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Denver launches ambitious culture plan with IMAGINE 2020
By Ange-Aimée Woods
· Mar. 4, 2014, 8:58 pm
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Mayor Michael Hancock unveiling Denver's new cultural plan.
The city of Denver launched an ambitious cultural plan on Tuesday with IMAGINE 2020, the city's first comprehensive cultural plan in 25 years.
"Now that we have this plan it is time to get to it," Mayor Michael Hancock says. "This is not just some document that we expect to sit on a shelf.
The last cultural plan, launched in 1989, was the impetus behind some of the biggest cultural advances in Denver.
These include the city's "1 percent for art" public art program and the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District (SCFD) program which oversees the tax funding of many of Denver major arts organizations, from the Denver Art Museum and the Denver Botanic Gardens all the way to smaller galleries such as RedLine.
The new plan
This new cultural plan, spearheaded by Denver Arts & Venues, a city agency which oversees many public venues and arts activities, is the outcome of months of consultations with thousands of Denver residents.
Denver Arts & Venues conducted an online survey and invited Denverites to open houses and town hall-style meetings. Researchers asked participants to imagine what the future for arts and culture in Denver might look like.
The results are as revealing of Denver's cultural life today as they are of its aspirations for the future.
IMAGINE 2020 identifies seven major elements and 50 goals for developing the city's arts landscape going forwards, while also taking a hard look at what obstacles Denver faces if it wants to hit these targets.
For example, researchers working on the cultural plan found that Denver residents do not participate in the arts as much as they would like. Sixty percent of respondents say they would like to participate more. Researchers found this is especially true among Hispanic and African American residents.
Take art to the people
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Galleria Dancer at The Denver Center for the Performing Arts
Mayor Michael Hancock says the best way to include more Hispanic and African-Americans is to move the arts away from mainly downtown Denver and disperse it across Denver's many neighborhoods.
"We want to take the arts to where [the people] are," Mayor Hancock says.
This issue of better, more equal access to culture was a dominant theme in the plan. IMAGINE 2020 found that while more than 90 percent of survey respondents reported that it is easy to find arts and culture in Denver, only 56 percent reported that it would be just as easy to find arts in their own neighborhoods.
The mayor believes all Denverites stand to benefit if arts and culture are more equally distributed across Denver at the neighborhood level.
"It would be nice to just walk down the street and see theatre or a community show," the mayor says.
Looking for Leadership
Leadership is perhaps one of the most complex issues tackled in the cultural plan.
Researchers found leadership, particularly around policy and vision, to be lacking from Denver's cultural landscape. Denver residents who work in the arts report that no one single entity has the job of strategically advancing public policy for arts and culture in Denver.
"If we only focus on the mayor as the only one who can lead that is the wrong focus," Mayor Hancock says. "This has to be a community-generated effort."
Ten of the 50 goals identified in IMAGINE 2020 have been identified as priorities for the city:
Increase visibility of local artistic and creative talent;
Launch a public/private partnership with a focus on building the infrastructure necessary for 21st-century cultural development and promotion;
Identify, inventory and rank availability of arts, culture and creativity in every neighborhood, noting cultural deserts;
Address barriers that limit participation such as affordability, transportation and other factors;
Increase availability of affordable and accessible live/work spaces for creative sector workers;
Launch an alliance of organizations committed to inclusiveness and engagement in arts and culture;
Inventory all arts, cultural, and creative enterprises for policy and messaging purposes;
Offer a "Culture Cash" gift card, with proceeds benefiting IMAGINE 2020 initiatives;
Support Denver Public Schools' arts education strategic plan; and
Maximize www.Denver365.com website for residents and visitors.
For a full description of all the goals, visit IMAGINE 2020: Denver's cultural plan.


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La Fábrica in Sant Just Desvern, Spain. Ricardo Bofill Taller de Arquitectura transformed this abandoned cement factory into the firm's castle-like workshop.Photographer: Lluis Carbonell / RICARDO BOFILL TALLER DE ARQUITECTURA
"Ruin porn is all over Instagram," says Dan Barasch, the author of Ruin and Redemption in Architecture, a new book from Phaidon, in which he explores public spaces—think of the High Line in Manhattan—that have, and have not, been readapted in cities. "There are these really sumptuous, titillating images of abandoned spaces without any real context or substance behind them," he says. "On the other hand, there's endless celebration of design porn—stunning renderings or photographs of extraordinary structures."
For Barasch, these two populist expressions of worship have one very important thing in common: "There's no sense of history," he says.
Barasch has been thinking about history, and its connection to public space, for over a decade. He and James Ramsey are the minds behind the Lowline, a proposed underground park in an abandoned former trolley terminal on New York City's Lower East Side. It's a project that's consumed him since 2009, leading him to examine how other cities have made use of abandoned, old, or ruined spaces, which in turn resulted in this book.
In an abandoned market building just blocks away from the Lowline site, the Lowline Lab tested the solar technology and landscape design during all four seasons, demonstrating the technical viability of the concept.
Photo: Lowline, Raad Studio, New York, NY, USA; reimagined 2011. Picture credit: Andrew Einhorn
History comes crashing into the present when we confront a sobering reality: More people are moving to cities. Many estimates predict that by 2050, two thirds of the world's population will be living in them. Because space in cities is at a premium, public space has never been more expensive, debated, or important. "A lot of new development is making people feel small, and is disconnected from the city and lacking the humanity and the public space and the connected tissues to weave communities together," says Barasch. Thirty or forty years ago, cities were less desirable because of issues like crime; now, cities tend to be so much safer that quite a different problem is on people's minds: gentrification and income inequality.
"The ways we conceive of public space now, with large-scale public development, feels very corporate," he says. "Hudson Yards is a good example. They did develop a large amount of public space, meant to be for the public, and yet there's nowhere to sit, you're dwarfed by large towers on all sides, and it's dominated by high-end retail. Somehow this passed as a description of effective public space."
The L.A. River, 11 miles of which Frank Gehry would like to transform into a park. Here, initial views of the revised scheme juxtapose natural elements with concrete, creating new social uses for local residents.
Photo: Frank Gehry and teams; reimagined 2016. Picture credit: Tetra Tech, Inc
Barasch tells me all this in the commissary at Metrograph, the repertory movie theater at the bottom of Ludlow Street. We're meeting here after I refused to meet him at his first choice—Soho House's Lower East Side outpost, Ludlow House. The two edifices represent largely the same issue: money arriving where culture once was, with Metrograph emerging leaps and bounds ahead. Barasch had just landed from Australia the night before (he was talking with city leaders in Sydney about what to do with its miles of underground tunnels). His 15-month-old son (with partner Robert Hammond, a cofounder of the High Line), Rigsby, decided not to sleep last night. He's a bit of a ruin himself.
The Gucci Hub in Milan, a new six-story tower, is used for corporate offices, while the repurposed hangar and brick buildings constitute an integrated campus.
Photo: Piuarch
Barasch orders huevos rancheros and takes me through his book's four sections: Lost (Les Halles, Paris's traditional market, built in 1183, transformed in 1850, demolished in 1972); Forgotten (Gunkanjima Island, a.k.a. "Battleship Island," in Japan, abandoned in 1974); Reimagined (the L.A. River, 11 miles of which Frank Gehry would like to transform into a park); and Transformed (the High Line, NYC's elevated railway line, built in 1934, abandoned in 1980, transformed in 2009). The huevos are disappointing—there are a great deal of beans. "You're not a fan of beans?" I ask him. "Maybe not this many beans," he says. In the end, taste defines adaptive reuse projects as well.
The spaces we choose to preserve or reinvigorate are, like almost anything else, subject to trends. Currently, people are looking at transit—abandoned railways, train stations, and depots that once were the lifeblood of cities. Ultimately, the spaces we choose to save or abandon come down to important but difficult questions about what a community is. "It's such a subjective question. The answer depends on whom you're talking to," he says, adding that land is inherently political. "The central challenge of public-spirited design is: What does 'the community' want? That's an impossible question to answer. Sometimes you just want a bowl of beans."
The Fooddock redevelopment in the Netherlands has become part of a larger narrative involving the reclamation of disused industrial structures in the area.
Photo: Wenink / Holtkamp Architecten / Tim Van de Velde
When it comes to manifesting this desire, corporations and private money, it seems, have picked up the ball where governments have dropped or deferred it. Barasch points to some of his favorite examples in his book: Gucci Hub—a converted Milanese factory from 1915 (abandoned in 1950) that the company has modernized with attention to public walkways and reverence for old-world elements, like maintaining the building's original brick facades—and the Fondazione Prada, wherein a turn-of-the-century gin distillery has been converted into a center for contemporary art. He also likes the Tate Modern in London, a converted power station.
"What all of those spaces have in common is that they're used as hubs for creativity, or cultural centers," he points out. "Prada is a good example. You have the preservation of old buildings in an industrial area with stunning new modern additions. One cannot purchase a Prada product on the site. It's a project focused on art."
The Larkin Administration Building, in Buffalo, New York, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. It was destroyed in 1950 after the company was forced to sell the building; the site was transformed into a parking lot. The only remaining features of the former architectural icon are a lonely brick pier and commemorative plaque.
Photo: Collection of The Buffalo History Museum
These favorites stand in opposition to a larger point Barasch wants to make. "Someone needs to pay for these things," he says. And they're expensive. One of the core findings of the book is that the easiest way for adaptive reuse to happen is for a city or state government to spearhead the project, or a private developer has to be able to underwrite the full cost. "Who is capable of paying for it? Governments, companies, and increasingly high-net-worth individuals," he says, before reaching his conclusion. "Ultimately," he says, "we need the public sector to pay for the public realm."
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When the Swiss Red Cross Society and other relief organizations brought a number of severely affected Tibetan refugee families to Switzerland in 1964, Henri and Jacques Kuhn were not long in taking action as well. They not only provided company apartments for these families, but even offered them jobs as well.
Together with a circle of friends, they responded to these people's need for a cultural center by setting up the Tibet Institute in Rikon, Switzerland, in 1968. This institute has since become an important religious center for Tibetans in Rikon and throughout Switzerland and its neighbouring countries.
The center also enables Westerners to gain a unique insight into the riches Tibetan culture has to offer.
Many Tibetans continue to be employed at the Kuhn Rikon works now. The second generation of Tibetans has grown up in Switzerland and most of them are Swiss nationals who have found a new and permanent home for themselves in Rikon.
Having been refused a Swiss entry permit when he wanted to attend the consecration of the monastery, the Dalai Lama was finally able to visit Rikon for the first time in 1973 Rikon.
This was a moving event for all Tibetans in Switzerland and throughout Europe, and most of them saw their leader for the first time in their lives. Over the years, the Dalai Lama has visited his "external station"" in the West more than 13 times.
The library of the Tibet Institute is a scientific, specialist library that is open to the public. With more than 12,000 titles, it is one of the largest specialist Tibetan libraries in the world, and is a member of the IDS Zürich University.


