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Review: Ismene (Dream Theatre)
A marathon of self-indulgence
Dream Theatre Company presents
Ismene
Written and directed by Jeremy Menekseoglu
at Dream Theatre, 556 W 18th St. (map)
through June 5 | tickets: $15 – $18 | more info
Reviewed by Jason Rost
A good rule of courtesy for Chicago theatre companies to follow ought to be: if a production's runtime exceeds two hours on a weeknight, there must be some warning of this information somewhere, be it on the theatre company's website or in the program. In Jeremy Menekseoglu's at times excruciating three hour long production of Ismene, Dream Theatre makes that information available to no one anywhere. This is a selfish and disrespectful lack of consideration to the Chicago theatergoing community, many who have jobs on weekdays in this blue collar town. Menekseoglu is the playwright, director, sound designer, scenic designer and lead actor in what is ultimately a festival of self indulgence for the artist who holds his audience captive (literally the door to the Pilsen space is locked after the show begins giving patrons a struggle to exit at the two hour intermission mark). While there are several talented actresses involved in Ismene, the script and lack of direction take the life out of their skills with a monotonous overly clichéd meta-theatrical affair.
The evening actually starts out rather interesting with a Circus barker (an intriguing Chad Sheveland) greeting the audience at the door of the storefront lobby along with Thespia (Natalie Breitmeyer), the first member of the chorus (of the Greek variety) to escape and develop individual thoughts. After this brief pre-show we are introduced to Ismene (the very same sister to Antigone). Anna Menekseoglu as the title character in the prologue is captivating, delivering a monologue that is an example of the potential poetic skill of the playwright. She declares that her chorus has died, leaving herself to the decisions of independent will. This concept is interesting enough, but Jeremy Menekseoglu's script only gets more and more muddled from here allowing the production to slowly spiral downward to a point where nothing can remain compelling or entertaining.
While the audience is still in the front lobby during this pre-show, Erin (a feisty Michelle Apalategui) convinces Ismene to come with her to a school for forgotten girls. At this point the audience is escorted into the larger auditorium space where Menekseoglu has housed his massive set. We learn that the school is run by Procne (played by Rachel Martindale with a captivating vocal quality), who is also known in Greek myth for killing her son and feeding his flesh to her husband. However, if you are unaware of the intricacies of this myth and the tapestry created by her sister Philomena (Alicia Reese), it will all play as just another confounding layer in this dense play. The myth could be seen in a far superior adaptation last year in Red Tape Theatre's The Love of the Nightingale (our review).
Eventually, the story goes every which way, including the presence of a zombie Greek chorus (which should've been a way cooler concept). Jeremy Menekseoglu plays Te, who at first is thought to be one of the chorus. Menekseoglu, while displaying strong physicality, is macabre for the sake of being so and lavishes in it far too much to no effect by kissing, abusing and molesting most of the women throughout. There is a slight parallel throughout the play, which could be focused on further, to fighting breast cancer and rejecting acceptance of your fate. However, Menekseoglu's actions on stage somewhat contradict the female empowerment message. Also, there is an excess of themes, motifs, characters and plots trying to be tackled to give any one of them their due attention.
It's undeniable that Menekseoglu and Dream Theatre have an ambitious aesthetic. At times they excel, such as their well received production of Electra (review ★★★½). However, it's also clear that at times like this they become lost in their vision and become far too precious with each character and aspect of the story. Moments like peering into the audience and contemplating the presence of the audience as voyeurs is a provoking concept the first time, but Menekseoglu takes the convention past resonance by devoting a plethora of time for each character to have this experience. The effect is entirely inward for the actors' own pleasure and indulgent to the point where the audience is truly delegated to simply being a presence while Menekseoglu and the cast can revel in themselves. The production and script clearly needs a true director keeping the audience in mind and cutting extraneous elements to convey the play and a unified message more successfully.
The evening is packed with tragic stories being revealed endlessly, many with five minute long melancholy monologues to accompany them. The tragedy cannot have any emotional effect after a certain point. Furthermore, Menekseoglu's distracting and dreary soundtrack is oppressive, forcing the performances to go along at its tedious pace. Near the end of Menekseoglu's production when Ismene considers gouging her eyes out with her father's (Oedipus) needles, I couldn't help but almost relate with her after three hours watching this bloated display of self-serving theatre.
Dream Theatre Company presents Ismene, written and directed by Jeremy Menekseoglu. The show runs through Sunday, June 5th at Dream Theatre, 556 W. 18th Street, Chicago. Performances are Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm Sundays at 7:00 p.m. with a Monday performance on Memorial Day, May 30th at 8pm. Tickets are $15 – $18 and can be reserved by visiting dreamtheatrecompany.com or by calling 773-552-8616.
Anna Menekseoglu (Ismene); Mishelle Apalategui (Erin); Rachel Martindale (Procne), Annelise Lawson, Alicia Reese (Philomena); Jeremy Menekseoglu (Te); Chad Sheveland (Barker, understudy); Natalie Breitmeyer (Thespia, understudy)
Jeremy Menekseoglu (playwright, director, sound designer, scenic designer); Anna Menekseoglu; Giau Truong (images)
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European telecom Vodafone is testing technology that would allow authorities to track and ground rogue unmanned aerial vehicles amidst growing security concerns caused by an increase in drone-related accidents and security breaches.
While we've reported on a variety of downing and grounding methods before, the modern rise in drone affordability is correspondingly intensifying innovation in the anti-drone tech sector.
According to The Guardian, Vodafone's testing trials, currently based in Spain and Germany, are largely rooted in the need to protect commercial aircraft, no-fly zones, and other critical infrastructure.
We've seen drones interfere with the integrity of airports before, for example, when someone collided a drone with a plane attempting to land in Québec. Drug trafficking via drone has been another motivating factor in developing reliable tracking tech like this. Corporations and institutions are quickly realizing that safeguards against unwelcome UAVs should ideally be put in place before drones become ubiquitous as opposed to dealing with the inevitable problem later.
The tech being tested is intended to track small commercial drones that literally fly by the radar. In other words, the system would act as an air traffic control for UAVs. As Europe is planning on consolidating its autonomous drone laws by 2019, it's certainly high time to establish reliable, preventative methods against any potentially dangerous, unidentified UAVs entering critical airspace. The telecom giant is reportedly working alongside the European Aviation Safety Agency, the institution responsible for establishing this cohesive set of drone regulations for European airspace.
"This will help to ensure the skies stay safe as drones become ubiquitous, everywhere," said group chief technology officer at Vodafone, Johan Wibergh.
While the attention here is on UAVs, the specific focus is primarily larger, non-consumer drones. This alliance is more concerned with drones that can carry significant payloads. Last year's preliminary trial in Spain saw Vodafone's 4G network SIM cards capable of tracking and commandeering drones as heavy as 4.4 pounds with a wingspan of 4.3 feet. The tech could track those types of UAV accurately, in real-time, within 164 feet. Naturally, Vodafone is eager to finalize this software by next year, when Europe's governments and institutions plan on being prepared for a sky full of drones.


