in this paragraph, Member may terminate these Service Terms on written notice to Crossref within 60 days of receipt of notice of amendment from Crossref. A party's failure to insist upon or enforce strict performance of any provision of these Service Terms will not be construed as a waiver of any provision or right. If any provision of these Service Terms is held to be invalid or unenforceable, such determination will not affect the balance of these Service Terms, which will remain in full force and effect, and the offending provision shall be modified to the minimum extent required to render the provision enforceable. Member may not assign or transfer these Service Terms without the written consent of Crossref, which consent may not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed; provided, that Member may assign these Service Terms to an affiliate or subsidiary, or in connection with the sale of all or substantially all of Member's assets or any merger, consolidation, or acquisition of a party that results in a change in the ownership of more than 50% of the voting interests of Member. Any assignment in violation of the preceding sentence will be null and void. Crossref may, with Member's prior written permission, use and reference Member's name as a subscriber to the Service in connection with truthful advertising or promotion of the Service. Except with respect to the Vendor's rights under Sections 8 and 9, there are no third party beneficiaries of these Service Terms. Neither party will be responsible for any delays, errors, failures to perform, interruptions or disruptions in the Service caused by acts of God, flood, fire, earthquake, explosion, war, invasion, hostilities (whether war is declared or not), terrorist threats or acts, riot, or other civil unrest, national or regional emergency, strikes, lockouts, changes in law or regulations, storm, power failure, or failures of the Internet. The rights and remedies provided by these Service Terms are cumulative and use of any one right or remedy by either party will not preclude or waive the right to use any or all other rights or remedies. The said rights and remedies are given in addition to any other rights or remedies the Parties may have by law, statute, ordinance, or otherwise.
15. NOTICES. Written notice under these Service Terms shall be given as follows:
(a) If to Crossref: by emailing member@crossref.org addressing Mr. Edward Pentz, Executive Director.
(b) If to a Member: To the name and email address designated by the Member as the Business Contact in such Member's membership application. This information may be changed by the Member by giving notice to Crossref by email at member@crossref.org, in accordance with the Membership Terms.
16. CONFLICTS. In the event of any conflict or inconsistency between the provisions of these Service Terms, any Side Letter, and any document incorporated by reference herein, including via a URL contained in these Service Terms, the following order of precedence shall be observed, in order of priority: (a) any Side Letter, but only with respect to terms governing the licensing of Content by Member to Turnitin pursuant to such Side Letter; (b) this Agreement; (c) the Membership Terms; and (d) any SOW. For avoidance of doubt, except with respect to terms governing the licensing of Content by Member to Turnitin pursuant to any Side Letter, this Agreement shall prevail over any such Side Letter in all other cases; and the terms of Section 1(c) are not "terms governing the licensing of Content by Member to Turnitin� for purposes of this Section.
17. AUTHORIZATION. The Member represents that the Member is in compliance with and not in breach of the Membership Terms as of the date hereof.
Rev. 3 June 2019
Terms Applicable to Member's Use of
Similarity Check, including the Turnitin System
This Schedule 1 describes the services being provided under the Service Terms, including services provided by Turnitin, LLC ("Turnitin�). The terms of this Schedule 1 are incorporated into the Service Terms by reference. If at any time Turnitin ceases to provide the services described herein, Crossref may, in its sole discretion, either (i) terminate the Service Terms without payment of any fee or penalty, or (ii) replace or amend this Schedule 1, including by changing the Vendor who is providing the Service, in accordance with the amendment procedure set forth in Section 14 of the Service Terms.
"Turnitin System� means the plagiarism detection software created and owned by Turnitin, LLC ("Turnitin�), a California limited liability corporation, and licensed to Crossref under the name, "Similarity Check� (as such name may be changed from time to time) that compares Submitted Text against a database to identify materials that may have been previously published or plagiarized, and produces a report showing instances of overlapping text ("Matching Report�). For the avoidance of doubt, provision of the Turnitin System will be part of the Service. The Service will also include any other reports, documentation, and other materials provided to Member via Similarity Check.
"Snippet� means an excerpt from Content in the form of displayed text that consists of a sample of overlapping text identified through the use of the Service. The Snippet will be composed of a limited excerpt of and no more than a total of 24 lines of surrounding text, and must include bibliographic metadata for the document where the matching occurs and a Digital Object Identifier-based link to the content on Member's website.
"Vendor� means Turnitin.
Member's use of the Turnitin System must be in accordance with the terms of use attached as Exhibit A for reference and available at https://help.turnitin.com/Privacy_and_Security/Privacy_and_Security.htm under the heading "Acceptable Use Policy� (the "Terms of Use�). Continued use of the Turnitin System after any such revisions will constitute Member's acceptance of such revisions to the policy.