LOWELL, MA--(Marketwired - Jan 12, 2015) - TRC Companies, Inc. (NYSE: TRR) has been awarded a $26 million contract to provide construction engineering inspection services for more than 500 bridges throughout the state of Pennsylvania. The project is part of the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation's Rapid Bridge Replacement program, a public-private-partnership to repair aging and deficient infrastructure quickly, cost effectively and with minimum impact to travelers. TRC will perform the work for the project's development entity, Plenary Walsh Keystone Partners.
"TRC is proud to be part of this tremendous effort to improve Pennsylvania's critical transportation infrastructure," said Chris Vincze, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. "The need to bring the nation's highways, bridges, and railways into a state of good repair is undeniable. Public-private-partnerships that enable the flow of capital and speed project completion are an increasingly effective approach, as state budgets remain tight. We are dedicated to helping clients achieve their ultimate goals by actively participating in innovative project delivery methods and by providing creative solutions to project challenges."
Under the contract, TRC will conduct construction quality acceptance for more than 500 bridges (with potential for expansion to include additional bridges) and will support reconstruction with pretressed, precast, and steel fabrication inspection. The project will begin in the summer of 2015 and is required to be completed within 36 months.
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Believe it or not 2-year old Taimur has his own doll figurine in the toy stores of Kerala now. The fan-frenzy that Taimurcommands easily out-distances the popularity of his parents Kareena Kapoor Khan and Saif Ali Khan, a fact of which they are rightly proud.
In fact Taimur's popularity rivals that of the three Khan superstars Shah Rukh, Aamir and Salman.


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Ryan Trost is the CIO and co-founder of ThreatQuotient. Prior to ThreatQuotient, Ryan was Senior Director, Cyber Intelligence Solutions Architect at SRA International and SOC Manager at General Dynamics, where he led the information technology and security teams. Ryan is an adjunct professor at Northern Virginia Community College where he teaches ethical hacking, IDS/firewalls, and network visualization. Ryan has two books published on threat intelligence and has spoken at numerous industry conferences including DefCon, BlackHat, Interop, and more. Ryan received his B.S. in business management from York College of Pennsylvania and his M.S. in computer science from The George Washington University. Ryan also received his CRISC certification from ISACA and his CISSP certification from (ISC)2.
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Advice from a former SOC manager on how to leverage threat intel without increasing the bottom line.


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FFT-Correlation is one of the fastest and most accurate techniques for protein docking. Based on the original work of [Katchalski-Katzir, 1992] the program KORDO had been developed in our group for predicting the structure of protein complexes [Meyer et al., 1996].
While FFT-Correlation is invariant to translation, the complete rotational space has to be scanned if no prior knowledge is used. Using bound structures near-native orientations with an RMSD around one Angstroem are obtained in less than an hour on a normal workstation. Although this is fast compared to other methods, weeks of computation would be required if 1:N dockings to a whole database of hundreds of structures were performed. In order to speed up the docking process at least one order of magnitude we have applied a prefilter based on hydrogen bonding patterns. This filter effectively reduces the number of orientations to be calculated.
While most of the cocrystallized complexes have been successfully docked from their respective monomers, there are some complexes which show either rather bad geometric complementarity or have very bumpy interfaces, both leading to low correlation values in the rotational scanning. Attempts to deal with these cases are discussed. Furthermore, in addition to the native interface there are other orientations which show high geometric complementarity. To distinguish the native orientation from other high ranking orientations a large survey of interface features from several hundred native and non-native interfaces was performed. The performance of different postfilters based on the results of this survey are compared.
As an application some results obtained by docking bound structures of transmembrane regions and unbound structures, respectively, are shown.
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Meyer, M., Wilson, P. and Schomburg D (1996). Hydrogen Bonding and Molecular Surface Shape Complementarity as a Basis for Protein Docking. J. Mol. Biol. 264, 194-210.


Post On Instagram Online: Instagram has never ever made it a concern in order to help individuals publish photos from their computers, but that doesn't imply it cannot be done. We have actually got a creative and totally risk-free workaround that will have you publishing content from your computer system in no time.
If you're breaking images on your phone as well as sharing them immediately with buddies, this probably isn't really of much interest to you, as you're making use of the Instagram operations specifically just how Instagram intends you to utilize it. If, on the other hand, you're a photographer who wishes to upload material you've post-processed in Photoshop, or you're managing an Instagram make up a company where your content isn't coming directly from a smart device, then the Phone-immediately-to-Instagram operations is a troublesome mess for you-- who wants to save their work on the computer system, sync it to their phone, then post it with the Instagram app?
In the fall of 2015, it seemed like Instagram was lastly getting around to acknowledging customers that wanted a PC-based workflow when they released an official Instagram customer for Windows 10, however that proved to be a very hollow victory for the people clamoring for a COMPUTER client. Not just was the launch limited to Windows 10, but the application just enables you to publish material to Instagram from your PC if the PC has both a touch screen monitor and a rear-facing electronic camera (e.g. it's a Windows 10 tablet computer). No touch screen or rear-facing cam? The upload is, strange as well as infuriatingly, handicapped.
So where does that leave you, the Instagram user that desires to publish material from their PC? It leaves you in a setting of needing to leap via a few small hoops to imitate the mobile Instagram experience on your desktop computer. We recommend doing so by installing an Android emulator on your COMPUTER, and also making use of the Instagram Android app within it.
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If you want to play reckless with the security of your individual Instagram account devoted to uploading funny pictures of your feline, that is your organisation. Yet when your service is actually, well, company, you may not wish to be in the placement of discussing to your manager how you got the firm Instagram account closed down due to the fact that you gave the login to some arbitrary Instagram assistant app you found online.
To accomplish our end safely and also without violating any kind of Instagram policies, we're going to emulate Android with the prominent BlueStacks emulator. We have actually selected BlueStacks, to name a few Android emulation remedies, for three primary reasons: it's readily available for Windows and also macOS, it's exceptionally straightforward to mount, and also it has an easy integrated method to share content between the host computer and the imitated Android setup. That makes it very easy to conserve a file on your COMPUTER and switch to the Instagram app to publish it.
We aren't going to go through this entire procedure here, since we've currently composed a step-by-step guide to installing as well as configuring BluesStacks. So head there, adhere to those directions, then come back right here to get where it leaves off: with the application mounted and running.
Just like when utilizing a real smart phone, you'll click "Install" and accept the things Instagram is allowed to gain access to (like your media data).
Now, you could run Instagram as well as log right into it similar to you would on your phone. Take a moment to do so now prior to relocating into the following step.
Since we have actually BlueStacks set up and you're logged into your Instagram account, delivering content from your computer system to Instagram is definitely insignificant. Allow's say, for instance, that you want to share some images of wonderful mechanical keyboards on Instagram. With BlueStacks fired up, it's actually 2 clicks to import a photo right into Instagram and then edit/tag/caption it like you would certainly other image on your mobile phone.
Simply click on the folder symbol on the sidebar of the BlueStacks home window to open up the host computer's data web browser.
Select the file you want to publish and click "Open".
When you've picked the file you desire, you'll be motivated to pick which application on the mimicked Android tool ought to deal with the documents. Select "Instagram" as well as click the "Always" switch.
NOTE: If you intend on using mobile applications like Instagram's official Boomerang application or various other design/layout helper apps, don't examine "Always" as you might sometimes wish to send imported photos over to those apps.
Instagram will certainly pack and also the new post series will certainly begin with Instagram prompting you to chop the picture, pick a filter, include tags, and ultimately click the "Share" switch.