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WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Up until now it's been thought it'd be impossible to take a photo of a black hole, but where there's a will there's a way. Recently scientists managed to find a way to read information from the very heart of a black hole,...
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Up until now it's been thought it'd be impossible to take a photo of a black hole, but where there's a will there's a way.
Recently scientists managed to find a way to read information from the very heart of a black hole, but elsewhere back in April 2017 scientists had an entirely different project in mind when they began using a global network of telescopes to try take the first ever picture of a black hole. Now, years later, according to an announcement by researchers at the National Science Foundation they have finished and taken a photo of a supermassive black hole and its shadow at the center of a galaxy known as M87.
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Ironically despite the fact we've all known about black holes since high school days this is the first direct visual evidence that black holes exist, the researchers said. In the image, a central dark region is encapsulated by a ring of light that looks brighter on one side.
The massive galaxy, called Messier 87 or M87, is near the Virgo galaxy cluster 55 million light-years from Earth and the supermassive black hole has a mass that is 6.5 billion times that of our sun.
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"We have seen what we thought was unseeable," said Sheperd Doeleman, director of the Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration. "We have seen and taken a picture of a black hole."
The Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration, called EHT, is a global network of telescopes that captured the photo, and with more than 200 researchers involved in the project they've worked for more than a decade to capture this. The project is named for the event horizon, the proposed boundary around a black hole that represents the point of no return where no light or radiation can escape.
In their attempt to take the photo the teams combined the power of eight radio telescopes around the world using Very-Long-Baseline-Interferometry, according to the European Southern Observatory, which is part of the EHT. This effectively creates a virtual telescope around the same size as the Earth itself.
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The telescopes involved in creating the global array included ALMA, APEX, the IRAM 30-meter telescope, the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope, the Large Millimeter Telescope Alfonso Serrano, the Submillimeter Array, the Submillimeter Telescope and the South Pole Telescope.
"The observations were a coordinated dance in which we simultaneously pointed our telescopes in a carefully planned sequence," said Daniel Marrone, associate professor of astronomy at the University of Arizona. "To make sure these observations were truly simultaneous, so that we could see the same wavefront of light as it landed on each telescope, we used extremely precise atomic clocks at each of the telescopes."
The telescope array collected a staggering 5,000 trillion bytes of data over two weeks, which then took years to process through supercomputers so that the scientists could retrieve and compile the final images.
Details of the observation were published in a series of six research papers published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters.
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'Gay' Seattle Mayor, Accused of Past Sexual Abuse, Refuses City Council Member's Call to Resign
By Heather Clark on July 20, 2017 7 Comments
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SEATTLE, Wash. — The openly homosexual mayor of Seattle, Washington has refused a call to resign from office in the midst of allegations that he sexually abused several boys, including his foster son, over 30 years ago.
"I know that today a member of the council has issued a statement calling on me to resign, and warning of action against me if I do not. I continue to believe such a course of action would not be in the city's best interest," Mayor Ed Murray said in a statement on Monday. "My administration and I continue to govern the city effectively, and I am proud that we continue to deliver results that will improve the lives of the people of Seattle."
Council member Lorena Gonzalez had urged Murray to step down earlier in the day, expressing concern over recently surfaced Oregon Child Protective Services records from the 1980's that concluded that Murray had abused foster son Jeff Simpson as a teen.
Simpson is now 49, and has unavailingly sought to sue Murray. Simpson met Murray while living at the Perry Center for Children, where Murray worked with youth.
"When I was 13, it wasn't just molesting; he raped me," he told local television station KIRO. "But it's something that for a while was happening daily."
The outlet obtained the documents following a public records request, and learned that Murray was never charged because the Multnomah County prosecutor's office found Simpson to be emotionally unstable.
While caseworker Judy Butler concluded in 1984 that "Jeff Simpson has been sexually abused by … Edward Murray," Deputy District Attorney Mary Tomlinson also noted that prosecutors "could not be sure of meeting the high burden of proof in a criminal case—of proof beyond a reasonable doubt and to a moral certainty."
"However, this in no way means that the District Attorney's Office has decided Jeff's allegations are not true," she added.
Murray was prohibited from serving as a foster parent in the future.
When questioned about the matter in April, Murray's spokesman, Jeff Reading, asserted that the the mayor was being targeted because he is homosexual. Murray "married" his partner, Michael Shiosaki, in 2013 at St. Mark's Cathedral in Seattle. The two had met 22 years ago.
"The two older accusations were promoted by extreme right-wing anti-gay activists in the midst of the marriage equality campaign, and were thoroughly investigated and dismissed by both law enforcement authorities and the media," Reading stated.
Three other men—Lloyd Anderson, Delvonn Heckard and Maurice Levon Jones—have alleged that Murray paid them drug money for sex in the 1980's. Heckard has filed a lawsuit over the matter.
Gonzalez believes that the revelations and accusations raise questions about Murray's fitness to serve.
"[T]he gravity of the materials in the finding and the continued attention to these issues will receive, raise questions about the ability of the mayor, his office, his department heads, and senior management to remain focused on the critical issues facing our city," she said in a statement. "As a result, I am asking the mayor to consider stepping down as mayor and to work collaboratively with a subcommittee of the City Council to craft an executive leadership transition strategy."
Murray, who says he will not run for reelection when his term ends, has refused to give up his seat until then. He denies all of the allegations.
"Seattle needs steady, focused leadership over the next several months. We have a lot of work to do," he said on Monday. "Establishing an effective transition between administrations takes months of careful planning and preparation—work that I and my team have already begun. We do not need the sort of abrupt and destabilizing transition that a resignation would create, likely bringing the city's business to a grinding halt."
"Council action against me would similarly prevent the City's business from continuing, only so I can again show these allegations from 30 years [ago] remain false."
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Q: Problem with loading TIFF image on Google Colab I have a bucket on Google Storage with tiff images. What am I doing wrong?
from PIL import Image
im = Image.open("gs://bucket/train_images/0005f7aaab2800f6170c399693a96917.tiff")
im
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'gs://bucket/train_images/0005f7aaab2800f6170c399693a96917.tiff'

Gsutil shows:
!gsutil ls gs://bucket/train_images/ | head -10
gs://bucket/train_images/0005f7aaab2800f6170c399693a96917.tiff
gs://bucket/train_images/000920ad0b612851f8e01bcc880d9b3d.tiff
gs://bucket/train_images/0018ae58b01bdadc8e347995b69f99aa.tiff
gs://bucket/train_images/001c62abd11fa4b57bf7a6c603a11bb9.tiff
gs://bucket/train_images/001d865e65ef5d2579c190a0e0350d8f.tiff
gs://bucket/train_images/002a4db09dad406c85505a00fb6f6144.tiff
gs://bucket/train_images/003046e27c8ead3e3db155780dc5498e.tiff
gs://bucket/train_images/0032bfa835ce0f43a92ae0bbab6871cb.tiff
gs://bucket/train_images/003a91841da04a5a31f808fb5c21538a.tiff
gs://bucket/train_images/003d4dd6bd61221ebc0bfb9350db333f.tiff

I can even make an attempt to read image using pandas and the same path:
df = pd.read_csv("gs://bucket/train_images/0018ae58b01bdadc8e347995b69f99aa.tiff")
ParserError: Error tokenizing data. C error: Expected 1 fields in line 49, saw 2

Imread returns different error:
import tifffile as tiff
a = tiff.imread("gs://bucket/train_images/0005f7aaab2800f6170c399693a96917.tiff.tif")

FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/content/gs:/bucket/train_images/0005f7aaab2800f6170c399693a96917.tiff'