To the extent Member has not entered into a separate Side Letter (as defined above), Member agrees that Crossref may sublicense Content to Turnitin on a non-exclusive, non-transferable (except as part of the sale of all or substantially all of Turnitin's assets or any merger, consolidation, or acquisition of Turnitin), royalty-free basis solely for inclusion in a database (the "Similarity Check Database�) of Content maintained by Turnitin and used solely for purposes of the Turnitin System, and the similarity checking software created and owned by Turnitin and currently offered for license under the trademarks iThenticate, Originality Check, WriteCheck, Turnitin Revision Assistant, and Turnitin Feedback Studio (as may be re-branded from time to time), which compare submitted text materials against a database to identify materials that may have been previously published or plagiarized and produces a report ("Matching Report�) showing instances of overlapping text (the "Permitted Solutions�). The Similarity Check Database may be used solely for the purpose of indexing and comparing documents in order to generate the Matching Reports used in the Turnitin System and Permitted Solutions. For the avoidance of doubt, any Submitted Text and data generated through the Turnitin System will be owned by or licensed to Member for use consistent with the Service Terms.
Matching Reports provided to Member and to other Members participating in the Service will include access to the full-text of the Content item included in the Similarity Check Database in which the identified overlapping text appears. For every content item with a registered Digital Object Identifier ("Identifier�), Turnitin shall display the Identifier and shall link to the item via the Identifier when information about the item is displayed as part of the Service. Content may be used for the purpose of generating Matching Reports for non-member users of the Permitted Solutions, provided, however, that such Matching Reports will only include Snippets of Content, as well as the Identifier where available, and may not provide samples of or access to the full-text of Content.
4. Removal of Content
If Member requests removal of specific Content pursuant to Section 3(b)(i) of the Service Terms, the specific Content will be removed within 10 Business Days of Turnitin's receipt of the request for such removal. If Member requests removal of all Content pursuant to Section 3(b)(ii) of the Service Terms, all of Member's Content will be removed within 30 calendar days of Turnitin's receipt of the request for such removal. "Business Day� means a day other than a Saturday, Sunday, or federal holiday in the United States.
5. Availability
Turnitin shall use reasonable efforts to make the Turnitin System, to the extent applicable, available for access over the Internet at least 99.5% of the time during each month of the Term, except for scheduled maintenance and repairs, failures related to Member's systems and Internet access, and any interruption in the Turnitin System due to causes beyond the control of Turnitin or that are not reasonably foreseeable by Turnitin, including, without limitation: loss or theft of data; interruption or failure of telecommunication or digital transmission links; Internet slow-downs or failure; failures or default of third party software, vendors, or products; and communications, network/internet connection, or utility interruption or failure. In the event Turnitin fails to achieve the foregoing availability requirement, Turnitin shall use commercially reasonable efforts to correct such loss or interruption as quickly as practicable.
Fees for the Service are set forth at: https://0-www-crossref-org.lib.rivier.edu/fees/#similarity-check-fees.
Technical support for the Service is described at: https://0-www-crossref-org.lib.rivier.edu/services/similarity-check/.
Member may, no more than once a year, at a mutually agreed upon date and time, to conduct security audits of the Turnitin systems on which Content resides to ensure compliance with the Service Terms. Such audits must not unreasonably interfere with Turnitin's business and Turnitin will have no liability for any breach of security or other failure to comply with the Service Terms resulting from Member's activities in connection with the audit. In the event that Member desires to use a third party to conduct the audit, such third party shall execute Turnitin's then current standard non-disclosure agreement before being granted access to Turnitin's facilities and systems.
9. Separate Node
Turnitin shall maintain Content as a separate node in its database.

So that everyone can enjoy the Site, Turnitin reserves the right to suspend anyone's access to the Site who violates this policy and the following provisions. Please do NOT:
1. restrict any other user's enjoyment of the Site.
2. engage in unlawful, threatening, abusive, libelous, defamatory, pornographic, profane, or otherwise offensive actions.
3. carry out or encourage criminal conduct, give rise to civil liability, or otherwise violate any law.
4. violate or infringe upon the rights of any third party, including, without limitation, patent, copyright, trademark, privacy, or any other proprietary right.
5. distribute anything that contains a virus or other harmful component.
6. distribute anything that contains false or misleading indications of origin or statements of fact.
Turnitin reserves the right to disclose information as necessary to satisfy any legal requirement, including regulations, government requests, court orders, or subpoenas. Turnitin also reserves the right to edit or remove any information, in whole or in part, that it deems objectionable, disruptive to the Site, or in violation of these terms.
In other words: please be respectful of others. Thank you.