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From Ariana Grande To Jack White: These Musicians Are Feeling The Bern
By Annie Grayer, CNN November 2, 2019 at 7:59 pm
Filed Under:Ariana Grande, Bernie Sanders, Democratic Primary, Election 2020, Jack White, Politics
(CNN) — Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders may be focusing his energy on trying to win over voters in early primary states, but a variety of musicians have shown that they are listening, too.
From Jack White to Ariana Grande, musical stars have signaled a liking for the Democratic presidential candidate.
Democrats have long turned to Hollywood and the music industry to leverage their own candidacy and gain support. Sen. Elizabeth Warren received an endorsement from Netflix's "Queer Eye" star and advocate Jonathan Van Ness, and John Legend recently told Vanity Fair that Warren is "the best candidate running today." South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg has had fundraisers hosted by Mandy Moore and Ellen DeGeneres. Businessman Andrew Yang will have Weezer perform at his event in Des Moines prior to his appearance at the Iowa Democratic Party Liberty and Justice celebration.
But so far, Sanders is gaining traction in this musical primary.
On Wednesday, two members of indie band Dispatch joined the ranks. Brad Corrigan and Chad Stokes Urmston performed at Sanders' rally in New Hampshire and shared their support.
"It's a real honor to be here" Stokes Urmston told the crowd. "We've been Bernie fans for a long time now and really admire his courage to say what he believes all these years. It's the same thing from 30, 40 years ago, he's been saying the same thing and finally the world caught up to him."
"Let's get behind Bernie with all that we have" Corrigan added.
And ahead of Sanders' joint rally with Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar in Minneapolis on Sunday, New Power Generation, Prince's longtime backing band, announced its endorsement.
"We're really proud to stand with Sen. Bernie Sanders as he attempts to bring America back to the people. It's time for the people to take back the government," said Morris Hayes, the late star's musical director and longest standing band member. "Like the good Senator says, it's not me or him, it's us."
Such support has come as the campaign aims to make live music central to its events, Sanders deputy campaign manager Ari Rabin-Havt said.
"One of the questions Bernie always asks before an event is do we have a band. So we try to have a musical event at every rally because that's something he really believes in" Rabin-Havt told CNN. "For Bernie, political events should be fun, should be cultural and should be entertaining. And it's not just I'm about getting famous musicians to perform. We try to have local musicians of a variety of genres from rap to blue grass to reggae perform."
That was on display last weekend, when Jack White, of the former band White Stripes, opened at Sanders' rally in Detroit, where Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib offered her endorsement to the Vermont senator.
In the middle of his seven-song set, White, performing at his high school alma mater, told the crowd why he backed Sanders.
"Listen, I've never done a political rally before. I'm not really politically affiliated too much. I don't consider myself a member of any party or anything I just listen to the issues" White said. "I want to listen to someone and understand that they're telling me the truth if I trust them. Bernie Sanders is telling the truth, and I really do trust him."
White noted that Sanders' position on abolishing the electoral college is what drew him toward the senator's candidacy.
That endorsement came just days after singer Jason Mraz also announced his support for Sanders.
"To me, he's the only candidate who can continue to drain the swamp," Mraz wrote on his website.
Earlier this year, Sanders was walking through McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas when singer-songwriter Brandi Carlile approached him. Rabin-Havt, who witnessed the interaction, told CNN that Carlile asked to take a photo with Sanders and offered to perform at a campaign event. Weeks later, Carlile opened for Sanders at his first Vermont rally of the cycle.
"It's a great honor to be here" Carlile told the Montpelier crowd in May. "I love him and I'm here to support him."
Rapper T.I., who also publicly endorsed Sanders in 2016, appeared on The View last week and said he believes Sanders is the best candidate to defeat Trump.
"For me, it's anybody but Trump 2020," T.I. said initially. But, when pressed further about who he believes can beat Trump, the rapper added, "Right now, the only person I see who has a base strong enough to oppose him is Bernie [Sanders]."
The Sanders campaign, of course, has incorporated other celebrities into their campaign. Actress Susan Sarandon, who supported and campaigned for Sanders in 2016, joined the senator once more on the campaign trail in Iowa over the summer. Rapper Killer Mike and actor and activist Danny Glover, who both endorsed Sanders in 2016, have also repeatedly joined Sanders on the campaign trail this time around. Actor Danny DeVito and John Cusack have also made appearance in support of the senator.
But the sway he holds with musicians continues on. Many have not gone as far as formally endorsing Sanders, but still have suggested an affinity for the politician.
On the day she released a remix of "Good as Hell" with Lizzo, Ariana Grande tweeted the lyric, "baby how u feelin."
Sanders, unprompted and not opting for the obvious lyrical reply ("Good as hell"), said, "Ready to fight for Medicare for All."
Grande retweeted Sanders' response: "screaming."
Lizzo has also shown an appreciation for Sanders. Over the summer, the singer called on her followers not to focus on Sanders' age and think critically about the Democratic presidential candidates.
And of course, rapper Cardi B has continued to show her support for Sanders.
Cardi B filmed a video with Sanders in July to talk about how his agenda will address raising the minimum wage and unemployment. The rapper tweeted earlier that month: "I been reading about Bernie Sanders and I'm really sad how we let him down in 2016."
Sanders returned the compliment.
"What it means is, what Cardi B does, not only is she an enormously popular entertainer, what she is doing is speaking to young people about the important issues that are on their minds and I applaud that very much," Sanders told CNN in July.
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Highlands College of Montana Tech is a public, 2-year institution located in Butte, Montana, approximately seven miles from the main university campus of Montana Tech. Highlands College offers 13 career-technical associate's degree and certificate programs, including programs designed in collaboration with Miles Community College and Missoula College. Students at Highlands College enjoy a small school atmosphere, with individualized mentoring and advisement, limited class sizes, and low tuition rates.
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The Indiana Pacers have continued to play solid basketball at times despite playing without All-Star guard Victor Oladipo during the second half of the season. However, this group is really struggling right now with three consecutive losses, and this contest will mark the final leg of a four-game road trip. The Pacers' balanced scoring has been one of its biggest strengths since Oladipo went out and they'll certainly need that to continue if they want to have success in the postseason.
Meanwhile, the Golden State Warriors have been playing well with three victories in their last four games. What's even more impressive about that is two of those wins have come against two of the Western Conference's more elite teams in the Houston Rockets and Oklahoma City Thunder. In addition, Golden State got a huge boost when All-Star forward Kevin Durant returned to the lineup after missing time due to an ankle injury.
Pacers: Indiana has had to depend on several different contributors to help fill the void left by Oladipo. Bojan Bogdanovic has continued to be one of the team's biggest producers and has scored at least 19 points in three of the team's last five games. Bogdanovic is currently averaging 17.8 points and shooting 41.9 percent from beyond the arc. If the Pacers want to have a chance against the Warriors, Bogdanovic is going to have to fill up the stat sheet.
Warriors: The defending champions are certainly in better shape than they were coming down the stretch last season. This is a group that is finally getting healthy and is still able to control its own destiny. The Warriors currently hold just a half-game lead over the Denver Nuggets for the top seed in the Western Conference and are looking to lock up that top spot. Look for the Warriors' stellar backcourt of Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson to try and put this one out of reach early in a game that they'll really want to have with such a slim advantage over the Nuggets.
The Pacers are struggling in a big way as of late and really need to string some wins together if they don't want to continue to fade in the standings. However, the Warriors will be just too much at home and should come away with the victory.