Should I or can I switch somehow to /gs: ?
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Locally I have the same problem.
gsutil ls gs://bucket/train_images/ | head -10
gs://bucket/train_images/0005f7aaab2800f6170c399693a96917.tiff
gs://bucket/train_images/000920ad0b612851f8e01bcc880d9b3d.tiff
gs://bucket/train_images/0018ae58b01bdadc8e347995b69f99aa.tiff
gs://bucket/train_images/001c62abd11fa4b57bf7a6c603a11bb9.tiff
gs://bucket/train_images/001d865e65ef5d2579c190a0e0350d8f.tiff
gs://bucket/train_images/002a4db09dad406c85505a00fb6f6144.tiff
gs://bucket/train_images/003046e27c8ead3e3db155780dc5498e.tiff
gs://bucket/train_images/0032bfa835ce0f43a92ae0bbab6871cb.tiff
gs://bucket/train_images/003a91841da04a5a31f808fb5c21538a.tiff
gs://bucket/train_images/003d4dd6bd61221ebc0bfb9350db333f.tiff
Exception ignored in: <_io.TextIOWrapper name='<stdout>' mode='w' encoding='UTF-8'>
BrokenPipeError: [Errno 32] Broken pipe

Trying PIL:
Python 2.7.17 (default, Apr 15 2020, 17:20:14)
[GCC 7.5.0] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> from PIL import Image
>>> im = Image.open("gs://bucket/train_images/0005f7aaab2800f6170c399693a96917.tiff")
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/home/---/Desktop/gcloud/env/lib/python2.7/site-packages/PIL/Image.py", line 2766, in open
    fp = builtins.open(filename, "rb")
IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'gs://bucket/train_images/0005f7aaab2800f6170c399693a96917.tiff'
>>>
[3]+  Stopped                 python

A: I don't know what the problem is here, but when I need to read something from a GS bucket, I just make the file (usually the whole bucket) publicly readable, and then pass in the usual https link. It has never failed me.

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A traditional English recipe made using deep fried white fish served with thick chunky potato fries and tartare sauce.
Heat 3 inches of oil in a deep pan at 325°F (160°C).
Peel potatoes and cut into strips similar to the size of an index finger.
Then, lower the cut potatoes in the hot oil and fry for about 3 minutes. Remove chips on a paper towel to drain.
Increase the oil temperature to 375°F (190°C).
In a large bowl, mix together flour, baking powder, pepper and salt. Combine egg and soda water and pour it in the flour mix. Whisk to make a smooth batter.
Spread rice flour onto a plate and dust the fish pieces in rice flour. Set them aside.
Now, add the potato chips back into the oil and fry for 5 minutes or until fully cooked. Remove and drain on a paper towel. Season with salt.
Then, dip the dusted fish pieces into the batter and fry them in the oil for 5 minutes, until brown and crispy. Remove fish on a paper towel, season with salt lightly and serve with potato chips and tartare sauce.
Note: Rice flour can be substituted with barley flour or cake flour.


Inspiration message is one of the key items within the course of action of getting into an international college. And the question from the appropriate make up on the essay is relevant for most entrants, who are basically suddenly lost in the options for producing it. Perhaps, it truly is useful to heed the advice from the individual for whom concern of these characters can be a perform, which is a associate of your admissions committee of the college or university.
The two main sorts of inspirational essays — no-designed letters and essays within the kind of job interviews (or techniques to precise concerns). Inside a low-structured essay, the aspirant in totally free form provides information and facts about himself — his accomplishments, individual traits, pursuits, practical experience and goals in the future. The essays within the form of strategies to queries are frequently provided by individuals getting in other countries MBA applications. In this event, a really letter will contain quick essays, techniques to certain questions. The structure of non-set up motivation letters could be as follows: Choice 1: Yesterday — Now — The future I have the needed expertise for any thriving college or university schooling; in the point in time I would like to acquire understanding for further improvement; Your program is perfect for those uses, since I can attain … Solution 2: I — You — We account of their total achievements, talents, hobbies; the selected system fully corresponds to my ambitions; my prospective in mixture together with your plan will carry the next benefits … Choice three: What — Why — For the purpose objective? what exactly do I desire to research; why I need to study this specialty, what it can be so important personally; as the selected program will assist me to achieve the set up goals, which I expect to receive from her.
The way to coordinate the writing with the reason note?
The reality is the fact that some universities and colleges question not one particular but two inspirational essays for unique master's programs. Some educational facilities call for submitting only handwritten types of inspirational letters, suggesting the color in the ink cartridge. It is actually preferable to pay a visit to the official website with the chosen university and acquaint your self together with the requirements for motivational essays. 2 It is superior to present one of the most fascinating facts in the beginning in the letter or at the very least within its first portion, given that no one has learned whether or not the associate on the admissions committee will want to read your message to the end or otherwise not. three Sensible and constant narrative: because the letter is study, the character on it ought to develop as someone for all existence spheres.
4 The division on the wording into compact lines along with the absence of extended elaborate expression. Each paragraph should have its own little history having a string, culmination and denouement. It is also important to avoid complicated participial and adverbial turns so as to avoid needless blunders and confusion with punctuation. The dialog really should be basic and understandable, nevertheless it is perfectly permissible to work with very specific words, provided that the prospect recognizes their meaning well. five Release it really is greater to start with genuine quotation or truth from living, in order to catch the attention of the interest in the visitor and earn him study the whole story for the finish; 6 In conclusion, it is necessary to sum up the created, to sum up the details and show anticipation for further assistance using the university or college. Soon after looking at the note ought to stay an enjoyable sediment, usually do not illustrate any unfavorable gatherings or criticize oneself.
Students branded Jennifer sought to get a master's education as being a conversation specialist. When questioned why she pick this path, Jennifer answered she happened to be in the class and she actually appreciated it, but then the lady valued that her brother possessed troubles with his conversation. This has been an opening up for her, she started her class with out backlinking her need with past knowledge, at the very least purposely. But, here, Jennifer found and her «catch». And every single candidate has to do the same — to find this «hook», to know why the choice declined with this path, what advantages the individual should bring with his work within the near future, how this will have an effect on him and other individuals. You will need to discover your personal actual facts, and then pick an exciting technique for displaying this believed. Similarly critical in the percentage is the appearance in the applicant's additional-curricular activity connected with his educational fun-based activities. For instance, an prospect wants to enroll within the Faculty of Linguistics, features a excellent level of unusual dialect and assists other people within the learn by managing free of charge instructional classes. Colleges and universities demand a motivation message not merely to understand concerning the educational growth and benefits of the prospect, but in addition to the individuals independently to genuinely take into consideration why they acquire an extremely critical part of everyday living as entering a college or university and whether or not they will need it . Perform expertise and internships If the customer has currently did the trick someplace or carried out an internship, this ought to be described in the reason notice. Specific interest need to be paid out to information of a job which can be straight associated with the selected expertise. The entrant need to correlate the work accomplished plus the experience attained using the college entry factors.
Inspiration is definitely the important to success? Annually, people on the admissions committee need to read quite a few thousand motivational essays from the individuals, and most of these words don't be noticeable in the slightest degree: they're capably put together and connect with institution specifications, but shortage creativity. The average size with the determination message is 300 terms, but a majority of individuals have adequate and 3 dozen phrases to claim by themselves. One such instance is the essay on the individual named Nigel, who met only 22 text, which shocked the Stanford College or university Admissions Committee. His inspiration message was as follows: «I want to learn English in the master's point, that I need to have a bachelor's college diploma.» Because of this, I request entrance. » This definitely details Nigel as a daring, high risk, businesslike as well as conceited individual. If the client desires to summarize themselves within this way, it really should be accomplished as required. It needs to be noted that Nigel's letter is really a guess — everything or practically nothing. For positive in every payment there might be someone that will uncover this message offensive and also disrespectful, but there's nonetheless a possibility to get consent from certainly one of the teachers. It can be vital to make the character on paper live. It's not worth composing basically: «I performed around the creation brand of a television manufacturing facility and chosen to visit college one particular moment, so as not to reside everyday life in vain and lastly the abyss.» Why not rephrase the identical thought inside the subsequent way: «One Tuesday I covered the 112th environment friendly cable on the 112th remote from the Tv and found that this tedious operate doesn't supply possibilities to create and comprehend my prospective. I made the choice that school would be my salvation. » In each examples, about 25 words and phrases, but the secondary certainly tends to make the user in the commission rate study the letter towards the end.