If you are already a Crossref member and would like to sign up for Similarity Check, please check whether your metadata includes what you need for Similarity Check. If it does, that will lead you to an application form. Please contact our membership specialist with any questions.
Last Updated: 2019 June 30 by Ginny Hendricks


Backgrounds play an important role in website design, especially considering all the ways web design is changing today. While some sites may perform best with simple backgrounds, others can benefit when website design services handle this element in a more creative way. The right background can make your website truly unforgettable.
The use of bold, beautiful, and high-quality images as backgrounds has become very popular in recent years as the emphasis on responsive and mobile-first website design has increased. In this type of setting, image backgrounds are quite effective at creating mood and giving viewers a preliminary look at what the website is about.
To generate the proper results, it is essential for website design services to help you choose the most fitting photo to use as a "hero" image. It must have high resolution so it is clear on all screen sizes and must depict a clear idea without any distractions. A hero image must also contrast well against any text used over it and avoid exceptionally bright colors. A great hero image can make a powerful statement about your website.
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To successfully use a video background in your website design, there are a few important details that must be considered. First, a video background should not include sound and must be greatly contrasted from any text that will be set over it. The resolution must be high enough to look good on most screen sizes, with a small enough file size that images load on all devices. Another important factor website design services must consider when using a video background is browser compatibility and the need for plugins.
Animated backgrounds are quickly becoming a preferred option in web design since there are countless ways they can be used. From full-page image and graphic animations to ones involving only graphical elements on the main page, these backgrounds are great when used as a site introduction, functional hover navigation elements, and other creative ways to attract interest and draw users in.
Hover animations are especially popular and very easy to incorporate into any design. Animated backgrounds offer somewhat of a combination of video and image backgrounds and are easily designed using browser-friendly .gif animations.
The background is one of the first website design elements viewers see, so it should be striking and engaging. Because of this, creative backgrounds are becoming a new staple in exciting and effective web design.
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Christine and the Queens tackle crisis in pop
"Chaleur Humaine"
22 February 2016, 12:00 | Written by Adam Burbidge
(Christine and the Queens)
Are we sluts? Are we not sluts?
Just two of the slut-orientated questions posed by Christine and the Queens, the conceptually androgynous alter ego conceived by Héloïse Letissier to allow her 'to be more daring, to be stronger, more out of the box'. In actual fact those are the only two slut-orientated questions that I am aware of her posing, but from reading about her you'd be forgiven for thinking that her sole creative interest was gender.
Of course, it plays a part. Having been schooled by the drag queens of Soho's Madame JoJo's in 2010, she then launched herself into a successful career at home in France, and since then has won a variety of national awards celebrating her particular strain of pop. But it's about more than gender. In the church of Christine and the Queens, identity whatever your crisis, human warmth and being able to 'use everything that could weigh me down like a fuel, like an energy' is the sermon - and whoever's on the organ is pretty good too.
She starts her writing process on her laptop with a hefty rhythm and bass line. No wonder then, that even during the slow elegiac parts of the record, I find myself both nodding and frowning in appreciation, see "Saint Claude", "Night 52" and her current single - "Jonathan", featuring Perfume Genius. The rest is relatively upbeat though – Letissier wants you to dance, whatever the subject matter – and her seemingly endless amount of electronic swishes and splashes will take you there. The record bounces heavily into view with "iT" and even with the substantial bass, the song still feels sparse and clean in terms of production, and, along with "Half Ladies" and "Tilted" (out 4th March), has something of the 'feelgood' about it, especially with the emboldened vocals and heartening lyrics. She also manages to mix Christophe with Kanye West. Fair enough.
Those who were first acquainted with the original French version of "Saint Claude" on 2014's Chaleur Humaine are most likely too besotted with it to entertain the idea of a version in English. The fabric of the song remains the same but it just doesn't fall quite as beautifully without the elegance with which she navigates the fibres and frays of her frequently diaphanous native tongue. Letissier stated in an interview that "Saint Claude" was written just after having seen people verbally abuse a man with tattoos on a bus and been happy that she could get off at her stop (Saint Claude) without being engaged by the group. Guided by guilt, she wrote a reimagined episode. The video, by the way, is exquisite. She seems to dance solely for herself, and so ably that it seems implausible that she could move in any day-to-day manner. She has been told that she is the female Michael Jackson, and her music does have the sound of the Thriller record about it ("Half Ladies" for instance), but their artistic resemblance reaches its zenith when backed up by her 'loafers, six inches of ankle, then trousers' look, which she has somehow managed to make look fantastic.
Chaleur Humaine is a truly enjoyable record, a durable collection of interesting and exciting pop music that is hopefully only the first of many to come from Christine and the Queens.