According to the Children's Commissioner, from 2017 to 2018, 125,277 children were turned away from specialist mental health treatment.
Mental health problems in children and young people are on the rise, and as the budget for mental health services continues to be squeezed, the number of those who are slipping through the net without receiving the appropriate care and support is reaching critical levels.
Place2Be is the charity walking the school corridors to directly support not just children struggling with their mental health, but the parents and teachers that surround them, too.
Officially recognised by the Charity Commission in 1994, Place2Be was originally a project that sought to place counsellors in primary schools, but quickly grew to the point it is today, where they now offer integrated school-based mental health services in 282 primary and secondary schools across England, Scotland and Wales.
To find out more about Place2Be's invaluable work, we caught up with their CEO, Catherine Roche.
The world today is a different place to what it was in 1994. From the pressures that our children face, to the way they interact and make connections with each other, being a young person in 2019 comes with its own unique challenges.
Catherine tells us that throughout the charity's 25 years of service, this is something that Place2Be has had to be aware of.
"Over the years, much has changed," says Catherine. "But our mission and purpose has remained constant: to improve the wellbeing of children and young people by providing emotional support in schools before problems grow and become more complex in later life.
This increase is something that the charity has experienced directly. And Catherine tells us that, despite reaching more than 140,000 pupils with their work in schools, Place2Be is conscious that many young people still aren't getting the support that they need.
In the hope of supporting those who miss out on vital services, Place2Be partnered up with Heads Together to create the Mentally Healthy School website – a place where teachers can find free, quality-assured resources to help primary schools support their pupils, and take mental health support into their own hands where formal services are unable to be established.
When experiencing mental health problems, it's easy to feel isolated, not to mention scared and confused. And for children, these negative feelings are only multiplied. But in order to properly support young people with their mental health and emotional wellbeing, parents and teachers need to be fully equipped with resources and information.
But parents are not the only adult support-givers in children's lives. Teachers play a vital role in the emotional development of any child. This is something that Place2Be has recognised throughout its history, and is a vital link in its mission.
Place2Be provides a dedicated counselling service for parents and carers, as well as advice, support and training for teachers so that all the adults around children can feel confident that they know how best to support them. Plenty of accessible, free resources can be found on their website.
Children's mental health week is the pinnacle on the Place2Be calendar, and the charity has been marking this event since 2015. This year the theme is Health: Inside and Out.
"When we think about healthy living, we tend to focus on looking after our bodies – our physical wellbeing – through food, being active and getting enough sleep. However, in order to be healthy overall, it's important that we look after our minds – our mental wellbeing – too," says Catherine.
The point of the week is to ask us to examine the ways that our physical health affects our mental health. Are our children more engaged when they have gone out to play? Are certain foods triggers for anxious behaviour? These are important questions to ask, and are often the foundation to taking care of our emotional wellbeing.
The pressures that children face today are unique to them. They were not around when many of us were growing up, and it's likely that they will change once again as we and the world around us continue to evolve. But despite this, there are universal experiences of childhood that we can all relate to. From the fun and the joy, to the uncertainty and anxieties, we must be there through it all to support the next generation as they embark on their individual journeys. And Place2Be is the life-affirming charity doing just that.


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Q: Flask-WTF: multiple forms of same class all returning the same data on submission I'm generating multiple forms, one per image, and packaging the image and corresponding form as a tuple in a list.
This list is then passed to Jinja where each tuple is unpacked and each image and form are inserted into a list for voting via the form.
My issue is that clicking on any one of the specific forms causes all form to return as if that button was clicked.
So, in effect, up or down voting one image acts as if that button was clicked for all other images.
I know I am creating legitimate forms as I have tried printing the form and it's return data to console.  When I do this, each form does have a unique address, and all forms show the same data (True / False) in the form.field.data attribute.
Can somebody help me discover what's going on here?
Form:
class VoteForm(FlaskForm):
    upvote = SubmitField('vote up')
    downvote = SubmitField('vote down')

Route:
@index_mod.route('/', methods = ['GET', 'POST'])
def index():
    pics = Pic.select().order_by(Pic.score.desc())

    pics_and_forms = []

    for pic in pics:
        voteform = VoteForm()
        #tuple of pic and corresponding form
        pics_and_forms.append( (pic, voteform) )

    for pic, form in pics_and_forms:
        if form.validate_on_submit():
            if form.upvote.data:
                pic.score += 1
                pic.save()
            if form.downvote.data:
                pic.score -= 1
                pic.save()

    return render_template('index.html', pics_and_forms = pics_and_forms)

Jinja:

    {% for pic, form in pics_and_forms %}

        {{ pic.name }}
        Submitted by {{ pic.user.username }}
        Score: {{ pic.score }}

        <form method="post" action=" {{ url_for('index_mod.index') }}">
        {{ form.csrf_token }}
        {{ form.upvote }}
        {{ form.downvote }}
        </form>

    {% endfor %}

EDIT
So I'm figuring out that while I can embed as many forms onto the page as I want the returning post request doesn't specify which specific form was clicked.
Instead I'm planning to embed the details into a hidden field and then use the flask request object to retrieve that field from the hidden form.
I would rather use Flask-WTF fully for this but it seems like there's no elegant way to dynamically add multiple forms to a page and retrieve which form was actually clicked.

A: You're only ever submitting one form at a time, so you really only need to be dealing with one Form object. I think a better approach would be to POST to a URL which contains the ID of the Pic you're voting on, and the up/down vote is captured from the submit button clicked.
I've refactored your code to illustrate this:
app.py
from flask import Flask, render_template, redirect, url_for
from flask_wtf import FlaskForm
from wtforms import SubmitField

app = Flask(__name__)
app.secret_key = 'secret'

class VoteForm(FlaskForm):
    upvote = SubmitField('vote up')
    downvote = SubmitField('vote down')

@app.route("/", methods=['GET'])
def index():

    form = VoteForm()

    pics = [
        {
            "name": "test",
            "user": {"username": "test"},
            "score": 1,
            "uuid": 'test'
        },
        {
            "name": "test2",
            "user": {"username": "test"},
            "score": 2,
            "uuid": 'test2'
        }
    ]

    return render_template("index.html", form=form, pics=pics)

@app.route("/pic/<id>/vote", methods=['POST'])
def vote(id):

    form = VoteForm()

    if form.validate_on_submit():
        if form.upvote.data:
            print("Upvote for pic {}".format(id))
        if form.downvote.data:
            print("Downvote for pic {}".format(id))

    return redirect(url_for('index'))

if __name__ == "__main__":
    app.run(debug=True)

index.html

    {% for pic in pics %}

        {{ pic.name }}
        Submitted by {{ pic.user.username }}
        Score: {{ pic.score }}

        <form method="post" action="{{ url_for('vote', id=pic['uuid']) }}">
        {{ form.csrf_token }}
        {{ form.upvote }}
        {{ form.downvote }}
        </form>