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Learn Techniques From Disneys' First African-American Animator
Written by Admin on July 3, 2008 . Posted in The Art Institute
(SAN BERNARDINO, Calif.) In 2001, Dr. Joshua Sweet made his debut on the silver screen in the movie Atlantis: Search For The Lost Empire, and made history as the first African-American human character in a Disney animated film.
Dr. Sweet had a lot of the heart and soul of another African-American who made Disney history. Thirty years ago, Ron Husband, who worked as the supervising animator in the development of Dr. Sweet, was the first African-American animator hired by Disney.
Friday, July 11 Husband will share his animation techniques as part of The Invasion of Infinite Creativity, an event hosted by The Art Institute of California – Inland Empire. His presentation from noon to 2 p.m. will describe to guests how he approaches the process of animation, and specifically, how he approaches a scene.
Husband also will show examples of his work. Besides Atlantis: Search For The Lost Empire, Husband has done animation for dozens of Disney films and television shows, and he currently works as an illustrator in Disney's publishing group.
"Ron Husband's experience makes him one of the top animators in Southern California," said Santosh Oommen, academic director for the Media Arts & Animation program of The Art Institute of California – Inland Empire. "Success such as his requires incredible talent, but breaking Disney's color barrier 30 years ago proves he also has great determination. He will certainly motivate and challenge anyone entering the field of animation."
Other guest speakers during The Invasion of Infinite Creativity will be April Greiman, a pioneer in the use of technology to create graphic design, and Alexander Manu, who is the author of The Imagination Challenge: Strategic Foresight and Innovation in the Global Economy," and an expert on developing innovation and creativity in business environments.
While The Invasion of Infinite Creativity includes presentations by three guest speakers who are especially well known in their areas of design, it is primarily an opportunity for the public to learn the latest design techniques through workshops led by the award-winning faculty of The Art Institute of California – Inland Empire. They will present workshops in Interior Design, Graphic Design, Web Design & Interactive Media, Media Arts & Animation, Culinary Arts and Game Art & Design.
Most of these workshops are free.
Interior Design workshops cover making computerized 3-D renderings with the SketchUP program; balancing mind, body and spirit with color; and marker rendering (a $30 materials fee for the marker rendering workshops will include 12 AD markers, marker paper samples and a DVD showing how to render wood, glass and metal).
Graphic Design/Web Design & Interactive Media workshops cover print graphics using InDesign, web design basics and how to publish a design portfolio online, web design with CSS Frameworks, Flash Object-Oriented Programming, AfterEffects for motion graphics, and search engine optimization.
Media Arts & Animation/Game Art & Design workshops cover figure sculpting (participants will sculpt a female form using a live model), life drawing, character design for film and television, storyboarding and comic books, digital character painting, history and future of animation, how Heavy Iron Studios (developer of various computer games) has approached level design, using ZBrush to develop and create characters, and digital character animation,
Culinary workshops cover healthy cuisine and international cuisine along with baking and pastry techniques and artistry.
The Art Institute of California – Inland Empire offers Bachelor of Science degrees in Game Art & Design, Culinary Management, Graphic Design, Web Design & Interactive Media, Interior Design, Fashion Design, Fashion & Retail Management and Media Arts & Animation. There are also Associate of Science degrees in Graphic Design and Culinary Arts. Each program is offered on a year-round basis, allowing students to work uninterrupted toward their degrees.
It's not too late to start classes. Courses begin July 14, offering day, evening and weekend classes for new and reentry students. For details or a tour of the campus call (909) 915-2100, or go on line to artinstitutes.edu/inlandempire.
The Art Institute of California – Inland Empire is one of the Art Institutes (www.artinstitutes.edu/InlandEmpire), a system of more than 40 locations throughout North America, providing an important source of design, media arts, fashion and culinary arts professionals. For more information, call (909) 915-2100 or go on line to www.artinstitutes.edu/InlandEmpire.


Business decisions are not made in a vacuum – decision makers have some objectives in mind. The decisions are made mostly on the basis of data provided by different departments of the organization. All the decisions made in the organization directly or indirectly influence the financial position of the company.
Therefore one can understand the importance of accounting and finance in the organization. And this is the reason, finance department play one of the most critical role in almost every firm.
The diploma in finance is designed to provide basic knowledge and develop practical skills to the working managers who have no or little background of accounting and finance. The program will ensure that at the end of the course, the participants have a good understanding of modern day finance and accounting.
The program is of 3-months duration. Classes will be conducted twice a week Monday & Wednesday (6:00 to 9:00 PM).
This program is designed for Executives responsible for making policy decisions at senior and middle management level. It is open to all who find it essential to have a better understanding of Financial and Accounting tools.
Excellent Course for Executives. But I am not an Executive and just have a B.Com Degree and want to work as an Accounting in a good Firm. Please tell me if you have any course for me!
Management House, Shahra-e-Iran,Near Park Towers, Clifton, Karachi.
I have done B.com and i want to do some additional course to enhance my degree. Kindly suggest me what should I do either this one diploma or computerize accounting? and also from which institute?
i did MBA and doing job in mart as a purchaser.
but now i want to completely change my field towards accounting. And want to grow my potentials in the accounting field.
Should i do this course. can i join it with the next batch.
IS THE DATE FOR ADMISSION AVAILABLE ?
working kara haun kya may apply kar sakta hun.
Is this dimlopa can be trough online?
Sir I have done my B.Com From Karachi University I have to Diploma which IS you Design for student so how can contact with you?
Any possibility to complete this course in one month ??
I am a post graduate in commerce i want to enroll in this diploma , but can you let me know if there is any type of scholarships for poor and needy candidates?
Is there course available in Islamabad?
No not now, in near futuer IA. You may contact pimisb@pim.com.pk for futher details.
I have just done icom.and I want to do this course can I apply this??
Is there any installment plan for this course?
I have done bsc i want to do this crs how can i apply this.
Is this Diploma Course is also for the beginner level job doing person?
Sir please share who is eligilbe?
The no. Which you have provided is going off. Where should I contact?
Ma na 1975 ma mtric kia tha ab ma accounting computer course karna chahata hu kia possible ha aur mari age 63 years ha I need some Advise please inform me ?
I would like to join however I work night shifts from Monday's to Friday's. Any possibility of weekend timing classes?
what is the procedure of fee Discount/ Installment ?
Sorry but graduation is minimum requirement for this program. Thanks for contacting.
Do you take fees in instalments?