    {% endfor %}

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The Rise of Number One Names: Jennifer, Ashley, Emma, and More
May 29, 2015 By appellationmountain 19 Comments
Earlier this month, the new US popularity data came out showing that Charlotte had entered the US Top Ten. It was a big week for the name, because just a few days earlier, we'd learned that Will and Kate had named their new princess Charlotte.
I'd predicted that Charlotte was a future #1 name in the US, sometime around 2033.
But will Charlotte really make it that high? And is that too far in the future? What does the trajectory really look like for #1 names for girls?
I went digging into the data, and the results have me rethinking my predictions!
Number One Names: An Overview
Because boys' names are relatively stable, I decide to exclude them from this study. I also dropped Mary, since Mary was #1 way back in 1880, and we don't know what her path to the top might have looked like.
That still leaves us with nine names that have ranked #1 for girls in the US from the twentieth century through today:
Linda – Entered the US Top 100 in 1936. Reached the Top Ten in 1940. Became #1 in 1947.
Lisa – Entered the US Top 100 in 1954. Reached the Top Ten in 1959. Became #1 in 1962.
Jennifer – Entered the US Top 100 in 1956. Reached the Top Ten in 1966. Became #1 in 1970.
Jessica – Entered the US Top 100 in 1978. Reached the Top Ten in 1976. Became #1 in 1985.
Ashley – Entered the US Top 100 in 1978. Reached the Top Ten in 1983. Became #1 in 1991.
Emily – Entered the US Top 100 in 1973. Reached the Top Ten in 1991. Became #1 in 1996.
Emma – Entered the US Top 100 in 1993. Reached the Top Ten in 2002. Became #1 in 2008.
Isabella – Entered the US Top 1000 in 1998. Reached the Top Ten in 2004. Became #1 in 2009.
Sophia – Entered the US Top 1000 in 1997. Reached the Top Ten in 2006. Became #1 in 2011.
Some of these names had previously ranked in the Top 100, of course – but for our purposes, I've used the dates that led up to the name ranking #1.
So how long does it take a future #1 name to climb from relative obscurity to the top spot?
To go from Top 100 to Top 10: There's a range of 4 to 18 years, with an average of 8.11 years. If the longest and shortest times are excluded, the average is slightly shorter, 7.29 years.
To go from Top Ten to #1: There's a range of 3 to 9 years, with an average of 5.78 years. If the longest and shortest times are excluded, the average is 5.71 years. So … not much difference!
What does this mean? It suggests that if Charlotte reaches #1, it will be in either 2019 or 2020 – far earlier than my earlier prediction.
It's also worth noting that names don't go from #252 to #3. Yes, big jumps happen. But not blink-of-an-eye, meteoric-rise jumps.
Number One Names: How Long Can They Hold On?
How long do number one names hold the top spot?
This is the part where the crystal ball gets really foggy.
Linda and Jennifer held on for 15 years each; Emily, for a dozen. Lisa, Jessica, and Ashley held on for 8, 6, and 5 years, respectively.
But the latest round of number one names have short tenures. Emma peaked at #1, then immediately gave way to Isabella. Isabella held on for two years before being replaced by Sophia. And Sophia made it just three years before Emma reclaimed the title.
What does that mean? I suspect that the long reigns of number one names like Jennifer and Linda may be a thing of the past. Baby names generate lots of attention these days, and hearing that a name has reached #1 probably discourages at least some parents from using it. (Though there's no reason to fear a very popular name!)
Plus, it takes many fewer births to make a #1 name. Back in the days of John and Mary, 5% of children might receive the #1 name. Noah was given to fewer than 1% of all boys born in 2014, and still stayed in the top spot. Emma was given to just 1.07% of girls, and ranked #1. That suggests greater volatility is likely.
So if Charlotte reaches #1 in 2019 or 2020, there's almost no chance that the name will hold on until 2033 – despite the numbers that tell us that names have done so in the past.
Number One Names: What About Ava?
Do any of the other current Top Ten names have a chance of reaching #1?
We've already talked about Sophia, Isabella, Emily, Emma, and Charlotte. That leaves five current Top Ten names that have been number one names.
Do any of them have a chance?
Olivia – If the model is correct, Olivia has probably missed her chance. The range for this name go from Top Ten to #1 was between 2004 and 2010.
Ava – The same is true of Ava. Ava should have reached #1 no later than 2014 – this year. Still, that's not quite as far behind as Olivia, so maybe there's still a chance in 2015.
Abigail – Abigail also should have made it by 2010. I have a tough time imagining Abigail a #1 name in the US in 2015.
Madison – Madison feels like a name that has peaked and is declining, and the numbers reflect that. According to the model, Madison's window to join the number one names club was between 2000 and 2006. While Madison was a very popular choice, surname names for girls don't have the broadest possible appeal. We're not likely to see one become #1 any time soon.
Mia – I've saved Mia for last. Why? Turns out Mia's window is 2014 to 2020 – plenty of time to peak. It's also true that Mia has a lot in common with other #1 names. It has broad appeal as a Spanish-English crossover, feels traditional(ish), and has a very current sound. I'll be keeping a close eye on Mia going forward.
It's much tougher to think about what might happen with the fast-rising Top 100 names of the moment. A few that are interesting:
Ariana – Kelli pointed out that Ariana became the more popular spelling for the first time in 2014. Credit two things: the tremendous success of Disney Channel star turned pop sensation Ariana Grande, and Ariana's potential appeal to Spanish-speaking families. According to the ranges, Ariana should reach the Top Ten by 2018 – if Ariana will rise that high.
Evelyn – Will Evelyn make the Top Ten? I have my doubts. The model gives this name until 2020.
2021 is the latest year both Amelia and Sofia are expected to enter the Top Ten. I think both have a shot. I'm especially watching Sofia. Because of the spelling's popularity with Spanish-English speaking families, I wouldn't be surprised if Sofia does crack the Top Ten, and even become the more popular spelling.
Harper – I expect Harper to replace Madison as to go-to surname name for girls soon – very soon. The model gives Harper until 2029 to reach the Top Ten. 2029 is also the outside year for Scarlett, Kennedy, Ellie, and Lydia.
Annabelle and Piper are slated to reach the Top Ten by 2030 – again, if they climb that high.
2031 is the outside year for Penelope, Paisley, Nora, and Mila.
Newcomers Eleanor, Alice, and Hadley have until 2032.
According to the model, Grace and Victoria have already missed their window to reach the Top Ten.
I'm tempted to put one of those mutual fund-style disclaimers on this whole post: Past performance is not indicative of future results. And yet the difference between Linda's trajectory and the path followed by Sophia or Isabella isn't so very different.
What do you think of these predictions? Do you think there's more volatility in given names that there was ten years ago? Do you think Mia is a future #1? Which of the current favorites will reach the Top Ten?
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I think Mia has the best shot of reaching number one because it has the fewest alternate spelling options. I think part of its appeal is its simplicity. I can't decide if I want Lydia to head to the top 10 or not. We "picked" the name in 1992, even if we didn't use it until 2008. If it does get more popular, at least people will guess that my Lydia is younger than she actually is.
Brilliant analysis – I will have to steal it some time! 🙂
Thanks, Anna! It would be great to see if the patterns look the same in Australia – or if it's totally different. I wonder if it would work at the state level. Hmmmm …
I just realised we don't have yearly national data like the US, so it will be somewhat a work of imagination … but I will still do it!
De says
This is fascinating, happy about Alice coming back! (or maybe she never left *shrug*)
Sidenote: Ariana Grande was a Nickelodeon star not a Disney Channel one.
the Mrs. says
Such a helpful list! I like it because it can help me project which name will NOT be a top ten contender, so my children don't have the Mary, Linda, Jennifer experience. Brilliantly done, Abby!
I'm pretty sure that Harper will be in the top 10 in the 2015 list.
Brittella says
I just wanted to add that Evelyn is extremely popular with the Spanish-speaking community where I work in an elementary school. In fact, we have at least one Evelyn per classroom in a school of over 1000 students and often more than one. Since it seems to work in the Spanish-speaking families (I heard the name was popular in California first, I am in Georgia) and it matches the classic revival trend, I wouldn't underestimate its future rise!
Ooh, interesting, Brittella! I hadn't realized that!
Whether or not she still does, recently my daughter really liked the name Lydia. You've pegged 2029 as the outside year for that name to reach the Top 10. My daughter will turn 28 in 2029, exactly the right age to be considering using the name on an actual person. It's fascinating to me that your stats and her taste seem to converge on that one!
Now that is fascinating! I know someone my age who wanted to name her daughter Hannah for YEARS, only she never had a daughter. (And I don't know if she would use the name today if she happened to have a daughter now. But Hannah was her Lydia.)
If I was betting, I'd say Ariana has too many variant spellings to make it to number 1. Top 10? Maybe.
I'd give Alice, Harper, Piper, and Nora better than average odds of reaching top 10. You never know what happens, but I'd peg Alice or Harper as the more likely #1s in that group.
Evelyn, I suspect is riding on the popularity of the Avas. If Ava or Eva isn't going to make the top 10, I don't think Evelyn will either.
*NB Ava, Harper, and Amelia are top 10 names in my state already. Also in my local top 10: Avery and Lillian. Charlotte is our #3!
Excellent point about Ariana's multiple spellings – I hadn't realized considered the impact.
emmy says
Fascinating! I always wonder about what it is that drives the rise of the most popular names- are people responding gradually to to the increased frequency with which they hear the new names and liking it more each time until they give it to their own child, or are the most popular names appealing for some other reason to the people in a position to be naming? ie, are new hot names largely the chaotic product of chance increases in frequency, or were the seeds of their popularity planted much earlier in the cultural experiences of that generation of parents?
For a while I've leaned towards the latter idea, mostly because I ADORED so many of the most popular girls names now from a very young age, long before I was a name geek or discussing names with any of my peers, and long before they were to be heard on many infants – it seems likely that if six year old me in 1989 though Olivia, Isabella, Sophia, and Abigail were the most beautiful names*, that others in my generation felt the same (although why? That's another question). These rapid rises seem to support the idea, too- for these names to shoot so high so quickly makes it seem unlikely that their popularity is attributable entirely to gradually rising familiarity among the public- they seem to have been "waiting in the wings" for some of the people who loved them to become parents.
*I still find these names aesthetically appealing but would not use them myself due to their extreme popularity.
I'm in the right cohort to be naming babies now, and I also have loved Olivia and Sophia and Abigail since girlhood.
(And Natalie, which is fairly popular, and Melanie, which doesn't appear to be getting any love right now?)
I think you're right.
This is so interesting! I have been keeping an eye on a name I love and hope to be able to use – Skylar. I wish is wasn't gaining popularity so fast. This puts a new spin on it. Thanks.
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There wasn't a snowball's chance in hell that Disney was just gonna let it go.
Frozen was a massive smash hit from just about any angle, which meant a sequel was all but inevitable. Now, we finally know when it'll arrive.
The studio has revealed that Frozen 2 will drop into theaters on November 27, 2019 – six years to the day after the first one debuted and got "Let It Go" permanently stuck in our heads for the rest of time.
Although no cast or crew has been announced at this time, Kristen Bell (who voiced Anna in the original) shared the news on Twitter, so we can probably expect her back. Frozen also featured the voices of Idina Menzel, Josh Gad, and Jonathan Groff.
In other Disney Animation release date news, the awkwardly titled Ralph Breaks the Internet: Wreck-It Ralph 2 has been delayed from March 9, 2018 to November 21, 2018.
It's taking the slot formerly occupied by the studio's Jack and the Beanstalk retelling Gigantic, which has now been moved to November 25, 2020.


In Toronto's already crowded coffeehouse space, Aroma Espresso Bar is taking the city by storm. Launched in the city's Annex neighbourhood in 2007, Aroma now boasts 30 locations across the Greater Toronto Area (GTA).
"It's an impressive rate of growth when you consider the economic downturn that happened at the time the first Aroma location opened, and the fact that after opening the first store [the owners] waited two years before opening another location," says Daniel Davidzon, manager, Marketing and Communications for Aroma Espresso Bar.
Founded in Jerusalem in 1994 by Yariv Shefa, Aroma Espresso Bar immediately captured the imagination of the Israeli population. The brand grew quickly across the country and today it is considered the Starbucks or Tim Hortons of Israel.
Fast forward a couple of years to 2001 when Davidzon's cousin Anat Davidzon arrived in Toronto to study at the University of Toronto. She quickly began to miss the coffeehouses of her homeland and so she approached Aroma's owners in Israel and asked them if they had considered expanding into Canada.
To help her in the quest to bring Aroma to Canada, Davidson partnered with Earl Gorman, a Toronto-based businessman and together they purchased the Canadian rights to the franchise before opening the Annex location. Each country's branch of Aroma operates independently, although there is room for collaboration and co-opting of ideas, designs and menu items.
Along with the fast service comes a promise of quality, he says. Everything is fresh and made in-house daily. The commitment to fresh, wholesome ingredients is a common theme in all 175 Aroma Espresso Bar locations around the world. Stores in Canada, the U.S., Israel, Ukraine, Romania and Kazakhstan serve a combined 25 million customers a year.
In fact, three new items launched last year were developed in Canada: the Aroma A.C.E. sandwich made with avocado spread, grilled chicken, fried egg, arugula and Aroma sauce ($5.95 for a personal size), the fig jam and goat cheese croissant ($5.95) and the wildly popular Freekeh salad ($7.95).
"We constantly explore underserved health trends to see whether there is a fit with our menu," says Daniel Davidzon. "Our Freekeh salad is one result of that. We felt it was very much in line with our values, and once we identified freekeh as a key nutritious ingredient, we then had to create a menu item around it while also considering operational capabilities." Freekeh is a Middle Eastern grain predicted to be what quinoa was five years ago.
The company sources beans from South America and India as well as in Asia and Europe. It also has an exclusive facility in Israel that roasts beans for all of its units around the world.
For those looking for something a bit stronger, eight Aroma Espresso Bar locations are licensed, with a Signatures drinks menu featuring a selection of hot and cold drinks that can be spiked with vodka, rum or Baileys. While the baristas suggest pairings, customers can also customize their own drinks. These locations also stock wine and beer.
"We have a store in Niagara that works with local wineries to showcase their wines — the wineries are lining up to partner with Aroma because of the exposure it brings to their brand," says Daniel Davidzon.
The alcohol licensing of an Aroma Espresso Bar is at the discretion of the individual franchisee.
When it comes to size, it's determined by location. But, on average, each unit features about 20 seats. All locations are either stand-alone or corner units with an average footprint of 2,000 square feet. Aroma employs 500 people across Ontario, with approximately 15 staff per store.
According to Doug Fisher, foodservice and franchise consultant and president of Toronto-based FHG International, Aroma is "blowing everyone out of the market" with its business model.
"I think they have it pretty dead on," says Fisher. "They didn't get stuck in the coffee bar concept like everyone else; they also allowed for a great line of smoothies as well as hot and cold food fresh to order. They brought a lot of life into the operation with that. They may have the best coffee in the market — it's outstanding." Although Fisher says Aroma may be a little pricey, given its growth, volume and turnover it doesn't seem to be a deterrent.
Whether Aroma will be successful in lower-income neighbourhoods remains to be seen, says Fisher, and that may set a limit on what the company can achieve in the GTA.


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My Son Hates Being Homeschooled?
Needless to say, I was devastated. I tried to tell him that the reason I homeschool him is because the public school system does not respect our beliefs and practices. I reminded him of the time his first grade teacher called child services because I barked at her during our parent-teacher conference. He didn't want to hear any of it though, so I just left him alone to do a Math worksheet.
I haven't talked to him today yet, and I'm trying not to be upset at him, but it's so hard. Please, have of your children gone through this phase with homeschooling, and if so how did you handle it?


Berlin - German police arrested 10 people in pre-dawn raids on Saturday on suspicion they were planning major attacks with stockpiled weapons and explosives, a prosecution spokesman said.
Prosecutors said the suspects were arrested for allegedly plotting a "serious, state-endangering crime". Local media reported that they were sympathisers of the Islamic State militant group.
Authorities across Europe are also on high alert for attacks from right-wing extremists after last week's New Zealand mosque attack that left 50 dead.