The restaurant industry is expecting sales of about $799 billion in 2017 as consumers continue to allocate more money towards eating out, the National Restaurant Association said in its annual industry outlook this week.
The $799 billion increased 4.3 percent over last year's estimated sales of $766 billion, and 1.7 percent when adjusted for inflation. That rate of growth is slightly better than the 1.5 percent increase estimated in 2016.
And much of the growth is coming from limited-service options as consumers continue shifting their spending toward quicker, more convenience-oriented fare. Sales at quick-service restaurants are expected to increase 2.5 percent, when adjusted for inflation, to $234 billion.
Full-service restaurants, meanwhile, are expected to see 1.1 percent growth to $263 billion.
Projected growth is not evenly spread across the country. More growth is coming from states in the Southeast and Western states — which, not surprisingly, is also where the population is growing. Sales will be slowest in the Midwest.
The industry has grown at a steady pace since emerging from the brutal financial crisis that led to a rare absolute decline in restaurant sales in 2009. Yet the rate of growth has slowed, as the industry has become saturated with dining options and consumers keep a tighter control on spending.
Between 1970 and 2017, Riehle said, the compound annual growth rate for the industry has been 6.4 percent. Since 2007, however, that rate of growth has slowed to 4.3 percent.
Restaurant chain executives have spent the past 18 months fretting about declining traffic and weak same-store sales, and many have suggested consumers have been skittish. And Riehle said that is a clear factor in slowing, post-recessionary sales.
While the economy has grown and unemployment has fallen, incomes have grown only modestly. The restaurant industry is competing with other consumer expenditures like cars and cell phones.
"With income growth positive yet still moderate, consumers are more diligent about their spending," Riehle said. He noted that 13 percent of consumer spending is on food, and about half of that is at restaurants.
The NRA's numbers feature a wide variety of places where people eat food, including restaurants but also grocery store prepared foods, hospital cafeterias and concession stands at baseball stadiums.
The traditional restaurant piece of that business is expected to grow 1.7 percent, adjusted for inflation, to $571.5 billion from $547.0 billion.
That, plus restaurant unit growth from new and existing concepts, have made for a competitive industry: There are more than 1 million places where consumers can get a prepared meal.
"This is a competitive environment, not only among other operators, but also in terms of options and necessary spending the consumer now has — cell phones, for example," Riehle said.
The competitiveness of the industry is driving a wave of technological innovation that hasn't been seen in years, and perhaps ever. The industry has been focused on adding technology, such as mobile ordering and payment technology as well as delivery and options such as kiosk ordering.
"It's actually more important to think about it as points of access than bricks and mortar," Riehle said.
Indeed, more industry access is coming from take-out, to go and delivery formats, rather than traditional dine-in options. Even traditional casual dining and other dine-in concepts see the future in to-go business.
"It's important to note that restaurants are in a better situation than they were a few years ago," Riehle said. "But the fact is, a lot of growth in the industry has not really come from more people going through the doors.
The technology focus could help address the industry's biggest challenge: Labor costs.
Hourly wages last year increased 4.2 percent in the industry. Restaurants offset those higher costs with price increases and by taking advantage of lower food costs.
But higher minimum wages and a tight labor market are driving up wages. Operators say in surveys that their biggest current concern is the recruitment and retention of labor, Riehle said.
Much of the technology integration could help offset that by increasing labor productivity — a rarity in an industry that depends heavily on people power.
The good news for restaurants is that consumers still like eating out. Two of five adults say they don't eat out as often as they'd like, Riehe said. So, despite heavy competition and slowing growth, that means there's still plenty of growth potential.


Chad is co-founder and managing member of CR Holland Real Estate and CR Holland Construction. Chad is a highly motivated and hardworking individual who genuinely cares about his clients and his team members and strives to build lasting relationships. Chad formed the CR Holland companies on the foundation of Customer Satisfaction and honesty being the utmost priorities.
Chad started his career as a real estate development consultant specializing in mixed-use, hotel, multifamily and single family residential projects. Chad has sold or developed more than $300 million in Real Estate throughout the last 10 years. He is responsible for the overall operations of the company, including employee management, strategic planning and business development. Chad is a member of the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC), ICSC Illinois Government Relations Committee, Statewide Illinois ICSC Alliance Committee, National Association of Office and Industrial Properties, Realtor Association of Southwestern Illinois (RASI), National Association of Realtors, the Illinois Association of Realtors and he is also a Board Member of the Estates at Prairie Crossing Homeowner's Association Board of Directors. Since the founding of CR Holland in 2007, Chad has grown the company to include Development Management, Construction Management and Consulting, Student Housing and Apartment Development, Property Management and Residential & Commercial Real Estate Brokerage.
Chad has lived in the O'Fallon area for the past 35 years. He and his wife Marcie and two daughters are members of St. Nicholas Catholic Church and are also members of the St. Clare Community. He is also a veteran of the United States Navy.
In 2017, the Realtor Association of Southwestern Illinois ("RASI") presented Chad with the Highest Individual Sales Award for selling more in real estate than any other individual agent at RASI.
Notable projects include Tapestry Park in Jacksonville, Florida. Chad was hired to oversee the development and construction of Tapestry Park, an A+++ mixed use development, which includes retail, office, residential and hotels. In 2009, Tapestry Park was voted the Best Mixed-Use Project in North East Florida by the National Association of Office and Industrial Properties.


omg, now we can add "jeep tipping on a platform and then falling into water" to the google search.
Who is driving? Racer or professional?
I'd guess pro since they drive on the left side as seen in the jeep with Nathan.
Maybe those jeeps are American jeeps. However, I doubt it. All driving in Japan is done on the left side of the road, which means that the driver in on the right side. I think we were looking at Jennifer and Ronald driving in the above frames.
^^ I think you mean Rachel, not Jen.
Exactly, Aaron! Since Ron & Christina are in first at this point and T.K. & Rachel are three hours behind Nicholas & Don (and a little more than that for the other two teams), it seems quite possible to me that Ron & Christina actually get an earlier flight and are joined by Nicholas & Don, while Nathan & Jennifer have to get on a later flight with T.K. & Rachel. As for the guy at the Taipei 101 building, he could've either misinterpreted what Jennifer actually said, or Jennifer might've thought or hoped that Ron & Christina actually got a later flight. Perhaps I'm indulging in wishful thinking because I like Ron & Christina more than the other teams and want to see them stick around, but I'm still going with my theory that Ron & Christina and Nicholas & Don are on the first flight and come in first & second, while Nathan & Jennifer and T.K. & Rachel scramble to avoid elimination. Nathan & Jennifer sadly win the battle, and T.K. & Rachel are eliminated. That's my prediction.
I think that it may be TK or Rachel who says the line: "Sorry, Guys, I'm Not Happy to See You" since team Ron and Chris have already had 4 title quotes already, and team Don/Nick have had 1 and Team Jen/Nate have had 2. It would make sense to me if they added one in for TK/Rachel before this season ended.
as crappy as they are , better than nothing!
Gretchen, TAR7 had 6 or 7 title's, it means nothing.
I saw them walking on hot coal!
Jen looks really pissed off in almost all of the screencaps.
Could it be the underwater jeeps and then they have to find their clue under there?
I've looked everywhere and I can't find anything. Sorry guys!
Well they do some fire walking at temples in Taiwan but I was thinking they just took off their shoes, LOL!
Also Jen looks pissed at someone boarding the plane in that one shot. And I'll guess they just have to complete the road-course whatever roadblock to get the clue, no underwater clue.
Thanks Puddin for the caps. I found another video that was tagged "lungshan." Could that be the same as our Longshan? Here's a map for Peach.
Well thats more like it, mine looked dangerous, lol.
Looks the same to me Slowhatch!!
lmap puddin your fire walking looked killer.
I went looking for "longshan drum." I didn't find a drum, but I did find this.
But if the car thingy is a roadblock that means firewalking would be the Detour and BOTH members have to do it. Ouch!
Ximending generally refers to the area surrounded by Zhonghua Rd., Kangding Rd., Hankou St., and Chengdu Rd. Since many bus lines gather in Zhonghua Rd., Ximending is also an important area for bus transfers. The MRT Ximen Station for the Blue Line and Green Line is also set up here.
The Ximending Pedestrian Area is named after the administrative division Seimon Machi (西門町), which existed during Japanese rule. The area of Seimon Machi included modern-day Chengdu Rd. (成都路), Xining S. Rd. (西寧南路), Kunming St. (昆明街), and Kangding Rd (康定路). However, today the Ximending Pedestrian Area not only includes Seimon Machi, but also Wakatake Machi (若竹町) and Araki Machi (新起町).
And most likely NO intersection !!
Do you think these balls of lights could be lanterns?
I was staring at the first post looking at intro flashes, and the two that stood out were the Concert Hall (my guess for pitstop) and the man biking. I think that might be the other detour option so the Detour choices would be Walk (walk across hot coals) or Bike (bike the Danshui River trail). Just a guess.
It still doesn't answer why Nate/Jen and Ron/Chris are wandering/arguing through Taipei at night (sunset is 6:42 PM FWIW). Not to mention that Nic/Don have boarded or are boarding a train/subway at 14:57 per the clock in the preview.


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3. Cabin Scene from WHEN YOU CAME :)
So to give you a cheer-up, and a picture into the world of Kaera, my academic-geek, curvy, anti-exercise, and anti-skiing heroine in my Valentine's Day story (the one who's thrown into the trendy and unfamiliar world of a newly opened ski resort in British Columbia, along with an event planner's job), here's an excerpt of the winter cabin scene.
Settle in, and enjoy! 🙂
Chapter Twenty-Nine
Keara sat silently in the living-room, the embers of the dying fire behind her with Buddy still glued to her, laying at her feet.
Jake had come out of Sven's bedroom–all tiny sweet puppy–as soon as they'd entered the cabin, overjoyed to see Buddy. As per his custom, Sven had left his bedroom door a tiny bit ajar. There'd been a bit of a doggy reunion, but she'd shushed them, kept them quiet for the most part, and the love and the tumbles were soon done, as they were both tired. Jake slowly pad-padded back to Sven's bedroom…or bed, she thought, with a quick flush of heat. She'd grabbed a glass of wine—the tea or the nuker would've made too much noise—and thought. Tried to figure out the mess that had become her life.
Blaine knew where she was, the woman who had put his beloved first-born behind bars. He knew.
Blaine also knew where Buddy was, the animal he'd been single-mindedly after, and that so far, had also eluded his clutches. Would he come all the way to British Columbia to wreak his vengeance? That was the question.
She stared into the fire, heart numb, yet paining at the same time.
She didn't have the answer.
The peaceful home she'd landed in seemed to envelop her, hold her in its gentle, yet protective caress.
Such a warm home. Not unsurprisingly, that of a military man. Life with him had felt safe here. Sheltered. Sure, it was temporary. At least she thought it was. Right? They weren't an item, though she'd felt something when…
And no. She winced, pulled herself up, harshly. She'd been down that road before. "Don't get ahead of yourself," she muttered, the heat from the fading fire still gentle on her back.
And really, after Sven's reaction the other night, there was no foundation at all to the thought of them becoming more. No matter how much they seemed to click and enjoy each other's company, and he had no other woman in his life at the moment and she had no other man…
This time, she meant it. No fantasizing about stuff that could never happen. Would never happen.
But it wasn't hard to go on the next bit of the mental journey.
If Blaine showed up here…
And then, sweet little Jake interrupted. He stuck his nose out of the bedroom, once again. Stared at her a long moment, then pad-padded all the way back to her, as if he needed more than Sven, already. As if he'd missed her in the last ten minutes since he'd been out here.
He stepped around Buddy, managed to smash his little butt against the older dog's face—who got a pained look—as he pulled himself up beside her and settled on her lap. Dropped his head on her leg, sighed deeply, let his eyelids close.
Oh hell. This was worse than she thought.She was putting them in danger. Both of them.
Sven was a man's man. Strong, active. For crap's sake, he was military reserve, plus ski patrol and he saved people's lives routinely. He met more than the minimum physical requirement there, anyone with a functioning set of eyeballs knew that with one glance. Far exceeded it.
Only…he wasn't a criminal. Didn't think like a criminal.
And he had other worries on his mind. She'd seen it, the whole time she'd been there. He hadn't confided in her what was going on, exactly. But he was under his own dark cloud, one she saw he worked hard to come out from under.
It hit her with a thud. She knew the only option open to her. And it was a bloody lot earlier than she'd wanted to do the thing she had to. Regret swirled in her.
She'd thought she'd stay until there was a room at the resort, or until she found out if her employment was going to be extended. Then she'd find a place.
And that still would have given her a solid amount of days living with the blond ski patrol soldier and his sweet puppy, in the gorgeous mountains of British Columbia, in the snowy winter. Her own personal, snowed-in in a cabin, dream scenario.
They'd been a little family. But now…it was done.
Just like so many other parts of her life that had come and gone. Some she'd been happy to see go. This one…
Oh god, no. Her face contorted, in the last flickers of the dying firelight. She didn't want to go. Not yet.
But they were more important than her heart was. Where it wanted to stay. Just a little longer.
She couldn't hurt them. She couldn't let them be abused, injured or worse—lose their lives, for something she'd done a long time ago. She'd already put Effie into danger. Possibly even Mrs. Epstelmeir, back in Toronto. That thought hadn't been lost on her.
There was way too much collateral damage going on, and all…because of her. The line? She was drawing it here.
She was drawing it here.
But she couldn't go without seeing Sven one last time. Without talking to him. Seeing the soft light, the genuine caring for her, in those intelligent, sky-blue eyes.
Oh, god. She crumpled before the now dead fire onto the side of the big chair, and wept. Jake woke, shuddered and stared at her, then jumped down on wobbly, little puppy legs and was gone.
The tears flowed as the emotions tumbled from her. Quietly, but her Buddy, still laying in front of her, stalwart, knew something was so very wrong.
And even her gallant furry guardian didn't know what to do to ease his beloved mistress's pain. He laid his soft chin on her foot, the weight telling her pointedly and not for the first time, that she wasn't all alone. He was there to protect her, to make sure nothing bad would ever happen to her, ever. He'd done that in Toronto, like a champ. Like the finest bodyguard. When she'd had no one else.
But despite all that, soon, they'd both be on their own again, trying to make their way in an unfriendly and hostile world.
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"Bhishma continued, 'Convinced with these and other words uttered by the learned Brahmana, king Senajit (casting off his grief), experienced delight and became very happy.'"
1:1 It is very difficult to literally translate such verses. The word Dharma is sometimes used in the sense of Religion or the aggregate of duties. At other times it simply means a duty or the course of duties prescribed for a particular situation. Tapah is generally rendered penance. Here, however, it has a direct reference to sravana (hearing), manana (contemplation), and nididhyasana (abstraction of the soul from everything else for absolute concentration). The Grammar of the second half of the first line is Sati apretya etc., Sat being that which is real, hence, the Soul, or the Supreme Soul, of which every individual Soul is only a portion.
2:1 And not the Soul, as the commentator explains. With the death of the body joy and grief disappear.
2:2 The art by which the body could, as in Egypt, be preserved for thousands of years was not known to the Rishis.
3:1 The commentator explains the sense of this as follows; The cow belongs to him who drinks her milk. Those who derive no advantage from her have no need for showing her any affection. One should not covet what is above one's want, It has been said, that (to a thirsty or hungry or toil-worn man), a little quantity of vaccine milk is of more use than a hundred kine; a small measure of rice more useful than a hundred barns filled with grain; half a little bed is of more use than a large mansion.
3:2 I follow Nilakantha in rendering this verse. His interpretation is plausible. Mudatamah, according to him, are those who are in deep sleep. There are four stages of consciousness. These are (1) wakefulness, (2) dream, (3) dreamless or deep slumber, and (4) Turiya or absolute Samadhi (which the Yogin only can attain to).
3:3 The two extremes, of course, are dreamless slumber and Turiya or Samadhi. The two intermediate ones are wakefulness and sleep with dream.
3:4 Pride in consequences of having insulted or humiliated others; and success over others such as victories in, battle and other concerns of the world.
4:1 The first half of the second line is read variously. The sense, however, in effect, remains unaltered. What is said here is that man who succeeds in attaining to a state of Brahma by true Samadhi or abstraction from the world, can never be touched by grief.
4:2 In all treatises on Yoga it is said that when the first stage is passed, the neophyte succeeds in looking at his own self. The meaning seems to be that he experiences a sort of double existence so that he succeeds in himself looking at his own self.
4:3 This is the same as 46. The Bombay edition does not repeat it.
5:1 The house referred to is the body. The single column on which it is supported is the backbone, and the nine doors are the eyes, the ears, the nostrils, etc. etc.
5:2 The sense is that women always regard their human lovers as dear without regarding the Supreme Being to be so, although He is always with them.