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NASA Investigation Uncovers Cause of Two Science Mission Launch Failures
On Space Launch Complex 576-E at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, Orbital Sciences workers monitor NASA's Glory upper stack as a crane lifts it from a stationary rail for attachment to the Taurus XL rocket's Stage 0. Credits: NASA
NASA Launch Services Program (LSP) investigators have determined the technical root cause for the Taurus XL launch failures of NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO) and Glory missions in 2009 and 2011, respectively: faulty materials provided by aluminum manufacturer, Sapa Profiles, Inc. (SPI).
LSP's technical investigation led to the involvement of NASA's Office of the Inspector General and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). DOJ's efforts, recently made public, resulted in the resolution of criminal charges and alleged civil claims against SPI, and its agreement to pay $46 million to the U.S. government and other commercial customers. This relates to a 19-year scheme that included falsifying thousands of certifications for aluminum extrusions to hundreds of customers.
NASA's updated public summary of the launch failures, which was published Tuesday, comes after a multiyear technical investigation by LSP and updates the previous public summaries on the Taurus XL launch failures for the OCO and Glory missions. Those public summaries concluded that the launch vehicle fairing — a clamshell structure that encapsulates the satellite as it travels through the atmosphere — failed to separate on command, but no technical root cause had been identified. From NASA's investigation, it is now known that SPI altered test results and provided false certifications to Orbital Sciences Corporation, the manufacturer of the Taurus XL, regarding the aluminum extrusions used in the payload fairing rail frangible joint. A frangible joint is a structural separation system that is initiated using ordnance.
"NASA relies on the integrity of our industry throughout the supply chain. While we do perform our own testing, NASA is not able to retest every single component. That is why we require and pay for certain components to be tested and certified by the supplier," said Jim Norman, NASA's director for Launch Services at NASA Headquarters in Washington. "When testing results are altered and certifications are provided falsely, missions fail. In our case, the Taurus XLs that failed for the OCO and Glory missions resulted in the loss of more than $700 million, and years of people's scientific work. It is critical that we are able to trust our industry to produce, test and certify materials in accordance with the standards we require. In this case, our trust was severely violated."
To protect the government supply chain, NASA suspended SPI from government contracting and proposed SPI for government-wide debarment. The exclusion from government contracting has been in effect since Sept. 30, 2015. NASA also has proposed debarment for Hydro Extrusion Portland, Inc.,formerly known as SPI,and the company currently is excluded from contracting throughout the federal government.
"Due in large part to the hard work and dedication of many highly motivated people in the NASA Launch Services program, we are able to close out the cause of two extremely disappointing launch vehicle failures and protect the government aerospace supply chain," said Amanda Mitskevich, LSP program manager at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in, Florida. "It has taken a long time to get here, involving years of investigation and testing, but as of today, it has been worth every minute, and I am extremely pleased with the entire team's efforts."
To learn more about NASA's Launch Services Program.


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Christophe Barlieb is an architect specialized in architecture media theory and practice. He currently leads the R&D unit of applied robotics in architecture at Werk5 GmbH. He has taught at the Technical University of Berlin, the Technical University of Braunschweig and the Shenkar College of Design and Engineering in Tel Aviv. He received a B.Arch. from Pratt Institute and collaborated with Raimund Abraham on the Austrian Cultural Forum, the Musikerhaus and the Harry Smith Heaven and Earth Library.
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Gaston Vuillier (Perpignan, 1845 - Gimel-les-Cascades, ) est un peintre, artiste dessinateur, voyageur et ethnographe français, qui travailla pour les grandes revues illustrées du , en particulier Le Tour du monde et Le Monde illustré.

Biographie
Né à Perpignan, le , Gaston Vuillier est le fils naturel d'une jeune servante, Anne Pont et de Paul Vuillier, maître de forge installé dans la vallée de la Boulzane. Il passe son enfance dans les Pyrénées audoises puis devient pensionnaire au lycée de Perpignan.

En 1878, jeune peintre, il contacte la maison Hachette pour rencontrer Édouard Charton qui l'embauche comme illustrateur dans ses magazines.

À partir de 1892, c'est en Corrèze, à Gimel-les-Cascades, que Vuillier trouve son port d'attache, fasciné par la beauté des paysages de ce lieu. Il lutte farouchement en faveur de la sauvegarde et de la protection du site des cascades.

Il peint de célèbres œuvres et des autoportraits tels que Le Vocero, La Sorcière, Le Pavillon, Au bord de l'étang.

Passionné également par les pays méditerranéens, il publia des ouvrages sur la Sicile, la Tunisie, la Corse, la Sardaigne. Il s'attacha particulièrement aux Baléares, et publia en 1888 Voyage aux îles Baléares. Accueilli à plusieurs reprises par l'archiduc Louis-Salvador de Habsbourg-Lorraine dans ses propriétés de Majorque, il éprouva beaucoup de sympathie pour ce mécène, ouvert aux arts et aux sciences.

En 1898, il publie un imposant ouvrage de 390 pages intitulé La Danse (Paris, Hachette), qu'il illustre probablement lui-même.

Il est inhumé à Gimel-les-Cascades.

Notes et références

Bibliographie
 Daniel Fabre et Anna Iuso, Gaston Vuillier ou le trait du voyageur, biographie illustrée, Garae Hesiode, 2002.

Liens externes

Naissance en octobre 1845
Décès en février 1915
Illustrateur français du XIXe siècle
Conte limousin
Naissance à Perpignan
Décès en Corrèze
Écrivain lié aux Pyrénées-Orientales
Décès à 69 ans