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Transitioning towards a plant-based diet – empowering consumers for change
Rosie Martin, Virginia Messina
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A GLOBAL EVENT FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONALS, POLICY MAKERS, ACADEMICS AND STUDENTS
Part of the symposium 'Shifting our food systems for climate and health'
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Although there is now universal consensus that a plant-rich diet should be eaten to help with health and planet, studies show that some people still perceive this as difficult to achieve, while some have concerns and in others myths around plant-based eating are observed. So what are these and how can we help more consumers to overcome challenges and enjoy a plant-rich diet?
In this session we will hear from
Two expert Dietitians on either side of the Atlantic who are both inspiring consumers to enjoy a more plant-rich diet. In interview with X they will share their expertise in translating the science into accessible ways that consumers can understand providing practical and inspirational solutions and support to overcoming the perceived barriers.
Watch this webinar to
Barriers to plant-based eating
Enablers to plant-based eating
The benefits of plant-based eating for health and planet
The nutritional considerations surrounding plant-based eating how to overcome concerns
– Protein quality
– Anti-nutrients
– Mineral bioavailability
– Calcium
– Iodine
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The myths surrounding plant-based eating and how to overcome them
Support consumers in transitioning towards a plant-based way of eating through practical and behaviour change strategies when
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Consider the importance of language and communciation styles
Rosie MartinDietitian, UK
Rosie is a plant-based specialist dietitian promoting dietary change for human, planetary and animal health. Rosie works as the Employee Health & Wellness Dietitian for her local NHS trust, as well as running and her private business, Rosemary Nutrition and Dietetics.
Virginia MessinaDietitian, USA
Virginia Messina, MPH, RD is an expert in vegetarian and vegan nutrition. She has twice co-authored the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics' Position on Vegetarian Diets, is the co-author of three popular books on vegan nutrition, and of a vegetarian textbook for health professionals. She speaks about plant-based nutrition at events for both the public and health professionals.
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Professor in Sustainable Nutrition and Health, University of Aberdeen
Jennie is a Professor of Sustainable Nutrition and Health and the Interim Director of interdisciplinary challenge Health, Nutrition and Well-being. She gained a BSc (Hons) in Nutrition and Food Science from the University of Surrey, during which she spent a year working at the CSIRO research laboratories in Melbourne, Australia. After graduating she worked as a research assistant at the Institute of Food Research (Norwich) and the University of Dundee (Psychology dept) investigating chocolate and eating behaviours. In 1997 she completed her PhD at the University of Leeds (Psychology), after which she spent 18 months working for the International Obesity Task Force in Aberdeen. Before joining the Rowett Institute at the University of Aberdeen in 2006, she worked in department of environmental and occupational health in the medical school. Her research focuses on food and nutrition security and the impact of diets on climate change and land use. This includes understanding how to change dietary habits to be healthier and more environmentally sustainable.
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CIRCLE Blog How Youth Can Swing Elections: Lessons from 2014
How Youth Can Swing Elections: Lessons from 2014
Youth can swing an election: in 2012 we reported that, had Mitt Romney split voters age 18-29 with President Obama in four key battleground states, he would have won the White House.
A new CIRCLE analysis of four pivotal 2014 Senate races shows that young people may have had a significant impact on those results as well. These examples reinforce the importance of the youth vote at a time when campaigns and candidates are seeking to mobilize voters for 2016.
Here's a look at how each of those contests played out:
Alaska: Republican Dan Sullivan eked out a victory over Democrat Mark Begich by a margin of 49% to 45%—a difference of just 6,000 votes. At least 15,000 young people (an extremely conservative estimate due to a lack of comprehensive age data) cast ballots in that race, more than twice the margin of victory. Some young voters also supported third-party candidate Mark Fish, which may have cost Begich critical votes.
Colorado: In another close 49%-to-46% result, Cory Gardner (R) ousted incumbent Mark Udall (D) by 40,000 votes out of just under 2 million ballots cast. More than 10% of those ballots—five times the margin of victory—were cast by youth aged 18-29.
Louisiana: As we noted right after the election, young voters may have had the biggest impact in Louisiana, where they propelled Democrat Mary Landrieu (42%) to a runoff against Republican Bill Cassidy (41%). Young people cast 11% of the votes in that election and supported Landrieu to the tune of 50%, which was by far her best performance among any age group.
North Carolina: Over 230,000 young people went to the polls in North Carolina, more than five times the 46,000-vote margin of victory for Thom Tillis (R) over Kay Hagan (D). In a race that ended 49% to 47%, young voters chose Hagan in 53% of their ballots while only 39% voted for Tillis—his lowest level of support among any age group. But only 8% of all votes were cast by youth, which suggests that if Hagan could have mobilized more young people, the race may have turned in her favor. During the 2008 election, which saw high youth turnout, Hagan received 71% of youth votes.
The results of these 2014 contests hold important lessons for candidates from both parties. As primary races tighten, and as campaigns begin looking ahead to November, they would do well to remember the importance of youth engagement to our politics—and to their chances of victory.
During the most recent Democratic presidential primary debate, a 23-year-old YouTuber asked the candidates what they would do to engage young people in this election, asserting that getting his generation to vote "should be a priority for any presidential candidate." While the contenders may have agreed with his assertion on the debate stage, political campaigns often leave much to be desired when it comes to reaching youth. That's not just a problem for our democracy; candidates ignore young people at their peril.
This entry was posted on Monday, January 25th, 2016 at 9:13 pm	and is filed under CIRCLE Blog, Research Topics, Youth Voting/Political Participation. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.
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Peter's Mountain Mallow This globally rare species is known only from the Narrows, a site on Peter's Mountain, in Giles County, Virginia. © Massey Herbarium, Virginia Tech
The only Peter's Mountain mallow plants in the world are found at The Narrows.
Visitation is restricted at The Narrows, a steep, rocky, xeric hardwood forest located high above the New River on Peter's Mountain. It is the site of all the existing Peter' Mountain mallow plants in the world.
Mallows are characterized by their lobed leaves and a sticky juice in their leaves, stems and roots. The Peter's Mountain mallow has large pink flowers, grows 3-4 feet tall and has short branches and leaves resembling a maple. This perennial plant can produce as many as 15-20 two-inch blooms during its flowering season in July and August.
The Peter's Mountain mallow (Iliamna corei) is related to hollyhock and okra, which are also members of the mallow family. Earl Core, a West Virginia botanist, first discovered this mallow in 1927. Later it was named in his honor.
Between 1927 and 1991, the mallow population here declined from 50 plants to just 3. While the exact reason for this near-extinction is uncertain, research has determined that the plant's hard seeds need fire to break open the seed coat and let water in. This popcorn-like effect spurs the seeds to germinate.
Fire also destroys competing vegetation that shades and crowds out the light-loving mallows. A prescribed burning program begun in 1992 has resulted in the partial recovery of the Peter's Mountain mallow from near extinction.
The mallow population can fluctuate greatly. While some 300 seedlings may sprout after a burn, the average population appears to have leveled off at about 50 to 70 plants (about the same as when the plant was discovered in 1927).
In the past, the mallow plant's demise was hastened inadvertently by those individuals who were most interested in it. Due to this mallow's status as critically endangered, human impact must be minimized.
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This preserve is not open to the public.
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Public access to this preserve is restricted to protect the globally rare Peter's Mountain mallow.


Are you looking for ways to lower your electric bill? One of our goals this year is to lower our electric bill even more than it already is. We pay between $60 and $90 a month for our electricity and while that's not bad, we'd like to see it lower.
How low you can get your electric bill will depend on what you use electricity for. We have propane for our kitchen stove and our hot water. And, we have forced air oil heat and a woodstove. So, our electricity isn't impacted by these things. If you use electricity for these, your bill probably won't be as low as mine. Check out these ideas to save energy.
Here are a few suggestions we're currently using. If you want to get your electric bill lower, try some of these ideas.
Even if you don't heat with electricity, the motor on your furnace is still using electricity every single time your furnace comes on. Turn down the temperature a degree or two (or more) when you're at home. You can always put on an extra sweater or blanket. Turn it down, even more, when you go out for the afternoon or when you go to bed at night.
You can get an insulation wrap at the hardware store that you put around your hot water heater. It helps keep the water warm so your hot water heater doesn't come on as much. Make sure that you measure your hot water heater to get the right size.
Replace all your light bulbs with energy efficient compact fluorescent bulbs CFLs. While they are more money initially, they will pay for themselves in six months and use a lot less electricity.
Hang your clothes to dry instead of putting them in the dryer. You have no idea how much our electric bill dropped when we stopped using the dryer. You can put them on a drying rack and put the rack over a heating vent. In the warmer months, hang them outside on the clothes line to dry. This is one of the easiest ways to lower your electric bill.
Unplug appliances you aren't using. Many appliances still draw electricity even if they are shut off. It's called a phantom load. If your appliance has an LED display for the time like your game system or coffee pot it's using electricity even when it's off. Your cable box uses electricity even when your TV is off.
Turn off what you're not using. That holds true for everything not, just lights. Do you leave your computer on all day even when not using it? Do you run the TV for background noise even when you're not watching it?
Do you need to use the oven or will a crock pot do? Check out these tips for using a slow cooker. How about a solar oven? You'd be surprised how easy it is to cook in a solar oven. There are lots of build your own instructions out there if you don't want to purchase one. I love my Global Sun Oven.
Your furnace and air conditioner have filters and will run more efficiently when they are clean. Your refrigerator, computer, etc. have vents on them that need to be cleaned occasionally so they can run the most effectively.
A simple tube of caulk can fix places where warm air is leaking out of your house (or cold in the summer). Try draft dodgers against the door. The more heat you keep inside, the less your furnace will come on.
Evaluate your needs before you buy. Do you really need the largest refrigerator that exists? Does it have to make water, ice and talk to you too? Be realistic about wants versus needs. Smaller things with fewer bells and whistles often use less electricity.
How will you lower your electric bill? Check out these easy ways to make your home energy efficient.
LED lights are very helpful in saving costs.


WHAT IS YOUR GOLDEN RULE WHEN IT COMES TO STYLE?
THE MAIN RULE IS NOT TO WORRY ABOUT RULES. I WOULD NEVER IMPOSE MY PERSONAL VISION, WHICH IS NICHE AT BEST. HOWEVER. I MIGHT OFFER SUGGESTIONS. ONE SUGGESTION MIGHT BE: NEVER TRY TO BE SOMEONE YOU'RE JUST NOT. LOVE WHO YOU ARE.
WHAT IS THE ONE ITEM THAT NO WARDROBE SHOULD BE WITHOUT?
A WORN BLACK LEATHER JACKET. IT IS IMPORTANT TO HAVE A WARDROBE OF WHITE T-SHIRTS.
WHAT WOULD YOU SAY MAKES THE PERFECT T-SHIRT?
I LIKE A WHITE T-SHIRT IN THIN 100% COTTON WITH A COORDINATING RIB NECK-BINDING. I FIND THAT COTTON DRAPES MORE MODESTLY THAN A SILK OR VISCOSE, WHICH CLINGS MORE.
WHAT DETAILS SHOULD YOU LOOK FOR?
I LIKE TUBULAR KNITS WITHOUT A SEAM. OR ONE SEAM GOING DOWN THE BACK, LIKE MINE.
I LIKE TO THINK IT SUGGESTS COMFORT WITH ONE'S PHYSICALITY AND PRACTICAL FUNCTIONALITY.
DO YOU THINK STYLE IS SOMETHING YOU CAN BUY, OR LEARN, OR IS IT SOMETHING YOU ARE BORN WITH?
ANYONE, ANYONE, ANYONE CAN INVENT THEMSELVES. WITH GROOMING, A FIT BODY AND A GENEROUS SPIRIT, ANYONE CAN CREATE ALLURE.
HOW DO YOU ENSURE THAT YOU ARE NEITHER OVERDRESSED NOR UNDERDRESSED?
HAVE THE CONFIDENCE TO ACCEPT WHO YOU ARE AND RELAX. AND I DON'T THINK YOU CAN EVER OVERDRESS.
HOW DO YOU ENSURE THAT YOUR LOOK IS ALWAYS INTERESTING AND NEVER DULL?
I THINK LOOKING INTERESTING MIGHT BE OVERRATED.
IF IT IMPORTANT TO BE TRUE TO YOURSELF IN TERMS OF YOUR WARDROBE, WHAT ARE YOUR TIPS TO ACHIEVE THIS?
IF YOU HAVE ANY DOUBTS, MODESTY AND RESTRAINT ARE ALWAYS AN OPTION. EXPRESS YOURSELF WITH AN OPEN HEART INSTEAD OF YOUR CLOTHES.


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