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Preface (Below)
Chapter 1: Analysis of the title and first two paragraphs of Chapter 18 of "Approved by Man" by Wright/Townsend (ELC leaders)
Chapter 2: Analysis of the first section of chapter 18 "The Propagation of the Declaration"
Chapter 3: Analysis of the second section of Chapter 18, "Why such a strong stand against the DOT?
Chapter 4: Analysis of the third section of Chapter 18, "Biblical Law Center Bulletins"
Chapter 5: Analysis of the fourth section of Chapter 18, "More Exclusivity Statements"
Chapter 6: Analysis of fifth section of Chapter 18, "We Can't Give it to Other Churches!"
Chapter 7: Analysis of the sixth section of Chatper 18, "Has it ever been tested in court?"
Chapter 8: Analysis of the last section of Chapter 18, "The Questions will keep coming"
Chapter 10: Reply to Ben Townsend's Article, "Give and Take"
Chapter 11: Answer to Ben Townsend's Article, "It Really Isn't Personal: "It's Financial!"
Chapter 12: Answer to Ben Townsend's Article, "God is our Benefactor; He is NOT a Beneficiary"
Analysis of Ben Townsend's Article, "A Law, Made by Man, Will be Changed" and Conclusion
Exposing or Silently Co-existing with False Teaching Causes Suffering and Persecution from Within and Without a Church (050217)
The Only Way a Church Can Organize to Remain a New Testament Church (050616 article which explains that why trust is a Bible concept and why it is the only way a church can organize in accord with New Testament principles and the wisdom of using a properly worded and executed Declaration of Trust with supporting documents.)
Expose And Reject The Teachings and Methods of Church Organization Con-Artists and Charlatans (050616)
Why Understanding and Applying Church and State Law Is Important for Believers and Churches (June 3, 2012 article)
Is the ordinary trust recommended by this "Separation of Church and State Law Ministry" and by the BLC a legal entity?
See Comparison of Bible Trust (ordinary trust), Incorporation (includes corporation sole), and Ecclesiastical Law Center Trust for a concise chart of the differences each brings to church organization.
See Spurious rationale for church incorporation: to hold property (Section VI, Chapter 7 of God Betrayed; Chapter 7 of Separation of Church and State) for an explanation of the ordinary trust. That chapter shows how the ordinary trust comports perfectly with Bible principle and why this author now co-labels the ordinary trust a Bible trust.
Copyright © November 23, 2014
Website of Old Paths Baptist Church "Separation of Church and State Law Ministry"
Constant attacks by an organization called the Ecclesiastical Law Center ("ELC") against the Declaration of Trust ("DOT") and the ordinary trust thereby created which were first promoted by the Biblical Law Center ("BLC") and now by the ordinary Bible trust of this Old Paths Baptist Church "Separation of Church and State Law" ministry ("SCSLM") made this booklet necessary. The ELC not only has attacked the right way for many years, but also has promoted a wrong way thereby misleading untold numbers of good men of God and churches.
Any believer, by dedicated study, can learn the truth about the matters addressed in this booklet. The author has been asked several times over the last few years to expose false teachings of the ELC. Since he had written the biblical and legal truth about the ordinary trust which the ELC has attacked for a long time, the author presumed that other men of God who loved the Lord and His churches would study the issues out and come to the truth. Sadly, the author recently became aware that a few good men of God continue to blindly follow Ben Townsend and the Ecclesiastical Law Center, organize their churches according to the ill-advised ELC method, and repeat the ridiculous attacks and arguments made by Townsend against the ordinary trust. Therefore, the Lord laid it on this author's heart to directly expose the false teachings of the ELC concerning the ordinary trust. As a result, he studied ELC writings and further discovered that the ELC method of church organization is flawed legally and biblicly.
This booklet does four things. First, it answers, exposes, and defeats the long published and continuing attacks by the ELC against the Declaration of Trust ("DOT") and the ordinary trust thereby created which are promoted by the BLC and the ordinary Bible trust used by this SCSLM. See Endnote 1 for information on the Bible trust. This series of articles will prove the fallacies of the former and the validity of the latter. The central focus will be Chapter 18, "Should a Church Be Placed In a Declaration of Trust?" of the ELC book, Approved by Man: A Case for Biblical Reasonableness, by Robin Wright and Ben Townsend; that chapter is published online as well. Second, this booklet explains the SCSLM ordinary trust from both a Bible and legal standpoint. Third, this booklet exposes the very ill-advised ELC method of church organization for what it is. Fourth, this booklet, as shown by Ben Townsend's online responses to the first 8 chapters which are analyzed in Chapters 9-13, corners Townsend, causes him to admit that "he does not know much about trusts, and that an ordinary trust is not a legal entity." Both admissions (1) reveal that he is not and was not qualified to write Chapter 18 of Approved by Man or any of his other attacks against the ordinary trust and the DOT which creates it; and (2) raise the question, "What was Townsend's motive for expending so much time and effort to widely publish something, which when examined, shows his ignorance and hypocrisy?" Townsend's admissions as well as his legal and biblical analyses (generosity calls his forays analyses) which are thoroughly examined in this booklet totally expose the fact that no believer and church should depend upon Townsend and the ELC for any guidance concerning church organization.
The ELC has no lawyers to guide them in their forays into the legal arena. Some may think that is a good thing, and in some cases it is. Spiritual matters should never be addressed by an unsaved person, including an unsaved lawyer or a "Christian" lawyer or paralegal whose legal education controls his spiritual beliefs and earthly actions. Both legal and biblical issues are involved in the application of the biblical doctrines of government, church, and separation of church and state; and understanding all those doctrines and making the proper applications so as to keep a church out of the legal arena is absolutely necessary for a church who wishes to glorify God.
On the other hand, the unstudied and unlearned should properly prepare himself before taking on complex matters, especially when those matters are near and dear to the heart of God. A pastor has a full-time job being a pastor. He does not have the time to spend thousands of hours in preparation and then the many hours of continuing study and practice needed to become proficient in understanding law and applying that law to the world, and/or seeking to keep man's law out of God's church organization. Without serious training in legal research and analysis, one will find it very difficult to navigate the legal landscape in search of answers to church related issues. To understand the law of trusts, for example, one must be able to properly research the vast collections contained both online and in legal libraries. This is not to say that one who has watched a lawyer do a simple thing such as successfully countering a church property tax challenge cannot then, himself, do the same thing. Even secular people, when presented with the truth, understand that churches, no matter how organized, have certain benefits not available to associations, businesses, and other types of organizations. On the other hand, researching and applying more complex and/or intricate legal issues may require the skills of one trained in the law.
Since the ELC has depended upon pseudo-lawyers for guidance not only to design their own methods for church organization but also to analyze the BLC method of church organization, they not only totally mis-characterize the latter but also set churches up to be legal entities. They then purport to have found "Biblical" as opposed to "legal" solutions, not realizing that they have in fact violated biblical principles for church organization by establishing churches with legal status. This is all explained in this booklet.
The BLC was started by Al Cunningham, a born-again lawyer, who initiated the use of a DOT which creates an ordinary trust or an ordinary Bible trust into which a church may place their tithes, offerings and gifts to be administered by a pastor/trustee for the benefit of the true, equitable, and beneficial owner of the money and property held by the trust (the trust estate). The church is the trustor but the ordinary (Bible) trust is not the church, and the church is not the trust. The ordinary (Bible) trust is not a legal entity, and the church remains a non-legal entity (a spiritual entity only) so long as (1) the document(s) which establish the trust implement the correct principles and (2) the church does not act legally in any way. As to (1) in the last sentence, one must use a Declaration of Trust which establishes an ordinary trust, not a business or charitable trust or some other type of trust which is a legal entity. The ELC, as will be shown in these articles, before the first 8 chapters of this booklet was published, never referred to the law of ordinary trusts; this indicated that they knew nothing of it. After the publication of the first 8 chapters, Townsend suddenly backtracked, quoted a little from the law of ordinary trusts, but then added a ridiculous twist that further discredited his status as a legal authority. One who examines this booklet can see that these assertions are true.
This author became lead counsel for the BLC in 2005, sometime after attoryen Al Cunningham went home to be with the Lord. His first great task in that position required him to do extensive Bible first and legal second research to satisfy himself that the trust created by the DOT utilized by the BLC was in line with both biblical and legal principles and that did not make a church who places her tithes, offerings, and gifts into the trust estate of an ordinary trust a legal entity. Studying so one can proceed with knowledge, understanding and wisdom is prescribed in God's word. For example:
"Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth" (2 Timothy 2:15; see also, After Salvation for Bible teaching on the responsibility of the believer to grow in knowledge, understanding and wisdom.) The initial period of intense study resulted in the book God Betrayed/Separation of Church and State: The Biblical Principles and the American Application. The author has continued his studies to this day and has published several smaller books, booklets, and tracts as well as many articles and audio teachings. All these books as well as other resources are free online. One can order 4 of the books in both Kindle and softback and 2 three in softback – go to Order information for books by Jerald Finney. This booklet is now available in online form only.
The author concluded beyond any doubt that the DOT and the ordinary trust thereby created which are recommended by the BLC and now the ordinary Bible trust recommended by this ministry are flawless, both Scripturally and legally, if the DOT and other documentation, if any, do not set the church up as a legal entity.
After an honest examination of ELC teachings concerning the DOT and the trust, one can safely conclude that both the ELC attacks and methods of church organization are without knowledge, understanding, and wisdom. Their teachers and leaders are untrained novices in the science of legal research and analysis. One purpose of this booklet is to expose the fallacies of their attacks and teachings; but that is not the main purpose. The primary reason for this book is to educate everyone who has an interest in these matters as to both the right and wrong ways for a church to organize. Nothing is more important than keeping the local church pure and chaste. Hopefully, the ELC and those churches who depend upon them will come to a knowledge of the truth and repent. This ministry will repent of any error brought to our attention. Our goal is to glorify God, and that cannot be done by letting pride, motive, or bias overrule truth.
After Chapters 1-8 were published online, Ben Townsend of the ELC responded in an article called Give and Take. In that article, he admits that he knows very little about trusts. Chapters 9 and 10 respond to that article.
Chapter 11 responds to an article by Townsend, "It Really Isn't Personal: "It's Financial!" written after chapters 1-8 of this booklet were published. Chapter 11, especially when studied in conjunction with this whole booklet, totally destroys Townsend's arguments. In that article Townsend asserts that all trusts are the same, and, among other things:
"These are not Biblical instruments for Lordship Churches. They attempt to tell us that their 'Trust' is not like any other Trusts. And MY dog is not like any OTHER dog! You have your 'Business Dogs,' your 'Revocable Dogs,' 'Living Dogs,' 'Charitable Dogs,' and I am sure Attorney Finney has an 'Ordinary Dog.' And just because he may call his Ordinary Dog's tail a leg, it does not make it have five legs." Townsend later admits, in online publication, more or less, that there are different kinds of trusts and that the ordinary (Bible) trust is not a legal entity.
Chapter 12 analyzes Ben Townsend's article God is our Benefactor; He is NOT a Beneficiary and explains some terms which Townsend admittedly misunderstands.
Townsend also published A Law, Made by Man, Will be Changed which explains more of the questions raised in chapters 1-8. In that article he admits (1) that he knows very little about trusts, (2) that the ordinary trust recommended by the BLC and by this ministry is not a legal entity (As pointed out in prior chapters of this booklet, one of Townsend's longstanding and clearly false teachings has been that the ordinary trust is a legal entity.). A Law, Made by Man, Will be Changed also reveals much more which explains his untenable positions and other matters. Chapter 13 analyzes that article. Chapter 13, Analysis of Ben Townsend's Article, "A Law, Made by Man, Will be Changed and Conclusion
The believer who wants to know the truth now has a resource on which he can depend, in spite of all the continuing ridiculous tirades which this author has been told the ELC continues to publish.
The Old Paths Baptist Church Separation of Church and State Law Ministry recommends a very specific form of ordinary trust which is designed to satisfy all relevant Bible principles and to close the door to all attacks which would seek to place a church under civil government. This trust is an ordinary trust, but the ministry calls it an ordinary Bible trust or a Bible trust because the language of the Resolution to Adopt the Declaration of Trust and the Declaration of Trust, signed by the male members in good standing with the church, articulate all relevant Bible principles so as to leave no crack in the armor or shield though which "wicked powers and principalities in high places" may thrust their fiery darts. A new website, ABIBLETRUST.COM, is being launched by this ministry which will show churches all they need to know about the Bible trust.
Chapter 13: Analysis of Ben Townsend's Article, "A Law, Made by Man, Will be Changed" and Conclusion